Everyone Wants to Win the Master's Favor. Why Don't You?

He Le was an ordinary office drone with an ordinary college degree. From the day she was born until now, she'd never amounted to much.

But the System told her to win over an aloof master who had defeated more than a thousand Hosts before her.

He Le: "Me? Are you sure you haven't got the wrong person?"

The System replied with absolute confidence: "That's right, it's you, Host. I believe in you!"

To motivate He Le, the System dangled an enormous carrot in front of her. "Once you complete the mission, you'll have more money than you can spend and more happiness than you can enjoy..."

It went on and on, but He Le wasn't listening. She was gazing up at something.

He Le asked the System, "If I don't try to win over Master, will I be sent back to the real world?"

The System had a bad feeling, but answered honestly anyway. "No."

He Le: "If I fail the mission, will your System punish me?"

The System: "No, either. We're a civilized System."

He Le: "Wonderful! Then I can learn how to fly on a sword in this world. I've dreamed of being a heroine who flies while standing on a sword since I was little."

The System: "..."

It shouldn't have answered honestly. It should have scared her half to death.

*

Qin Xiu, sect leader of the Xianmen Sect, had lived for over a thousand years.

Perhaps he'd lived too long. He saw through everything, and nothing could stir the slightest feeling in his heart anymore.

One day, a new female disciple named He Le arrived at the sect. She looked ordinary, but he could tell at a glance that she came from another world and intended to win him over.

For a thousand years, female disciples like He Le had come from another world every year.

Their goal was always the same: to win him over.

Of course, they all met the same end. In time, they became fertilizer for the flowers in his garden.

As it happened, his flowers were running low on fertilizer.

Qin Xiu quietly waited for He Le to come to him.

But day after day passed, and his flowers had already bloomed and withered, yet He Le still hadn't shown up.

When he asked around, he learned that He Le was having the time of her life, learning to fly on a sword.

Qin Xiu, who hadn't shown his emotions in centuries, flew into a rage. "Everyone else racks their brains trying to win me over, but you're off playing with a sword?"

He Le had finally learned to fly on a sword and was happily zipping around when she suddenly sneezed.

She tugged at her clothes and muttered to herself, "The wind up here really is strong. I'd better ask my senior brothers and sisters how to put up a wind shield later."

Theme: Living well is what truly matters