Chapter One: The Moon Rises Over the Mountain, Meeting a Gentleman in a Dry Well. Shen Yuepo bowed three times to the memorial tablet, then straightened up, slung the peach wood sword across her back, and tied a white jade ring to her waist. She turned and started walking down the mountain path. The path was covered with withered branches, which crunched underfoot. A chilling aura filled the air, drifting with the wind towards the mountain hollow on the left. Shen Yuepo changed direction and walked towards the source of the aura. In the middle of the hollow stood a dry well, its rim covered with hardened mud. She walked to the well and looked down at the bottom. Lying on the ground at the bottom of the well was a man, his dark clothes stained with a large area of dark liquid.