Defying the Hierarchy

[Modern setting! Modern setting! Modern setting! Teacher-student couple! Reader comments are open!]

With the job market in dire straits after graduating from C University, Fu Qingwei had to choose between getting a job and going back to school. Instead, she went to pray for good fortune, climbed Mount Penglai, and became a disciple of Mu Ruoshui, the most renowned master of the mystic sect.

The woman had raven-black hair, wore a red robe, and was tall and graceful. With brocade boots, jade pendants, and a cloak embroidered with the sun, moon, and stars, she looked every bit an immortal when she wasn’t speaking.

By day, her master taught her Daoist arts with selfless devotion. At night, she secretly climbed into her disciple’s bed.

“Master, do you like women?”

“I don’t.”

Every morning, Fu Qingwei looked in the mirror and found red marks scattered across her neck.

She tugged down her collar and pointed to the red mark on her collarbone. “Master, that can’t possibly be a mosquito bite, can it?”

Her master’s green robe hung half open, her sash untied. She lounged against a pillar in the back courtyard of the temple, her sleepy eyes opening just a little. “Maybe it is.”

Summer gave way to autumn. There wasn’t a single mosquito to be found at the temple, yet the marks on Fu Qingwei grew worse and spread all over her body.

Mu Ruoshui raised an eyebrow. “Could it be that you’ve been bitten all over?”

Fu Qingwei: “...”

That wasn’t what she’d said last night when she held Fu Qingwei by the ankle, pinned her down, and kissed her!

Fu Qingwei vowed to make this woman, who never said what she meant, admit her feelings. So every night she locked all the doors and windows. The temple’s head, Mu, was left helpless outside, unable to get in no matter how hard she tried.

There was a hot spring on the mountain behind the temple, where the steam curled through the air. Mu Ruoshui loved soaking in its waters.

One day, she was resting with her eyes closed by the pool when she heard the water splash. Her disciple had broken through her barrier and slipped into the spring in a simple robe. When she surfaced, the thin garment clung to her body, translucent as a veil, revealing her graceful curves as she bathed across from Mu Ruoshui.

Mu Ruoshui closed her eyes.

Fu Qingwei went into the water three days in a row. On the third day, Mu Ruoshui was waiting where she usually entered. Her warm body pressed close, pulling Fu Qingwei into a tight embrace. Her breathing was ragged, and the corners of her eyes were red.

“I just remembered there’s another technique I haven’t taught you.”

“What is it?”

The woman kissed her urgently.

“...Dual cultivation with me.”

CP: A schemer with ulterior motives and an ethereal master. Happy ending.

Mu Ruoshui x Fu Qingwei

1. Modern fantasy with supernatural beings and spirits. This is a new experiment, and I’ve made up plenty of details, so please don’t nitpick.

but doing my best to update daily. I’ll ask for leave if anything comes up.

3. This is entirely fictional. Believe in science and oppose superstition.

4. Please don’t project real people onto the characters or mention any real people in the comments.

[First screenshot and upload on April 24, 2019. Revised again on September 16 and October 11, 2024. Proof preserved.]

Theme: Look at the past with a balanced perspective, believe in yourself, and embrace the future.