Before the Substitute's Golden Core Was Dug Out

The young master of the Xie family, Xie Xingchen, was innocent and pure, with a beauty so dazzling he was like a rare flower of wealth and splendor. His master had begged to take him as a disciple. The sect leader and his senior brothers indulged his every whim, doting on him until he became Pinghai Sect's darling. That is, until a young man who bore a slight resemblance to him arrived at the sect, covered in wounds, and the truth came to light: He was nothing more than a stand-in for someone's beloved. But the beloved was gravely injured, and the master, uncles, and senior brothers who had once cherished Xie Xingchen planned to dig out his golden core to save him. His master, who cultivated the Heartless Sword Dao: If you still wish to remain my disciple, hand over your golden core to save him. His lofty uncle, the sect leader: You've enjoyed his good fortune for all these years. It's only right that you repay him with your golden core! His two senior brothers: You'd only lose a golden core, while he nearly lost the chance to cultivate! As luck would have it, just before his golden core was to be dug out, a little fox named Xie Xingchen, with the same name, transmigrated into the body of this stand-in. Xie Xingchen, who had read this dogblood novel about a universal heartthrob: Are you crazy? If you want to dig out a golden core, dig out your own! * In the original story, after the poor stand-in lost his golden core, the sect cast him aside. Then he fell into the hands of an immortal venerable from an upper sect and a demon lord, both of whom were drawn to his resemblance to the beloved. His eyes were gouged out, he was imprisoned and flayed, and in the end he was thrown into a mass grave like a rag doll, meeting a gruesome death... Another supporting character in the story was Pinghai Sect's eldest disciple, Ji Xueqing: gentle and refined, an excellent student, and chronically secluded due to illness. He was the only normal person in Pinghai Sect who wasn't part of the heartthrob's harem. Because this mild-mannered, ordinary senior brother was actually the story's late-stage combat powerhouse, the righteous path's beloved from a thousand years ago, and the reincarnation of Pinghai Sect's founding patriarch! Xie Xingchen, having read the original story, also knew that before Patriarch Ji died, he had left a secret technique beneath the sect's sword stele. If anything ever happened to Pinghai Sect, his reincarnation would surely appear to restore order. Surrounded by lunatics and thoroughly uncomfortable, Xie Xingchen had no choice but to use the secret technique ahead of time and summon this patriarch to save his life! "Make an entrance, boss!" He couldn't beat them, but surely the boss could! He was determined to cling to the boss's coattails! * Ji Xueqing had once been Pinghai Sect's founding patriarch. In his previous life, he had devoted himself heart and soul to upholding the righteous path. Now that he had been reborn, he just wanted to let his disciples and grand-disciples make their own way while he retired and enjoyed a quiet life. So he staged a divine revelation in a dream, arranging for himself to join the sect as the current generation's eldest disciple. Then he entered the sect's forbidden grounds and spent over twenty years in seclusion, ignoring the world as he cultivated back to his peak. He never expected that as soon as he emerged from seclusion, the secret technique he had left in the sect would be activated, instantly transporting him to the person who had activated it. While he was bathing, no less!!! The disheveled Patriarch Ji looked down at the pretty little fox clinging to his leg and complaining to him, at a loss for words. "Junior brother... Let's talk this out calmly." * Later, when Xie Xingchen was being held and soothed to sleep in Patriarch Ji's arms, he finally learned that being into men was a Pinghai Sect tradition. But what he wanted was to be the boss's lackey, not his wife, okay?! Still, it wasn't all bad. At least the lunatics who had wanted to dig out his golden core now had to kneel and call him their ancestor. Xie Xingchen: ...Fine, I guess. ovo #Forced to give up my golden core by lovesick lunatics from the start# Retired, rehired, scheming, and in control gong x a beautiful but clueless shou with a bizarre train of thought Includes a secondary couple: a purehearted, voice-obsessed mechanism master x a healer with a mature woman's voice One-on-one, mutual devotion. Probably a lighthearted, absurd comedy. Blurb to be revised. Theme: Do not do unto others what you would not want done to yourself.