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Been on an unplanned hiatus for a while but hey, I'm slowly getting back on my feet >:) So follow me to better skies for more stuff! ♥

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Dropping this without context ✌️😔 #cumplane

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 08 A few disciples are subtly encouraged by Shen Qingqiu to bully Luo Binghe. But Shen Yuan catches them in the act almost right away and knocks some sense into them. He then gives back the jade pendant to his shidi.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 04 Some time passes and Shen Yuan begins to stand out by specializing in fauna and flora knowledge. (Spiritual or not.) (All Peak Lords like him ;) (Even Liu Qingge, that's his doting face lol))

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 06 Shen Yuan's presence acts as a kind of “cushion” between Luo Binghe's and their shizun, the former’s life in the sect is a little better than his original fate in PIDW.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 09 When accompanying his shizun to a sect meeting, Shen Yuan suggests taking his shimeis and shidis down the mountain to gain experience. Yue Qingyuan proposes taking them to Shuang Hu City.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 12 Upon waking up, Shen Yuan finds himself tied up and feeling cold. Raising his head, he finds Luo Binghe and Ning Yingying similarly bound to a nearby pillar.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 10 Upon arrival, the group visits Old Master Chen to gather some information.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 08.5 Just Shen Yuan shixiong sharing his room with his poor shidi

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 01 Shen Yuan transmigrates as a wealthy merchant family’s third son.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 03 After a few months as Shen Qingqiu’s disciple, Shen Yuan discovers his shizun isn’t has bad as he had initially thought, even helping him to find a good sword to cultivate. Soon after, the system suddenly gives Shen Yuan a "side" mission...

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 22 Letter to Ning Yingying - Helping a borderland town [Shen Yuan’s letter]

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 18 A laugh resonates from the demon side. “Is this pretty little sick lamb lost?” Shen Yuan looks up with surprise, only to face Sha Hualing who is gazing at him with both mockery and curiosity.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 07 Shen Yuan does his best to "shield" his shidi, but Shen Qingqiu seems to be fated to dislike Luo Binghe. Of course Shen Yuan flies to his rescue every time, but there is so much he can do.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 24 Amidst the different waves, a pair of large reptilian eyes greeted his own calmly, the corner lifting in fondness when Shen Yuan stared back in surprise. “…Noodle?”

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 23 Letter to Ning Yingying - On the way home [Shen Yuan & Luo Binghe’s letter]

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 11 Luo Binghe brings Shen Yuan to the most bustling part of the market, where Ning Yingying disappeared.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 05 Shen Yuan’s heart softens immediately upon seeing the young Luo Binghe. He makes friend with him as soon as he’s accepted as a disciple.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 14 Upon returning to the sect, Shen Yuan goes to report his work to the sect master and his shizun.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 19 Embarrassed by his previous thoughts, Shen Yuan decisively averts his gaze and clears his throat a few times. Then, as he’s ignoring the whole situation, something warm gently cups his left cheek, kicking his soul out of his body once more.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 02 Shen Yuan is accepted as a Cang Qiong Mountain Sect's disciple, Shen Qingqiu picking him from a sea of young candidates.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 15 Thankfully, the blast is effective and Liu Qingge flies back a few meters, coughing blood. Shen Yuan knows he’s only lucky that even though Qi deviating people are momentarily very powerful, they are also very fragile.

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After a few months as Shen Qingqiu’s disciple, Shen Yuan discovers his shizun isn’t has bad as he initially thought. Shen Qingqiu even helps him find a good sword to cultivate. Soon after, the system suddenly gives Shen Yuan a “side” mission: “Resolve Shen Qingqiu’s heart.”

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 15.5 (Bonus) Cave LQG

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Shen Yuan stands out by specializing in fauna and flora knowledge. (Nobody can stop him when his attention is grabbed by something interesting.) He also tends to keep all kind of monsters and beasts, terrifying everyone on Qing Jing Peak. Especially his shimei, Ning Yingying.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 20 The next thing he knows, Shen Yuan is holding his shidi by the shoulders, preventing him from throwing himself on the illusions. "BINGHE, STOP! YOU’LL DESTROY YOUR OWN MIND!"

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 17 After arguing with the Sect Leader a dozen times over trivial things, Shen Qingqiu secludes himself in his bamboo house, refusing to allow in anyone besides Mu Qingfang, Qi Qingqi and his head disciple, Shen Yuan.

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When the system tells Shen Yuan that it might be useful in the future, he smiles and agrees to Binghe's request. But why would his shidi suddenly entrust him the precious jade pendant left by his adoptive mother?

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Achievement Unlocked!! (They are the other Qing Jing Peak’s disciples I drew it the background in the Skinner Arc! (They still don't have names after almost 2 years oopsie 😂))

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Right as Shen Yuan releases the small hand of his new shidi, the system dings and gives him the mission of "shielding" Luo Binghe as the story progresses. ((Shen Yuan: But it’s easier said than done… System: Fine, you can die instead. Shen Yuan: Back off, my mission now.))

