A Sword Spirit's Guide to Blind Dates

[Modern Xianxia]

Lan Cuo, a sword spirit who has lost his sword body.

He should have been reduced to nothing the moment his sword body shattered, but through a twist of fate, he managed to linger on for many more years.

However, a sword spirit without a sword is like water without a source. The day it dries up will come eventually.

To avoid such an end, Lan Cuo finally agreed, at a friend's urging, to go on a blind date with a soulless sword.

They say this soulless sword was once the Sword Venerable's bonded sword, and its name in the Hundred Swords Register is renowned throughout history.

Ancient famous swords like this tend to have strange temperaments unlike ordinary swords, so Lan Cuo had no hopes for the date.

But when he arrived, who was this long-haired, gentle, jade-like man before him, perfectly matching Lan Cuo's tastes?

Unfortunately, Lan Cuo had always been realistic about himself. He never fantasized about getting something he couldn't have.

Just as Lan Cuo was wondering how to politely end the date, the man across from him took the initiative and extended an olive branch. "I think we'd be a good match. How about making a pact?"

Lan Cuo: ???!!!

Lan Cuo made a pact, and his friends all came to ask what had changed afterward.

But contrary to what they expected, Lan Cuo's "married life" was remarkably uneventful.

The sword was a fine sword, willing to nourish him with spiritual energy and help him whenever he ran into trouble. It was just that their relationship seemed less like that of a bonded sword and sword spirit, and more like members of some mutual aid group.

That was until the Sword Mound was thrown into turmoil by an ancient sword on the verge of gaining sentience. Lan Cuo ventured in alone and rescued all the disciples trapped inside.

Watching the sword spirits in the Sword Mound miss out on the disciples they fancied because of the incident, an idea gradually took shape in Lan Cuo's mind:

He would open a matchmaking agency dedicated to serving magical artifacts and their spirits.

When word spread that a unique matchmaking agency had opened beneath the Canglan Sect's mountain gate, specializing in finding good matches for unclaimed magical artifacts, displaced artifact spirits, and cultivators in need of a bonded artifact, people flocked there in droves. The agency had been open only a short time, but its high match rate, excellent service, and backing from the greatest sect under heaven had made it immensely popular.

Lan Cuo was naturally delighted by the booming business.

There was just one downside: he always had to spend the entire night proving to a certain sword that, although he looked over a hundred sword profiles every day, the best sword in the world would always be the one bonded to him.

Theme: Never give up hope, no matter what situation you're in. A turning point might be just around the next corner.