My Substitute Cultivates the Path of Passionlessness

[Fake Double Substitutes] [Next novel: After Losing My Memory, I Became the Enemy Crown Prince's Concubine] Everyone across the fourteen provinces knows that Zhaozhao is merely a substitute. It is only because his face looks so much like that of Mo Yu, the Celestial Crown Prince, that he went from an unknown nobody to a phoenix, catching the eye of Chang Yuan, the God of War whose name shakes the Three Realms, and becoming his disciple. A master-disciple relationship like this was never meant to last. Once the God of War's true beloved disciple, Mo Yu, wakes up, Zhaozhao will probably be sent packing. As the person involved, Zhaozhao knows he's nothing but a disposable replacement. But it doesn't matter. As long as he can escape his current life of depending on others, this little sacrifice is nothing. When it comes to winning people over, he's a professional. Zhaozhao conscientiously fulfills the basic duties expected of a substitute, hoping to soothe his master's longing for his beloved disciple. The beloved disciple is a gifted genius, a once-in-ten-thousand-years talent in the immortal realm, so Zhaozhao studies magic day and night, without food or sleep. The beloved disciple is learned and writes beautifully, so Zhaozhao reads and practices calligraphy without rest. He even takes care of everything the beloved disciple never got the chance to do. Zhaozhao has only one goal: cling to Chang Yuan's coattails and stay far away from the world's dangers. Then one day, Mo Yu wakes up. #His master only has one heart, and his most beloved disciple has suddenly awakened. What can I do to keep my current comforts without making things awkward? # Maybe I should just run away before things get awkward for either of us. ** Chang Yuan has never liked this little disciple, who relied on his resemblance to his beloved Mo Yu, schemed to get close to him, and went to great lengths to become his student. He knows full well that this little thing may look obedient and soft, and knows how to flatter people. But in truth, he's selfish, full of tricks, and willing to do anything to get what he wants. His very core is nothing like his eldest disciple Mo Yu, who is noble and unblemished, a peerless genius. There are three thousand paths to the Great Dao. With his cheap disciple's personality, he would surely pick the easiest shortcut. It wasn't until that day, when the young man appeared beneath the raging wind and thunder, clutching a sword and covered in blood, that Chang Yuan realized: Of the three thousand paths to the Great Dao, the one his "delicate little darling" had chosen was the most ruthless and treacherous of them all: the Path of Ruthlessness. Later, Chang Yuan found a portrait of another man in his cheap disciple's room. The man in the painting looked seven-tenths like Chang Yuan. The young man, who had always acted cute and coquettish around him, said regretfully: "He's not as gentle, considerate, or patient as Master, but when I look at his face, I can at least manage to fall asleep." Chang Yuan: ? Only later did Chang Yuan learn that the little thing had clung to him and gone to such lengths to become his disciple only because Chang Yuan looked like the man in that painting. ** Everyone knows that the God of War Chang Yuan has a beloved disciple in his heart: Mo Yu, son of the Celestial Lord and Crown Prince of the Celestial Tribe. Years ago, Mo Yu took a tribulation meant for Chang Yuan and has been asleep ever since. To awaken his disciple, Chang Yuan traveled across the four seas and eight wildernesses, searching for a cure. Later, Mo Yu woke up, and everyone thought the Three Realms would finally be at peace. Who could have guessed that Chang Yuan would then start tearing through the world in a frenzy, searching for another disciple? They say that not long after Mo Yu awoke, he fell from the top of Snowpeak Mountain, his soul scattered and his body nowhere to be found. [Reading guide]: Happy ending. The beloved disciple is a fake beloved disciple, and the substitute is a real substitute, except the person being treated as a substitute is the master himself, orz. The man in the painting and the top are actually the same person, but for certain reasons, neither of them knows it. The anti-piracy ratio is 80 percent. If your subscription is insufficient, you can read normally after 48 hours. [Content warnings: 1. I'm working hard on the crematorium arc in the final three volumes, but I can't guarantee the pacing or plot design will meet everyone's expectations. 2. Early on, the bottom does some morally questionable things to survive. He is not a perfect protagonist, so read with caution if you dislike that. 3. There are a few scenes involving a secondary couple.] A completed novel of the same type: Has the Crown Prince Been Deposed Today? Next novel: After Losing My Memory, I Became the Enemy Crown Prince's Concubine The Jiang and Sui kingdoms are hereditary enemies. They have fought back and forth for decades, each trying to crush the other along the banks of the Yellow River. To achieve that goal, Sui sends its ill-fated Crown Prince, Sui Heng, notorious for his cold-blooded brutality, straight into the capital of Jiang. Jiang sends its Crown Prince, Jiang Yun, renowned throughout the land for his virtue and for attracting countless celebrated scholars. He leads his trusted followers in secret behind enemy lines to disrupt the enemy army's plans. Both sides are pleased with their results. Then, during the retreat, something goes wrong. Jiang Yun is ambushed by one of his trusted men and tumbles off a cliff. Sui Heng, who has also been set up, finds him. To undo the poison, the two are forced to sleep together... Afterward, gazing at that stunningly beautiful, snow-white face, Sui Heng, who has always rejected the charms of both men and women, finds himself unable to control his pounding heart. He takes the beautiful young man he found by accident back to his villa and keeps him as a concubine. Jiang Yun figures that since escape is out of the question, he may as well play along and pretend to have lost his memory. He dutifully serves as the Great Fiend's concubine while gathering intelligence on the enemy kingdom. But before he can gather much intelligence, his belly starts growing bigger by the day. Jiang Yun: Aah! Is it still possible to run away now? ** The Crown Prince, whom the people of Jiang have been waiting and hoping for, has finally returned home. He hasn't just come back, either. He's brought a little tagalong with him. No one knows who the child's father is, and no one dares to ask. Only Jiang Yun, looking at the pretty, soft little tyke who resembles a rabbit, can see that the child eats three bowls of rice at every meal and was born with superhuman strength. He is terribly worried. The child looks too much like his father. What should he do? Would it still be in time to strangle him now? The little one, busy eating: shivering in fear ** When Sui Heng learns that his pampered concubine may have escaped to Jiang, he flies into a rage and once again allies with other kingdoms to attack Jiang. The one who comes out to meet them is Jiang's mysterious Crown Prince, renowned for his virtue throughout the land and hailed as the most beautiful man in the world. Sui Heng sneers and orders, "Whoever takes Jiang Yun's head will receive ten thousand taels of gold and a fief of ten thousand households." The two armies clash. Seeing the young man in blue robes and a jade sash appear gracefully at the front of the formation, looking nine-tenths like the concubine who ran away, Sui Heng freezes, then roars, "Who dares shoot an arrow? I'll have your heads!" Sui soldiers: ? The blurb has been saved, qwq. Theme: Your fate is in your own hands!