Agarwood like Crumbs (沉香如屑) Novel Translations

Chapter 28: Dragon Boat Festival Special: Yu Mo, ZongZis, and Fish (Part 2/3)

Reading Time: 11 minutes When the lid was lifted off the pot, the entire cabin was filled with a sweet and savory aroma. Yan Dan looked at the floating dumplings in the pot with distress. She’d thought that the others would stay and they would eat their meal together, so she made two servings. But now what will she do with the extra serving? Yan Dan slowly turned around and saw the assassin huddled in the corner of the…

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Chapter 27: Dragon Boat Festival Special: Yu Mo, ZongZis, and Fish (Part 1/3)

Reading Time: 11 minutes When Yan Dan opened her eyes, the cabin was still pitch black, and she could hear the sound of water beating against the side of the boat. She lifted the boat curtain and stuck her head out. Yu Mo was standing at the bow of the boat with his hands behind his back, the silver-white moonlight shining on his sleeves. Hearing Yan Dan behind him, Yu Mo glanced back, and said in a flat tone,…

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Chapter 26: A Chapter with No Responsibility- the Celestial Master and the Exorcism

Reading Time: 8 minutes What is a celestial master? A mortal in Taoist robe, barefoot, holding a peach wood sword and a string of yellow paper spells while chanting. Yan Dan looked at the young celestial master sitting in front of her and felt like the world was changing too fast and she couldn’t keep up with all the unique customs of the mortal world. Celestial master Tang Zhou is very young but he has already revealed his cunningness,…

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Chapter 25: Jinghu Shuiyue

Reading Time: 10 minutes Yu Mo stood with his hands behind his back, and after a while, he replied slowly, “Since we’ve all come here, we just have to go all the way to the end?” Yan Dan looked at him in surprise and asked, “Yu Mo?” Yu Mo gently pushed her shoulder, “Let’s go.”  Tao Ziqi rowed the boat to the center of the lake, suddenly pushed the oars, and jumped into the water with a thud. Ripples…

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Chapter 24: The Mountain God

Reading Time: 10 minutes The torch in Tang Zhou’s hand slowly burned out, and with a puff, everything fell into darkness again. Yan Dan brushed her coat and a dense silvery-white light shone out, slowly illuminating the underground cave: all around were stalactites, and water droplets dripped from the stones, making a ticking sound. Yu Mo smiled lightly and walked forward. After a few steps, he turned back and said, “Tang Zhou, whether you believe it or not, do…

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Chapter 23: The Herbal Collector

Reading Time: 10 minutes But as the man got closer, his face gradually became clearer. Yan Dan couldn’t help sighing. The person who was approaching was a man in sackcloth and holding a basket. His shoes were covered with muddy water and it splashed all the way to the hem of his clothes.  The tall local person looked down on him very much, “Wu Shun, why are you in the mountains when you have nothing to do?” Wu Shun…

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Chapter 22: The Journey to the Southwest

Reading Time: 10 minutes Yan Dan inhaled her steamed buns and looked at Liu Weiyang, who was sitting in silence across from her. In her mind, there are two types of people who are the most unsuitable for traveling: the mute and the gentleman. A mute person can’t speak and only eats, which is boring, while a gentleman behaves well but can’t do any bad things, which is even more boring. She didn’t know if Liu Weiyang could be…

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Chapter 21: Artifacts of the World

Reading Time: 7 minutes Yan Dan looked to her left – there was the dignified Taoist master eating – and at the right – Qin Qi was eating large pieces of meat and mouthfuls of rice. Diagonally opposite to him, Tang Zhou’s youngest junior brother Gan sat there, looking pitifully at a stewed chicken leg in her bowl. Yan Dan picked up the chicken thigh with chopsticks, looked at him, and asked, “You want this? I’ll give you this.”…

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Chapter 20: The Chess Game

Reading Time: 10 minutes     Escape is inevitable, YanDan muttered to herself, trying to bring her spirits up.     Yan Dan obviously wouldn’t want to change from the wild demon she once was to a domestic mortal. However, the first thing she must do is remove her magic restriction, which is near impossible considering Tang Zhou’s attitude.      YanDan faced the oil lamp, slowly rolled up her sleeves, and touched the restraint on her wrist. This time, the restriction didn’t flick away…

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Chapter 19: The Trail Ends

Reading Time: 9 minutes After a long time, YanDan sighed, “This method of murder is very powerful.” Tang Zhou replied in a low voice, “At least we know that this has something to do with Palace Master Shenxiao.” “Even if we know that it doesn’t change anything. We don’t know who Palace Master Shenxiao is, what he looks like, how old he is, and his purpose in doing this. We don’t know anything about him. Even if we do…

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