Forgotten Tale of Jianghu - Chapter 46: Grand dining hall

... d branches clawing at the sky like skeletal fingers.

Each step Wei Wei took crunched softly against the frostbitten underbrush, but her mind was far from the present.

The memory gripped her like a ghost's hand — pulling her back to that day.

It had been a routine task — gathering herbs after completing an assignment, just another quiet moment in the woods — until the sharp clash of blades shattered the silence.

Without thinking, she had rushed toward the sound.