Before arriving at the Yang Family Sacred Land, Murong Xu had learned much about the Yang family's internal affairs from Huo Yuan, the former Grand Preceptor of the Tiger Chasing Dynasty.
The Tiger Chasing Dynasty had always maintained close ties with the Yang family in the northwest. Thus, beyond the intelligence known to outsiders, Huo Yuan, as a senior cultivator of the northwest, knew many secrets that ordinary cultivators could scarcely access.
For instance, this mysterious cultivator carrying a turtle shell on his back, who now appeared above the mountain forest—if an ordinary person saw him, they surely would not be able to discern his background, much less know his standing within the Yang family.
Yet the moment Murong Xu saw him, understanding dawned in his heart. He hurriedly bowed and saluted him. "This junior, Murong Xu, pays respects to Senior Immortal Turtle!"
When Huo Yuan had gone to the Yang family to attend a council meeting years ago, Yang Lingqing had led him to witness Shenwu's true spirit-beast form once.
At the time, he had been utterly astonished. He had never expected the Yang family to possess such a cultivator, one who had attained the Dao in the body of a spirit turtle.
Moreover, from the information Yang Lingqing had inadvertently revealed that day, Huo Yuan learned that this spirit turtle cultivator had deep ties to the reclusive northwest cultivator behind the Yang family. Even his entry into the Dao had come through that great being's guidance.
For the past twenty years, that senior had been preparing to step into the void and ascend to heaven. This was already common knowledge throughout the Canglan Continent.
And that meant he could not keep watch over every movement within the Yang family at all times, nor could he take part in