The World's Best: After Faking Her Death, She's Ready to Lie Flat

[A clever, smiling fox of a woman who plays the pig to eat the tiger x a cool, stoic, devoted man with gravity powers]

■ A flirtatious, frail, languid beauty x a possessive, dark-hearted mad dog

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Feng Wujie had no grand ambitions. She ran a Worry-Free Hall, occasionally investigating cases for people. She opened her doors whenever she felt like it, and life was quite leisurely.

Unfortunately, she was too good at solving strange cases and had never once failed. Her reputation spread throughout the martial world, drawing many admirers. This also made her a thorn in the side of the Sorrowful Yamen, the martial world's foremost organization, and assassins came to her door, intent on killing her alone.

Rumors in the streets were all over the place, some good and some bad. For instance, people said the master of Worry-Free Hall was nothing more than a desperate fugitive, with mediocre martial arts and a lingering poison in her body, and thus not long to live.

Feng Wujie was happy to let the world think she was unremarkable. It meant less trouble.

Until people began to say that she bore a striking resemblance to the legendary heroine Feng Changyou, who had dominated the martial world seven years ago and stood at the height of her fame as the greatest under heaven.

But Feng Changyou had been dead for seven years. How could the dead come back to life?

When she was caught up in another assassination attempt, Feng Wujie stopped lying flat and pretending to be weak.

Her red clothes blazed in the light. She held her sword in reverse, its blade flashing as it pointed at the assassin's throat beneath the dark night sky. Smiling, she spoke the name that struck fear into every heart.

"You guessed right. I had another name."

"I was once called Feng Changyou."

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Li Changqi was a lonely wandering ghost, adrift in the world, with no home to call his own.

From the first moment he saw Feng Wujie, he sensed there was something unusual about her.

He knew she belonged beneath a vast sky, and that she felt things deeply and lived by her heart. The expressions that occasionally crossed her face and the secrets she kept drew him in, making him want to get closer and uncover them.

He was alone, with nowhere to go. If he had to choose a place to belong, he wanted it to be by her side.

The martial world was treacherous, and danger was always close. He would draw his sword for her and live or die alongside her. When he came to his senses, he realized he had long since bowed to her, placing her life above everything else and no longer wanting to leave.

But as he watched her shine and saw how she kept everything hidden from him, the dark, twisted possessiveness in Li Changqi's heart grew unchecked. The greedy ghost could never be satisfied. He no longer wanted to stop at following behind her. If the moonlight didn't shine on him alone, how could he accept that?

At last, he couldn't restrain himself. He gripped her wrist, his dark eyes unreadable, and said:

"Feng Wujie. I want a name for what we are. When are you going to give me one?"

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After seven years, Feng Wujie thought the martial heroes had completely forgotten her. But when she looked back, she discovered:

The beauty from the brothel whom she had once casually saved had turned her fortunes around and was willing to be a piece on Feng Wujie's chessboard.

The little disciple she had taken in years ago had become the leader of a secret alliance with influence in both the black and white worlds of the martial arts.

The cold, taciturn young swordsman seemed to have withdrawn from the world, but was actually plotting revenge on her behalf.

The marquis rumored to hate her to the bone told her that hatred was more deeply etched in the heart than love.

And who knew how many former nobodies had become powerful figures, rushing into her hall the instant she was unmasked, all hoping for a chance to see her!

Feng Wujie fell silent. Have they all gone mad?

[Martial world / court intrigue / secret identity exposed / ensemble cast / equally matched leads / faked death]

Reader's Guide:

1. The story begins with case investigations, while romance and plot unfold in parallel. Court intrigue takes center stage later.

2. The story leans toward an ensemble cast. Supporting characters each have their own tangled loves, grudges, and conflicts, and memories of the past will gradually come to light.

3. One-on-one pairing, both leads are virgins. A supporting male character has unrequited feelings for the heroine, with a little romantic rivalry.

4. The heroine once faked her death and is overwhelmingly the strongest fighter in the story. The male lead also has a hidden background.

The setting is fictional, so please don't look for historical accuracy.

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Theme: The martial world is full of old grudges. Right and wrong are for each person to decide.