On the Azure Sky Sword Sect's training ground, the buzz of voices had already reached a crescendo.
People filled every inch of the mountainside, far and wide.
Sect Master Duan Qingqian, along with Zang Qingyun and the other Four Great Elders who had forced Qin Chen off a cliff two years prior, including the Three Peak Masters of the Azure Sky Sword Sect, all took their seats on the left side of the high platform in the training ground.
To the right sat Yun Zhenhai, Sect Master of the Cloud Sea Sect, along with the elders of the Cloud Sea Sect.
Duan Ming, the son of Duan Qingqian, stood among the crowd, toasting and making merry with a group of youthful Martial Artists from Thunder State.
Surrounded by many disciples of the Azure Sky Sword Sect, Duan Ming seemed to be the center of attention, drawing the gaze of numerous young maidens.
An hour later.
People who were supposed to arrive had mostly done so.
