A Young Wanderer's Journey Through the Jianghu

My new novel, Sword Art of the Fourteen Provinces, is updating now. The blurb is at the bottom. If you're interested, come take a look! I'm eagerly hoping for favorites, comments, and a little teasing~

This is the story of a supremely talented young man who ventures into the martial world, meets a mysterious and handsome young gentleman, and joins him in investigating a cold case from seven years ago. Together, they uncover the truth behind past events, discover the origins of what they have learned, travel throughout the martial world, venture into the halls of power, make good friends, and destroy their enemies.

This is a martial world that encompasses every kind of person. Here, you will find the utmost evil, repaying kindness with treachery, taking a wrong turn, longing for what cannot be had, the innocent being killed, and the strong bullying the weak. But you will also find pure goodness, staying true to your heart, getting what you sought, old injustices being avenged, good triumphing over evil, kindred spirits working as one, and noble, open-hearted souls.

About the leads:

A cool, no-nonsense swordsman who hits back when challenged, the top * a beloved beauty of a gentleman with a secret identity, the bottom

When you set out to roam the martial world, remember this golden rule: the better-looking someone is, the more likely they are to lie.

Ye Changsheng later quietly counted how many things Xiao Shu had hidden from him or lied to him about. It made him want to teach Xiao Shu a lesson, but whenever he saw him, what could he do? Spoil him, of course.

A note on the point of view: The early chapters are told from the top's perspective. Xiao's background is rather complicated, so Ye gradually uncovers it. Later chapters switch between both perspectives.

***The revised version of The Return of an Old Friend will be posted after editing.***

Yue Yuntian was born into an ordinary family and had no connections in the immortal sects. Yet he was the personal disciple of Gu Peizhi, the Radiant Sword Venerable and acting head of Cangshan, the greatest sword sect under heaven. With an elder martial brother to protect him, friends by his side, and the respect of his fellow disciples, as well as his handsome looks and exceptional potential, he seemed to have everything going for him at a young age.

But those eyes, bright as the stars, sometimes revealed a hint of sorrow. Yue Yuntian did not think so. He had done his best to hide the despair that consumed him as he remembered an old friend late at night, his heart burning with worry. He did not want anyone to know.

Twelve years ago, the young Yue Yuntian had watched Ling Jiangjing fall into the Demon Lord's secret realm, a place that would change the balance of power across the Fourteen Provinces.

From then on, the events at Feng Mountain became a distant dream he could never return to.

But one day, the Dinghua Bell rang five times, and Yue Yuntian was summoned to Qiongyun Terrace.

Ling Jiangjing stood with his long hair loose, his black robes whipping in the wind atop the peak, his face stern and his bearing austere.

There was a meaning in his gaze that Yue Yuntian could not make out. He had never imagined that, when they met again after twelve years apart, Ling Jiangjing would treat him this way.

He had returned. From that moment, turmoil stirred anew among the Immortal Alliance, the Demon Palace, the demon clans, and the mortal world. In this era reborn after the end of the Dharma, chaos was rising once more. What kind of power would it take to decide the fate of all who lived across the Fourteen Provinces?

But no matter how powerful you are, you still shouldn't bully people.

Yue Yuntian: