After thinking about what I urgently needed to know, I smiled at Jiang Dong Cheng and said, "Senior Martial Brother Jiang, you should know about my situation. I was originally a child beggar from the outside world and was often humiliated when I was a child. I have an introverted personality.
After arriving at the sect, because I wasn't an inner disciple, my body was weak, and because of my personality, I didn't interact with outsiders and only bitterly cultivated every day. When talking about the sect's situation, I was completely clueless and didn't understand anything.
Senior Martial Brother Jiang, why don't you tell me about the sect's situation in detail? For example, how many Heaven's Masters we have, the temperament of the Sect Master and elders, and so on. "
Hearing my words, Jiang Dong Cheng's face was filled with shame. He didn't even dare to sit down. He stood up and repeatedly apologized to me. "You can't call me Senior Martial Brother Jiang anymore. In the sect, age doesn't matter, only cultivation.
Senior Martial Brother Wang, if you think highly of me, then you can call me Junior Martial Brother Jiang. I can't afford to call you Senior Martial Brother. "
What he said wasn't wrong. In the Corpse Sect, seniority was determined by cultivation. No matter how old one was, as long as one's cultivation wasn't high enough, no one would respect them. There were basically no such people. Those who were too old and didn't have enough cultivation were all sent to be refined into corpse puppets.
Although I knew this information from Wang Lin's memories, I wasn't used to this system, so I didn't change my way of addressing him.
Now that Jiang Dong Cheng took the initiative to say this, I didn't need to be modest, so I didn't say anything and silently agreed to his way of addressing me.
After saying all of this, Jiang Dong Cheng sighed and revealed a regretful expression. He continued, "Senior Martial Brother Wang, although you said you forgave me for being disrespectful to you before, to be honest, I still feel a bit apologetic. Our sect's motto is the survival of the fittest. Now that you have awakened your pure Yin bloodline, it wouldn't be wrong for you to kill me. Yet, you said that you would let bygones be bygones … In our sect, there aren't many people with a heart like Senior Martial Brother Wang. Senior Martial Brother Wang, I … I'm really grateful to you."
As he said this, Jiang Dong Cheng's eyes even became a bit red.
I didn't feel anything in my heart. Jiang Dongcheng was a sly person. What he said was mostly an act. Perhaps he was grateful in his heart, but he wouldn't be as sincere as he said.
I waved my hand and said with a smile, "There's no need to talk about this anymore. I said that I will let bygones be bygones and let bygones be bygones. Let's talk about the questions I asked you earlier."
Jiang Dongcheng nodded and started to introduce them to me.
According to what he said, the Corpse Sect's Sect Leader was called Yu Wenming and had the cultivation of a Heavenly Master. In the sect, there were a total of nine Heavenly Master elders who lived in the Flying Zombie Cave. One of them was Xu Wei's father, Xu Yingqu. He was ranked seventh among the nine elders and was in charge of the Purple Zombie Cave's upper palace. He had a cruel and callous personality. His corpse puppet was a Black Elite Corpse that had the ability to eat people. If a disciple broke the sect's rules and was discovered by him, he would summon his corpse puppet and devour them. As long as the disciples in the sect heard his name, they would tremble in fear.
After talking about Elder Xu, Jiang Dongcheng immediately said to me, "However, Senior Wang, you don't need to worry. Although Xu Wei holds a grudge against you, it's only a competition within the sect. Elder Xu won't interfere. Even if he was bewitched by Xu Wei, as long as you abide by the sect's rules and don't do anything out of line, Elder Xu definitely won't cause trouble for you."
I nodded and felt a little scared. When I fought with Xu Wei in the morning, I considered whether or not to kill him, but in the end, I decided to let him go. Now that I thought about it, it was fortunate that I didn't kill him today. Otherwise, no matter how much Elder Xu respected the rules, he would still go crazy.
However, I still felt a little strange and asked Jiang Dongcheng, "This Elder Xu is so bloodthirsty, but the Sect Leader and the others let him do as he pleases. Does no one care about him?"
