A magnificent five-story building stood in the center of Jiang'an County. At its very top hung a brass plaque bearing the words "Stormwatch Tower." Age had turned it a dark blue-black, and it was badly weathered, rather at odds with the exquisite building. Yet this plaque was the soul of the entire tower-it had been inscribed by the Martial Ancestor himself.
Just as the soul of Prince Teng's Pavilion was the Preface to Prince Teng's Pavilion, without this plaque, no faction would have willingly dug into its own pockets to keep renovating and rebuilding this tower, preserving it for a thousand years.
Stormwatch Tower was Jiang'an County's landmark. Ordinarily, people could only look at it; it was not open to the public. Its lights were lit only for major gatherings.
Those admitted were all renowned figures of the Jianghu, while its hosts had been the outstanding talents of successive generations. After the Witch Cult Rebellion ended, the postwar talks dividing territories following the North-South Cultivation War had been held here. Immortal ascendants including the Twin Saints, Ye Ci, Qixia True Person, Bodhisattva Yunian, Northern Zhou's Goddess of War, Yellow Qilin True Person, and Shang Lianbi had all attended.
The threshold for entry was so high that ordinary Jianghu folk had no hope of getting inside. The rank-and-file who came for the excitement merely crowded around Stormwatch Tower, waiting to catch a glimpse of the great figures they had previously heard of only from storytellers.
Xie Jinhuan had originally come to watch the excitement, but at this moment, his mind was filled with the matter of his elder sister-in-law.
This elder sister-in-law, Hua Ruyue, did not look to him like a sword specialist, but Big Ice Lump knew Thunder Magic too. Azure Nether Sword Manor rarely ventured out, and few people