Su Fei nodded in complete agreement. He had never been interested in other people's tombs, but when he heard the name "Martial Saint Azure Cloud," something stirred faintly in his heart.
Martial Saint Realm ninth layer peak. I wonder when I'll reach that realm.
It probably won't take too long.
The two chatted a little longer. The song and dance onstage changed, and a woman in a long dress with flowing water sleeves stepped onto the stage, holding a pipa. With gentle plucks and slow twists of her fingers, she played a lilting melody, leaving Su Fei in good spirits.
Over the next few days, news that the Tomb of Martial Saint Azure Cloud had emerged in Cloud Province seemed to sprout wings, spreading freely throughout Great Xuan and causing an uproar even in the imperial capital.
In teahouses and entertainment houses, martial artists could be heard discussing it everywhere. Quite a few even packed their belongings and headed straight for Cloud Province, hoping to try their luck and make a haul.
But this wave of "treasure fever" soon took a different turn.
The news received by the Southern Commandery Investigation Department in the imperial capital was that more and more martial artists were gathering in Cloud Province City, and fighting throughout Cloud Province was increasing along with them.
Some martial artists ate at restaurants without paying and stabbed the proprietors to death on the spot when they tried to stop them. Others fought viciously inside inns over a superior room, while others slipped into wealthy households at night to rob them.
The local authorities and the Imperial Guard in Cloud Province simply could not keep these martial artists under control. All they could do was urgently send memorials to the Great Xuan Dynasty's court in the imperial capital,