A Military Man's Guide to Playing the Fool

Literary blurb: Four lives, four lifetimes, and at last they can hold hands. Xie Ningyuan never imagined that he and Li Yishan would be entangled across several lifetimes, each ending with them separated by life and death. In their first life, as a cultivator of the Pure Yang Palace, he could not protect Li Yishan, a soldier of the Tian Ce Army. In their second life, as the imperial tutor of the Qing dynasty, he could not protect him from the emperor, who wanted him dead. In their third life, he ascended to the highest throne, yet still failed to protect him. Not only could he not prevent his death, he also failed to let him die in the place he loved most. Perhaps it was fate. Perhaps without him, Li Yishan would not have left this world so young. Xie Ningyuan accepted his fate. In their fourth life, he abandoned his memories and left the mortal world behind. And then, at last, they grew old together without parting. So was the reason they kept ending up like that because they hadn't drunk Meng Po's soup in their past lives? Daoist Xie really doesn't understand this little minx called fate. Comedic blurb. First life: As a villainous soldier, he never understood how he fell for that swordsman from the opposing faction. As a handsome, aloof Pure Yang swordsman of the Righteous Alliance, the Daoist thought falling in love at first sight with a husky from the opposing faction was simply awful. Second life: From a mighty, imposing soldier to a weak scholar: "I want to join the army!" After finally finding the soldier, the Daoist cried, "Stop! Don't go! You took my horse feed, but you still haven't married me!" Third life: The soldier opened his eyes to find two buns on his chest and nothing between his legs. "Damn it! Give me back my little soldier! Give me back my eight-pack!" Fourth life: A Pure Yang sheep becomes a sword-cultivating sheep, and the Eastern Capital husky turns into the Eastern Capital great demon. Feels like we've gone back to the original setup: you're with the Righteous Alliance, I'm with the Villainous faction. _(:з"∠)_ Reader's guide 1. Blurb 1 is from the seme's perspective, and blurb 2 is from the uke's. The story is uke-centric: the soldier is the uke, and the Daoist is the seme. That's right, the soldier is the uke! He's only turned into a woman, not become one! 2. This story is super, super, super, super indulgent! 3. Except for the first life in the final arc, which is set in the Tang dynasty of the Jian San world, the story has nothing to do with Jian San. The seme and uke are both natives of the Tang dynasty! Muah! 4. The first life in the final arc includes the side pairing Li Ye. Don't read if you dislike that. 5. If it's not your thing, click the X in the upper-right corner. Don't flame the story in the comments. Everyone has different tastes, so thanks for understanding. 6. Please support the official release. Love you all. Ongoing cultivation. Daoist child arc completed. Parallel-world arc completed. Quick transmigration. Theme: To be added