The Xuan People: A Hidden Nation

A note: This is for entertainment and reading pleasure! Everyone knows there are fifty-six ethnic groups in China.

But no one knows that deep beneath the land of Jiuzhou, another people lies hidden.

Nameless, without tombstones, records, or praise.

They use their lives as locks and their blood as gates, guarding against calamities that threaten heaven and earth, generation after generation.

The young Chen Yan falls from civilization into desperation, from student to fugitive.

He wanders by mistake into a forbidden place deep in the mountains, where the Xuan Di Gate, stretching between heaven and earth, chooses him.

He does not carry Xuan Di blood, yet he inherits their charge.

He comes from the world of ordinary life, yet must protect its peace.

From then on, he becomes the gate with his body and seals the rift with his heart.

As long as the gate stands, so do I.

As long as I stand, the world is safe.