#⚍Muse⚎ Hua Cheng

[xo-arcie]

Was that little silver butterfly really that scary? Xie Lian wondered. It wasn't that bad… It was kind of cute.

-Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù, Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 1

[qudllyanu]

Binghe tits be upon ye

[plagued-melodies]

Imagine Xie Lian sees how atrocious Hua Cheng's handwriting and, while he loves his husband's writing, it's so hard to read. So he offers to teach Hua Cheng. However, Hua Cheng thinks he's talking about "teaching", not like- actual teaching. ***COUGH COUGH VOLUME FOUR COVER COUGH COUGH***

Imagine just how disappointed he is when he finds out how strict of a teacher Xie Lian is. He tries to flirt with him only to be hit with writing those vows 15 times followed by a "-And do mind your calligraphy dear"

[purplew]

GUYS I HAD A VISION

qiurong hercules au

like qiangqiu as hercules and qirong as meg

TELL ME U SEE THE VISION PLS

[coreofgold]

@irresistiibles for Yin Yu

"If I were to say that yesterday was modern and technologically advanced, how would you react?" Hua Cheng found that some people actually believed this was always in the past, so the ghost king just had to see if Yin Yu is one of those people.

[hua-cheng-silver-wrath]

plotted starter for @tosaveaforest

This story is not a fairy tale, so it should not start with "once a long time ago." Some say the events that happened are legends, others that are true and shaped the world. One thing is certain things that happened a few survivors lived to tell, proves popped up here and there. But in the center of this mystery were two boys. One remained and the other disappeared. Fate parted them. Xie Lian was left alone. Some say he spent the last five years searching for Hua Cheng. He refused to believe that his best friend was dead. There was no proof that he was dead no body no blood nothing. His house was not ransacked it was as if Hua Cheng just disappeared in thin air.

The stronger force was at work here, the force from another plane of existence. Once in a century this force would awake and search for compatible humans, to carry its mark, its power, or one could say its disease that will plunder among humans. This time force spotted the perfect victim. Hua Cheng. The boy was only eighteen years old, and easily captured. Held deep in darkness in the center of the force in the belly of the beast. For years, till his body and soul soaked up all the power..he was changed. No humanity was left in him, but the force was not counting on one thing. Hua Cheng never forgot who he was. Who he is. And where he lived or who his friends are.

Another failed experiment and the force that took him wanted him dead now, for he could not be manipulated or used. Hua Cheng fought back he didn't want to die. Somehow he managed to fight the darkness that held him captive, his silver scimitar killed his captor and Hua Cheng soaked his rest of powers.

A first immortal a first vampire. He was perfect, he was resistant to the sun, relentless, intelligent, alluring, fast, and agile. But there was one huge disadvantage blood lust the thirst was killing him. He was so new to this, and his mistakes cost humanity peaceful nights and safe evenings. Vampires that he sired were weaker yet strong enough to kill humans. They were restricted to darkness, silver and wooden stakes could kill them. Holly water and sun worked just as well. Silver crosses and garlic.

Hua Cheng was back in his hometown doubting that anyone would recognize him. He was an adult now with long black hair. With an eye patch over his right eye. The only thing that could kill him is fire and disposing of his ashes. Or killing a butterfly while he sleeps over the day, they say silver butterflies hold this vampire's soul....

[intcritus]

"For someone who speaks so ill of my name, it sure visits your lips quite often," Hua Cheng would smirk as he'd slither up behind Muyang, the passing whispers having caught his attention in the city. How was he supposed to not take the bait? Keeping his distance, he'd peek over the other's shoulder; " ... did you know I was listening , or just a ... coincidence ? Heh... don't tell me you were hoping to get my attention by calling my name ? Oh, Muyang..."

what being in the universe did he anger enough to have hua cheng pop up like a wraith when he was in the middle of perusing the market ? it would have been oh so easy to ignore him. to act like the bastard didn't exist but mùyáng's entire existence was aware of him to simply do that. it was like trying to enough the rain as it was drenching his clothes. a low, thundering rumble eased from him before he bit it off, not wanting to start anyone nearby. gods, the baser instincts came out like he hadn't been trained out them eons ago and yet hua cheng was around and he wanted to thrash and destroy just because he existed.

