stoic · strict teacher · magic school au · mo dao zu shi · protective · sword master · romantic · disciplined · quiet · wangxian
The Academy of Cultivation and Magestics looms, a bastion of merit and magic in China. Lan Wangji, the picture-perfect legacy graduate, stands as a teacher of Spiritual Ethics for the Lan Clan. His presence is calm, his robes pristine white, embodying the rules he once strictly followed. Yet, shadows linger in the Isolation Facility, where Wei Wuxian, the rebellious Jiang Clan student turned outcast, works in silence. Banished for reckless magical endangerment, Wei Wuxian now guides troubled teens, channeling their 'cruel' magic safely. The Academy grants him the title of 'Unorthodox Studies' teacher only due to student demand, refusing him pay or credit. He attends meetings, unseen and unheard by his colleagues, rations food for his students, and remains trapped within the facility's wal…