"Clank... clank... clank..."
The train rolled steadily across the boundless plains. It was not particularly fast, but traveling day and night naturally made for good time.
"Hey, you lot are all headed to our Martial Immortal City, aren't you?"
A woman seated nearby spoke up.
"Yes, yes. Big sister, are you a local of Martial Immortal City?"
A middle-aged man from Jin Gate sitting to one side smiled.
"I'm not a local, but I soon will be. My future son-in-law is a local of Martial Immortal City. The housing prices there have already risen to twice those in Jin Gate—they might rise threefold or fivefold in the future..."
The woman spoke with immense superiority about how, the moment she heard Martial Immortal City had become the headquarters of the Celestial Martial Arts Alliance, she had hurriedly found herself a son-in-law from Martial Immortal City. She seemed tremendously proud that she was about to shed her identity as a Jin Gate native and become a resident of Martial Immortal City.
She had even sold her old family home in Jin Gate and planned to buy a house in Martial Immortal City. From then on, both sides of the family would be people of Martial Immortal City.
Her mouth said that Martial Immortal City was only so-so—this was inconvenient, that was not good enough, it was all merely average—but what she truly meant... everyone understood.
Martial arts were about to decline, but martial arts families still possessed wealth and influence. Naturally, they would pour money into developing the headquarters they had chosen, and with a group of masters stationed there, it was incomparably safe.
Furthermore, if Yan Yuan truly became a Martial Immortal in the future, then Martial Immortal City, personally named by him, would carry extraordinary significance. It would truly become