Yu Mountain suddenly became lively.
No one knew where the news had come from. In any case, it was presented with such certainty that it seemed entirely credible.
Thus, in recent days, the entire martial world seemed to have gone mad. Countless people hurried toward Yu Mountain in a frenzy!
"There is a Heaven One Pavilion atop Yu Mountain, and within it lives the Number One Under Heaven."
Even children who had yet to enter the martial world had heard this saying.
Since Heaven One Pavilion had issued no invitations, naturally no one dared climb the mountain and cause trouble.
After all, climbing the mountain meant ascending the pavilion!
Not everyone was qualified to climb that Heaven One Pavilion.
All the martial artists who came, including the influential nobles who had traveled from various places to join the excitement, crowded beneath the mountain and in the villages and towns around Yu Mountain.
In just a few days, nearly every place around Yu Mountain where people could stay was packed full.
Forget inns and hotels—even many private homes had been rented out.
For a time, people from all walks of life mingled here, with fish and dragons mixed together.
The more martial artists there were, the more conflicts arose. On top of that, some people were already accustomed to causing trouble and fishing in troubled waters, so they naturally provoked no small number of incidents.
However, before the righteous martial artists and rogue heroes could step in to uphold justice, Heaven One Pavilion quickly sent its guest elders down the mountain to maintain order.
These guest elders had all once failed to ascend the pavilion, stopping at a certain floor and thereafter pledging their allegiance to Heaven One Pavilion.
Anyone who dared attempt the ascent was at the very least a