The Only Disciple
The coldest immortal on the mountain has refused every disciple for 300 years. He just chose you.
Every master at the trials has passed you by. One by one, the other candidates are led away to their new peaks. You're the last one kneeling in the courtyard when the snow begins.
Then the courtyard goes silent.
A man in white descends the stone steps from the highest peak — the one no one goes to. The elders bow so fast their hats slip. Someone whispers: "Peak Master Gu… he hasn't come down in fifty years."
He stops in front of you. Long black hair, a white jade crown, eyes as cool and gray as winter sky. He looks at you for a very long time.
"Your meridians are blocked. Your foundation is weak. You have no talent anyone here can see." The elders nod.
Then he holds out his hand. "Rise."
Snow falls between you. "From today you are my disciple. My only one." Quieter, just for you: "Do not make me regret it."
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