A Thousand Li: The Favored Son: A Thousand Li short stories

By Tao Wong

Winter is a time of reflection and cultivation for the Verdant Green Waters Sect. For Wu Ying, this peaceful interlude is interrupted by a new assignment that pits him against the mortal world's conventions of class and privilege.

A short story in the world of A Thousand Li by Tao Wong.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Starlit Publishing
• Release date: Apr 27, 2020
• ISBN: 9781989458907

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The Favored Son

A Thousand Li Short Story

By

Tao Wong

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The Favored Son: A Thousand Li short story

Copyright © 2020 Tao Wong. All rights reserved.

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ISBN: 9781989458907

The Favored Son

The slide of footsteps on smooth, rain-soaked stone in an empty courtyard. The swish of a cutting blade, crisp as a rising note drowned out by the beat of falling raindrops. In the distance, the never-ending fall of water through the mountain, a reminder of the clear green waters that gave the Sect and its members their name.

Wu Ying spun, one foot raised vertically as he brought his jian – a straight, double-edged sword three finger widths wide – to guard. Another motion, timed with his exhalation of breath, brought Wu Ying into a forward lunge, front foot extending to catch his falling body as his back foot drove him forward. Not upward, not down, but forward. Just like his father had drilled into him, year after year, as morning sun rose over their rice fields. Rain or sunshine, winter or fall, they had trained.

The cold autumn rain was a minor annoyance for the cultivator, his internal chi warming him from within with each breath, each exhalation sending plumes of warmth into the sky. Every pulse of chi from his dantian flushing his skin as the green and white silk robes stuck to his body. Lunge and recover with a block, spin, and disengage the sword around an imaginary enemy. The dragon encircles the peach. Cutting three swallows as they fly. And at the

Reviews for A Thousand Li

[Jeremy Thompson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A really good cultivation novel and an interesting story. I recommend giving it a try.