The Villain's Saving Grace, His White Moonlight

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Wen Zhenxue transmigrated into a cultivation novel.

She was a nameless minor cannon fodder character in the story, and she was due to die within a few hours.

Wen Zhenxue: "?"

My fate is mine to decide, not Heaven's.

Unfortunately, just after escaping the tiger's jaws, she stumbled upon a secret belonging to a young man in green robes. He tried to kill her to silence her.

What should she do to stay alive?

Put on an act, of course.

That day, the young man stood tall at the bow of the boat. Seeing a delicate beauty at the stern, so lovely and pitiable that anyone would feel for her, he heard her call his name in the most beautiful, tender voice in the world.

"A-Heng..."

He remembered Wen Zhenxue for the rest of his life.

He was Jiang Heng, the final boss of The Record of Ascending to Heaven, who nearly killed both the male and female leads.

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Wen Zhenxue deceived Jiang Heng many times. The first time, Jiang Heng nearly killed her to silence her in front of a crowd.

The second time, Jiang Heng said, "Lie to me one more time, and I'll cut out your tongue."

The third time, Jiang Heng said, "Only an idiot would believe your nonsense."

Later, the young man carried a lantern through the deep night, countless times draping his coat over her when the night was cold and damp. He stayed by her bed when she had nightmares, used his body to shield her from the blood of monsters, and wiped a speck of mud from the hem of her snow-white skirt.

He was her most loyal believer, quietly hidden in the shadows. All he wanted was a single sentence.

"Wen Zhenxue, you've deceived me so many times. Could you deceive me one more time and say what I want to hear?"

"Say... that you love me."

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Long afterward, the immortal sects and the evil demons entered negotiations.

The young, handsome leader of the evil demons wore the mournful face of a widower and pointed to an immortal in white.

"I want her."

Wen Zhenxue: "..."

The most renowned immortal of the cultivation world, the Cangyao Immortal, was forced to move into the Demon Palace and become the evil demon leader's personal favorite. Across the six continents and four seas, everyone sighed with regret and burned with righteous indignation.

On the first day of her imprisonment, Jiang Heng did nothing to her.

On the sixth day of her imprisonment, Jiang Heng did nothing to her.

After a month of imprisonment, Jiang Heng still did nothing to her.

One month and one day later, Wen Zhenxue pointed at the apricot tree in the courtyard and told a servant, "I don't like apricots. Dig it up and plant a pear tree."

Jiang Heng refused, saying pears were inauspicious.

Wen Zhenxue looked as if she were about to cry and lowered her lashes listlessly.

"..." Jiang Heng turned to his subordinate and said, "As for the trees on the back mountain, however many there are, dig them all up and plant pear trees."

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Bonus skit:

Six Continents and Four Seas Gazette: (offers the microphone) Esteemed Leader, they say you settle scores and never let a slight go unpunished. How have you treated the Cangyao Immortal, who once deceived and mistreated you?

Jiang Heng: Don't make things up.

Six Continents and Four Seas Gazette: ?

Jiang Heng: She never mistreated me. She did so much for me.

Six Continents and Four Seas Gazette: Such as?

Jiang Heng: She only asks me to peel pears for her.

Six Continents and Four Seas Gazette: ...

Six Continents and Four Seas Gazette: Well, she did deceive you.

Jiang Heng: Why didn't she deceive someone else? Why did she only deceive me? It means I'm special. I have a different place in her heart.

Jiang Heng: She loves me so much.

A frail beauty who plays the pig to eat the tiger × a villain boss who is completely wrapped around her finger

Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Mahayana, Tribulation Transcendence

Reading Guide:

* Low-power cultivation fantasy. The female lead has almost no fighting ability and relies on her intelligence and golden finger to solve mysteries and fight monsters.

* The male lead doesn't fall in love from the start; he goes through a process of convincing himself.

* Strictly one-on-one, with no extra romantic entanglements.

* The story is lighthearted throughout. The author doesn't think it's angsty, though Jiang Heng might, because he's love-struck and prone to reading too much into things.

Coming soon: Taming the Demon

A new Demon God is born in the Demon-Banishing Ravine. A prophecy says that one day this Demon God will command the demons, slaughter the immortal sects, and overturn the Three Realms.

Zi Ling makes a quick calculation. The Demon God has just awoken from his slumber, and his powers have yet to recover. This is the perfect time to root out the threat.

She takes her sword and goes.

The young Demon God, wrapped in a wide black cloak, gives a pale smile and waves a hand, sending her flying ten meters away.

Zi Ling dusts off her clothes and stands up.

Never mind. I can't beat him.

But the young Demon God refuses to let her go and forcibly binds her to a master-servant contract.

Demon God: "You want to kill me? Then I'll make you my lapdog. You will submit meekly at my feet."

Zi Ling: Oh, what luck. I've infiltrated the enemy's ranks with barely any effort.

*

Books say that patience is the most important thing when taming beasts.

Zi Ling has always been patient, and she's even more tolerant when it comes to prey she is determined to catch.

The little Demon God is her prey.

Before the hunt begins, she must first blunt the vicious beast's claws and fangs, tame its ferocity, and train the naturally cruel fiend to be docile and easy to soothe...

Then wait for the right moment.

Strike once, and kill.

The Demon God doesn't trust Zi Ling. Yet when chaos breaks out among the demons, it's this unsatisfactory little immortal who takes him from place to place, helping him evade notice.

They travel through the mortal world. The little immortal is lively and charming, bright and spirited, the sort who ought to be proud and adored by everyone. Yet in front of him, she's always smiling and good-tempered.

Her clever, foxlike eyes are always filled with his image. She listens with unfailing attentiveness and tenderness, as if he were the one light in all the world worth watching.

At first, the Demon God thinks:

Once we return to the Demon Realm, I'll give her a minor post.

Later, the Demon God decides that making her the Right Guardian isn't a bad idea either.

Later still, the Demon God decides that the post of Right Guardian isn't suitable.

If only Zi Ling could become his Demon Queen.

Mara are the embodiment of all the suffering of living beings, and are naturally incapable of joy.

He is the only Mara in the world to have developed a heart.

The Mara grew a heart.

And fell in love with someone.

*

Long, long afterward, the young Demon God discovers the truth and goes to find her, eyes red.

"What am I to you, really...?" The Demon God grips her shoulders, speaking each word slowly, on the verge of tears. "Would even a stray dog by the roadside earn your pity? Have you ever been moved by my feelings, even for a single moment...?"

Zi Ling listens quietly. After quite some time, she asks in surprise, "Are we in that kind of relationship?"

Demon God: "..."

Sob, sob...

#The Demon God wakes up in the middle of the night: How are we not in that kind of relationship!#

#Yes, we had a romance, one-sidedly on my part.#

The good news is, she's always been a good person.

The bad news is...

She's always been a good person.

An energetic, sunny senior disciple × a young Demon God who gets angry often but is incredibly easy to placate

Theme: Always strive to do good, without wavering