Synopsis
A practice project. Not a typical romance, with more focus on the plot and the protagonists' growth. I also hope to do justice to the supporting cast.
Thank you to every friend who clicked in. I hope you enjoy life and enjoy reading.
Ji Lianyue transmigrates into a book, becoming an abandoned little beggar.
...But she'd only just read the male lead's name.
All she knows is that the book, Dao at Dawn, is a web novel about cultivation, and its male lead is named Wenren Xian.
Not long after transmigrating, Ji Lianyue spots an old white-haired man gazing at her eagerly by the roadside. He comes over and asks her:
"Child, would you like to cultivate immortality?"
Three hundred years later. Ji Lianyue, sect master of Lingxi Sect and a peak Nascent Soul cultivator, announces a tournament to recruit disciples.
At the news, the disciples eagerly rub their hands together.
The one who ultimately wins the place as the sect master's first disciple is an unremarkable-looking male cultivator.
Sitting in her seat of honor, Ji Lianyue looks down at her future disciple, who stands respectfully below. She gives him a casual glance, her expression utterly indifferent.
So she fails to notice the inexplicable smile in his eyes, which are fixed entirely on her.
"State your name."
"This disciple is Wenren Xian..."
Ji Lianyue jolts.
Wait, the male lead?
"If a man hears the Dao in the morning, he may die content in the evening.", The Analects, Book of Li Ren
Wenren Xian merely picked up a copper coin by the roadside, and ended up pulled into a pocket dimension. The youth who brought him there told him that to get out, he would have to cultivate the Dao.
He had no choice but to follow the youth's instructions and practice a special cultivation technique.
Hear the Dao in the morning, suffer the Five Decays of Heaven and Man.
This cultivation technique was outrageously powerful, taking him straight to the pinnacle of the Great Dao.
Jealous? He paid with his lifespan.
The pinnacle of the Great Dao turned out to be the Five Decays of Heaven and Man. The next step was to die on the spot.
Transformed into an old man by the Five Decays, Wenren Xian had to find a way to release the spiritual energy that was about to overflow from him.
He spotted a little beggar with extraordinary talent.
If the child could absorb his excess spiritual energy, it might solve his urgent problem for now.
"Child, would you like to cultivate immortality?"
Many years later, looking back on everything that had happened, Ji Lianyue finally realized there had been no coincidences. Every meeting had been arranged by fate.
"You're saying the old man who guided me back then was you?"
"Wait, you were the one who sold me the pills too?"
"You were the healing cultivator as well? No way!"
"The monk couldn't possibly have been you, right? No way, no way, no way?"
"...Just how many incarnations do you have?"
What do you mean, fate arranged it? Fate, my foot!
[Reading Guide]
The protagonists of the prologue arc are not the male and female leads. It bridges the prologue and the main story, but you can also start reading from the main story.
I know that after clicking into Chapter One, some of you might think the blurb is a scam, so here's a disclaimer.
Note:
1. Updated daily.
2. One-on-one romance, not a love polygon, but there are multiple people interested in the female lead. She's slow to recognize her feelings and has no man on her mind.
3. Happy ending, read with confidence.
4. The male lead isn't a collection of fragments. Each incarnation has an independent personality!
5. Maybe a slow burn. Suggestions are welcome.
Upcoming modern fantasy romance, already drafted:
After we started dating, I discovered my boyfriend's secret: how does he have seven different faces for seven days of the week? But when his face changes...does his personality change too?
Monday him: "Good morning, Xiao Xiao. I bought breakfast. I'm waiting downstairs. No rush, take your time."
Tuesday him: "Chu Xiao!! You haven't messaged me in five minutes! What are you doing?!"
Wednesday him: "Baby, who was that guy who said hello to you? He looked scary. He might have antisocial personality disorder, so you should spend less time with him."
Thursday him: "I'm not good enough for you. We..." He chokes up. "I'm sorry...I can't say it...Please, don't break up with me."
Friday him: "...Chu Xiao, do you know how captivating you are? That's enough! Stop radiating that damn charm!"
Saturday him: "Senior...is it too soon for us to hold hands right now?"
Sunday him: "You worked hard this week... Sorry, I don't know why I'm like this since we started dating."
Chu Xiao downloaded a 3D character creator app that let her set the character's personality and poke and prod its model. To start, she had to upload a portrait to generate the character's features. Without thinking, she opened her photo album and picked the first picture.
It was a photo someone had posted in her dorm group chat: a handsome young man with striking features, frowning slightly at the camera. Someone had posted it on the campus confession wall asking for help finding him, and her roommate had saved it and shared it in the group.
Chu Xiao thought he looked a little familiar. When she tapped to view the original, she accidentally saved it.
Later...they fell in love, and the whole school shipped them.
This is a love story about Chu Xiao and Qi Shangfeng.
Theme: Keep your feet on the ground and grow toward the sun