Fallen in Love

Ever since Bai Suzhen flooded Jinshan Temple fifteen years ago, Fahai had left the temple with the orphan she and Xu Xian had left behind, and wandered from place to place. Xu Shilin, whose Buddhist name was Wunian, was Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian's son. He had half the blood of a snake demon and was exceptionally intelligent. He had never met his birth parents, and had been raised by Fahai from childhood. Yet he felt for his master in a way that went beyond the bond between master and disciple, though he had never dared to reveal it to Fahai. It was not until he turned eighteen, when Fahai told him to leave, that he lost control and confessed his feelings. But Fahai only began avoiding him like a venomous beast. Heartbroken, Shilin left, and accidentally killed someone. The bloodshed awakened the demonic nature he had suppressed inside himself, and from then on, he was doomed beyond redemption...