Chapter 139: Old Man Tianji's Advice [Second bonus update]
Snowmoon City stood in Linjiang, the richest part of Jiangnan, and occupied a vast expanse of land.
Seen from afar, the entire city towered majestically, brimming with boundless prosperity.
The city had existed in Jiangnan for over a hundred years, but those who had truly raised it to the supreme throne of Ming's Jiangnan were its current three lords: the Great Venerable, the "Wine Immortal" Baili Dongjun; the Second Venerable, the "Snowmoon Sword Immortal" Li Hanyi; and the Third Venerable, the "Spear Immortal" Sikong Changfeng.
These three had each held the southern Wulin in check for nearly a decade.
The first decade belonged to Baili Dongjun; the second to Li Hanyi; and the third to Sikong Changfeng.
Only in the last ten years had Snowmoon City begun retreating into quiet, developing without fanfare.
But as the leader of the southern Wulin, even if Snowmoon City caused no stir in the jianghu, it still sat firmly in the seat of southern supremacy, and no one dared provoke it.
Only Shaolin Temple, situated atop Mount Song and known as the World's Martial Sect, could rival it.
The others-even the Shu Tang Clan, with its heritage of over a hundred years, and the Supreme Alliance, whose reputation had surged through the jianghu in recent years-were still a tier below.
Yet now, few people could be seen throughout Snowmoon City. Security was tight everywhere, as though a formidable enemy were at its gates.
All this stemmed from a notice the imperial court had issued to Snowmoon City half a month earlier:
Snowmoon City was harboring wanted imperial fugitives: Beyond Heaven's young sect master Ye Anshi, whose Buddhist name was Wuxin; Lei Wujie, the disciple of Lei Hong from a branch of Jiangnan's Lei Family Fort;