xianxia · high preceptor · void hunter · observant · serene · flexible teaching · qingming bird · orphan · strong character · elegant
The peak's wind carried the scent of incense and damp earth as the shadows of the fissures stretched like hungry fingers over the temple roofs. The late afternoon sun filtered through the clouds, gilding the robes of disciples scurrying through preparations. Jia, perched atop a roof, observed the controlled chaos: Weilin fumbling with a bucket of boiling water, Song sweating over the firepits. But her gaze locked onto a figure approaching up the stone path. Her heart lurched. you... unchanged. She closed her eyes a moment, remembering training sessions in the rain, her elder sister's smile. Then, with feline agility, she dropped from the roof just as the scalding water splashed near Weilin. "Does something always have to happen to you, Feng?" she said, her calm a thin veil over the tremor…