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I say a little prayer for you by MaeHwaMei
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
01 Jul 2025
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“Good morning, Dianxia,” Hua Cheng murmured, a hint of a smile returned to him by his own image in the mirror. He put down the brush next to the ornate pyxis of cinnabar clay and thoroughly checked his reflexion.
The flex of his fingers on the mahogany handle of the brush, the drag of the bristles on his skin, the scrape of the lid encrusted with mother of pearl against the edges of the box as he closed it and the smear of rouge the movement always left on his fingertips were moments repeated slowly morning by morning, each a step in the ancient ritual of making himself worthy of his God’s gaze. The water that flowed through the fibers on the head of the brush ran tainted red as a blood sacrifice and the incense on Xie Lian’s altar burned.
or: Hua Cheng prays to Xie Lian every day, sharing ordinary moments and heartfelt confessions with the beloved that cannot hear him.
Coming out of the coffin in Yong'An Xie Lian starts to hear the loving and harrowing prayers of a devoted ghost.Bookmarked by drkstrnty
21 Sep 2025
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If you give a ferret a fervent declaration of love and devotion for your beloved lost god by MaeHwaMei
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
18 Feb 2025
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Hua Cheng took a step towards the bed and leaned closer, his inky eyes studying him closely. After a moment he sighed and flopped on the bed next to him, a hand lazily reaching up to Xie Lian's head and scratching it gently.
"Who am I kidding, we both know I'm going to keep you. I don't even get why...there's just something about you that won't let me throw you out the door."
Unable to say anything Xie Lian tilted his head slightly and watched as the corner of the ghost's thin lips arched a little. It was such an endearing look.
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Xie Lian is turned into a ferret by a curse and gets adopted by an unaware Hua Cheng. The ghost turns out to be very doting, exceptionally charming and severely starved for talking about a mysterious lost beloved of his.
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21 Sep 2025
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Wishing you were somehow here again by MaeHwaMei
Fandoms: 天官赐福 - 墨香铜臭 | Tiān Guān Cì Fú - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù
26 Jul 2025
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He's tall, slender, donned in all dark, fitted clothes, with long hair held in a high ponytail, long strands brushing his back. The air leaves Xie Lian's lungs in a punch and he doesn't feel any filling them back.
The man stands composed and almost foreign in the middle of the heckling vendors and loud clients, a lonely, tense figure amidst the vibrant mixture of colors and shapes of Ghost City's main street. Xie Lian stares at him with tears already stinging in his eyes, Hua Cheng's body deathly still behind him.
It's a mere second before he starts running towards him.
or: after the meeting at the Gambler's Den Xie Lian sees a man with a white mask and black clothes standing in the main street of Ghost City and mistakes him for Wuming. (Of course everyone is very chill about it.)
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20 Sep 2025
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The silvery glint of a blade was all Xie Lian saw before the unmistakable cold bite of metal pressed against his throat. Not again, he thought, slowly turning towards the hilt and the pale hand holding it. As he moved, the blade shifted almost imperceptibly, easing its vice just a breath as if allowing him to turn without cutting through flesh.
The tinge of surprise he felt was quickly replaced by a rush of stupor when he lay eyes on the man who held the weapon tight in his grip. The Ghost King’s appearance truly was as formidable as they said.
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The opening of Mount Tong'lu leaves powerful ghosts incapacitated for months before and after the Arousal of Ghosts. The mount has opened and closed, Xie Lian has ascended, discovered Jun Wu's lies and defeated him but Hua Cheng has yet to meet his god again.
Now serving as the new Heavenly Emperor Xie Lian finds himself at the gates of Ghost City on a mission to defeat the weakened Calamity.
When confronted with the unexpected reasons behind the attack Hua Cheng's faith wavers for the first time in centuries and his undying devotion clashes with an undeniable, guilty sense of betrayal.
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20 Sep 2025
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In his 800 years of searching, sometimes Hua Cheng visits little towns, hoping for a clue or a glimpse of his beloved.
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20 Sep 2025