This Senior Brother Is Incredibly Strong, Yet Far Too Lazy

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In her previous life, Zhu Ciying had an incredibly powerful senior brother. With his Jade Phoenix Sword, he reached the pinnacle of the Dao.

Three hundred years later, Zhu Ciying found a senior brother in the back mountains. He looked exactly like the senior brother from her previous life.

But he was a total slacker.

Zhu Ciying was furious that he was wasting his potential!

"The sword cultivator next door swings his sword three thousand times a day, but you say the tea is so good you need to brew three more pots. The spell cultivator practices hand signs until his fingers cramp, but you say the bed is too hard and uncomfortable. The formation cultivator studies formations day and night, but you do nothing from morning till night!"

"Senior Brother, get up and practice your sword! If you keep slacking off, the cultivation world is going to be destroyed!"

Xie Rangchen, who had spent all night playing with his jade slip, rolled over on the couch without even opening his eyes.

#So what if the world is destroyed? I'll lie flat and wait to die#

Later, Zhu Ciying was thrown into the Demon-Slaying Sword Formation, where her life and death were uncertain.

Xie Rangchen went alone into the formation, Jade Phoenix in hand, and shattered every spell with a single sword stroke.

He pointed his sword at the people who had bullied his junior sister. "The junior sister I watched grow up is steadfast in character and pure of heart. How could she become a demon?"

Covered in blood and leaning against his chest, Zhu Ciying teased him softly. "The Jade Phoenix rings out, and its roar shakes the Nine Provinces. Xie Sweetie, I think I've figured out the secret to your comeback."

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A little scene: The secret to a slacker's comeback.

Xie Rangchen: "Fighting is no fun."

Zhu Ciying silently took out strawberry gummies and matcha red bean snowflake pastries.

Xie Rangchen's gaze paused.

Zhu Ciying: "Want some? Then come fight our way back with me."

Xie Rangchen appeared in front of her in a flash. "Who are we fighting, Junior Sister?"

He broke off a branch to use as a sword, protecting her as he cut a bloody path for her through every obstacle.

*

After unexpectedly transmigrating three hundred years into the future, Xie Rangchen met a junior sister who was so bold she didn't call him Senior Brother.

She called him Xie Sweetie.

For her, he was willing to reclaim his sword heart, wield his sword, and suppress evil spirits.

A laid-back, world-weary powerhouse x a "moon-type" obsessive

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1. Many elements are author-created. Please don't overanalyze them.

2. The heroine is neither a powerhouse nor on an upgrade path. She cultivates both music and swordsmanship.

3. Cultivation levels: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Integration, Dharma Form, Tribulation Transcendence, Ascension.

Next novel [Upcoming] My Archenemy Is Bound to a Romance System

On the day Xu Zhaoxue was supposed to be released from the System, she was facing a broken engagement. Her fiance had his arm around another woman and was waiting for Xu Zhaoxue to beg him to stay. But now that she'd broken free of her doormat persona, all she wanted was to smash the scumbag's head in.

Unexpectedly, she heard another System's voice.

[Look, the male lead is defending the female lead again! Once they deal with that lovesick supporting actress, they can hold their cultivation bond ceremony and openly shower each other with affection.]

[Oh, that lovesick supporting actress? Of course she won't give up easily. She still has to offer the male lead her heart's blood, her exquisite heart, her life-bound spirit sword... right up until she's written out of the story.]

[She may be a lovesick fool, but unfortunately for you, she's your target for winning affection.]

Xu Zhaoxue: ...

She looked around and finally spotted someone.

Her archenemy, Li Zaiyang, looked utterly hopeless, as if mourning a dead parent.

*

During the years Xu Zhaoxue maintained her doormat persona, Li Zaiyang had constantly opposed her. Whether it was heavenly treasures or magical artifacts and secret manuals, he always competed with her for them. Over time, the two of them became bitter enemies.

Still, she never thought there would come a day when they could bury the hatchet.

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[Alert! Xu Zhaoxue is about to offer her heart's blood!]

[Here's your chance to raise her affection! Stop her and deliver the classic line: "Get lost. Stay away from my person."]

Xu Zhaoxue was just about to stab the scumbag in the heart when she froze. A figure suddenly appeared in front of her. Li Zaiyang drew his sword and said stiffly, "Get lost. Stay away from my person."

Xu Zhaoxue: "!" You can use an archenemy like that? Got it.

[Alert! Xu Zhaoxue is about to feed the scumbag vegetables!]

[Alert! Xu Zhaoxue is about to cut out her heart for the scumbag!]

[Alert! Xu Zhaoxue has been insulted by the scumbag and is crying!]

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Li Zaiyang had been hard of hearing in his right ear since birth. He had searched for medicine to cure it many times, but someone always got in his way.

More than once, he had seen her feelings treated like trash.

Then, on the day her engagement was broken off, she slapped her fiance for the first time, then turned around and shoved the spirit medicine for his ear into Li Zaiyang's hands.

Li Zaiyang thought Xu Zhaoxue might still be salvageable.

[Host, will you accept the mission to win Xu Zhaoxue's affection?]

"I'll take it."

Who says an archenemy can't become the one?

1. Both are each other's first and only. Happy ending.

2. My own take on cultivation, with a mountain of author-created details. Some elements carry over from Senior Brother.

Theme: Love life, refuse to lie flat, and stand on your own two feet.