What's Wrong with Free Love?

Shi Ci joined an immortal sect and entered the Three Pure Ones Sword Sect. The greatest cultivator in the world took her as a disciple, his final disciple.

Brimming with passion and excitement, everyone could only exclaim: A peerless genius has been unearthed from a mound of dirt beneath the outer sect's mountain!

First came an unprecedented prodigy, shining brilliantly. Then came a peerless beauty, admired by all.

Now a third rising star had appeared, another new talent stepping into the limelight.

But this sect of prodigies seemed to follow a strange rule.

While Shi Ci was in seclusion building her foundation, her master nearly started a sect-wide battle after falling in love freely with the fiancée of the neighboring Floating Snow Sect's leader.

While Shi Ci was in seclusion forming her golden core, her senior sister caused a great commotion by falling in love with a newly widowed woman from the foot of the mountain, then resolutely sealing her sword and retiring from the world.

Now Shi Ci was on the verge of the Nascent Soul stage. She stumbled upon the senior sister from Kunlun and her own second senior sister discussing their secret relationship, even though she had heard just that day that Kunlun and Huashan were to join in a marriage alliance.

Shi Ci didn't understand. Shi Ci was confused. Watching them exchange tender looks, she chose to respect them, but not offer her blessings.

Then, three years later, Shi Ci failed to survive the Nascent Soul tribulation and was left covered in wounds. A kind young woman found her and took her home.

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In an unfamiliar mountain village, Shi Ci opened her eyes to a thatched hut and an earthen bed. Wrapped up so thoroughly she could barely move, she learned from the hospitable hunter that she had passed out on the mountain, and the family had taken her in.

Shi Ci held out her two round, tightly bandaged hands. "Thank you for saving me. I will repay this kindness."

The hunter's wife smiled shyly and waved her hand. "It wasn't me. My wife saved you."

Just then, the door opened. Shi Ci turned around.

Someone stood before the wooden door, carrying a basket on their back, dressed in plain clothes, with dark hair.

Cheng Jianchun smiled at her, calm and graceful.

Shi Ci's mind short-circuited. Her vision went black, and she fainted.

-

Life in the mountain village was peaceful and leisurely, like a hidden paradise.

Beautiful mountains, clear waters, and a lovely wife.

The hunter was no good.

Shi Ci traced circles on the wall with her round hand, full of melancholy and longing. She sent a paper crane to her senior sisters, asking for advice: Is it wrong to like someone else's wife?

Her eldest senior sister replied: Mortals live less than a hundred years. Are you in a hurry?

Her second senior sister replied: Would it make you feel better if I said the person you like became someone else's wife?

[The upright, clueless little junior sister who tries to understand everything x The kind, gentle, beautiful young woman whose background is a mystery]

[Is liking married women also a sect tradition?]

[Note: The term "married woman" in this story does not refer to the traditional meaning. It refers to someone who has only ever been engaged to or married to a woman. There are no male romantic interests. This is a story with nothing to do with men.]

Theme: Live freely and follow your heart.