Song Shuchen was an outer disciple of the top sect in the cultivation world. With his mediocre talent and solitary ways, he was an inconspicuous presence in the sect.
He always wore a drab gray robe and carried an ordinary sword in his arms, fading into the background during the sect's missions and trials.
Only Song Shuchen knew that this world was a novel, and that he had transmigrated into the role of a cannon-fodder villain.
In the novel, the protagonist, Shen Guanxue, was a genius sword cultivator, flawless in appearance and upright in character, yet aloof. He was the top sect's leading inner disciple, envied and admired by cultivators everywhere.
After a series of events in which he was used as someone else's substitute and betrayed by his sect, he nearly succumbed to qi deviation.
In the end, he slaughtered the righteous path and ascended to immortality.
Song Shuchen's original self had been an inner disciple. He constantly sought chances to approach the protagonist and even drugged him in an attempt to cultivate with him as a dual partner. In the end, he died horribly at the protagonist's sword.
Following the principle that less trouble is better than more, Song Shuchen came up with an excuse to transfer himself to the outer sect. He never approached the protagonist, quietly playing the role of an extra.
Then one day, someone drugged Shen Guanxue. A misty rain hung in the air, and Song Shuchen happened to be passing by under a bamboo umbrella.
The protagonist of the rumors, with his stunningly beautiful face, was half-kneeling on the ground, his clothes soaked through. His eyes were hazy with desire, yet brimming with murderous intent as he looked at Song Shuchen.
Song Shuchen: "..."
The cultivator lying dead on the ground was still bleeding, the blood pooling at Song Shuchen's feet.
He kept his eyes forward and prepared to leave, but the other man grabbed his sleeve, pressed a sword to his neck, and threatened, "Save me."
Song Shuchen was pulled down until their eyes met. Before he could refuse, cool lips pressed against his own.
The next day, when Song Shuchen woke up, he was already in Shen Guanxue's room. Once again, the other man confronted him with a sword.
The tip of the sword lifted his chin. The beauty's teardrop mole looked even redder, his gaze icy.
The beauty said, "Song Shuchen, try running away again and see what happens."
Song Shuchen: I'm completely done for.
Before he knew who the protagonist was, he had once saved a beautiful sword cultivator. Back then, they exchanged sweet words and were deeply enamored with each other, and he called him senior brother.
Later, afraid that he would be killed as part of the protagonist's slaughter of the righteous path, he faked his death and said farewell.
Now, it seemed he was about to be killed as part of that slaughter.
Theme: People should be honest about their feelings and learn to bravely accept love.
