"The Li clan originally descended from the Tuoba Clan of the Xianbei people. In the early Zhenguan years of the Tang Dynasty, their ancestor Tuoba Chici submitted to Tang and was granted the surname Li by Emperor Taizong of Tang. Later, after the Tang Dynasty fell, the Li ancestors acquired many of the classical texts collected by the Tang Dynasty's Imperial Family, including secret manuals for all kinds of cultivation methods. That was one source of the Li clan's cultivation methods. As for the second, they supposedly came from the legacy of the Heavenly Demon Sect a thousand years ago. That is only speculation, with no solid evidence, and the Li Family has never acknowledged it. Still, judging by various signs, there is some credibility to it," Duan Ying explained to Huang Xiao.
"The treasured collection of Li Tang's Imperial Family? And the Heavenly Demon Sect's cultivation methods?" Huang Xiao was astonished. He had never imagined that the secret manuals in the Li Family's Armory had such extraordinary origins. But when he thought about how they could have so many cultivation methods, this was the only explanation that made sense.
"That was precisely why those former Heavenly Demon Sect factions all had designs on the Armory, especially the Fang Family," Duan Ying said.
"I've heard a little about the Fang Family. They seem to be the strongest of these branches now. Would they still care about those cultivation methods? Would a single family dare make an enemy of the King of Xia?" Huang Xiao was rather puzzled. Even if there were supreme cultivation methods inside, surely the Fang Family's strength meant they would not care too much? Besides, the Fang Family was only one faction of the Heavenly Demon Sect, whereas Li Jiqian ruled the Land of the Five Provinces,