[Native protagonist, no System, has a golden finger, not a wish-fulfillment story, no scenes of Foundation Establishment cultivators beating Nascent Soul cultivators]
Nan Chu is the cultivation world's rich, beautiful heiress. She's gifted and comes from an outstanding family, but she's hopelessly unromantic and only wants to ascend.
One pitch-black night, she is transported to a cave.
There, she finds an unconscious handsome man. A truly handsome man!
At their very first meeting, her thoughts turn decidedly inappropriate. But the guy silently recites the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, cuddles his little pet, and happily munches on spirit fruit, completely unmoved by her beauty.
Later, she brings the poor thing back to her sect, and from then on she has a clingy junior brother following her everywhere.
“Go collect what the Heavenly Sword Sect owes me, and I'll let you follow me!” Nan Chu says irritably, hands on her hips.
“Deal. It's a promise.” Yan Chen's eyes sparkle, and he turns and vanishes.
The onlookers cry out, “Good heavens! The Heavenly Sword Sect is full of deadbeats, and powerful ones at that. Their junior brother is doomed!”
They hurry after the junior brother. “Wait for us! We're coming too!”
The next day, Nan Chu is pulled into a dim corner. She is about to fight back when she catches a familiar scent.
“Senior sister, breaking your promise isn't nice! How should I punish you?”
Yan Chen's voice is tender, his eyes clouded with an inscrutable haze. Nan Chu feels her heart skip a beat.
Much later, they become the strangers who know each other best, their blades pointed at one another.
Not bad, very exciting