The peach blossoms of Divine Firmament City were as renowned throughout the world as those of Xuan Du Temple.
Dong Huafu had built a thatched hut here to practice swordsmanship, unaware of the cold and heat beyond the city.
The other eight sword cultivators from his hometown had all begun practicing the dozen or so sword techniques exceptionally bestowed by Divine Firmament City. Ordinary Dao Officials of Jade Spire City, even sword cultivators among them, could only obediently rely on their cultivation and merit if they wished to obtain such High-grade Sword Incantations.
Dong Huafu alone merely memorized those sword incantations in silence, without practicing any of the techniques that could not be bought even with money.
Moreover, among the nine of them, Dong Huafu was the only one who had yet to receive a Bestow Ordination Daoist register from Jade Spire City of White Jade Capital. There had not been no discussion within Jade Spire City over this matter, but Wang Qing had suppressed it all. As one of Divine Firmament City's two vice city lords, Wang Qing was a Middle-aged Daoist Priest wearing a golden Hibiscus Crown. Mild in bearing and easy to talk to, he often came to Dong Huafu's hut for a chat.
The position of Divine Firmament City's city lord still stood vacant. As for who would take charge of the city, opinions varied wildly.
Of the two vice city lords, Wang Qing was an Immortal Realm cultivator. The other, a female Daoist priest named Xiao Feibai whose Daoist name was "Ink Measure," was also an Immortal. Yet she was additionally a Daoist Sword Immortal of extraordinary swordsmanship, so support for Xiao Feibai filling the city lord vacancy was stronger than for Wang Qing. The interesting part was that Xiao Feibai and Wang Qing were