Chapter 215: Ding City Lord: I Am Loyal to Jiang

As the messenger continued recounting.

Ding Xuan's expression gradually grew grave.

A handsome white-robed man, riding a Starwheel Realm Bai He, descended upon the Tang family of Tiandou Prefecture.

He then slew Tang Feizhang, the Tang family's elder ancestor, and wiped out the entire Tang family outpost in passing.

Having mastered the Sword Heart, he is now revered by numerous factions as the "White Robe Sword Marquis!"

Listening to these descriptions.

For some reason, a strange feeling suddenly surged within Ding Xuan's heart.

In that instant, he thought of Jiang Daoxuan, the Jiang clan patriarch who guarded Cangwu Mountain!

After all, the details matched perfectly.

But I've never heard that Jiang's patriarch possesses a Starwheel Realm Bai He or has mastered the Sword Heart and ascended to Sword Marquis.

Though Ding Xuan had a premonition, he still dared not be certain, and his face twisted in indecision.

Seeing this, the messenger's eyes lit up.

After traveling through several cities, he had never seen any city lord show such hesitation.

Could it be that he knows the true identity of this White Robe Sword Marquis?

Thinking of this, the messenger was overjoyed.

After all, he was not the only messenger sent out.

Whoever uncovers the White Robe Sword Marquis's identity first will receive the Prefect's reward!

Desperate for the reward, the messenger no longer hesitated and immediately produced a portrait.

"At the time, people from the Bai family of Tiandou were present. This portrait was drawn based on their descriptions."

He slowly unrolled the portrait, revealing a white-robed man who looked like a celestial exile.

The instant he saw the face.

Ding Xuan's pupils shrank sharply, and his heartbeat even slowed half a beat!

Jiang's patriarch?!

In this moment, every premonition within him was confirmed!

Ding Xuan had never dreamed.

Jiang Daoxuan possessed such power—he could annihilate the entire Tiandou Tang family!

At the same time, he now understood why the Tang family of Tiandou had met this fate.

He recalled that not long ago, people from the Tang family of Tiandou had come to his door.

Then he remembered that shortly after, the entire Tang family was wiped out.

Clearly, it was because I went to Cangwu Mountain to warn them that the Tang family of Tiandou suffered this disaster!

Thinking of this, Ding Xuan's expression turned peculiar, and sweat poured down his body, soaking his robes.

Who could have imagined that the destruction of the Tang family of Tiandou was tied to me, a mere Purple Mansion cultivator?

At this moment, noticing Ding Xuan's tense expression.

The messenger instantly realized—he had finally come to the right place!

Eager to return to Tiandou Prefecture and claim his reward, he hurriedly asked: "Ding City Lord, do you know the true identity of this White Robe Sword Marquis?"

At the sound of his voice, Ding Xuan slowly came back to his senses.

Because he wished to cling tightly to the Jiang family's leg, he instinctively wanted to deny it.

But he realized that while many factions now knew Jiang Daoxuan's name, none knew his appearance.

Yet with the portrait spreading.

Someone would eventually recognize Jiang Daoxuan.

When that happened, wouldn't my lie be exposed?

After all, the Jiang family moved out from my city.

How could I claim I didn't know Jiang Daoxuan?

Thinking of this, Ding Xuan hastily swallowed the words he was about to speak.

He then changed his tone: "Hehe, Messenger Lord, you've come to the right person. Among all the surrounding cities, no one understands the White Robe Sword Marquis better than I do!"

Hearing this, the messenger was overjoyed and leapt to his feet: "Please, City Lord Ding, reveal all—I shall repay you handsomely!"

Ding Xuan smiled: "This White Robe Sword Marquis is named Jiang Daoxuan, the Jiang clan patriarch."

"And the Jiang clan has been rooted in my Wudan City for hundreds of years."

"Oh?"

The messenger was greatly surprised.

Then Ding Xuan continued: "On the day Jiang Daoxuan was born, auspicious omens appeared in the skies above Wudan City. Decades ago, he secretly broke through to the Purple Mansion Realm and dueled me in secret, revealing the true essence of sword dao at the Purple Mansion level—he is Wudan City's rarest sword prodigy in ten thousand years..."

"Afterward, he secluded himself for many years. When he emerged again, due to our close friendship, he met with me in secret."

"During that meeting, he revealed his Moonwheel Realm cultivation base and his mastery of the Sword Heart. He wished to avoid drawing attention, so he specifically instructed me not to reveal his true cultivation level. He publicly only displayed his Purple Mansion level, and after casually annihilating a few foolish small clans in the area to establish his reputation, he led his clan to relocate to Cangwu Mountain..."

As Ding Xuan spoke one truth after another.

The messenger was profoundly moved—he had never imagined the White Robe Sword Marquis had shown such extraordinary signs since birth.

In shock, he finally confirmed it.

This White Robe Sword Marquis was a native of Tiandou Prefecture, not from another prefecture.

Next, to gather more intelligence to report to the Prefect.

The messenger asked many questions about the Jiang family.

One dared to ask, the other dared to answer.

Ding Xuan was utterly loyal to Elder Jiang; how could he possibly say anything bad? He immediately launched into lavish praise.

To prevent the truth from being exposed, he had already made up his mind.

He planned to wait until the messenger left before revising the historical records of Wudan City.

He would alter numerous events tied to the Jiang family over the past decades.

He would also subtly revise key historical milestones of the Jiang family over centuries, adding the detail that their ancestors had once possessed the Lunar Wheel lineage, to reduce complications.

Although Elder Jiang might not care about these things.

But he had long regarded himself as a hound of the Jiang household, and naturally had to handle every matter properly.

Not long after, when the messenger had gathered all the information and departed, satisfied.

Ding Xuan did not choose to set out immediately for Cangwu Mountain to meet Elder Jiang and report the news.

Instead, he summoned his servants, brought out paper, inkstone, and ink.

Immediately, he began writing a letter, recording every single event that had occurred since the Tiandou Prefecture messenger's arrival, without omission.

When the sheet in his hand was filled, covered in dense, tiny black ink characters.

He then casually handed the letter to the chief steward.

After giving a few instructions, he immediately ordered him to set off for Cangwu Mountain and deliver the letter personally to Elder Jiang.

Once the chief steward had received his orders and departed.

Ding Xuan dared not linger, and immediately left the council hall, racing without pause to the archive where Wudan City's historical records were stored.