The Blood Terracotta Warrior's Enchantment

[Proud, aloof, mysterious heir to an old-money family x sunny, supportive therapist]

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What are charm effigies?

They are ethereal things, at first no more than a wisp of spirit attached to a clay figurine.

Unwilling to remain trapped in motionless clay, the charm effigies turned their attention to humans.

When people went mad, as the saying goes, it was as if their souls had been replaced.

And that's exactly what happened: their souls were replaced by those of charm effigies.

To exist in this world, charm effigies must kill people and absorb their souls. Making their victims take their own lives is the most foolproof way.

Anyone could be controlled by them, and the world descended into chaos.

At the height of the charm effigies' rampage, the Luan family happened to become the only force capable of resisting them.

A hundred years passed. The charm effigies gradually dwindled, but so did the Luan family.

Now only Luan Yuting remains of the entire family.

All of Luan Yuting's family members were killed by charm effigies.

Though she has mastered the skills to fight them, she no longer wants anything to do with this mess.

The responsibility forced upon her is nothing but a shackle.

In modern times, no one outside the Luan family even knows the story of the charm effigies.

Then along came Sang Xu, an ordinary person who can't let go of a friend's death.

Luan Yuting's damned sense of responsibility has been awakened again.

But seeing how stubborn and pitiful Sang Xu is...

Fine. Just one last time. After that, she's out of here.

Along the way, she also calls on her childhood friend Xie Qiyan to help rescue the nephew she has only just managed to find again.

Their group keeps growing, and it seems the whole matter won't be so easy to wrap up.

And the facts won't let her end things so quickly, either.

The charm effigies have evolved. Even members of the Luan family can no longer detect them easily.

Little by little, Luan Yuting comes to understand a few things.

A struggle between evenly matched sides will only be passed on endlessly to the next generation.

Why not put an end to the charm effigies in her generation?

Only by gaining the upper hand can she find a way to break the deadlock.

The battle has only just begun. The charm effigies ran rampant before because she hadn't stepped in.

Her long-sealed hidden weapons and fists are already raring to go.

You dare mess with her? Then you can all die!

A little tip: The setting and worldbuilding are fictional.

Theme: Never give up.