Chapter 1, First Encounter.

After I run, there is no one at home who can watch over me. I run from here to there, climb from the ground to the mountain peak, and then run down from the mountain peak. Dad laughs and says, "If you run like this every day, how much rice should you eat? Which family's young man dares to marry you in the future?" Mother pities me and wipes my sweat, saying, "Why are you so different from your brother in temperament?"

They say the outside world is more beautiful, but they cannot leave this valley in their lifetime. When I was young, I couldn't understand this sadness and always thought the valley was good enough. Why go outside?

I am the youngest, but started earliest. In fact, I just started half an hour earlier than Lingfeng. As a result, he still has to call me "Senior Sister", even though he is very reluctant.

When I was young, when I ran, Liu Si always gently held my hand, leisurely strolling under the valley, her white dress swaying in the wind, beautiful beyond earthly delights.

My elder brother made great efforts to cultivate my temperament, trying every means to make me gentle, polite, and elegant. However, Chu Hanjian disagreed. Whenever he had the chance, he would take me to run in the mountains and valleys, and every day he would have warriors perform swordplay in front of me, attempting to influence me and make me fall in love with martial arts. Under the influence of these two people, I have both a gentle and elegant side, as well as a strong and domineering side.

The year we met, Cold Lingfeng was ten years old, Yun Qing was seven years old, and I was five years old.

Liǔ sī shì yīgè hěn shànliáng de nǚzǐ, bù shěde jiàntà yī kē cǎo, bù rěnxīn zhāi yī duǒ huā, zhǐshì wǒ yǒngyuǎn xué bùliǎo tā, měi cì huí gǔ, zǒu dào tā de fén qián, wǒ dōu jiāng zìjǐ de shuāngshǒu xǐ gānjìng, yīnwèi wǒ de shǒu zhānrǎnle tài duō xuèxīng.

I looked to see if any wild geese had flown by, and I threw a stone to bring it down. Upon hearing this, Liu Si's face turned pale. She told me that killing is not acceptable, as all living things in the world, including flowers, birds, and plants, have life.

I heard that it was my brother who bandaged my little hand for me. My brother is Chu Aotian, and he is also Chu Hehuan's father. At that time, my brother had just married Princess Xiling, Xiqian'er. Our parents didn't know about this. Otherwise, they would definitely be furious. And I was even more clueless. How old was I that year!

Liǔ sī zhōngshēng bù jià, wǒ zhīdào tā zài kàn shénme? Wǒ yě zhīdào tā zài děng shuí? Rì fù yī rì, nián fù yī nián, yījiù sù yī cháng fà, zhǐshì lǎo le róngyán, wǒ bù rěnxīn, gàosù tā, gēgē Chǔ ào tiān yǐjīng sǐ le, yíhuò shì hǎo érláng, zhídé tuōfù.

My older brother's life is full of suffering and pain. Only I know it best. When he was drunk, he once asked me what was the most bitter thing. I shook my head. He said that longing is the most bitter. He then asked me what was the most painful thing, and he said that not being able to love is the most painful.

I haven't answered yet. Her hands have already weakly dropped down, her beautiful eyes looking at the sky, with tears still unshed in the corners of her eyes. I held her lifeless body and mourned.

My older brother said I was too wild and that I must cultivate my temperament from a young age. So, when I was ignorant and unaware, the best musicians in the clan played the piano and flute by my side, the best painters calmly created artwork by my side, and the most beautiful and elegant Willow Silk girl accompanied me, teaching me etiquette.

Later, someone guarded me every day, but it didn't last long. Everyone broke down because I didn't have a minute to spare. Whenever someone held me, I would grab their face with my hands and kick their stomach.

I estimate that I kicked more than other children. I crawled early since I was exceptional at it. Once I learned to crawl, I couldn't stop. Whenever I was put on the bed, I crawled from one end to the other, and then back again, enjoying every moment of it. Sometimes, I crawled in circles, which surprised people. They asked my mother why the little princess crawled so many circles without getting tired or dizzy. My mother was always speechless, just looking at me tenderly, because she didn't know either.

Chu Hanjian was ecstatic, saying that I would definitely become a martial arts genius in the future. I don't know what these bones are made of. How could such a small body climb the window? And the brain is so sharp, maybe I am a prodigy.

Liu Si, what are you looking at?

She murmured that she missed my brother. She hasn't seen him for a long time. She asked me if she could still see my brother when she goes down to the underworld.

Sometimes, Liusi would stand in the center of the valley, tilting her beautiful face upwards, gazing at the vast sky with eyes as clear as autumn water. Sometimes, she would look towards the exit of the valley, staring for a long time, lost in thought. I would follow her gaze, but the sky was clear and empty, except for the occasional passing bird.

