On the day that group of disciples entered the sect, he had a dream.
He dreamed of a woman dressed in sect robes lying in a pool of blood...
When he woke the next day, he was in a terrible state of mind. He could not even understand why he had dreamed something like that while in meditative absorption...
Then, not long afterward, he saw the girl who had appeared in his dream.
No, to be precise, she was a little girl, much younger than she had looked in the dream.
Her eyes were exceptionally bright, as though they held a fatal allure that drew his gaze to them without his realizing it.
Why had this girl appeared in his dream...?
For the first time, he, who had always taken little interest in the outside world, felt a flicker of curiosity.
After a brief acquaintance, he soon learned the girl's background. Her name was Su Jiu, and she was a child adopted by the Su Family.
Xia Jue found himself marveling at this. People in this world truly were strange. Some could turn their blades against their own flesh and blood, while others could show kindness to a strange life and even successfully raise that child into a capable person.
The girl was naturally gifted and intelligent. She entered Ice Veil Peak and became his junior sister of the same generation.
She was different from the other girls in the sect. She seemed to lack the liveliness of a young girl; instead, she was meticulous, composed, and calm, never showing the slightest panic when something happened.
Seen in that light, she was actually better qualified than many trained Enforcement Hall Disciples.
At the time, he did not know that his frequent attention to her would draw him deeper and deeper,