Chapter 483 - THE MARTIAL ART WORLD (1) (1/2)

A TAVERN IN BEIYUAN

The tavern was full of rowdy business as people enter in droves in this cold winter

Beiyuan is a kingdom on the North of continent. It neighbors Silhae and Dong Xia (Eastern Xia)

On its South is the large Zhou Empire. It is a grassland nation full of many tribes and ruled by the Du family of the Borgit tribe.

They take the name of the people of Zhou and Yong to appease the rulers of Zhou in their Southern borders.

As it is a grassland nation, it has many horses and also many martial artists.

But unlike Yong where many of the major sects of the martial art worlds is seated in or the expansive Zhou Empire which has many lineage of martial family that put down their roots there, there is only one martial art sect in Beiyuan.

If it could even be considered a sect.

Most of the martial artist in Beiyuan learn from the Majusi cult.

The Majusi Cult worship fire and they have strict code of conduct.

But they were not stingy with their inheritance as many of the warriors of the grassland martial arts originated from the Majusi Cult.

Today, a young warrior wearing thick fur of a wolf enter the tavern. He quickly ordered a few strong drink to ease the cold of this winter

As he sat down waiting for his drink he heard people talking aloud in one corner of the tavern. He looks at his companion and then smiles as he got up.

'Tukhla, do not make any trouble'

'I am not going to make trouble' he replies as he walks to the group of the people.

As he pushes himself forward through the crowd he finally saw the reason why many of the patrons of the tavern all crowd themselves around here

The List of Swordsman he exclaimed. He did not think that even in this remote tavern the list of Swordsman could be seen.

The List of Swordsman is updated by the Martial Alliance and the Yong Record Keeper. Beiyuan nobility uses the List to take note of the talent of the Southern kingdoms and Empire

Tukhla then ask

'What is all the fuss about?' One of the people from the crowd who is bulky and have a large saber behind his back then said

'Look at the 30th ranking' he said. The other beside the bulky man

Tukhla then look and saw it

His eyes narrowed as he read the assessment of the swordsman ranked at the number thirty

'Xi Feng. Age 25. Killed the traitors of the Martial Alliance in a great battle on top of the Five Finger Mountain. From the investigation of the Martial Alliance Feng Xiao the Pale Swordsman and Xu Meng the Ugly Maiden is an Elder in the Sun Devouring sect while the Saber Lover Yu Rong is actually the Elder of the Vulture Peak. Traitor Yu Rong travel from Eastern Yuan, from the headquarters of Vulture Peak and went to Silhae to force Sword Gentleman to hand him the location of Immortal Tian. On the other hand, Sun Devouring sect Elder, Feng Xiao and Xu Meng also went from Xia to Silhae joining hands with Yu Rong to force Xi Feng to reveal the location of Immortal Tian. They then in an act of evil massacre everyone on top of the mountain, killing the pupils and disciple of the Sword School that Sword Gentleman has erected and fought with Sword Gentleman Xi Feng. In the end, all three of them were killed by the Sword Gentleman and their head were displayed on the foot of the Five Element Mountain as warning. They have disguise themselves as orthodox martial artist and they were probably thinking of making a big matter later in the future if not for Sword Gentleman ending their lives. With his achievement, the Martial Alliance put him in the current ranking'

Below that there is other info about Xi Feng.

'Wow. The Elder of the Sun Devouring sect and Vulture Peak. If they could reach Elder status they must not be some nobody' Tukhla said.

The bulky man responded to Tukhla

'They are not nobody. You are not from Yong and Zhou so you don't know'

Some of them nodded. The bulky man continues his words, feeling excited to enlighten the people with his knowledge of Jianghu

'Before they were exposed as the Elders of the heterodox sect they are known in Jianghu as powerful martial artist and roam the martial arts world proudly. People even respected them. That just shows how clever they are in acting. They might not be as powerful as those people that come from the Temple of Xi or the prodigies of the Sword Residence but their ranking is around sixty and fifty. While the Sword Gentleman is around one hundred below them since he did not get involved in many of the battles in the martial art world. Though he is famous in some part of the Yong Empire because of his demeanor and his handsome face, his light could not be compared to the big names like Zhu Yao of the Sword Residence or Zhen Hui the Iron Monk of the Temple of Xi.

Tukhla nodded, as he begins understanding why it was so shocking to see Xi Feng at that ranking.

But he also had his own doubt. His eyebrows furrowed.

'Xi Feng. Xi Feng. I think I heard that name before' The Bulky man laughed as he expected this reaction.

The bulky man smiles and nodded

'Of course. If you are a martial arts practitioner of course you at least once heard his name. Any martial artist would remember'

'Hmm?' Tukhla eyebrows is raised

'You mean he is famous even before his rise in the rankings? Is he some disciple of a grandmaster?'

'No, no'

'In the tenth year of Ji Fa reign of Zhou, Old Dragon Li went touring the Zhou River as he came with his fist to duel the Old Master. He fought and he won but he was then hunted by the Poison Valley'

One of the people in the crowd, a young man with his eyes shining, ask

'Why did the Poison Valley chase Old Dragon Li?'

Some people already knows the story but the young man clearly did not know and the bulky man likes to tell story so he continued