Ink Edge: Hidden Blade in the City

Shen Yanzhou, a restorer of ancient texts, intended to spend his entire life quietly tending to an old bookstore. His peaceful existence is shattered when a damaged antique painting arrives at his shop, concealing the lost "Nine-Turn Hidden Edge Diagram" of the Ink Sect. That very night, the painting’s owner dies in a suspicious traffic accident. Investigative journalist Su Wantang soon arrives with a crucial lead, revealing that the deceased was entangled in an artifact smuggling case. As ancient sects, fragmented scrolls, secret records, and modern capital collide, Shen Yanzhou is forced to take up his dust-covered brush once more. The martial world has not vanished; it has simply hidden itself within the city's old bookstores, breakfast stalls, and unnoticed alleyways.