Shen Yuan introducing his own version of DnD to Qing Jing to get his disciples to think strategically as well as teach them what makes a good story/character. Ning Yingying is one of those annoying bard players that don’t try to figure anything out and just roll to seduce everything. Ming Fan spends hours trying to figure out the best way to minmax his build which Shen Yuan both hates and is impressed by. Binghe is a unicorn player who’s really good at not only following the direction the DM is pointing in, but also reigning in the other players. Only inner disciples that are doing really well in their classes get to play with Shizun but people are allowed to watch the sessions as they happen, which becomes a beloved peak wide pastime. Mostly because Shizun character acts for all his NPCs.

Occasionally other peak lords are allowed to join as guest players, however Yue Qingyuan and Liu Qingge suck ass and have been banned. Shang Qinghua abd Qi Qingqi are tye most common repeat guests.

sniff

au where a big part of the reason behind shen jiu's/og!sqq's scumminess in pidw was because he had a rare chronic illness that not only meant pain flare-ups but also pretty bad mood swings (and was incureable/ most pain relief didn't work). airplane kind of only mentioned this very briefly and then almost forgot about it but shen yuan did not

when shen yuan transmigrates into a qing jing disciple right after sqq became a peak lord, he begins researching this illness right away. he dashes off to the library every chance he gets, he always volunteers to run errands when they involve going to qian cao because that means he can ply everyone there with his endless questions.

if he can find a cure for shen qingqiu's illness, if he can reduce his suffering, then luo binghe won't get bullied in the first place! plus, now that he's here, he genuinely wants to help shen qingqiu

a couple of years later he ends up with a thick notebook where he keeps all his notes about this illness and everything related to it, and one day his shizun, who's become suspicious of shen yuan spending that much time in the library, storms in when shen yuan doesn't expect it, sees the notebook, and seizes it. as shen qingqiu flips through it, his gaze grows darker every second. he grits his teeth, looking up at his disciple

"what an impressive compendium about my condition. especially the pages about the worst flare-up triggers and drug interaction. very detailed."

shen yuan pales when he realises shen qingqiu has just come to the conclusion his disciple has been researching this with the intention to harm him somehow. "shizun, this isn't what you think..."

"no one but a few peak lords even know about my condition. my disciple's determination to get rid of me must be truly impressive to have gone this far to dig up something so confidential."

"shizun, please let this disciple explain--"

shen qingqiu slams the notebook on the table. one of those bad mood swings is happening now, he's shaking with rage. he grabs the white-as-sheet shen yuan by the shoulders. "and to think," he hisses, " that i was planning on making you my head disciple..."

there is a characteristic shot of pain to his temple: one of those terrible migraines his illness makes him suffer through is here now, and the pain is so sharp, shen qingqiu's grip on shen yuan's shoulders loosens as he begins to slide down. shen yuan's hands catch him hastily. shen qingqiu tries to shout at him to get the hell away from him and call for mu qingfang but the pain is too much and he can't even manage that.

suddenly, the sharp, piercing sensation in his head lightens until it's almost gone. shen qingqiu realises they both sagged to the floor at some point and shen yuan is supporting his head with one hand while rubbing something onto shen qingqiu's temples with the other hand

"the root of starlight-ripened nightshade, made into a balm," shen yuan explains quietly while his fingers work the mildly spice-scented balm into shen qingqiu's skin. his touch is very careful, gentle, like he's genuinely afraid to hurt shen qingqiu. "there was a healer in the past century who wrote about this plant's beneficial effects on the condition shizun has."

shen qingqiu is speechless.

and also, embarrassingly, very comfortable with his head in shen yuan's lap, the most comfortable he has felt in the past two or so decades in fact. he also can't remember the last time anyone has been this gentle with him.

but most importantly - his (favourite, although shen qingqiu has not admitted it to anyone) disciple was actually doing all that to...help him??

