"Elder Zhiyuan?!"
Zhu Qilan was quite astonished after hearing about the changes inside the Vermilion Bird Gate from Zhu Yi.
Elder Zhiyuan, also known as Monk Zhiyuan the Demon, was not a local cultivator in Wu Zhou. He used to be a respected monk when he was practicing in Xiongchu.
Later, for unknown reasons, Zhiyuan shifted to practicing Demon Sect Skill, broke into the God Transformation Perfection, advanced to the Void-refining Realm, and from there his journey led him further away on an unbeaten path.
In Wu Zhou, the attitude towards demon cultivators is not friendly; either surrender obediently or go obediently die. However, foreign monks could chant sutras and Zhiyuan had been evading Wu Zhou's wanted list for 30 years and remains at large to this day.