Something Is Off About the Sword Venerable

Chu Zhaoliu had just finished a fight when he and Xie Ming fell into an illusion together. They forgot their pasts, bowed to Heaven and Earth, became husbands, and spent a blissful lifetime loving each other. When Chu Zhaoliu woke up, he had completely forgotten what happened in the illusion. Xie Ming, however, remembered everything. Chu Zhaoliu felt that Xie Ming had been acting strangely lately. The way he looked at him was getting more and more peculiar. For some reason, Xie Ming could name all of Chu Zhaoliu's likes and dislikes with perfect accuracy. He even knew about the red mole on his chest and how sensitive his waist was. Worse still, ever since a certain day, Chu Zhaoliu had been having strange dreams every night... The main characters in those dreams were Xie Ming and himself. Chu Zhaoliu was a genius who had fallen from the clouds. Many people lamented his fate, but even more took a twisted pleasure in watching a genius become useless. Until one day, an ancient demon king awoke, its enormous shadow looming overhead. Sickly Chu Zhaoliu picked up a battered sword and casually swung it once. The demon king woke up, and then it died again. Everyone: ... Everyone: Weren't you on the verge of dying?! *The love interest only pretends to be frail. A touch of rivals-to-lovers and childhood sweethearts, with mutual devotion and protection. *Updates outside of eight o'clock in the evening are basically all typo fixes. A ruthless, taciturn, aloof love interest x a mischievous, utterly unserious protagonist (not actually a mantis shrimp spirit) The early chapters took a wrong turn into a practice run of a face-slapping power fantasy. I realized it didn't suit the story and stopped. The strange villains only appeared twice and won't return, orz. Here are two upcoming stories. Feel free to check them out and add them to your collection~ "Raising a Wolf" Lu Qingze, a people's teacher, transmigrates into another world and becomes the hapless tutor to the emperor. With wolves ahead and tigers behind, surrounded on all sides, he must either side with the powerful chancellor or raise the young emperor into a wise ruler for the ages. Out of professional habit, Lu Qingze chooses the latter. Everyone respects Lu Qingze, the imperial tutor who raised the young emperor from childhood. He has countless supporters inside and outside the court. Rumor has it that his face is hideous, so he always wears a silver mask and keeps to himself, rarely appearing in public. Only the young emperor knows what a stunningly beautiful face lies beneath that mask. After resolving the threats within and beyond the realm, Lu Qingze belatedly realizes that the child he raised has turned into a wolf. With their common enemies gone, the emperor begins targeting the people around him. According to his informants, Lu Qingze will be the next to lose his head. The emperor is playing the old game of killing the hound once the hare is caught. Lu Qingze: Heh, I saw this coming ages ago. I'm not playing along! Lu Qingze fakes his death and slips away in style, adopting a new identity to travel freely and without restraint. He has no idea that the capital is shrouded in gloom. The feared tyrant braces himself against the coffin, gazing at the charred body inside, his eyes bloodshot as he chokes up blood. After enjoying a few carefree years, Lu Qingze figures it should be safe enough to sneak to the outskirts of the capital and burn paper offerings for an old friend. He looks up and comes face-to-face with the young emperor, whose eyes are red. Lu Qingze is at a loss for words. Rumors spread through the palace that His Majesty has suddenly taken a consort as his empress and dotes on him every night. They say the emperor saw the man's jade-like beauty while on an outing beyond the city, fell in love at first sight, and was so captivated by his looks that he carried him straight into the palace. Officials inside and outside the court are all deeply displeased by the inexplicably appointed empress. His former subordinates have always despised pretty ornaments, and they're even more indignant to see how much the emperor respects and cherishes Lu Qingze. How could this man compare to even a single hair of the imperial tutor? Whenever they run into Lu Qingze, they can't resist making sarcastic remarks, bringing up the imperial tutor and waxing nostalgic. Lu Qingze: ... Lu Qingze finally loses patience. “You dare betray your teacher and ancestors like this. Aren't you afraid of going to hell? Just kill me already!” Duan Liang fastens a golden shackle around his ankle and smiles. “Don't rush, Teacher. I'll kill you right away.” A dignified, composed, endlessly talkative protagonist x a wolf cub driven to madness Younger love interest, seven-year age gap, fictional setting, and very fictional indeed. Romance preview: "After I Saw You" Jiang Ling has prosopagnosia and struggles to recognize people by their facial features. Out with friends, she approaches a handsome guy for the first time and asks for his WeChat. He politely turns her down. The next time she goes out, she runs into another handsome guy, asks for his WeChat, and gets turned down again. The third time they meet, before Jiang Ling can say a word, the handsome guy smiles. “The hat's been passed down in my family, and I bought the backpack from a street stall. What do you want to ask this time?” Jiang Ling freezes, then stammers, “Oh, oh, it's you again.” Handsome guy: ... Later, this is how Cheng Shu teaches Jiang Ling to recognize him: “See that? The most handsome guy in the crowd is your boyfriend, me.” Theme: Learn to distinguish reality from illusion.