The Master Rubs His Forehead: He Raised a Useless Spirit-Rooted Dragon-Blooded Prodigy

[Powerful, masterful, teasing shizun on top × innocent flower disciple at first, mad disciple later]

[Two male leads + System + faked death + mutual firsts + shizun uses him + younger man forces the relationship]

Shizun Wen Qingci has been powerful and influential for years. He seems gentle and easygoing, but is worldly and puts the sect’s interests above all else.

The male lead, Gu Xiuming, is just starting out. Facing a sly old fox like him, whom he has long admired, how could he possibly put up any resistance?

The System prompts: “Ding! Please take the male lead as your disciple, or he’ll grow up and destroy the sect!”

The Revered One tells everyone he does not take disciples, but eventually accepts a disciple with a useless spiritual root.

Everyone loves the Revered One. He quietly pretends to nap, gives a cool, aloof smile, and says, “I belong to the sect.”

Southern Demon Lord: “This lord and the Northern Demon Lord once had something too. Sigh, it’s a long story. Did your shizun ever roast fish for you as well?”

The Dragon-Proud male lead’s face fell.

Southern Demon Lord: “The closer you get to him, the more heartbroken you’ll be. He’s someone you can never have!”

Until Gu Xiuming returns after his shizun weighs the pros and cons and abandons him for the sake of the sect.

Gu Xiuming sees the book of destiny that was meant for him and learns that his shizun took him in, a disciple with a useless spiritual root, only because he feared Gu Xiuming would destroy his sect.

So all his shizun’s kindness toward him was fake!

Would his shizun wear that same loving expression no matter what his disciple did, or was it merely a mask?

Whatever the truth, this time the disciple will tear it all apart...

Male lead: “Shizun, do you feel even a little guilty for abandoning your disciple?”

Revered One: “Then have you come back this time to kill your master?”

Male lead, corrupted: “Your disciple only wants to serve shizun properly!”