By IMERPUS RELUR
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By a winding river, a girl in a tattered cloak stood with her back to him, watching a silver carp leap through the surface.
> "You're not Hollow Bone," she said.
Liang Chen said nothing.
> "Good. They're hunting everyone now. I'm Yue. Wind sword, Qi Refining 4."
He gave her a glance.
> "Going where?"
> "Fallen Spine Valley. Out the other side."
> "Why?"
> "Because the world's bigger than this broken sect."
He walked past her.
> "Follow if you want. If not—don't slow me down."
She smirked. "You talk like you can walk through walls."
> "I don't need to. I buy keys."