After the Immortal Venerable's White Moonlight Returns

Lin Yinxi transmigrates into an old-school novel as the male lead's shizun, the white moonlight who dies young.

Gentle, magnanimous, able to settle all under heaven with a single sword.

Ordinary office worker Lin Yinxi: ?

Settle all under heaven with a single sword? Me?

System: [Win over the male lead to earn a chance to live the life of a rich woman in the next world.]

Lin Yinxi: !

Isn't this just a live-action role-playing game? I'm in!

Who knew that the white moonlight role came with a Saintly Mother System, requiring her to be endlessly forgiving? Not only must she shoulder the sect's heaviest burdens and take the blame for its biggest messes, she also has to be the sect's softest touch, someone anyone can push around and crush!

Lin Yinxi: !!! I spent half my life on the run, only to come back and be worked like a beast of burden somewhere else!

Luckily, her arrogant, heaven-defying disciple is well-behaved and considerate, gentle and refined. He always helps her solve problems, brings glory to her name, and delivers face-slapping moments. Winning him over is a breeze, too.

But she knows she's only a supporting character, a brief, brilliant epiphyllum in his life, a moonlight that can only stay in his memories without getting in the way. Even though she really has begun to fall for this dependable disciple, she can only keep it buried in her heart.

On the day she fakes her death and disappears, Lin Yinxi spends a long time trying to console herself.

But when she sees the usually unflappable young man looking panicked,

she can't help feeling sorry for him.

Then the System pulls her back into that world, claiming that the male lead has developed a heart demon and is disrupting the plot.

Lin Yinxi: .

This time, she doesn't want to keep acting.

The new junior sister is arrogant and unruly, with a capricious temperament. On a whim, she performs a sword technique created by their shizun.

Luo Shuangyu finds it amusing. Ever since his shizun's death, countless people have imitated her to get close to him. This one is the most dedicated yet.

So he lazily casts out a bait: “Would you like to become my disciple?”

Junior Sister: “...No.”

Junior Sister: “Some of the powerful cultivators who bullied Immortal Yinxi are still sitting pretty on this mountain, living lives of ease and luxury. How could I cultivate in peace?”

Playing hard to get? Luo Shuangyu thinks she's utterly false and deeply ambitious.

“Then what if I clean up the immortal sects, rooting out corruption and promoting virtue?”

He wants to see how long this female cultivator, who looks eight-tenths like his shizun and is clearly up to no good, will keep up the act.

Until, little by little, Luo Shuangyu realizes:

Wait.

This might actually be real.

Also known as:

#MyGoodDiscipleCouldNeverBeSweetOnTheOutsideAndDarkOnTheInside#

#HeMayBeSchemingButSurelyHeWouldntDeceiveTheSystemToo#

#WhenDidMySecretIdentityGetFoundOut???#

[Unpretentious, protective, and true-to-herself shizun x disciple who pretends to be a sweet puppy but is dark inside]

★Reader's guide★

1. The male lead is a bastard (derogatory). He seems like a sweet, obedient puppy, but in reality he's a nasty stray who bites other dogs.

2. There is a male supporting character, a rather dim-witted wolfdog. He also likes the female lead.

3. This is an experimental work by the author, and the male lead is different from those in the author's previous works. If you feel uncomfortable while reading, feel free to stop.

The cover image was provided by a user on the Bishui forum. It's normal if you see a similar or identical one.

[Blurb first written on 2021.8.9, last revised in 2024.12]

Theme: May you be brave and show your truest self.