At eighteen, the umbrella she raised sheltered not just herself, but a martial world battered by storms.
At eighteen, Lan Dongxue carried her “Ninefold Spring Colors” umbrella through the misty rain of Chang’an and founded the Chang’an Inn. All she wanted was to make a home for wandering heroes, where they could drink tea, discuss swordsmanship, and enjoy a peaceful life.
But when the Chang’an Inn won match after match at the “Hundred Trades Assembly,” when the “Stone-Splitting Might” long saber cleaved through the arena and the “Silken Jade” force stilled the winds and clouds, the organization under a young woman’s command became famous throughout the martial world overnight.
Yet beneath the glory, dark currents swirled. Why had the lost sect’s secret techniques resurfaced in her hands? And why did the refined, elegant Chief Councilor repeatedly make things difficult for these martial artists? Unexplained pressure from the court, the elders of the martial world joining forces to exclude her, and a mysterious power probing into her origins all came one after another. Only then did she realize that the victories in the arena were merely the opening moves in a far greater game.
Lan Dongxue gradually discovered that what she had inherited was not only her mother’s jade fan, but also a secret powerful enough to overturn the dynasty. The game board linking the martial world and the imperial court had long been set. Was she a pawn, or... the one moving the pieces?
This is a story of growth, protection, and breaking through deadlocks. See how this young guild leader writes the most moving interpretation of the word “hero” in a turbulent age.
The Guesthouse of Chang’an in Yanyun: Here, there is more than the flash of blades. There are also the lights of countless homes.
This book is like a pair of invisible hands! I can't help but wonder what surprises are hidden in the next paragraph, and I'm still replaying those scenes in my mind, like I've just watched an immersive movie! Highly recommended!!!!!!! Everyone go and see it!
Turning over the first page of this book is like being led by the author into a whole new world - no deliberate sensationalism, no complicated dazzling skills, just plain but powerful words, and the core themes of the book, such as "the tenacity of ordinary people" and "choices under the torrent of the times" are hidden in every plot. I also understand what the author wants to convey: those seemingly ordinary moments are precisely the most precious footnotes of life. I also hope that the author will become a millionaire novel writer soon♛
Good, good, very literary, and the characters are very vivid. Yes.