[A workaholic female officer of the Demon Suppression Bureau × a phoenix who fans his feathers for love | Two strong leads, clashing with each other | Beautiful, powerful, tragic fates]
Bu Xianzhu was a block of wood.
With a withered-wood Dao heart, for eighteen years she had cared about only one thing: improving her spiritual power.
Later, she found two more things to set her sights on: getting promoted and taking revenge!
The day she left the mountain, her sect fell. Her enemy slaughtered her fellow disciples and pursued her relentlessly, until she escaped into the capital.
Dragging her bloodied body out of his clutches, she fled alone into unfamiliar territory and learned the rules of this world:
Whoever holds power can nail their enemies to the gates of hell.
Her elder brother welcomed her home, treating his own flesh and blood like a precious treasure.
But she had no time for reminiscing. After many twists and turns, she passed the entrance exam for the Demon Suppression Bureau and worked hard to build up her record of achievements.
Before the ink on her record could dry, a phoenix she had picked up on a whim stole her thunder.
From then on, the bureau became a battlefield:
She interrogated demons all night; he wrote reports until dawn.
She broke formations and chased down criminals; he beat her to the punch and closed the net.
Her colleagues thought the two of them couldn't stand each other.
Only the phoenix knew the truth:
He fought tooth and nail for merit and promotion just so that, at the promotion ceremony, she might look his way a little longer.
*
During one pursuit, demonic energy filled a dark alley. Bu Xianzhu pinned the person in front of her beneath her and grabbed his chin, demanding, “Why do you keep getting in my way? What are you after?”
He Wenye lowered his eyes. The tip of his feather hooked around her sleeve as he murmured, “You.”
Bu Xianzhu drew her knife and pressed it to his throat. “Aren't you afraid I'll take your life?”
He Wenye was not the least bit afraid. Instead, he leaned into the blade. “You won't kill me. You can't bring yourself to.”
Bu Xianzhu's response was to sheathe her sword with a sharp click and walk away without looking back.
She would never let a man hold her back.
*
Later, an ancient evil demon tore the heavens and earth apart, sending its minions swarming out.
As the phoenix turned into light to mend the sky, dead wood blossomed anew and all things cried out softly
He scattered into a wind that swept for thousands of miles, leaving behind one last line:
“Wooden Head, this time... you'll remember me.”
Bu Xianzhu had never believed in the gods. She believed only in the knife in her hand. But amid the falling flames, for the first time, she learned to believe.
[Reader's guide]
Two powerful leads suppressing demons and competing in a cutthroat workplace. She pursues power; he pursues her.
Career-minded heroine × love-struck hero, constantly clashing in a chase-your-wife-to-the-crematorium romance.
One-on-one, both leads are faithful, happy ending.
The phoenix burns his own feathers for love. Prepare for a beautiful, powerful tragedy.
Theme: Defy the fate laid down for you. All things have a reason to exist.
The author must keep updating! Beautiful~