The Socially Anxious Jinx Only Wants to Be a Background Character and a Lazy Fish

The hot-tempered, socially anxious Zhan Qingqi transmigrates into a nameless cannon-fodder character who doesn't survive half a chapter in a cultivation novel about an arrogant genius.

To stay alive, he decides to avoid the plot and content himself with being an inconspicuous, carefree nobody.

At the sect's annual gathering, Zhan Qingqi is surrounded by a crowd. His eyes fill with tears, and his voice trembles as he speaks.

He's only rescued when the sect leader grabs him by the collar and pulls him away.

"Are you a new disciple this year?"

A cool, authoritative voice sounds above his head.

Zhan Qingqi looks up and meets the sect leader's gaze...

"...Yes."

Zhan Qingqi's voice trembles. He hurriedly looks away and takes a deep breath to steady himself.

Sob, what are you staring at? Keep looking and I'll gouge your eyes out.

Huai Nanmian is the last celestial fox in the world. Forced to become the leader of Changying Sect, he devotes himself to secluded cultivation, and his disciples think he appears and vanishes like a dragon.

Until one day, he sees a disciple standing on the belly of a top-tier demon beast.

While watched by a crowd, the disciple punches the beast's head into the ground with tears in his eyes.

Huai Nanmian: "...?"

Lately, rumors have been spreading through the cultivation world that the leader of Changying Sect has taken a particular liking to a new disciple and seems to be grooming him as his successor.

For some reason, though, other powerful cultivators seem to have noticed, too.

Inside the sect leader's room,

Huai Nanmian's ears twitch. His voice is cool and detached. "Deal with the trouble you caused yourself."

Zhan Qingqi, diligently brushing the fox's fur, lets out a little whimper, nods, and runs out in tears.

Sob, that old geezer dares to show his face again? This time, I'll burn off every last one of his whiskers!

Listening to the sect's protective formation shudder faintly from the blows,

Huai Nanmian: "..."

So the legendary bringer of misfortune really does exist!

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> This is a lighthearted, slice-of-life story.

> My take on cultivation; the cultivation world setting is based on Being a True Love Warrior in the Hehuan Sect, with adjustments as needed for this story.

> The story takes place a hundred years after the ending of Hehuan Sect. Characters from the previous story will appear, but the stories are independent, and you won't have any trouble following this one if you haven't read the earlier story.

Theme: Overcome difficulties and surpass yourself