Over the rolling waves of the lake, the atmosphere remained lively. From supreme masters to lowly martial artists, everyone was talking over one another:
"Amazing. This boat ticket was worth every penny..."
"After more than forty years, the title of Blade Overlord finally changed hands... Why the long face?"
"What are you blindly celebrating for? With Old Xuanyuan as Blade Overlord, we might have had a chance to succeed him once age caught up with him. But what about this Hero Ye? He's only around twenty, not even in his prime, and his saber skills are already this absurd. He's bound to become even stronger. None of us has a chance in this lifetime anymore..."
"Uh... You have a point. How about switching to spears? Spears beat sabers..."
"Duansheng Ji only became Spear Chief a few years ago. He's barely in his thirties. You planning to fight him with your life? The oldest of the Eight Great Beauties right now seems to be Lu Jieyun..."
The noisy chatter echoed among the thousand sails.
Amid the cluster of boats was a large ferry. A second-floor window in its deckhouse stood open, hung with a beaded curtain.
Behind the curtain, a fairly tall figure in a brocade robe stood silently by the window. Beneath a bamboo hat, a pair of eyes watched the new Blade Overlord and the woman in white on Junshan Terrace board a small boat.
Inside the room, a girl dressed as a maid was thumping her chest and stamping her feet like the men outside, excited about who knew what.
After grinning foolishly for a good while, she noticed that the figure by the window had said nothing. She approached and asked curiously:
"Cult Leader, this Hero Ye is so handsome. He's skilled, chivalrous, and young. One