Can't the Hehuan Sect Cultivate the Heartless Dao?

My name is Ning Le, and I'm a disciple of the Hehuan Sect.

When I was little, my master took one look at me in my village and picked me out.

He thought I was perfect for the aloof senior sister persona.

But my sect is a little strange. If two fellow disciples happen to fall for the same person, and you and your senior brothers, senior sisters, junior brothers, and junior sisters all have the same kind of wistful first-love personality, things can get incredibly awkward.

So my sect has an unwritten rule: never have the same persona as someone else.

But who could have guessed that when I was sixteen, I stopped growing at five feet tall?

Even worse, my build was the absolute worst for practicing our sect's secret arts.

I was flat-chested.

“Our sect doesn't have anyone with the pure and innocent junior sister persona. Maybe...”

I stared at my master without expression. The rest of his sentence caught in his throat.

He patted my shoulder and wailed, “It's my fault. I shouldn't have taught you as a child that girls should be quiet and speak less. Now you can't get a single word out.”

Through my master's introductions, I went on a one-of-a-kind matchmaking date with the Sword Sect's senior brother.

Him: “…

Me: “…”

Our masters suddenly hugged and burst into tears.

“I shouldn't have taught him since childhood that silence is golden in the Sword Sect.”

“I shouldn't have taught her since childhood that the Hehuan Sect needs an aloof type.”

The Sword Sect's senior brother somehow got hold of a manual titled The Path of Ruthlessness: How to Ascend to Godhood Within a Hundred Years.

I skimmed it and thought the whole thing seemed perfectly doable, but my chatterbox childhood friend from the Medicine Sect wasn't having it.

He cried, threw a tantrum, and threatened to hang himself. “Lele, look at me!”

Men are such a nuisance. They're either mute or chatterboxes. So annoying.

When his first plan didn't work, my childhood friend tried another. If he couldn't beat me, he'd... no, if he couldn't talk me around, he'd join me.

Since I'm a kind, helpful sweetheart, I generously shared the manual with all my friends.

“Lele, they're all unreliable. I'm the only one who can stick with you on the Ruthless Path.” My childhood friend looked excited.

“Junior Sister Ning, I think victory is within reach.” The Sword Sect's senior brother remained expressionless.

“Great! I'll gladly let Lele kill me to prove her path!” The young Demon Lord looked thrilled.

“Lele, no matter what path you want to cultivate, I'll always support you.” The human prince smiled shyly.

The Medicine Sect master immediately wanted to poison his beloved disciple.

The Demon Realm elders fell silent.

The human empress was thoroughly disgusted with her son.

And... my master and the Sword Sect leader watched us, clutching their heads and weeping day after day.

But I insist they're just moved by how ambitious their children are. Yes!

In short, I'm going to cultivate the Ruthless Path in the Hehuan Sect!!!

1. The whole story is silly and sweet.

2. Everyone has a one-sided crush on the heroine, but she only sees them as great cultivation buddies. (Thumbs up.)

3. The heroine looks like a cool, aloof little girl, but is full of snark on the inside and very slow to pick up on romance.

Here's another upcoming story: I'm the Evil Stepmother in a Fairy Tale

Mo Li was bound to a System. She would transmigrate into all sorts of fairy tales and complete missions.

The System said,

“Host~ Complete your mission and you'll receive a generous one hundred million dollars.”

Mo Li's eyes lit up. She immediately swallowed the words of refusal she'd been about to say.

“I'm in, I'm in!”

The System said,

“You'll transmigrate as a wicked stepmother to princesses or as an evil supporting character.”

Mo Li asked excitedly,

“I know evil supporting characters. Do you need me to wipe out the whole princess's family or the whole prince's family?”

The System was silent for a moment, then shook its head.

“Your mission is to break up the princess and prince's couple!”

Mo Li gave it a thumbs-up.

“Oh, wow. So I get to do a good deed and make the world a better place!”

The baby System sensed something was wrong, but couldn't quite put its finger on it.

In any case:

Princess Rescue Plan: Check!

As the sea witch, naturally she would make the sea emperor's heir, whom he absolutely refused to acknowledge, inherit the throne. For example, the princess herself.

Become the sea emperor, Little Mermaid! Once you have power, you can go ashore whenever you want, and no one can stop you.

Make Cinderella do the housework? No, no, no. Obviously, she'll use her nightingale voice and magnificent dancing to become the prima donna at the capital's opera house.

Want to marry into the royal family? It'll be the prince who can't have her!

Kill Snow White because she's jealous of her beauty? No. She'll raise her to be the next heir.

There's only one reason to send her into the forest: she needs the gold belonging to the seven hard-working miners!

Arc One: Transmigrate as Cinderella's evil stepmother.

Arc Two: Transmigrate as the Little Mermaid's sea witch.

Arc Three: Transmigrate as Snow White's evil queen.

1. As the title says, the heroine won't fall in love. The princesses may have love interests, but they won't be like the ones in the original fairy tales. Most likely, they'll be male househusbands.

2. The later arcs won't necessarily all be fairy tales. There will be other stories too.

Theme: Learn to express your feelings.