[Plot keywords] Martial arts, the jianghu, court politics, a little mystic magic, not fantasy [80% of the manuscript is complete; posting after the whole novel is finished | Before VIP serialization, updates follow the ranking schedule; afterward, daily updates]
[Character keywords] Little romance, plot-focused, the heroine turns from villainous to good and back to villainous; the hero is a pure-hearted, short-tempered angel (?), with a lightly ensemble cast
The Ghost Lord Qingxiao fed on evil spirits to cultivate her power. Violent, wanton, and utterly wicked, she was eventually driven into the Ghostwail Ravine by the jianghu's various sects, who surrounded and annihilated her.
Ning Baiyu, a Daoist priest of the Yunchuan Sect who had once hated her most, merely said, "That wasn't her."
Not long afterward, rumors of the Ghost Lord resurfaced. Ning Baiyu declared with absolute certainty, "That wasn't her."
Others challenged him: "How can you be so sure, Daoist?"
Ning Baiyu said not a word, simply swept out of the room. No one heard the cold snort he gave after passing through the door: "What a lot of nonsense."
...Except for the scrawny maid standing beside him.
As it happened, that maid, Shi Jiu, was none other than the Ghost Lord Qingxiao, who had once been pierced through the heart by countless blades.
Ning Baiyu was right: the one who died back then wasn't her true self. But after being reborn, she could accept becoming a maid. What she couldn't understand was why this clingy, deadpan man was following her everywhere!
Meanwhile, a female musician was beheaded and her body went missing; hundreds of nameless skeletons lay buried beneath a riverbank; and records of an epidemic from twelve years ago had been erased from the archives. One old case after another came to light. The dead could not speak, while the living were each more skilled at lying than the last.
Qingxiao gazed at the headless musician, ghostly energy winding around her fingertips. "Tell me, what do you want in exchange for summoning me back to the mortal world?"
The musician's eyes brimmed with hatred, and bloody tears spilled from them. "I want them dead, "
"I want them to pay with their lives for my brother's death!!"
All living things must die, and the dead must return to the earth. That is what a ghost is.
Yet those who live among mortals may be the true evil spirits.
"I know this world has rotted to the core. But if there's not even a shred of justice to be found in this rotten world, then I won't struggle anymore."
[♀] A smiling tiger with an even temper (on the surface), a tiger (within)
[♂] A beautiful hothead (on the surface), a grumbling servant who diligently gets the job done (within)
There are two aggressively masculine types between them, but only one is genuine. Such a tough mystery to solve~
[Content warnings] [Please read the warnings] [If you don't, I'll cry for you]
1. The heroine isn't the sole focus. Everyone works well together, and everyone is strong, but the heroine is the strongest! I won't allow her to be inferior to anyone in the slightest!
2. The heroine had a miserable past, but she always had a group of people who loved her and whom she loved, so she grew up into a strong and open-hearted person in a healthy way.
3. The author's type is beautiful, strong, and tragic characters, and I'm a serious case. The stronger she is, the more I want her to suffer. I'll try to rein it in, but I can't guarantee there won't be surprises...
4. I'll add more if I think of anything
Theme: When women have power, they won't only think of themselves
