A Sword to Pluck Flowers

Blurb One: (The unserious version)

Nangong Wu's greatest regret was being born at the wrong time. He had talent, but could not make his mark in court through literature or expand the borders through military might. Thinking it over, he decided it was pointless and that he might as well cultivate immortality.

He was determined to become a disciple of Qingyang Zhenren, the greatest swordsman under heaven, stand at the summit, and become a cold, aloof sword cultivator with no heart or feelings.

Xu Buyi: No one who cultivates the Heartless Dao on Qingyang Peak has a happy ending.

Nangong Wu: Aren't you cultivating the Heartless Dao?

Xu Buyi: Sorry, I'm cultivating the Passionate Dao.

Nangong Wu: You! Are! Not! Cultivating! The! Heartless! Dao?! That's it, your character is ruined.

Blurb Two: (The serious version)

On a sudden whim, Xu Buyi left Qingyang Peak, where she had been a shut-in for five hundred years, planning to go see the peach blossoms in the Eastern Sea. But she knew nothing apart from swordsmanship, so the journey was bound to be troublesome.

After failing another examination, Nangong Wu was at loose ends. He met Xu Buyi in the market town at the foot of the mountain. When he heard she was going to the Eastern Sea, he magnanimously decided to help this "young woman," who could not even tell the five grains apart.

Teacher-disciple story warning: a master who knows nothing but the sword and a disciple who tries to rebel against his master.

One has an unwavering Daoist heart;

the other has wandering thoughts.

Completed old Western fantasy novel: Flower of Dust

Coming soon, science fiction: The Woman Out in the World, the Man at Home

Theme: Sincerity can move even stone and metal.