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That night.
In a village lit by the setting sun, smoke rose from the eaves. Everyone who’d once lay there was now a corpse sprawled out in pools of their own blood.
A flock of sparrows flew over, lingered in the surrounding airspace, then beat their wings and flew off. They’d built their nests in the village, but all of them had been destroyed.
A stray dog tugged the mangled corpse of a child away. The dead child held a willow whip, as if he’d died while still tending to his livestock.
Su Yi stopped silently at the entrance to the village.
The dog looked up, then whimpered and scampered off as if sensing the danger.
The crops still flourished in the fields, promising a generous harvest, but there was no one left to benefit.
Su Yi silently took in the ransacked village lit only by the setting sun. He stood there in silence for a long time, accompanied only by his elongated shadow.
His first incarnation’s heart devil spoke from within the rusted sword...
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