Why Are Swordsmen Considered a Low-Class Profession?

Chunyang Town in the Kingdom of Xian is the world's most famous sword-forging town. They say any old blacksmith there can forge a fine sword renowned far and wide!

Wang Xingyi, courtesy name Erqian. Since his older brother was a scholar, a teacher gave Wang Xingyi the name Xingyi. But his brother worried that he couldn't live up to such a fine name, so he gave him a courtesy name: Erqian, meaning "worth two coins," or next to nothing. Wang Xingyi thanked his brother's ancestors for eight generations...

He was just a lowly blacksmith's apprentice in Chunyang Town, and the story begins the moment he becomes an apprentice martial artist...

Slow-paced, everyday life, a touch of romance, low martial arts, and a small world with a map much like that of ancient China... That's all I can think of for now...