The Mad Demon Venerable’s Tea-Drinking Skills Are Off the Charts

Pre-release: "When a Straight Guy Is Targeted by a Seductive, Soft-Hearted Heartthrob Loved by Everyone". See the end for the blurb. Please add it to your library!

[Blurb]

The first time Lu Cai met Xie Xijue, that madman set a fire and burned down the entire cultivation world.

The second time Lu Cai met Xie Xijue, that madman fought the three great immortal sects. By a twist of fate, he was about to ascend, and the thunder tribulation split the entire continent apart.

The third time Lu Cai met Xie Xijue, he had no time to wonder why he'd been reborn again. He left behind all the disciples of the Daoist sects who were waiting for him to accept the sect leader's seal, traveled a thousand li to the demonic sect, and grabbed that madman's hand amid the sea of people.

"Daoist brother, calm down!"

A major event has recently shaken the cultivation world. Lu Cai, the peerless genius who towered over his generation in the Daoist sect, has inexplicably gone mad for some obscure young disciple of the demonic sect. He's so besotted that he's even abandoned the position of sect leader to chase after him at the demonic sect.

"The greatest man in the Daoist sect, chasing after another man without a shred of shame! He's brought disgrace upon our sect!"

"He's certainly devoted, but... but the righteous and the demonic follow different paths!"

"I thought Lu Cai's partner would at least be a mighty figure of this age. I never expected him to be such a nobody!"

Lu Cai sat off to the side in a bamboo hat and chuckled. He couldn't be bothered to deal with this ignorant crowd.

If Xie Xijue was a nobody, then wasn't the entire cultivation world crawling with ants?

He was saving the world. Did they have any idea how hard that was?

Beside him, Xie Xijue lowered his eyes, his heart in turmoil.

He had always been as humble as dust. He'd never imagined that one day, someone like a heavenly god would come across mountains and seas to take his hand, without despising his lowly, insignificant self or minding how filthy he was.

A ruthless, vicious Demon Venerable gong x an immortal, otherworldly Daoist master shou who is a charlatan.

[Important]

1. The gong is a rabid dog, and the shou is a saintly do-gooder. Please proceed with caution if that bothers you.

2. The gong isn't very calculating, just occasionally. Most of the time, he's simply insane.

3. The gong and shou are both reborn, but the gong has amnesia early on and doesn't know he's been reborn.

4. The Daoist sect practices the Dao, while the immortal sect practices cultivation. There are also Buddhist cultivators, demon cultivators, and others. The blurb doesn't mention them, so I'll leave it there. Read the story for details.

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[Pre-release Blurb]

"When a Straight Guy Is Targeted by a Seductive, Soft-Hearted Heartthrob Loved by Everyone"

Lian Yang is a maintenance worker for the Transmigration into a Book Bureau in the myriad worlds. Since starting the job, he's made occasional big mistakes and constant little ones. He's on the verge of being fired.

One day, something goes wrong with the male lead in one of the Bureau's book worlds. He's supposed to be following the script of a playboy CEO who ends up facing a terrible reckoning, but instead he's devoted to his studies and racing down the path of cutting off all worldly ties!

If this keeps up, how can the plot go on?

The Bureau is at its wits' end. It has sent several maintenance workers to tempt the male lead, but none of them could get him back on track.

At that point, Lian Yang timidly raises his hand. "W-why don't I give it a try?"

The director looks at him skeptically. "This is a boy-girl romance, and the male lead is straight. Can you do it?"

Lian Yang nods hurriedly. Of course he can! If he can't, he'll be fired! He can always put on women's clothes, at worst!

Looking at Lian Yang's pretty face, the director thinks: They might as well try it, even if it's a long shot!

To avoid affecting the female lead, the Bureau sets the timeline when the male lead is still in college. But once Lian Yang enters the book, he realizes he's forgotten to bring his System!

So here's the question: without a System, how will he know which one is the male lead?

Lian Yang starts testing them one by one in tears. He makes a move on every guy who looks like he could be the male lead, sparing neither the top student nor the campus heartthrob.

Pei Yi has always known that Lian Yang, who lives across the hall from him, is a notorious player at A University. He's obsessed with seducing straight guys, and he's both fickle and lazy, using the same tired lines every time.

Pei Yi has caught him several times acting coy with different people. "C-could you maybe like me?"

After winning their hearts, Lian Yang says, "We can't be together. After you graduate, you'll become a CEO, and you'll have to be with a girl."

Pei Yi has seen him just after a shower, with red at the corners of his eyes and glistening lips.

He really is beautiful.

But Pei Yi still finds the book in his hands more interesting.

Until one day, that player sets his sights on Pei Yi.

Lian Yang clutches his short sailor uniform, his slender waist barely concealed. With his ears red, he asks, "C-could you maybe like me?"

Pei Yi stares at his waist without blinking and reaches out involuntarily, slipping his hand beneath the hem of Lian Yang's clothes. "Sure. Yangyang, let me touch you."

Pei Yi thinks he's Lian Yang's one true love, but one day Lian Yang suddenly looks at him with red eyes and says, "When you become a CEO, you'll fall for a girl."

Pei Yi: "..."

Here we go again, huh?

Pei Yi is on guard. He decides the best thing is to solve the problem at its source, so he resolves to...

Never become a CEO. From now on, he'll only be Yangyang's puppy!

* An abstinent, aloof gong who develops a desperate need for skin-to-skin contact whenever he sees his beloved x a breathtakingly beautiful, adorable, sweet-smelling, soft-hearted, slightly dim heartthrob shou loved by everyone.

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Theme: One strand can't make a thread, and one tree can't make a forest.