The time it takes for an incense stick to burn quietly passed in the swirling incense smoke before the stone temple.
Chen Sheng stood silently beside several cultivators, sometimes nodding in agreement, sometimes throwing out new questions, quietly gathering information about Ancestor Qin Yuan and the Nian Chen Sect.
From the enthusiastic accounts of young cultivators and the reflections of the older ones, he gradually pieced together the key storyline.
Ancestor Qin Yuan was a figure from two thousand years ago; they didn't know much, only some legends.
For example, this ancestor founded the Nian Chen Sect on Sea Abyss Island, known particularly for his prowess in alchemy, making it a leading sect in the Four Seas Cultivation Realm.
"Sea Abyss Island... Nian Chen Sect..."
