I Reincarnated as the Cannon-Fodder Senior Brother, and the Villain Took a Liking to Me

[Next up: 'The Slacker Demon Venerable Refuses to Work Overtime [Book Transmigration]'. Please check out the collection page; the blurb is below o3o] * Shi Qingchi transmigrated into a cultivation novel as the protagonist's senior brother. The senior brother was frail, beautiful, and moody, and had become the entire sect's psychological shadow all by himself. In the end, he bullied the protagonist horribly and became cannon fodder. Shi Qingchi only wanted to stay alive, but he hadn't counted on running into the novel's strongest fighter: the main villain, Yu Li. When the villain saw him, his eyes flashed strangely for a moment. The very next day, he disguised himself as a new disciple and sent Shi Qingchi a telepathic message. Yu Li: Take me as your disciple, or I'll slaughter your entire sect. Shi Qingchi: QAQ * The whole sect was gossiping that Shi Qingchi had taken a fancy to their newly arrived junior brother, Yu Li. The junior brother had a low cultivation level and mediocre talent, and he smiled like a fool and only ever made things worse. Yet Shi Qingchi had personally admitted him to the inner sect and let him live in his courtyard. Everyone: Take care, junior brother. But this pitiful junior brother only dropped his disguise in front of Shi Qingchi. As the novel's main villain, he was powerful, world-weary, and utterly unrestrained. Every move he made put Shi Qingchi's poor heart to the test. Shi Qingchi screamed internally: I'm the one who needs to take care of myself! Cough, cough, cough Yu Li: Let me correct you. I'm the one who's taken a fancy to Senior Brother. #WhatIt'sLikeToBeTargetedByTheVillainAndForcedToFollowThePlot #TheBigShotWantsToPretendToBeANewbieSoIHaveToPlayAlong #IRaisedTheProtagonistLikeASonButHisDadIsJealous A once troublemaking big shot who becomes devoted to his wife × a genuinely frail beauty who also really can't help meddling [Blurb archived in a screenshot on 2021.04.21] Here's the upcoming story, 'The Slacker Demon Venerable Refuses to Work Overtime [Book Transmigration]' * After dying suddenly from overwork, Shen Motang transmigrated into a cultivation novel, becoming the Demon Venerable who had died from overwork early in the story. The Demon Venerable was already quite dead. The Demon Cult members, each with their own motives, threw a grand funeral banquet in celebration. Demons gathered from every corner, and music and merriment filled the air. A bolt of lightning struck the Demon Venerable. Shen Motang opened his eyes and shuddered at the sight before him. But after a brief standoff, the demons erupted into celebration. Countless hands raised cups of wine before him as the crowd roared, 'We welcome the Demon Venerable back to his throne!' Shen Motang: ??? Is forced reappointment a thing now? * After being revived, the Demon Venerable had acquired some unusual ideas. On his very first day back, he drilled the Demon Cult members on a whole slew of new terms, like observing 'nine to five' and 'five days on, two days off,' while refusing to work '996' or '007.' Then, the moment the bell rang at the hour of the rooster (5 p.m.), he abandoned his previous habit of burning the midnight oil and vanished in a flash. The Demon Cult members, still reeling from having these strange new terms hurled at them: ??? A long sword tore across the sky. The Sword Venerable came at the sound, didn't even spare them a glance, and headed straight for the Demon Venerable's palace. The Demon Cult members chased after him, only to be stopped alongside the Sword Venerable by an invisible force three feet from the Demon Venerable, unable to advance another inch. Their Demon Venerable rolled over on his couch: Everyone, clock out on time. The Sword Venerable: ??? The Demon Cult members: ??? * Zao Wan, the foremost Sword Venerable in the cultivation world, was a workaholic. He was either slaying demons or on his way to slay demons, working all year round without complaint. But he was also lifeless and gloomy, until one day, when he found time to visit the Demon Sect. After that, things changed. The Sword Venerable's whole demeanor changed. Every day, he raced against the clock to get to the Demon Sect as early as possible, all so he could have dinner with the Demon Venerable. Shen Motang: What exactly are you here for? After fidgeting for a long while, Zao Wan produced a partner contract already signed with his name. His ears turned red. '...Personal matters.' Shen Motang: ???? How long have you been carrying that around? * One day, the righteous sects assembled a large group of cultivators and set out to attack the Demon Sect. This time, they avoided the Demon Sect's strange rest hours in advance. The group circled the Demon Sect's outer wall several times without spotting a single person. After waiting around for ages, they finally saw the Demon Venerable about to head out. The righteous cultivators: Demon, prepare to die! The Demon Venerable: Sorry, I have the day off today. The Sword Venerable followed close behind and gently put an arm around his shoulder, though his tone was anything but friendly: He's mine today. The righteous cultivators: ??? A secretly determined office drone Sword Venerable who wants to be there to pick up his wife after work × the most diligent slacker Demon Venerable, who only ever takes it easy once work is over Here's a recommendation for my friend's upcoming novel, 'The Sickly Beauty Substitute Ran Off with the White Moonlight' by Yezi Wuge. Please add it to your collection! Here's the blurb: Min Wangran's amnesiac, sweet little disciple fell ill. With an extremely expensive illness. As the sect leader of a poor, third-rate sect, Min Wangran was going bald from the high cost of treatment. Then one day, he suddenly encountered something called a System. It told him to be a 'substitute' for someone else. As long as he raised something called the Heartbreak Value, he would receive plenty of spirit stones. Poor Min Wangran slapped his thigh: Nobody fight me for it! I'll do it! * The person he had to stand in for was Shen Junxian, a genius who had fallen from grace in the Four Vaults Sect, and the sect's former beloved, its White Moonlight. Min Wangran had the same constitution as Shen Junxian, one that made him ideal for medicine. The Grandmaster used him to make medicine and never offered a word of comfort, even when he was in unbearable pain. [Heartbreak Value +1, Spirit Stones +100] A senior brother who had long coveted Shen Junxian planted a love gu in the substitute and forced him to say, 'I love Senior Brother.' [Heartbreak Value +10, Spirit Stones +1,000] The Sword Venerable, once a confidant of the White Moonlight, told Min Wangran, whose looks resembled Shen Junxian's, that he was trash with nothing but a pretty face. [Heartbreak Value +100, Spirit Stones +10,000] * Now he had money, and his sweet little disciple was gradually recovering. Min Wangran wasn't going bald anymore, and his legs didn't hurt either. To cure his disciple's stubborn illness once and for all, he completed the story's most heartbreaking scene: the scum gong protagonists sacrificed him to fill the demon pit. But the instant he jumped in, the scum gongs changed their minds. Their eyes reddened, and they went mad trying to save him. His amnesiac, sweet little disciple also recovered his memories under the intense shock. The disciple tore off the first mask on his face, revealing that he was none other than the long-dead White Moonlight of the Four Vaults Sect! While Min Wangran was still reeling, he tore off a second mask. He was the Demon Venerable who had been jointly suppressed a thousand years ago. The Demon Venerable pulled Min Wangran out of the demon pit and destroyed heaven and earth with a single gesture. 'What are you going to use to repay what you owe my master?' Theme: Saving others is like saving yourself.