How Should a New-Era Daoist Cultivator Graduate on Time?

I'm not going to continue this book. Sorry, everyone.

"Female lead's perspective"

When the college entrance exam results came out, some people got into Tsinghua, and others got into Peking University.

Shi Yu received an admission letter from the Cultivation University, for its Path of Love program.

Shi Yu panicked. Her first-choice application to the Sword Sect had missed the cutoff. She had prepared through five years of cultivation studies and three years of mock exams, ready to live freely and cut off all romantic ties with her sword. Now that she'd gotten into the Path of Love, her life had suddenly turned into a romance cultivation manual. What was she supposed to do?

You can only apply to Cultivation University once. If Shi Yu withdrew, she'd have to take the entrance exams again and attend a regular university.

All she could do was pack her bags under a gloomy cloud and head to Cultivation University to register.

On registration day, Shi Yu was given a warm welcome by a senior sister. She was beautiful and kind, and took great care of the new junior sister. Surrounded by her senior sister's soft warmth, Shi Yu finally felt the comforting embrace of a sect.

Before she could enjoy it for five minutes, her senior sister's earnest instruction slowly cracked her composure.

What? The required courses for the Path of Love were incense blending and basic use, Three Steps to Win Over a Cool Sword Cultivator, 108 High-EQ Conversation Scripts, and Fundamentals of Morality and Law for Keeping a Harem of Fish...

For one brief moment, Shi Yu wanted to quit the cultivation world forever.

Her senior sister even said, "The final exam for our Path of Love program is dating! Find a partner and you'll be guaranteed a place in the top three of your year!"

Shi Yu shattered into pieces on the spot, beyond putting back together.

What could she do? She had to grit her teeth and give it a shot!

To avoid failing her final exams, she decided to test the waters with several people.

On her first day as a Path of Love student, she wandered into the neighboring Buddhist cultivation class. "Little Master, open the door..."

On the second day, she went to the Artifact Cultivation class to get a magical weapon repaired. "Senior Brother, look at this sword. It's long and wide..."

On the third day, she went to the Medicine Cultivation infirmary, feeling delicate and weak after catching a cold. "Doctor, I'm so dizzy."

On the nth day, she ran into a sword cultivator and immediately turned around and walked away. Her senior sister had said sword cultivators were nice, but stubborn. One wrong move and you'd be locked into a relationship forever.

Sword cultivators? Not even dogs would date them.

Someone waiting in secret, thinking his turn had finally come: ???

"Male lead's perspective"

Ever since Meng Qingxian got into Cultivation University and became a sword cultivator, his senior brothers had repeatedly warned him to stay away from the female students in the Path of Love program. They'd only toy with his feelings.

Meng Qingxian kept their warning in mind, until he became a senior brother himself and met the adorable junior sister from the Path of Love program, Shi Yu.

Junior Sister Shi Yu was sweet and cute. Not only was her swordsmanship superb, she also called him Senior Brother Meng in the softest voice.

Meng Qingxian: It's not my fault, okay? She called me Senior Brother Meng!

Just as he was getting hopelessly lost in Junior Sister Shi Yu's gentle trap, he discovered that she was also close with lots of students from the neighboring Buddhist, Artifact, and Medicine Cultivation classes.

One day, when Junior Sister Shi Yu came to ask him about swordsmanship, she accidentally left her textbooks behind. He decided to ask her about them.

Wait. Those titles.

How to Build a Harem of Fish Like a Player, and How to Keep Your Harem of Fish in Balance?

Meng Qingxian was dazed. So I'm just another fish in her pond.

When he saw Junior Sister Shi Yu again, he wanted to ask her what was going on. But then he heard her say to someone else, "Sword cultivators? Not even dogs would date them!"

Meng Qingxian was heartbroken. So I'm not even a fish in her pond?

Determined to win over Junior Sister Shi Yu, he resolved to make himself more competitive and anonymously bought the required Path of Love textbooks at a high price.

Day one: The Path of Love Green Tea Playbook. He pretended to be injured by sword energy while practicing his swordsmanship.

Junior Sister Shi Yu's concern +1

Day two: How to Subtly Make Someone Fall for You. He casually showed off his award certificates and skill certifications.

Junior Sister Shi Yu's admiration +1

On the nth day, Junior Sister Shi Yu finally accepted his confession, blushing.

Meng Qingxian kept a straight face all day, then flew his sword to the neighboring mountain in the middle of the night: I finally have a wife! Hahahahahaha!!!!

*Years later, Shi Yu gave a speech as an outstanding graduate. A junior sister in the audience asked, "Senior Sister Shi, how did you manage to win over the most difficult sword cultivator to pursue?"

Shi Yu: Can I tell her I didn't know he was throwing himself at me?

Reader's Guide

1. Inspired by viral online jokes. Thanks to my fellow authors in the group chat for brainstorming the course names.

2. One-on-one happy ending, both leads are each other's only partner. This is a sweet little story.

3. I'm writing two books at once, so I can't promise daily updates. I can only promise five updates a week.

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