Also known as On the Self-Cultivation of a Sword Spirit
"Not a human, little mute bottom x kind-looking but actually scheming big-shot top"
Sword spirit Fu Bai woke up one day to discover that he had slept for several thousand years.
The world had changed beyond recognition in the thousand years since, and even his master had long since been reincarnated.
His true form was lost, his master had amnesia, and worst of all, he had somehow become a little mute who couldn't speak.
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When Shen Yuzhi went to the set to deal with an accident, he picked up a pitiful little thing. The kid was not only frail, but couldn't speak either. Strangely enough, though, Shen Yuzhi could hear his thoughts.
Fu Bai: [My master is so pitiful. The second male lead is not only a scumbag who's cheating on his partner, he's also trying to be a homewrecker. He doesn't even know the paparazzi have been following him around for days. Even the ghosts passing by know about it. If this hits the trending topics, this show is probably doomed.]
Fu Bai: [That fourth female lead is so scary too. As if secretly raising a little ghost on set weren't enough, there's one crawling around behind her everywhere. The ghost baby even snuck up and tugged at my master's pant leg this morning. Good thing my master has merit protecting him.]
Shen Yuzhi: ...
What kind of people are these? He'd go back and replace every last one of them.
But would calling him Master be a little too kinky...?
Although he had no idea why the poor little thing could see things humans couldn't, Shen Yuzhi still decided to keep him by his side as a personal assistant.
But then came a constant stream of gossip too:
Fu Bai: [Why is this business partner who's here to negotiate secretly practicing sorcery? It looks like he's got something in his pocket...]
Fu Bai: [Holy crap, that thing is actually...?!]
Shen Yuzhi: ?
Fu Bai: [It's actually a magical artifact for boosting virility. Hahahaha, oh my god, how can something like this exist in this world? This is so freaking wild.]
Shen Yuzhi: ...
Fu Bai: [Hmm... Wait, I wonder where he got it. Does it work? Should I get one for my master? After all, I've never seen him take care of things himself. Could he have some kind of problem he can't talk about?]
Shen Yuzhi: ???
Very well. He'd remember that. One day, he would make sure the little mute knew exactly what he was capable of.
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Later on,
everyone in the industry knew Fu Bai as the aloof assistant who stayed by the side of a big shot, a mysterious person whom even the big shot treated with unusual kindness.
But the truth was:
Fu Bai: [Why does my master look at me more and more strangely? Did he find out I secretly used his card yesterday to get a ghostly energy maintenance spa treatment?]
Fu Bai (with no justification whatsoever, yet utterly unapologetic): [But he's my master. Doesn't that make his things mine? His money is my money, too.]
Shen Yuzhi: My things are yours, all right, but that's because I love you.
Even after a thousand years, I still love you.
1. A lighthearted story just for fun. Please don't take the supernatural elements seriously.
2. Half plot, half romance.
3. The top can hear the bottom's thoughts because of their master-servant contract.
4. The bottom's muteness will get better, and the top will remember his past.
Blurb dated 2024.12.6
Message: Those who harm others will ultimately harm themselves. Tell the truth more often and do good deeds.
