The god of the Great Li Empire’s new Central Mountain, Jin Qing, had once been the most revered mountain god of the Luminous Vermilion Empire. Halfway up the mountain was a natural sword washing pond that was nothing short of a blessing from the heavens. Many swordsmen flocked to the mountain from far and wide to wash their swords, and Wei Qing often served as their Dao guardian in secret.1

Hence, not only was he on very good terms with the swordsmen of the Luminous Vermilion Empire, but he was also close with many of the continent’s Golden Core Tier swordsmen as well. Among them, he was closest with Li Tuanjing of the Wind Lightning Field. In the past, Li Tuanjing had visited the Luminous Vermilion Empire and gotten into many conflicts, even irking the Northern Mountain God at the time, placing him in grave peril.0

However, he was saved by Jin Qing, who insisted on escorting Li Tuanjing safely out of the empire. At the time, Li Tuanjing had only been at the Dragon Gate Tier, yet Jin Qing had been willing to oppose both the Northern and Southern Mountain Gods of the Luminous Vermilion Empire to ensure his safety.0

Wu Yuan burst into laughter, then turned around and pulled out a stack of papers from the desk behind him. The papers were laden with small and neat text, and he handed them to Wei Bo as he declared, “It’s all here.”0

Wei Bo read through the contents of the papers as he mused, “On the way here, I overheard many of the local residents talking about how their prefecture has been assigned an overseer who never seems to be around, but it seems like you’ve been much busier than people have been led to believe.”0

There was not much point in listening to errant rumors,...0