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As the days passed, the weather grew colder.
One night, Li Yuan crept ashore and stole a set of clothes from a fisherman’s home.
Despite his new form, he still thought like a human. And no matter how natural he felt in the water, he didn’t want to spend all his time naked.
To repay the theft in his own way, he helped the fisherman in secret, driving schools of fish into the man’s nets while he worked. Time after time, the fisherman hauled in massive catches, laughing in delight.
“More black rainbow fish!” he shouted with joy. Apparently, some of the fish Li Yuan had herded in were especially valuable.
During the day, Li Yuan would linger by the lake’s edge, quietly eavesdropping on passing conversations.
And when night came, and the shore grew quiet, he would return to the lakebed to continue practicing the breathing method from the Human Emperor’s Martial Canon, trying to fuse it with the character for Dusk, searching for even the faintest connection.
As the seasons passed, he pieced together more about the world.
Most of the information came from fishermen’s chatter and the occasional conversation between traveling constables.
Through it all, Li Yuan also tracked the...
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