The Supporting Female Lead Ascends Thanks to Her Cursed Tongue

[After the Substitute Became Linked to the Female Lead's System] Now updating~ Upcoming works: Lady Lingluo / This Fairy Is No Proper Lady. See my profile for the blurbs.

In the apocalypse, every kind of supernatural ability existed. But only Lu Ya had the peculiar power to make whatever she said come true: good things never worked, bad things always did, and the worse they were, the more reliably they happened. So she was dissected.

Before anyone could figure out how her power worked, Lu Ya died and transmigrated to a cultivation continent, becoming a little mute in a mortal town belonging to the Lingxian Sect. Of course, she was only pretending.

Lu Ya had assumed the path to immortality would be a bloody struggle, with everyone fighting over opportunities and battling the Heavenly Dao for their share.

But after joining the Lingxian Sect, she discovered that the grueling path to immortality was just a tiny bit different from what she had imagined.

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Outer Sect disciple tournament

The chubby kid with the best aptitude taunted her: "Go on, say something if you've got the guts! A mute who wants to cultivate? Keep dreaming."

Lu Ya put on a solemn face, her cheeks plump: "I'm afraid the moment I open my mouth, you'll be on your knees."

One moment, the chubby kid was sneering in disdain. The next, he dropped to his knees with a thud. Right then and there, the most senior powerhouse in the sect took Lu Ya as a disciple, making her his personal, final disciple.

The chubby kid, now her junior nephew in the sect: ...

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A white-bearded old man appeared in her head

Grandpa: "I am a loose immortal who survived the great calamity ten thousand years ago. As long as you listen to me, all your wishes will come true, including ascending to immortality in broad daylight!"

Lu Ya scratched her head with her chubby little hand. "You can't ascend at night? All right, but let's get one thing straight: if you have any bad intentions toward me, your soul will be scattered."

The old man shrieked and vanished. A small, pitch-black immortal abode gourd suddenly appeared on the ground.

The loose immortal who had tried to possess her: ...

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When faced with the young man who silently followed her around to protect her

Lu Ya blinked her sparkling eyes. "If you don't truly love me, you'll die."

The handsome, cold young man, his body radiating murderous intent, blushed and kissed her lips. "I'll love you even if it kills me. Let me seal it with a kiss. I'm yours now."

Lu Ya smiled as she tucked him into the little gourd to undergo his tribulation. Heavenly lightning, powerful enough to destroy the world, crashed down on him.

Sitting in a deep crater, Lu Ya burped. Her soot-blackened little face was brimming with the satisfaction of a full stomach.

The Heavenly Dao, refusing to accept defeat, came in person to steer the book back onto its proper path: ...

I'm tired. Just destroy everything.

Reader's Guide:

1. Her golden finger is pretty powerful. The female lead transmigrates into a book as a vicious supporting character, but she knows nothing and wants to know nothing. This turns the transmigration-into-a-book tropes on their head: she doesn't get involved with the original leads. A fun, silly, classic cultivation story.

2. The loyal, ordinary male lead won't appear too early. The plot comes first, romance second~

3. If this isn't to your taste, there are plenty of other great stories on JJ. Let's not make things difficult for each other. Hope you enjoy reading. If you leave a bad review, the author will bite.

After the Substitute Became Linked to the Female Lead's System

Qiao Qiao transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the substitute female lead.

According to the original plot, after the female lead returned from reincarnation, the substitute's standing in the sect would plummet. She would eventually turn evil and frame the female lead, then be turned into a puppet by one of the female lead's admirers and die without a trace in the war between humans and demons.

Qiao Qiao arrived after the female lead had already returned.

The good news: the substitute hadn't turned evil yet.

The bad news: the female lead was a cultivation fanatic who outworked everyone, and Qiao Qiao's fate as her foil would still be tragic.

So what was she waiting for? Run!

She would sooner run her legs off or jump off a cliff than stay behind like an idiot and follow the substitute's script!

Just as Qiao Qiao was packing to flee, she somehow became linked to the female lead's System and suddenly heard mechanical voices at varying distances:

Distant voice: [Congratulations, Host, on achieving Qi induction within one hour. Reward: one top-grade Heaven-rank cultivation technique.]

Nearby voice: [Reward: one immortal spirit-root cleansing pill. Please claim it.]

Qiao Qiao: Huh?

The System wasn't hers, but a wooden box had appeared in her storage bag, and inside was the very immortal pill mentioned by the nearby voice!

Qiao Qiao: What the heck!

So while the female lead worked herself to the bone cultivating, Qiao Qiao, her substitute, got half of the female lead's rewards too?

Well, her feet suddenly had a mind of their own, and Qiao Qiao turned back instead of running away.

She could definitely be this kind of substitute!

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Little Scene:

At the sect tournament, Qiao Qiao returned her elite disciple token after her senior brother stopped her. The female lead, an elite disciple, fought tooth and nail to claim first place.

Distant voice: [Congratulations, Host, on winning your first sect-level challenge. Reward: ten thousand high-grade spirit stones.]

Nearby voice: [Reward: one top-grade fire spirit crystal. Please claim it.]

The female lead smiled. Qiao Qiao cried, moved by the huge spirit crystal, worth a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.

Inside an ancient secret realm, Qiao Qiao returned the sword she had borrowed from her junior brother. The female lead, the sword's owner, fought her way into the heart of the realm, narrowly escaping death.

Distant voice: [Ding! Congratulations, Host, on obtaining a bottle of Golden Dragon blood. Reward: one chest of dragon treasure.]

Nearby voice: [Reward: a phoenix bloodline transformation method and an immortal-grade Dream Parasol Tree. Please claim them.]

The female lead endured the agony of a complete blood exchange and became half-dragon. Qiao Qiao took a nap and awakened as an ancient Golden Phoenix.

Qiao Qiao was overjoyed. What a brilliant way to grow rich without making a sound!

She happily sought out the sect leader's senior disciple, one of the female lead's admirers: "Senior Brother, I tried on the top-grade magical robe you gave me. Don't worry, I had someone reforge it, and I'll take it to Junior Sister right away. I won't delay her next expedition!"

The Golden Crow demon emperor, disguised as a human, smiled. "You accepted my feather, so you're mine, little duck. If you give it away, I'll chop your head off!"

Qiao Qiao felt a chill at her neck: ...Since when did substitute stories have duckling romance tropes???

Theme: An optimistic attitude toward life can lead to a better future.