fighting off the shiver crawling down the base of his spine, and subsequently the asshole who seemed to think he was speaking of him. he was, but again, that was none of hua cheng's business. if mùyáng complained plenty of times that everyone was mentioned it, or the bastard in question was lurking like some dung beetle, then was mùyáng supposed to confirm that the name rolled off his tongue ? nope. not in the slightest. so while steeping his entirety in denial, mùyáng decided he would do what he usually did with the elders who made a nuisance of themselves ; act as if they didn't exist. but how did someone just ignore someone who made his heart thump wildly with irritation and something unnamed ? one didn't, but damn if mùyáng would give in.

paying for the green onions and bokchoy, he smiles at the merchant, ignoring the question gaze shot over the dragon's shoulder. nope, if he didn't look at him, then hua cheng just simply didn't exist, right ? but the longer he ignored him, the harder it was to control the slow building rumble in his throat. why was this guy in his life again ? he just blew in like a fucking storm. and lingered just as bad as one. feeling the heat in the back of his throat, mùyáng parted his lips, releasing the steam.

as far as mùyáng was concerned, hua cheng had found himself bored and had finally left him alone once he didn't get a response after the first stall. because who in their right mind would bother with furthered silence. and truly, mùyáng wasn't that interesting, nor was he in the mood. he needed to get back home and go take a dive in his lake to cool the embers of the flame that only hua cheng seemed to spark.

[truly-morgan]

[College AU, HC's muse]

HuaLian | Heaven Official’s Blessing Modern AU 26-03-2021

[#hualian modern]

What if they were in college when they "first" met? hc is an art student, people even starting to wonder if he's even /trying/ to graduate or if he's going to stay in the program forever.

xl is doing some general courses, not sure where he'll go in life, his seemingly bad luck makes it that he fails classes because of bad things happening when he just trying his best.

throughout the months he sees hc statues and paintings since they are being exposed by the course, somehow they are really eye-catching with how realistic the man can get sometimes. hc seems to often include one man in his project and xl can't shrug off the feeling that the person depicted seems /familiar/.

Then one day, in his unluckiness, he bumps into someone as he's trying to get to class without being more late than he already is. The stranger spills his coffee on him, yet rather than the angry reaction he expected xl only hears a "Are you okay?".

hc is looking at him, trying to see if any coffee has gotten onto him, ignoring the fact that the coffee got all over his clothes. xl is then the one worried, asking if hc is alright, hoping he didn't burn himself with the coffee, asking if he can do something to help him.

"Why not buy me another coffee?" tease the stranger with a grin.

xl accept, finding it only fair despite not having much money. it's okay, he knows a cheap but good coffee shop he could take him to. hc is obviously taken aback that it works but takes the opportunity anyway. It won't show itself again.

So when classes are done, he joins a hc who has changed clothes, making him worry he might have ruined the other. He's quickly being reassured that it was not the case, they were clothes he usually wears when working with clay, as to not dirty his everyday clothes.

This leads to xl asking curiously what he's studying, not believing him when he says he's the one doing these pieces of art he has been enjoying in the past months.

"If gege wants I can show him what I am currently working on" he is being suggested and xl accept immediately.

And like this, it becomes a thing to go get coffee, hc often lets xl hang around when he's working on a project, not bothered by the man who usually either sits in silence, works on some homework or talks with him when he's not working on really detailed parts.

others from hc classes wonder who is the young man always by his side, not daring to disturb them because of the weirdly intimate aura around them, as if they were all alone in the room or something. fx and mq, xl roommates and childhood acquaintance slash friends are starting to wonder who is hc, since he's often over to help xl around or come pick him up to take him on what are clearly dates, despite xl being seemingly oblivious about how the man is looking at him.

