The village of Shu Jing is famous for its most well-known resident, the renowned sword master, Piandao, who lived above the village in a large castle. A military deserter, he is believed to have once fought a battle against one hundred Fire Nation soldiers and won, defeating them all. This is also the village in which Avatar Aang and his friends stopped to watch a meteor shower; when one meteorite landed in the grasslands, Aang, Katara, and Toph used their bending to put out the fire the impact had ignited. Once in town, as the group had smoked sea slug for lunch, Sokka began to think that he did not contribute much to the group. They went to a weapons store located in town, to "reinvigorate [Sokka's] battling" and cheer him up. After testing out a large variety of weapons, Sokka saw a swo