Chinese Novel Review 1

Falling Dreams of Fang Hua

Fang Hua Beasts are animals who possess pure feelings. If adult Beasts can maintain a heart of clarity in the world of mortals, they can extend their longevity and cultivate to become Immortals. Those who are moved by sentiment[2] end up as grassy weeds, withering year by year, bathing in a sea of fire until they return to the cycle of reincarnation. If they are injured by sentiment, its every ten days will be equivalent to a cycle of one year in human terms, and it will sink into the cycle of reincarnation, turning back into dead wood. If they are heavily injured by sentiment, the color of the wood will turn black, and act as a strong dilution agent against poisons.'

Fang Hua have an exceedingly unrivaled beauty resembling that of a woman's, that is difficult to find in the world. As an animal that possesses a sentimental disposition, they will be tied down by the threads of sentiment all their lives. Those who cannot escape the bonds of sentiment are robbed of their lives and die young, leaving the numbers who manage to attain Right Fruit[3] fewer and fewer.'

When Fang Hua got drunk again, he said that his friend loved someone who already have a wife, he spent half of his lifetime in grief and died miserably, buried far from humans with nothing but flowers. Shao Hua thought that Fang Hua love a man. She want to steal a pill from Fang Hua but got found out, Fang Hua asked her to get his clothes. Shao Hua said that his skin is good, Fang Hua answered that she can restore her skin with medicine bath. Shao Hua asked why he didn't say it early and Fang Hua answered that she never ask and thought that she like her current skin.

There's a lot sweet moments in early chapters, I think it will be too long to mention it all. I'll jump to the story short summary and skipped all sweet moments.

One day Fang Hua brought a man home, he's Han Zichuan. Shao Hua thought that Han Zichuan and Fang Hua is a lover so she bullied Han Zichuan. When Shao Hua tried to sell Fang Hua's pills she met Lord Nongyu who bought her pills with gold. Later she met Nongyu again when she's with Han Zichuan. Nongyu greet Zichuan as crown prince. Han Zichuan ask Fang Hua to come with him to cure the emperor. Fang Hua agreed and leave with Han Zichuan, leaving Shao Hua alone. He promised he'll come back. The next day Shao Hua went to the palace by herself. She disguised as a palace maid. She got found out by Nongyu. He helped her disguise and send her to be Fang Hua's maid. She take care Fang Hua, Fang Hua already knew that she's Shao Hua but she refused to admit it. Fang Hua brought her when he treat the emperor. Shao Hua noticed that someone remove an ingredient from the medicine. When the emperor died, Nongyu tried to give all the blame to Fang Hua. Zichuan kill all the servant who take care the emperor except Fang Hua and Shao Hua. He sent Fang Hua to cold palace. Shao Hua saw Zichuan and Fang Hua hugging when they got drunk, she left the palace with Nongyu's help.

Five years later, Shao Hua is famous in jianghu as Carefree Idler who live with 7 young princes each has their own talents. The first is a swordman she saved and insist to pay her back so he follow her around. Later he become a business man and paid all her living expenses. The second is Pill King's disciple whose blood can cure a lot of poison. The third I forgot about him. The fourth is Nongyu's martial brother who's expert in disguise. The fifth also a martial arts, his face got ruined. The sixth is a mute who got a cultivation manual on his back. The seventh is Shao Hua's disguise, Shao Hua cultivate from Sixth's back. The more she cultivate, the more she forget her past. One day Nongyu said that the emperor will come to her soon. She tried to speed up her cultivation. Han Zichuan come to her and forced her to come with him if she want to see Fang Hua. Shao Hua agreed, on the way they got ambushed by assassins.

When she wake up she's in the palace and forgot everything in her past. Zichuan said that she's his empress, he slept with Shao Hua. Shao Hua heard the rumor that there's male concubine named Fang Hua, she heard from a princess in the cold palace that Fang Hua got sick and already left five years ago and only his fake substitute living here. Someone kidnapped her and brought her to Fang Hua's house. Shao Hua thought that in the past she's a third wheel and got her guards up with Fang Hua. Fang Hua fed her his blood to cure her, Shao Hua got her memories back after she met the six princes. She still thought Fang Hua loves Zichuan, since he's dying Shao Hua thought that he can be revived by his loved bloods so she went to bring Zichuan. Then she knew that Zichuan is the one who sent her to Fang Hua, she kidnapped Zichuan and brought him home. When she got back, she only found out Fang Hua Wood with black color. Zichuan make a bet with her if he can revive Fang Hua with his blood he'll leave them alone but if he can't then he'll take the Fang Hua Wood and brought her to the palace as his empress. Shao Hua agreed, after a month there's no change on the Fang Hua Wood. Zichuan told her that Fang Hua loved her and he threaten him with her safety to get him follow to the palace. Now it's too late to revive Fang Hua, he'll leave her alone and take her back to the palace after a week. Shao Hua tried to revive Fang Hua with her bloods.

After a long time, she got sick because she lost too much blood but finally Fang Hua got reborn. He still didn't remember anything and called her, mother. Soon after Fang Hua grow up, Shao Hua died.

There's bonus chapter from the princes POV, the First love Shao Hua, he thought that Shao Hua love him when she saved and took care of him and didn't ask anything in return. Later he found out that she saved him because he's resemble with Fang Hua. The second who stay behind with Fang Hua when he got sick found out that Fang Hua love Shao Hua and not the emperor. But he didn't tell Shao Hua because he know if Shao Hua tried to revive Fang Hua, she'll die, that's also the reason Fang Hua didn't tell Shao Hua until the end. The Sixth is a son of fallen general, his father told him not to share the cultivation on his back with anyone. But he saw Shao Hua keep eating pill to forget her past so he let her see his back and cultivate.

The next 2 bonus chapter is before and after the main story. It said that Shao Hua is some high goddess who everyone called aunt. She like to raise animals, a deity give her a Fang Hua Wood. She raise it and when it become human she took care of him. Later she love him and perform dual cultivation. The daughter of Jade Emperor love a mortal and insist to come down, she said if Shao Hua can love a beast why she can't love human. So the Jade Emperor punish Shao Hua, she need to do a trial in mortal world to sever her affection with Fang Hua. When she went to the reincarnation pool, Fang Hua follow her, she used all her power to save Fang Hua. Then after the main story finish, she come back as deity. The deity who gave her Fang Hua said if she still remember about Fang Hua, Shao Hua said that she'll never forget him. The deity show her where Fang Hua is. Fang Hua already reincarnate to a human named Yu Hua. He has a son named Yu Muqing, his mother is Shao Hua's 3 part souls. Shao Hua decide to stay with Yu Hua and didn't come back to heaven.