A Few Allusions

Guihua Island finally returned to Old Dragon City and slowly docked at an island outside the city. The voyage home had been smooth sailing, more or less, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The three left Gui Mai Courtyard. Wei Jin carried his sword on his back, Mi Yu wore his at his side with a Wine Gourd at his waist, and Wei Wenlong carried nothing. They disembarked for Old Dragon City along a road laid across the sea between the island and the city. At Madam Gui's request, her apprentice Jin Su, an Osmanthus girl, accompanied the three honored guests to another ferry landing, where they would change ships and follow the dragon route toward the central part of Treasure Bottle Continent.

Between Old Dragon City's two ferry landings, one at sea and one on land, stretched the hundred-mile avenue that belonged to the Sun Clan's ancestral estate.

Ma Zhi, the Golden Core sword cultivator who also served as Guihua Island's steward and the Fan family's Chief Guardian, wanted to call a carriage, but Wei Jin politely declined. Walking would do.

Jin Su admired this young Sword Immortal from the Divine Immortal Platform of Wind and Snow Temple from the bottom of her heart. He had first challenged Heavenly Monarch Xie Shi in Northern Juluzhou, then hurried to the Sword Qi Great Wall to slay demons, and had only now returned.

As the youngest person in Treasure Bottle Continent's history to reach the Upper Five Realms, Sword Immortal Wei deserved every bit of his renown. Jin Su was certain that once Wei Jin returned to Wind and Snow Temple from the Sword Qi Great Wall, he would win the temple tremendous prestige.

Some rumors had circulated years ago. No one knew whether they were true, but they had