But life always held surprises.
In this Edo Period, when the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons swept through the night, the idea that a remote village could escape attacks by monsters was nothing short of a fantasy.
Hiezu Village was not only far from the Tsuchimikado Household in Heian-kyo, but also outside the protection of the Shiranui Household in Tottori Town.
That made them a target.
When Yanyanluo was sixteen, a band of monsters came to the village, twenty-nine in all, large and small.
Those monsters did not seem particularly powerful, but they were still beyond the ability of ordinary humans to resist.
That night, Yanyanluo fought and killed alone. Gravely wounded and on the verge of death, she slew twenty-eight monsters, letting one escape.
Not a single villager was hurt, but their hearts were filled with anguish.
All the villagers worked tirelessly for three days and nights before they finally pulled Yanyanluo back from the brink of death.
Trouble followed.
Not long afterward, a villager discovered Yanyanluo's likeness in the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons Picture Scroll issued by the Shogunate.
Apparently, the monster who escaped had lied. To conceal the fact that twenty-nine of them had failed to defeat a frail young woman, he had exaggerated Yanyanluo's strength.
The rumors made Yanyanluo sound like a being of unfathomable power.
From then on, Yanyanluo became one of Japan's famous monsters.
Her title was "Smoke Yama."
Only then did Jin Jianglang understand.
He had indeed heard that name.
"Smoke Yama, Yanyanluo."
Yet no matter how he looked at it, that name could not possibly have anything to do with Blind Princess.
According to legend, Yanyanluo was exceedingly difficult to find, and everyone in the world who had seen her had died. But who could have imagined that a