《Blood Sect Chronicles: Crimson Love Between War and Fate》
Chapter 1: "The Ghost That Drinks Blood"
[Scene 1 – Moonlit Woods Near the Ye Clan Ruins]
The full moon hangs low, casting a pale sheen over a forest that has long forgotten sunlight. Trees bend as though whispering curses. A group of cultivators in light blue robes weave silently between the trunks, following the stench of blood and rot
Shen Yiren
(low voice)
The reports said five dead..All drained of blood
Disciple Xu
(nervously clutching sword)
Brother Shen, do you really think… it’s a ghost?
Shen Yiren
…Something worse
A crow shrieks overhead. The group halts. At their feet, the mutilated body of a cultivator lies in a pool of blackened blood. Two puncture wounds bloom at his neck...
Shen Yiren
(kneeling)
This blood is fresh.Still warm..
Disciple Xu
Then… it's still here
A cold wind cuts through the trees. Lantern flames flicker, then snuff out. One by one
voice
You shouldn’t have come here
Disciple Xu
(draws sword)
Who’s there?! Show yourself!
A silhouette appears between two trees—tall, cloaked in tattered black robes. Long raven hair flows over his shoulders. Eyes—crimson and cruel—gleam under the moonlight
Liang Fenghua
(mocking) Shanhe Sect dogs, always so eager to chase shadows..
Disciple Xu
(whispers) Senior Shen… that’s… he looks like—
Shen Yiren
(quietly)
Shut up.
Disciple Xu
But that’s Liang—
Liang Fenghua
(steps forward, smirking) Ten years, and you still remember my name? I’m flattered, Yiren..
Liang Fenghua
So they say.
Disciple Xu
(shaking) You… you killed Senior Zhao, didn’t you?! And those villagers!
Liang Fenghua
(tilts head) Zhao? The one who poisoned his junior to rise in ranks? No great loss..
Shen Yiren
You’re killing again.
Liang Fenghua
(laughs coldly) "Again"? Have I ever stopped?
Shen Yiren
You… what have you become?
Liang Fenghua
(steps into full moonlight) A monster. Isn’t that what you all called me?
His face—still beautiful, but deathly pale. Veins like ink branch beneath his skin. Fangs glint at the corner of his smirk..
Disciple Xu
(backing away) This isn’t human… He’s—
Liang Fenghua
Say it. Say it, little disciple
Disciple Xu
(trembles) V-vampire..
Shen Yiren
(steps forward) Why show yourself to me?
Liang Fenghua
(voice drops) Because I want you to see what your silence cost..
[Flashback: Shanhe Sect, Ten Years Ago]
The lanterns swayed softly in the night wind. Young Shen Yiren stood beneath the plum tree, watching Liang Fenghua sleep against the wall, scrolls scattered around him..
(whispers) You’re going to get expelled if you keep stealing from the inner library..
young Liang Fenghua
(half-asleep) Knowledge wants to be read, not chained.
young shen yiren
(smirks) That’s not how the elders see it.
Liang Fenghua
Then the elders are blind.
young shen yiren
(softly) Fenghua… don’t touch the blood scrolls..
young Liang Fenghua
(looks up) You think I’m going to turn evil?
young shen yiren
I think… I don’t want to lose you
Fenghua doesn’t respond. He stares at Yiren for a long moment
young Liang Fenghua
…Too late for that.
[Scene comes Present, Forest Clearing]
Shen Yiren
(low) Why come back now?
Liang Fenghua
(grins, fangs exposed) To remind the righteous how easily they rot..
Shen Yiren
(draws sword) I won’t let you hurt anyone else..
Liang Fenghua
(steps closer, voice like silk) You’ll stop me? You—who turned away when I was condemned?
Liang Fenghua
You didn’t speak. That was enough
Shen Yiren
I was young. I was....afraid.
Liang Fenghua
(mocking smile fades) So was I. And they tore me apart.
A silence falls between them. The forest itself seems to wait
Shen Yiren
(softly) Are you… still you?
Liang Fenghua
(a beat)
...What does it matter? I still dream of you Even in the dark.
Liang Fenghua
(turns away) Leave. Or next time, I won’t just kill the guilty
The wind howls. A clash of blades. Moonlight shatters in their wake as past and present collide under a sky red with memory.
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