One-on-One Tribulation Coaching

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Blurb for this novel:

[Cold on the outside, warm at heart, says one thing but means another] The adorable little witch of Kunlun Mountain VS [Plays it cool for love, but gets all ruffled when jealous] the Seventh Star Lord of the Big Dipper

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Xiahou Liyin, daughter of the Grand Historian in the mortal realm, had never fasted for even a single grain of rice or practiced a day of immortal arts. She ascended to immortality on merit points alone.

At the Yaochi Banquet, the Queen Mother of the West beckoned her over with a beaming smile and introduced her to the Jade Emperor. "This is the sweetest and most talented little fairy on Kunlun Mountain."

Blushing at the praise, she thought that perhaps she really was the "sweetest." As for "most talented"... She clenched both fists and raised them to the heavens, then threw herself into cultivation with feverish enthusiasm.

And promptly went berserk.

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A saintess who falls to demonic ways is worse than an evil ghost. She slaughtered people in a blind rage until a righteous fairy, accompanied by the radiant light of justice, cut her down with a sword.

It was a fine, marvelous killing, so marvelous that it left her standing on Kunlun Mountain three hundred years in the past, howling into the wind, "Ah, I really want to die..."

Yes, perhaps troublemakers really were destined to live for a thousand years. She was reborn, back to the time before she went berserk, once again the little witch on Kunlun Mountain with the most merit and the most impeccable character.

At the Yaochi Banquet, she saw the Queen Mother of the West beckon her over with a beaming smile once more. "This is the sweetest and most talented little fairy on Kunlun Mountain."

She blushed again. As for her now, perhaps she really was the "most talented." But the "sweetest"...

The Queen Mother of the West simply took her hand, smiling with a meaningful look. "Little Liyin, have you met Lord Yaoguang yet?"

This god had a temper as big as his abilities. His dreadful personality was known throughout the Heavenly Palace. He had received a total of three thousand complaints from celestial soldiers and fairies, and had been sent to undergo trials in the mortal realm ten times. None of it had helped.

The Queen Mother of the West beckoned again, summoning the god over. "I foresee that Yaoguang will face a life-and-death calamity within the year. I fear it is the result of his temperamental nature and the alienation of those around him. They say that those who stay near vermilion turn red, and that habits rub off on one another. I hear that mortal schools have a way of helping students: they pair a troublesome child with one who excels in both conduct and studies, so they can look after and tutor them one-on-one. After much thought, I realized that your character and temperament are the best. You can rein in his nature, guide him toward goodness, and help him overcome this calamity."

Liyin's eyes widened. Slowly, she pointed a finger at herself. "Guide him toward goodness? Me?"

In her previous life, while she was busy going mad and killing people, Lord Yaoguang had wielded the divine sword Pojun and fallen while defending Kunlun and the greater good of all living beings.

But in the end, her compassion stirred. This time, she had the advantage. Perhaps she really could avert the tragedy at Kunlun and rewrite his fate. Why shouldn't a false saintess try to save a true saint? So she gritted her teeth. "All right."

The Queen Mother of the West beamed. "Wonderful, wonderful. From now on, you'll be his little tutor."

The Jade Emperor was so grateful he nearly wept. He pulled out a ruler and handed it to her. "You're a saintly fairy. If he doesn't listen, just hit him with this."

But the Seventh Star Lord of the Big Dipper, notorious for his foul temper and impossible demands, merely stood to the side and bowed respectfully to her. "Your student is unruly. I'll have to trouble you to keep me in line from now on, Teacher." Then he smiled, looking completely harmless.

He seemed pretty well-behaved to her.

Until she truly became part of his calamity.

She spoke kindly and patiently guided him, helping him shed his spoiled young master's habits.

As they bickered, feelings blossomed between them, and they swore vows of eternal love.

Who could have guessed that when he woke up one day, he wouldn't remember her at all?

"What's wrong?" He looked confused and aggrieved. "Teacher, I really don't remember that."

No wonder his ten trials had done no good. He couldn't remember any of them!

Liyin gritted her teeth. Maybe you should just go wait to die after all.

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Bickering skit:

Liyin was walking down the street alone.

She had just had a huge fight with Yaoguang. Ever since his disguise had been exposed, he hadn't even bothered pretending anymore.

Suddenly, flames soared above the place where they were staying. Heavenly fire had broken out.

Heavenly fire burned only immortals, not mortals. It was clearly coming for her.

She hurried back and, sure enough, dragged someone out of the room. He was calling her name and searching everywhere. "There's a huge fire, and you still charge inside! Were you trying to get yourself burned to death and leave me unable to explain myself to Her Majesty?"

Yaoguang reached out and angrily brushed a speck of soot from her face. "You'd love for me to burn to death, so you can live happily ever after with that guy in the Moon Palace."

Liyin slapped his hand away. "I suggest you calm down before you say or do anything."

Yaoguang looked completely justified. "If I could calm down, would I have received three thousand complaints and been punished by getting sent here?"

Liyin: ...That's a good point.

A passerby couldn't stand it any longer. "Hey, hey! This young man just rushed into the fire to find you without a second thought. Why are you being so mean to him?"

Yaoguang turned and glared at the passerby. "She can be mean to me if she wants. What's it to you?"

Passerby: ?

Lord Yaoguang was troublesome and short-tempered, but the sincerity of his heart, always turned toward her, was dazzling.

