Second year of Qingzong, fifth month.
Beyond mountains upon mountains, towers beyond towers.
Six gilded characters sat quietly inlaid upon a massive boulder near Juxia City.
Just like the Heavenly Seal Sect of old, among the dozen-odd counties and towns around Juxia City, countless forces, great and small, were inextricably linked to the enormous Lishan Sect.
Some belonged to the families of Lishan Sect experts, some were simply branches of the Lishan Sect, while others were vassal forces.
Fushan Tower was one such vassal sect.
The disciples they recruited were those left over after the Lishan Sect had made its selections.
This ensured that the needs of all martial arts disciples throughout Juxia City could be met.
"This is Fushan Tower."
At dusk, two black-clad figures with waxy-yellow faces and expressionless features soon came racing along the highway beside the boulder.
One was male and one female. Neither was old, at most thirty or forty, and both were robust and powerful, seeming far from ordinary.
Their gazes swept across the boulder.
"Finish the mission quickly. Fushan Tower's Heavy Sound Force has quite a few mysteries to it, and can barely be counted as a true technique. Be careful," the man cautioned.
"Mm." The woman nodded.
The two accelerated. In the blink of an eye, they passed the boulder and vanished at the end of the highway.
"Sect Master, urgent report!"
Inside Twelve Mountain Tower.
Yu Qingyan was being attended by several male servants as she donned her protective armor.
Suddenly, a masked woman clad in silver fish-scale attire leapt in through the window and dropped to one knee, urgently reporting.
This was the Silver Scale Team directly under the Lishan Sect Master. Their numbers were small, but every one of them was a martial artist specializing in Leg Skill.
They