The Northern Han Dynasty lay at the extreme north of the Lingnan lands. This place was blanketed in ice and snow year-round, an endless frozen plain whose edge could not be seen at a glance. Within the Northern Han Dynasty, heavy snow basically never stopped, no matter the season.
Although this place was frozen year-round, as the saying went, one region's soil nurtured its own people. The cultivation resources here were quite abundant, with the most eye-catching being the Blood Ginseng found in the Icy Peaks.
Over the years, countless martial artists had come to the Northern Han Dynasty and entered the Icy Peaks, all dreaming of finding wild Blood Ginseng there. Once they obtained it, they could raise their cultivation and sharpen their strength. Yet many returned empty-handed. Even those with enough patience who waited here for years would only occasionally find a single Blood Ginseng.
Within the Northern Han Dynasty, aside from the Icy Peaks, there was another place that drew extraordinary attention: the Sword Hermitage.
The Sword Hermitage was the secluded residence of Old Man Lone Boat. Every day, countless young talents rushed there, hoping to become Old Man Lone Boat's disciples and learn his heaven-reaching, earth-shaking swordsmanship.
But Old Man Lone Boat had a strange temperament and disliked accepting disciples. Although he had lived in seclusion at the Sword Hermitage for many years, and countless young talents and swordsmanship geniuses had come to seek apprenticeship, he had only one disciple: Zhang Jianxing.
After Zhang Jianxing emerged a few years ago, the names of the Demon Sword Heir and the World Ender once again shook Lingnan, elevating Old Man Lone Boat's abilities to the pinnacle.
Thus, over the past few years, quite a few young talents who refused to give up had come to the Sword Hermitage,