They were only six words spoken among a cacophony of other voices. But Xu Qing’s name was deeply meaningful! In Sea-Sealing County, and especially to the swordsages there, his name carried profound significance! He was a fellow veteran who had fought life-or-death battles by their side! He had experienced the cruel baptism of war with them! He was a hero to all of Sea-Sealing County, and was also its future governor. It was the same with the mortals. No one could possibly forget his name for a moment. In an instant, the swordsages who had been furious and ready to die fighting were all shaken to the core. The person they had all been thinking about was now out of seclusion!0

Excited expressions appeared everywhere as people looked around for the figure that they all remembered clearly. It wasn’t just the swordsages who reacted in that way. The cultivators from the other two palaces were just as stunned, and the elite cultivators from sects throughout Sea-Sealing County were all shaken. There were plenty of people who had never seen Xu Qing, but knew his name well.1

If that was the reaction from the crowd in general, it was easy to imagine the shock visible on the faces of the three palace lords, Marquis Yao, and everyone else hovering in midair.3

That one name struck astonishment into the hearts of countless citizens of Sea-Sealing County....0