Chapter 50
Midnight. The Return-to-Dust Studio had long since turned off its lights. The old wooden curtains on the first floor were
Midnight. The Return-to-Dust Studio had long since turned off its lights. The old wooden curtains on the first floor were
On the eighth day, the door still had not opened. Su Mu Chen sat behind the counter, with the letter
At Guichen Medical Hall, Su Muchen was staring blankly at the computer. Several documents were open on the screen: the
After Xiao Yuan left, Guichen Studio became unusually quiet. It was not the kind of quiet where there were no
A layer of extremely faint gray-white had begun to spread across the horizon of Qingshi Village. At some point, the
Dacheng, Qingshi Village. By the time Xiao Yuan returned to camp, it was already well past midnight. The wind and
Inside Returning Dust Hall. Su Muchen gathered the documents scattered across the table, putting them into the file folder one
When Xiao Yuan returned to Dasheng, the wind and snow had still not stopped. The door closed behind him, the
Xiao Yuan finally sat down. Not because his injuries were particularly serious, but because Su Muchen’s expression was simply too
Black Pine Ridge did not immediately descend into chaos. At least, not on the surface. After the first whistle came
The Hall of Returning Dust remained quiet for a long time. The sound of rain continued to fall outside, fine
The whistle of a horse was very short. It sounded only once before being swallowed by the wind in the
Black Pine Ridge lay northwest of the northern outpost. The mountain was not particularly high, but it was extremely deep.
The night in Qingshi Village never truly settled into peace. In several empty houses in the eastern part of the
The snow over Qingshi Village stopped for a short while after daybreak. It had only stopped. That did not mean
The door opened very unsteadily. When white light seeped through the crack, it did not form an unbroken sheet as
The night outside Qingshi Village was colder than Hanchuan. The cold of Hanchuan was the cold of a city. There
When the personal guards approached the place where the smoke was rising in the forest, the wind and snow happened
After leaving Hanchuan, the road north proved even harder to travel than everyone had anticipated. There were still signs of
On the seventh day in Hanchuan, the sound of carriage wheels could once again be heard in front of the