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Part One: 1901, Northward (1)

Part One: 2012, Cormorants and Compass

Part One: 2014, River Talk

Part One: 2014, The Song of the Little Museum

Part Two: 1900–1934, The Silent Speaks

Part Two: 1901, Northward (2)

Part Two: 2014, Waiting for You Outside the Door

Part Three: June 2014, A Letter

Chapter 1: A Family of Peculiar Characters

Chapter 2: For Her Daughter’s Sake, Madam Zhao Yields

Chapter 3: War of Words and Weapons

Chapter 4: The Farce Ends, Madam Wu Takes Pride

Chapter 5: Recounting the Past, Li Jingfu’s Regret

Chapter 6: Li Jingfu Leaves Home, Zhenniang Plans for Livelihood

Chapter 7: An Opportunity Arrives, Zhenniang’s First Discussion of Ink

Chapter 8: Confronting Malice, Zhenniang Stands Her Ground

Chapter 9: The Troublemaker Brings Trouble

Chapter 10: The Ink’s Luster Reveals Manager Zheng’s Shortsightedness

Chapter 11: The Bidding War

Chapter 12: News of Father

Chapter 13: Finding One’s Place in Life

Chapter 14: The Sixth Branch of the Li Family

Chapter 15: Dragon Guest of Luzhou

Chapter 16: The Marriage Proposal

Chapter 17: The Five-Stone Powder Ink

Chapter 18: The Problem with the Duan Inkstone

Chapter 19: The Coal Stove

Chapter 20: Meeting Without Recognition

Chapter 21: Joining Forces and Idle Talk

Chapter 22: The Ink is Made and Support is Given

Chapter 23: Bean Pastries, Cudgels, and a Woman

Chapter 24: A Promise and Madam Zheng

Chapter 25: The Outcome of the Suzhou Matter

Chapter 26: Ghost Catching

Chapter 27: A Marriage Agreement After Twenty Years

Chapter 28: The Name of Medicinal Ink

Chapter 29: The Shen Family’s Calculations

Chapter 30: Eunuch Yan

Chapter 31: You Can’t Write Two ‘Li’ Characters with One Stroke

Chapter 32: A Narrow Path for Enemies

Chapter 33: What Was Meant to Come Still Came

Chapter 34: Preparing for the Worst

Chapter 35: Ancient Trees Become Spirits, Old People Become Crafty

Chapter 36: Cutting Robes to Sever Ties

Chapter 37: Pine Disease

Chapter 38: Each Playing Their Hand

Chapter 39: Farewell

Chapter 40: Zhen Niang Examines the Ink, Pine Plague Breaks Out

Chapter 41: When It Rains, It Pours

Chapter 42: Everyone’s Thoughts

Chapter 43: The Butterfly Effect

Chapter 44: The Ink Competition

Chapter 45: The Divine Assessment

Chapter 46: Sifting Sand in Great Waves

Chapter 47: The Requisition of Pine Wood

Chapter 48: The Will

Chapter 49: A Crazy Decision

Chapter 50: Sudden Bad News

Chapter 51: I’ll Take It

Chapter 52: Li Tianyou

Chapter 53: The Patterned Stone

Chapter 54: Human Hearts

Chapter 55: Li Jincai’s Intentions

Chapter 56: Who Laughs Last?

