My Aloof Beauty of a Master Is Surprisingly Easy to Flirt With

"Pinned"

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Blurb

Gentle, scheming, flirtatious disciple (top) x cool, abstinent, alluring Immortal Venerable (bottom)

The Half-Immortal Realm is vast and boundless.

Duan Qianjue, the eldest legitimate daughter of the foremost family in Luoyuan City, is exceptionally gifted. Even at a young age, she already has the bearing of an immortal and is the foremost young cultivator in the Eastern Province.

But because she possesses immortal bones and is too famous, a shadowy organization set its sights on her after the martial arts tournament and repeatedly tried to kill her.

After her hairpin ceremony, her father gave her two choices to protect her:

One: marry into a powerful faction far away and leave this dangerous place.

Two: enter the Eighteen Pavilions and continue her cultivation.

Duan Qianjue furrowed her brows. To stay alive, finding some strange man to protect her was not her style.

She chose the second option and joined the easiest pavilion, the Flowing Moon Pavilion.

To evade her pursuers, she concealed her brilliance, pretending to be weak as she secretly cultivated.

But she never expected...

Lu Jiugui, vice pavilion master of the Flowing Moon Pavilion, was rumored to be icy and indifferent.

Yet at a glance, she took a liking to Duan Qianjue, who seemed delicate, useless, and unambitious, and wanted to take her as her personal disciple.

Duan Qianjue gazed intently at the bargain-basement master before her.

Damn, she was gorgeous.

How had the rumors never mentioned that she was so stunning?!!

The woman merely smiled, yet her beauty was peerless, striking straight to the heart and making even the sunlight pale.

The longer they spent together, the more Duan Qianjue realized that her master radiated an irresistible brilliance from head to toe...

Duan Qianjue took a deep breath, her mind full of thoughts about keeping this bargain-basement master bound to her side.

And then, she succeeded with ease.

How could she have known that an Immortal Venerable so far above everyone else would fall into her hands without even needing to be pursued?

It turned out that hunters always appeared as prey...

Actually, she was the one who had been lured all along...

Duan Qianjue: ...

You could have told me sooner! She had spent all that time agonizing and worrying about being too forward with such an accomplished, wonderful master.

Forced to activate a quest System, she had to carry out her family's secret agreement.

Duan Qianjue had no choice but to become once again the brilliant prodigy she had been years ago.

But with that came one assassination attempt after another during their investigation.

Lu Jiugui, who had always treated others with indifference, gently held her in her arms.

"Don't be afraid. Your master will protect you."

Later, a hint of desire crept into her master's cool eyes.

Just as everyone hoped that the Flowing Moon Pavilion would produce a powerful cultivator who could ascend to immortality, Lu Jiugui told her that she had already engraved Duan Qianjue in her heart and could no longer become an immortal.

Only then did Duan Qianjue learn what had happened between them in their past lives.

It turned out that in this life, her master had given up the chance to ascend, all so she could stay with Duan Qianjue forever.

"So what if I can't become an immortal? In this life, all I want is you."

[Bonus Scene]

One day, someone boldly confessed to Lu Jiugui.

The young woman in black was sweet and lovely, her eyes filled with affection.

She took Lu Jiugui's hand and tried to run off with her.

At that moment, Duan Qianjue could no longer hide her true nature. She pulled the woman into a room and held her captive.

She wrapped her arms around her soft, alluring master from behind, letting her uninhibited kisses fall on her neck and draw out a string of broken murmurs.

Pressing her against the corner of the wall, Duan Qianjue's slender hand crept farther and farther beneath her collar. She leaned close to her ear and coaxed her softly,

"Master..."

"Sleep with me."

[Reading Guide (Or Reasons to Stay Away)]

1. There is a secondary couple, with a full range of tropes.

2. Happy ending, so read without worry. One-on-one romance, both leads' first time.

3. A sweet, mutual romance with plenty of foreshadowing.

4. The plot and romance get equal attention.

5. There is a mountain of author's own worldbuilding, so don't overanalyze it. If it's not your thing, please be gentle.

[See the end notes of Chapter 1 for the cultivation levels.]

Blurb for My Jade Carving Skills Won Me a Wife

Tranquil, easygoing beauty (top) x possessive, domineering, jealous seductress (bottom)

The year was drawing to a close, winter was bitterly cold, and the heavy snow had just stopped.

