Rainbow Shadows Veil the Sun, Spiritual Light Beyond the Heavens (2)

The human heart was a strange thing. When the one taking the lead did not come, they wondered about it; when he came, they mocked him. Yet once he truly stood before them, they all stepped forward to pay their respects, their attitudes exceptionally proper.

"It's Huan Yinzi. The Eight Yin Sect has come to join the fun too!"

Tang He muttered, but a smile appeared on his face as he gave a slight cupped-fist salute in that direction, every courtesy perfectly observed.

The Eight Yin Sect was one of the Four Northern Sects. These four sects effectively controlled the four northern cities: the Heaven Seizing Sect occupied Wu Tuo City, the Pan Huang Sect held Shuangpan City, the Xuanshui Sect controlled Santu City, and the Eight Yin Sect held Black Snow City.

The latter two rarely displayed much of a presence in the Northern Wasteland, more often appearing through their spokesmen. The Xuanshui Sect openly supported the Yin Mountain Sect, said to exist as a nail driven into the Thirteen Water Mansions of Blackwater River. As for Black Snow City, it lay close to the Earth Fire Demon Palace, where poisonous black snow often drifted down, giving the city its name.

There was no need to doubt it: this sect was attached to the demonic sects. This Huan Yinzi was an elder of the Eight Yin Sect, who normally cultivated in the north and rarely came here.

Tang He then looked at the man who had arrived with him and sneered. "No wonder he gave no one face, yet allowed Three Families Market to gain a foothold in Black Snow City. So they serve the same master."

The man accompanying Huan Yinzi was someone they all knew: Mister He, the foremost figure of Three Families Market.

Ever since Liu