When you’re poor, even drinking cold water can make you choke. Just look at our protagonist, Zhang Tian! He was born in a small village at the foot of the Taihang Mountains. Once, his family had enjoyed a peaceful life. They had a few acres of poor farmland, which wasn’t enough to make them rich, but it kept the family fed and clothed. Yet fate seemed to delight in tormenting them. At some point, disaster after disaster began to strike. First, Zhang Tian’s father broke his leg while gathering herbs in the mountains and lost the ability to work. Then a rare drought swept through, leaving their fields with no harvest at all. To pay for his father’s treatment, the family sold everything of value and piled up a mountain of debt. From then on, the Zhang family’s fortunes took a nosedive. So hungry he could barely stand it, Zhang Tian searched the house and found a porcelain vase that might be worth a little money. As he examined it, he accidentally touched a raised spot on the vase. With a click, a hidden compartment suddenly sprang open from its base. Zhang Tian’s eyes widened in surprise. He had never imagined that an ordinary vase could conceal such a mechanism.
Curious, Zhang Tian leaned closer to the compartment. Inside lay a yellowed notebook, a strangely shaped weapon, and a worn piece of parchment. His hands trembling, he picked up the notebook first. Its pages had grown so brittle they seemed ready to crumble at the slightest touch. Zhang Tian carefully opened to the first page, where four large characters proclaimed: “Secret Art of the Grave Robbers.” And so, the story begins...
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