Star Trace

The cold rain in late autumn knocked on the mottled tiles of Lin's ancestral hall. Seventeen-year-old Lin Ye knelt on the cold bluestone, with seven dusty family memorial tablets in front of him. On the spiritual tablet in the center is engraved "The spiritual tablet of my late father Lin Xiaotian" - this name that once made the entire Black Rock City tremble, now only a handful of incense ash remains. "Three more days." Lin Ye wiped the rain off his face - or rather, it was rain mixed with something else. He had just returned from the black iron mine outside the town. His coarse cloth shirt was stained with mud, and a fresh whip mark on his left arm was still bleeding. The mine supervisor, Fatty Wang, was particularly irritable today simply because the ore delivered by Lin Ye was three kilograms less. "In three days, the Young Lord of Black Rock City, Su Lie, will come to 'marry' Xiaoxuan." Lin Ye clenched his fists and dug his nails into the flesh of his palms. Lin Xiaoxuan, his thirteen-year-old sister. Three months ago, Su Lie came to Qinglan Town for inspection with the Lord of Blackstone City, and caught a glimpse of Xiaoxuan returning from collecting medicine on the street corner. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.