The arena at Skywater Bridge had been built outside a restaurant across the river. Third Madam had already bought the restaurant and changed its sign to Kui Xing Tower. The plaque awarded by the Imperial Court to the champion stood in a second-floor window.
At that moment, two young men from Yunzhou sects were exchanging punches and kicks on the newly built platform. Spectators surrounded it below, from martial artists who had come from all over to ordinary people living near Skywater Bridge.
As the Ye Residence's Door God, Zhe Yunli had now acquired a little of an expert's dignity. Instead of joining the crowd to chat about everything under the sun as usual, she stood on the restaurant's ridge with her long saber in her arms, copying her master's manner as she watched with unsmiling concentration.
Fluffy Niao Niao had little interest in the matches. She slid down the snowy roof like a penguin, then poked her head over the eaves to look down:
"Chirp?"
Several chairs stood beneath the restaurant's eaves. Hua Junchen, Xu Tianying, and Cao Aning sat among them as judges. Although their martial arts looked bizarre to Ye Jingtang, they were genuine top-tier experts in the martial world and more than qualified to referee these youngsters. At present, they were chatting among themselves:
"That fist technique is rather interesting. I've never seen it in Northern Liang..."
"It's Embrace Origin Force. Li Hunyuan, the Sect Leader of Embrace Origin Gate, took a punch from Night Great Yama last year and survived..."
"No wonder. With a record like that, you could certainly call him an accomplished disciple of a famous master..."
Amid the bustle above and below, Zhe Yunli suddenly noticed a figure leap onto the New Residence. He glanced over and beckoned to her.
Seeing