Across Thirteen Rivers

The new story Slay the Joy is currently being serialized.

"Blurb"

[The moon hangs high above, beloved by all the mortals below, yet no one can reach out and touch it. My shishu is even more precious than the moon, and yet she belongs to me.]

A few things to know:

1. Happy ending. This is a coming-of-age story, so please be patient.

2. This isn’t a romance-only story. The plot takes center stage for much of it.

3. I welcome reasonable discussions about the plot and characters, but please don’t attack the author over individual antagonists. Thank you.

-----------The new story Slay the Joy is currently being serialized-----------

Huo Mian has lived deep in the mountains since childhood. She has no family or friends, only a master who taught her to read and practice martial arts, treated her like his own child, and cared for her devotedly.

But one spring, her master suddenly makes a prediction, claiming that his time is near and that he will soon pass away. Huo Mian doesn’t take him seriously, assuming he’s joking, and gives it no further thought.

The next morning, however, she wakes to find that her master has no breath left and his face has turned ashen. He really has died just like that, leaving the world behind.

Huo Mian never saw it coming. Now she’s all alone, with no one in the world, so she has no choice but to take up her sword and descend the mountain into the mortal world.

But the martial world is vast, and the road ahead unclear. Huo Mian has no family to turn to and nowhere to go. The carefree travels she had once dreamed of are nothing like she imagined.

How to earn money, fill her stomach, and stay alive becomes a major problem she must face.

Luckily, someone tells her, “The Xuanfeng Tower is the best assassin organization in the world. You’re so skilled at martial arts, why not recommend yourself and ask them for a job? You could uphold justice and eliminate evil while earning money to support yourself. Wouldn’t that be the best of both worlds?”

Huo Mian considers this briefly. “That makes sense. I should give it a try!”

So a few days later, Huo Mian visits Xuanfeng Tower on her own and gets her first paying job.

But she isn’t being asked to kill anyone. She’s supposed to “escort” someone.

The person has bright eyes and pearly teeth, and carries herself with effortless grace. Though locked inside a little prisoner’s cart, she seems to be seated beneath the clear moonlight. When she looks up at Huo Mian, her smiling eyes brim with boundless charm.

“My name is Mu Ci. What’s yours, miss?”

Theme: Overcome hardship, keep moving forward bravely, and believe in love and light.