Chapter One: The Fragrance of Dragonblood Grass
The wind over the Yulan Continent always carried the pungent sweetness of the Magical Beast Mountain Range and the grassy scent of the Greenwind Prairie. Linley sat on a hillside outside Wushan Town, rolling a stalk of Dragonblood Grass between his fingers. It was an herb he had gathered with his father, Hogg, back when he had first begun training in battle qi. Now, nourished by his divine power, the edges of its leaves glimmered with a faint golden light.
"What are you thinking about?" Delia's voice was like a forest stream. She walked over carrying a blond child whose features looked just like Linley's, except for a tiny violet crystal glimmer in the pupil of his left eye. This was their younger son, Lin Chen, born with...