Utuo City.
This city had not been particularly famous before. It merely had the pleasant Red Maple Forest nearby, where crimson clouds stretched as far as the eye could see. Every year at this season, the scenery was exceptionally beautiful.
Seven hundred years ago, Xiahou Wudao and the great master Songyun had fought for three days and three nights within this maple forest. Only then did Utuo City become renowned throughout the land.
It was said that both men had been cultivators who had attained immortal-demon bodies. Even the slightest move they made possessed earth-shattering, ghost-weeping might.
After fighting for three days and three nights, the heavens collapsed and the earth split apart. In the end, both had exhausted their origins and died within this Red Maple Forest!
This was a battle that had shaken the Heavenly Martial Continent for years. News of it spread across the continent, and all under heaven came to know of it. Countless cultivators came as though on pilgrimage, paying their respects to the two seniors who had attained immortal-demon bodies.
For that reason, even though Utuo City had been damaged beyond recognition, it quickly prospered once more.
Perhaps nourished by immortal-demon blood, the red maple leaves that grew afterward were even closer to the color of blood, possessing a bleak yet gorgeous beauty. Moreover, such leaves had gained a startlingly strange effect: they could strengthen the sinews and bones, regenerate flesh, and replenish blood. The locals revered them as divine medicine.
The "Red Leaf Jade Vermilion Pill" refined from these red maple leaves was an excellent choice for martial artists just beginning cultivation, used to build a solid foundation. Several major factions within Utuo City jointly controlled its production, and within a few years had amassed astonishing wealth. Utuo City accordingly became even more