Kill the White Lotus bandits and inherit the [Liushan Pillar]

Kill the evil sorcerer and inherit the [Spirit Cultivation Technique and twenty years of cultivation experience]

Cut off the Grandmaster's head and inherit [Hundred Years of Life]

…

'With skin and flesh', this is a skill.

"If you behead less than a hundred people, the ghosts and gods will be frightened if you behead more than a hundred people." This is the rule of the industry.

The original body was a capable [executioner], but he broke the rules of the profession and violated taboos.

That night, the bronze mirror cracked, and the window frames were filled with blood-feeding swallows that were eating carrion. The original owner died suddenly and inexplicably.

Mo Saner traveled through time and space.

In the last years of this dynasty when the world was in chaos, evil spirits were rampant, and the people were living in misery, he carved out a path to immortality with his sword, but was eventually surrounded by thousands of evil spirits and his life became a "forbidden place on earth."

PS: [Not a eunuch] [Not Feilufeng]

The world is out of order, the gods have disappeared, the cycle of reincarnation has collapsed, demons are rampant, and people's hearts have sunk into the ghost realm.

"Um......."

"It's too late to save it. Let's burn it down."

The misfit scholar picked up his cane and began to travel around the world.

The first step is to break into the Zhu family’s gate.

(This work has been completed with over 4 million words. This book is not a historical work, but a fictional world of immortals, demons and monsters.)

Little Leiyin Sanzang chants anti-poems, and the white dragon in Yingchoujian delivers a false letter? The monsters in Lion Camel Ridge are vying for the throne, and Tang Sanzang generously talks about his long-cherished wish? What will happen to the Westward Journey if Tang Sanzang becomes stronger by recruiting disciples along the way? Sun Wukong: Step on Leiyin, destroy Lingshan, if I never come back, then I never come back! Zhu Bajie: Tathagata is a monk, and my master is also a monk. He can be the Buddha, so why can't my master? I will kill my way to the West and take the throne for my master! Sha Seng: It's a pity that my sister Bai Gu is a girl, otherwise I will definitely become brothers with you. Tang Sanzang: I am the Divine Emperor Sanzang, the Supreme Buddha of Lingshan, whose wisdom and merits shine upon all three realms!

When Xiang was catching demons all over the world, I didn't stand up because I don't practice magic;

when Xiang was catching monsters all over the world, I didn't stand up because I'm not a monster;

when Xiang was catching sword cultivators all over the world, no one stood up to speak for us because they were not sword cultivators;

Xiang... He stopped catching people, and the world was peaceful.

——"XX Prison Essays"

Lin Ce returned from rebirth, still a sickly man coughing up blood, but no longer a lamb to be slaughtered. In his previous life, he tore up his marriage certificate and betrayed the swordsman who had fought through the nine heavens for him. In this life, he entered the capital with chess, breaking the game with his left hand to save the Duke's legitimate son, and with his right hand, holding the marriage certificate to enter the Su family's noble family. The entire court mocked him: "How could a useless son of the Lin family be worthy of marrying the head of the Tianji Pavilion?" He chuckled and made his move, using Bianjing as his board and all the people as chess pieces. The Marquis of Zhenbei used the border troops as his weapons? That would uncover the old case of the Grand Canal and cut off his 30,000 cavalry's food and fodder! The prime minister of the dynasty was smiling but hiding a dagger? Let's see whose secret letter of treason was hidden under the skirt of the courtesan of Diexiang Tower! His father was like a tortoise, living in Yuzhou, with a keen insight into the world's situation; his father was like a snake, hiding in the shadows, laying a dense dragon-killing net. When Lin Ce overturned the chessboard, Su Nanqiao overturned the imperial table with a sword: "Wherever my husband points his sword, even the emperor must kneel and listen!"

Born into a wealthy family, Gu Shenwei was spoiled and carefree. However, at the age of 14, his entire family were brutally mu*dered, and he was caught by some bandits who sold him into s*avery. As a s*ave boy, he entered Golden Roc Fort by chance and found the man who had slaughtered his family. He endured insults and worked hard to improve his kung fu while working as a s*ave boy. He learned from and plotted against his enemy under the enemy’s nose. He became increasingly ambitious as he became more and more powerful. He would only be satisfied if he completely destroyed his enemy—by fair means or foul. Gradually his bitter experience turned him into a totally different person.

This is a kung fu fiction that is full of mysteries and surprises. This is a story dealing with love, betrayals and distances. This is the journey of an ordinary boy who, against all odds, fought against formidable foes. This is a tale regarding a person who felt abandoned by the world made unremitting efforts to create a new world of his own, in which he was alone.

The Reticent Blade is, first and foremost, a wuxia novel, meaning that the world and its character’s powers and abilities are more grounded. Instead of cultivators who can soar through the heavens and shatter planets, you will find martial artists who can still perform superhuman feats but not so fantastical as to tear through space or achieve immortality.

The world of The Reticent Blade is one of medieval China, loosely based upon the time period of the Ming Dynasty. It is a time of chaos and strife, where war and death are rampant. We follow the intertwining story of several protagonists and antagonists as they navigate the chaotic times, unraveling the threads that connect the past, the present, and the future of the world.

The Reticent Blade is a story of heroism, love, revenge, and cruelty.

The Reticent Blade is a story of both the righteousness and vileness of the Jianghu.

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Official Blurb:

Someone once asked me, "What is the jianghu?"

I thought for a moment, and what came to mind was…

A jug of unrefined wine on a weathered table,

A lone silhouette fading into the distance under the setting sun,

A nameless grave bathed in moonlight,

The smoldering incense in my grasp, its final wisps dissipating.

They then asked me, "Where is the jianghu?"

I smiled faintly and lifted my gaze beyond the window. Out there, beneath the vast heavens, countless jianghus lay.

A single soul carries his own story.

When two paths cross, a jianghu is born.

Zhou Kao traveled to this world of gods and ghosts similar to Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. He was not interested in ordinary women, but was very interested in the thousand-year-old snake demon under the Qingcheng Mountain, the jade-faced fox girl with millions of private property, the flower fairy who had gone through reincarnation and the celestial maiden who had fallen into the mortal

world. Zhou Kao was not idle during his years of studying.

He would clean every dilapidated temple he met, release every carp he thought was spiritual, and say to every fox that met him: "You are such a beauty!

His soul traveled to the West and became Sun Wukong.

The weirdness began to spread from the demon clan throughout the world, invaded the western world, and contaminated the eastern heaven. The immortals in the upper world and the underworld were all poisoned. The ten sources of weirdness were banned in the four continents.

With the confused master and fellow apprentices, he went on a killing spree!

In order to save the people, we must first bury them all, destroy them and then rebuild them.

In order to achieve balance in the world, we must first break the three realms and eliminate the immortals and Buddhas.

In order to maintain one's self, one must first delve into the weirdness and fall into the abyss.

Setting out again, not just heading west, the difficulties of karma are always there, and cause and effect are endless.

After uncovering the conspiracy that happened five hundred years ago, it was discovered that the immortals and Buddhas were no longer like immortals and Buddhas, and the demons were no longer like demons.

[Triple cultivation of Buddhism, Daoism, and Confucianism]

Born at the pinnacle, Wen Jiutian—the eldest grandson of the Wen family and its future master.

Living in the mortal world, he desires only three things: lust, blades, and wine.

He calls himself “the Three-Good Student of the human world.”

With one slash, he rends the heavens.

Cursed body of calamity.

Heaven-devouring demonic technique.

“I live among mortals—who dares claim to be an immortal?”

Wen Lin: Oh right…