The power that had surrounded Thomas earlier belonged to White Crane Manor!
And as it happened, not long before, Cui Jiuyang had met a disciple of White Crane Manor: He Feixu, Mister He, whom he had encountered in that luxurious den of pleasure, Moonlit Tower!
White Crane Manor was not actually a manor in the true sense, nor was it a sect composed of humans. It was a gathering place for demons who had attained success in cultivation.
Unlike other demons who wrought havoc, however, the demons of White Crane Manor harbored kind intentions and aspired to the righteous path. All studied under the highly respected Mister Danyang, practicing the "Crane Feather Medicine Immortal Great Method" he had created and making it their duty to heal the sick and save lives.
Thus, White Crane Manor enjoyed a fairly good reputation throughout the martial world and was widely known as "Medicine Immortal Manor."
Although its members were all demons, ghosts, and monsters by origin, their deeds were upright and righteous, with little connection to the grudges, feuds, fighting, and killing of the martial world.
Whether human or demon, they conducted themselves uprightly and never committed acts that defied heaven and conscience.
Someone like He Feixu, who had abandoned healing the sick to work in a gambling den of extravagance, was an exceedingly rare outlier within the manor.
That was why He Feixu had looked so ashamed and embarrassed when Cui Jiuyang mocked him for disgracing his school at Moonlit Tower that day.
If... if the power previously surrounding Father Thomas truly belonged to White Crane Manor... then that meant he had once suffered serious injuries and been treated by one of its disciples.
And now, as the Five-Colored Sparrow's resentment dispersed that healing power from White Crane Manor within him, his