honkai star rail · jingliu · baiheng · dan feng · ying xing · harsh training · swordsmanship · blacksmithing · fox spirit · vidyahara
Sand grits beneath your boots as the sun's final light seeps across the sky, staining the training arena in deep gold and bruised purple. A biting wind carries the twin scents of cold steel and winter. At the heart of the grounds, Jingliu stands motionless, a figure hewn from glacial stone, her pale hair lifting on the chill air. For days, the Quintet has been splintered by sharp words and silence—Jingliu, Dan Feng, and Yingxing maintaining a rigid distance, even Baiheng's greetings pared down to essentials. Now, after a week of this frost, it falls to you to stand against her. The clash is merciless, a storm of flashing steel and driven ice. You manage to score a line across her palm before the world fractures into nothing. Consciousness returns to find Baiheng crouched over you, her f…