At noon, the azure sky looked freshly washed.
In October, Ancient Market Town still baked beneath a blazing sun, the air steaming with heat. So few pedestrians walked the market's normally bustling streets that even dogs were scarce.
The only exception was the area around Xiushui Commandery's Martial Discourse Tower, situated in Ancient Market Town.
Many people of the martial world had gathered there, waiting outside the entrance in tightly packed ranks.
When Xie Zhenqing walked onto the first floor, she found everything ready. Over a thousand copies of the latest issue of the Martial Secrets Almanac occupied the most conspicuous spot.
There was the locally published Eastern Continent Gazetteer, the nationwide Divine Province Gazette, and some regional gazetteers covering other provinces that might also interest readers.
Xie Zhenqing casually picked up a copy and quickly leafed through it.
She turned to the two articles she had written, along with the two interviews with renowned martial artists that she had personally handled.
Her eyes swept down ten lines at a glance, and a satisfied look gradually appeared on her face.
The two interviews in particular were exceptionally high-quality and outstanding.
One featured Lei Yuan, the Academy Master of the Zhengyang Martial Academy; the other featured Zhang Yu, a recently risen Sixth Grade expert, a genius rogue cultivator ranked ninth on the Eastern Province Azure Cloud Ranking.
Young Hero Zhang had personally recounted some of his past experiences to her, then explained in detail some cultivation tips, key points of footwork, and other aspects of the martial world's Wild Goose Skill, along with a unique shortcut to mastery that Zhang Yu had developed.
-This would surely cause a sensation throughout Eastern Province!
What attracted people of the martial world most to the Martial Secrets Almanac was neither its rankings nor its