Shen Yuan transmigrating into an npc peak lord who gets sent on a mission with Shen Jiu. They have to interact with a wealthy local lord who owns several slaves and Shen Yuan loses his shit on this guy, tearing him a new asshole for perpetuating slavery. Afterwards he offers discipleship to the now formerly enslaved people who are young enough to cultivate, and a generous sum of money to those who cannot join the sect. Meanwhile Shen Jiu watches, almost awestruck. Not even Yue Qingyuan is this bold in his anti slavery stance. Maybe afterwards he allows Shen Yuan to brush his hair, feeling the old burn scar that still lingers on the back of his neck.

GET PREGNANT

GET PREGNANT

During Cang Qiong sex ed, all the disciples are given the xianxia equivalent of flour babies— heavy woven balls bespelled with talismans to go off when the ‘baby’ isn’t being taken care of properly. Disciples are expected to pair up, and whichever pair (per peak) can take care of the ‘baby’ the longest without the talismans going off get a supervised trip to the town at the base of the mountain for an afternoon. In PIDW, Luo Binghe paired up with Ning Yingying of course, but Ming Fan swatted the ball out of Binghe’s hand out of jealousy, disqualifying them almost immediately.

Shen Yuan has put as much an end as he can to the bullying on his peak so he hoped that wouldn’t be a problem. However it seems as though his whole peak has conspired to leave poor Binghe without a partner, Ning Yingying even pairing up with Ming Fan. His poor little bun is distraught, acting like an abandoned single mother with his ball. Shen Yuan naturally cannot abide this. As embarrassing as it might be to be partnered with teacher for activities, he can’t leave his poor white lotus out in the cold like this!

(Everything is going exactly to plan for Binghe. Look! It’s almost like Shizun is his husband and they have a little family!)

Ming Fan ends up winning for Qing Jing, and refuses to take Ning Yingying to town with him, calling her a ‘deadbeat father’

dorm leader pocas!! 🫶💕

the thing about feminism is that anti-feminist men hate it for a reason. every woman with a bank account and a job is a woman they can't financially abuse. every woman who knows her worth won't stay with a man who treats her with the bare minimum of respect. every woman who gets an opportunity to succeed takes it from a man who considers himself more deserving. anti-feminists will not see your post talking about how "feminism is about equality, that means supporting men too!" and think that feminism is okay actually. anti-feminists hate feminism because they don't want women to be equal. you can post "if youre a man you should support feminism because it will help you too" all day if you want but at the end of the day thats just not true. for as long as feminism means men will lose their privilege, they will NEVER see that as a positive. and thats okay. you don't need to "convince" men to let us have rights. men don't need to see how us having rights benefits them. we're allowed to be equals even if people don't like it

TWST X DND - FIRST YEARS

Housewardens

(Some rambles under the cut)

pov: when the qing jing peak lords turn into catboys right in front of you 🙄

I see a lot of what if Shen Yuan was Xin Mo, but what if Shen Yuan was Zheng Yang the sword that Luo Binghe was most suited for?

Luo Binghe pulls his sword and it just sings with praise for him, thrumming softly under his fingertips and guiding his stikes to be true.

Sometimes he swears he can feel it adjusting his stance, prodding into his meridians and soothing them when they grow strained.

And then Zheng Yang shatters. Shen Yuan should die with it, but instead something strange happens. From the sword, a being comes out. He isn't solid, but he's etherial and clearly inhuman but also not demonic. Thw sword spirit freed from its original form, but not whole without his missing pieces.

He protects Luo Binghe in the abyss while he recovers from the fall, and Luo Binghe falls head over heels for the beautiful man that came from his sword. He vows to go back for his pieces so Zheng Yang can be whole again.

Luo Binghe gets pretty upset when he has to use Xin Mo, but Zheng Yang insists that it's alright and that he wants to escape the abyss too.

Binghe why are you preparing a wedding?

Alternatively, Shen Yuan goes into a stasis when he shatters as Zheng Yang because the protaganist wants his sword back, the sword that was meant for him, the one thing that chose him and tried so hard to protect him only to shatter because of him.