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Shen Yuan makes sure Ming Fan and his other shidis don't bother Luo Binghe. While he's at it, he pushes Binghe towards Ning Yingying, set on being the protagonist's "wingman". (But Luo Binghe only has eyes for his Shixiong, so jokes on him haha)

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Later, Shen Yuan finds the pendant under his own pillow in their shared room. Thinking Binghe simply misplaced it, he tries to give it back to him once again, but Binghe stubbornly refuses. The latter then asks his shixiong to keep it for him.

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A few disciples are subtly encouraged by Shen Qingqiu to bully Luo Binghe. But Shen Yuan catches them in the act almost right away and knocks some sense into them. He then gives back the pendant to his shidi.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 21 Letter to Ning Yingying - Night Hunting [Luo Binghe’s letter]

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As they get ready to set out, Ming Fan reports to Shen Yuan that there is not enough horses available for all of them, hoping to make Luo Binghe, the youngest among them, sit this one out. Without blinking, Shen Yuan pulls Luo Binghe to sit on the same horse as he.

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Just posted this stupid doodle I made last week to answer an ask on tumblr lol

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As they get closer to the city, Luo Binghe says something that makes Shen Yuan burst into laughter. He finds himself unable to look away.

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Initially thinking he'll ride at the back, Luo Binghe freezes when he feels Shen Yuan's arms circling his body. He is soon enveloped by his shixiong's smell and his head starts spinning. Thankfully, he's able to relax when Shen Yuan starts casually conversing with him.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 16 [Story divergence] One night not long after, Shen Yuan goes out to get a midnight snack and comes across Ning Yingying sitting by the edge of the bamboo forest.

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Shen Yuan does everything to catch any of the other peak lords' eyes. The system insists that Shen Qingqiu should be his master, but knowing who the man is, Shen Yuan refuses to be his disciple. In the end, he fails miserably and Shen Qingqiu takes him as a disciple anyway.

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(Ming Fan just about mcfreakin had it with these two RIP.)

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One day, when Shen Yuan is sent to town on his shizun's behalf, Luo Binghe accidentally ends up angering Shen Qingqiu. After being disciplined by the latter, he is locked in the woodshed (his new "room"), told to reflect on his mistake.

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Bingbing doesn’t know it's love yet, but he's hella confused as to why he's so nervous though lol His heart is beating like crazy after Shen Yuan unconsciously gets closer to him in his sleep. And his heart squeezes after hearing a contented sigh coming from him right after.

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Shen Yuan Shixiong AU - 13 Shen Yuan correctly guesses the Skinner's identity. The skinner is surprised, but not angry, and simply makes the smoke vanish with a smile, revealing the enchanting figure of Old Chen’s concubine, Die-er.

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“SHISHU! IT’S ME! SHEN YUAN!” His shishu freezes for a split second after hearing those words and Shen Yuan takes the opportunity to gather all the qi he can muster in this brief moment and fires a blow at the other man’s chest.

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Sh*t. That doesn’t bode well. Unable to react in time, a gust of foul wind slams the gate open and everything goes dark.

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Both of them are idiots. [End of Part 18]

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He loudly clears his throat after getting his emotions under control, announcing himself. “You guys are doing it wrong, open your manuals!” “Shixiong!” “Good morning Shixiong!” Cultivation doesn’t always have to be a lonely road, doesn’t it?

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He opens it with his spiritual energy and whistles. Soon after, Noodle comes out of it. Without needing its master’s instructions, the young dusu snake starts tracking the faint demonic energy.

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After a particularly bad day, he comes back from town to find his shidi crying miserably in the locked woodshed (his new "room"), having been told to reflect on his "mistake". [He then invites him to room with him behind their shizun’s back. (Shen Yuan thinks he’s so cool.)]

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Good evening to y'all, here is Shixiong AU AO3 chapter 2 😔✌️

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Raising his head, he finds Luo Binghe and Ning Yingying similarly bound to a nearby pillar. His shidi heaves a sigh of relief as their eyes meet. "Shixiong!" Ning Yingying pitifully calls him too, her expression miserable.

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Knowing his shixiong’s impatience with small talk, Ming Fan eventually takes over, claiming his senior needs time to prepare for the mission. Fortunately, Shen Yuan inherited his shizun's attitude when dealing with outsiders and Old Master Chen respectfully lets him go.

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Shen Yuan follows it, briefly stopping in front of a cosmetic shop, then goes through a few dark alleys. Feeling like they are making good progress, he pokes the system, asking it about the different rewards upon completing the mission.

