After it had happened enough times, even Wang Zhu, the powerful Grand Commander of the Warrior Administration, had learned the inside story.
Though the Heavencrystal Snowfield could be called a spiritually rich grotto heaven, snow fell there year-round, and the scenery never changed. To a girl of Fang Yue's temperament, it was truly a bitterly cold, desolate place.
Yet despite growing up there, she had never lacked knowledge of the outside world. She always had ways of learning what was happening under heaven, so she could not contain herself and constantly wanted to venture out. She even wanted to imitate the bold rogue cultivators who roamed the world in legendary tales, traveling about to champion justice and uphold the will of heaven.
Wang Zhu sighed. "It's not that I like talking behind people's backs, but most of the blame probably falls on Madam's close friend again, Miss Li, the 'Sword Heroine of the Mortal World.' She spends all day telling children about championing justice and upholding the will of heaven. Those are the ways of grassroots heroes. They really don't suit our Eldest Miss!"
Fang Lian acted as though she had heard nothing. "Grand Commander Wang, please be patient with her."
Wang Zhu smiled wryly. "Ah, understood."
Despite his words, Wang Zhu still accepted the task of finding the Eldest Miss, because he knew he could not refuse in the end.
At the same time, in a market district called Lingdi Prefecture on Yellow Spirit Mountain in the Southern Wilds, a spirited, short-haired girl of about seventeen or eighteen was heartily devouring a bowl of hot noodles in an eatery with a sign advertising wonton noodles.
"Whew... delicious! Who would have thought the mortal world had food this good!"
Utterly unconcerned by the startled or amused looks around her, the