The Qingyun Sect has a pair of "outrageous combinations" - one is Ling Qinghan, the top genius with a single spiritual root of the ice system, who has a cold face and a dark heart. He can protect someone's shortcomings and conquer the monster's den, but always talks about "leave me alone"; the other is Shen Xingci, who has five spiritual roots and is nicknamed "trash".
Ever since Ling Qinghan picked up the huddled Shen Xingci at the mountain gate ten years ago, the two childhood sweethearts have been tossing a lot: Shen Xingci used candy cakes to "bribe" his senior brother to stay lazy in the sword training field, and Ling Qinghan secretly set up an ice shield to protect him in the Black Wind Ridge. Zhou Quan, the magic weapon shop secretly wrote down his shoe size, and hid the package of spiritual herbs prepared for him in his luggage - even the sand floating in the wind in the Western Regions was the sand that Ling Qinghan blocked for him, and the sweet smell of dried pyracantha fruits that Shen Xingci gave him.
From sect trials to traveling around the world, from slaying demons to chivalrous acts of justice, Shen Xingci always shouted "Senior Brother, protect me", but would hold up a crooked talisman in front of him when in danger; Ling Qinghan was accustomed to his little temper, but kept the pure heart talisman and dried fruit skewers he gave him when no one was around.
There is no bloody misunderstanding, only the tacit understanding of "he hides the candy and I help hide it, and I take care of it when he causes trouble"; there is no cliché pull and pull, only the subtle heartbeat from "taking care of him easily" to "he has to do it". When the wind and sand in the Western Region ruffled Shen Xingci's hair, and Ling Qinghan raised his hand to help him cover the brim of his hat, everyone understood - on this journey of sword fighting to the end of the world, they had already put each other into a future that was sweeter than candy cakes and warmer than an ice shield.
