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Following his father's murder, Wu Ling's mother returned to the life of a courtesan, disguising her young son as a girl to take refuge in the Bamboo Silk House, a women's only sect dedicated to the arts. Now, as his powers awaken, he'll find himself torn between protecting his family and the goals of powerful cultivators who see him as a means to an end. 

"Wu Ling, I've accepted a marriage proposal on your behalf," the bewitching Hall Master of the Bamboo Silk House declared. "When you enter the Inner Sect, you'll enter under the name 'Hua Qianhu', fiancee of a young lord of the Liang family." 

"Hall Master, that's impossible!" Wu Ling protested. "Even if you ignore my relationship with Meifeng, I might have dressed well enough to hide as a mortal woman but I could never..."

"So you truly didn't realize what you were doing," the Hall Master said, a dark smile on her lips. "Little Ling, you're a natural-born Shapeshifter. I'll teach you what you need to know," she said, her features shifting until she looked like a mirror image of the stunned Wu Ling. "As long as you follow my arrangements and learn my techniques, it isn't impossible for you to reunite with Meifeng..." 

"But you should consider Young Lord Liang carefully," the Hall Master added. "His affection for you is genuine. Perhaps, one day, you'll even feel the same for him..."

Unparalleled Artist: Unlikely Hero

"You know I'll always trust your eyes to see what's right," Wu Ling said with a smile. "There's one other assessment I'd like you to make though. I've been thinking about our first target for hunting and something came to mind. You mentioned that one of the Red Mist Wolves you fought off during the eclipse was a Greater Red Mist Wolf, right? And it's been empowered by the eclipse?"

"You want to hunt down the wolf pack?" Su Xiang said, several thoughts racing through her mind like a flock of Wu Ling's deadly birds. Slowly, she took a deep breath before saying anything further and when she finally spoke, she tried to press her deepest concern to the back of her mind to focus first on the practical concerns.

"Ling, those wolves have very good coordination," she added, giving him a concerned look. "I only survived because I'm very, very fast. If we don't have good teamwork, they'll tear us apart," she cautioned.

Understanding Why (Part Two)