Original title: The Faint Sound Fades Away (This really is not a harem novel or a male-oriented novel)
Ke Chen, a novice from the Tianyi Sect, is framed by his fellow disciples and falls off a cliff. He's rescued by Mu Yinxue, a reclusive master, and from then on gets the protagonist's script and starts living life with cheat codes.
Returning to the martial world and avenging his great wrongs, the once universally despised Ke Chen suddenly becomes everyone's favorite. Ke Chen's inner monologue goes something like this:
The aloof beauty from heaven secretly loves me, my childhood friend's unattainable crush is in love with me, the infamous leader of the demonic cult makes an exception for me, and the notorious little devil of the martial world gives me secret manuals... Wait, why does it feel like some unspeakable secret is lurking behind all this peace and harmony?
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An ensemble martial arts mystery with a tangled plot and an intricate web of relationships. There are four couples, all powerful and formidable, and every one of them gets plenty of presence.
Main couple: Ke Chen x Mu Yinxue. A novice who becomes a big shot, a black-hearted schemer disguised as an innocent top x a seemingly cold, secretly adorable bottom, a little dragon girl. (They stand side by side. Happy ending.)
Side couple 1: Luo Jia x Li Yu. A revered righteous hero top x a ruthless cult leader bottom with a tragic past. (Rekindled love. Happy ending. The bottom may be a heartthrob to everyone.)
Side couple 2: Yue Xinghua x Yu Qianchen (Jiang Sixian). A sanctimonious hypocrite and madman top x a mischievous beauty who seems flirtatious but is actually devoted bottom. (Coercive, angsty romance. A total, no-holds-barred tragic ending. The bottom never falls in love with the top, even at the end.)
Side couple 3: Du Xinran x Mu Yanbai. A calculating, loyal-dog top x a scheming, dark-lotus bottom. (They plot against each other. Happy ending. The bottom spends much of the story nursing a one-sided crush on Ke Chen.)
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Introduction and content warnings:
Almost everyone is sexually inexperienced and this is their first love. The top in side couple 1 was forced to marry, but from beginning to end, neither of them had eyes for anyone but each other.
Everyone is intelligent and has their own ambitions.
Not everyone is gay, but everyone is beautiful, powerful, and tragic. Mu Yanbai is both pitiful and hateful, but don't ship him with anyone.
The story is slow to warm up, and updates have been intermittent. It took a long time to write, so the style may vary. I currently have 300,000 words prepared.
Theme: Loyalty in love and in friendship
Curious Come on!
Why aren't there any updates? I came from Chenmeng Galaxy and wanted to see it.