Sword Chants Echo Through the Empty Mountain

A different world of martial arts, a different dream A map of the Nine Provinces, stretching tens of thousands of miles in every direction. From the frontier grasslands in the north to the miasma-ridden lands of Lingnan in the south, from the eastern sea to the western desert: this is Jianghu. When Shen Yan enters the fray, he is just a penniless young man with little luck on his side. Setting out from the southernmost corner of Dali, he plans to travel three thousand miles to Mount Hua and seek a master. Along the way, he measures the land one mile at a time on foot and horseback. Carrier pigeons, relay stations, and messages passed by word of mouth are his only way to send word to old friends. Only after inheriting the legacy of the "Golden Snake Gentleman" from a hundred years ago and learning his peerless sword art, a style defined by cunning, speed, strangeness, and danger, does he realize that this martial art doesn't suit him. The Golden Snake style is elusive and sinister, but his own approach is gentle and enduring, like a stream flowing into the sea. He can learn the moves, but he can't bring out their full power. So he refuses to copy them blindly and instead seeks his own way. Using the Golden Snake sword style as a foundation, he searches for a compatible inner art to give it life, revising and adding to it