You Chose to Be the Furnace Cauldron

[A fake proper gentleman who is secretly gay, villainous seme VS a straight male dance student, immortal master shou]

After dance student Xue Chen died, he transmigrated into a book called "Dragon Roars Across the World" as Xue Zhenyin, the Immortal Master Yun Heng, leader of the righteous Li Tian Sect. The book's protagonist, Long Xiaotian, was his most prized disciple.

Xue Chen remembered that Immortal Master Yun Heng was not only peerlessly beautiful and otherworldly, but also possessed unmatched virtue and benevolence.

But as he looked at the tonic soup his disciple had brought him, Xue Chen wondered if they thought he was an idiot.

The smell of rust was practically spilling out of it. What righteous person would drink this stuff to nourish their body?

Later, Xue Chen learned that the original owner had been a great villain hiding behind a public duty to vanquish demons and defend the Dao. In secret, he kidnapped innocent people to help him cultivate his techniques.

At the time, the "young" great villain Lu Ling'an had been captured by a disciple of the Li Tian Sect, eager to curry favor, because of his unusual constitution. He had been locked in Red Peak Tower and tortured for seven days and seven nights.

The disciple had planned to present him to Immortal Master Yun Heng as a cultivation cauldron when the master came out of seclusion. But Lu Ling'an would later become a supervillain who even crippled the male protagonist. With his vicious and sinister methods, how could he possibly spare the innocent people in the sect?

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To save the lives of the sect's several hundred people, Xue Chen only wanted to deal with this problem as soon as possible.

Xue Chen let Lu Ling'an go, but he thought it was a trap and rolled his eyes.

Xue Chen gave Lu Ling'an food, but he thought it was poisoned and rolled his eyes.

Xue Chen treated Lu Ling'an's wounds, but he thought there were ulterior motives and rolled his eyes.

Until Xue Chen tried to coax Lu Ling'an by spontaneously dancing, singing, "Oh, my sweetheart, don't you fret. I'll tie up my red sleeves for you alone. Three cups of wine, the moon above the treetops, and my heart drifts..."

Lu Ling'an's throat bobbed, and his face turned red. He began to treat Xue Chen a little more kindly.

Lu Ling'an recalled that a month ago, something had gone wrong while he was practicing. His cultivation had suddenly vanished, and overnight his body had reverted to its teenage form. If he spoke carelessly, someone might discover his identity, so he could only pretend to be deaf and mute and let the man surnamed Xue try every trick in the book.

Later...

One moonless night, Lu Ling'an recovered his cultivation. With red eyes, he gripped Xue Chen by the waist and pressed him against the edge of the bed. Abandoning his usual proper manner, which had never been swayed by temptation, he coaxed him in a bewitching voice: "A Yin, didn't you want me to be your cultivation cauldron?"

Xue Chen, who had danced himself into trouble: "I didn't! Don't make things up! Get a hold of yourself!"

Just as Xue Chen was fighting desperately to resist, his disciple Long Xiaotian roared from outside the door: "Lu Ling'an, let Master go! If you have a problem, come at me!"

Xue Chen seized on the lifeline: "Yes, yes, go after him."

Those two could make a fine pair.

Theme: Learning never ends.