Chronicles of Cultivation in the Taixuan Star Sect

When Song Xingfan set out to find a master, she deliberately left three months early.

She told her family she wanted to take a detour through the misty landscapes of Jiangnan before her apprenticeship, to see the sights and broaden her horizons. Since her cousin was accompanying her, her parents readily agreed.

But in truth, she was going to seek out a chance encounter. If that book's events came true, the opportunity ahead, and her meeting with a certain person, would open a crucial chapter in her cultivation journey.

This opportunity had nothing to do with changing her aptitude.

In fact, when her aptitude was tested at the age of three, it had already shaken all the cities in the south. She was a rare genius.

So this opportunity had to do with the life-bound magic treasure that would accompany the original heroine for the rest of her life.

She couldn't afford to ignore it. Besides, there was a bit of fun in following the plot!

That day, after two months of travel, she finally found the teahouse from the book in Yuexi City, a southern city encircled by a babbling stream.

All she had to do now was lean on the rail beside the lotus pond in the teahouse's front courtyard and leisurely admire the view, waiting for the key character from the story to arrive.

That person was the male lead, Zhu Ciyu. On his way to find a master, he discovered that his childhood sweetheart, whom he adored, had run into a handsome man and was traveling alongside him. The two seemed to have feelings for each other, filling the male lead with jealousy and resentment.

And soon, the two parties would meet at this very teahouse.

To hide his heartbreak and jealousy, the male lead would drag her in as a decoy. Quite a melodramatic way to start a book.

Before long, a handsome young man and woman did indeed emerge from the covered walkway on the other side of the little lake.

Someone immediately appeared beside her. The newcomer wore black and had a cool, severe air, strong brows and bright eyes, and a handsome face, but his gaze was as cold as a deep pool. He was only sixteen or seventeen, yet already possessed a formidable presence, with the makings of a future ruler of the world. But his eyes still held boundless resentment and jealousy.

"Help me, and you'll be well rewarded," he whispered.

Song Xingfan couldn't help smiling to herself. As the young man approached, ripples appeared before her eyes. Through the blur, a black tortoiseshell magic treasure flickered in and out of sight. Its location seemed to be Taixuan Star Sect, where she was headed to become an apprentice. So that's it. This person must be the key to activating that treasure. The male lead's halo really is something. Then I'll give him a hand.

After playing her part in a scene, she soon became an apprentice at Taixuan Star Sect.

Song Xingfan visited the treasure site several times, only to find that she couldn't awaken the treasure.

Only then did she realize why the original heroine in the book had repeatedly used that incident, when she acted as the male lead's decoy, to blackmail him into going on dates with her. So not long after joining the sect, she too sat down at her desk and began to write: "The moon is bright and the stars are few tonight. The flowers along the Zhijiang Stream cast hazy shadows, and such a lovely scene is rare. Brother Ciyu, if you're free, why not come to Tingxi Pavilion and enjoy the view with me?"

The original heroine had written this kind of letter three times before Zhu Ciyu accepted her invitation. But as soon as her letter arrived, Zhu Ciyu came that very night, walking in beneath the moonlight. He showed up, though he looked quite grumpy. No matter. He wasn't the one she wanted. She wanted the tortoiseshell treasure.

Theme: The stars and moon set sail, bound for the summit.