Medicine and Longing

(Recommended new book: After Falling in Love, the Yandere Villain's Persona Crumbles) (This story does not focus on palace or household intrigue.) She was a lone soul from another world, summoned by a forbidden art. Born defying heaven, she wanted to live more than anyone. She wanted to live long enough to see clear skies and bright moons, and the splendor of mountains and rivers, and to fulfill in this life all the things she had yearned for in her previous one. Study medicine, refine Gu, make poisons, learn martial arts… She was raised in the Shadow Guard camp and mastered a sword technique so superb it seemed almost divine. He was the lord of the Beast Hall, dressed in red and unmatched in grace. He crossed the snow with a plum branch in hand, peerless beneath heaven, yet he always ended up falling into her hands… At their first meeting, the snowy ground was filled with murderous intent. With a single plum branch, he forced all the Shadow Guards to retreat, like a revered master casually plucking a flower. Wickedly charismatic, arrogant, and utterly unrestrained, he was more dazzling than the plum blossoms scattered across the snow. At their second encounter, he chased her for three days and nights. She had a rabbit's warren of hideouts, while he pursued her relentlessly. In the end, they both suffered grievous injuries, and he was poisoned by her once more… He said, “Zhizhi, you've poisoned me countless times in this life. There's only one poison that has seeped into my bones, with no cure, and yet I still hope to taste the longing of love again in our next life.”