[The main story is over 700,000 characters, and the final volume is updating]
Gong Zhuo was born with an uncanny knack for attracting evil spirits.
Of all the people in the immortal sects, he alone had a special constitution, and evil spirits had chased him since childhood.
It only got worse as he grew up. Every night, a ghost came into his dreams.
He was a strikingly handsome young man, with silver hair and snow-white skin, his clothes immaculate as he sat quietly atop a parasol tree.
It was a shame that no matter how good-looking he was... he was still a ghost!
Gong Zhuo burned incense and bathed every day, studying hard and training diligently, getting up earlier than a rooster and going to bed later than a dog, all so he could persuade this great deity to leave.
The maddening thing was that this ghost's cultivation was peerless. No matter what Gong Zhuo tried, he remained unmoved, without even blinking.
"After all that training, this is all you can do?" the young man said coldly. "What will you do when you encounter an evil spirit? Wait to die?"
Gong Zhuo grumbled inwardly: ...What evil spirit could be more evil than you?!
What he actually said was, "Please don't come any closer, I'm begging you! I'll train, all right? I'll train!"
Even worse, one day Gong Zhuo woke up to find his lips swollen and slightly bitten. There was no doubt about it: that ghost had kissed him.
Gong Zhuo: ...This world can just end already.
These strange incidents continued for ten years. Just as Gong Zhuo was becoming numb to them, Qi Zhe appeared.
Qi Zhe was the second son of the Tianshui Qi clan, one of the great immortal families, and a once-in-a-century prodigy in the cultivation world. He was a little cold by nature, but cared deeply for all living things, a man as clear and serene as a gentle breeze beneath a bright moon.
Strangely enough, after Gong Zhuo met Qi Zhe, he never dreamed of that young man again.
With Qi Zhe by his side, no evil spirits ever bothered Gong Zhuo again. He lived a carefree, comfortable life and was happier than ever.
Gong Zhuo praised him: "That ghost must have been intimidated by your presence and hurried off to be reborn!"
Qi Zhe: "Mm."
Gong Zhuo said sympathetically, "Hope he gets a good next life. I'll burn some spirit money for him someday."
Qi Zhe: "...There's really no need."
As it turned out, Gong Zhuo was the one who went off to be reborn first, and received the spirit money.
At the Shangyuan Immortal Gathering, Qi Zhe betrayed the Dao and turned demonic, defying all the immortal sects and becoming a fearsome Demon Lord.
Gong Zhuo was run through the heart with a single sword thrust right there and died in an instant.
A revered immortal lord from a distinguished clan met his end with not even a body left behind.
Fifteen years later, Gong Zhuo opened his eyes and discovered that he had been reborn as a beautiful fool, the sort of useless pretty boy who could be tricked into acting as bait to catch water wraiths.
The good news was that in his previous life he had been handsome, done good deeds, and died a heroic death. Even after all these years, he was still a top-tier star in the cultivation world. The common folk had built temples and held memorial rites for him, offering lanterns and statues in his honor.
The bad news was that the world had grown corrupt and people's hearts had changed. To show how much they loved him, the common folk had also written many romantic, melodramatic, domineering-sweet-love stories about him.
As a result, everyone from elderly people to little children believed that Gong Zhuo and Qi Zhe had shared a passionate love affair, and that Qi Zhe had turned demonic because his love was unrequited.
Gong Zhuo: ...You do realize you're spreading rumors, right?!
[Bonus Scene]
Q: What do you two think of stories like The Immortal Lady Gong Mingzhu Leaps from the Execution Terrace and The Lovesick Immortal Lord's Trial of Love?
Gong Zhuo (pounding the table): Utter nonsense! What a load of rubbish! What do you mean, this immortal lord was once Princess Mingzhu, saved the Heavenly Lord Shangheng when he came down to undergo a trial, and finally leaped from the Execution Terrace for him? Can't you make up something better?!
Qi Zhe (calmly): It's false. There was no unrequited love.
[The flexible, big-mouthed puppy-like savior, a little sun of a shou] x [The aloof, ultra-cool, ruthless, taciturn iceberg childhood-friend gong]
Gong Zhuo x Qi Zhe
Reader's Guide:
1. One-on-one romance, happy ending, no switching or breaking them up. The affection is very strong, so this may not suit readers with strong preferences about relationship dynamics.
2. High martial arts, low magic setting. This is not a traditional cultivation world, and there are no stages such as core formation, foundation building, or great ascension.
3. The protagonists are top-tier from the start. This is not a leveling-up-and-fighting-monsters story. The romance is not angsty, and the plot is not complicated.
4. None of the supporting characters are romantically paired with the protagonists.
5. Due to various limitations, the blurb contains some artistic embellishment.
Theme: Promote positive energy
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The author's writing style is good, it doesn't feel like someone who has just started writing [Let me be healthy]
It's so urgent, so urgent, little lovers, please hurry up and talk. Urgent, urgent, urgent, please write more and just treat it like feeding the chickens, hook, hook, hook, hook, hook, [let me be healthy] [let me be healthy] [let me be healthy]
People who read this book are so aloof.
It's strange, it's so beautiful, why doesn't anyone see it? I want to taste it carefully 😆
Liu's destructive power is too great. I feel like there is nothing that can be suppressed now. Xiao Zhuo's Karma Fire should be very effective later.
[Lie flat] [Lie flat] Do bad guys live too long? 😭 Madam, didn't you feel heartbroken when you wrote it?
The author is great, there are some words that you don't need to be reminded of [Lie down] The hard fight against monsters is over. It's so exciting. Let's have more scenes like this 🌈 Are there 108 ways to use the knife that will be shown later? Don't worry, I can't bear it [vomiting blood]
These four children have endured too much, but they are so handsome [Spread Flowers]