Jianchang Circuit, Qingping Prefecture, Heroes Tower.
At the heart of vast Qingping Prefecture stood the square, nine-story Heroes Tower, the symbol of both Qingping Prefecture and Jianchang Circuit, for it represented the Heroes Association.
Among the Forty-Nine Circuits of Great Zhou, Jianchang Circuit was not particularly prosperous in martial arts, yet it was one of the places ordinary people most loved to live.
Because not a single bandit could be found here. Even within the prefectural cities, there was not a single jianghu gang. If martial artists wanted to earn money, they could only go to places like escort agencies and martial arts schools.
Likewise, no demonic-path martial artists appeared here. Even those vicious criminals and wicked bandits would skirt around Jianchang Circuit. This place was even more peaceful than Henan Circuit, where Shaolin stood guard, because this was the home of the Heroes Association—the Heroes Association where righteous people from across the realm gathered.
A middle-aged martial artist of around forty walked down the street. His features were ordinary, and he wore a dull gray outfit of coarse cloth. A bamboo hat was strapped to his back. If not for the sword in his hand making him seem like a jianghu man, anyone would have taken him for an ordinary old farmer from the fields rather than a martial artist.
Whenever passersby saw this middle-aged martial artist, they would stop and sincerely greet him in grateful voices. "Hero Ren!"
The middle-aged martial artist answered with a smile, though a trace of hidden weariness lingered within it.
Everyone in Jianchang Circuit was grateful to him, because he was the benefactor of the entire circuit. Without him, Jianchang Circuit would not be as tranquil and peaceful as it was today.
He was the current president of the Heroes Association, the Yang