On April 24th, a light drizzle shrouded Xiushui County in mist, the fog thick and pervasive.
People generally believed that the place chosen by Iron Madman for his promotion to Fourth Grade would either be at West Mountain or west of Shenxiu River, near Taishan, with more secluded locations being preferable.
After all, it was rumored that in order to advance to Fourth Grade, practitioners of the Mixed Element Iron Armor Skill from the Tie Armor Sect had to bury themselves in rock for three days and three nights.
No one had expected that Iron Madman would choose a flat little village two hundred and seventy miles south of West Mountain, right at the border between Xiushui County and Huiji County.
Songfeng Sword Lin Shi only learned of Iron Madman's choice an hour before the event and was extremely surprised.
When he led his Xiushui Hall men and horses to the village, known as Mi Family Mansion, the next morning, he immediately surveyed his surroundings.
