Arc 21Cordu’s Tall Tales
Lumian entertained Cordu’s tavern with a fabricated morgue story before meeting Ryan Koss, Valentine, and Léa. Pierre explained how Aurora had brought Lumian to Cordu and given him his name and surname, while Lumian said he had forgotten his original name; elsewhere, Hou Niao stopped his followers from attacking the Orthopedic Sect’s survivors and promised to return its territory.
- Lumian told a grim story about a hospital morgue watchman who found a strange mark on a corpse and began dreaming of a vast fog, then admitted it was made up and credited his sister Aurora with writing such tales.
- Ryan Koss introduced himself and his companions, Valentine and Léa, and warned Lumian that his surname Lee recalled the feared sailor Frank Lee.
- Lumian ordered Green Fairy, and Ryan bought drinks for him and Pierre as the tavern regulars explained Lumian’s reputation for inventing stories and pranks.
- Pierre said Aurora had brought Lumian to Cordu when he was thirteen, given him the name Lumian, and passed her surname Lee to him, and Lumian said he had forgotten his former name.
- The Four Huncheng Families backed Hou Niao’s defiance, and Paper Arhat accepted that the Buddhist Sect would join the fighting.
- Monk Yuanxing asked Monk Tiding if he could defeat Hou Niao, and Tiding admitted he was not strong enough yet and advised attacking multiple targets instead of singling out Quanzhen.
- Hou Niao found the Orthopedic Sect’s Mountain Gate burning and Miao Renlong and True Person Sun dead, then stopped his followers from attacking the remaining minor cultivators and ordered them to contain the fire and return the Dharma Bodies.
- Wei True Person told Hou Niao he had secretly followed the campaign to support him, and Hou Niao promised to return the Orthopedic Sect’s territory, and Wei offered to explain the decision to neighboring traditions.