Chapter 264: The Belly of the Sword

The hall fell silent for a moment, as both Guan Qianyan and Kong Lanting said nothing, only Zhang Jingbi stared steadily at the ground, seemingly unaware of the implications behind the words: "Kongtong disciples consider a decade as a generation, and between the ages of ten to twenty, disciples of various peaks will be compared side by side, and contests of skill occur frequently. The first among the disciples involved is deemed the current leader of the sword."

"After the age of twenty, they disperse to various halls to manage affairs. Jiang ... Yitong is twenty-four this year, the foremost of the previous generation, thus he was able to serve at the Lotus Heart Pavillion; Xi Tianji reached twenty this year, and one year after Jiang Yitong stepped down from the Iron Pine Sword Discussion, he became the first of this generation, and it has been three years now."