The first thing that Lin Fan chose to do after that meeting with the girls was find Huang Xie.
Now that they had the time, it was time for him to ask Huang Xie a few questions.
Or rather, it was time for him to ask the grandpa in the necklace a few questions.
That grandpa should have been around for a long time, so he was the best source of information.
Information would be the best thing in a fight since it let you know what the enemies would do.
So what Lin Fan was looking for was information on the Five Great Sects.
The more information that he got on the Five Great Sects, the better that he could handle them.
Not to mention, this was an ancient ancestor of Huang Xie’s who had claimed to reach the peak of the continent back in the past. Someone of his level should know much more than the normal grandpa in the ring.
Lin Fan was planning to wring as much information out of him as possible.
“I don’t know if any of the information that I have would even apply to the current continent. It’s been a long time since I’ve been alive, so the things that I know might all be useless.”
That was the first thing that Hei Gui said in response to the question that Lin Fan asked.
There was an ugly look that appeared on Lin Fan’s face when he heard this, but he didn’t refute it.
He had no idea how long ago Hei Gui had lived, but he was certain that it wouldn’t have been a short period of time with the other stuff that he’s told him.
Lin Fan knew a few things about this continent and its history, so he could match some of the stuff that Hei Gui told him about.
The events that Hei Gui described were similar to events that had happened three to four thousand years ago according to the books that Lin Fan read. So at the very least, it meant that Hei Gui was from at least three thousand years ago.
Even if they were cultivators, three thousand years was still a long time.
This would be long enough for several generations of geniuses to come and go, so it seemed very likely that the things that Hei Gui knew no longer applied to this world.
Still, the Five Great Sects were sects that reigned over the continent, so the history of these five sects wouldn’t be that short.
Hei Gui acknowledged that they had existed when he was still alive, so at least some of the information that he knew was applicable.
But before learning this, Lin Fan had asked…
“The five branch families that broke off from your Hei Family, were they the ones that formed the Five Great Sects?”
“Ha, ha, ha, you’re thinking too highly of those five branch families.” Hei Gui laughed as if he found this genuinely funny which made Lin Fan reveal an awkward look.
Before knowing the truth, he had thought that they might have been able to become the Five Great Sects. But it turned out that Hei Gui and the Hei Family weren’t as powerful as he thought they were.
“I was just one peak expert and even if I was stronger than the others, that didn’t mean that I was the strongest in this world. After all, the Five Great Sects have existed long before my Hei Family has. They have seniors who have already ascended to the immortal world, so their inheritance is much deeper than you think. It wouldn’t be surprising if they had ways of calling immortals for help.”
Lin Fan was surprised to hear this, but he wasn’t taken aback by it.
There was a part of him that had already guessed this, which was why he had never let the Mimic Slime out.
While it would have been easy for the Mimic Slime to take care of the enemies, it would have alerted the enemies of his power. Once they knew about the Mimic Slime, there was no telling what the Five Great Sects would have sent at him and the Love Sect.
However, it was certain that whatever they sent wouldn’t be weak.
That was the minimum for being a part of the Five Great Sects.
For now, what Lin Fan was more interested in was the basic information that Hei Gui knew about the Five Great Sects.
The Five Great Sects were the Mount Hua Sword Sect, the Buddhist Sect, the Mount Emei Sect, the Kunlun Sect, and the Heavenly Demon Sect.
They were four righteous sects and one demonic sect.
It really seemed like the demonic sect was weak against the righteous sect, but that just went to show how big and dominating the Heavenly Demon Sect was.
There were other demonic sects that were at the same levels as the Five Great Sects, but they had all been taken over by the Heavenly Demon Sect. So even if they were called the Five Great Sects, the Heavenly Demon Sect was the biggest one and the most powerful.
The four righteous sects had to work together to restrain the Heavenly Demon Sect.
Though if they were willing to cooperate a bit more, perhaps they would have been able to turn the tides on the Heavenly Demon Sect a bit.
The different sects all had their specialties.
The Mount Hua Sword Sect, like the name implies, was the number one sword cultivation sect in the world. It was the place where all the best sword cultivators went to train and where all the best swords were forged.
The Buddhist Sect, like the name implies, was a place for buddhist cultivation which was different from normal cultivation. The main focus of buddhist cultivation was body strengthening, which made one’s body as hard as diamond.
The Emei Sect was a sect that was mainly filled with women since they had techniques that best suited women. They were famous for their illusion techniques that could beguile men and make them fall into bottomless abysses.
The Kunlun Sect was a sect that focused on elemental spiritual cultivation, so most of their cultivation techniques focused on one element or another. Their techniques would give them the ability to control elemental spiritual energy which made them stronger than cultivators at the same level.
Finally, the Heavenly Demon Sect didn’t have a single specialty.
That was because the Heavenly Demon Sect was a collection of different demonic sects in the first place, so they had all kinds of different hidden cultivation techniques in the first place.
They were able to do everything, though they couldn’t be considered the best since they were specialized.
However, that didn’t mean that they were considered weak.
This was a collection of all the cultivation techniques from all of the demonic sects that made up the Heavenly Demon Sect.
These were the sects that had been able to fight against the righteous sects for so long.
So there was no way that they would be weaker than the righteous sects.
For Lin Fan though, it was funny that the righteous sects were those that worked alone while the demonic sect was the one that united. This was the opposite of how it would have normally been.
But when he thought about it, it seemed right since he had seen how greedy the righteous sects were. It was very unlikely that any of them would have worked with each other.
“Is there anything else that you know about the Five Great Sects?”
Hei Gui shook his head as he said, “The Five Great Sects aren’t that easy to get information on in the first place. Other than the basic things, there are only specific things that I know that wouldn’t apply anymore.”
“Specific things?” Lin Fan couldn’t help repeating before asking, “What kind of specific things?”
When Hei Gui saw that Lin Fan wouldn’t back down even after hearing this, he gave a sigh and said, “Just a few things about the elders that I was close to and the elders that I fought against. These are things about people that might not even be in the Five Great Sects anymore.”
After a pause, he shook his head and gave another sigh before saying, “No, it’s almost certain that they are no longer in the Five Great Sects. They would have either ascended or fallen to the tides of time by now.”
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes after hearing this, but he still gave a slow nod.
Three to four thousand years, it was a long time…
There would have been many things that changed and it wasn’t worth holding onto these small clues for faint hope. Rather, it was better to find a way to find more information about the Five Great Sects and look to the future.
As such…
“No, I don’t know anyone that could be of use. It’s been a long time after all, so I have no idea if my friends are even still alive…” Hei Gui said in a heavy voice.
Lin Fan had already expected this to be the case, but it didn’t hurt him to ask.
Though it did hurt someone to be reminded of this.
Hei Gui quickly recovered and said, “Instead of thinking of that, there’s something else that I want to talk about.”
He turned to look at Huang Xie and Xiao Ming who had been silent the whole time and asked, “When are the two of you going to get married?”
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