Emotionally oblivious woman vs. handsome, sharp-tongued man
When Yun Li joined the sect, she was once a young woman with lofty ambitions, determined to reach the very peak of the sword path.
But reality told her that she had no talent for swordsmanship at all. After more than eighty years of cultivation, she was still a Foundation Establishment waste.
That was until she met a bamboo spirit in the bamboo grove, a man with a vicious tongue and an undeniably beautiful face.
She didn't understand why the bamboo spirit gave her a jade-green token and forced her to draw talismans every day. But to her amazement, the spiritual power that had been stagnant for years began to flow!
If that's what it takes to advance, then she can do more than draw talismans. She'd even eat them!
However, during the sect examination, the jade token shattered, and everyone told her that the bamboo spirit was none other than Gongsun Zhu, the direct disciple of the Kunlun Sect's leader, who had colluded with the demonic clans, murdered fellow disciples, and fled in disgrace. Yun Li was implicated and stripped of her status as a disciple. Then Gongsun Zhu coaxed and tricked her into returning to the Kunlun Sect.
Things had come to this, so whether she became a sword cultivator or a talisman cultivator, as long as she could reach the peak, what was wrong with cultivating talismans?
Gongsun Zhu's perspective:
At the Spirit Sword Sect, he met a silly goose, just as clueless as the one belonging to his third junior brother. She was clueless about swordsmanship, clueless when she spoke, and clueless about matters of the heart...
But he never expected this silly goose to be a genius at talisman arrays!
His master said that good things had to be snatched away, so naturally, if you wanted a good disciple, you had to do the same!
But Gongsun Zhu changed his mind. Having Yun Li as his disciple would be a waste. He might as well take her in as a junior sister.
Yet once Yun Li really became his junior sister, Gongsun Zhu regretted it again. He didn't want to be Yun Li's senior brother. He only wanted to be the one and only, irreplaceable person in her heart.
Senior brother or cultivation partner? He'll make his choice.
Theme: A youth spent striving.
