If we’re talking about green bamboo and swift horses, carefree journeys with a sword in hand, then Chen Tu may never have had the makings of a hero.
But he’s a natural at playing dirty, clobbering people from behind, stealing chickens and dogs, and poisoning people in secret.
Exiled to a foreign land, with wolves ahead and tigers behind, his life hanging by a thread, he somehow learned the complete art of cultivating Gu, whether by chance or design. Knowing he’ll have to spend the rest of his life among snakes, bugs, rats, and ants, he can’t tell if he’s lucky or unlucky.
