"World's highest peak... poor Mount Everest."
Looking at the sword-shaped peak of Edelweiss Peak towering into the clouds ahead, Shen Fei could not help gently shaking his head. This mountain was now the territory of Edelweiss, and after the war ended back then, her homeland had assigned it to her.
Edelweiss Peak was a sword-shaped mountain more than 9,000 meters high, and it was now the tallest peak in the world. It was only the tallest now because Mount Everest, once the world's highest peak, had become shorter than it. Mount Everest in this world had once stood over 10,000 meters tall, but regrettably, someone had once fought there and shaved off the mountaintop. That was how Edelweiss Peak became the highest peak.
"It's rather lively here."
After crossing the national border marked off by fences, Shen Fei arrived at the foot of Edelweiss Peak. He immediately saw the only village at its base. Quite a few armed men were in the village at the moment. After glancing at them, Shen Fei headed straight into a bar nearby.
After the Edelweiss mountain range was assigned to Edelweiss, not everyone had left. Some people had remained, and now, more than ten years later, the village had not only avoided becoming abandoned but had grown increasingly lively. That was because countless outsiders came here every year, hoping to meet Edelweiss.
Some wanted to become Edelweiss's disciples, but even more wanted to challenge her title as the world's strongest swordswoman. Although legend said Edelweiss was incredibly powerful, anyone who had not seen it with their own eyes would always possess an inexplicable confidence in themselves. Many believed that Edelweiss's title as the world's strongest swordswoman was undeserved, that the League and the Alliance had exaggerated her strength merely to avoid taking responsibility for