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Chapter 14 Something Evil Swallows the Valley
Author: Blue Princess
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The Moonlight Valley didn't deserve its name tonight. Usually, the pale light of the crescent moon would bathe the jade-colored pagodas of the Moonlight Cult in a serene, silver glow. It was a place of meditation, of quiet sages and peaceful scholars. But as Jian Chen watched from the high ridge, the valley was churning with a thick, oily black mist that smelled of wet fur and raw slaughter.

"He’s ready, Master," Fubune whispered, her hand tightening on a pair of binoculars salvaged from a merc
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