Dragon Elephant Martial Saint!
Who in the world had not heard his name?
Within the residence, white-robed sword-bearing cultivators of the Dongtian Sect gathered together, their faces flushed with excitement.
"Master, is this true? The Dragon Elephant Martial Saint is coming to Datong Prefecture to hear the scriptures?"
"At yesterday's gathering, Abbot Dixian said that the court had received an invitation. At the beginning of March, they sent a reply stating clearly that the Dragon Elephant Martial Saint would lead the delegation."
"Wow!"
The younger ones erupted into noisy chatter.
If Liang Qu was a rising legend, a hidden dragon in the abyss, then Zhang Longxiang was already a soaring dragon in the heavens! Zhang Longxiang's original name was Zhang Xiang, and he hailed from Qi Province.
His father, Zhang Duan, had risen from humble beginnings and made his fortune with a flying dragon. He bought more than a hundred mu of good farmland for the family and amassed a modest surplus. Yet after years of toil and struggle, he developed a hidden ailment and died of illness at home at the age of thirty-eight.
Zhang Xiang had been only fifteen at the time, at the golden age for cultivation. Yet he resolutely observed three years of mourning for his father. Only at eighteen did he set foot upon the path of cultivation. After achieving some success, he joined the army at twenty-three and served under Lü Yiyun, grandson of the Duke of Nanyang.
For two years, he remained obscure, with no notable achievements to his name, until a strange thing happened when Zhang Xiang left the army after his mother passed away.
Lü Yiyun actually sent a personal guard to offer condolences.
The guard did not understand and asked, "Many soldiers die, and many suffer bereavement. The general has