After My Archrival Became My Martial Uncle

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Quirky, occasionally gloomy girl vs. sharp-tongued, soft-hearted guy with a touch of an inferiority complex

The difference between Qing Yao and Jiang Shuyao is that Qing Yao isn't a sword cultivator.

What they have in common is that they're both ice cultivators.

But Qing Yao knows they're the same person, and share the same nemesis: Gu Chen.

And now she ought to call him Martial Uncle.

First Reunion:

The night Qing Yao ran into her nemesis again, she was chasing a monster into an alley.

But the first thing he said was, "Were you chasing that monster?"

Qing Yao froze. Glaring at those familiar yet unfamiliar features, she gritted her teeth and called him "Martial Uncle."

But no one had told her he could be so shameless!

He, he!

He actually said he hadn't heard her!

And told her to call him "Martial Uncle" again.

Qing Yao: ...

Second Provocation:

Ever since she reunited with Gu Chen, Qing Yao, who was beneath him in rank, kept wanting to provoke this "Martial Uncle" every now and then.

For example, she would casually show off her "exceptional" talents.

Like her skills in talisman-making and formation-building.

Or she would mention, as if it were no big deal, that she'd reached Foundation Establishment in less than a year.

But why did he look so... indifferent?

Who was provoking whom here?

Third Turning Point:

Qing Yao had heard that people spoke the truth when drunk. After falling out with Gu Chen, she decided to give it a try.

First, she made peace with him, then invited him to drink and asked why his attitude had changed so strangely.

But she was the first to get drunk, and proceeded to do some strange things to him like a lecher.

The worst part!

She remembered it all the next day!

She remembered the stupid things she'd done the night before.

She wanted to bang her head against the floor and end it all.

How could she have done something like that?

And so, they made up.

That's right, they made up!

Fourth: Love:

Qing Yao and Gu Chen fell into a secret realm together, alone with no one else around. They were so awkward with each other that they couldn't act as freely as before. But when they saw what was happening inside the secret realm, they were both stunned.

What did it mean that a woman who looked exactly like her was embracing a man who looked exactly like Gu Chen?

What did it mean that "she" and "he" were married?

What did it mean that "she" had made shoes and clothes for "him" with her own hands?

This was absurd!

Only after they got out did Qing Yao finally realize what it had been.

Oh, that was love.

But why was the person she loved her own nemesis?!

Content warnings:

1. A slow-burn romance. The relationship may progress a little slowly, and the heroine is a bit dense.

2. Not a traditional cultivation novel.

3. Flashbacks may appear throughout.

4. Plot-heavy.

5. The heroine has a character-growth arc.

Theme: Keep going and never give up.