The cultivation world's top crime investigator x the immortal world's genius green-tea immortal
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Several cases involving the sale of golden cores lead to the discovery of a black-market human-trafficking ring. To uncover the truth, Ling Feiyuan walks straight into the trap, becoming a precious "core slave" from the immortal world, sold to the highest bidder.
But the true scale of the crime is beyond anything he imagined. No matter how powerful his magic, there's no escape from this nightmare.
Then one day, the deal is interrupted. The criminals abandon their "goods" and flee. Someone pulls away the black cloth, and a heroic woman enters his view, rescuing him from the brink.
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As the stubborn leader of the Crime Investigation Bureau, Ning Xiao doesn't care about anyone's feelings.
Ever since she uncovered a group of core slaves, it seems some colossal hidden truth has surfaced. Despite countless attempts to obstruct her, she forces the crimes people have tried to conceal into the open.
She doesn't care what lies behind them. She knows that those who take lives must pay the price.
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On her very first day back on the job, Ning Xiao stumbles upon a criminal transaction.
She rescues a badly injured man who claims to have lost his memory. Like a startled bird, he refuses to go near anyone except Ning Xiao.
With no other choice, Ning Xiao brings him home to stay for a while. She goes out to investigate by day, while he stays in the little courtyard, washing up and cooking. Somehow, his presence brings a touch of warmth to the once-quiet place.
Until the case reaches the highest authorities, and his lies are exposed.
An immortal appears out of nowhere in the courtyard and fusses over him. Looking at the way he dodges her gaze, how could he possibly seem to have lost his memory?
It turns out she's the fool who'd been kept in the dark by this immortal. Ning Xiao turns and leaves, throwing him and his deceit out with her.
But a few days later, he turns out to be her superior?
To earn her forgiveness, Ling Feiyuan follows Ning Xiao around every day from then on. When she investigates a case, he helps rescue people. The high-and-mighty immortal overseer has practically become her sidekick.
Then Ning Xiao exposes the entire criminal network, lays the bloody truth bare before the world, and finds herself surrounded and hunted by the powerful. He forgets his status and steps in front of her to protect her.
"Ning Xiao, I'm not like them. Don't cast me aside."
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(Scene 1)
At night, beneath the bustling streets of the black market, countless dangers lie in wait.
Ning Xiao infiltrates it alone, risking her life to prise open the truth.
But Ling Feiyuan, who has been following her in secret, suddenly appears. His gaze burns as he says, "The road ahead is dangerous. Let me clear the way for you as an immortal."
Ning Xiao cuts him off, presses a hideous ghost mask onto his face, and says coldly, "Shut up and follow me."
When Ling Feiyuan steps into that lawless place, the ambush he expects never comes.
Instead, the moment the vicious thugs see Ning Xiao, they all step aside of their own accord, making way for her.
Ling Feiyuan follows close behind, watching her straight-backed figure, as if she could cut through all the darkness.
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(Character profiles)
Ning Xiao: A stubborn champion of justice, a nightmare for her superiors, who tears criminals apart and kicks the immortal world into line.
Ling Feiyuan: A cultivation prodigy, kind and determined. He never turns back, even when he hits a brick wall.
Theme: Fighting human trafficking
