Changyang Mountain was located in Xihe County, Longnan City, Gansu Province before the Great Calamity.
After the Great Calamity, Changyang Mountain was under the jurisdiction of Yuzhang City, but it didn't really matter. It was only a nominal jurisdiction.
When Yanjing City had just been established and Yuzhang City was still nowhere to be seen, Yanjing City had jurisdiction over the vast territories of Huaxia, Fusang, Central Asia, Siberia, Southeast Asia, India, and Australia.
But in fact, it was already difficult for Yanjing City to control the area within a few hundred kilometers around it. Those territories were only controlled in name.
When Yuzhang City was established, Zhe Tian Jiandi went to the Sword Committee of Yanjing City to discuss the issue of territory. Chen Shuang Jiandi drew a line along the central axis of Huaxia and gave the area south of the line to Yuzhang City. He even asked Zhe Tian Jiandi if it was enough. If it wasn't enough, he could also give Siberia to Zhe Tian Jiandi.
All in all, there was no dispute between the base cities regarding the nominal territory. They couldn't even control the land around their own cities, let alone territories thousands of kilometers away.
After traveling along the broken highway for four days, Guhan's hoverbus finally arrived near Changyang Mountain.
They met some Yuan Kou along the way, and they were all assigned to Guhan, Song Yifei, and Koo Rok-in as missions.
In less than ten minutes, they were all killed by Guhan and the others.
They also met a team of sword bearers who were on an adventure. They were a team of sword bearers from Yanjing City. There were 25 people in total, and they had been on an adventure for almost half a year.
After chatting with them, they learned that their goal was to destroy a stronghold of the Martyr's Palace. It was said that there was a Natural Sword Lady left in Yuan Kou's hands in that stronghold. They wanted to take the Sword Lady back.
However, the team had already lost five sword bearers before they could find the stronghold.
Therefore, the team leader already had the intention to retreat. He planned to return to Yanjing City after eliminating the Yuan Kou in the area.
After that, Guhan didn't meet any sword bearers anymore. He didn't meet any of them even when he reached his destination.
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"Brother Tianyuan, long time no see!"
Seeing Xu Tianyuan jump down from the tree, Guhan couldn't help but size up this son of an aristocratic family that he hadn't seen for almost two weeks.
The other party's clothes were neat and tidy, and his face was glowing. He did not look like a guy who had been hiding in the jungle for two weeks.
However, this was not strange. As long as Xu Tianyuan did not lose his dimensional pocket, he would never lack tools to take care of himself.
"Brother Guhan, I didn't expect to see you here. Ling didn't choose the wrong person!" Xu Tianyuan cupped his fist and smiled at Guhan.
"Ling?" Song Yifei's ears twitched. This name sounded like a girl's name.
Could it be that there was something that Song Yifei did not know?
Thinking about it carefully, Song Yifei really did not know about the existence of Liunian Ling. There were a few times when he met with Guhan, but Liunian Ling was not by Guhan's side.
Although Ju Wudao knew something about Guhan and Liunian Ling, he would not tell Song Yifei about it.
Therefore, this was the first time that Song Yifei heard the name Ling.
"Oh, you don't know, but Ling is Mr. Guhan's girlfriend. Ling was the one who discovered the trial field. However, Ling was trapped in the trial field, and Brother Guhan rushed here to save Ling. This is really touching!" Xu Tianyuan looked like he was touched.
"You have a girlfriend!"
Song Yifei suddenly raised his voice by several pitches. "Gu Han, you're good. You hid it well. Congratulations!"
Yi Wenjun swore that Song Yifei wasn't moved at all.
"That's right, I'm here to save Linlin!"
Guhan's answer was clever. He only said that he was there to save Liunian Ling, but he did not answer the crucial question of whether Liunian Ling was his girlfriend.
"Alright, you ungrateful little guy. Now is not the time for you to be jealous!"
The Eagle Cat Sword Spirit couldn't stand it anymore. The sword wielder who couldn't stand being abused directly defined Song Yifei as someone who was jealous. Instantly, Song Yifei shut his mouth. He didn't want to talk about Linlin anymore. What a joke, who was jealous?
"Xu Tianyuan, right?
The descendant of the Confucian family! "
The spirit of the eagle cat nodded. "Let me ask you, how is the situation? Have the people from the other base cities arrived?"
"The team from Yan Jing has arrived. They are resting in the temporary camp.
As for the other base cities, there is no news yet, "Xu Tianyuan answered politely.
"He is the descendant of the Confucian family!"
Yi Wenjun, who was standing behind Gu Han, carefully sized up Xu Tianyuan and couldn't help but feel a sense of shame in her heart.
Yi Wenjun was also a descendant of the Jiandi family. He was also the descendant of the invincible Zhe Jiandi, who had established the Yuzhang Base City.
Strictly speaking, Yi Wenjun's bloodline was nobler than Xu Tianyuan's. At the very least, Confucian Jiandi would never be able to defeat Zhe Jiandi. Besides, Confucian Jiandi did not leave behind a base city that could bring fortune to the world.
