The Xuanmen Couple Are Still Bickering Today

[A teasing, mischievous shou x a cool, aloof gong]

Modern cities have two major esoteric sects, the Four Symbols Gate and the Eight Sufferings Pagoda. They specialize in dealing with things that can't be explained by science.

The two sects' philosophies are worlds apart. The Four Symbols Gate's disciples are "free and carefree, doing as they please," while the Eight Sufferings Pagoda's disciples are "guided by compassion and bound by rules."

Yet the Four Symbols Gate has a do-gooder named Huo Jinghong, a penniless man who feels sorry for everyone he meets. And the Eight Sufferings Pagoda has Su Fusheng, a naturally cold-hearted man who has no idea what compassion means.

How do you send off a vengeful ghost that doesn't care about its own family?

Huo Jinghong: "Touch it with love."

Su Fusheng: "Beat it up and kick it into the reincarnation well."

How do you deal with an irredeemable obsessive?

Huo Jinghong: "Touch them with love."

Su Fusheng: "Beat them up and let the victim get revenge."

How do you rescue a fellow disciple who's gone astray?

Huo Jinghong: "Touch him with love."

Su Fusheng: "He's beyond saving. Give up on him."

How do you win over the penniless Huo Jinghong?

Su Fusheng offers up all his possessions: "The money is yours, and you are mine."

Huo Jinghong happily sells himself.

"Life Substitute" arc:

At a class reunion, everyone is dragged into a ghost realm, and only one person can leave alive.

"You think the ghosts are the scariest thing? No. It's the human hearts reflected in the ghost realm."

"Tribulations of Reincarnation" arc:

An out-of-control night bus hits a pedestrian, but the victim's fate was already sealed.

"I am guilty, but I have no regrets. If Heaven wants me to bear this debt of fate, then so be it."

"Flocculent Bones" arc:

Children keep disappearing from an orphanage, and a little boy who can predict the future has already drawn how they will die.

"If you steal the flesh and bones of others to replenish your own bloodline, does an orphan's life count for nothing?"

"Locust Curse" arc:

The thousand-year-old locust tree in Old Locust Tree Village has withered. Its death has turned it into a source of evil, and strange things begin happening: kites snatch souls, paper figures claim lives, water ghosts take brides...

"Exhausting my cultivation to restore the tree's roots is my duty, and my fate."

"Stealing Fate" arc:

A girl hates her roommate for copying everything she does. The roommate hates her for stealing her boyfriend.

"One wrong thought leads to endless calamity. If I could start over, would I still choose this path?"

"There's a Locust Tree Outside the Door" bonus arc:

A college student returns to his hometown for summer break. Every time he falls asleep, he enters a parallel world and faces a narrow escape from death.

"I'll guard you for a hundred years, and the locust tree for a hundred years too."

Reader's guide: Both are each other's one and only, happy ending; from bickering to doting on each other.

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Upcoming novel: Spirits of the Mountains and Seas

[A soft, timid luanniao shou x a sharp-tongued, soft-hearted, hot-tempered character spirit gong]

There have been legends about the strange beasts in the Classic of Mountains and Seas since ancient times, but few people know that they really exist.

After graduating from college, Yu Buzhou joins a detective agency. Every day, he receives strange commissions and gets scared by all kinds of nonhuman beings.

The prankster clown at the amusement park has no face.

The groom in a mountain village is covered in snake scales.

Monkeys in the park randomly grab people and play transmigration games...

Yu Buzhou: "Help! Why is this world so weird?!"

Unable to take it anymore, he packs his things and tries to run away, but his hot-tempered boss blocks his path with a knife.

The other man smiles ominously. "You've already signed the contract. Where do you think you're going?"

Later, Yu Buzhou discovers that not only are his coworkers nonhuman, but he isn't human either.

Tang Wujian is the detective agency's owner and the guardian spirit of Wuyou Town. He's responsible for catching monstrous beasts that cause trouble and sheltering those with nowhere to go.

He never expected that, through a moment of carelessness, he would hire an assistant even lazier than himself.

During the day, he has to cook for the assistant. At night, he has to keep the assistant from wandering off.

Tang Wujian: "Don't go out after midnight."

Yu Buzhou does it anyway.

Tang Wujian: "Don't talk to strangers."

Yu Buzhou does it anyway.

Tang Wujian realizes that his assistant is not only lazy, greedy, and useless, but also has a terrible head on his shoulders.

But the contract has already been signed, and he can't return him.

Tang Wujian thinks he's really unlucky. Really.

Later, Wuyou Town becomes a viral tourist destination. The pigs here can farm, the birds can breathe fire, and the horses deliver takeout.

By day, the monstrous beasts are adorable pets. At night, they run wild like demons.

Beauty influencer Nine-Tailed Fox: "Close your eyes. Big Sis is going to give you eyeshadow that will make men fall for you!"

Tang Wujian flashes his knife. "How about I give you a pair of double eyelids that will make men fall for you?"

Bratty Xingxing: "I want a Simmons mattress!"

Tang Wujian sneers. "Believe me, I can kill you this instant."

Psychologist Ershu: "Having a bad temper is an illness. It needs treatment!"

Tang Wujian tears her ID badge right off.

The monstrous beasts are intimidated, and all hide behind the only person who can keep him in check, Yu Buzhou. "Luanniao, control your man!"

Reader's guide: Both are each other's one and only, happy ending; modern take on the Classic of Mountains and Seas, with a small ensemble cast.

The gong's spiritual power is unstable and his temper is bad in the early stages, but the shou heals him later. The shou starts out as a naive, foolish college student, then awakens his primordial spirit and regains his memories.

Theme: Good and evil are always repaid.