After Becoming the Most Hated Master

After his body perished and his soul faded, Xue Jingci was bound to a System and became a professional master in a starting-point setting, guiding people destined for great fortune as they fought their way back to the top. After transmigrating into a cultivation world for over a decade, Xue Jingci took three disciples. · His first disciple, Xie Zheng, was a young prodigy, an upright and righteous top scorer in the imperial examinations. After a treacherous minister framed him, Xue Jingci took him in. Xue Jingci taught him with all his heart, but the boy turned out to be an ungrateful wretch. In no time, he had joined the foremost sect and become its lofty young peak lord, refusing to acknowledge his poor master. · His second disciple, Xiao Xun, was a refined gentleman who treated him with great respect. A strange fate had left him lonely and miserable for half his life, enduring hardship after hardship. Unable to bear it, Xue Jingci spent all his points to redeem an item that would cleanse Xiao Xun of his misfortune. Yet at the ceremony where he was to formally become a disciple, Xue Jingci could only watch as Xiao Xun bowed to someone else as his master, then audaciously had Xue Jingci imprisoned. · Only after faking his death to escape did Xue Jingci finally question the System's judgment in choosing people. This time, he decided to choose for himself. · As it turned out, Xue Jingci had a good eye. His newest young disciple, Pei Huang, soon rose to become the supreme ruler of the demon realm. But just as Xue Jingci was feeling pleased, Pei Huang made a grand spectacle of marrying him into the demon palace. · On their wedding night, Xue Jingci sat in the bridal chamber, reflecting in anguish. Where had things gone wrong? · Before he could figure it out, his first two awful disciples came knocking, intending to steal the bride. The System flicked its cat tail excitedly. “I've been running a burn-after-reading System for years, and this is the first time I've seen so many points!” At last, Xue Jingci realized something was amiss. “A burn-after-reading System?” · Wait a minute! Wasn't he supposed to be in a danmei setting, guiding people destined for great fortune to the pinnacle of their lives? A man and a cat stared at each other. The kitten looked guilty. “Oh, I forgot to tell you earlier. You took a wrong turn coming out of the Main God Space.” Xue Jingci: ??? · As the three men came fighting toward him, Xue Jingci finally came to his senses and called for them to stop. · The once-arrogant Xie Zheng was consumed by heart demons. He lowered himself to beg, “Master, come back with me. I won't let you get hurt again.” Xiao Xun was overcome with regret. “Master, I misunderstood you back then. Please, won't you look at me again?” When it was Pei Huang's turn, he played dirty. He scooped Xue Jingci up and ran, sealing off the pursuers' route and slipping into a prepared underground palace. · Only then did Xue Jingci discover an even more lavish bridal chamber waiting beneath the demon palace. Pei Huang set him down on the soft bed with a smiling face, then undid his collar. · “Master, take pity on me too. I've been without a wife since I was little.” [Cool, beautiful, naturally absentminded shou × scheming disciple gong] A little plug for my upcoming historical danmei novel: After Returning the Body to the Villain, I Died (check my author page) [Transmigrator x the villain's original owner, two souls sharing one body] Yun Shu had wanted to die for many years. When he closed his eyes, he thought he had finally died. [Ding! Villain Redemption System bound. Host, work hard to earn the protagonist group's favor and reach the pinnacle of life!!] He had transmigrated into a book. He had become the young villain, destined for a tragic death. The System said he needed to work hard to earn the protagonist's favor and win their trust. Yun Shu could only laugh. He didn't even care whether he lived or died. Why would he bother pleasing anyone else? Electric shocks as punishment? Whatever. Pain from serious injuries? No problem. He watched as the body he inhabited was battered and broken, as if it might fall apart completely at any moment. A cold voice rang in his mind. “You're using my body to try to get yourself killed?” Who would have thought the original owner of this villain's body was still there? The original owner was his complete opposite. Yun Shu wanted to die, while the other man wanted to live by any means necessary. Yun Shu began to find things interesting. He had long since lost the will to live, but for some inexplicable reason, he didn't want to see this man fall back into the cycle of reincarnation… So he revealed his talent as a healer and traveled alongside the protagonist. Along the way, he helped ordinary people and earned everyone's praise. As for the protagonist… he hit him hard. When they came across a pregnant corpse, he “kindly” rolled up his sleeves and offered to help with the delivery. The first thing the corpse's baby did after being born was bite the protagonist's arm. System: ? Protagonist: ? Yun Shu wiped away nonexistent tears. “Sigh, I'm just too kind.” Villain: … In all these years, Yun Shu was the first person to take over his body without trying to curry favor with the protagonist. He not only completed the tasks, but also made the protagonist suffer one humiliating defeat after another. Gradually, their relationship began to change. Whenever Yun Shu was hurt, the villain would seize control of the body, scold him for not taking better care of himself, and then carefully tend to his wounds. Afterward, he would sometimes refuse to give the body back, acting fierce. In truth, the wounds still hurt, and he didn't want Yun Shu to feel the pain too. “I don't mind pain,” Yun Shu said once, unable to hold back. I… got used to it a long time ago. “Shut up!” … Yun Shu began traveling the world in this body and making friends. He helped the villain fulfill the wishes he had never voiced, and completely cleared his name, bringing the truth to light at last. Then the world's consciousness issued a warning. Only one soul could remain in this body. The villain decided to give the body to Yun Shu. No one in this world had ever cared about him anyway. His heart was full of bloodlust, and there was no point in staying. In the moment before he faded away, Yun Shu reached out and slowly wrapped his arms around himself, his hands clasped together. It was a foolish gesture, hugging himself, yet the villain felt as if something had seized his heart and squeezed hard. “Who said no one cares about you?” “…I care.” He smiled, his lips curving gently. “Live well, Lu Zhiyuan.” Yun Shu slowly faded away, giving the body back. … After his parents were brutally killed and his sect turned its back on him, Lu Zhiyuan believed no one in the world would ever truly care about him again. Until that person appeared. But just as he finally began to believe that someone might hold him dear, that person died right before his eyes. From that day on, Lu Zhiyuan went mad. He spared no cost and stopped at nothing. Even if it meant defying fate, he would bring that person back. . Theme: Never give up hope