While Yi Wenjun was thinking about these things, Xu Tianyuan and the spirit of the eagle cat had finished their conversation. Xu Tianyuan turned around, saluted the others in a graceful manner, and then introduced himself with a smile.
"I am Xu Tianyuan, the descendant of the Confucian family. It is my pleasure to meet the geniuses and young heroes of Yuzhang City.
I wonder if I would be honored to make friends with you all. "As expected of a descendant of the Confucian family, every word and action was well-mannered.
"Koo Rok-in!
Nice to meet you! "
Koo Rok-in was the first to speak. After introducing himself, this chuunibyou teenager turned his nose up in the air and ignored Xu Tianyuan, as if Xu Tianyuan was some insignificant nobody.
"Oh, it is the son of Sword Immortal Baiju. My apologies!" Xu Tianyuan said politely and ignored Koo Rok-in.
Although the son of a Sword Immortal sounded impressive, it was nothing compared to his status as the descendant of the Confucian family.
Once Sword Immortal Baiju passed away, Koo Rok-in would be nothing to him.
Then, Xu Tianyuan looked at Guhan. Guhan smiled and didn't say anything. He and Xu Tianyuan already knew each other, so there was nothing for him to introduce.
Then, Song Yifei took the initiative to speak. She imitated Xu Tianyuan and cupped her fists. "Song Yifei, I used to be a doctor. Recently, I got lucky and became a sword wielder. I'm ashamed that I don't have much to show."
"So it's Miss Yi Fei. Miss Yi Fei, don't belittle yourself. I can sense an unusual power from Miss Yi Fei. Miss Yi Fei will definitely be able to gain something in the trial field."
After Song Yifei finished her self-introduction, only Yi Wenjun was left.
Yi Wenjun took a deep breath and made a gesture that looked a bit strange, but naturally gave off a noble and elegant aura of a complex etiquette.
"I am Yuzhang City's Shrouding Heaven family's sixteenth generation descendant, Yi Wenjun. May I ask how the descendant of the Confucian family is doing?" It seemed like Yi Wenjun had brought out the etiquette of the Jiandi family.
In a certain era, some of the family heads of the Jiandi family felt good about themselves. In order to highlight their status as part of the Jiandi family, they came up with a set of etiquette for the Jiandi family to interact with each other … then, this set of etiquette quickly spread among all the Jiandi families … back then, the Shrouding Heaven family was the most proactive one. After losing their strength, they could only rely on these complicated etiquettes to show their status as part of the Jiandi family.
However, it was worth mentioning that the Liu Nian family had never cared about these etiquettes. Their descendants had always done whatever they wanted, and they deeply hated etiquette.
It was said that one family head privately said that only those rotten families would care about these meaningless etiquettes.
Because of their deep relationship with the Liu Nian family, the Confucian family had also been influenced by the Liu Nian family. They also didn't care about this etiquette.
Although Xu Tianyuan knew about these etiquettes and had learned some of them, he had basically forgotten most of them. If you asked him to use the standard etiquette to reply to Yi Wenjun's etiquette, then sorry, Xu Tianyuan couldn't do it.
Xu Tianyuan took the initiative to grab Yi Wenjun's hand and excitedly said, "I didn't expect to meet the descendant of the Shrouding Heaven family here. This is truly surprising. The Shrouding Heaven family hasn't interacted with other families in over two hundred years. I didn't expect to meet you today. It's truly my honor!"
Very good. This way, I won't have to be embarrassed about not knowing etiquette.
Xu Tianyuan did it because he was excited!
But then again, the Shrouding Heaven family really hadn't appeared in the various family gatherings and conferences for a long time.
The reason was very simple: they couldn't afford to lose face.
Back then, the Heaven Shrouding Family's laughable fight for the position of family leader had caused quite a commotion, and all of the Sword Emperor families knew about it. As such, the Heaven Shrouding Family became the laughingstock of the circle, and the elders of the family used it to educate the younger generation.
There was a saying that went, "Families can't cover the sky too much."
Don't misunderstand, this wasn't to criticize the families for being overbearing. It was to educate their descendants that they couldn't live like the Shrouding Heaven family.
Adding on the fact that the Shrouding Heaven family didn't have a single Famed Sword Bearer, they didn't have the face to attend any conferences.
A few generations of family heads were thick-skinned and wanted to attend the conference to get some benefits.
In the end, they were stopped by Yuzhang City. What a joke. If other families went to lose face, then so be it.
If the founder of Yuzhang City, the descendant of the Shrouding Heaven Jiandi Family, lost face, then the entire Yuzhang City would lose face.
Therefore, it was true that the various families hadn't seen the descendant of the Shrouding Heaven family for over two hundred years. If Yi Wenjun hadn't mentioned it, Xu Tianyuan would have almost forgotten about the existence of the Shrouding Heaven family.