I Became Best Friends with My Archrival

Luo Fuyan accepted a mission from the Heavenly Dao. With the help of the divine artifact, the Skywatching Scroll, he was to play the villain who sabotaged the Chosen One, advance the world's storyline, and meet a dismal end after being defeated by the righteous. The spirit of the Skywatching Scroll told him, "Your archenemy, the sworn rival you can't get along with, that sword cultivator He Guiyun, is a mission-taker too. You can work with him." "Are you sure?" "I'm sure!" Luo Fuyan believed him. With Heaven's help, a divine artifact, and an ally, a mere mission would be a piece of cake! Scene 1. Luo Fuyan deliberately lets the protagonist fall into a trap containing a fortuitous opportunity, watching at ease as it happens. Then he sees He Guiyun alone and gives him a hard slap on the shoulder. "Come on! Let's meet him at the exit we've prepared. If we're late, he'll get hurt." "You did that on purpose?" "Of course." "..." Scene 2. While planning for his villain mission, Luo Fuyan can't make up his mind, so he writes to fellow mission-taker He Guiyun to ask what he thinks of the plan. He Guiyun replies, "Excessively arrogant." Luo Fuyan: "?" Well, duh. I'm a big, bad villain! Scene 3. After sustaining serious injuries as the plot requires, Luo Fuyan sneaks over and knocks on He Guiyun's door. Under He Guiyun's silent gaze, he says weakly, "Quick, make room for me to heal. Don't tell anyone I'm hiding here." The other man seems to hesitate for a moment, then leads him inside with a cold expression. - Luo Fuyan thinks everything is going smoothly. It's just that He Guiyun is a little strange. Until one day, the spirit tells him, "I think we got the wrong person." Luo Fuyan's pupils tremble. "What do you mean?!" "He Guiyun isn't a mission-taker. He's been nothing but your archenemy from the beginning..." Luo Fuyan: "..." Is there still a chance to save this? jpg *The three scenes in the blurb are there to showcase the joke and their dynamic. They may not appear in the main story. Coming soon. If interested, add it to your collection from the author's page: The Heir Apparent, Please Wait Wen Zezhou served as a royal shadow guard for over a decade. He faced life-and-death situations time and again and witnessed many secrets unknown to the world. The last secret he learned was about his own origins. The only son of the Marquis of Wu'an had gone missing as a child. For years, the marquis's household had claimed that the young heir was bedridden with illness, while secretly searching for him. At last, they found him. Wen Zezhou accepted the token proving his identity and faked his death amid the turmoil to escape. From then on, the palace lost an all-capable shadow guard, while the marquis's household gained a sickly young heir. - After the young heir of the Marquis of Wu'an "recovers from a serious illness," the emperor grants him a favor and orders Wen Zezhou to enter government service. But after a lifetime of fighting, Wen Zezhou no longer wants a brilliant career. He only wants to be an idle young nobleman, free from worldly concerns. He carefully chooses the most laid-back position, with the notoriously incompetent Ninth Prince, Li Langxiao, as his immediate superior. It's perfect for coasting through life. He doesn't get to coast for long before realizing that each of the colleagues around Li Langxiao is more secretive than the last. And the Ninth Prince, rumored to have achieved nothing, has been scheming in secret for years, lying low amid the turbulent court with ambitions to claim the throne. Afraid he'll lose his peaceful life, Wen Zezhou pretends to know nothing and does his best to avoid their discussions. But the more he tries to keep his distance, the closer he gets to Li Langxiao. - Li Langxiao initially thinks that the frail young heir of the Marquis of Wu'an has come to work for him for some ulterior motive. So he takes Wen Zezhou along with him every day to keep an eye on him. But as he keeps watching, Li Langxiao himself becomes the one with ulterior motives. He even keeps Wen Zezhou close and protects him. Until one day, they are both caught in danger, and Li Langxiao tells his guards to cover Wen Zezhou's escape first. But the sickly young heir of the Marquis of Wu'an turns and charges toward the pursuers. The guard cries out in alarm, "Young master, please wait...!" But the young heir leaps forward, snatches a sword, and coldly kills the pursuers with a single thrust. "...S-slow down when you kill them." "...?" Another upcoming historical danmei: The Villain and the Protagonist Are Inseparable Xi Yu, with the life goal of being a carefree slacker, transmigrates into a cultivation-world villain who has to work hard to build his career. The villain System shows up on day one and pushes him to get to work. Xi Yu isn't about to do that! After a hard-fought battle of wits with the System, he finally discovers that as long as he's with Yue Tianhan, the villain System will obediently shut up. Yue Tianhan was once the cultivation world's greatest prodigy, but he suffered a serious injury several years ago. His cultivation regressed, and he could never make any further progress. Xi Yu's sect had long ago arranged a marriage contract with the Yue family, but because of Yue Tianhan's condition, the identity of his future Dao companion had remained undecided. Nobody wanted to get involved. Xi Yu raises his hand. He can do it! Send him! - Yue Tianhan is bound to a Protagonist Aura System. He cultivates, levels up, falls to rock bottom, cultivates again, then reaches even greater heights. He only gets a short break during the period when he's married. Even the System is so exhausted from all the grinding that it wants to quit. Despite this, Yue Tianhan has never managed to find the final villain. At last, after he completes all the missions and rules out every possibility, the System finally narrows the search to someone close by. Yue Tianhan looks at his Dao companion, who spends every day following him around to visit scenic places and enjoy life. "?" The Protagonist Aura System says timidly, "It seems like your protagonist aura blinded his villain System..." "..." *The little scenes and interactions in the coming-soon blurb are there to showcase the jokes. They may not appear in the main story. *The title and blurb may be adjusted any time before the book opens. Theme: Keep a pure heart and never regret, even if it means facing death nine times