Please, Just Let Me Be a Salted Fish

Xue Yu transmigrated into a power-fantasy cultivation novel where everyone except the male lead was a disposable extra.

The male lead was born with a tainted background and suffered humiliation and torment from self-proclaimed righteous minor sects from childhood. After turning evil, he took out his anger on the entire cultivation world and slaughtered the Nine Heavens.

Xue Yu, currently in Lianyun Sect, the largest cultivation sect: = =

Xue Yu thought that since he was going to be a disposable extra no matter how hard he tried, he might as well lie flat from the start and save himself decades of pointless effort. He was convinced that if he just lay flat hard enough, he'd eventually be expelled from the sect and escape the male lead's hit list.

But his ridiculous master, the sect leader, was obsessed with pushing his students and insisted that Xue Yu had great potential.

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As the sect leader's youngest and last disciple, Xue Yu skipped class and neglected his cultivation every day, going out to tease cats and dogs and eavesdrop on sect gossip. He was reported to the sect leader time and again, who even confiscated the toys and distractions he enjoyed so much.

Confidently, Xue Yu produced the adorable little white dog he'd picked up on a whim, only to be told it was a young Taotie, an ancient divine beast.

The sect leader slapped his thigh raw with excitement. "That's my prettiest little disciple! He managed to make an ancient divine beast his mount! What exceptional taste!"

Xue Yu: 0_0

Xue Yu skipped class to eavesdrop on gossip. Then he got so worked up while tearing into his senior sister's scumbag boyfriend that he accidentally broke through and formed his Golden Core.

The sect leader: "Holy crap, my little disciple is amazing! He did something no one else could do with ease!"

Xue Yu: 0.0

With the sect in a tight spot, his fellow disciples invited Xue Yu to join them at the spirit spring to temper their bodies. They needed to raise their cultivation quickly so they could take on missions and earn money.

Xue Yu readily agreed, then turned around and bought a deluxe fishing kit before heading to the spirit spring to fish. So he wouldn't come home empty-handed, he spent every day picking up trash by the spring and taking it back with him.

As it turned out, the broken seed he'd picked up on a whim was a heavenly-grade spirit-stone tree, a treasure rarely seen even once in ten thousand years. All it took was watering it every day for it to grow the rarest and purest heavenly-grade spirit stones, making Xue Yu the richest person in all of Lianyun Sect.

The sect leader was overjoyed. "That's my most valued little disciple! At such a young age, he already knows how to ease the sect's burdens. He's fit for great things!"

Xue Yu: ...

The more Xue Yu lay flat, the higher his standing rose. He became famous as the youngest and most beautiful martial grand-uncle in Lianyun Sect's history, bringing him ever closer to his death flag. Xue Yu panicked.

Xue Yu: Fine, fine, so that's how you want to play it.

To make the sect leader finally give up on him, Xue Yu decided to fudge his final project by taking on a disciple just as lazy as he was, preferably one who couldn't even reach Foundation Establishment.

So Xue Yu gave a casual glance and chose his disciple.

The sect leader was shocked. "Why choose this useless person with a crippled spiritual root?"

Xue Yu gave a shallow answer: "He's good-looking."

After taking him on as a disciple, Xue Yu spoiled him rotten, fussing over whether he had enough to eat, whether he was dressed warmly enough, and whether he had enough money to spend.

Who could have guessed that by the time he was done raising him... his rebellious disciple would become the most brilliant genius in Lianyun Sect's history, reaching Foundation Establishment at a young age and even surpassing him.

Xue Yu: ... You male leads are all rotten to the core. QAQ

Theme: Unintentionally planting willows gives rise to a shady tree