After falling into the water and waking up, I became Luo Xiyan, the second young lady of the Luo family in Suzhou.
My mind was completely blank. I couldn't even remember a single sword technique, so I could only claim to have lost my memory, act like a sweet, helpless little thing, and roam the martial world alongside my short-tempered older sister, Luo Xixuan, and the gentle Pei Jing.
But can someone tell me this: why could I instinctively dodge and counterattack when Xiao Yi ambushed me? Why could I snatch a blade with my bare hands and kill the assassin when one from the Secret Shadow Pavilion attacked? Why did Chu Jinzhi, young master of the Rumor Tower, keep staring at me and saying, "A Yan, I'll protect you"? Even Su Qing from the Divine Healer Valley was so shocked she dropped her medicine kit. "How can someone with skills like yours be a sheltered young lady?"
It wasn't until the red bead at Jade Uncut Rock grew hot and fragments of memory came flooding back that I remembered: the black cloak, the deadly sword techniques, and the tenderness hidden in Chu Jinzhi's eyes.
Only then did I realize that I wasn't some frail second young lady after all. I was actually a ruthless figure who had vanished from the martial world long ago?
The jade pendant engraved with the character for "Yan" held my past. The Secret Shadow Pavilion was relentlessly hunting me, while Chu Jinzhi's protection and Xiao Yi's probing both revolved around me.
When my fake identity was exposed and I could no longer hide my strength, I stood with my sword at the center of the martial world's storm.
"Want to lay a hand on the people around me? You'll have to get past my sword first!"