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After insisting one time too many, Shen Yuan is thrown out and told not to bother him with his chattering. Shen Yuan sighs. "This isn't going to be easy, huh..."

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The last word still stuck in his throat, he sees Luo Binghe freeze, staring behind him. Shen Yuan also catches Noodle slithering away in panic in the corner of his vision.

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As soon as he’s done giving orders, everyone rushes out, knowing that their shimei’s life might be in danger. Shen Yuan turns to his shidi. “Alright. Binghe, take shixiong to the place where your shijie vanished.”

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The system answers him in its google translate-like voice that, if he earns sufficient points, he might be able to unlock a special ability of his choice. Before Shen Yuan is able to inquire for more, Noodle stops suddenly in front of a gate, almost tripping him.

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It’s only when looking around, finally taking note of his surroundings, that an idea forms into his mind. A pleasant smell hinting at rich materials and the visual quality of everything around him… they are back at Old Chen’s manor.

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They had left the central district and arrived in front of an abandoned, neglected house. With the way Noodle cautiously watches the door, Shen Yuan knew they reached the right place. He turns to Luo Binghe. “Go find Ming Fan and your other shixiongs and bring them all h-”

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In the end, both men’s hearts soften when they hear him say that. But both focus on different parts. Shen Qingqiu hears “cherish”, mentally slapping the word to his own forehead, and Liu Qingge hears “stronger”, making him nod with satisfaction.

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Ning Yingying is just that kind of character. Her whole personality is to be cute and innocent, be kidnapped, be saved by the protagonist, then rinse and repeat. In short, it was just another typical Tuesday for Ning Yingying.

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This skill could help him reflect 50% of any incoming attack, while having a slight chance to make it bounce back on the attacker. “I’m not investing points in combat, I’m not Liu Qingge..”

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Later, as the sky starts to get darker, Ning Yingying asks Shen Yuan permission to go out in town. She invites him to go with her, but Shen Yuan gently refuses, saying he truly needs to gather more information to deal with the problem in town.

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To consolidate his new foundation and gained techniques, Shen Yuan asks his shizun if he can enter seclusion, to which Shen Qingqiu eventually agrees. His expression still as cold as usual, the latter fills his disciple's hands with various immortal medicines like a mother hen.

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The small bowl is still in Mu Qingfang’s hands when they hear a scream.

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Then his mood goes worse when he discovers why he was feeling so cold in the first place. WHERE! WERE! HIS! CLOTHES?!?! That demon thing was decent enough to leave him pants, but they had to take everything else! No wonder the system took all those points.

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'This isn’t going to be your last rodeo shimei…' The system halts his thoughts by telling him that he lost all the initial points he earned by quickly tracking their target (and letting Luo Binghe fall into danger). He hatefully swears at the system inside for a few seconds.

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If it weren’t for the present situation, he wouldn’t have known how smooth and clear this skin of his was under all those layers. How soft and warm it must be under one’s hands… Luo Binghe’s eyes widen.

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Surprised by his own thoughts, he feels the blood rushing to his head as he forces himself to look away from the sight. Feeling a sudden pressure in a certain place, he presses his knees together, shame settling in his heart...

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"We’ll find her and bring her back. Alright?” Luo Binghe, ashamed of failing the one mission his shixiong gave him and losing his shijie, refuses to meet the latter’s eyes and simply nods with a pitiful expression. Shen Yuan pats his head comfortingly.

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“Don’t take it personally, Binghe. He’s just worried.” Shen Yuan then sees his upset expression and gently pats the dust off his clothes while trying to come up with something reassuring to say. As a transmigrator, he knows that this isn’t Luo Binghe’s fault at all.

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Feeling rather sorry for himself, Shen Yuan takes another moment to lament his predicament inside. Luo Binghe, observing him, looks both worried and embarrassed, his eyes wandering in all kinds of places against his will.

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Even now, as they share a room back at the sect, he always made sure to avert his gaze or left the room when Shen Yuan changed, and took extra care to always respect his shixiong’s privacy.

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Shen Yuan raises his hand to stop him. He proceeds to quickly instruct him to ask Old Master Chen for assistance and prepare their shidis to search the town. Ming Fan clicks his tongue, then exits the room in large strides, “accidentally” kicking Luo Binghe on his way out.

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When everything has been said, Yue Qingyuan surprisingly praises Shen Yuan for his skills while Shen Qingqiu states a little more reasonably that he will not permit him to go out again without an emergency summoning talisman.

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He then suggests to bring Luo Binghe with her instead, planning to help his shidi capture his shimei’s heart while he's at it. Thinking his shixiong is trusting him with Ning Yingying’s safety, Luo Binghe lets himself be dragged out.

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Later, as Ming Fan summarizes what they learned, Luo Binghe interrupts them by barging in and saying Ning Yingying has disappeared. Ming Fan’s face goes through several different shades before settling on a dark shade of barely contained anger. “Luo Binghe! You-!”

