The Master Always Thinks He's a Substitute

[The plot will get even more melodramatic after another revision. I'm having a dog-blood drama craving, qwq.]

Jiu Yao transmigrated into the body of a little fox demon beast. After a few years of scrabbling to survive in the cultivation world, she successfully joined Lingyao Sect. Who knew those so-called righteous disciples from a prestigious sect could be so despicable? Someone coveted her pretty face, drugged her, and sent her to the sect's mysterious Immortal Venerable Jing Xuan under the guise of making her his disciple.

Rumor had it that Immortal Venerable Jing Xuan was mercurial, ruthless, murderous, and lustful. He spent most of the year in seclusion at his immortal residence. Everyone in the sect feared him and dared not disturb him without good reason.

The people who sent Jiu Yao to him never expected her to survive. They only wanted her to pass along information when an opportunity arose, before she angered the Immortal Venerable.

Jiu Yao had come to Lingyao Sect to find her lover, who had gone missing three years ago.

But after some scoundrel drugged her, her whole body burning with heat, she felt like the unluckiest person alive and was so scared she wanted to cry.

Through her tear-blurred vision, she saw the terrifying Immortal Venerable from the rumors.

The man wore wide sleeves and flowing robes. His face was strikingly beautiful, nothing like the iron-faced, fanged, sinister monster people described.

He was not lustful, either. When he saw her, he merely smiled and said, “A poor little fox. Go home.”

Through her teary eyes, she recognized his face and knew his voice.

The Immortal Venerable Jing Xuan of Lingyao Sect, Xiao Huaiji, was the very lover she had been searching for all this time.

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In the end, Jiu Yao stayed by Xiao Huaiji's side. He took her in as his junior disciple, and she called him Master.

He treated her fairly well. He cured her of the poison, and was gentle when they did that sort of thing.

But his expression remained composed. He had not fallen for her. He had forgotten her, forgotten everything from their past, and even forgotten his promise to become her cultivation partner. He only said, gently but distantly, that once the poison left her system, she should leave.

Jiu Yao had gone through so much just to find her lover. Even if he had lost his memories, she still wouldn't leave him. She clutched her fox tail and refused to go, tears streaming down her cheeks.

In the end, the man softened.

He gazed at her with dark eyes and said gently, “You can stay, but you have to forget the one you love.”

“From now on, remember only me.”

Jiu Yao didn't understand. Sniffle, but Master is the one I love!

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A little fox spy was sent to Xiao Huaiji's immortal residence.

She was pretty and as cute as a doll, drugged to seduce him, and looked so pitiful.

He'd originally planned to kill her.

But when she saw him, her eyes suddenly lit up. She threw herself at him, clinging to him and begging for kisses, refusing to let go.

He thought he might as well kill her later.

But eventually, he couldn't bring himself to do it.

He couldn't bear to see her cry in misery. Whenever she opened her arms, he couldn't resist embracing her.

If he couldn't kill her, then he'd kill the person in her heart.

That person had claimed her heart when Jiu Yao was still very young. Even now, she couldn't stop thinking about him, and his name was all she murmured in her sleep.

He knew he had taken that person's place to earn the young woman's affection.

He would find him, then kill him right in front of her.

So that when she gazed at him in a daze, her eyes filled with tears, and they were together, she would only be able to look at him.

Until one day, Xiao Huaiji realized that the person who made him burn with jealousy, the one he wanted to kill more than anything,

was none other than himself.

Black-hearted Master × soft little fox

*Master's ability to teach melts like cream.

I really want to write this! Please add it to your collection! (Grabs you and won't let go.)

Theme: True love is engraved in both body and soul.