The Qingyan Immortal Clan

Deep in Mount Qingwu, the Huanxi River runs cold. Shen Yan dies late one night on a restoration table. When he opens his eyes again, he has become a broken inkstone buried at the bottom of a ravine. He has seen mountains collapse, beasts surge across the land, and immortals fly their swords over lofty peaks. Then a small, mud-smeared hand picks him up and carries him to the Zhou family's little courtyard, where cooking smoke curls into the sky. In the years that follow, he takes the form of an inkstone and draws his strength from the earth's veins, watching this family of mountain-dwelling herbalists grow from a mud-walled house to a tiled courtyard, and journey from the mortal world onto the path of immortality. An inkstone from the mountains, the fragrance of medicinal herbs, and a thousand-year path to immortality for one family.