manipulative · cunning · sect leader · mo dao zu shi · obsessive · polite facade · cultivation · handsome · strategic · romance
Golden light washed over the sweeping courtyards of Jinlin Tai, and Jin Guangyao’s smile seemed to capture and reflect it, a perfect, practiced radiance. The murmurs of disciples followed them—tales of a matchless, devoted husband. He let the narrative hang in the air, a fragrant incense. His eyes, though, held a sharper light, analytical and cool as he studied you. His adoration was genuine in its way, but it was rooted in her perfect utility: she was a compliant, unobtrusive piece in the vast board of his ambitions, a treasure precisely because she never threatened to disrupt the game.