[Completed in the author's column: After I Dumped the Demon Lord, I Faked My Death and Failed. Click to read the completed novel!]
[Coming soon: I Started and Abandoned My Disciple. The blurb is at the end.]
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Blurb:
Kong Xuan, a rising top-tier jewelry designer in Changle City, has two secrets.
First, he transmigrated from a parallel world.
Second, he's a peacock.
Kong Xuan transmigrates, ending up in the body of a young silversmith who was worked to death by his unscrupulous boss.
To survive, he's forced to start making money.
Step one: get away from his unscrupulous boss.
When no one dares take the order from a haughty noblewoman, Kong Xuan not only delivers a perfect result with his superb craftsmanship, but also recreates a long-lost traditional technique: kingfisher feather inlay.
Everyone, including his unscrupulous boss, is stunned. Is this really the same good-for-nothing who couldn't do anything right?!
Kong Xuan: Enough talk. Buy out my contract.
Step two: open his own shop.
Turning down offers from wealthy merchants, Kong Xuan chooses a fledgling jewelry shop and specializes in kingfisher feather ornaments, starting from scratch and making his own way.
His competitor: You idiot! Kingfisher feathers are worth a fortune. Even if you have the skills, you could never afford them!
Kong Xuan looks at his own shimmering tail feathers and falls into deep thought.
Before long, word of a jewelry shop specializing in kingfisher feather ornaments spreads across the entire nation of Daliang.
Later, from princes and nobles to ordinary people, everyone is proud to own jewelry made by Kong Xuan.
Kong Xuan: So becoming the top jeweler is this easy?
One day, the Chu family, one of the three wealthiest merchant families, arrives at the jewelry shop with eight sedan bearers and a fortune in gold and silver, seeking to propose marriage.
Kong Xuan: You've got the wrong person. I don't know any Young Master Chu.
Servant: But this shop belongs to our young master.
Kong Xuan turns to look at the boss standing nearby and raises an eyebrow. Didn't you say you were just a respectable little merchant?
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A sharp-tongued, secretly cunning, career-focused peacock bottom x a scheming, drama-loving top who plays the fool to catch the tiger
Tips:
1. The jewelry-making in this story combines a little research with a lot of imagination. The setting blends elements from different dynasties, so please don't compare it to real history. Thank you!
2. Kingfisher feather inlay is a traditional Chinese jewelry-making technique. For the purposes of this story, it has been artistically adapted. Protecting wild animals is everyone's responsibility.
3. The plot comes first. The author isn't easily offended, so please feel free to chat in the comments!
4. If you like it, please add it to your favorites. Your support motivates me to keep updating. (Bows)
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Next novel: I Started and Abandoned My Disciple
Jiang Tu, the King of Hell, returns to the world of the living to help Ye Huai, the chosen one, attain the Dao and ascend to immortality, and to prevent the world's destruction.
Jiang Tu spends the night poring over the Underworld's records and learns that, over the past thousand years, half of those who successfully attained the Dao and ascended killed their masters, and the other half killed their wives.
Jiang Tu: Got it. Become his master for three years, marry him after five, then attain the Dao and become a god in the ninth year.
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Jiang Tu comes back to life like a corpse rising from the dead. When he opens his eyes, he finds eight-year-old Ye Huai being pursued by his enemies.
Little Ye Huai is covered in wounds, stumbling through the woods, when he runs straight into Jiang Tu's arms.
Jiang Tu: ...
No one told him that the chosen one would be a frail, miserable little thing as a child.
He raises a hand and crushes the pursuer's head, then reaches out to little Ye Huai. Come with me.
Little Ye Huai gazes at him with admiration and nods vigorously.
*
Under Jiang Tu's guidance, Ye Huai grows from an obscure wandering cultivator into a Sword Venerable whose sword shakes the world.
On the day Ye Huai's swordsmanship reaches perfection, Jiang Tu invites him to become cultivation partners.
Watching Ye Huai's eyes sparkle with excitement, Jiang Tu gently takes the hand holding his sword, then guides the blade into his own chest.
*
Jiang Tu has barely returned to the Underworld after completing his mission when the demonic aura of destruction tears through the Yellow Springs and instantly engulfs the entire Hall of the King of Hell.
Amid the overwhelming demonic aura, Jiang Tu meets a pair of blood-red eyes.
His former little disciple, who used to follow him around and call him "Master" nonstop, now stares at him, blood-soaked and gloomy.
Jiang Tu takes a step back. What did I teach you?
Ye Huai's eyes redden. To protect all living things and uphold justice.
Jiang Tu swallows with difficulty. Then what are you doing?
Ye Huai begins to cry, looking utterly aggrieved. Master, I don't want to become an immortal or a god. I only want you.
Jiang Tu looks at the demonic aura winding around his limbs and creeping under his clothes: ...
Which of us should be crying here?
Since it's come to this, I might as well get through my tribulation of love too.
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Message: Follow the spirit of craftsmanship, stay grounded, and work hard to build a prosperous life.
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This is a great encouragement. I don't know what to say, so I'll just talk about the shortcomings that I've read in many articles recently, which is to sensationalize. We often say "secondary", why those words make people feel embarrassed, because the emotions are not in one zone. When certain plots develop to a certain extent, adding emotional descriptive sentences at clever times to emphasize the summary may make the readers emotional or burst into tears. However, if you start to sensationalize without bringing the readers into the situation, it will only make people confused and dig their toes on the ground. In fact, this kind of situation is very rare in this article. I remember only one place before that made me feel this way. I hope you will continue to do so. What may also be overlooked is that the author creates the characters and plots, and the feelings are bound to be deeper, but the readers' feelings will actually be greatly reduced. Therefore, if you want your readers to resonate, you must express it fully. Only when you feel that you are about to cry will the readers be touched. True feelings are always important.
Maya turns into a peacock, can you show her mother a show? When you confess your love to Pei Jin, will you turn on your screen to ask for a mate?
The follow-up article "Bai Yueguang, I Became an Old Enemy After Escape" is currently being serialized!! I don't need to say more about what's left of the Dragon Clan. If you collect it, you can harvest the beautiful and strong literature about chasing wives miserably (dense fog). What a tweet~
Look what I found, a car in Green River! Ahhhhh, I finally did it!
It turns out that Pei Jin's parents are not dead. I thought they were already dead.
What! What! Why do I rely on you? Are you fishing? Are you fishing for peacocks?
Next year?! Why do I think Xiao Pei is so good at acting like a baby?!
Maya Maya OK! Straight ball! Btw Do peacocks and humans have the same life span? I want to ask
Pei: Boil it, it's me who takes the blame again
Fake Peacock: Kong Xuan Real Peacock: Pei Jin