(Something unexpected came up, so I'm starting the book about changing employers first, TVT)
[Black-hearted but lazy master-disciple brother bottom × ruthless, sadistic junior brother top]
Black-hearted vs. sadistic
Jin Zaishui comes back to life in someone else's body. When he wakes, he has become the useless senior disciple of the Suibai Peak of Xuanqing Sect. The original owner stole and sold the keepsake left by his junior brother's parents, and now he's been dragged to the dueling platform to get beaten one-sidedly.
On the dueling platform, a youth approaches step by step, murderous intent in his eyes, a long sword in hand.
Meanwhile, Jin Zaishui is sprawled on the platform, spitting blood.
Jin Zaishui, freshly returned from the dead, twitches and displays not a shred of backbone. He drops to his knees and bangs his head on the ground twice. "I was wrong! I give up! Don't kill me!"
Just as Jin Zaishui thinks he's about to lose his life, a golden sword pattern flashes on Jiang Guanxing's forehead. His life-bound sword, trembling with murderous intent, gives a deep hum and rubs affectionately against Jin Zaishui's shoulder.
Jiang Guanxing angrily yanks his life-bound sword back and demands, his face icy, "Jin Zaishui! What did you do to me!?"
Jin Zaishui, knocked over by the sword's nuzzling, stares blankly. "?"
After a moment of silence, someone asks in confusion, "Weren't they fighting? Why did Junior Brother Jiang suddenly form a Dao Companion Seal with Jin Zaishui?"
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Only cultivators who have dual cultivated can form a Dao Companion Seal. It is witnessed by the Heavenly Dao, and the two share life and death, as well as each other's feelings. How to break the bond... is unknown.
The cultivators below the platform erupt into an uproar.
Jin Zaishui eyes Jiang Guanxing, whose face is grim. Just as he's about to breathe a sigh of relief, a voice from below reaches his ears.
"But Junior Brother Jiang... doesn't he cultivate the Heartless Dao? That path favors proving the Dao by killing one's spouse..."
Jin Zaishui: "..." What did you just say?
Reader's guide:
1. The bottom is a black-hearted character hiding behind a harmless facade, going from universally hated to universally adored. (He becomes the strongest later on.)
2. The bottom fakes his death, and the top will break his path and cultivate anew.
3. The book is also called The Poor Little Shadow's Road to Following His Idol. The little shadow is the top.
4. Unless something unexpected happens, this will be the first book I start. Please support it with follows and favorites
Theme: A golden mirror hangs in the heavens, while below, people gaze up at the jade hook.