Chapter 482: The Last Glance in the Jianghu

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**Book Review**

P.S.2: Typed on my phone, hastily finished, so it's not extensive and some parts aren't well-written... just give it a casual read!

After fifteen years traversing the jianghu, the most captivating journey belongs to "Sword Snow Stride." - Epigraph

Jianghu is a profession.Jianghu has its own language.Jianghu is a strange place. Some aspire to be jianghu figures but cannot find it, while others are immersed in it and yearn to leave.In truth, everyone is still far from the jianghu; everyone is hurrying along the path to it.However, from the day you step onto the jianghu path, you must always remember one thing: a man of jianghu dies in jianghu; those who live cannot retire from it.Because jianghu is where rules are most essential.

**1. The Young Man Who Awakens the Last Spark of Life in Jianghu**

True jianghu must begin with ordinary people.Because they are lonely, misunderstood, and long for a life of drinking large bowls of wine, eating big chunks of meat, and swiftly dispatching foes. Yet, they have nothing; all they can hold onto is their own life.Therefore, in this jianghu, the first one to observe is not Xu Fengnian, nor White Fox Face, but the young man named Wen Hua, who carries a wooden sword and whose heart is filled with jianghu dreams.Wen Hua is pitiable.What is pitiable is not his self-mutilation (severing an arm and a leg) and abandonment of the sword to leave jianghu. On the contrary, such a Wen Hua is actually fortunate.In fact, strictly speaking, Wen Hua before going to the capital was not yet a true jianghu person. At that time, he lived in his own simple world, with the simple goal of becoming famous and no longer being looked down upon.Unfortunately, jianghu has always been a place where dreams are buried. The simple Wen Hua was not suited to struggle and survive in the colorful dyeing vat of jianghu.Perhaps at the moment he broke his sword, this young man who dreamed of being a great hero hesitated slightly, but I believe he never had a single regret.Outside the capital, amidst heavy snow, the jianghu journey of this young man, whose heart was filled with jianghu dreams, barely began before it abruptly ended. The phrase "I won't practice swordplay anymore" was half said to himself, and perhaps half a final farewell to this jianghu.Perhaps one day, looking back on his jianghu path, one will realize that Wen Hua never truly left jianghu. He simply, and silently, brought something called "chivalry" to this seemingly vibrant but actually lifeless jianghu, though no one would know it. Because by then, his mindset had changed; unlike when he first entered jianghu, everything was no longer just about gaining fame.In a flash, time returned to the day he first embarked on the jianghu path, and the young man with the wooden sword proudly declared:"My name is Wen Hua. If one day you hear of an unparalleled swordsman carrying a wooden sword in jianghu, do not doubt it; that person will certainly be me."

**2. Li Chungang's Jianghu Begins Twenty Years Later**

He debuted at sixteen, his youthful heart always too frivolous, too arrogant.Upon entering jianghu, he felt attracted by many people and events. Hearing of various legendary deeds in jianghu, he refused to be ordinary and resolved to make a name for himself.He felt that roaming jianghu with a green robe and sword was exactly the life he desired.Young and spirited, he was full of fighting spirit. He began seeking out masters and challenging them. With each victory, his heart swelled with joy, as he moved closer to his goal. Although he was injured in every challenge, he didn't care; he only cared about the outcome.At thirty-six, he defeated all the masters under heaven, earning the title "Sword God," and considered all other masters to be mere seekers of fame and reputation.He became a legend in jianghu, the focus of everyone's attention. All lauded him, and he reveled in the glory he had forged and the feeling of being adored by all.It was also that year, at the peak of his brilliance and vigor, that he met that most innocent and pure-hearted infatuated woman.Unfortunately, he didn't care, merely passing by, while she quietly stayed in place, waiting for him to turn back.At forty, an emerging jianghu figure dared to challenge him. What surprised him even more was that he actually lost—he, who had never been defeated, lost to an unknown newcomer. Just as the back waves of the Yangtze River push the front, new generations replace the old. Another legend emerged, and the focus of jianghu shifted again.Failure calmed him down, and he began to think rationally: was it worth spending decades of his life to gain only some empty fame?He remembered her, the infatuated woman who seemed to have always waited foolishly behind him for him to turn back, the foolish woman who deliberately allowed him to pierce her heart with his sword.Suddenly, he felt very lonely, and perhaps his jianghu should have ended there.Thus, he began to abandon jianghu, and his heart died along with the green-clad woman who willingly took his sword through her heart.Decades later, a very strange swordsman appeared in jianghu: one-armed, draped in a tattered sheepskin robe, fond of picking his nose and scratching his feet, yet bearing a beautiful name.Li Chungang.His name contained the essence of sword mastery.His jianghu had just begun.

**3. You Will Witness Something Extraordinary!**

The jianghu in "Sword Snow Stride" embodies the ancient scholar-swordsman's dream, the young becoming old in jianghu, and the decade-long lamp in jianghu's night rain.Unlike the jianghu depicted by other authors, where grand ambitions are casually discussed, Feng Huo's jianghu has always been one where discussions of love between men and women are imbued with a sense of sorrow.Li Chungang was charming and dashing in his youth, passing through countless romantic encounters. Yet, before his death, he ultimately sat alone before a nameless, desolate tomb, weeping profusely.Xuanyuan Jingcheng, forcefully ascending to the realm of a land immortal, sacrificed his life to change heaven and earth, yet could not earn a tender glance from the one he loved.Hong Weixiang waited for a crimson-clad figure, reincarnating through three lives, cultivating dao for a thousand years.As for Xu Xiao, no words are needed.Hmm, there's still one person left, the young monk Nanbei. If one had to say, compared to the others, Nanbei is the happiest. This is because he seems far from love. Of course, this doesn't mean he dislikes things; it's because he is young enough to have ample time to prove anything, including love.In this jianghu, everyone who experiences love is unhappy.You ask, if love is the most beautiful thing in the world, then why is there so much unhappiness?It suddenly feels that "Sword Snow Stride" is neither the book men should read most, nor women should read most, but rather a must-read for all who are in love.Because after reading it, you will feel:"All that beauty, it's damn dead!"Only then will you realize how difficult "being together" truly is.Only then will you truly understand something extraordinary—love.

**4. Ten Cups of Wine**

A cup of wine, for Wen Hua, a young man of jianghu dreams.A cup of wine, for Old Huang, six thousand li on a poor horse with yellow wine.A cup of wine, for Xuanyuan, let no one say scholars lack courage.A cup of wine, for Yishan, whose profound mysteries are only praised in empty historical records.A cup of wine, for Xu Xiao, a Butcher in life, a Heroic Ghost in death.A cup of wine, for Xu Fengnian, who lives this life freely, beyond heaven's questioning.A cup of wine, for Li Chungang, whose three-foot green blade scoffs at the mortal world.A cup of wine, for Li Dangxin, "As I came, so I go."A cup of wine, for Hong Weixiang, who disappointed neither heaven nor his beloved.The last cup, let's toast together to this ageless jianghu.

Grand summoning: Fellow Daoists, quickly gather... with abundant love.

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