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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…- 450.2 K • Completed
- 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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- Chapter 23: Parting Through Tears In the afternoon, rain-laden clouds loomed, the heavens vast and shadowy. Faint sunlight filtered through the gloom, casting a pall over the Fang manor’s main hall—fake mountains, pine fruit, and daylily had all lost their color. Servants lay scattered across the ground, and amidst the crowd stood two huawen chairs. The Yu Ji Guard and the Langgan Guard sat across from each other, murderous tension filling the air. “Didn’t expect even the mighty Yu Ji…
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- Time swept by like a stroke of lightning. Fang Minsheng’s birthday was fast approaching, and guests from across the lands poured into the estate, breaking past the threshold, bearing exotic treasures from every corner of the realm. Stacks of jade like mountain ranges, golden amber brush rests, Kunlun jade bracelets—gifts piled high in the chambers. One even presented a resplendent, rainbow-sheen jeweled longsword, gleaming as though forged in the heavens. Well-wishers came and went in an endless…
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- Ever since that beating, Fang Minsheng’s injuries had never truly healed. Not for lack of medicine—the decoctions from the household were all sound—but because Fang Minsheng refused to rest. Even dragging along his ailing body, he would diligently complete his studies, then go to visit Fang Jingyu. After teaching him to read and write, he’d move on to instructing him in channeling qi through the body, how to run, how to hold a sword. Fang Jingyu was sharp and hardworking, and within a short…
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- Chapter 18: A Hollow Dream Deepens Sorrow Ten years ago, at the Fang estate. On this day, the gardens were bustling with guests, and the air was thick with festivity. The magnolias had just bloomed, their petals snow-white tinged with blush, their fragrance sweet and pervasive. Servants in blue livery bustled back and forth like flowing water, and the courtyards echoed with cheerful voices. But just beyond a single wall, in a quiet courtyard with its sliding panels tightly shut, a frail young boy…
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- Chapter 15 – Snow’s Wrath, Ice’s Hunger After returning from Zhenhai Pass, Fang Jingyu walked slowly back toward Qingyuan Alley. It had been half a month since the Yu Yin Guard summoned him to the training grounds, and only now did a belated sense of worry rise in his heart. What had become of his home in his absence? Could Qin Jiao and Zheng Deli manage the prisoner in the courtyard? What if that suspect, Chu Kuang, had turned on them and fled after killing them? What then? Fang Jingyu let…
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- Chapter 14 – The Vipashyin Blade In front of the training ground, dust choked the dim daylight. Fang Jingyu stood with his pommel-guarded sword in hand, gazing into the distance. Yellow sand drifted endlessly; city towers loomed, rough and worn. In the darkened sky, a peregrine falcon cut through the stormy wind like a blade. All at once, Fang Jingyu thought of the slave imprisoned in his courtyard. That man had hawk-like, razor-sharp eyes. The menace in his bearing, paired with unexpectedly…
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- Chapter 13 – A Single Arrow Stirring the Dust Chu Kuang had now settled in at Fang Jingyu’s home. He changed into a plain blue robe, tucked away his claws and fangs, and spent his days quietly sweeping the courtyard with head lowered and brows relaxed. Fang Jingyu treated him as a suspect and often tried to probe his background, but Chu Kuang’s mouth seemed locked shut; he refused to utter a single word about his past. If pressed too hard, he would roll his eyes back, pretend to foam at the…
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