Mistaking a Fellow Disciple, Finding the Right Lover

【Deadpan, straightforward senior sister of the Joyful Union Sect × sharp-tongued, showy, heartless Daoist romance addict】 Ye Shu, the senior sister of the Joyful Union Sect, is the best in cultivation and theory. She's written twelve manuals on dual cultivation and graded thousands of her disciples' romance assignments. There's just one thing she can't talk about: she's never actually practiced dual cultivation herself. That number has stayed at zero for seventy years. At last, her master can't take it anymore and kicks her down the mountain to investigate a case, adding a reminder: if she meets someone suitable, she should make her move. Ye Shu thinks this makes perfect sense. Then she meets Xu Ning. Young, handsome, sweet-talking, dressed in flashy silver robes and golden bells. His smile draws admirers like bees to flowers, and he's remarkably skilled at handling romantic cases. Ye Shu immediately concludes: a junior brother from the Joyful Union Sect. Perfect for her. As it happens, Xu Ning takes one look at her eternally expressionless face and reaches his own conclusion: A senior sister of the Heartless Dao. No doubt about it. And so the two naturally start calling each other senior sister and junior brother. Neither of them asks which sect the other belongs to. Ye Shu seriously opens her manual and decides to pursue him. She brings him pastries. Xu Ning: Senior Sister is testing my desire for food. She gives him a handkerchief. Xu Ning: Senior Sister really cares about my worldly cultivation. She takes his hand of her own accord. Xu Ning's ears turn red: What an intense trial of worldly attachments. They pretend to be husband and wife. Xu Ning falls silent for a long while. Is the Heartless Dao really this strict? Ye Shu is very pleased with him. He's handsome, interesting, cooperative, and so eager to improve. The more she gets to know this junior brother, the more she likes him. Until one day, while investigating a case, they look into an ancient mirror said to reveal one's fated partner. Ye Shu's face slowly appears in the mirror. Xu Ning stares at it. Silence. More silence. At last, he declares with certainty: “The mirror is broken.” Ye Shu: “?” Later, the two follow the clues to investigate a series of cases. Someone suddenly falls in love with a butcher they've never met. Someone clutches a jar of pickled vegetables and insists on getting married. Someone's love and hate are reversed overnight, and even years of genuine affection can be quietly replaced. Ye Shu is busy solving cases, and busy pursuing him. As she pursues him, she discovers for the first time that the heart-fluttering feelings described in her manuals really can make her heart race. Xu Ning, meanwhile, finds that his Heartless Dao seems to be going increasingly wrong. He doesn't like it when Senior Sister looks at someone else. He doesn't like it when Senior Sister praises someone else. He likes it even less when Senior Sister ignores him. Xu Ning thinks: It seems the tribulation of love that Senior Sister arranged for me really is formidable. Until, to save a city's people, the two have no choice but to use their sect's secret arts at the same time. Ye Shu looks at him. “You're not from the Joyful Union Sect?” Xu Ning looks at her too. “...You're not of the Heartless Dao?” Their eyes meet. A silence as profound as death. One finally realizes that the “junior brother from the Joyful Union Sect” she's been pursuing all this time actually cultivates the Heartless Dao. The other finally realizes that the “senior sister of the Heartless Dao” he's been desperately trying to resist has been sincerely pursuing him from the beginning. Worse still, they can get their sects mixed up. But once a heart has been moved, there's no mistaking it. Just then, the person behind everything finally bares their fangs. Love and hate can both be altered, and anyone can manipulate a sincere heart. Ye Shu has studied the art of love for seventy years, read dozens of manuals, and graded thousands of dual-cultivation assignments. But it isn't until she falls for Xu Ning that she truly understands the very first word. Their fellow disciples did get it wrong, but luckily, her sweetheart didn't. ---Divider--- This is a silly, sweet romance. Updates at 18:00. Theme: Enter the Dao through emotion, cultivate through desire, understand your heart and nature, and find your true self.