Sharp-tongued, scheming, and pretending-to-be-something gong VS a calculating shou who can’t figure things out
【Two male leads + older gong + doting favoritism + schemes + twists】
There’s a little angst later on, just a tiny bit. Jiang Ye is a protagonist who grows over time. He isn’t very clever at first, but as he slowly gets drawn into a world of deception and intrigue, he grows step by step.
They say that a strategist can enter the game himself and thereby outwit fate, but Jiang Ye can’t even get his foot in the door of strategy.
He has a secret crush on the sword cultivator next door. He secretly finds out what he likes and raises a cat as a spirit pet, hoping to lure the sword cultivator over to pet it. But in the end, he doesn’t dare do anything.
“You’re going through a tribulation. Why not just take him by force?” Yunxiao rolled his eyes and scolded his master for being such a coward.
Jiang Ye slammed the table and stood up. “I’m pursuing a slow-burn, true-love romance. What do you know!”
Yunxiao replied, “You can’t beat him, so you can’t beat him. You don’t have the strength to force him either, so don’t pretend this is some true-love romance, you creep!”
Heavenly lightning struck, and Jiang Ye’s tribulation was about to begin. The sword cultivator next door quietly removed the protective talisman from his body.
When they first met during the tribulation, he was a powerful expert, while Jiang Ye was a frail little demon. In terms of power, Jiang Ye relied on Yue Qingci; emotionally... he relied on him too.
Everyone in the cultivation world knew that the reverse scale of Immortal Venerable Qingci was his little disciple, who always followed behind him. Later, Jiang Ye blew up his own core, trading a lifetime of hardship for Yue Qingci’s successful tribulation.
When they met again, Yue Qingci was the neglected eldest son of the Yue family, while Jiang Ye was an untouchable genius alchemist and the emperor’s grandmaster.
A single remark that he resembled someone from the past planted a knot in Jiang Ye’s heart.
Jiang Ye: I can spend my whole life saving the world, and still devote it to protecting one person.
Yue Qingci: You love the world, so I’ll love you.
