Tan Shuyan

First meet

Tan Shuyan, the princess of Tan was exiled to the east continent after her country was destroyed and rescued by the Heptastar Pavilion. In order to inherit Tan's trick, she did not enter the inner sect; now she is the strongest disciple of the outer sect of Heptastar Pavilion. She uses a set of wind snow fans that keeps the evil spirit away and she usually studies hard and practices hard hence she is good at hexagrams in the pavilion. The master of the pavilion knew that she often missed the old country and every thought and sorrow came from it for a long time. He is worried that she wasted the immortal fate in vain, so he often persuaded her and hopes that she would devote herself to the Dao and escape from the turmoil of the world as soon as possible.

Country Tan

In the past, Country Tan in the western continent was a small country at the foot of the Mountain Tai. It was adjacent to the Linghe river in the north and near the northern continent. The grain is plentiful, the people are diligent, they are well-fed and there is no competition with the world. It is also said that in the country of Tan, there are often Vermilion Bird passing through the border and the wings are blown and gathered in the valley. The wind is warm and spiritual, Tan's family can cultivate with wind, and most of Tan's family can use some immortals tricks.

After many years, the Country Luwei in the north continent first set up the north wind army, and all humans, beasts, and monsters were recruited as soldiers and there were not a few evil cultivators among them. The army is unstable and most of the troops were independent. At that time, there is a ferocious beast called Qiongqi, who likes to do evil things. Qiongqi openly instigates the soldiers of the north wind to do evil. YiXian calendar, six RenYin year, qiongqi led his troops across the river and stationed troops on the border to attack Tan. The Tan family asked for help from the neighboring country. But the neighboring country's lord coveted Tan's little daughter ShuYan for a long time. He wanted to make Tan Shuyan his concubine first and then send troops to rescue them. The Tan family refused and resisted for several months. In the end, the pond and fields were completely destroyed, the lord of Tan desperately injured Qiqiong and Qiqiong fled, Country Tan was destroyed, and the people were scattered over three continents.

Wind Snow Fans

When Tan Shuyan was born, she kept crying and never stop. As the spring wind breeze and the geese sang and then she stopped crying and turned to laughter. Her parents were amazed, so she was named Yan which means geese. Tan Shuyan was often accompanied by geese when she was young. Every year when winter comes, the autumn wind is fierce and geese march. Tan Shuyan cannot bear to leave the geese hence she always picks up the feather of the geese in the winter and collects them. In the year of Tan Shuyan's cardamom, she occasionally picked up a Vermilion Bird’ feather, the feathers were golden and fiery red, dazzling in daylight, and there seemed to be Qi gushing out of it, endless. Tan Shuyan sent craftsmen to combine the red feathers with the wild goose feathers that she usually collected into a fan and call it as wind-snow fans. When the fan dances, there is a breeze around the body and evil spirits cannot get close.

When Country Tan was destroyed, Tan Shuyan's wind skills had already achieved a small success. After Tan Shuyan's father died in battle with Qiongqi, Tan Shuyan led the remnant clan to break out of the siege, and rode away on the geese with the breeze.

Cut Off Mundane

After the country was destroyed, the old Tan family moved to LiangZhou, joined the Luo Chamber of Commerce, or participated in the Tiangong Workshop. Most of the Tan family's wind trick practitioners enter the art of calligraphy. Tan Shuyan's skill as a fan dancer was outstanding and was accepted by Heptastar Pavilion. She could not bear to abandon the dharma passed down by her family, so she did not enter the inner sect and only practiced in the outer sect.

Since then, Tan Shuyan has studied hard and practiced hard, combined with Tan's style of wind trick, and gradually became the strongest outer disciple. However, most of the old members of Tan's family formed a new family, and after Tan's mother died of illness, there was even less contact. At that time, Princes Tan who was born in fine clothing and fin food was gifted and refined, proud and glamorous, now there is only a flock of wild geese around her which were met in her childhood. Seeing this, the master of the Heptastar Pavilion made a divination for her and calculated that the hexagram is Pervading which means smooth going and greatness, knowing that her immortal fate is long. So he hoped that Shuyan would devote herself to daoism and escape from the turmoil of the world as soon as possible.

Evaluate fellow daoist

About Yan Chen: The clan of Junior Brother Yan Chan was also hearsay to have suffered a catastrophe in ancient times. I don't know how the ancestors resolved it at that time, but the Yan family is still thriving... Hey, it's not right, why do I think about these things? Thinking too much is not good for practice.

About Yao Ling: Junior sister Yao Ling will bring me some fabric jewelry on weekdays. But now... these are worldly possession, and it is better not to waste effort on these things, so as not to miss the practice.

About Jiang Ximing: Brother Jiang is usually busy with affairs in the pavilion. The same is alone, but I don't see him worrying about this matter, it's good. When will I be able to cultivate such a state...

About Wu Ce: Till this day, when I see the banner of the North Wind Army, my heart still hurts... It seems that my cultivation is still not enough, often because of these mundane grudges clouded the heart of my Dao Mindset.

About Feng Xu: Senior Sister Feng is gentle and refined, both a teacher and a friend to me. As a teacher, she never minded my status as an Outer Sect disciple, always answering my questions without fail. Whenever I had doubts in my cultivation, asking her was always the right move. As a friend, she, like me, deeply feels the sorrow of our clan's decline... Though our conversations are often heavy, somehow, after talking with her, my mind always feels clear and unburdened.

About Wu Xingzhi: I see Wu fellow daoists a few times, always looking drunk, chatting and laughing with others, and appearing relaxed and at ease. He was an orphan since he was a child, but he can live such a chic life. Shall I... also find some drinks...

About Lingyu: Fellow Daoist Lingyu's wind technique is actually created using her wings, which is completely different from a feather fan. The last time I saw her, she actually said she would use the feathers on her body to make a new feather fan for me, which I felt was a bit... However, if it's helpful for cultivation, I'd better accept it.