Water and Mo: Once in a Lifetime

[Original work by Yipian Lin, officially contracted | Plagiarism, imitation, idea theft, reposting, and unauthorized distribution are strictly prohibited | A laid-back, snack-munching writing group] Officially started on July 12, 2023. Updates every day at 10:00 a.m. sharp. (Starting in September, updates will be weekly, with over 3,000 words per chapter.) - Those who meet are destined to part; each meeting is a prayer. A thousand years pass in the immortal realm; three years pass in the human world. - Volume One: Those Who Meet Are Destined to Part (ongoing) Volume Two: Each Meeting Is a Prayer (not yet started) Volume Three: A Lifetime Together (not yet started) Volume Four: One Meeting in a Lifetime (not yet started) . Clear as water, silent as the heart. The tender ache of waiting, a heart beneath blue skies and seas, night after night. In those uneventful days, so calm and unnoticed, I was always thinking of you. I missed those little ripples, and I missed having you by my side. We long for each other, we gaze at each other, yet we cannot be together. For whom does spring come? It is easy to beg for the potion at Blue Bridge, but once it is made, it is hard to reach the sea of emerald waves. . If you want to see mountains, paint mountains; if you want to see the sea, paint the sea; if you want to see me, paint me. . "Before the day I wither away arrives, I will always remember the hundred years we shared in this world." . With you, I live my life. Without you, all I can do is count the days. . She said, "Once you've seen the vast ocean, no other water will do." He said, "Other than the clouds over Mount Wu, none are truly clouds." . My heart yearns for flowing water, but the water is free, and would never stop for me. . We once voiced our hidden love with abandon, surrounded by a room full of honored guests. . If only life could remain as it was at our first meeting, why must the autumn wind grieve over the painted fan? . "Don't cling to the past. Realize early that our love was destined to be." . "If one day we stand together in the same snow, then in this life, we will have shared a lifetime of white hair." . Only the young are certain that love can overcome every hardship. They hold fast to their faith without fear of the future or regret for the past, and whatever the outcome, they embrace it willingly. A Shui Mo fanfic based on the Ye Luoli fairy-dream series. The devoted water fairy Shui Qingli and the human warrior Wang Mo. A mix of sweetness and angst, told entirely in text. A beautiful happy ending. Please don't flame me if it's not your thing. All pairings in this story are official pairings: Shui Mo (main), Jue Bing, Pang Ying, Jin Luo, plus Feng Qi, Ming Si, Huo Meng, Huang Xin, and an original pairing, Feng Mi. The other three of the four official pairings each have their own stories in this book, but since Shui Mo is the main pairing, they'll mostly get just a chapter or two. I won't write them at length. If there's one you'd like to see, I'll write it into a bonus chapter after the main story ends. Original characters in this story: Lord Feng, the wind fairy Ming Feng; the water spirit Mi Jie; He Xunyu. Characters from the original series who won't appear: Wen Qian, because I don't like her. The Ye Luoli Warriors won't be portrayed negatively, and their friendship will be part of the story.