Rise Above the Rest

In the late 1990s, in Chengjia Village on Turtle Mountain, teenager Cheng Sheng, to protect his brother, hit the son of the local police chief with a brick, and a five-year prison sentence suddenly fell upon him. Behind high walls, human warmth and coldness flip and turn, and blades and fists hide a struggle for survival. By chance, he learns the family's long-sealed Three-Route Fist, and from the old inmate Old Chen, he glimpses the buried past of the Cheng family—their ancestor was Qin Wangshan, a swordsman from beyond the Pass, who, bearing a sea of blood feud, fled to Turtle Mountain, buried his blade, and changed his surname, seeking only a lifetime of peace. After three years, his sentence completed, Cheng Sheng returns to his homeland weathered and worn. But peace never arrived as promised. The old enemy family, the Changs, dominate the area, using their power to forcibly seize Turtle Mountain land, burn homes, and press in step by step. The family feud from half a century ago is tightly entangled with the current real-world chaos. The rusted scabbard in his bosom, the yellowed Republic-era land deed, and the old account book filled with sins become sharp blades hanging over everyone's heads. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: Rise Above the Rest — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