Defection

[The End.]

--Synopsis--

Rumor has it that Xie Changting, the top sword cultivator of Shangshan Sect, loved his senior brother but could never win his heart. In the end, he took a sword meant for his senior brother, and was run through the heart by their enemy, dying on the spot.

Everyone sighed over the useless fool, lovesick to the end.

Then, one day, Xie Changting, who had supposedly been dead for many days, returned to the world, his peerless sword shaking the nine provinces.

The news that came with it was that he had become Dao companions with Shi Yi, the eldest disciple of his sect's sworn enemy.

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Whenever Xie Changting closes his eyes, he remembers the day they attacked their sworn enemy's sect. His senior brother pushed him forward to take the sword in his place, then abandoned him and fled in a panic.

His heart meridians were damaged, his cultivation lost, and he was taken away as a hostage.

All those years of friendship had been nothing but wishful thinking on his part.

The prison door creaked open. Shi Yi, the enemy who had run him through with a sword, stood in the doorway with his blade in hand.

"Just kill me already," Xie Changting said with his eyes closed.

Instead, the other man bent down to look at him closely.

After a long while, he laughed and breathed into Xie Changting's ear. "Where would you like to feel good? You should be more specific, or I might misunderstand what you mean."

Xie Changting: "..."

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Shi Yi x Xie Changting

A laid-back, swaggering BKing vs. a gentle yet resolute beauty. One-on-one romance with a happy ending.

[Reader's Guide]

1. Not suitable for readers who are particular about their favorite character.

2. One-on-one romance with a happy ending.

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Here's an upcoming novel, Untraced [Reborn], a cultivation story: a melodramatic and hilarious tale of two senior and junior brothers locked in a tragic love affair. Check it out in the author's profile~

--Upcoming Novel Synopsis--

In his previous life, Que Ming did every evil imaginable. As a boy, he murdered his elders and betrayed his sect. As an adult, he cultivated demonic arts and became a demon lord, only to die a gruesome death in the siege by the Sixteen Palaces of the Immortal Path.

After being reborn, he discovered that he'd been punished for his sins: he was now trapped in the body of a mortal who looked seventy or eighty percent like his old self. His life-bound artifact was missing, six of his seven spiritual meridians were blocked, and all he could do was eat.

Worse, many years had passed since his death. His senior brother Huai Cang, whom he'd envied and framed as a youth, and who had ultimately run him through the heart with a sword, was now a leading figure in the righteous path.

The young disciple whose entire family he had slaughtered, whom he'd deceived with lies and taken in, and who had eventually poisoned his food in revenge, had become a fearsome demon lord.

Neither the righteous nor the demonic side was someone he could afford to offend.

Que Ming got furious for a moment, slapped his thigh, and decided to endure humiliation, bide his time, and sneak back into the sect he'd once betrayed, just to get a meal.

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The rules of Yuqing Sect were strict. Its sect leader, Huai Cang, was a highly respected immortal who had always followed the rules and never stepped out of line.

A great leader of the immortal world, he never showed his emotions. His former junior brother was the one exception that could make him lose his cool.

Rumor had it that he hated that man so much he'd destroyed his tomb with his own hands. Anyone who uttered the name "Que Ming" in his presence met a terrible fate.

But after the sect took in a new junior disciple, a crooked wind began to blow through its halls and quietly take root.

After class, Que Ming lounged with one leg crossed over the other, telling his fellow disciples a story with great gusto. "Do you know why the sect leader only punishes you, but never me?"

The disciples gathered around with sunflower seeds in hand, eager to hear.

"Your sect leader has a secret. He's been in love with his junior brother for years, but could never win his heart. So he settled for me, someone who looks like him, as a substitute."

The disciples: !!!

Huai Cang, who happened to be passing by: …

The elder accompanying him: ...Please, I beg you, stop talking!!!

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By spreading rumors about his improper relationship with the sect leader, Que Ming started churning out popular romance stories and earned his first fortune.

His comeback and revenge were finally within reach!

But just then, his young disciple, the one with whom he shared a blood feud, showed up, demanding that Huai Cang, the sect leader of Yuqing Sect who had personally taken his life and hated him to the bone, return the demonic corpse Yuqing Sect had kept hidden for a hundred years.

The two got into a fierce fight over it.

Que Ming: "...Wait. Whose corpse are you two fighting over?"

Mine???

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Aloof beauty who flies into a rage whenever his junior brother is mentioned, gong x a shou who acts innocent but is secretly ruthless, and can't feel at ease without messing with his senior brother.

Theme: You can break me inch by inch, but you cannot make me bend.