This novel meets all your requirements! The plot setting of the story is so novel! It is no longer the traditional apprenticeship and immortality, but starts from a bloody blood sacrifice of the mountain god. The transaction of "child blood in exchange for rice fragrance" vividly displays the cruelty of the mountains; the author's writing style is very immersive. The stone statues in the firelight, Lu Ziqing's physical fear, and the cold light of the magic sword being unsheathed make reading it feel like being there!
