Three thousand years have passed since the severing of the link between Heaven and Earth. The gods have departed, and the strange beasts have vanished.
The martial arts sects of the jianghu broke ancient bloodlines down into martial techniques. Those who mastered fire arts called themselves phoenix descendants, while those who trained their bodies to withstand blows claimed the body of a Black Tortoise. Everyone competed for higher realms and fought over secret manuals, yet no one knew that most of what they practiced was incomplete.
At the edge of the Great Wilderness, herb gatherer Lin Ye accidentally found a fragmentary copy of the Classic of Mountains and Seas.
From that moment on, he could see the attributes of all things.
[Red Pheasant flesh and blood: Unlocks the “Fire Feathers” attribute. Side effect: cold intolerance.]
[Broken Peak Saber Technique: An incomplete legacy, missing the “Bo: Mastery of Arms” attribute. Conflicts with “Feiyi: Venomous Devouring.”]
[Shen Qingtang: A remnant Zhulong bloodline. Current disguise attribute: “apothecary shopkeeper.” Hidden status: nearing the end of her lifespan.]
While everyone else took him for a dirt-poor nobody who stayed alive through luck, Lin Ye had already been quietly restoring ancient Shan Hai bloodlines that had been lost for three thousand years by gathering herbs, eating meat, taking hits, and exploring the map.
A jianghu fighter asked him, “Brother Lin, what school did you study under?”
Lin Ye glanced at the glaring line of text above the man's head: [A branch of the Bai Ze bloodline, skilled at lying, feeling guilty right now]. He fell silent for a moment.
“The Herb Gatherers' School.”
