The Flirtatious Master Is Hunting for Disciples

On the surface, Immortal Venerable Yun Yan is the foremost figure in the immortal sects: radiant, refined, and gentle as jade. In truth, he is obsessive, domineering, and fiercely possessive. Among countless people, he chose the innocent, naive young disciple Ling Che and took him in, teaching him with meticulous care.

To the world, the Immortal Venerable is a perfect master: gentle and patient with his disciple, guiding him and answering all his questions, attentive in every way. Only Ling Che gradually realizes that his master’s “kindness” seems to burn with a startling warmth. His master loves to say the most heart-racing things in the gentlest voice, and delights in watching him fluster, panic, and waver emotionally because of him. Ling Che is swept up in this singular “affection,” yet instinctively senses a hint of danger.

Then, by chance, Ling Che glimpses the unfathomable need for control beneath his master’s gentle mask, and those eyes filled with a desire to possess him alone. In a panic, he tries to escape this overwhelming love, but his master easily draws him back into his arms.

“Now that you know how your master feels, where do you think you’re going, Che’er?” The man is still smiling gently, but his tone leaves no room for argument.

Only then does Ling Che understand that all his master’s teasing and playful provocations have been bait, laid one step at a time to trap him completely in a cage called “affection.” His resistance is nothing more than harmless fun in his master’s eyes, and always ends in reluctant indulgence.

This capture was fated from the start. Gentleness is the net, devotion the lock. The naive young disciple can spend his whole life trying, but he will never escape his master’s grasp.