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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

Two days into their traversal of the frigid Azure Flow a sudden summer thunderstorm drove Wu Ling's group under the cover of several fallen trees. Had they been elsewhere on Jade Wind Mountain, the storm would have quickly soaked through their robes and turned the narrow game trails they followed into small streams.

The cold energy of the Azure Flow, however, turned a thunderstorm into a hailstorm, pelting them with pea sized hail that quickly froze the soft ground and stung any exposed skin. Lightning flickered in the sky and the day grew unnaturally dark as the intensity of the storm increased around them.

"Brother Fang," Wu Ling said with a chuckle as the formation initiate worked rapidly to place his flags and spirit jades. "By the time we get off this mountain you will be the leading expert in creating barriers to ward off bad weather."

Storm in the Azure Flow