Chapter 818: Crimson Voyager (I)
Li Zhouwei unfolded the small letter in his hand, read through it line by line, and handed it to Li Xuanxuan. The old man took it and read carefully, stroking his beard as he recited, "Yu Fuzi, birth name Wang Fu, hails from Jiankan Prefecture of Wu State. He has three disciples, one of whom is a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator... That disciple is now nearly a hundred years old. The disciple’s master is Zhou Han of Changxiao Gate, who has been in closed-door cultivation for many years and has not emerged..."
Changxiao Gate had been established fairly recently. Its founder, Chang Xiaozi, was still alive and in his prime, imbuing the sect with the vigor of a newly risen force. Everyone has a Daoist title, and master-disciple relationships often lacked any blood ties.
Li Xuanxuan read halfway through and suddenly felt a headache coming on. He muttered to himself, "Wu State... surname Wang... there shouldn’t be many powerful families left..."
Li Zhouwei nodded and replied, "Wu State once had the Wang Family, a top-tier family, though that was said to be a thousand years ago. Later, chaos broke out in Jiangnan, and the Wang Family declined. But they had been so prominent back then that many powerful cultivators in Wu State still bear the surname Wang."
Jiangnan had long since been split between Wu and Yue, unlike the north where dynasties changed rapidly. The great cultivation sects and aristocratic clans had completely supplanted the imperial families of both nations. Wu and Yue had become mere geographic terms, with no real national rivalry remaining.
Jiangnan's strict information blockade had resulted in only a few century-old families keeping secret records. Thus, even the names of southern dynasties from a thousand years ago had faded from history...
Li Xuanxuan continued reading, "This person cultivates the Lesser Yang attribute, but his Immortal Foundation is unknown... He possesses three dharma artifacts: a bell, a sword, and a pearl. They all have great power... He has remained at the late stage of Foundation Establishment Realm for many years and is exceptionally strong...
"He recently emerged from his cave dwelling after obtaining a treasure and is now stationed at the Eastern Sea’s Xifeng Island on behalf of Changxiao Gate, leading its cultivators to guard against an attack from the Hengzhu Dao Gate..."
There had long been tension between Changxiao Gate and the Hengzhu Dao Gate, and their conflicts had grown increasingly intense in recent years. Now that fighting had become likely, the powerful Yu Fuzi had been deployed.