They were the seven legendary ancestors of the Daming Kingdom, feared by all, and had always been at odds with the Ten Demon Generals.
Ze Tianqi was the leader of the seven. He and Meng Tie'e had long been bitter rivals, clashing repeatedly over various people and matters. As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share the same mountain, so naturally, they were always trying to best one another. While they maintained a facade of harmony to respect the monarch's authority, in reality, they were constantly maneuvering against each other. They had used every excuse to come to blows, but never found a pretext sufficient to justify killing the other. Today, having finally snagged a legitimate opportunity, they would not be holding back.
Ze Tianqi wore a scholar’s cap and straw sandals, dressing like a rustic boor. He never wore armor into battle and relied on his bone fan as a weapon. This fan was extraordinary: its ribs were riveted together from eighteen Vermilion Bird bones, and the fan face was made of four layers of silk woven from celestial silkworm thread. The pivot was secured by a single pin, but the handle held a hidden mechanism. A slight pressure on a small bump on the pin would trigger the release of eighteen needles coated in Azure Poison. In the heat of battle, this fan—serving as both weapon and concealment—rarely missed its mark, and countless souls had perished under its toxic sting.
Chapter 101