I have been living in a vast valley since I was young, with strange flowers and fruits below, rugged strange rocks, pointed and towering mountain peaks, and waterfalls that flow for thousands of miles, as beautiful as a fairyland. But my mother and the people of the tribe always like to lift their heads and look up at the sky.

I started practicing martial arts with Chu Hanjian when I was three years old. Others may find it difficult and even feel like crying, but I am obsessed with martial arts. Even practicing the horse stance is fun for me. My exceptional talent amazed Chu Hanjian, so when I was five years old, I became a disciple of Tian Kuang, the number one martial artist in the world. Tian Kuang only accepted three disciples in his lifetime: me, Leng Lingfeng, and Yun Qing.

In order to prevent me from crawling out and hurting my hands, they would always close the door when they went out. However, they didn't expect that I would climb out of the window. As a result, when they found me, I had several large bumps on my head and my hands were bleeding. But I kept climbing with all my strength, laughing as I climbed. This made my mother worry and think that I was foolish.

After completing the rotation, I start crawling in different poses, so that every day there is a group of people watching me. I look majestic, but my mother says I was born with a life of hard work and no blessings. I crawl every day, don't I get tired?

I used to climb up and down, and one day when my mother returned to the room, she found me missing. She was frightened and panicked. Unexpectedly, I had crawled down along the foot of the bed. When my mother found me, I was crawling on the ground full of stones. My white and tender little hands were bleeding from being rubbed against the stones, but I was still giggling. My mother was heartbroken and tears streamed down her face.

Brother has never loved any Ye Chuchu, it's just an excuse he used to reject Xi Qian'er. He doesn't want to marry the descendant of the enemy of his clan, but he fell into it unknowingly.

Willow silk laughs and cries, cries and laughs again, as if going crazy. She said, "In this lifetime, I only want to love one man. No matter how good others may be, they are not what I desire in my heart."

Those beautiful eyes were once the most prestigious symbol of the blood race when we were still the royal family. But after our dynasty was overthrown, it became a symbol of demons and anyone found with it would be slaughtered. Even today, countries like Xiling, Fengguo, and Guxia still hold annual fire sacrifices, with our blood race members as the offerings.

Every time my older brother comes back, he gently wipes the sweat from my forehead, then picks me up and affectionately calls me "wild little girl". He often plays the qingxin tune in front of me, and every time he plays it, all the women in the valley listen to it as if they are enchanted, including me who was still too young to understand.

My parents, who are hiding in the deep valley, still don't know that my older brother has already passed away. Every time I go down to the valley, I weave various lies to them, but every time I turn around, I feel very sad.

But when one thing falls, another rises. I am an exception. As long as my brother, Chu Autian, holds me in his arms, I will quietly snuggle in his embrace, neither scratching his face nor kicking his stomach. I am very well-behaved. Therefore, when my brother returns, all the maids who take care of me will be pardoned, including my parents. However, my brother doesn't come back often in a year.

Our dynasty was conquered by a coalition of three people: Qin Linxi, Chu Lian, and Gu Hong. These three were once sworn brothers, bound by a blood oath. Though they have long since passed away, their descendants - that is, us - continue to be entangled in this world.

Perhaps mother was right, I am destined to a life of toil.

When I was three years old, my older brother took me out of the valley and handed me over to a loyal servant of the Chu family, who was also his close friend - Chu Hanjian, the lord of Chu City. From then on, in the eyes of outsiders, I was Chu Hanjian's daughter, the young lady of the Chu family, while my biological parents still lived in a hidden valley in Liangzhou.

I am naturally active. When my mother said I couldn't climb, my little hands and feet were already very strong. I kick there every day, and they always wonder why my hands and feet don't cramp.

"Little princess, what are you looking at?" Liu Si asked me, lowering her head with a shallow dimple smile.

Actually, on the day when I found out about my brother's death, I hid in a deserted mountain peak and cried loudly for a whole half month, refusing to come out. After crying twice, I never cried again, even when Long Qi was killed, I didn't shed a single tear.

They captured our bloodline and put them on a high altar, burning them alive with raging flames, praying to the gods in the sky to ensure the stability of the country.

Our ancestors were once the most noble ethnic group - the Blood Clan, the strongest in the entire continent. People of the Blood Clan have a red mark on their bodies. Chu Hehuan has one, a red plum blossom blooming on her chest. My older brother has one, a red crescent moon on his foot. And my parents have them in their eyes.

The next day, Liu Si died. Before her death, she said that her only dream in life was for my brother to hold her hand one day and leave this valley together to see the outside world. But my brother died, and the dream shattered.