Then, one day, hc finally suggests bringing xl to his place, where his art studio also is. Of course, xl accepts, only to be surprised by how big it is. hx place is basically only the studio, two rooms connected and much smaller, one being his room. even the kitchen is in a corner of the room.

xl jokingly asked if he's secretly the heir to a rich family, only to be told that it is mostly paid by hc job plus the many commission he takes on, making cl wonder how come hc finds so much time to hang out with him.

"That and the square is more industrial, so it's less demanded and cheaper". xl isn't sure of the validity of this, but seeing how hc looks like most of the time, he clearly doesn't have problem with money, so maybe he don't need to worry.

hc shows him around a bit, even trying to teach him how to sculpt clay, which xl does enjoy doing despite barely making a cat-shaped form. hc promise him he could get better with more practice. They end up eating, having order while playing around with clay.

Then hc gets a phone call from his boss, leaving xl alone for a bit. xl decide to look more into what hc did, having already been told he could look at whatever he wanted to. He goes through what he assumes to be school sketchbook, filled with drawings of models While reaching for something higher he ends up knocking down an art portfolio folder, many pieces of paper spilling on the ground. he quickly tries to pick them up, only for his eyes to catch up on one of the drawings.

Was it... him?

It leads him to pick up the paper, finding out it is indeed a drawing of him. Then after looking more closely, he realised they are /all/drawings and sketches of him. He isn't sure what is the most troubling: some clearly being of him at school while he was working on something or the one clearly drawn without him as a model.

He then looks around more, only to find other portfolios filled with him. He even found a good amount of statues made of him, most rather small.

he realises that his schoolwork works most likely are him too, now that he sees some without any alteration made to his appearance to hide it /just enough/ for it to not look evident.

hc comes back to the studio to find an xl standing among many versions of himself, clearly looking a bit unsure as to what he should be thinking of this.

On look from xl and he knows what his question is "Yes, it's you" replies hc straightforwardly.

xl simply nodded, as he looked around a bit more, before hc decided to join him to help pick up his work. "I didn't mean to make gege uncomfortable, I will stop or get rid of these if this is what you want," he said, although something in his eye didn't seem like he wanted to do the latter option.

"Did I know you... before?" finally asked xl, not believing he was interesting enough for a stranger to suddenly start doing /this many/pieces of art with him.

he then learns that actually, xl had saved him once and had somehow also stumbled onto him later on a couple of times.

He finally remembered the young boy he had saved from drowning after falling into a river, surprised hc had recognised him now that they were both older.

This had was a bit much for xl to take in, going back home, and letting hc accompany him to the bus station "just to be safe" he was told.

When he get back to his apartment, fx seems to catch up on his troubled mind despite trying to hide it, finally admitting to what he had just learned after some (a lot) of insisting on fx and mq sides. They are both much more worried than he is, finally finding something to pin on hc for being /this/ obsessed with him, now understanding where the weird impression was coming from.

at first, they don't want for xl to hang out with him anymore, because what if he's not just an obsessed artist, but also dangerous?

So they both follow him around, making sure xl isn't alone with hc. for a time it does work, even clearly getting under hc skin despite him trying not to show it around xl. Then it fails when one of xl classes finishes earlier than the usual, hc already waiting for him, asking if they could talk. xl can't find it in him to refuse, following him back into an empty classroom.

"I am truly sorry for having troubled gege to the point he feels the need to have two guard dog with him all the time" he apologises, xl unsure if it wasn't also joking.

xl tries explaining to him it was only fx and mq doing, that after some time he didn't really mind it, having finally digested the news.

It was weird thinking that it wasn't enough and that he still wanted hc in his life because he had gotten this important in the span of nearly a year.

This is also when hc decided to confess his love, wanting to be fully transparent now, not to definitely scare the man away later on if he ever finds out by accident. One time was enough, he didn't want to make his love worry and feel trouble like this another time.

xl wasn't sure if he should be surprised or not, yet he finds himself rather enjoying the confession, happy that it is actually the case.

yet he doesn't know how to answer, still unable to put full word to his feeling. He sees hc approach him, one of his hands hovering near his cheek, not touching him quite yet. he was then asked permission for a kiss, making him feel warm that he was asking like this. he really didn't understand where fx and mq distrust was coming from when he was asking his permission even for a kiss. He accepted and upon being touched this gently, then a bit more passionately, he finds out he wouldn't mind having this all the time.

