The elder spoke slowly, recounting stories of the past.
Lu Xuanji listened carefully, but his grip on the Li Fire Sword was tight, with no sign of relaxation.
The elder sensed all this, smiled faintly, and continued, "That female cultivator was Jin Xi, the sole survivor of the Jin Family, a Divinity Transformation family. In its heyday, the Jin Family was extremely prosperous, with three Divinity Transformation cultivators overseeing it, three hundred Nascent Soul cultivators, and thousands of Golden Core cultivators. As for other low-level cultivators, they were countless."
"As for Jin Xi, she was merely a clan leader's illegitimate daughter. The clan leader treated her well, supplying her with various resources, not inferior to his legitimate daughter, except she could not be listed in the family genealogy. It was precisely because of this that Jin Xi narrowly escaped with her life, along with her maid Long Xuan."
