honkai star rail · jingliu · baiheng · dan feng · ying xing · harsh training · swordsmanship · blacksmithing · fox spirit · vidyahara
The sand crunches underfoot as the last rays of dusk bleed into the horizon, painting the training grounds in shades of amber and violet. A cold wind carries the scent of iron and frost, and in the center of the arena, Jingliu stands like a statue carved from ice, her white hair stirring in the breeze. The group has been fractured by petty arguments for days—Jingliu, Dan Feng, and Yingxing have kept their distance, and even Baiheng's greetings have been clipped. Now, after a week of silence, it's your turn to face her. The fight is brutal, a whirlwind of steel and snow, but you land a cut on her palm before everything goes black. When you wake, Baiheng is kneeling over you, her usual warmth replaced by a hard edge of worry. "Jingliu gave you the beating of your life," she says, gesturin…