The Outcast: Willow Leaves Dance at My Side, and at Seven I Fight Ding Shian

Seven-year-old Lu Cheng used everything around him as a medium, publicly breaking with the old path of Ruyi Jin and vowing to push it into uncharted territory.

But he wanted far more than that. With the System, he could improve every day without hitting a bottleneck, but Ruyi Jin was ultimately just a skill. He still needed to find a fundamental method for cultivating his life force. Beyond Lujia Village lay the Golden Light Mantra of Mount Longhu, Quanzhen's inner alchemy, and the true paths to transcendent power, all waiting for him to walk them.

Before leaving, he first had to escape Lu Ci's grasp. Willow leaves danced around him, deflecting a century's worth of force; his penetrating sight discerned every hidden attack; and he stepped through the air on Ruyi Jin, advancing as if walking on empty space. But his pursuers were still on his heels, and ahead of him stood Ding Shian, a little over twenty years old. The Thirteen Ghost Gate Needles broke through qi and sealed his meridians, while his tempered body took the full force of the turbulent currents.

He still had a long way to go. Yet that very gap ignited a fighting spirit in Ding Shian's eyes. Having someone ahead to chase was the greatest joy in the world. Lu Cheng accepted the silver needles and medicinal salve, then turned and walked into the depths of the night. A long road from humble beginnings to the very pinnacle of the extraordinary had only just opened before him.

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.