The Li family has flourished for a thousand years. Every generation produces children with exceptionally powerful mental strength, and they enjoy the trust of the Empire's ruler. Their only flaw is that no Guide has awakened in the family for a hundred years, supposedly because of a genetic issue.
So, determined to outdo everyone else, generation after generation of the Li family produces outstanding Sentinels and marries one excellent Guide after another.
Li Yingxia, the youngest child of this generation, had been striving to become an outstanding Sentinel ever since starting her lessons at four. She never imagined that at sixteen, right after getting into a fight with her eldest brother, she'd come down with a fever and awaken as a Guide.
Eldest brother: ...
The Li family: ...
Li Yingxia: ...
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Shi Yueqian ranked first by a mile when he entered the Sanctuary. Two years into his studies, he still hated the matchmaking events between Sentinels and Guides.
The Tower organized a competition to select soldiers for a newly opened battlefield. As the opening ceremony approached, Shi Yueqian still hadn't found a suitable Guide. He was about to make one last desperate push to break through and become a Dark Sentinel when his mentor personally delivered someone to him. So he began preparing for a blind date.
Shi Yueqian: ...
Li Yingxia: ...
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1. The moment Qianqian meets a compatible Guide, he's the type to want to take them straight off to bond. He's not exactly chaste.
2. Xiaxia was raised as a Sentinel, so he doesn't really understand Guide matters. Even emergency training is no use; he'll have to figure it out himself. He knows plenty, but his Guide's restraint means he just watches Qianqian flirt with a cold expression.
Theme: Life is supreme, and love lasts until death.
