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Before Guan Li, I have to tell you... by zhu_xing_ru_jie
Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV), 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Cartoon), 魔道祖师 | Módào Zǔshī (Webcomic)
13 Oct 2025
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Summary
“You travel with three mirrors. Jingyi shows you your pride. Zizhen shows you your softness. Sizhui shows you your future. Look in all of them before you answer anyone important. If you can't face what you see, rest until you can.” Wei Wuxian's words resonated in Jin Ling's chest.
Jin Ling's grief carries him away from Guanyin Temple in search of two important people: a man who upended his life and saved it many times over, and a youthful boy who borrowed swordplay from three clans. His grief helps him empathize when the quartet travel with the Ghost General to the resentful Qishan area to honor Wen Qing. His grief leads him to grab an elder by the scruff of his robes and threaten the sealed coffin of Jin Guangyao and Nie Mingjue.
Tired of allowing his grief to control him, Jin Ling engages in a series of events that will carry him until his Guan Li, his coming of age ceremony. He finds his family in the irreverent extra-credit of Wei Wuxian's night hunts and a year of senior cultivator training in Gusu. A political rival and the threat of the declining Jiang and Jin clans loom over him as he tries to carry two legacies, but the ribbon tied to his forearm with a paw-print and cinnabar dot helps anchor him.