[Quick-witted apprentice vs. cold and aloof master] [Alternate world, master-apprentice bond, tragic romance]
“Kill her!”
Everyone despises her, yet he keeps her by his side day after day.
“Immortal, are you openly taking her side?”
She raises a sharp blade and points it at his heart. “Master, if you won't kill me, then I will kill you. A great immortal like you has become so indecisive. How ridiculous.”
“...Today, let me put an end to all of this.”
But he is never willing to hurt her. She smiles faintly, draws close to him, takes his hand, and guides the divine sword into her own heart.
“It worked... It worked. In this life... being able to meet you, Master, is enough for me...”
He watches her collapse before him, then lifts her in trembling arms and breaks down in tears.
“You deceived me again!”
In Chunling, where spring had reigned for ten thousand years, snow begins to fall. The mystery of her origins is revealed: everything that happened was part of her deception, all so she could die by his sword.
“Wait for me, Little Candleflower. Your master is coming to join you.”
Excerpt One
“Master, what is this?” She points to the flower on the ground.
“It is a Purple Spirit Flower.”
“Master, what about this one?” She points to the flower beside it.
“A Cloud Spirit Flower.”
Suddenly, she smiles with delight and points at herself. “What about this one?”
Qu Tu smiles faintly and gently pinches her cheek. “A Little Candleflower.”
The confusion of her life experience and his unique preference made me think that he fell first, but I didn't know that in the end, the candle was red.