[A seemingly frail but actually murderous cursed puppeteer + a touch of ensemble cast]
“Frailty?” No, it’s a disguise.
“Nurturing spiritual threads?” Wrong. They’re deadly puppet strings!
Lou Anlan, the last descendant of a puppeteer clan, bears a curse that makes her stronger the more broken she becomes. By day, she’s a coughing, blood-spitting beauty who faints and inspires pity in all who see her. By night, she’s the Queen of the Dark, manipulating invisible strings and scheming against the hearts of men.
Forced to take part in the “Year of Seeking the Dao,” she only wants to quietly get her revenge, but four “unlucky souls” latch onto her teammates’ group:
The sharp-tongued sword cultivator is always trying to expose her secret identity: “Tsk. You’re sick as a dog, but your hands sure are quick.”
The gentle alchemist smiles while hiding a knife: “Junior Sister, these strings of yours… They don’t look like they’re for healing. More like they’re for taking lives, don’t they?”
The hot-blooded beast tamer keeps trying to feed her: “Junior Sister Lou, eat up! You’ll need your strength for the fight!”
The blindfolded prophet blurts out the truth: “Big Sis, there are so many strings on you. They’re crying.”
Until, at the Ferry of the Forgotten River, she meets the man who collects souls.
Xie Chengyuan, master of the Ferry of the Forgotten River, feeds on the emotions of all living things, yet can never taste them.
He gazes at her hollow yet blazing soul as if he’s discovered a priceless treasure. “Pawn your pain, and I’ll give you the truth.”
She scoffs. “You can’t afford my pain.”
When the seal shatters and the evil fiends’ whispers ring in their ears, her former teammates stand in front of her with swords drawn.
Silver threads swirl around Lou Anlan’s fingertips, while behind her stands the man who should have remained a mere spectator forever.
Xie Chengyuan unfurls his “Tracing the Ages” fan, his gaze a deep purple. “I’ve bought a ticket to this show.”
This month's wish: Give more five-star reviews!!!! The feeding from the gentlemen is the motivation for me to write a book! 😘😘😘 Then let me introduce the character Lou Anlan here. I think this character is essentially pessimistic and lonely, but occasionally she can be naive and stick to her inner truth. However, once the mask of disguise is put on, it is difficult to take off. Lou Anlan is not a traditional "beautiful, strong and miserable". Her "miserability" is a curse engraved in her blood, her "strength" comes with the price of physical collapse, and her "beauty" is used by her as a disguise and weapon. This setting of "using disability as a source of strength" makes all her choices full of tragedy and drama. It has become her instinct to play the role of "sick" for a long time. She takes advantage of the outside world's contempt and sympathy for the weak to lower others' wariness and create room for action. This disguise even affects her self-perception - she sometimes blurs the boundaries between "performance" and "reality", especially when facing good intentions. "Shaoguang" silk is externally known as "life-extending spiritual silk", but in reality it is "life-killing puppet thread". This symbolizes her way of survival: gaining strength by hurting herself and wrapping the truth in lies. Every time you use your power, you cut yourself off. Externally, he behaves distantly, cautiously, and even takes advantage of others' indifference; internally, he desperately longs for pure emotional connection (father's love, friendship, trust), but he dares not approach due to trauma and fear, forming a cycle of "longing for love → pushing away love → becoming more lonely". I don't know if I can write the emotion she longs for in her heart. Although I give her a pessimistic core quality, I try my best to love her and give her more. That's it~ Happy eating everyone~~~😘😘😘
It's very interesting, and the plots are intertwined. The characters have distinct personalities. Although I still prefer the non-CP version, I don't know how the follow-up progress will be, but it seems to be very good so far, but there are currently few chapters, so it's tentative.
Worth paying attention to
It's very well written. I couldn't stop reading chapter by chapter. It's very exciting.
It's a delicious book. The heroine is sick and has a tragic life experience. The storyline is very attractive.
Very interesting and well written (in my opinion)
I'm anxious to read it later, but I won't write any comments that are really super nice.