In front of Chen Manor, Jiang Lin and Fang Chaoqun sat shoulder to shoulder on the steps. Jiang Lin drank wine and cracked melon seeds as he listened to Fang Chaoqun spin his wild tales.
As he grew more excited, Fang Chaoqun stopped using the little bowl and directly lifted the large wine jar to drink.
"That time, as a Sword Cultivator, I discovered that I'd reached a bottleneck. Naturally, I had to go to Ten Thousand Mile City to cultivate. Back then, Min Min said she wanted to go with me. Although Min Min had only been in the Golden Core Realm at the time, she was still qualified to ascend Ten Thousand Mile City. Besides, broadening her horizons was a good thing, and with me there, there wouldn't be much danger.
"So, naturally, I took Min Min there.
"Ten Thousand Mile City—now that was a completely different battlefield. Once you got there, you would discover that all the feuds and fights you'd had in the Vast and Righteous World, all the struggles over Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, were utterly insignificant on that vast battlefield, in that place where all life was so faint it could not possibly be fainter!
"The trials of Ten Thousand Mile City were tremendously effective for me. Before long, I broke through the early stage of the Jade Purity Realm and completely stabilized my cultivation.
"Back then, with a jar of wine, a sword, and a set of white robes like my idol's, I made countless young women shriek and countless married women stare with admiration beneath Ten Thousand Mile City. Even a sixty-year-old granny wanted to keep me for dinner. I..."
"Hold on!" Jiang Lin interrupted him. "Who's your idol?"
"Of course it's that First Sword Immortal from ancient times! I even