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Chapter 30: Paranoia and Delusions After living together for some time, Fang Jingyu discovered that Chu Kuang was, without a doubt, a madman. Not only that—at times, he would become completely blank, like a puppet with its strings cut. Then Fang Jingyu finally understood why this guy had been such a hard sell in the slave market. When lucid, Chu Kuang was slippery and sly; but when his mind slipped, he was like a frenzied beast, completely detached from reality. Sometimes, he would sit motionless…- 450.2 K • Completed
- Chapter 29: Flute of Dreams and Haunting Souls That night, Chu Kuang had a nightmare. He dreamed he was holding an arrow. The bamboo-wood shaft was lacquered, painted with a golden-red coiling dragon, fierce and arrogant. The fletching was made of golden eagle feathers, and the arrowhead was armor-piercing. He had dreamed this scene countless times. In the dream, he was inside a gilded tent; the bronze pot steamed with fragrant wine, and shadowy figures crowded around, gambling with dice. The…
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- Chapter 32: Darkness and Dread Chu Kuang’s arrows flew swift as lightning, piercing both skulls before anyone could react. Fang Jingyu was still in shock, too stunned to stop him from blurting out those treasonous words. But before he could speak, the Xian Mountain officers had already erupted in thunderous cheers: “Well shot!” While Fang Jingyu stood dazed, the others had already clustered eagerly around Chu Kuang, exclaiming all at once: “Little brother, your archery’s…
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- Chapter 31: Ghostly Shadows Stir Passing through the gate, Fang Jingyu and Xiao Jiao arrived at the inner hall of the Penglai Prefecture. A camphorwood plaque hung in the hall, inscribed with the characters: “Solemn Reverence.” The space was quiet and still, filled with the fresh scent of gourdwood. Sunlight spilled through the lattice windows in narrow slats, falling on the floor like rows of neatly stacked blocks of tofu. Before a zitan screen stood a square table and a few round-backed chairs.…
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- Chapter 28: Destiny Returns After Fang Jingyu was found, Zheng Deli wearily returned home. He still had no idea what kind of knot his childhood friend had tied in his own mind to make him wander around near Chunsheng Pass in the middle of the night. Just yesterday evening, Xiao Jiao had come knocking at his door, her face full of worry, saying that Fang Jingyu had gone back to the Fang residence with the old servant early in the morning and hadn’t been seen since—and that he hadn’t looked quite…
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- Chapter 22: Doomed At dawn, the air was chill and the garden hushed. Under the morning light, Fang Minsheng and Fang Jingyu made their way to the ancestral shrine. Though the Fang family ancestral hall was usually cleaned by shrine workers and didn’t require much of their attention, the Langgan Guard had appointed Fang Minsheng as one of the custodians in charge, instructing him to frequently check on the site lest any ignorant servants dry grain or nap before the shrine and tarnish its…
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- Chapter 21 – Emperor Bai's Orphan Rain poured through the night, the heavens dark as ink. At the Langgan Guard’s residence, a lone lamp flickered in and out of view in the darkness. Two figures sat close together on a blood-red rosewood bed in the main hall. Langgan Guard stood like a tower of iron, with sword-like brows and deep-black eyes, his presence sharp and imposing. The other man’s face was furrowed like dried bark, thin as a skin-and-bone horse—this was the Mohe Guard, known by all…
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- Chapter 26: Astonishment Beyond the Norm Ding-ling-ling, ding-ling-ling— The flower-guarding chimes beneath the eaves swayed in the wind, their sound crisp as ice fracturing, clear and pleasant to the ear. That sound instantly pulled Fang Jingyu from his memories. In that moment, he seemed to awaken from a dream. The ancestral hall remained dim, with vermillion-painted walls, and rows of memorial tablets set beneath. Only his brother Fang Minsheng’s tablet stood alone at the end. The…
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- Chapter 25: This Body, a Blade From a certain day on, a strange little beggar began to appear on the streets of Penglai. This beggar wore an oddly fine mud-gold jacket patterned with bamboo—clearly the clothing of a noble household. He carried a bamboo-joint dagger in his arms and limped when he walked, his eyes wide and frightened like a startled deer. Yet no one could see the searing hatred buried deep in their glossy depths. He often huddled outside tea houses and taverns, waiting for diners…
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- Chapter 24: A Heart Branded with Blood and Hate After Fang Minsheng was taken away, the Fang estate fell into silence. The crape myrtles had withered; even the holly trees had lost their vitality, their leaves dry, wrinkled, and dark brown. By the water pavilion, the yellow jasmine grew wildly, like tangled threads. Most of the servants had been injured, and those who remained tiptoed about quietly, afraid to make the slightest sound. The Langgan Guard shut himself away like a frost-bitten…
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