Cloudslayer City

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The once-every-three-years auction at Linlang Auction House has begun. Heroes from every corner have gathered to compete for the Lotus Mist Mountain-Opening Stone and the Wutong Jade.

The Ghost-Faced Rakshasa, Yu Xiangwu, arrives with a pack of lackeys, swaggering in to stir up trouble.

Down below, the bidders argue until their faces are red, swords nearly drawn.

Qiu Jing sees Yu Xiangwu leaning on the stage. She gives the Wutong Jade a "light" tap with the auctioneer's hammer.

To everyone's surprise, one strike splits the jade into thirty-nine pieces and a handful of shards.

The auction house falls utterly silent.

When Yu Xiangwu sees everyone staring at her, she puts on an apologetic smile.

"Uh, if I said it was an accident, would any of you believe me?"

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Fifteen years ago, rumors spread throughout the martial world that the Dream-Cooling Saber had hidden away the Wutong Jade. The orthodox sects stormed Xingliang City. Yu Xiangwu saw her father fall beneath the city gate, while the child he had shielded in his arms clutched the dagger buried in the Dream-Cooling Saber's heart.

That was why she hated "righting wrongs" more than anything.

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Qiu Jing solemnly tells Miss Yu, "Good deeds bring good fortune," only for her to give him a cool glance.

"The last person who said that to me has had grass growing over his grave for twenty years."

"..."

"Young Master Qiu, how much good fortune have all those good deeds of yours earned you?"

Qiu Jing replies earnestly, "I have a benefactor who may have forgotten me by now. When they saved me, they said they wanted to see whether good deeds really bring good fortune. I have to prove it to them."

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"So I'm the person you want to repay."

"In this treacherous martial world, you are the most unexpected and straightforward delight I've ever encountered."

Yu Xiangwu x Qiu Jing

A stingy miser who loves money, the Ghost-Faced Rakshasa who would rather hack through something with a cleaver than beat around the bush x A jade-faced gentleman who loves meddling in everyone else's business and would rather ramble than get to the point

The romance is a slow burn. I'll revise as I write.

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Here is the blurb for my upcoming novel, Eagle:

The Marquess of Fu slips into the emperor's bedchamber at night.

The next day, her husband, Yuan, storms into the palace and tears the emperor's hair ornament off.

A calculating schemer who knows exactly how seductive she is but has a heart of stone x A volatile, possessive yandere who explodes at the slightest provocation, dark to the core

Fu Xu x Li Tuo

- This is a fictional setting!

- The emperor is the love interest, but the marriage on paper may not be annulled even by the end.

- A story about two crazed people falling in love. They may not care whether anyone else lives or dies while they're at it, so read with caution. A little bedtime read, just for writing practice and fun.

I'll give every novel a proper ending. I hope you'll enjoy reading!

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