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Maybe he should prepare a makeshift bed for the next night……..

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(Mu Qingfang and Qi Qingqi, who were passing by, both try to fight the urge to laugh when seeing the look of hopelessness on Shen Yuan's face as the elixirs and small bottles started to form a small mountain in his arms.)

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Yue Qingyuan seems happy to hear that and a gentle smile spreads on his face. “Shidi is so doting with his first disciple. Shizhi is very lucky.” Which earns him a "Hmph!" and an angry silence. Shen Yuan, used to their (comedy) routine, ignores them both with a polite smile.

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Ming Fan works quickly and the other disciples are already awaiting orders when Shen Yuan comes out. He gives them clear and concise instructions, separating the group into small teams, telling them to watch each other’s back and alert him immediately if they find anything.

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He then tries to convince Shen Qingqiu to be gentler towards Luo Binghe, to treat his shidi just like him, and that he’s ready to train Luo Binghe himself if Shen Qingqiu was unsatisfied with him. But his shizun sneers and says nothing, displeased.

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A sudden mocking laugh starts to resonate around them. Shen Yuan doesn’t have to think really hard to know that this is the skinner. However, he has a harder time guessing their identity since their appearance is covered by an ever changing black smoke.

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Still frowning, Liu Qingge shoos him away, saying that weaklings should train instead of spending their energy on unnecessary things. Unnecessary?! Shen Yuan is about to retort when he sees the half-embarrassed, half-angry expression on his shishu’s face. “Yes, shishu…”

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Shen Qingqiu then tells Shen Yuan to use the Ling Xi Caves, usually reserved for the seniors in the sect, instead of the low-level ones, confusing his disciple. The latter knew his shizun planned on using the spiritual caves himself, but now seems to have changed his mind… why?

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(He had tried mending things between them before, but to no avail. His shizun refused to tell him anything and the Yue Qingyuan always gave him a kicked puppy expression whenever he mentioned their relationship and it drove him crazy.)

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My favorite kind of Shen Yuan first draft

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Upon seeing him, Luo Binghe throws himself at him, telling him how much he missed his shixiong. Shen Yuan notices a few bruises on Luo Binghe’s body, but thinks he just trained recklessly.

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After arguing with the Sect Leader a dozen times over trivial things, Shen Qingqiu secludes himself in his bamboo house, refusing to allow in anyone besides Mu Qingfang, Qi Qingqi and his head disciple, Shen Yuan.

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Luo Binghe and Ming Fan look at each other then follow suit. Soon, a few other disciples joins them, following Ning Yingying's training pace. Looking at the scene, Shen Yuan can’t help but crack a smile. This is so...

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Shen Yuan knows he’s only lucky that even though Qi deviating people are momentarily very powerful, they are also very fragile. Not unlike a glass cannon. (And maybe his "carapace" ability wasn't a scam and the system really did give him a useful skill.)

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She spots him from afar and offers him a weak smile. Shen Yuan, worried, approaches her. He immediately sees the dark circles under her eyes and how her hands are trembling from the cold… or maybe something else.

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There, he finds Luo Binghe studying his old cultivation book that he gifted him on their way back from the city. Seeing him enter, his shidi puts the book down and Shen Yuan can see additional notes written in the margins, next to his own, giving the book a rather chaotic energy.

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Shen Yuan can’t help but smile at the sight. “Binghe, you have to study even harder from now on. Shixiong is leaving to enter seclusion.”

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He then makes sure Shen Yuan’s condition is stable before getting paper from his qiankun bag to write down a prescription. As Mu Qingfang is busy getting the first dose ready, Luo Binghe barges in. The latter's eyes fill with tears upon seeing his shixiong’s exhausted face.

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A few weeks pass this way and Shen Yuan’s dark circles deepen, worrying his shimeis and shidis. Then the inevitable happens: as he’s explaining Qi gathering to a group of younger disciples, his whole vision goes dark, his whole body shutting down out of pure exhaustion.

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Shen Yuan wakes up only the day after, Mu Qingfang sitting by his bed with a book open on his lap. Hearing him move, Mu Qingfang raises his head and smiles. “Yuan shizhi should take better care of himself.”

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A few hours later. Shen Yuan enters the Ling Xi Caves and instantly marvels at the ethereal atmosphere. Feeling like a kid in a toy shop looking at all those strange stones and plants, it takes his whole willpower not to crouch down and observe both the ground and walls.

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Before he’s able to ask, Yue Qingyuan gives his consent. Shen Yuan bows to his shizun and shibo, and returns to his room to tidy up before entering seclusion.

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He soon learns from a worried Ning Yingying that Shen Qingqiu had been abusive towards Luo Binghe during his seclusion. Alarmed, Shen Yuan immediately goes back to speak to his shizun.

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