Appreciating New Tea with an Inkstone

The three realms once knew that the celestial Zuoqing Shenjun and the Demon Emperor shared an intimate bond—until whispers spread that Shenjun personally slew the demon sovereign before the Great War, sending all worlds into turmoil. A millennium ago, Ye Qinming adored Zuoqing fervently; a millennium later, she loathes her with equal intensity. Yet ultimately, she learns: the one most deeply wronged was never her, but the very person she despised. *"Pity on all living souls... yet my deepest love is reserved for you."* —Gu Xiyan: "Qinming, what tea are you?" —Ye Qinming: "With a nose that sharp, can’t you tell?" —Gu Xiyan: "Black tea?" —Ye Qinming: "Try steeping me to find out." Thus begins a tale of *washing inkstones with tea leaves, and steeping tea with mountain streams*—a story of past and present lives between: - A sightless lotus-white Shenjun who *"scents the wind, deciphers hearts, and hears the cosmos"* - And a tsundere, spicy-green-tea Demon Emperor who *"talks tough but melts easy"*