A Clichéd Xianxia Story About Unrequited Love

The first time Zhang Heyi met Cui Yan, he was a peerless genius whose name resounded throughout the world, an immortal Dao Lord and a Cave-Heaven Adept. Dressed in a white Daoist robe, with pale eyes as aloof as snow, he calmly asked her, "You have an immortal bone. Why didn't you fight back?"

At the time, Zhang Heyi was bruised from head to toe, covered in blood.

He gave her a jade pendant and told her that if she decided to pursue the Dao, she could seek him out at Canglang Sect.

For the first time, Zhang Heyi found the courage to step off the field path. She crossed perilous mountains that birds could scarcely fly over, passed through bustling markets, and traversed vast wetlands until she reached Canglang Sect.

From then on, she saw immortals, mountains and rivers, and the path to eternal life.

The second time she saw him, she and her fellow cultivators were trapped in a demon's lair and on the verge of death. A glorious, overwhelming sword light came from the west, rescuing her from the demons with a single strike.

She worked up the courage to approach him and strike up a conversation, but he no longer remembered who she was.

She thought that would be the end of it. But seven days later, when she returned to the sect, Cui Yan suddenly called out to her from the crowd. He solemnly said her name, apologized for forgetting her, and promised to engrave it in his heart and never forget it again.

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When Cui Yan realized how she felt about him, Zhang Heyi was afflicted with a Heartbreak Gu. If the person she loved didn't return her feelings, her heart would shatter and she would die.

That day, Cui Yan took the initiative to confess his feelings. He said he had admired her for a long time and asked if she would become his Dao companion.

Overwhelmed by joy, she failed to notice the kind but cruel truth hidden behind his words.

That day, that day, she finally understood.

She had secretly loved Cui Yan for decades. He was the gentlest, kindest person she had ever known.

He was good in every way. He treated her like his closest friend, was deeply devoted to her, and would risk his life for her.

But he didn't love her.

His Dao Heart was too firm. Having already devoted himself to the Great Dao of Immortality, he had no room left for romance.

He didn't love her, yet he was willing to become her Dao companion to save her life. Cui Yan had already done more than enough for her. She should put away her foolish, unrealistic infatuation, so she wouldn't make things difficult for him.

On the day they were to form their bond, she took off her wedding dress, quietly packed her belongings, and descended the mountain without looking back.

At the sect gate, she stopped and bowed to him from afar.

She wished him a smooth path to immortality and success in attaining eternal life.

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She had less than a hundred years left to live. For a cultivator, that was too little; for a mortal, too much.

After descending the mountain, she resolved to build a good life for herself.

But why...

Just as she decided to marry, settle down, and live the best life a mortal could hope for,

Cui Yan came after her again.

He told her, "Come with me."

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A melodramatic story of unrequited love and heartbreak. The male lead is a saintly do-gooder, a radiant gentleman and a motherly caretaker.

The female lead is a gentle, motherly lotus, born from the mud, with the moon in her heart, growing pristine and upright. Parental romance (? )

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A naturally emotionless beauty on a high peak regains her feelings, only to discover that her wife has run away.

Happy ending.

Theme: Born for love, die for love.