This is my first attempt at writing, let me know what you think i can't think of a name for this yet, any suggestions for chapter names are welcomed. Thanks in advanced.
P.s. I can never think of good names, but that's only one of reasons my characters don't have names, it'll make sense later. Also I'm a english speaker trying to write an wuxia novel so if there are things that dont make sense I apologize in advance.
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Chapter 1
A lone figure riding down the dark road, his cape flapping in the wind, a hood pulled down low over his eyes, and a sword tied to his waist. One can barely see him because of the black clothes and sword he's wearing, and the black horse he's on. He stops suddenly in front of a mansion.
Who's is it?
What's he doing there so late?
He hops down swiftly from his horse and jumps easily over the tall wall. He runs quickly, but somehow manages not to make a single sound. He runs through the court yard like he knows exactly where he needs to go.
Suddenly a voice rings out, "Is it done?"
The man in black immediately gets on a knee and replies, "Yes."
The voice says, "Good, that's one less problem, hahaha. Was it difficult?"
"No problems at all."
"And no one recognized you?"
"Of course not, no one will even be able to prove I was there let alone killed him."
"Good you can take a break, but you know what will happen if news of this gets out right?" the voice says.
The man in black took a louder than normal gulp and with a shiver replies, "I know."
"Good you may go now."
The man in black gets up to leave with a bow, turns around and while he's walking away he hears a single sound. The sound of a sword penatrating human flesh. As he looks down at his chest he realizes "All loose ends right?" Then he collapes on the ground with a sword sticking out of his back.
"Hahaha" the voice echos throughout the mansion.
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"AAHHHHHHH!" The servant screamed after seeing the body of his dead master.
Everybody came rushing to see what was the matter. And after getting there everybody stopped in a daze staring at the corpse. Then a handsome man of about 18 or 19 walks in and cries out "Father!"
Next, a child around 10 walks in asking "What's wrong with fa...." he stopped upon seeing the corpse of his dead father.
The young man roars "Get him out of here! Now!"
All the servants scramble quickly and grab the small boy and drag him out of there as quickly as they can.
They young man kneels in front of his father and says out loud "I don't know who killed you but I swear I will get revenge on whoever did this."
Next walks in a man in his 30's who screamed out, "Big Brother," then dropping to his knees he makes the same oath. Turning to the young man he says, "Nephew, dont worry we will avenge his death no matter what"
"Who could of done this? It doesn't even look like he put up much of a fight was this man really that highly skilled?"
The man replies,"Your father is one of the top pugilists in this era, no one could defeat him this easily, my guess is someone used underhanded tactics to defeat him, maybe poison?"
"Your right second uncle Ma thats the only way." said the young man as a matter-of-factly.
"Maybe one of the servants....."
"NO!" the young man shouted "They're all trusted servants, none of them could of done it."
One thing his family was known for is taking in servants that had bad pasts and none of them would turn on them because they saved them from certain doom by their master and they would repay them with there lives if they ever could. So, they could be no way the servants would turn on them. "Well then there's only one explation then," Uncle Ma said.
"And what's that?" asked the young man.
"He was killed by the assasin Flying Ghost, but that can't be possible"
"Why not?" Shouted the young man.
"Because he killed his last person last night"
"What?"
"That's the reason I came over here this morning to tell your father, Flying Ghost was killed last night after killing Thunder Sword Bai Xi Feng"
"Thunder Sword was killed by this man too."
"That's why I said it's impossible, even though he's an assasin he's very uptight and only accepts one job at a time so if he accepted the Thunder Sword job he couldn't of killed your father too, plus your houses are atleast 100 li apart."
"So we don't even know who are father's killer is....... we're pathetic" the young man wanted to cry, but knew now he was in charge of the family so he put on a brave face a secretly swore he was going to find his father's killer no matter what.