Two days later, in the Jiangnan County of East State City, Xie Zhenqing was solemnly seated in front of the public records.

Her expression appeared calm, yet her fingers constantly tapped the desk in front of her, producing a 'dong dong' sound that grew increasingly rapid.

On her lower right, Dong Lishan, who had been promoted to Seventh Rank Proofreader, was also frowning, an incredulous look on his face.

"Uncommon indeed, Tower Master, this issue of 'Debating Martial Arts' has already been delayed by three days, and still hasn't been finalized. What on earth is the reason? As far as I know, such circumstances have only happened seventeen times in the past eight hundred years, all involving the most exceptional heroes of the age. Tower Master, your family's background is distinguished and deep-rooted; have you heard any news recently?"

'Heavenly Mechanism Martial Arts Manual' is a privately published magazine led by Tianji Taoist, with a very flexible release date.

'Debating Martial Arts' is, however, a court official publication, released every two months, strictly on the fifteenth day.

Xie Zhenqing glanced sideways at Dong Lishan, then remained silent.

She knew that, including Dong Lishan, almost everyone at East State Martial Arts Tower was amazed by this matter.

However, Xie Zhenqing managed to uncover the truth through some family channels early this morning.

The reason for the delay in the release of 'Debating Martial Arts' was that the current Grandmaster discovered that 'Infinite Blade Lord' Chu Xisheng possessed a vengeful bloodline of ten or more layers.

This news came out ten days prior and quickly spread among the upper echelons of the court and various sect leaders, causing a great stir in the martial arts world.

The Martial Arts Tower planned to publish this news in the new issue of 'Debating Martial Arts'.

It is said that the Capital City Main Tower was caught off guard by this, having to reorganize originally planned layouts, leading to significant internal debate at the General Tower of Martial Arts.

But it shouldn't have dragged on till now—

Just as Xie Zhenqing was filled with doubts, she saw a light curtain appear before her desk.

This light curtain was manifested through the magic power of the talisman array within the building, containing the figure of someone in a purple official robe.

Xie Zhenqing's expression slightly contracted, and she immediately stood up, bowing toward the person in the light curtain: "Subordinate 'Quan East State Martial Arts Tower Master' Xie Zhenqing, greets Scholar Lei!"

The General Martial Arts Tower is headed by the Left Assistant Minister of Rites, but several Description 2 scholars under him manage various operations.

And it is with this Lei-named scholar that the East State Martial Arts Tower usually coordinates.

"No need for formalities."

Scholar Lei's appearance was handsome, his demeanor gentle and elegant, smiling as he slightly raised his hand, passing several bound booklets through the light curtain: "You've presumably been waiting for a long time, so let's skip the small talk. This is the new issue of 'Debating Martial Arts', and it needs to be printed as soon as possible."

Daning is vast, stretching from the Ice State in the north to Jiao State in the far south, over 170,000 miles.

The General Martial Arts Tower couldn't transport printed booklets to East State for sale, instead, after finalizing drafts, they were magically passed down layer by layer, assigned to the local state cities' martial arts towers for printing and distribution.

"Subordinate obeys the order!"

After receiving the booklets handed over from the other side, Xie Zhenqing inquired with puzzled eyes: "Scholar, I would like to know, why was the new issue of 'Debating Martial Arts' delayed?"

"The martial world has changed suddenly, causing multiple revisions of our final draft."

Scholar Lei smiled wryly, rubbing his forehead tiredly: "You'll understand the specifics after you read this issue's final draft. I have several other state martial arts towers to contact and distribute, let's chat next time."

After saying this, he waved his sleeve, causing the light curtain to vanish without a trace.

Xie Zhenqing opened the booklets in her hand and quickly browsed through them.

In just a moment, her pupils slightly contracted.

"Eighteenth place on the Heavenly List, 'Great God Yin Hand' Baili Lieshou has fallen? Died by the hand of One Sword Overturning City Wen Zhiyi?"

This is, in recent years, after the sudden death of Qin Muge, another fallen from the Heavenly List.

And it's not just Baili Lieshou who died; also the two Supreme Elders of Blood Bat Mountain, 'Divine Blade Shadowless' Xue Wujin and 'Sun Erosion Hand' Quan Sikong, as well as the Supreme Elder of Doutian Divine Palace 'Divine Power Doutian' Dongfang Bai.

Aside from these four, several Second Grade experts also perished at Cloud Sea Immortal Palace.

This is undoubtedly a massive upheaval in the martial world.

The death of these four First Grade masters is enough to change the Jianghu landscape.

However, what surprised Xie Zhenqing the most was the current third place on the Heavenly List—'Demon Flow Saber King' Zhuang Yan.

This person unexpectedly jumped onto the Heavenly List, causing all experts below the top two to move down one rank.

"Demon Flow Saber King?"

Dong Lishan, also reading a booklet, looked incredulous: "Didn't this person retire over thirty years ago? Does his reappearance in Jianghu mean the Divine Blade Sect will also reappear in the world?"

"It says this person's purpose is to bring disciples to train in Jianghu; whether it's true or false remains to be seen."

Xie Zhenqing furrowed her brows: "This is truly not a good omen."

Dong Lishan paused upon hearing this, a tone of doubt: "Why do you say this, Tower Master?"

Xie Zhenqing shook her head, showing no intention of replying.

After all, hailing from a local place, Dong Lishan's knowledge was limited and he was unclear about the situation.

The Divine Blade Sect is an elusive sect, not many in numbers, but the number of experts in the sect is comparable to a First Grade Divine Sect.

Each time its disciples appear in the world, they set off massive waves in Jianghu.

However, few people know that the Divine Blade Sect belongs to the 'True Sect', being one of the pillars of 'True Sect'.

And the two factions of 'Chan' and 'Zhen' are the largest hidden forces of the Human Clan today.

It is said that the two existed even before the Primordial Emperor Xuanhuang, originating from two supreme beings who mastered the method of creation, with super-grade stationed in their sects, even possessing powerful True Gods.

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