Fragrant Garments, Fragrant Tea

The Bai family has a daughter

who has no interest in business and prefers to champion justice.

"A heroine of the martial world!"

"Not at all, not at all. I'm just an ordinary commoner."

The Yun family has a son,

tall and imposing, who has defended against countless enemies.

"Heroine, save me!"

"No, no. I'm as delicate as a willow in the wind."

On her coming-of-age day, a gale arose.

Among the guests were some unfamiliar men and women

who could pass through walls at will, yet could not be touched.

Well...

Seeing ghosts in broad daylight!

The girl whipped out a yellow talisman,

"By the power of the law, retreat! Retreat! Retreat!"

On the battlefield,

a young general suddenly found someone on his horse.

"How did you get here?"

The girl raised the talisman in her hand.

"I flew here!"

The love and hatred between a merchant's daughter and a general's descendant

Coming next:

"Surviving Tribulation"

Lingxiao Peak, the heavenly ladder for countless cultivators.

She was the most talented disciple on the peak.

Her master once told her that she had exceptional aptitude, and that after another hundred years or so of cultivation, she should be able to ascend to immortality.

The Great Dao was within reach, just half a step away, but she stepped into empty air and fell into the endless abyss of tribulation.

The tribulation of love was hard to overcome. Her junior brother would hint from time to time that she should take another path.

But she refused to believe it, and failed to overcome her tribulation seven times in a row.

At last, hope appeared. In this life, she had finally waited for it.

The good news: she was getting married!

The bad news: she was getting married!!!

What! Her husband was... her junior brother!

Oh no, how did she know he was... her junior brother?!

There was no escaping this tribulation. Her master said that proving the Dao by killing her husband was an option!

As she hesitated, her junior brother not only became her Dao companion, but also won the grand prize at the Ten Thousand Arts Dao Tournament.

Later, he went down the mountain to gain experience, and when he returned, his cultivation had greatly improved.

But his personality had changed. He was gloomy and sorrowful, and acted as if she were invisible.

One moment of poor judgment led to rivers of blood in their sect, and demons burst out of the tower.

The thousand-year-old immortal sect was left with only one person and one sword.

She went alone to Kunlun to beg the true gods for mercy.

She knelt with every step, her knees scraped raw and bloody.

She prostrated herself on each stair, blood streaming from her forehead.

All she received in return was one sentence: "Heaven's will cannot be defied."

But she clearly saw a trace of pity flicker in the goddess's eyes before they returned to their usual calm.

"May it accompany you, follow where your heart leads, and bring all you long for onto your path."

At some point, a toad had appeared on the snow before her, stained red with blood. Its whole body was gilded and gleaming, and it could not only speak, but roll its eyes, too.

"Look at you, covered in wounds. Can you even walk by yourself? Ah, poor Chan Chan has it rough. Climb on!"

She: ...Is the divine venerable a little too confident in herself?

Amid endless wind and snow, a palm-sized golden toad carried her south.

Who was she?

Where was she?

At that moment, Si Qing's mind was completely blank.

The young man's words came so quickly that her ears buzzed. She couldn't help furrowing her brow.

"Everyone says a life-saving favor should be repaid by giving oneself to the rescuer. Sister, it's not that I'm unwilling. I'm just afraid you'll be wronged.

"I heard that before you came to the manor, you ran a tofu stall. Business was booming, so you must have earned quite a bit. And living on your own is far more carefree than being shut up in the manor all day.

"It would be a shame if you were trapped inside because of me, never allowed out, counting the days away."

A life-saving favor?

Give herself to the rescuer?

Did he mean that she was using her favor to force him to marry her?

Ridiculous!

In all her hundred years, she had never suffered such an insult. Countless disciples from immortal sects wanted to become her Dao companion.

This young man really didn't know what was good for him!

Before the young man beside her could finish, Si Qing gave a cold snort and abruptly stood up. Her fingers twitched, but the moment she stepped down, her expression suddenly changed.

Where was her spirit field?

Her vast, boundless spirit field... was gone?

The young man, dressed in black, stood at the edge of a cliff. The gale rising from below whipped at his clothes as if trying to carry him away.

"Come back!"

The young man ignored the call from behind him. Instead, he took another step forward, then leaped without hesitation.

Suddenly, a streak of white light flashed behind him. At that very moment, cries of pain rang out from the cliff.

"Ow!"

"It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"

The young man's handsome face was pressed against the ground, while his legs dangled over the cliff. He couldn't climb up or get down, and his face grew redder and redder with frustration.

"Was that fun?"

"No."

"Are you going to jump again?"

"...Senior Sister, I just want to go home."

"Home? Which home? The Prince of Gong's manor? Or..."

The woman in green pinned the young man's arms and leaned over the cliff. Beyond the swirling clouds lay an abyss tens of thousands of feet deep. She furrowed her brow, then continued, "Your old home?"

When the young man stayed silent, she scowled, grabbed him by the collar, and strode back, taking two steps at a time.

The pain she'd expected never came. She opened her eyes in surprise, only to find herself looking into a pair of tender, affectionate black eyes.

Before she could speak, she was already holding a warm heart in her hands.

"Demon Lord, why have you done this?"

Such a generous gift the moment he arrived. He must want something from her.

Golden Toad: (pouting and rolling its eyes) What else could he want? You, obviously!

P.S.:

1. The setting is fictional. The prologue continues the story of Daji and Di Xin's love, based on the author's imagination. Don't overanalyze it.

2. The male lead is awkward and prickly, a sweet, innocent puppy in the beginning and a domineering wolf later on.

3. The female lead is an aloof beauty, also known as a spineless cactus: touchable and edible.

Theme: Everyone has a use for their talents.