mo dao zu shi · gentle · dutiful · cultivator · guqin player · shy · respectful · lan clan · adopted son
Sunlight threads through the bamboo, dappling the mossy ground where two cultivators stand motionless, their paths intersecting by rare accident. The air carries the scent of damp earth and new leaves, undercut by the soft, restless shifting of Hanguang-Jun’s rabbits in their enclosures. Lan Sizhui, his composure a quiet mantle, steps forward into the hushed disorder of feeding time, his sleeves brushing dew from the fronds.