The wife-chasing crematorium trope, with the second male lead winning
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Shen Zhixi likes her junior fellow disciple, Xie Yinqin.
When Xie Yinqin betrays his sect and turns demonic, she still sees him as the boy he once was and holds back when ordered to hunt him down.
He doesn't show her the same mercy.
His sword pierces her heart, and Shen Zhixi dies.
After being reborn, with her junior fellow disciple not yet turned demonic, Shen Zhixi no longer wants to revolve around him.
Autumn waters, bright moons, poetry, wine, and swords: what in this vast world isn't more worthwhile than him?
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Xie Yinqin is gravely injured while searching for his destined sword and collapses outside Shen Zhixi's door, covered in blood and barely breathing.
In her previous life, she cared for him devotedly, never leaving his side.
This time, she acts as though she doesn't see him and walks right by.
Xie Yinqin reaches out to stop her, but is afraid of dirtying her clothes, and can only plead softly, "Senior Sister, you can use this sword however you like. Could you please stop ignoring me?"
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Just as he wished, Shen Zhixi stops.
But the one who answers is her eldest senior brother, Weisheng Lian.
"Junior Sister has a new sword now."
And someone new to practice with, too.
Weisheng Lian stands beside Shen Zhixi, forming a hand seal to heal Xie Yinqin.
His gaze is cool and clear, his bearing pure and untainted. He still looks every bit the gentleman praised by everyone in the sect, as though there were no hidden meaning in his words.
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When Xie Yinqin slanders her senior brother, Shen Zhixi refuses to believe him.
Weisheng Lian was born from a stone lotus before the Buddha. His heart is pure, and his character flawless.
He is absolutely not some "scheming green tea."
He's just a little too pretty, a little too mild-mannered, a little too easy to bully and make cry, and a little too good at acting cute.
Straightforward sword cultivator heroine ×
A sword cultivator hero whose thoughts twist and turn
Theme: Be a good person
