Clan Rise: Starting as a Grandfather

Tiger Sect is located on Tiger Mountain to the west of the city in Shunnan Prefecture in the southern part of Longnan Province.

This Tiger Mountain, a relatively low peak among the Wanshan Ridge, is no more than a hundred meters high, with a gentle and undulating crest resembling a giant tiger lying in wait for its prey, hence the name ”Tiger Mountain.”

Tiger Sect was established a hundred years ago by a Postnatal Martial Artist named Zhao Pingshan.

Zhao Pingshan’s cultivation prowess was unremarkable, barely reaching the Postnatal Fifth Layer after a lifetime of practice, but he acquired an impressive disciple.

Li Zhen, a man of countless legends.

As a young orphan, Li Zhen was picked up by Zhao Pingshan and brought back to Tiger Mountain.

Having roamed before, Li Zhen was deeply aware of the profound opportunity Zhao Pingshan’s adoption represented, so after joining Tiger Sect, he dedicated himself to relentless practice, becoming a Martial Artist at seventeen and entering the Postnatal stage at twenty-five.

His aptitude was not extraordinary, but he stood out in Tiger Sect at that time, thus Zhao Pingshan highly valued him.

However, at that time, Tiger Sect was poor and could not provide Li Zhen with many cultivation resources.

Finding no other option, Zhao Pingshan used his connections to send Li Zhen to Camp in Anxi Town.

And after joining Camp in Anxi Town, Li Zhen’s legendary story began.

Approximately fifty years ago, Da Rong and the Western Da Yue Dynasty erupted into war, a conflict that lasted three years, during which Li Zhen established illustrious military merits, rising from a squad officer all the way to thousand commander.

It was then that he met Marquis Jianchang, Zhang Luan; at the time, they both served under the same Guerrilla General.

Over the following ten-plus years, though the war between Da Rong and the Da Yue Dynasty had ended, occasional small-scale skirmishes still erupted.

Li Zhen and Zhang Luan, fighting side by side, slew countless enemies, forming a deep camaraderie.