The Immortal World's Number One Simp

"Feng Yingxue was the orphaned survivor of the previous dynasty. When chaos erupted in the palace, her mother entrusted her to a trusted subordinate, who took her beyond the city walls. She was adopted by an ordinary family. The princess who had once stood above everyone else fell into the mud and suffered every humiliation..."

Ming Banfan sat in a peach tree, plucked a fruit, and listened to the System read the story with a cheerful smile.

When it finished, she clapped her hands. "I get it, I get it. I'm supposed to help the heroine become empress, right?"

An immortal descended from the mountain and stood before six-year-old Feng Yingxue. She said the girl had exceptional talent and asked if she wanted to cultivate immortality with her.

From then on, Ming Banfan became the most fiercely protective of masters toward Feng Yingxue. If Feng Yingxue needed cultivation techniques or magical treasures, Ming Banfan would find them. If Feng Yingxue needed to go down the mountain for revenge, Ming Banfan would stand behind her disciple, sword in hand, clearing every obstacle from her path.

Later, that disciple became the most exalted empress in the mortal realm. But after ascending the throne, she used an immortal-binding rope to tie Ming Banfan up and throw her in a dungeon.

Feng Yingxue said coldly, "You can help me take the throne, but you could help someone else do the same. I won't allow you to remain in this world."

Because of those words, Ming Banfan became the biggest joke in the immortal realm.

They laughed at her for falling in love with a mortal, and for doing so much for that person only to end up with nothing.

She became the immortal realm's biggest simp.

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At the brink of death, Ming Banfan used a time-reversal spell to return to the moment before she found Feng Yingxue.

The System was still reading the story beside her ear, but this time Ming Banfan refused to follow its instructions. She put her feelings away and turned to cultivate the ruthless path, ignoring the System's endless chatter.

But unbeknownst to her, Feng Yingxue had returned with her too.

The petite girl stumbled all the way from her village to the foot of the mountain, walking thousands of kilometers on foot.

All just to reach Ming Banfan's cave and demand, "Master, are you planning to take on another disciple?"

Feng Yingxue had long since gone mad.

She didn't merely refuse to let Ming Banfan take another disciple. She couldn't stand anyone else being by her master's side at all.

And she especially couldn't bear... being abandoned by her master.

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