I Became a Cannon Fodder and Made My Master Lose His Character

[Blurb] [Random coin refunds for readers who buy the complete book] Ye Lingjiang thinks he’s done for. He’s transmigrated into a minor character in the xianxia game he helped develop? The game hasn’t been released, and he only knows some of what happens. Finding treasure depends on luck, and fighting monsters is all guesswork. That’s bad enough. But when he sees the flawless figure before him, with sharp brows and bright eyes, peerless beauty, mastery of the sword and qin, and skill in painting and calligraphy (with ten thousand more compliments omitted), he can’t help feeling a headache coming on. This is the protagonist whose character art sent millions of players into a swoon before they’d even played the game: Chu Yunchuan. The protagonist has lived for over a century without a single blemish on his record, and his admirers could circle the entire cultivation world. His greatest problem is having an embarrassing disciple who keeps plastering on makeup, dressing in gorgeous clothes, and shamelessly clinging to him. Ye Lingjiang can’t help wanting to scream: So why am I the embarrassing disciple?! * After finally improving his reputation, raising his skill in magic and swordsmanship, and changing some people’s attitudes toward him, Ye Lingjiang has just begun to get a little closer to his aloof master. Then, at the disciples’ gathering, he sees a silver-haired, red-eyed man surrounded by righteous cultivators in his own sect. The man has the air of someone setting the latest fashion in the human realm. Seeing a hint of arrogant isolation in his eyes that bears an uncanny resemblance to someone else’s, Ye Lingjiang cries out in shock: “Hey, who are you?!” * Drunk beneath the night sky, I see through the world’s impermanence. Alone in the moonlight’s chill, I can still shine as bright as snow. A few flowers plucked, I gather the beauty of late spring. Seeking dreams in the mortal world, how could I cross east over the clear river? * Transmigration · xianxia cultivation · single-player game · minor character · face-slapping · proactive leveling up Seems like he might have a cheat · laughs without losing his dignity · the disciple targeted by everyone, perhaps the bottom? & the master who says he hates it but acts otherwise · aloof and ascetic · proud and arrogant · unrivaled under heaven, the top 1. Plot-focused, with lots of foreshadowing. Stick with it for surprises (and scares). 2. Both are pure. The top and bottom are both clueless about love at first. Multiple identities. 3. The cover features the top. 4. Before transmigrating, the bottom was twenty-two. Afterward, he’s seventeen. The top looks eighteen, but his actual age is unknown. 5. Similar to transmigrate into a book, but with no System. The setting is more like a cultivation world, with lots of original details. Don’t overthink it. 6. The characters’ values aren’t the author’s. Suggestions are welcome, but no passive-aggressive comments. Over-the-top drama but serious, lighthearted but a little angsty, with sweetness woven in. The author’s writing skills are limited, so it’s all up to the readers’ imaginations. Theme: Good and evil, gods and demons, light and darkness: opposing forces that coexist.