"The master of the Divine Fist Sect, Astral Cloud True Person Nangong Sheng, enjoys far-reaching fame and is renowned throughout an entire province. I heard from the Wang Family disciples that before they disembarked from the airship, one of the Divine Fist Sect elders said something..."
"What did he say?"
"That elder said that neither the Divine Fist Sect nor Astral Cloud True Person Nangong Sheng possessed an airboat, so what right did Candle Dragon True Person have to monopolize one? When Astral Cloud True Person Nangong Sheng heard that, he merely let out a cold snort through his nostrils. And when I observed them outside just now, I saw that the Divine Fist Sect had brought one sect master and two knight elders this time. None of them looked particularly friendly. True Person, you should be extra cautious today..."
"What cultivation art does this Astral Cloud True Person practice? Is he really that formidable?"
"Astral Cloud True Person founded the Divine Fist Sect in Swallow Province a hundred years ago and advanced to Earth Knight thirty years ago. I heard that he cultivates the Astral Cloud Scripture, a viscount-class secret manual, and has also cultivated a Rushing Thunder Divine Fist..."
In a room within the residence, some distance from the ceremony grounds, Zhang Tie sat grandly in a high-backed master's chair, clad in a magnificent silkworm-patterned robe. As he stroked his sleek, shiny head, he listened to Wang Chongde, the Wang Family head, bowing before him and reporting the news from the ceremony grounds.
That "Xia Ping" who had made a round through Golden Crow City had supposedly vanished without a trace after receiving several million gold coins in payment from the Golden Crow Merchant Group.
Xia Ping had disappeared, while Zhang Tie had quietly returned to Mysterious