In the year 1650, the Qing army advanced southward tounch an assault on Huguang. As they did so, the Nanming army found itself in a steady retreat, and the Poqinghui, who had been engaged in battle alongside Nanming, also faced devastating losses. “My father’s good brother Sarag lost his life in the battle at Huguang that year,” I recalled. “Before Aamir died, he entrusted his younger sister Sara to our father. However, at that time, my father and others were also encircled by the Qing forces, leaving them with no avenue of escape. With nowhere to turn, my father took Sara and sought refuge in Shiwan Mountain.
They faced near-fatal dangers in the treacherous terrain of the 100,000 mountains, but fortunately, they were rescued by a reclusive monk who had taken up residence in those mountains. This monk, a Han Chinese, witnessed their plight as they were pursued by the Tartar soldiers, and out ofpassion, he took them in. The two became his apprentices and stayed in the 100,000 mountains to hone their skills.
In the twelfth year of the Yongli calendar, which corresponds to 1658 in the Gregorian calendar, the Qing armyunched simultaneous attacks on Yunnan and Guizhou, creating a chaotic situation. The abilities of the two were limited, and at that time, the Qing forces were formidable, bolstered by a significant number of Han people, including the traitor Wu Sangui, who assisted the Qing. As a result, southern Yunnan fell the following year. This event marked the beginning of the Southern Ming tragedy that is remembered byter generations. Over the next two years, my father and Sara gathered a group of righteous individuals who weremitted to resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty.
In 1662, ording to the Gregorian calendar, the traitor Wu Sangui assassinated Emperor Yongli in southern Yunnan, which left my father profoundly saddened. The Qing court had seized all territories, and in desperation, the two devised a n to journey to Taiwan to join Zheng Chenggong in continuing the fight against the Qing Dynasty. They decided to return to Shiwan Dashan to seek their master and practice in seclusion for a few more years, both to avoid the turmoil and to enhance their abilities.
However, in the second year after returning to Shiwan Dashan, which was 1663 in the Gregorian calendar, Shigong sensed that his time was drawing near. He arranged for his own funeral and presented two Eternal Green Pills to my father and Sara, hoping that one day they would restore thend of the Han people. Lin Wan’er (ni) sighed as she recounted this, her expression a mix of anger and mncholy.<fn6174> This content belongs to find~novel</fn6174><h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">
Noticing her silence, Charlie Wade cautiously inquired, “Sara has fought alongside your father for many years. Did she really want to kill him for a pill?”
Lin Wan’er (ni) pursed her lips, shook her head, and replied, “Not quite. Sara has always harbored deep feelings for my father, but my father remains devoted to my mother’s memory and has no romantic feelings for her. This has led him to keep her at a distance. After the master’s funeral, Sara took the Eternal Green Pill and then urged my father to abandon his quest against the Qing Dynasty and stay with her in Shiwan Mountain. She proposed that they could live together as a couple of immortals for five hundred years. However, my father rejected her once again, chastising her for forgetting the national and familial grievances and for dishonoring her deceased brother, leading to a conflict between them.
“My father was unwilling to abandon me and lead a solitary life for five hundred years. He also refused to forsake his dedication to fighting against the Qing and restoring the Ming Dynasty. He set three conditions for Sara: first, he would not remarry in this life; second, he would not leave me; and third, he was determined to go out and confront the Qing court to the death.”
“Sara may have felt deeply humiliated by this. Realizing that her father did not wish to remain with her forever, she attempted to leave her father the Eternal Green Pill along with her master’s legacy. In a moment of desperation, she seized the ring from him and attacked my father.”<h3 ss="has-text-align-center wp-block-heading" id="chapter-list"><strong></strong>