The Six Kingdoms at War: The Young Master of the An Family

Not far from the border between Daxia and Xichuan stood Mount Wuwang. Anjia Village lay to the south, and Rongjia Village to the north. The head of Anjia Village, An Kang, was the father of An Bang, the Great General Who Guards the Nation. The imperial court had ennobled An Kang as Duke An. At just seventeen, An Bang had led Daxia’s army to defeat the coalition forces of five nations that had invaded, earning the title of Great General Who Guards the Nation. He was one of only four ninth-rank grandmasters in the world. Of the six nations, the most skilled martial artist was De Tiandao, the state preceptor of Dongliao. In the battle to put down the rebellion of the five nations, An Bang fought De Tiandao with all his might. An Bang was wounded by De Tiandao’s Fire Dragon Palm, while De Tiandao fled, spitting blood. Ten years passed in the blink of an eye. At twenty-eight, An Bang finally returned home to marry late. To the west of Anjia Village lay Black Dragon Pool, its waters clear and bottomless. For many years, books and all sorts of things unknown in this world had often drifted up from its depths. An Bang’s second wife had also emerged from Black Dragon Pool. On the Ghost Festival, An Bang had been ordered to return home to marry. As he sat having breakfast with An Kang, someone came to report that a huge block of ice had surfaced in Black Dragon Pool. An Kang and An Bang went to investigate. An Kang leaped forward and saw a person and several boxes seemingly trapped inside the ice. As a ninth-rank grandmaster, An Bang could easily have knocked the ice block ashore, but just then his fire poison flared up again. He hurriedly called for his father’s help. An Kang was a fifth-rank sword master, a rare talent in the world as well. He leaped into the air and shoved the ice block onto the bank. The ice shattered, and a frozen girl fell out.