They're All Incubi, but I Cultivate the Path of Unfeeling

Jiang Ling is the last dragon in the world. She has always had people around her who treat her well: an indulgent master, a thoughtful junior brother, and a frail apothecary who wants to repay her kindness by offering himself to her. But one day, she accidentally discovers that they are only good to her because they are trying to win her over. They do not love her. They treat her well only because her dragon heart is a Heart of Exquisite Understanding. If they can make her fall for them of her own accord and give them her heart, they will ascend to immortality. Jiang Ling: ? But I cultivate the Path of Unfeeling! * Jiang Ling is earnest and kind-hearted. After learning what they want from her, she does not come to hate them. Instead, she pretends not to know and diligently helps them find a way to become immortals. But when the day comes that they can ascend, they go mad, clutching the hem of her skirt and begging her not to send them away. Her master destroys his own path to immortality. “Can I stay by your side this way?” Her junior brother breaks down. “After everything we've done together, you want to kick me aside now?” The apothecary plunges a sharp knife into his chest. “If I cut out my heart for you, will you love me?” Jiang Ling: ?? * At first, they all try to win Jiang Ling over just to become immortals. But later, they fight bitterly and turn against one another, desperate to claim even a sliver of her attention. Jiang Ling treats everyone well, and each of them believes he is the one she loves. But none of them ever imagined that she knew all along they were trying to win her over, and had found a way for them to become immortals. Only that day did they learn that she cultivates the Path of Unfeeling She is simply kind to everyone. She does not love them. [Bonus scenes] Her master avoids romantic entanglements, so he tries to win Jiang Ling over through familial love. He raises her with care, teaching her to read and cultivate. But later, the holy and immaculate Immortal Venerable gazes at her with darkened eyes, kisses her brow, and breathes warmly against her. “I should be the person closest to you.” Her junior brother thinks she is too earnest, so he tries to win her over through friendship. He personally helps set her up with other people. But watching her grow close to them twists his expression more and more. Later, he even disguises himself as one of them and cuddles up to her. “What's wrong with friends being close?” The apothecary suffers from a hidden ailment, yet tries to seduce her with romance. He stirs her desire, then watches coldly from above, sneering, “How pitiful. How can you get worked up so easily? Too bad I'm impotent. I can't help you.” But when someone takes advantage of her vulnerability, he watches with red-rimmed eyes and begs in a low voice, “I can take medicine. Please, stay away from other men.” *The heroine is the only one who has had no prior partners; all the male leads are virgins. *Pure romance, with plenty of love rivals and a touch of melodrama. *The main story has an open ending. Blurb written on 2024.12.27 Next up: "Am I Not the Official Husband?" Please add it to your favorites~ Blurb: Xin He was born into poverty and had a beloved young man when she was a girl. He was Wei Yue, the third young master of the Duke's mansion, born to privilege and radiant as the moon in the sky. She spent only a few years as a lowly maid in his household, and Wei Yue did not even know who she was. She only dared to hide in dark corners and secretly watch him. Later, Wei Yue found out. The pampered young master glanced at her and ordered his attendant, “Throw her out.” Xin He was driven from the household, and thought she would never see him again. But she never expected Many years later, Wei Yue's family was destroyed, and he became a convict's slave. Xin He spent one tael of silver to buy him and take him home. * After buying Wei Yue, Xin He keeps him in a dark cellar, like livestock in a pen. She knows he looks down on her, but she insists on possessing him, defiling him, and covering his body in marks. If he does not do as she wishes, she makes him suffer. Yet after their tender moments, she kisses him with longing and spends her last savings to have a cage made for him out of pure gold. Wei Yue knows Xin He loves him. But he despises her low birth and hates that she does whatever she wants with him, so he takes advantage of her love, using and hurting her, and saying the cruelest things he can. Until one day, he realizes Xin He may no longer love him She comes home less and less often. When she does return, she carries another man's perfume pouch. * Not long after buying Wei Yue, Xin He finds her birth parents. In an instant, she becomes the only daughter of a marquis, one of the most sought-after young ladies in the capital, and is betrothed to Prince Qi, Li Cixiu. Li Cixiu does not like his fiancée. She went missing as a child and grew up among common folk. She cannot even read. Fortunately, she seems docile and honest, and has powerful connections behind her, so he reluctantly accepts her. But on the day their engagement is announced, a man comes to see him. Wei Yue shows the kiss marks on his neck and calmly says something deranged: “Your Highness, care to guess who left these marks?” Only then does Li Cixiu find out his seemingly honest fiancée is keeping a lover on the side! #Who's the kept lover? The one who isn't loved is the kept lover! Theme: Treat others kindly