"Your master and your sect?"
"In answer to your question, Senior, my master was Xuanzhenzi, the previous sect leader of the Green Ox Gate. I am its current sect leader," Huang Xiao replied.
The Green Ox Gate? The valley master repeated the name inwardly, but could not recall what sect it was. He asked, "Was this Green Ox Gate founded by your master?"
Huang Xiao shook his head and replied, "No. My master was the Green Ox Gate's third sect leader, and I am the fourth."
The valley master nodded slightly and asked again, "Would you mind telling me about the history of your Green Ox Gate?"
Huang Xiao gave the valley master a puzzled look. He was deeply bewildered. His Green Ox Gate was merely an obscure little unranked sect, yet why did this valley master now seem so interested in it?
Still, there was nothing worth hiding, and besides, he did not dare conceal anything from this senior valley master. He therefore said, "The Green Ox Gate was founded a hundred years ago by our founding patriarch, Green Ox Daoist..."
Huang Xiao recounted everything he had learned from his master. Once he finished, he stole an uneasy glance at the valley master.
"A hundred years ago, a hundred years ago?" After listening, the valley master paid Huang Xiao no heed, murmuring to himself instead.
"Yes. Master said that our founding patriarch established the Green Ox Gate a hundred years ago," Huang Xiao hastily replied, thinking the valley master was asking him.
"Do you know your founding patriarch's name?" the valley master asked.
Huang Xiao shook his head. "I do not know either. Master only said that the founding patriarch's Daoist name was Green Ox Daoist. He never mentioned anything else. Perhaps even Master did not know."
"What about