Villainous Second Senior Brother, Please Cooperate

[Pre-Release] The Dragon Egg That Fell from the Sky

1. Xiao Shutong, the senior disciple of Lingyun Sect, perished alongside an evil dragon.

The entire sect was consumed by grief and could hardly believe it.

His junior disciple went mad searching the whole world for him.

But Xiao Shutong thought it was a very satisfying ending to the story.

He died, but not entirely. His soul transmigrated into the body of Xiao Tiedan, an utterly ordinary herb-gathering boy.

Then, when he was barely clinging to life, a filthy black iron egg fell from the sky and nearly finished him off.

Now that he was alive again, he absolutely refused to go back to being the miserable senior disciple who had to play both father and mother to everyone.

So he began to lie flat, incubating an egg, and actually hatched a little black snake.

The little black snake opened its eyes and cooed at him in a babyish voice: "Chirp, chirp~"

Having stopped cultivating the heartless way, he experienced an overwhelming rush of fatherly love for the first time in his life.

He showered it with kisses and cuddles, lifted it up high, and stuffed its mouth with treasures like he was fattening a pig, hoping it would grow up quickly.

It did grow up, but why were horns, leathery wings, and claws growing out of it too?

Wait, isn't this a dragon?!

He was on the verge of tears. Fine, a dragon it is. Whoever raises a child treasures it.

Then the black dragon took human form and grinned at him. "Kiss me, cuddle me, lift me up high, and tuck me in."

He burst into tears.

Isn't this the evil dragon who perished alongside him?!

2. The black dragon wrapped its tail tightly around him. "I've waited for you through eighty-one lifetimes. At the very end of our last life, we finally fell in love with each other, and you even died with me. How could I let you go?"

Him: ?!

Eighty-one lifetimes? Mutual love? Dying together???

3. They say a dragon's life is extraordinarily long, while a human life is insignificant by comparison, like a speck of dust settling silently on your back as you nap in the sun. It causes no pain or discomfort, and it could never lead to love.

But one dragon was different. He fell for a human and followed him through one reincarnation after another. His feelings grew stronger, and his body and soul were gradually tamed. The dragon thought their timelines had finally converged: they had fallen in love.

[Synopsis]

Mu Zhi transmigrates into a cultivation novel as a background character who tags along with the protagonist and does little more than make up the numbers.

He thinks this background-character role suits him perfectly, until the next moment, when the revelation that "the villainous second senior brother looks exactly like the man he had a secret crush on in his past life" shatters his composure.

He has no choice but to abandon his laid-back ways and join the protagonist on adventures to fight monsters and hunt for treasures.

But after all that work helping you get your hands on an opportunity, you turn around and give it to the heroine, who then gives it to the hero. So in the end, the hero gets it anyway?

Mu Zhi: ...

Why bother with all that, then?

Forget it. I'll lie down. I can't carry this team. Just bury me.

But the second senior brother scoops him up affectionately. "Don't be like that. I'll find you something better."

Uh-oh, did that butterfly flap its wings too hard? Did he turn gay? This is bad...

Second senior brother: "Weren't you the one who flirted with me first?"

Mu Zhi: "Don't make things up. I didn't."

Second senior brother: "You gave me your egg, and all your treasures too."

Mu Zhi: "Let me explain..."

The second senior brother seems on the verge of turning evil again. "Hmm? You flirted with me and now you're running away? Just try it!"

Mu Zhi quickly clings to the second senior brother's leg and trembles. "I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare."

Scheming, seductive seme x timid, lucky-receiver uke

P.S. 1. This is not a traditional cultivation novel. It's a silly, lighthearted power fantasy.

2. My uke may be weak, but he's ridiculously lucky. He can win competitions by lying down, drive off enemies with his sharp tongue, and find treasures everywhere...

Theme: No one is destined to be a protagonist or a side character. Everyone is the protagonist of their own life, as long as they turn their attention back to themselves.