Younger disciple and older master romance + BL + sweet on the outside, dark within + happy ending + guiding relationship
Scheming, gloomy, possessive disciple gong X gentle, celibate, foxlike beauty master shou
Liu Zhiwan (Plum Scar) X Liu Chen
Plum Scar has lived in the dust since the day he was born.
He's an unremarkable servant with a mysterious scar at his temple. Someone else gave him his name on a whim, and every day brings the same greasy smoke and cold stares.
Until one day, Liu Chen of Xuning Peak steps into the shop, dressed in white as pure as snow, yet his gaze falls on Plum Scar.
["You have good aptitude," the man says.]
From that day on, Plum Scar enters the immortal sect, becomes Liu Chen's disciple, and is the only one under his tutelage.
A new name means a new beginning.
["From today on, your name is Liu Zhiwan."]
The wolf cub he raised with his own hands,
what lies beneath those repressed eyes: admiration, or desire?
Liu Chen has no idea.
["Call me Master again," Liu Chen says softly in the night breeze.
Liu Zhiwan's Adam's apple bobs, his heart pounding like a drum. "...Master."]
Later, Liu Chen is trapped by a grand formation, and his soul is scattered.
Liu Zhiwan bathes Xuning Peak in blood for him,
slaughters everyone in Bieqing Hall for him,
and, to protect Liu Chen's cold body, cultivates in a self-destructive manner until he becomes half man and half ghost.
[Liu Chen returns to his disciple's side under a new identity. "This child... How did he end up like this?"]
