Lou Zhi woke up inside a book, cast as a cannon-fodder spy by the male lead's side. In the end, the cannon fodder was run through the heart with a sword for betraying the Heaven-defying Protagonist.
The male lead would eventually destroy the world and kill his way through it, but Lou Zhi wanted no part of that. All she wanted was to survive and get home.
However, the only way home required the Heaven-defying Protagonist's bloodline to open the Celestial Court.
Lou Zhi silently watched the Heaven-defying Protagonist, who was pretending to be weak while hiding his true strength. The only thing she could be glad about was that the male lead had not yet turned evil.
The world of immortal cultivation had always been rife with conflict. Jiang Heng was extraordinarily gifted, rising from obscurity to become an immortal. The lowest point of his life was when he was betrayed and nearly had his bones excavated and his body taken over.
Reborn into a new life, he looked at that familiar face and lowered his head with a cold laugh. Cruel malice quietly filled his heart.
During an outdoor mission, he killed a monster with one sweep of his sword and tossed it at his senior brother as a test. But the man simply turned around, bewildered, a half-plucked foxtail grass pinched between his fingers.
After hesitating, he shakily held it out to him.
Jiang Heng: "..."
He sheathed his sword and turned away, certain that this man had been possessed.
The enemy he'd been eagerly waiting to take revenge on had changed, so Jiang Heng decided to watch and see what this man was up to.
But one night...
"Junior Brother, you're injured. Take this medicine and refine it properly so you can compete for first place," the usurper earnestly urged him.
Jiang Heng looked at the medicine he'd taken in his previous life and fallen victim to. His gaze settled on his good senior brother's paper-pale profile, dark and heavy as ink. He caught the scent of blood and said nothing. After a long while, he smiled faintly and slowly put the medicine away.
Jiang Heng knew Lou Zhi meant him no good, but he wasn't a good person either.
At night, he sat on the roof. When Lou Zhi returned from a failed mission, covered in blood, he casually opened the medicine bottle. Inside lay...
A valuable wound-healing pill. The real thing.
Lately, a pair of cultivators had made a name for themselves in the cultivation world: one was skilled with the sword, the other with talismans. Together, they entered ancient ruins, braved the southern frontier, and ventured into Ghost City. They could kill demonic cultivators and claim the Sword Immortal's legacy.
Everyone applauded. What a moving bond between senior and junior brothers!
Lou Zhi, who happened to overhear the gossip and had only last night accepted a mission to drug the Heaven-defying Protagonist, said: "..."
Beside him, the Heaven-defying Protagonist had listened to the entire murderous plot in the middle of the night and still wore a smile. He leaned close and chuckled. "...Is that so?"
That night,
Jiang Heng, who had willingly taken the love potion, blushed. His eyes were alluring, and his voice, murmured against Lou Zhi's ear, was low and gentle. "What a moving bond between senior and junior brothers... What do you think, Senior Brother?"
The beauty lowered his head, wanting to cry but out of tears. His voice trembled and broke, but he couldn't manage a complete sentence.
"I..."
Damn it!
Which bastard put an aphrodisiac in the mission?!
I didn't even give him the poison I was assigned to use!!
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