Location from Beware of Chicken by Casualfarmer
Cai Xiulan's sect — a blade-arts school in the Azure Hills that went from declining provincial sect to the nucleus of a province-wide alliance under a leader who learned that merit matters more than bloodline.
The Verdant Blade Sect was founded by Cai Ruolan, an ancestor of Xiulan's who was also a descendant of Emperor Xiaoshi. Under Xiulan's reformed leadership, the sect transformed from a declining provincial school into the organizational heart of the Dandelion Seeds alliance. The Orchid's Petals — Xiulan's personally tutored students including An Ran — represent the sect's future: cultivators trained in community values rather than individual ambition.
A traditional cultivation sect compound in the Azure Hills, with training grounds, meditation halls, and the distinctive jade-grass aesthetic that marks its blade techniques. More modest than imperial sects but maintained with pride.
Also known as: The Verdant Blade