According to the first master of the sect, he was a gang leader before he became a sect master. He had a band of brothers who stationed themselves at an important road and collected tolls from merchants who passed by the road.
They rarely robbed and didn't like to kill, but they would do so if a target refused to cooperate with their extortion. They then used the resources they gained to cultivate and grow stronger.
This was their life for many years. But it changed one day when a powerful cultivator came to them. The cultivator gave them a powerful technique and told them to come downstream to the region of the world and create a sect.
The band of brothers set out on this road and toiled on it for many years. They killed and robbed. They did everything within their grasp to achieve their goal. After nearly two hundred years of effort, they were finally able to create a sect and fulfill the wish of the powerful cultivator.
