The Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Snake Coils Around Jade

An upcoming supernatural mystery with an ensemble cast, The Qilin's Scroll. Blurb at the end.

Scheming, stubborn, clingy gong (secretly a bit girly) X flirtatious, peacock-like, beautiful and tragic shou

Ye Liangyu is afflicted with a fatal Gu poison and has little time left when he is unexpectedly drawn into a crime-solving bureau. As the investigation unfolds, the main cast support one another and piece together the clues.

They solve cases while searching for a way to prolong Ye Liangyu's life.

Ye Liangyu realizes that these people care more about his life than he does, especially Liang Ziqian.

He can't help but feel suspicious, and can't help getting drawn in.

The bustling city of Jinzhi, the mysterious insect-filled valleys of Jingzhou, ancient desert tombs, the underground holy city of the Snow Kingdom, the boundless Guixu at the end of the mountains and seas...

The young men join hands and press on, solving strange cases, exploring mountains and seas, and wandering the martial world together

Friendship is priceless and lasts forever. This is the martial world: a place for young men with pure hearts!

Reading guide:

One-on-one, both untouched, bonds from a past life, happy ending.

The gong is raised by the shou and grows over time. He's an arrogant young man at first, but becomes much more composed later.

The gong acts contrary to his feelings at first, then becomes a straightforward, all-conquering top.

The shou is sly and flirtatious at first, then becomes a little lunatic, beautiful and tragic.

An ensemble story with plenty of focus on friendship as well as romance.

[Case-solving] [Slightly Brainy]

[The entire main cast has secret identities, which will all be revealed in time.]

[The shou is the strongest fighter in the whole book, without exception.]

A mishmash of mountains and seas, the martial world, cultivation, the supernatural, strange tales, and unsolved cases.

Upcoming supernatural ensemble story, The Qilin's Scroll:

Delicate, weepy, albino, sickly gong X old immortal, gentle and virtuous shou.

Goofy, sweet, hotheaded gong X gentle, patient, steady shou

To repay a debt of gratitude, a qilin hid the premature newborn son of the Yu family inside its inner core, keeping him in its mouth until his soul was healed.

The baby was raised safely and soundly, and successfully sent back to his parents.

When the child grew up, the karmic consequences of defying fate finally arrived.

What wicked ideas does Yu Zhenshan have about him? He keeps staring right at his butt!

Only after the other man has had his fill of him

does he understand what people mean when they talk about repaying kindness with enmity.

Yu Zhenshan: "I like you. So what if I like you? I have a human heart, and you stole it. Am I not allowed to love you?"

The qilin: "What kind of nonsense is that? Didn't your family teach you any better?"

Yu Zhenshan: "Then why didn't you raise me right while you had me in your mouth?"

Impossible.

I raised you plump, fair, and pretty. (huffs)

Yu Zhenshan is the Yu family's precious only child.

The Yu family's three branches have no heirs: one branch is full of men who love men, and another is devoted to their careers.

Only his mother was left to suffer, enduring one miscarriage after another without success.

Just as the family line was about to die out, Yu Zhenshan was born, bawling loudly, though his health was poor.

Beloved and treasured by everyone, the darling of a prestigious family in the capital grew up surrounded by boundless affection.

The Yu family: As long as our little ancestor lives a healthy life to ninety-nine, it doesn't matter if he does something so outrageous that Heaven itself would strike him down.

Yu Zhenshan: Eating, drinking, having fun, and sleeping with our ancestor.

A revolt against the family! The height of sacrilege! This isn't merely something outrageous enough to get him struck down by Heaven!

The entire Yu family would be too ashamed to face their ancestors in the afterlife! Let's all hang ourselves right now!

To make the darling give up, the qilin fakes his death and escapes.

But the darling refuses to give up and comes out in the ancestral hall instead

Darling: "I'm gay."

The Yu family: "That's fine~ Which young master do you like?"

Darling: "He's older than me."

The Yu family: "That's fine~ Older men know how to take care of people."

Darling: "By tens of thousands of years."

The Yu family: ?

Darling: "Enough talk. I'm going to offer incense to my husband."

The Yu family watches their precious darling bow again and again before the statue of their founding ancestor...

The Yu family: We're dead.

The qilin: I'm alive.

Xie Xingzhi, an immortal worshipped by the Yu family for a hundred years, is distressed and conflicted because he failed to lead the young master onto the right path.

Though his heart is full of love, he also feels guilty.

So one day, he lies on the bed.

Hesitant and stammering, he says, "Y-You can go ahead."

"My darling, raised among piles of gold and jade..."

Why are you so fierce! Did you put all the strength you have in this life into this?! Orz!!!

"Within a mote of dust lie three thousand worlds; in half a moment, eighty thousand visions."

Theme: The human heart is never satisfied, like a snake trying to swallow an elephant.