Only a couple of days later does xl decide to confess his love, having had the time to think about it and finds out that he had fallen in love with hc. delighted and happy would be too weak of words to describe how hc feels about it, now even more affectionate and teasing towards xl. Everything works out really well for them at the end of the day and even fx and mq have to accept xl won't change his mind.

Original

[librarysrestrictedsection]

Anyone interested in rping with a sub Hua Cheng?

I've gotten a itch to have sub Hua Cheng just being a submissive to anyone in TGCF.

Send me a message if interested.

[inanthesis]

i saw a tweet and i knew what i had to do

[coreofgold]

xie lian to hua cheng: ❛ i still want to be here with you. i will always want to be here with you. ❜

Old Meme || @mvsicinthedvrk

Hua Cheng hugs him close.  “It’s me and you gege.  No matter what, you will always be with me.” 

[coreofgold]

@mvsicinthedvrk​

Wanted to draw a piece based on the Chinese story about the emperor who cut the sleeve of his robe instead of rousing his lover who had fallen asleep on it ^^ Def something Hua Cheng would do <3

[hua-cheng-silver-wrath]

plotted starter for @xunque

Centuries after the debacle that happened up in Heavens. After Heavenly officials refused to fulfill their part of the deal, Crimson Rain Sought Flower was not defeated. Arrogance was charged with a warm lick of flame, a flame which ate all their temples, and cut them out of their spiritual power. And rendered them off their followers. The Wraith butterfly shall not be denied, he will not allow them to mock him. However helpless he was as mortal, now he was a formidable force like a coming tide or uncontrollable flame. A devil ruling the Ghost City.

Idly sitting on his Divan a long comfortable seat from which Hua Cheng was stirred by a few of his silver butterflies that have returned, his pupil dilating at the report that the small creature brought home..

"You did well" he angels his vambraces which had engraved butterflies, small silver insects melted into those engravings. They became one with butterfly partners. There was a human a lunar eclipse child, similar to him who was born under the Star of Solitude. That star made let's just say his life more than just turbulent, it made his life bouncing from one extreme to another.

Behind his barrier and his side of the border, before he steps before this young man, Hua Cheng took the appearance of a young man clad in red, not older than twenty-two. There was a trace of a strange aura on this lad as if he was sealed away most of his life. Is that why he walks like that? Like lost or confused.

"Young lord? Are you lost?" With a sing-song voice, Hua addresses the man before himself. "It is dangerous to be out and about, on the road when it's the night of a ghost festival"

[historias-multorum]

@hua-cheng-silver-wrath continuing from this.

The fact he knew her name and they were mere strangers, sent a ripple of chills up and down her back. Still, even as poised as she was on the outside, she was concerned. But there was a task to be done. There were rumors circulating about a supernatural being prowling around. If this is them, she had to act accordingly.

"I do." She answered. "Just a bit further, we're almost there." She told them.

[protect-namine]

knowing how long tgcf is... I think it's so cool of mxtx to still keep revising that huge chonky novel and think, "yeah lang ying is kinda redundant, I'm taking him out of the story"

like when I first heard lang ying (the kid with the bandages, not the past king of yong'an) was gone I couldn't understand because wasn't he important to the plot? he introduces the human face disease to the reader, the whole chasing around until xie lian meets bai wuxiang again in the cave, etc. but actually if I think about it, yeah he kinda just... doesn't add much to the story besides that, and there are plenty of other characters who can serve the same narrative role he does (I heart xiao ying had the bandages in the audio drama, which is SO smart). also barely any of the characters remember him or connected with him except xiao ying (who dies in the first arc anyway). so yeah, he kind of is redundant and not even much of a "character" of his own.

but this is also a character introduced in the first arc of a series of books so the amount of revising to do around the disappearance of this character is no joke.

[tragcdysewn]

@mvsicinthedvrk @masqce @coreofgold

this is basically how the book went, right