Most of Liyin's anger had already faded. Keeping a stern face, she pulled him away. "Why are you arguing in the middle of the street? Do you want to embarrass us even more?"

Reading Guide:

1. They both lose their memories at the beginning, secretly fall for each other in the middle, and come together in the end. HE. The male lead makes his official appearance in Chapter 8. The romance is extremely, extremely, extremely slow-burn.

2. The male lead has been in love with her for more than one lifetime. More than one person is reborn.

3. Both leads are strong, but the heroine is stronger. There is no real competition between women, only real competition between men.

4. This is not a leveling-up story. The focus is on the plot: solving mysteries, fighting monsters, and bickering and falling in love along the way.

I'm a new writer, so please forgive any shortcomings and feel free to offer advice. (Bows.)

Next Book: The Beloved Black Lotus Spy's Handbook. Here's a preview blurb:

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Jiang Chouyu, the little junior sister of their sect who tripped over flat ground and fainted at the sight of blood, had recently taken to staring at the sect leader in a daze.

"The sect leader's tourmaline thumb ring is so pretty." She counted the magical treasures adorning him on her fingers, her eyes sparkling. "He's rich and powerful, with disciples serving him tea, running errands, and doing whatever he says..."

Everyone laughed, except for Senior Brother Qi, who was aloof by nature and always cold toward her. "Little Junior Sister, does this mean you want to be the sect leader's wife?"

Then, on a moonless, windless night, the little junior sister carried a huge iron hammer and smashed the sect leader's head in with a single blow.

The little junior sister had killed the sect leader.

The little junior sister had become their new sect leader.

The little junior sister had even dragged Senior Brother Qi into the luxurious bedroom she'd just claimed, for the whole night!

Everyone: ?

Bonus: A blurb from the male lead's perspective

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Qi Yan'an was a once-in-a-millennium prodigy in his sect, gifted and strikingly handsome. At sixteen, his fame spread far and wide with the verse, "A young man like a fleeting rainbow, one sword to shake the capital."

That same year, he went down the mountain with a group of senior brothers to gain experience. In a secret realm on Mount Buzhou, he encountered a woman in red.

She was breathtakingly beautiful, unparalleled in her elegance, but under the influence of an aphrodisiac, her mind was gone. Qi Yan'an lost focus for a moment and was abducted by her.

Their powers were worlds apart, and his spirit sword was confiscated. The beautiful sixteen-year-old boy was brutally pinned against the jagged rock wall by the woman in red, who had her way with him.

The vermilion mark between his brows was shattered. He was no longer a virgin. When he returned to his sect, the sight of his jade-like brow, now smooth and bare, caused an uproar throughout the sect.

From then on, the young man who had once been a fleeting rainbow fell into the mud overnight.

People mocked him behind his back, and noble young women broke off their engagements with him. But Qi Yan'an seemed not to care at all. He simply held the jade pendant the woman had left him and waited patiently for her to come propose marriage.

But ten years passed, and not a single woman in red came looking for him with that jade pendant.

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In the spring of the eleventh year, a fresh-faced little junior sister named Jiang Chouyu joined the sect.

Qi Yan'an recognized her right away.

But she already had a side consort. She respected him, pitied him, and doted on him, granting him every honor she could in the other world where she lived.

But here...

During the day, Qi Yan'an watched coldly as she was surrounded by everyone, acting sweet and obedient toward all the members of the sect, putting on a weak, pitiable front that made people want to protect her.

At night, he silently let her drag him into the red silk bed curtains, listening as she whispered a bewitching threat in his ear. "Only if my secret is safe will Yan'an's secrets be safe too."

Through countless nights when he let her tease him and helped her find relief, Qi Yan'an kept wondering what she thought of him.

He knew the answer, of course.

The poison in her body had not yet been purged, so to her, he was no more than...

A bitter medicine she had no choice but to swallow.

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With Jiang Chouyu's revenge finally complete and the poison all gone, everything falling into place as she had hoped, Qi Yan'an packed his things. He congratulated her, then said his goodbyes.

Although marriage had come late, a match had finally been arranged for him. Qi Yan'an thought it was time to break free of Jiang Chouyu and live a life of his own.

But on the day of his wedding, Jiang Chouyu stood in the middle of the wedding hall, dressed in red and leaning on a heavy black-iron hammer. Her presence made every guest and relative tremble into silence as they waited for the bride and groom to enter.

She smiled, her eyes blood-red just as they had been when they first met, and called to him softly, dangerously: "Yan'an, come here."

"Has the poison flared up again?"

In the warm bridal chamber draped in red silk, she hooked a finger around the groom's jade belt and nipped at his soft earlobe, her teeth and lips making mischief. She paused.

She raised her gorgeous, innocent face to him. "What are you talking about? That poison was cured the day we met on Mount Buzhou."

Reading Guide:

1. The heroine wants something, and the heroine gets it. A beloved little junior sister who plays the fool to catch the tiger. Her weakness is an act; smashing the Three Realms with a hammer is real.

2. A little junior sister who's so upright she's practically wicked, a flirtatious drama queen X a junior brother who's aloof and proud in public, but a devoted puppy in private. The blurb is from the male lead's perspective, while the novel itself is from the heroine's perspective. This is a male-female romance, not a female-led romance with a submissive male lead. There are no coercive scenes. Both leads are pure in body and heart. Sweet, one-on-one romance, HE.

3. Both leads are strong, but the heroine is the strongest. In terms of combat power: the heroine crushes the male lead, and the male lead crushes everyone else.

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