He wakes up reforged, with Luo Binghe researching how to help a sword cultivate a human form. Yes he wants the sword in his harem. If Zheng Yang doesn't fall with him he has the harem.

You know, I've seen a lot of fics where Shen Yuan takes young Shen Jiu in, or they are the same age and SY is being super nice and SJ decides to take pity on him until feelings spark. Or a siblings one where SJ is "the mean one" but super overprotective over SY who is the innocent fool.

I have never seen SY not give a crap what "the scum villain" thinks of him. Not one where his troll persona is utilized and still ends with SJ and SY on good terms.

Like, why would he care if the villain hates his guts? Binghe will take care of him in the end anyhow. And SY has a plan to become a useful acquaintance to Binghe with his knowledge of everything PIDW if it comes down to them meeting.

So yeah SY bullies SJ when he is bullying someone else. And SJ actually responds better to that than any flowery words and niceties he will never truly believe or appreciate.

Imagine: both of them are street kids, and SY is actually an adult so he has some idea of ways to survive on his own. And then he sees SJ and YQY being kind of desperate and offhandedly tosses some of his own food to them while making fun of SJ about his lack of basic life skills. SJ hates this guy on the spot.

Or SY and SJ are peak lords in the same generation. SJ throws scathing remarks at everyone and then gets to SY. SY gives as good as he gets. They banter and they don't even know it, they think they're arguing. They are not.

Or SY is reincarnated as a demon and decides to make it his life's goal to annoy the hell out of SJ. Ironically, he succeeds in annoying the hellish parts of SJ out of him. SJ doesn't know who keeps on pranking him but he is going to wring their neck once he finds out. But the person is too cleaver by half and that can be useful to him in the future... He finds all his robes turned pink and decides to go back to his dismemberment plan.

Some more Shen Twins Stuck in a Crystal Stuff

Mu Qingfang held the boy's boney wrist like the child was made of paper. With Shen Qingqiu sitting right next to his brother and glaring daggers at him Mu Qingfang wouldn't date do otherwise.

"Do you remember being inside the crystal?" Mu Qingfang asked. "Or is it just a jump from before to now?"

The boy frowned. "It was like I was sleeping, and dreaming. I'd kinda wake up a little sometimes and know time was passing, but I couldn't wake up all the way."

Shen Qingqiu ran a soothing hand through the little boy's hair.

"Well your meridians are fine, you could use some food but that's easily fixed... I'd like to speak with your brother for a bit, if I have someone bring in a tub would you like to take a bath? We'd put up a curtain so you'd have privacy but wouldn't be alone.

The little boy bit his lip and held the wrist Mu Qingfang had just let go of to his chest. He looked up at his brother - who was still glaring at Mu Qingfang- before nodding once.

"Alright."

The boy-Shen Yuan-warmed up once the bath was set up, smiling and asking Shen Qingqiu what all the various soaps were for. Shen Qingqiu side eyed him for the flea repellent soap but Mu Qingfang was just being safe not judgemental. He'd had to de- bug his fair share of disciples.

Once Shen Yuan was in the tub he and Shen Qingqiu retreated across the room out of the child's earshot.

"What is it?" Shen Qingqiu snapped. Someone was extra snippy today.

"There's nothing of serious concern in his spiritual veins but I'd like to keep monitoring him for a while to make sure nothing comes up as he adjusts- and he shouldn't be cultivating for a while, though he's a little young for that anyway," Mu Qingfang said .

"You aren't keeping him here."

Mu Qingfang nodded. He'd been expecting that. " That's fine," he said. "You should be able to monitor his meridians for me well enough. You two are twins?"

"Yes."

"Identical?"

"Yes."

"Then it's better you monitor his meridians anyway."

Shen Qingqiu narrowed his eyes at Mu Qingfang. "Why?"

"Your meridians, despite whatever changes living has done, share the same identical bases. There's evidence circulating qi between twins is more therapeutic and easier on your systems."

"Fine," Shen Qingqiu said. "I'll do it."

"Thank you Shixiong."

