Cangfeng City

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Cangfeng City (藏锋城)
Affiliation	Wind Thunder Sect territory; administered by a City Lord appointed by the sect 258
Status	Major city of northeastern Cangzhou; governed in practice through the Four Great Clans and city institutions 259
First Appearance	43

Geography & Cityscape

Cangfeng City lies in the northeastern corner of Cangzhou and governs numerous surrounding counties, including Lin'an County. Donghua City is nearly three thousand li away, closer to the center of the prefecture. 326

• The Outer City wall is eighteen zhang high, built from immense blackish-green stones fitted so tightly that birds cannot perch on them. Armed soldiers patrol its battlements. 46
• The city is so vast that traveling on foot from its northern end to its southern end takes roughly a day and a night. 49
• The main streets are busy with merchants and multi-story buildings, while basalt-paved roads are described as harder than refined steel. 46 47
• A broad moat divides the Inner City from the Outer City. 157 218
• East Mountain lies fewer than twenty li beyond the Outer City's east gate; its forests contain Spirit Monsters and Demonic Beasts, prompting especially heavy eastern defenses. 260

Outer City

The Outer City contains the majority of the population, commercial streets, escort and lodging businesses, and many official offices. Its North District includes Guangming Ward, home to the Demon Slaying Division branch. 94 137

• North City Gate — A major gateway guarded by iron-armored soldiers; entry costs ten copper coins per person. 46
• Guangming Ward — An official quarter in the northern Outer City, marked by broad basalt streets and the five-story Demon Slaying Division pavilion. 94
• Zhengyang Chamber — The most prosperous area of the northern Outer City, positioned beside the moat and serving as the commercial zone nearest the Inner City. 157
• Nishang Pavilion — A luxurious Xiao Family establishment visited by high-value escort caravans. 47
• Zui Feng Tower — A restaurant and inn near the North City Gate; considered third-rate by city standards despite its busy trade. 49 52

Inner City

The Inner City is Cangfeng City's center of wealth and political power, functioning as a city within a city. Its gates are guarded by an Innate First Rank Martial Venerable and Marrow Cleansing Realm guards; ordinary civilians require a costly, time-limited pass to enter. 218

• The Inner City wall rises approximately 150 meters and is subject to strict identity checks. 218
• The Four Great Clans hold extensive territories within the Inner City. 47 218
• The Chen Family's eastern Inner City estate occupies an enormous, palace-like compound. 218
• The Inner City Supervision Department stands slightly north of the city center. 320
• Lingyun Tower, seat of the City Lord's Mansion, rises roughly three hundred meters above the Inner City and can overlook Cangfeng City and its surrounding region. 47 231

Governance

Cangfeng City is one of twenty-three cities under the Wind Thunder Sect's rule in Cangzhou. The sect appoints each City Lord as its secular representative and administrator. 258

City Lord Luo Tianheng is a Primordial Sea Grandmaster, but he is rarely seen and largely leaves day-to-day affairs alone so long as the city avoids major disorder. Actual governance, order, and defense consequently rest heavily with the Four Great Clans and the Supervision Department. 258 259

City Lord's Mansion

The City Lord's Mansion is based in Lingyun Tower. Though nominally Cangfeng City's highest authority, its leadership can be detached from local affairs; Luo Tianheng prioritizes returning to the Wind Thunder Sect and advancing his cultivation. 231 361

Inner City Supervision Department

The Inner City Supervision Department answers directly to the City Lord's Mansion and is described as Cangfeng City's highest power organ. 304

Position	Number
Head of Department	1
Department Supervisors	4
Department Lieutenants	20
Department Officers	Nearly 100

Its head, Weng Yi, accompanied Luo Tianheng when the City Lord was first appointed and holds a particularly elevated position within the city. 304

Demon Slaying Division

The Demon Slaying Division maintains branches in the Outer City and handles threats that ordinary local authorities cannot manage. Its North District branch is headquartered in Guangming Ward. 94 109

• A formal City Guard requires at least Perfection-stage Bone Forging cultivation. 108
• An Inspector requires combat power comparable to the Marrow Cleansing Realm. 108
• The northern Outer City's Demon Slaying Division has five Commanders, including Yi Mingrui. 109

