A Knife at Night in Spring Mountain

(Please support my ongoing story, "Even If the World Ends"!) Ruan Xian was an assassin, handsome and formidable, and somehow became a legend of the martial world. Later, he went into seclusion for a hundred years, wanting nothing to do with worldly affairs. Though this so-called seclusion was complete nonsense. A century later, he returned to the martial world wearing a fake face, only for the nemesis he'd spent years locked in a bitter feud with to start pursuing him. Right in front of his nemesis, he calmly took off his disguise. Nemesis: Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit... Nemesis: He's cold, ruthless, and vicious. No matter how beautiful he is, I could never fall for him. Later: I take it all back. - Drunk beneath the spring mountain moon, no need to hear the sound of blades. * This is a serious story. * It has sweetness, angst, and melodrama, with bloody martial-world feuds and enemies everywhere. * The title was adapted from the line "The Big Dipper shines high; Geshu carries his blade by night" in "Song of Geshu." * My writing is bad, the plot is a mess, the pace is slow, I love embellishing, and my skill is poor. I don't accept writing advice. Ongoing story: "Even If the World Ends" Disaster strikes, strange species run rampant, cities become ruins, and a flourishing civilization is destroyed. The endless night is filled with danger at every turn. The gods show no mercy, but humanity is like tough grass: wildfire cannot burn it away. * A new contract member joins the Forbidden Research Institute: beautiful, aloof, ruthless, and powerful enough to crush everyone underfoot. One day, an excited member of the team rushes over to confess, only to be rejected with, "Sorry, there's someone I like." That night, Captain Wen sneaks into the room and stares at him intently. "I heard you have someone you like?" "So what?" Ye Li looks up expressionlessly. Wen Ye: "Obviously, I'll get to them before you do, so you can't keep liking them." #By 'get to them,' he means kill them outright.# Theme: Love and peace