[01]
At the end of the Shang dynasty, Zhou Fa rose to punish the tyrant and relieve the people. Di Xin burned himself to death at the Deer Terrace, while Jizi retreated to the Shang people's northeastern homeland and established Gija Joseon in Liaodong.
Unofficial histories say that, besides Shang cultural texts, Jizi also brought northeast the Eye of the Mysterious Bird, formed when the bird that gave birth to the Shang dynasty fell from the sky.
Legend has it that whoever possesses the Eye of the Mysterious Bird can see the distant future through the void.
[02]
Zhou Ji, a Taoist of the Zhengyi School, is ordered by his master to study at Shuangye University. By day, he plays the model student; by night, he searches for the Eye of the Mysterious Bird. But then he hears all about the fearsome reputation of his future professor, Sheng Suozhi.
Professor Sheng is a strict teacher with a sky-high failure rate, and his students hate him so much they could die. Yet he has an exceptionally beautiful face, enough to make students forget how ruthless he can be.
His roommate looks dreamy-eyed. “Zhou Ji, you don't know. Professor Sheng... he's truly an aloof flower on a high peak, meant to be admired from afar, not touched.”
At the time, Zhou Ji scoffs. “Say that again after he fails you.”
Then Zhou Ji meets the legendary beauty.
Well... being beautiful really does come with perks.
[03]
In the twentieth year of the Republic, Japanese invaders occupy the Northeast. Colonel Honda Ichiro is ordered to search for the Eye of the Mysterious Bird, committing crime after crime in the region.
When Jiang Duo, the ruler of the Northeast, hears of this, he sends Major Sheng Nange to stop the invaders. In the end, Honda Ichiro dies in Wudong, and Major Sheng Nange disappears without a trace.
Some say they saw Sheng Nange, blind, in a mountain near Shuangye City.
A century later, the invaders still haven't given up. They send foreign students to the Northeast to search for the Eye of the Mysterious Bird.
At the same time, Sheng Suozhi, a professor at Shuangye University's School of Metaphysics, finds the name of the Eye of the Mysterious Bird in notes left behind by his great-grandfather.
A gong who is always imagining his wife loves him (Zhou Ji) x a beautiful, aloof shou (Sheng Suozhi)
* The names of the gong and shou are inspired by “The Mysterious Bird” from the Book of Songs: “A thousand li of royal lands, where the people dwell; he began to rule the four seas.”
* 1v1, sweet romance, happy ending
Theme: Stay true to your original aspirations and press forward with determination