Honghuang: Fooled Again

[Not Your Typical Primordial Chaos Story] [Native Inhabitants] [Senior Brother Fanfic Derivative]

The protagonist is male, but this is a female-oriented story. The original couples remain intact, and the protagonist has no romantic pairing.

Jingyuan, a dreamlike mirror butterfly, is the unfortunate junior brother of Grand Master Xuandu. All he wants is to hole up in the Three Friends' Courtyard and cultivate, hoping to get by quietly. Unfortunately, one of his senior brothers is far more formidable than his gentle, refined appearance suggests.

His senior brother grabs the Taiji Diagram and goes to fight the Eastern Emperor Taiyi of the Demon Court. You're carrying the Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda. Are you going or not? Of course! It's not like I'm fighting Taiyi. I'm just lending him a pagoda...

Hey! Why are there so many demon generals too? You want me to fight them? Senior Brother?

He'd barely made it back to the courtyard when his senior brother picked up the Taiji Diagram and went to fight Ancestor Minghe. Are you going or not? I have a life-substitution pearl refined by our teacher, so what do I have to fear? Let's go!

What? Ancestor Minghe isn't a lonely old man, but the founder of the immortal Asura Race?!!!

Surrounded on all sides by the Asura Race, Jingyuan laughs in exasperation.

Senior Brother, could you call Kong Xuan next time?

After getting fooled so many times, he tries to console himself: Sure, he keeps getting tricked, but you learn from experience.

After learning from experience, then learning from experience again, and then learning from experience yet again: Senior Brother, please go easy on me.

Senior Brother: Of course!

Jingyuan, on guard duty at Xuandu City, looks at his senior brother, who's fallen asleep dreaming of Duke Zhou again... He's been fooled once more!

In a fit of rage, he shakes him awake. I've been fooled already, so I might as well learn something! If I can't grow a brain, I'll grow some knowledge. Why are you sleeping? Get up and teach your junior brother!

And so, he learns a new skill with every hard lesson, getting closer and closer to mastering a hundred arts: +1, +1, +1...

Content warning: The protagonist grows gradually, and this is not a story about lying low. Jingyuan is a name he receives later; at first, he's called Huaiyi. The story focuses on everyday life and personal growth, not the action-packed style of male-oriented fiction. It draws loosely on the Primordial Chaos setting, with many original interpretations.