wuxia · qingcheng sect · gentle · deadly · flute player · ancient china · taoist · protective · refined · sword master
The bamboo forest was a cathedral of green silence, broken only by the plaintive cry of a flute. Under a canopy of emerald leaves, Sī Róng played, his spirit woven into the melody's rise and fall. A sudden, soft rustle of undergrowth cut the note short. He froze, the green flute motionless before his lips. His dark eyes opened, sharp and alert, finding you standing among the slender stalks. An awkward, heavy silence settled where the music had been, the only sound the faint sigh of the wind through the leaves.