Gong Jinnian, master of the Poluo Palace, made a name for himself at a young age and loved beautiful things. Handsome and charming without being lecherous, he earned the title of "the most handsome man in the martial world." After five years of roaming the martial world and building the Poluo Palace's reputation, he grew bored and returned to Cang Mountain to devote himself to martial arts in seclusion. From then on, he stayed out of the affairs of the martial world. Two years later, after emerging from seclusion, he set off to visit an old friend. On his way down Cang Mountain, he found an eight-year-old boy frozen in the snow and brought him back to the palace as his disciple.
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"Little Yao, don't go." Gong Jin's face was bitter as he whispered, "Please."
"A man like you, who lusts after his own disciple, doesn't deserve to be my master!" He watched Gong Jin's expression grow desolate and looked at him with disgust. "From now on, I'm not your disciple."
Gong Jin watched him turn and walk away without looking back, growing farther and farther away alongside another boy until they vanished from sight. Bright red blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. In the end, he could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood. Scarlet drops fell on Cang Mountain's white snow, their color eerie and despairing, like the hues in Gong Jin's eyes as they slowly faded to gray. He was utterly still. His phoenix eyes slowly closed, and his handsome, straight-backed figure crashed to the ground.
"Little Yao, don't... don't go." His voice was barely a whisper. At last, he fell silent.
Older master and younger disciple, with the master as the pursuer and the disciple as the pursued. A doting relationship that grows from raising the child, angsty romance, and a reunion after heartbreak. Happy ending. The younger one has a surprise in store!
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, I like it! The author needs to work hard