Feint East, Strike West: Assassinating a Spirit Transformation [Requesting Monthly Tickets]

Heavenly Treasure City.

Seven hundred years ago, it had been called Blazing Snow City. Snow blanketed its towering walls, and many rooftops still bore drifts of it, yet a breath of spring ran through the bustling streets.

The farther one walked into the city, the more one could take in the scenery of all four seasons.

Built amid Spirit Veins, the city stood beside the Earthfire Mountain Range. Ice and fire met here, creating its distinctive scenery and prosperity.

On the North Cold Continent, cultivators of water, ice, wood, and metal techniques enjoyed a natural advantage. Water and ice went without saying; water nurtured wood, so Wood-Attribute techniques fared relatively well too.

The continent was also rich in Spirit Veins and mineral deposits. Cultivators of Metal-Attribute techniques had relatively easy access to all manner of metal resources and magical treasures.

Earth came next. Fire Attribute cultivators had it hardest: the conditions were restrictive, and a high-grade Earth Fire Vein was exceedingly rare on the North Cold Continent.

"You people from the Vajra Temple have gone too far!"

Just then, an angry voice boomed from a magnificent, gilded pavilion in the center of Heavenly Treasure City.

Its terrifying force sent ripples across the surrounding Restrictions, but they still failed to contain the sound.

"What's going on?"

"Look! Someone's making trouble at the Golden Treasure Pavilion."

"Heavens, that place belongs to the Vajra Temple."

"Shh, keep your voice down. Judging by that aura, the troublemaker is clearly a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator."

Inside the Golden Treasure Pavilion, Wild Crane Wanderer was disguised as a Nascent Soul Late Stage Rogue Cultivator. Dressed in a neat Daoist robe, he glared furiously at the two Nascent Soul Cultivators before him.

"Fellow Daoists, are you using the Vajra Temple's name to bully your customers?"

"How