Jiang Dongcheng shook his head. "Elder Xu's Black Elite Corpse is innately talented. He can increase his power by devouring living people … In the Corpse Sect, as long as he can increase his cultivation, everything else is a small matter. Moreover, the people he kills are those who violate the sect's rules, so the Sect Leader usually doesn't care."
I nodded to show that I understood. Then, I asked him about the other elders. However, Jiang Dongcheng only knew the first and ninth elders, Elder Yan.
The other elders usually didn't show their faces. He had been in the Corpse Sect for many years, but he only knew their names.
As for the first elder, his name was Yan Dongyue. His cultivation was extremely terrifying. It was said that he had already surpassed the Heaven's Master realm. Among the nine elders, the Sect Leader, Yu Wenming, was only ranked second. From this, it could be seen how terrifying Elder Yan was.
The other elder, Elder Lin, was ranked ninth. She was in charge of the Purple Zombie Cave's lower hall. Like Elder Xu, she often appeared in public, so the disciples of the sect were familiar with her.
In addition, Elder Lin was a woman. In the Corpse Sect, which was dominated by men, she was very eye-catching. It was normal for the disciples to know her.
After listening to his introduction, I didn't feel anything about this female elder. However, the first ranked elder, Elder Yan, caught my attention.
Elder Yan's name was Yan Dongyue. This name made me think of Yan Nantian.
Both of them had the surname Yan, and their names were Dongyue and Nantian. They sounded very similar. In addition, both of them came from the Corpse Sect and their cultivation was at the Heaven's Master realm. I didn't believe that the two of them weren't related.
I smiled and nodded, acting as if I didn't mean it. I then asked Jiang Dong Cheng, "I heard that Elder Yan has a younger brother, or older brother, who is also an elder. It seems that something happened to him and he had a conflict with the sect. Junior Brother Jiang, do you know about this?"
Jiang Dongcheng was at a loss. After thinking for a while, he shook his head and said, "Where did you hear about this?
Why haven't I heard about it? "
It seemed that Jiang Dongcheng hadn't heard about this. I shook my head and said with a smile, "I only heard about it by accident. Maybe that person was just talking nonsense.
That's right, I also heard that our sect has an ancestor with an even higher cultivation … Do you know about this? "
That day in the Yin Qi passage, I heard the withered old man, Sect Master Yu Wenming, mention something about the 'ancestor'. It vaguely indicated that this' ancestor 'was an expert not inferior to Celestial Master Zhang. Moreover, it seemed that he usually stayed at the place where the Heavenly Law Corpse was.
I was very interested in this matter.
Jiang Dongcheng nodded and his expression suddenly became solemn. He mysteriously moved closer to me and said, "You've asked the right question. On the surface, our sect only has nine elders, but in reality, the nine Heavenly Masters are only there to maintain the sect's operations. There is another person with an even higher cultivation. The people in the sect call him 'ancestor'. I heard that his cultivation has already reached the Divine Realm. It's not something that mortals like us can imagine … This was something that Xu Wei accidentally told me. No one else knows about it."
I was a bit disappointed. It seemed that the ordinary disciples of the Corpse Sect didn't know much about this so-called 'ancestor'. However, it was normal. That kind of person was rarely seen, so it was impossible for a small figure like Jiang Dongcheng to know about it.
I nodded and was about to end the conversation when Jiang Dongcheng suddenly said, "I won't be able to see the ancestor in this life, but senior brother Wang, maybe you can … Our sect has a competition every year. Senior brother Wang, you have awakened your pure Yin bloodline. If you can get into the top three of the Second Era Group, you can go to the Heavenly Yin Cave to cultivate for three days.
I heard that the ancestor is cultivating in the Heavenly Yin Cave. If you are lucky, you might be able to get pointers from the ancestor. You might even be chosen as a disciple by the ancestor. That would be like reaching the heavens in one step. "
Heavenly Yin Cave?
Competition?
From Wang Lin's memories, I had vaguely heard of a competition, but I didn't know the specifics. Was the Heavenly Yin Cave the cave where the Heavenly Law Corpse was hiding?