Chapter 54: The City of Warriors—Luoxiang City

Although Zhuge Tianxin had been cursing that King's Gate for being pitiful since he was teleported to Luoxiang City, and swore in his heart that he would find a hammer to smash that damn King's Gate the next time he saw it, so that such a pitiful thing wouldn't poison the next people participating in the Hunter selection, reality was that Zhuge Tianxin had already been teleported to Luoxiang City and couldn't go back now. So he could only stay in Luoxiang City for a period of time. During this time, Zhuge Tianxin also learned about the origin of Luoxiang City and why it became the City of Warriors from a love story that everyone in Luoxiang City praised.

Luoxiang City, a City of Warriors, as the name suggests, is a city for warriors. A city named the City of Warriors means that this city often has wars.

Speaking of war, one must mention the pattern of the Hunter Continent. The pattern of the Hunter Continent can be roughly divided into "One Association, Five Guilds, Many Countries." The One Association is the Hunter Association, which is the highest authority in the Hunter Continent. It is the place where all hunters in the Hunter Continent are certified and issued Hunter licenses. Only the Hunter Association can issue Hunter licenses; no other place can. Although the Hunter Association is the highest authority in the Hunter Continent and is composed of all hunters in the Hunter Continent, the Hunter Association is a loose organization and rarely plays a practical role. Only in some special times will the Hunter Association show its true power, and these times are often when the Hunter Continent is undergoing a major change, but such things rarely happen. The "Five Guilds" were established because everyone's abilities among hunters are different, and some people's abilities are even strange. Therefore, for the convenience of management, the Hunter Guild established five guilds on the continent: the Warrior Guild, the Spirit Tamer Guild, the Magic Guild, the Firearms Guild, and the Array Guild. These five guilds were established to facilitate the management of hunters with different abilities. The reason why there are only these five guilds is that it was discovered in long-term practice that even though many people's abilities are strange, their essence is still evolved from five types of abilities: "Warrior, Spirit Tamer, Magic, Firearms, and Array." Therefore, only these five guilds were established, and these five guilds manage hunters with corresponding abilities. At first, these five guilds only managed hunters with corresponding abilities, but later, because some people's abilities were very powerful, but for some reason they didn't participate in the Hunter assessment or were unwilling to participate, there appeared people with powerful strength but who were not hunters. This led to chaos in the Hunter Continent for a period of time, and even led to the division of the Hunter Continent. Therefore, the five major guilds later joined forces to kill or subdue these people and completely included them in the corresponding guilds for management, finally truly calming the chaos. The "Many Countries" are countries established by some other organizations and individuals on the Hunter Continent. These countries are a real-world authority institution. Each country has established its own various laws and systems and has personnel or organizations specifically responsible for executing and maintaining these laws and systems. However, because the five major guilds manage all powerful people on the Hunter Continent, these people who established countries are also managed by the five major guilds, so these countries are also indirectly managed by the five major guilds and ultimately managed by the Hunter Association. However, although the Hunter Association and the five major guilds can manage these countries, the Hunter Association and the five major guilds basically do not interfere in the affairs of these countries, so these countries still operate according to their own laws and systems.

However, even so, there is still no real peace on the Hunter Continent. Some places still have wars, and some people and organizations are unwilling to accept the management of the Hunter Association. These organizations also want to compete with the Hunter Association for the world of the Hunter Continent, so they launched wars. It was precisely because these organizations launched wars that the City of Warriors appeared, and Luoxiang City is one of these Cities of Warriors.

Regarding Luoxiang City, there is actually a poignant legend. Legend has it that the people who built Luoxiang City were a couple. This couple, the man named Shangguan Luo and the woman named Duanmu Xiang, met and fell in love while participating in the Hunter assessment. After they confirmed their relationship, the two decided to travel across the Hunter Continent and explore various Mystic Realms and Spiritual Realms of the Hunter Continent together. At first, Shangguan Luo and Duanmu Xiang visited many cities and also entered many Spiritual Realms and Mystic Realms for exploration. With the continuous exploration of the two and the continuous experience of life and death, the relationship between the two became more solid, and they also grew tired of the life of sleeping in the open. Finally, the two decided to find a peaceful place to live together, get married, and have children. The place they found was Luoxiang City. At that time, Luoxiang City was not called Luoxiang City, nor was it a city; it was just a small village. This small village was called Peach Blossom Village, because it was surrounded by mountains on three sides and a turbulent river on the other, so it basically lived an isolated life. Because the village was full of peach blossoms, it was called Peach Blossom Village. After Shangguan Luo and Duanmu Xiang came to this village, they decided to live here for the rest of their lives.

