Years Away from the Martial World

When Ying Buran was young, she was rather arrogant and got into plenty of trouble. Even after she retired from the martial world for years, her exploits were still the stuff of legend.

Ask around, and you'll hear that she'd twisted the face of the current Martial Arts Supreme and tied up the cult leader, dunking him in the water again and again.

As for the old-timers, she'd either stolen their martial arts manuals or drunk the wine they'd hidden away. Every one of them was old and petty, and they still held a grudge against her.

Later, someone said that whoever could beat Ying Buran in a challenge would become the Martial Arts Alliance Leader.

Everyone was puzzled. Who was Ying Buran? They'd never heard of her. There was nothing to fear from some nobody. They'd just challenge her.

Before long, the martial world was crawling with Martial Arts Alliance Leaders...

[Is the martial world in chaos?]

Ying Buran: Nothing to do with me.

[Are piles of gold and silver treasures going unclaimed?]

Ying Buran: Well... that's not very tempting either.

[Is that old man surnamed Gu opening his wine cellar for a drinking session?]

Ying Buran: I'm going to see what that's about!

As soon as she showed her face, well, they were all familiar faces.

*

Everyone knew that Lu Xunzhou was a martial arts prodigy the likes of whom appeared only once in a century. He was a noble gentleman, as elegant as an orchid and graceful as a jade tree, with a warm and gentle nature.

What they didn't know was that he had grown up immersed in a poisonous swamp, and that a woman had pulled him out of the abyss.

From then on, whenever Ying Buran wanted to avoid the world, he would keep all intruders at bay.

Whenever Ying Buran wanted to return to the martial world, he would carve a path through it for her.

But one day, he heard Ying Buran set down her wine cup with a bold flourish and tell everyone, "Lu Xunzhou? I've always thought of him as a younger brother."

Lu Xunzhou listened with a smile, without the slightest change in expression.

One night not long afterward, Ying Buran saw the usually gentle young man, madness in his eyes, call out to her again and again: "Big sister."

"Big sister, don't you want me anymore? Aren't you the one who dotes on me most? Why are you rejecting me?"

*

Just how many people's unattainable ideal am I?

Wuxia heroine × brooding puppy

Theme: The martial world is full of turmoil, but there will always be someone to uphold justice.