Major Factions

Four Great Clans

The Chen, Lin, Xiao, and Zheng families are the Four Great Clans of Cangfeng City. Their long-standing balance underpins the city's political order, though their rivalry frequently becomes a contest for offices, resources, and influence. 238 259 301

• Chen Family — Occupies a major eastern Inner City territory and is closely tied to the city's Demon Slaying Division and Supervision Department. 218 301
• Lin Family — Moved swiftly to occupy vacant Demon Slaying Division posts after the Chen–Xiao conflict, placing Lin Chongshan and Lin Yuewan in senior positions. 301
• Xiao Family — Operates Nishang Pavilion and is one of the principal competitors for power in the Inner City. 47 301
• Zheng Family — Controls the city's principal pill-refining and pill-distribution channels through Hui Chun Pavilion. 236

The Chen–Xiao battle at East Mountain's Heaven Pillar Peak killed more than seventy Innate Martial Venerables and shattered the Four Clans' decades-long equilibrium. The resulting vacancies triggered a broad struggle over important posts in both the Inner and Outer Cities. 301

Hui Chun Pavilion

Hui Chun Pavilion is the Zheng Family's largest alchemy enterprise. Branch pavilions are distributed throughout Cangfeng City, while the twelve-story Hui Chun Main Pavilion stands beside the Zheng Family estate in the Inner City. 236 238

• The Zheng Family monopolizes local pill-refining and pill-distribution channels. 236
• The Pill Cauldron Grand Gathering is a biannual city-wide event featuring alchemist duels, ingredient appraisal, auctions, and youth alchemy contests. 236
• The gathering attracts representatives from the Four Great Clans, Commander's Mansions, Outer City divisions, the City Lord's Mansion, nearby cities, alchemists, merchants, and pill buyers. 238
• Zheng Borui serves as Pavilion Master of a Spring Return Branch Pavilion and nominal Commander of the Pill Cauldron Division. 112

Economy & Society

Cangfeng City is a prosperous martial city with bustling trade, dense commercial districts, powerful families, and a large ordinary civilian population. 46 137

• High-value goods such as Fire Fox Pelts and White Jade Stone are escorted into the city for sale and delivery. 47 66
• Martial artists form a visible part of daily life: even Outer City gate guards are Muscle Tendon Strengthening Realm Martial Masters. 43
• Social access is sharply unequal. High officials, nobles, and the Four Great Clans dominate the Inner City, while ordinary civilians are generally excluded from it. 47 218
• The northern Outer City alone holds hundreds of thousands, potentially millions, of civilians—enough for a mass hostage plot to threaten the Inner City's major factions. 137

Major Events

• Jiang Qinghe's first arrival — Jiang Qinghe enters the city with the Yongxing Escort Agency, encountering its massive walls, regulated gate security, commercial streets, and the Xiao Family's Nishang Pavilion. 46 47
• Jiang Qinghe joins the Demon Slaying Division — He returns to take up a temporary Inspector post in the North District's Outer City branch. 108 109
• Path of Rebirth threat — A scheme targets the northern Outer City's civilian population through a Mother Gu, intending to use mass hostage-taking as leverage against the Inner City's factions. 137
• Pill Cauldron Grand Gathering — The Zheng Family hosts the city-wide alchemy event at Hui Chun Main Pavilion, displaying its influence over Cangfeng City's pill industry. 236 238
• Chen–Xiao conflict — The battle on Heaven Pillar Peak devastates both families' Innate experts and destabilizes the city's political order. 301
• Supervision Department duel — Jiang Qinghe defeats Xiao Yizhan in a public life-and-death battle for the Department Lieutenant position, bringing further attention to the conflict between the Chen and Xiao families. 311 315
• Demonic Beast anomaly — Reports reveal abnormal Demonic Beast and Spirit Monster activity across more than half of the counties under Cangfeng City's jurisdiction. 323
• Donghua investigation recall — After the Supervision Department's investigation team faces danger in Donghua City, Cangfeng City orders its members to return immediately without further arrangements. 359 365