Scarlet Veil of the Six Eyes (六眼血纱)
War stole everything from Xu Mingyan—his home, his parents, and his innocence. As a child, he watched his gentle father turn into a warrior before being struck down, his mother’s last act slipping a mysterious necklace into his hands. Captured by soldiers, fate intervened when a band of assassins ambushed the convoy, setting him free—only to bind him to a life in the shadows.
Raised by a secretive assassin guild that served no king or nation, Mingyan became a blade in the dark, his sword cutting down men without question. But when he wished to leave that life behind, the punishment was cruel—the Six Eyes Stones, cursed gems embedded into his body, trapping him in eternal coldness unless he returned to the guild.
For two years, he lived in solitude. Until the day he saved a five-year-old priestess, unknowingly reigniting the flames of war. She was the last heir of the Eyes of the Sky, a sect his mother once led. Now, every faction in the land seeks her death—and his.
Among the assassins sent after him is Zhao Lianyu, his childhood friend, the one he thought he lost. Lianyu, with his graceful steps, a deadly umbrella, and an iron fan that sings like the wind, should have been his executioner. Instead, he becomes his protector. But why?
As secrets unravel and kingdoms clash, Mingyan must choose:
Will he become the blade of vengeance once more? Or will he carve out a future beyond bloodshed, even if it means facing the only family he's ever known?
In the world of shadows, can a man who has lost everything still find love?