However, just as they were preparing for the wedding and preparing to get married, the village suddenly broke out in war. The root of the war was a secret treasure they had obtained while exploring a Mystic Realm. In the end, nearly half of the people in the village were killed. In the war, Shangguan Luo and Duanmu Xiang also revealed their strength, and with the assistance of the five major guilds that came to support, they helped Taoyuan Village repel the people who launched the war. Later, after investigation, it was learned that the people who launched the war came from the Kingdom Organization. Because they didn't get the secret treasure, the people of the Kingdom Organization continued to launch wars against Taoyuan Village. In order to fight against the Kingdom Organization, everyone unanimously recommended Shangguan Luo as their leader, and the five major guilds also agreed to this decision. Shangguan Luo and Duanmu Xiang also felt guilty because it was their reason that led the Kingdom Organization to launch a war against Taoyuan Village, so they agreed to this decision.

Through the joint efforts of Shangguan Luo, Duanmu Xiang, and the five major guilds, Peach Blossom Village was gradually built into a city called Peach Blossom City. Shangguan Luo and Duanmu Xiang also put a lot of effort into this city and jointly resisted the attacks of the Kingdom Organization. However, because Shangguan Luo and Duanmu Xiang were busy building Peach Blossom City and resisting the attacks of the Kingdom Organization, the wedding date was postponed again and again. At first, Shangguan Luo and Duanmu Xiang didn't feel anything, but as time passed, Duanmu Xiang gradually found that her and Shangguan Luo's wedding date was still far away. At this time, because Shangguan Luo had spent a lot of effort on Peach Blossom City, it gradually aroused the ambition hidden in every man's body, and he became more focused on the affairs of Peach Blossom City, eventually leading Duanmu Xiang to see no possibility of her and Shangguan Luo getting married. So Duanmu Xiang began to hate Peach Blossom City. She hated this Peach Blossom City that she and Shangguan Luo had built together. Finally, she had the idea of destroying this city, so she secretly joined the Kingdom Organization and provided information for the Kingdom Organization. Just at this time, Shangguan Luo also suddenly realized that he still owed Duanmu Xiang a wedding. But in order to give Duanmu Xiang a surprise, he didn't tell Duanmu Xiang and secretly prepared for the wedding. Unfortunately, Heaven does not follow people's wishes. On the day Shangguan Luo completed the wedding preparations and wanted to give Duanmu Xiang an unexpected wedding, the Kingdom Organization broke into Peach Blossom City through Duanmu Xiang's information. Shangguan Luo had to stop the wedding and lead the people in Peach Blossom City to resist the attack of the Kingdom Organization. While Shangguan Luo was resisting the attack of the Kingdom Organization, he learned that Duanmu Xiang had already joined the Kingdom Organization, and it was precisely because of Duanmu Xiang's information that the Kingdom Organization broke through Peach Blossom City. After learning the truth, Shangguan Luo, under pressure from all sides, killed Duanmu Xiang with his own hands. Finally, Shangguan Luo stubbornly blocked the attack of the Kingdom Organization and dragged it until the arrival of the reinforcements of the five major guilds before finally dying in battle. Before Shangguan Luo died, he requested that people must rebuild Peach Blossom City and name the newly built Peach Blossom City Luoxiang City, because he owed Duanmu Xiang a wedding.

After the arrival of the reinforcements of the five major guilds, although the Kingdom Organization was repelled, Peach Blossom City was also destroyed. Finally, the five major guilds could only rebuild Peach Blossom City. People finally renamed the newly built Peach Blossom City Luoxiang City, and from this time on, Luoxiang City became a City of Warriors. ===== CHAPTER 55 =====