My master is an old Taoist priest who has raised me for twenty years. Before he left, he gave me three things: a peach wood sword, a copy of Qi Men Dun Jia, and a piece of advice.
"Disciple, you have a strange destiny. You are a 'mysterious yin body' that is not seen in ten thousand years. It is the easiest to attract evil spirits. I have spent twenty years of Yang life as a teacher to hide the secrets of heaven for you. Now when you go down the mountain, remember three things."
"First, don't look in the mirror when you are young."
"Second, don't accept anything handed to you by the woman in red."
I held my breath and asked, "What about the third one?"
The master was silent for a moment, with complicated eyes: "Third... If you see a person walking in the sun without a shadow, run! That means the person hiding your secret may not be a 'person'."
I knelt down, tears streaming down my face, and I felt so grateful for my teacher's kindness.
The master added: "Oh, by the way, there's a fourth one."
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"My teacher owes five million incense money on the mountain. The creditor will be here soon. You should run away quickly. My teacher will not bear this blame... No, you will bear this test!"
I looked at the dozens of murderous creditors appearing on the mountain road, and then looked at the brand new peach wood sword in my hand.
Master, are you sure you have raised me for twenty years not just to use me as a "substitute" today?
The next second, I jumped off the cliff of the back mountain without hesitation.