Shi Qingran, the capital's most notorious playboy, found a woman outside her family home and brought her inside.

The woman had skin as fair as snow and features as beautiful as jade, but her black clothes, dusted with frost and snow, seemed ill-suited to her.

After the woman pleaded with her, Shi Qingran took her to a hidden room and agreed to let her stay for a while, until she recovered from her cold.

But the woman may have been recovering from an illness, yet every day she went to great lengths to seduce Shi Qingran and grow intimate with her. She hardly seemed sick at all.

No matter how calm and unmoved Shi Qingran was, after enough time passed, the woman finally found her chance.

One day, Shi Qingran came home drunk, for reasons she couldn't remember.

Taking advantage of her inebriation, the woman leaned close to her.

Shi Qingran had just opened her mouth to ask a question when soft lips silenced her.

And so they spent the night together before falling into a deep, peaceful sleep.

But the next day, the woman stole half of Shi Qingran's jade pendant and disappeared without a sound. From then on, there was no trace of her.

Shi Qingran: ...

The Shi family, once renowned throughout the capital, fell into decline and moved south to Jiangzhou.

Only then did everyone learn that the Shi family's eldest daughter, who appeared to be nothing but a playboy, had another identity: she was the beloved disciple of the famous master jade carver.

As her master lay dying, she summoned only Shi Qingran to her bedside.

"Take this map. My greatest regret in life is never having had the chance to wield this ancient divine carving knife."

Following the map, Shi Qingran really did find the carving knife.

But... this inconspicuous, pitch-black nanmu carving knife was an ancient divine artifact?!

At the grand gathering held once every three years, Shi Qingran seemed blessed by the heavens and won first place. Afterward, she left the world of martial arts behind.

After she went to live alone in the mountains, faint human silhouettes would appear from the carving knife at night.

Shi Qingran asked in confusion, "Who are you?"

Mo Weixue, the artifact spirit, took human form and straddled her lap without hesitation.

Shi Qingran recognized her at once: she was the woman in black who had collapsed outside Shi Qingran's home in the snow several years ago.

Before Shi Qingran could speak, Mo Weixue lifted her chin as she stared in astonishment.

"That box was comfortable enough to sleep in, but nowhere near as tempting as the spot beside your pillow."

After Mo Weixue went to great lengths to make Shi Qingran hers, she finally realized that she had been played from the very beginning.

Shi Qingran could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. Naturally, she had only pretended to be drunk that day.

As heat spread over her skin, Mo Weixue smiled bitterly at the woman before her. "I thought I was the one who set the trap first. How did I end up being the one whose heart was stolen?"

Shi Qingran's exquisite, otherworldly face remained innocent. "You were the one who tricked me first. I only turned the tables on you."

But she knew that the moment she brought Mo Weixue home, their fate in this life had already been sealed.

"No matter how many twists and turns await us, I have no regrets."

[Bonus Scene]

As the only female disciple in her sect, she was doted on by her senior brothers, who competed to win her favor.

Shi Qingran had never been interested in men, and she felt nothing for them. She often secluded herself in cultivation, and few people could get close to her.

Nothing much happened during the day, but every night Mo Weixue would press closer and closer, trapping Shi Qingran beside the bed.

"Did you enjoy yourself today?" Mo Weixue's slender fingers tightened slightly around her pale wrist. Her voice held three parts disappointment and seven parts sharpness.

Shi Qingran sighed. "You're jealous of them, too?"

Mo Weixue refused to let her off so easily, pressing her advantage as she savored their mingled breaths.

"Kiss me."

[Reading Guide (Or Reasons to Stay Away)]

1. The author does not work in a related profession, so the technical details may not be entirely accurate. Please point out any obvious errors or omissions.

2. Happy ending, one-on-one romance, both leads' first time, with a growing-together romance.

3. The early story focuses on farming and ordinary life. The later career arc develops jade-carving skills, with no court politics.

4. A sweet romance, with no angst at all (absolutely certain). There is a mountain of author's own worldbuilding, so don't overanalyze it.

5. The author's writing is still immature, but they are working hard to learn. If it's not your thing, please be gentle.

Theme: Even in a world of ice and snow, the warm sun will shine upon you.