Being a Fairy Fruit Is a High-Risk Job

Mingshan was dragged into an angst novel by an irresponsible author. Her mission was to deal with a reborn, down-and-out villain and stop him from killing the male lead.

The reborn villain had a golden finger, suffered from social anxiety, and had a nasty personality.

Worse still, he resorted to violence at the slightest provocation.

After being reborn, he wanted revenge and set out to find a celestial fruit that would grant him supreme power.

The fruit could increase the cultivation of anyone who practiced cultivation. In his previous life, the male lead used it to cast the villain into eternal ruin.

With no other choice, Mingshan had to join him on the quest for the fruit.

Later, she discovered that she was the very celestial fruit the villain had been searching for.

The villain had also found a book called A Guide to Cooking Celestial Fruit:

Simmer it over low heat into a soup to gain five thousand years of cultivation.

Roast it over high heat into dried fruit to bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bare bones.

Mingshan: Am I supposed to cook myself?

*

The last page of the cooking guide had been torn out. There was a hint of some method of preparation that could grant ten thousand years of cultivation.

The villain temporarily spared her so he could get his hands on the recipe for ten thousand years of cultivation.

But there were still plenty of people who wanted to claim her, the celestial fruit.

The senior brother who practiced a sinister sword manual, the lovesick master who wanted to save his beloved, and the bootlicking junior uncle who wanted to give his goddess a birthday present...

Mingshan realized that Fu Rongshi, the one who most wanted to roast her, was also the person who had protected her the most along the way.

[Mini-scene]

Fu Rongshi: I am willing to protect you forever.

Mingshan: Until when?

Fu Rongshi: Probably until you die. Then I'll gladly endure the loneliness and chase away anyone trying to steal your offerings from in front of your grave.

Mingshan: ...I guess I still overestimated you.

A reborn, black-turns-white, socially anxious male lead x a female lead with maxed-out survival instincts and an outgoing personality

Theme: Keeping your feet on the ground is the shortcut.