Spirit Turtle Village

The Spirit Turtle Village is one of the busiest places within Zhou even though it is just a little town within Purple Leaf County. Being the only village located so close and on the way to the southern mountain ranges it had a buzzing economy as all adventurers and hunters who wished to enter the mountains and needed supplies could get them from the village. It had many inns and lots of businesses owned by private individuals and some by organizations.

Today was a very important day in the village as the Cloud Mist sect was conducting an entrance test for the people of the town. if found to have talent for cultivation, it is essentially like a carp leaping over the dragon's gate. It was a life-changing opportunity and all wanted to be a part of the experience.

The sects of this world ruled over their territories which were hard-won through the blood and sweat of their predecessors. They controlled countries and owned the resources in their particular sphere of influence. Any infringement upon their resources could result in very dire consequences. The sects were divided into different ranks depending on the strength of the upper echelon.

The Cloud Mist sect was a rank 3 sect with the strongest person in the sect being at the peak of the foundation establishment realm. It had in its influence many countries including Zhou. The strongest person with Zhou was at the 7th level of the qi condensation stage, thus there was no way a country could offend the sect. Thus the Cloud Mist sect could carry out its entrance test without any fear that a problem may arise from within the kingdom.

Today within spirit turtle village stood a man atop a sword floating about 20 meters above the ground. He was adorned in a blue robe embroidered with clouds on the sleeve. To identify which sect a cultivator belonged to can be seen from the patterns on their sleeves. The cloud patterns represented the cloud mist sect. The man atop the flying sword had long black hair and a very stern face. Looking at him gave one the feeling that he did not belong in the mortal world and gave one the feeling that he was immortal.

This was Jiang Nan, often referred to by the villagers as immortal Jiang. He has been in charge of carrying out the test for the past three sessions, a test which was held once every five years and only tested cultivators from age 16 to 25. He stood atop his flying sword observing the process of the examination as he hoped this session would not be another colossal disappointment and he will be able to find a good seedling to nurture. As he kept observing the disappointment within him grew and his thoughts kept wandering when suddenly he heard a disturbance and his eyes landed on a youth who was about 16 and looked very ordinary. he had just been tested and was found to have an A-grade talent and a high-grade elemental affinity with fire. This was quite a surprise for Jiang Nan as he beamed with joy and invited the boy to move to his side. The village buzzed with cheers as all the neighbors of the boy were happy for him. The boy moved in the direction of Jiang Nan and stood behind him and despite him being in the air and the boy being on the ground you could see from their positioning that he was protective of the boy.

Jiang Nan was still in glee when another noise erupted from the villagers as another person just passed the exam he turned to look and found a young man and from the life energy Jiang Nan sensed in him he could tell that the man was no more than 25 years of age. Jiang Nan smiled as he thought to himself that the heavens must be smiling at him for giving him two geniuses in one day. He examined the testing slap and saw that the man had a B-grade talent and a mid-grade elemental affinity of water. Not talented as the first one but talented nonetheless for Jiang Nan knew that the elders would want to take the youth as their disciple but this one they wouldn't be interested in and this was his opportunity to secure a student so he did not hesitate and immediately spoke

"Henceforth, you will be my student, any objections"

The man beamed with joy and immediately agreed, Who would have thought that he came to this village by coincidence while being on the run but now has instead found an immortal backer, he immediately bowed while greeting

"Disciple greets master"

"Good, good, from this day..."

"Ha, I finally found you, you bastard"

Jiang Nan was in a good mood and was still in the middle of making his speech when he was interrupted. In his displeasure, he turned around to look and saw that it was a young man in white robes, with long black hair and a saber on his waist, and if not for his weary look that indicated that he had been traveling for a long time, he would look like a banished immortal.

This was none other than Liang Chen.