Beijing was the most prosperous city in China, and its people the most well-informed. It was also the city with the most powerful players and most fortuitous encounters. The resources there were something all players could only dream of.
Not only was the city surrounded by the eight great sects and countless other small sects, the power of the court was also the greatest there.
The headquarters of Six Doors was there. The Eastern Depot and Western Depot, which were the most influential factions that branched out of the court, were also there.
Even though it was aggravating for the workers to work under a group of eunuchs who loved pretending to be mysterious and embarrassing to admit to that fact, the old eunuch Liu Jin[1] was the one who watched over Western Depot and Eastern Depot. He was a powerful fighter who got to practice Lin Zhibao's Sunflower Manual[2].
Translator's Note:
[1] Liu Jin: a powerful Chinese eunuch during the Ming Dynasty, the reign of Zhengde Emperor.
[2] Sunflower Manual: From Jin Yong's The Smiling, Proud Wanderer. Practiced by Dongfang Bubai.
[3] Embroidered Uniform Guards: The imperial secret police who served the emperor during the Ming Dynasty.
[4] Great Wall: Great Wall of China, specifically, north of the Great Wall.
[5] Turkic people: are a collection of ethno-linguistic groups of Central, Eastern, Northern and Western Asia as well as parts of Europe and North Africa. Among them are the Turkish.