Chapter 512: An extraordinary man
Who was this Gan Danran?
He was the extraordinary man who had introduced the Toad-Fishing Skill to the martial arts world years ago.
Moreover, he was a descendant of Gan Fengchi, the founding patriarch of the Flower Fist Sect, and an ancestor of Gan Xuantong and Gan Xuansu.
Lian Youming focused and carefully scanned the densely packed small characters on the stone stele.
Though the writing had grown somewhat blurred, some of its contents were still legible.
"My name is Gan Danran, head of the Wudang Golden Toad School, great-grandson of Gan Fengchi, founding patriarch of the Flower Fist Sect, and grandson of Gan Renlong, commander of the Mountain Guardians. I was born with my hundred meridians fully open, attained Foresight at fourteen, reached Foresight Perfection at seventeen, and stepped into Mystic Connection at twenty-one. Yet the people suffered, and the world burned. Seeing the Mountain Guardians presiding over China, intent on severing the path of the Martial Way for future generations, I could not bear it. Thus, I spread several of Wudang's great Elixir Skills throughout the world, hoping someone might break free of the cage and shatter the shackles..."
A single glance had already set Lian Youming's mind churning.
He had never imagined this man's background would be so extraordinary.
"Gan Fengchi's great-grandson? Born with all hundred meridians fully open, without a single barrier?"
But as his gaze moved farther down, his eyes suddenly narrowed. The stele recorded, "After this affair, the Gan Clan Lineage and I ultimately took opposing paths. The Mountain Guardians subsequently hunted me several times. For years I wandered, narrowly escaping death. Fortunately, the head of Wudang saved me. Thereafter, I concealed my identity and withdrew into the mountains and forests, paying no heed to worldly affairs. Yet with