After Marrying a Prodigy While Cross-Dressing

Feng Songzhu transmigrated into a book, becoming Xia Yuchan, a sacrificial nobody whose engagement had been called off by the cultivation clan Pei. The moment Xia Yuchan received the thousand spirit stones his fiance had paid to break off the engagement, a righteous prodigy discovered his demonic sect identity. Before he could even enjoy his spirit stones, the prodigy cut him in half.

No big deal.

Xia Yuchan was a disciple of the Joyous Union Sect, born with a furnace physique seen only once in ten thousand years. Anyone who cultivated with him could break through an entire major realm. He was a breakthrough pill specially refined by a demonic sect elder for their holy son. To make sure the holy son could cultivate with him without a hitch, Xia Yuchan had even been taught the same cultivation technique.

And... the demonic sect had raised Xia Yuchan as a girl from childhood, twisting his sense of self until he identified as... female.

A very big deal.

Though Feng Songzhu had a pretty, androgynous face, he was a carefree straight man. When he saw Xia Yuchan's beautiful face in the mirror, he nearly broke down. He went out that very night to buy men's clothes and make a run for it.

The cheapest men's clothes at the immortal sect cost twenty spirit stones, and a bed in a crowded inn room cost two.

Feng Songzhu felt the two broken spirit stones in his pocket and suddenly thought: Maybe I should... call off an engagement first.

Feng Songzhu began following the plot step by step, diligently pestering his fiance to get those thousand spirit stones.

As he kept pestering him, and pestering him...

Feng Songzhu suddenly realized that, because he didn't know the plot well, he had been pestering the wrong person. The man he was after wasn't the original character's fiance, but Pei Ji, a righteous prodigy. Pei Ji had become the youngest Golden Core cultivator at just sixteen, and had earned great renown in the Cold Domain over the past two years.

Pei Ji despised the demonic sects. In the original story, after discovering Xia Yuchan's demonic sect identity, Pei Ji casually cut him in half.

Strangely enough, Pei Ji... seemed to like him.

Pei Ji planned to marry him.

Feng Songzhu thought of Xia Yuchan's demonic sect identity and his own biological sex. Was he really doomed to be cut in half by Pei Ji after all?!

With no other choice, Feng Songzhu carefully planned a fake death.

On their wedding day, the demonic sect invaded. Xia Yuchan took a blow meant for Pei Ji to save him, then died in his arms.

Feng Songzhu escaped using a puppet technique.

From then on, Xia Yuchan ceased to exist. He would have nothing more to do with either the immortal or demonic sects.

He was simply the rogue cultivator Feng Songzhu.

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Three years later, hoping to reach the Golden Core realm, Feng Songzhu left the Cold Domain in search of that sliver of opportunity.

News about Pei Ji reached his ears once more.

They said Pei Ji had reached the peak of the Golden Core realm and was about to break through to Nascent Soul.

They said Pei Ji despised the demonic sects more than ever. Countless demonic sect disciples had died by his hand over the past three years, all because his wife had died at their hands on their wedding day three years ago.

They said Pei Ji couldn't forget his late wife. He carried her body with him wherever he went and slept beside her every night.

While searching for that opportunity, Feng Songzhu accidentally joined Pei Ji's group. Remembering how he'd tricked Pei Ji into marriage and faked his death three years ago, Feng Songzhu felt guilty and couldn't help... spoiling Pei Ji a little.

Just a little spoiling, and his cover was blown.

Pei Ji ground out through clenched teeth, "It's you, Xia Yuchan."

Feng Songzhu, feeling guilty, said, "Brother Pei, you must have mistaken me for someone else. I'm Feng Songzhu."

Pei Ji sneered. "Say that again in women's clothes."

Feng Songzhu: "..."

In the end, he still couldn't escape being cut in half by Pei Ji. orz

It just happened in a different way.

Reading guide:

1. A proud, arrogant young master vs. a carefree beauty. The young master turns dark later on.

2. A melodramatic setup.

Theme: Persevere against all odds.