Swords in the Rain Leave a Lingering Fragrance

By the East Sea, green lanterns sway; in a hundred years, the tide of demons will come...

An ancient ballad, a catastrophe on the horizon...

The youth bears a green sword case and climbs the Azure Mountain.

He lights the forge and tempers thirty-three thousand swords.

He guards Heaven's Pass by the East Sea, his white robes flashing as his sword crosses a thousand mountains.

War breaks out on the northern frontier. The scholar in green sets down his brush,

Drives the barbarians back three thousand li, then dies and vanishes from the world, all for you.

Repel the invaders. The men of the northern frontier fear no battle.

I wield a sword to quell the civil strife.

Why should I take even half a step back to defeat my enemies?

Sword in hand, wine down the throat. Good sir, take a look! Enjoy yourself to the fullest!

This novel and its characters are purely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.