Chapter 57: The Cheng Family’s Thoughts

Chapter 58: Submit or Not

Chapter 59: The Middle Way

Chapter 60: News from the Sun Family

Chapter 61: Wang Cuiqiao

Chapter 62: Life’s Wisdom

Chapter 63: Casual Talk and Further Development Plans

Chapter 64: The Ink Testing Gathering

Chapter 65: A Letter from Afar

Chapter 66: The Thoughts of the Seventh House

Chapter 67: I Told You Not to Ask

Chapter 68: First Meeting with Wang Cuiqiao

Chapter 69: Ears Behind the Wall

Chapter 70: Tung Oil Poisoning

Chapter 71: The Escape

Chapter 72: Madam Chen’s Authority

Chapter 73: Winter Solstice Dumplings

Chapter 74: A Stick First, Then a Sweet Date

Chapter 75: Finally Set in Motion

Chapter 76: What a Grand Show

Chapter 77: Settling Accounts

Chapter 78: The Eighth Branch Returns

Chapter 79: A Very Deep Pit

Chapter 80: The Development of the Ink Workshop

Chapter 81: Marriage? Memorial Arch? Dock

Chapter 82: Baicao Shuang

Chapter 83: Surprises Lurk Everywhere

Chapter 84: Mother-in-Law and Daughter-in-Law

Chapter 85: Pulling the Firewood from Under the Cauldron

Chapter 86: Ge Xunlan’s Calculations

Chapter 87: A Chance Encounter

Chapter 88: Han Xizai’s Night Banquet

Chapter 89: Lying Low

Chapter 90: Hai Qingtian Is Coming

Chapter 91: The Truth of Those Years

Chapter 92: Meeting at the River Bank

Chapter 93: A High-Stakes Gamble

Chapter 94: Pressure

Chapter 95: Opening Moves

Chapter 96: Disrupting the Situation

Chapter 97: Buddhist Ink

Chapter 98: The Luo Family’s Past

Chapter 99: Hai Rui’s Imprisonment

Chapter 100: The Old Madam’s Arrival

Chapter 101: Accountability

Chapter 102: Private Ledger

Chapter 103: Brazen Desire

Chapter 104: A Bit Awkward

Chapter 105: The Grand Opening

Chapter 106: You Can’t Eat Hot Tofu in a Hurry

Chapter 107: Chaos and the Ink Gambling

Chapter 108: A Fortunate Connection

Chapter 109: Settling Down

Chapter 110: Discussing Marriage

Chapter 111: Cooperation and Disagreement

Chapter 112: The Wang Family’s Aunt

Chapter 113: A Casual Discussion of Development Plans

Chapter 114: Zeng Yipin

Chapter 115: A Scholar’s Face

Chapter 116: The Great Ink of Yumi

Chapter 117: Everyone Loves Gossip

Chapter 118: Second Master Tian’s Grand Scheme

Chapter 119: The Disappearance of Master Zeng

Chapter 120: Gossip and Countermoves

Chapter 121: The Li Family’s Response

Chapter 122: The Spoiled Ink

Chapter 123: The Aftermath of the Tian Family and the Drama of the Ge Family

Chapter 124: Tang Ronghua’s Strategy

Chapter 125: Fire

Chapter 126: Visitors from Huizhou

Chapter 127: The Birthday Ink

Chapter 128: The Quality of Tung Oil

Chapter 129: The Eight-Treasure Blood-Stopping Pill

Chapter 130: An Unintended Success

Chapter 131: An Opportunity

Chapter 132: Let Skill Speak for Itself

Chapter 133: Master Fu from Beyond the Great Wall

Chapter 134: Thanks for Your Lamp

Chapter 135: Pine Heart of Luzhou

Chapter 136: Victory

Chapter 137: Casual Chat and Cooperation

Chapter 138: Li Zhengping and Ge Qiujie

Chapter 139: The Year’s End

Chapter 140: Returning Home in Glory

Chapter 141: A Ghost Sighting

Chapter 142: I Was Wrong

Chapter 143: Li Jingyi’s Intentions

Chapter 144: The Emperor’s Passing

Chapter 145: Luo Jiu and Master Fu

Chapter 146: Strategizing and Development

Chapter 147: The Sun Family’s Plans

Chapter 148: Family Members

Chapter 149: The Death of Madam Tian and the Qin Family

Chapter 150: A Heart-to-Heart Between Father and Daughter

Chapter 151: The Death of Huang Lang

Chapter 152: The Account Book

Chapter 153: The “Trapped” Situation

Chapter 154: Plans Can’t Keep Up with Changes

Chapter 155: Presenting Ink and Sincerity

