[A bend-and-stretch quack who talks a mile a minute vs. an arrogant sword cultivator who can kill with a word]
[Qi Jiyu Yue Man (female) vs. Ying Sui Ying Jiu Chong (male)]
The Zhu Li Qi clan consecrated an altar on its fief and offered sacrifices to the moon at the ritual pit. A holy infant was born, then appointed Junior High Priest by the Grand Sacrificial Office and promised an apprentice by the Sword Envoy.
People worshipped the auspicious omen. Priests discern the traces of earthly spirits, and officials preside over the worship of heavenly gods. Surely this was the savior of the world.
Only Qi Yue Man knew that being a priest meant offering herself as the sacrifice, her blood as the offering.
Seven years after the Junior High Priest's death, ghosts rampaged outside the city for seven years, while cultivators hurried about inside the city for seven years. Meanwhile, Qi Yue Man kept her identity hidden and quietly enjoyed seven years of ordinary, peaceful living.
That ended when the long-buried case of the Qi clan's annihilation was reopened, revealing a horrifying new clue.
As a low-ranking errand-runner hired by all sorts of people, Qi Yue Man was happy to get involved.
But as time passed, she gradually discovered that
The rising scion of a prominent family, bent on revenge and sworn to exact blood for blood, seemed to be a close relative she had been separated from for years.
The lovesick client, spending fortunes on all manner of bizarre requests, seemed to be her childhood friend, who had waited for her for years.
The ruthless official investigating her in secret and forever lurking around her seemed to be the master she had searched for over the years and once hoped to seek refuge with, but never managed to find.
And the heartless, ruthless culprit behind the massacre, whom all of them were hunting, was none other than Qi Yue Man herself!
Qi Yue Man: ...What is going on?
Never mind, never mind. What's done is done. First, I have to run for my life.
If only she could really escape. Qi Yue Man had taken on a new job, yet still managed to run into an old acquaintance. Looking at the familiar black-clad man with his cold face and black heart, she asked in utter despair, "Dear employer, what exactly do you need me to do?"
Ying Sui gave her a mocking look. "You hide so well, don't you? Starting now, you'll be my personal bodyguard. You won't leave my side for a moment."
Qi Yue Man thought: Dream on. I'd have to be crazy to ask for trouble like that.
But later, she asked, "Those whose karmic ties have been severed are rejected by the Heavenly Dao and unseen by all living beings. So why am I different? Why am I the only one who can see you?"
Ying Sui said, "A child can see me because they have no desires. An adult can see me because they have desires. What about you? You can see me, so what do you desire?"
Qi Yue Man immediately retorted, "Wrong! If that's how it works, then I'm clearly the most special one. Why can't it be that you want something from me? Tell me, what do you desire?"
Ying Sui was silent for a long time. Those words could never be spoken aloud: I have nothing, and don't dare ask for anything.
Theme: Love and peace
