Sunset Clouds

What-If: Lu YanShui.

The answer for the riddle was snow, or snowflake.

Here, have the extra.
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The first time they saw each other, was in the biyearly selections.

One was a child, a youth whose eyes shone with every single thing shown to him, easily excitable, as if he has never seen these things before.

The other was a dignified peak master, gentle, yet strict, with three thousand strands of silver hair, and a wan smile on his face.

In a way, it could be said that there was no way that they could end up together.

However, the gears of fate truly works in wondrous ways.

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From the beginning, the youth chose the peak master, and he decided not to let go. From then on, it was simply a game of waiting.

Everything he did, all the intelligence he flaunted off, was to captivate this man. Xu FengYin was enamoured at first sight, and as someone who has transmigrated, he needed a golden thigh, no?

Eldest brother is too stoic, Younger sister is still young. Might as well go for the handsome peak master :3

Well then, let's start the plan!

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Seeing the wit and quick-thinking of the youth before him, Lu YanShui decided that he would do fine ad one of his inner disciples.

Yet, it didn't stop there. Xu FengYin was bright, a genius in alchemy, and so, without much pressure from Old Man Ruo, Xu FengYin was chosen to be Lu YanShui's succeeding disciple, at the tender age of 12.

With a monstrous speed in cultivating, the youth grew stronger and stronger, almost surpassing everyone in his age group, even his own twin.

Before long, he even surpassed Lu YanShui.

Many expected Lu YanShui to be mad, angry, even his own other inner disciples. However, he himself was quite proud of FengYin for having surpassed him.

As a scholar, there was nothing better than to have your disciple further a study that you were deeply interested in. Thus, while Xu FengYin himself was feeling slight dread over the overwheling anxiety of having the peak master dislike him, Lu YanShui only showered him with endless affection, pampering him to endless heights.

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It was inevitable that Lu YanShui would found out about FengYin's fear of water.

It happened on a hot summer day, with FengYin trying to make a pill, and Lu YanShui watching over him.

Somehow, FengYin had lost his concentration, and the pill blew up. Luckily, Lu YanShui had moved back in time, so the residue of the ingredients won't get stuck to him, but FengYin wasn't so lucky.

"Ugh...."

The front of his robes, as well as part of his hands were drenched in the plants' mixed juices. A lightly sweet scent wafted from the juices, and Lu YanShui frowned.

"That's not good," He commented, rising fluidly to his feet and tugging FengYin's hand. The youth followed, slightly at a loss on what to do. "Come. Let's get you washed up."

With an unsteady pair of feet, FengYin followed the peak master, as the other led him through corridors. At last, they reached the spring located just a slight ways away from Lu YanShui's courtyard.

Before the spring, FengYin was faced with a problem:

The water.

While he was contemplating on how to relay to his peak master that he was in fact, quite traumatised from the dip he had accidentally right after he dropped into this world without actually telling him that he had drowned in his past life and was another person from the original Xu FengYin, Lu YanShui had noticed his hesitance, and had spoken up.