Shen Qingqiu turned on his heels and went to help his brother in the bath.

Mu Qingfang decided not to press his luck and left the room- where he nearly ran into Yue Qingyuan. Mu Qingfang took one look at him and suppressed a groan.

"Mu- Shidi," Yue Qingyuan said. "How is he?"

"Zhangmen-shixiong....they are both fine, and are not to be disturbed."

_-_-_

Liu Qingge wasn't sure what to think of the changes that had happened after that last explosive Peak Lord meeting.

The little street rat that had appeared when that crystal broke was gone, transforming overnight into a fine little lordling, a miniature mirror version of his brother.

They went everywhere together, Shen Qingqiu often carrying the little boy so they could whisper in each other's ears. When he was being carried the boy was in charge of the fan, holding it over Shen Qingqiu's or both their faces as necessary.

Overall Liu Qingge was tempted to call the changes positive. Shen Qingqiu seemed ... Not nicer, but less interested in picking fights, and he had not left the mountain to go down to the brothels since his brother's arrival.

That said Shen Qingqiu was somehow more annoying despite being better behaved.

He had caught the pair near the gates of Bai Zhan the other day, and when he'd asked what Shen Qingqiu was plotting the man had rolled his eyes at him and said he was "just showing Gege which brutes to avoid."

When Liu Qingge demanded he answer that insult with a fight he had just gotten a pair of near identical scoffs.

"Why'd you jump right to fighting?"the little Shen asked. "You should have just insulted us back and then we'd call you dumb and leave. It's not like we're trying to steal your corner spot or something important."

"Peak Lord Liu is sensitive," Shen Qingqiu said snidely. "He can't handle people being mean to him without trying to fight them "

The little boy Shen Qingqiu insisted on calling Gege gave him a pitying look before the pair walked off, leaving him alone and... Ashamed, for some reason.

Strange.

_-_-_

Wei Qingwei couldn't help but smile at the tiny little Shen that opened the Bamboo House door.

He was soooo cute!

"Delivery for Peak Lord Shen," he said brightly.

The sourpuss himself appeared behind the little boy.

"Running errands now are you Wei-shidi?" Shen Qingqiu asked.

"Xiu Ya needs these sword oils." Wei Qingwei said, handing the package over. "And I maybe wanted to check on how you two are doing."

"We're fine." Shen Qingqiu said immediately.

"Wei-shidi..." The mini Shen said contemplatively. "Are you the Wan Jian Peak Lord?"

"Yes." Wei Qingwei said. He winked at the little boy.

"Gege-"

"Can I have a sword?"

Shen Qingqiu sighed.

Wei Qingwei grinned. "Once your cultivation is strong enough I would be honored to provide young Lord Shen with a sword."

The boy giggled. "I'm not a lord!"

"Yes you are," Shen Qingqiu said. "Thank you Wei Qingwei, you can go now."

"Bye Peak Lord Wei!" The little boy said.

Wei Qingwei pressed his luck. "If you get your didi's permission I might have some knives you can use until you're big enough for a sword."

"Ooooo!"

"You don't need a knife!" Shen Qingqiu said.

"But didi! What if I need to shank someone?"

Wei Qingwei lost his composure and laughed. "Yes Qingqiu, what if he needs to shank someone?"

Shen Qingqiu shut the door in his face, but Wei Qingwei noticed he was smiling when he did.

Shang Qinghua as Linguang Jun’s spy AU

— The Northern Court knows of him as LGJ’s loyal dog but his true loyalty is only to his prince

EMPYREAN

ACT ONE, chapter eleven

– Summary: You awake in the Fyrosian Palace, miraculously having survived the trial. There is no sign of the Pyro Archon, but you have a few guests that come to see you.

– Warning: Yes, this is a yandere thing. Gender-neutral reader. 

– Characters: Grim, Ace Trappola, Deuce Spade, Cater Diamond, Trey Clover. 

– Note: An extra chapter for you all, as thanks for 9K followers. Thank you all, and I hope you enjoy!

– Pages: 11

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