My Divine Official Master Died, and I Became Half-Ghost

[My neighboring novel, Transmigrating into a Book to Win Over the Heartless Senior Brother of the Dao, is now available. If you're interested, please add it to your collection. Sending love! The blurb is below.

Cold + unhinged + perceptive + possessive top x survival-minded + goofy + incredibly slow-on-the-uptake bottom]

[Blurb]

Blurb 1:

From the day Guan Ci was born, people said he was fated to be a jinx. His parents died of illness, a flood struck his village, and he was left homeless.

He accepted his fate as a "walking catastrophe" and braced himself for every misfortune to come.

One winter day in Xunyang, just as he thought he was about to die, someone suddenly reached out with a pair of warm hands and brought him "home."

He thought the person was a messenger from hell, but it turned out to be a deity who would save him.

From then on, Guan Ci left his ill fortune behind.

He became the sole disciple of Huai Chen, a divine official second only to the Supreme God in the divine realm.

His prospects were bright, his future limitless. He became a leading divine official, rising steadily through the merit rankings until he was a renowned high-ranking deity.

But hardship soon followed.

A great calamity descended, and sinister energy spread through the human world. The people suffered, the Supreme God was gravely wounded, and the divine officials descended to the mortal realm to save the people from disaster.

On his master's orders, Guan Ci went to guard the southeast. They promised to meet again safe and sound.

At last, daylight broke. The sinister energy vanished, and the people bowed in thanks to the heavens and the earth.

When Guan Ci returned, he searched in vain for his master. The surviving divine officials told him:

Huai Chen had given his life for the people.

The divination verse rang out again. He was destined to be a "walking catastrophe."

So he left the divine realm and settled in the ghost realm,

appearing only in stories.

Nine hundred years later, Guan Ci suddenly returned to the world. He took one assignment after another, desperately accumulating merit. No one knew why, and they couldn't get away from him fast enough.

But on one mission, he met a newly appointed divine official who couldn't be driven away or left behind, and insisted on traveling alongside him.

The sacrifice of a baby boy in the frozen north: Villagers vanish, a woman sobs from a barren mountain, bloody words appear on clothing, and a sudden plague breaks out. What filthy thing is behind it all?

The twins of Qiantang: Why are people suffocating in their sleep and drowning, and why are talismans useless?

His hometown, Chuanming City: Why is an abandoned city suddenly bustling with voices? Why do people beside him suddenly disappear? And why is there a gigantic statue in a sealed cave...

The truth from back then slowly comes to light.

The sudden calamity and Huai Chen's death were not so simple after all.

Blurb 2:

A stranger asks Guan Ci right to his face: I like Huai Chen. I want to know more about him. Could you tell me?

Guan Ci closes his eyes and grits his teeth, suppressing the urge to slap the other person to death.

Guan Ci: Hah. Does everyone like Huai Chen now? (With a cold, mocking expression.)

Until one day,

someone pins him against a tree. The cold at his back and the heat before him make him feel as if he's in two worlds at once. His ears turn red, and the other person's fingertip presses against his lips.

"You like your master, hmm?"

Bonus scene:

Over a thousand years ago,

on a winter's day in the human world, Guan Ci gnawed on a steamed bun in a narrow alley.

He was cold and hungry. He figured he was going to die.

"Little one." A very handsome person suddenly appeared before him.

People went to hell after they died, so Guan Ci thought he'd starved to death.

"Are you here to take me away?" Guan Ci asked.

"I'm here to take you away." The person smiled, eyes curving, and gathered Guan Ci into his arms.

Inside Huai Chen's temple,

Guan Ci: Huai Chen! Huai Chen!

The Supreme God: Have some manners. Call him Master!

Huai Chen: Leave him alone. I told him he could!

The Supreme God was at a loss. This master was just a little too improper, wasn't he?

Huai Chen: What are you talking about? I'm a "strict teacher."

[Reader's Guide]

Novella

1v1, with a little mutual pining.

The disciple doesn't talk much, but don't worry. His master has plenty to say.

My writing is still a work in progress. Thank you to all my dear readers for being so patient.

Comments are open. Readers, feel free to leave your thoughts.

Lastly, please forgive my boldness and add this to your collection (*^ω^*). Bows!

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Pheromone Attraction [Interstellar]

Yan Tingze became the Alliance's youngest omega inspector at just seventeen.

He should have been enjoying glory, a thriving career, and countless admirers.

Instead, he suddenly died of poisoning after an unknown contaminant leaked...

Well, he didn't exactly die. He just lost his memory.

That wasn't a problem either. He only forgot some people.

And that was no problem either, because the people he forgot were all sworn enemies on the opposing side.

In a quiet, comfortable hospital room, Yan Tingze finally got the rest he'd always dreamed of, and ordered his subordinates to redecorate it to suit him.

Then a bouquet of flowers suddenly appeared at the door, accompanied by a business card.

-Jiang Lan

Yan Tingze: "Who is he? His pheromones smell pretty good."

Subordinate: "Huh? He's your biggest rival."

(Anything could change before the novel begins.)

Theme: Love can make people stronger.