A Beauty Need Not Cultivate the Heartless Path

[Cool, aloof beauty with a teasing streak, shou x mad-dog-turned-devoted-puppy gong]

Yu Chiwei is recognized throughout the Tianchan Sect as its number one beauty. Countless people in the sect covet him.

Unfortunately, the beauty cultivates the Heartless Dao.

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For years, Yu Chiwei has worked diligently, devoting himself entirely to his career and never bothering with socializing.

To cultivate the Heartless Dao, one must first slay the person one loves.

With no other choice, Yu Chiwei picked the most passable candidate among his many suitors, judging by looks, cultivation, character, and so on, and took him as his Dao companion: Shi Yinshan.

He treated Shi Yinshan well in every possible way. He even took the initiative to cultivate together, helping Shi Yinshan improve his cultivation, and stuffed every good thing he got into Shi Yinshan's arms.

Three years later, the day for slaying his wife and proving the Dao was approaching.

Who could have guessed that Shi Yinshan would leave behind a divorce letter, pack up, and run away ahead of time?

The letter didn't mention a word about the love he had shown Yu Chiwei over the past three years. Its entire message could be summed up in one sentence: Thanks for the dual cultivation. It felt great and worked wonders.

Yu Chiwei was furious. He chased after Shi Yinshan with his sword, determined to kill him. He refused to believe that everything he had given for three whole years had been wasted on a dog. But when his sword pierced Shi Yinshan's chest, no heavenly tribulation came.

Shi Yinshan truly didn't love him at all.

Yu Chiwei drew back his sword, his expression calm.

He was done cultivating the Heartless Dao.

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After the beauty stopped cultivating the Heartless Dao, he somehow became much easier to get along with. He was gentle and considerate to everyone, like a spring breeze.

Everyone loved Yu Chiwei, except Shi Yinshan.

Because Shi Yinshan alone knew that Yu Chiwei only pretended to be a decent person, putting on the airs of a modest gentleman. In reality, he was petty, vindictive, and kept score over every little thing.

Someone gave Yu Chiwei a top-grade spirit pill to express their feelings.

Shi Yinshan stood to one side with his arms crossed and sneered. "You'd stoop to fawning over a little scoundrel like him?"

Someone invited Yu Chiwei to their residence to taste tea that bloomed only once every thousand years.

Shi Yinshan looked disdainful, his tone contemptuous. "Him? Does he even know how to appreciate it?"

Someone made a public declaration, leading the world's last remaining rare spirit pet by the hand, and said they wanted to become Dao companions with Yu Chiwei.

Shi Yinshan's expression darkened, and his words grew even more venomous. "You don't find it disgusting to take what someone else has already used?"

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Later, word arrived that Shi Yinshan was crying and begging to make up with him.

Yu Chiwei: "Oh. Tell him to get lost."

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* On the surface, the shou is cold and hard. In private, he'll secretly shed a few little pearls.

* Neither protagonist is perfect. They'll keep growing and changing as the story goes on~

* The gong simply has a sharp tongue, hahaha. He's the tough-on-the-outside, soft-on-the-inside type (he loves him so much!). The shou isn't truly heartless either. There's a reason for everything, which will gradually be revealed later.

* Readers with extreme gong- or shou-favoring preferences, read with caution!

* Happy ending, one-on-one romance.

Dear readers, don't miss this as you pass by! Take a look at my upcoming story~

[Formerly tragic beauty who becomes a petulant, proud tsundere shou x doting gong who plays dumb but is really formidable] Also known as How Do I Deal With Such a Powerful Backer?

In a single night, his entire family is massacred. The once-adored junior martial brother falls from grace, with no one to rely on and little cultivation. Anyone can trample him...

The senior brother who loved him most dies horribly after having his arm cut off. Zhu Chongyu can't protect himself and is hunted down until he is gravely wounded and falls unconscious, with no way out.

At the brink of death, a pair of warm hands suddenly lifts him up. A soft laugh follows:

"Found myself a little cat. First come, first served."

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New to his home, Zhu Chongyu bristles warily and bares his teeth at the "master" who took him in.

But the "master" never crosses a line. When the weather turns cold, he quietly prepares hot tea. When Zhu Chongyu suffers through nightmares, he secretly hangs up a calming sachet.

Little by little, Zhu Chongyu is pampered until his coat shines. He realizes that the other man means him no harm. Not only can he take advantage of him, he can even climb right over his head.

Later, when he accidentally discovers that he has a cauldron physique, Zhu Chongyu grows even more willful, hurt and indignant.

Don't want to suffer through cultivation and sword practice?

Ji Sui will find all kinds of high-grade spirit pills for him to eat like candy.

"Accidentally" wandered into the enemy's lair?

No problem. Ji Sui will rescue him, then turn bandit and loot the entire lair, packing everything up to take away.

Intentionally using his charms to lure people with ulterior motives into working for him?

Ji Sui, smiling without warmth: "A Yan, come here. I've got something good to show you."

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Everyone says that a cauldron with looks like Young Master Zhu of the Shangqing Sect, once separated from the sect that backs him, can only end up as a plaything for someone powerful and influential.

Who could have imagined that before the person who fell from the sky could even hit the ground, he was already caught securely in someone's arms?

Theme: Stop exhausting yourself with needless worry and enjoy the good things in life.