This story was short and sweet. I really love Shizun x disciple stories so I was intrigued from the beginning. The banter between the characters was good. I loved the cold, repressed, jealous, ancient Shizun that only shows kindness to his disciple. It was slow burn even despite the short length (22+1 chapters). From the description I had expected there to be more smut.
I was a little disappointed when they finally got together. After chasing his Shizun (Gu Hanjiang) for 18 or so chapters Qi Shu refused his Shizun’s advances and then when duel cultivation does (finally) happen it isn’t explicit. Also, it does not seem as pleasurable as I had hoped for after so many years of pining. I guess I just wanted more passion. It even seems Qi Shu regrets his choice to begin duel cultivating with his Shizun; I wish it had been more clear he enjoyed the process. It was funny how it was autumn when they started and winter when they stopped haha. His Shizun is relentless with all methods of cultivation.
I give it 3.5 skulls. It was cute, short, and sweet with a good translation but the ending did disappoint me a bit.
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