Chapter 156: The Drama at the Huang Residence Gates

Chapter 157: The Truth

Chapter 158: The Lamp Wicks

Chapter 159: Destined to Meet Again on the Divine Path

Chapter 160: The Push Behind Lifting the Maritime Ban

Chapter 161: Credibility

Chapter 162: The Xu Family’s Inquiry

Chapter 163: Li Jingfu’s Thoughts

Chapter 164: It’s Settled

Chapter 165: The Luo Clan Members

Chapter 166: Changes in the Tian Family

Chapter 167: Military Positions and Madam Hu

Chapter 168: A Woman’s Heart

Chapter 169: The Cheng Family Wants to File a Lawsuit

Chapter 170: Tempering

Chapter 171: Disruption and Stone Gambling

Chapter 172: Cunning

Chapter 173: The Tian Family’s Calculations

Chapter 174: Farewell

Chapter 175: Korean Ink and the Pan Family’s Ink-Making Method

Chapter 176: Chou Po’s Origins

Chapter 177: Mold

Chapter 178: Not Afraid of Inspection

Chapter 179: The Ink of Warning

Chapter 180: News from Shizhou

Chapter 181: Aunt Wang versus Old Lady Chou

Chapter 182: Never Make an Enemy Completely

Chapter 183: The Righteous Merchant of Shi Zhou

Chapter 184: Return

Chapter 185: The Six Harmonies Three Talents Ink

Chapter 186: Idle Talk in the City Gate Tunnel

Chapter 187: The Du Brothers

Chapter 188: I Will Win

Chapter 189: Li Mo’s Great Achievement

Chapter 190: Su He Ink

Chapter 191: The Tian Family’s Ink Testing Ceremony

Chapter 192: We Won’t Fall Into This Trap

Chapter 193: Testing Ink in the Rain

Chapter 194: Hai Rui Arrives in Huizhou

Chapter 195: Filing a Lawsuit

Chapter 196: Conscience

Chapter 197: Debate in the Great Hall

Chapter 198: Today’s Fruits Come from Yesterday’s Seeds

Chapter 199: Meeting Wang Decai Again

Chapter 200: The Tribute Ink Competition

Chapter 201: Trading Pieces

Chapter 202: The Honor of the Ink Maker

Chapter 203: The Flaw

Chapter 204: Thousand-Year Pine Soot

Chapter 205: The Shop’s Treasure

Chapter 206: The Backup Plan

Chapter 207: When Glue Won’t Bond with Coal

Chapter 208: Achieving Perfection

Chapter 209: Fourth Young Master Qin

Chapter 210: Sky-High Demands, On-the-Spot Payment

Chapter 211: Discerning Ink Through the Pouch

Chapter 212: Street Combat

Chapter 213: Those Who Dig Their Own Grave Cannot Live

Chapter 214: Imperial Consort Li

Chapter 215: The World’s Finest Ink

Chapter 216: Minister Xu Retires

Chapter 217: A Mess of Feathers

Chapter 218: The Hu Family’s Thoughts

Chapter 219: Taking Charge

Chapter 220: Everyone Makes Their Moves

Chapter 221: Self-Inflicted Embarrassment

Chapter 222: Sudden Changes in the Tian Family

Chapter 223: Scheming and Reversal

Chapter 224: The Winds of Change in Huizhou

Chapter 225: The Li Family Ink Archive

Chapter 226: Dying for Honor

Chapter 227: Return of the Tian Family’s Eldest Son

Chapter 228: Punishment

Chapter 229: Killing Multiple Birds with One Stone

Chapter 230: Third Master Qin

Chapter 231: The Beginning

Chapter 232: Setting Things in Motion

Chapter 233: The Reversal

Chapter 234: The Truth and the Will

Chapter 235: Die With Me

Chapter 236: The Curtain of History

Chapter 237: A Good Rival is the Drive to Move Forward

Chapter 238: Sister Qiu

Chapter 239: He’s Back

Chapter 240: The Japanese Pirates’ Invasion

Chapter 241: Siege

Chapter 242: How Satisfying!

Chapter 243: Memorial Arch? Marriage? Ink Legacy

Chapter 244: The Debut Banquet

Chapter 245: What Was Bound to Come Finally Arrived

Chapter 246: Stepping Outside the Game

Chapter 247: The Six Righteousness Ink

Chapter 248: Stepping Down

Chapter 249: The Fall of Feng Bao

Chapter 250: The Drum of Justice

Chapter 251: The Final Journey (Series Finale)

Author’s Concluding Note

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