The city of Quhai is even more lively than 2 months ago. The tournament is only one week away from starting, the city is now full of cultivators and their families walking around and spending their money.
Boosting the city economy. Quhai enjoys a lot of privileges other cities of similar size don't. first is the title of "Neutral City" and "Free City". These titles have been given to Quhai by multiple big sects, making it an important trade hub and neutral zone between sects.
Of course, this also protects the city, as no sect is stupid enough to attack it and conquer. This city-neutral zone is important for negotiations between sects and clans. As no one is stupid enough to go into enemy territory for peace treaties after bloody conflicts.
This need for neutral land protects the city and lets it enjoy the peace it's known for. It only got to worry about monsters' attacks from the Rotten Grove or Goblin raiding parties. In one of the market streets of this city, is a young woman in her 20s followed by two servants.
From just one look at the woman's tan skin, 5'7" stature is enough to attract attention. With her gray color eyes and long flowing black hair. With great body proportions and a beautiful face. Wearing a long dress with a beautiful deep red color. An aura of nobility around her and with graceful movements. Is enough to enchant anyone's heart.
Her name is Wu Zhihui, a young lady of the Wu clan. Behind the woman, on her right side is an average-looking woman. Short blue hair and blue light eyes. With a tomboy look to her, this female servant is called Yu Huan.
Behind Wu Zhihui, on her left side is an older-looking man with a well-kept beard. Wearing metal armor and with a sword on his side. With short red hair and brown eyes. With well-developed and bulging muscles. This is a male servant is called Lai Fen, a guard with commander stage cultivation.
Wu Zhihui looks at her guard and could not help but shake her head. She is already in the warrior stage, but her parents still insisted on giving her a guard. But is not like she minded, it has been too long since someone cares about her wellbeing
'not like I can't trust any of the other guards…those bastards did not even fight to defend the clan in my past life'
Yes, this is not Wu Zhihui's first life. But unlike Mors who got another chance in another world, similar to the game "The Cultivation Tower". Wu Zhihui is from this world, her first life was filled with nothing but death, regret, and betrayal.
With this new chance at life, she promises to take revenge on what those that wrong her and grow in strength. But she is still too weak to even think of hunting those that hurt her before. It has been one year already in this new life, but she spends the most time in that year training herself to become stronger.
She looks at her hand as they walk past countless merchant stalls. She awoke in this life on the day of her 20 birthday. As she stops looking at her hand, she looks back at her servants. A soft smile on her face.
'This time I promise to give you guys a happy life.. I can't wait to see the look on your faces when you see me regain my old talent'
The Wu clan focus on the mythical arts of controlling fire. But Wu Zhihui awoke a talent that gave her extreme affinity with the 4 earthly elements and 4 heavenly elements. The earthly elements consist of, Water, Earth, Air, and Fire.
While the heavenly elements consist of, Blood, Metal, Gravity, and lighting. But at the age of 15, she lost this talent and was left with only an average affinity with fire. But now she has her old talent back thanks to her newly gain legacy of Wisdom.
'Is thanks to this legacy, I got back my talent….the potion my lovely cousin used sure was strong'
Yes, and just like Mors, Wu Zhihui also has a legacy. The Legacy of [Ever Knowing Wisdom's Speaker] and just like Mors, she went through a self-reforming. Going from a human to a [Fire Scholar]. Soon the tomboy voice of Yu Huan took Wu Zhihui back to reality.
"My Lady, don't you think this neckless goes well with you?"
Huan said, holding in her hands a beautiful neckless made from well-polished red stones. Zhihui smiles as she looks at the neckless. Grabbing it from Huan's hands as she looks at it more closely.
"Yea, it does look very pretty. How much for this si-"
Zhihui stops as she turns around, something has caught her eye. Walking down the same street they are on, is a tall man that towers over the crow at 6'1" feet. Wearing a beautiful well-crafted deep red dress, with a demon engraved into the dress with black silk.
The edges of the dress are golden silk. On the man left hand is two rings, one of them in his thumb and another on their index finger. With short black hair and deep brown eyes. The skin that is visible is brown in color. With well define muscles. A beautiful well-crafted black mask covers his face.
Normally this will attract the attention of no one, but she felt a very familiar feeling from this man. Like he has seen him in her past life, but she was sure that no such man has ever appeared in her past life. While some cultivators wore masks, no one wore such a well-crafted black mask in her past life.