Still Won't Give It Back

New novel, now available to pre-save: Painted Bones and Bronze Blossoms When Lao Dan left Hangu Pass, he carried an umbrella that foretold death upside down. Wherever he went, southerly winds blew, and those who saw him never returned. Right and wrong, grudges and gratitude, cause and effect: none can escape this fated chessboard or the hands of the sages who move its pieces. She vaguely remembers that the previous sage crossed the chaotic world of the Spring and Autumn period and went west through Hangu Pass, leaving the world an umbrella that foretold death amid blood-soaked lands. Where did the sage go after traveling west? Bai Yuan didn't know either. She inherited the umbrella the sage left behind and announced the deaths of those who had died unjustly. Bai Yuan wandered between life and death, never asking the sages of heaven and earth why they had set this game in motion. But the world is vast, and the sages come and go without a trace. Bai Yuan fixed her gaze on Zhou Yaren. The world is ignorant: people think blind musicians communicate with ghosts and gods, lumping them together with evil spirits and the supernatural. This is an insult to their true calling. The authentic teachings of the Blind Musicians' Sect, passed down by Ting Feng Zhi, carry on the wisdom of the sages. They are envoys of heaven and earth, able to hear the sounds of the world and the words of the sages of old, and dispel the mysteries of millennia. Such talent is invaluable and should certainly be kept close. Theme: May no one in the world ever suffer an unjust accusation.