“Your physique is passable, but your natural talent is rotten to the core. You’re the worst Stele Master I’ve ever seen.”
Grand-Uncle Lu Shou
“I know. But I’ve kept my head down for six years, and I’m still alive.”
Lu Qingchen
The immortal sects treat their disciples as “raw materials”: those who fail to establish their foundations are refined into magical artifacts, while those whose cultivation goes poorly are drained dry. Lu Qingchen knew the rules from his very first day at Qingyun Sect.
So he chose to keep his head down.
He kept at it until he mastered the basics of alchemy, until his sword intent took root, until the legacies of ninety-nine ancestors grew within him into a tree no one could cut down.
Then he stopped keeping his head down.
