"Ode to Gallantry
A guest from Zhao, with tasseled cap and ribbons of white silk,
Holding a Wugou sword bright as autumn frost.
Silver saddle gleaming on a white horse,
He moves as swiftly as a shooting star.
Killing a man every ten steps, leaving no trace for a thousand miles.
When the deed is done, he shakes his robes and departs,
Hiding his body and his name deep in the world.
...
Even in death, their chivalrous bones smell sweet,
They shame no hero in this mortal realm.
Who can write beneath the storied pavilion,
With white hair, the *Classic of the Great Mystery*?"
Because Meng Qian had once mentioned to him in chat that she had dreamed of being a sword-wielding hero in her childhood, and because he too had harbored such dreams of gallantry, Ye Tian seized the moment to write out Li Bai's "Ode to Gallantry".
Chapter 120