After Faking My Death, My Disciple Became a Male Ghost

[Straight-laced, lazy-fish shizun uke x loyal-dog-turned-ghost disciple seme]

Lu Jizhou is a 24-karat, ironclad straight man. His hobbies are slacking off, doing nothing, and reading novels.

Then one day, on a netizen's recommendation, he found a cultivation fantasy novel.

Apparently, it had been locked on the original site, so he had to search for a pirated copy with a guilty conscience.

The plot was smooth, the writing was delicate, and the face-slapping was immensely satisfying... It was a masterpiece!

Lu Jizhou read day and night, forgot to eat and sleep, stayed up until dawn, and thoroughly enjoyed himself.

He cried over the male lead's background, was moved by his kind and sincere character, and got a stomachache from rage at the villainous shizun who abused him.

The next second, the master and disciple, who couldn't stand each other, kissed.

Lu Jizhou: ...Wait.

Turns out it was a danmei novel.

More specifically, a rivals-to-lovers story where the rivals really were enemies.

Even harder to accept, the rebel shizun in the story not only abused, framed, suppressed, and humiliated the male lead in every way, but also wanted to improve his cultivation by dual cultivating with the male lead, who had exceptional spiritual roots.

Lu Jizhou refused to believe it and posted online to ask, only to be mocked as a desperate straight man.

He stubbornly argued back, but when he opened his eyes again, he'd become the villainous cannon-fodder shizun of the male lead, with a System thrown in as a bonus.

Faced with the young protagonist

Lu Jizhou: This kid is so upright. How could he possibly like me? I'll raise him!

Faced with the teenage male lead

Lu Jizhou: This kid is so eager to learn. I'll raise him!

Faced with the male lead's blunt confession

Lu Jizhou: ...

System: Didn't you say you didn't believe it?

Lu Jizhou: Never mind that. Let's run first!

Three years after faking his death, Lu Jizhou kept feeling as if a ghost were haunting him. He opened his eyes one night and saw that the figure pinning him down wasn't some wandering spirit. It was the male lead!

Lu Jizhou: ...Hey, what a coincidence.

Pei Huan spoke into his ear: “What a coincidence? I'm looking for you, Shizun. Shall we continue the dual cultivation we started back then?”

Reading guide:

1. One-on-one, younger male lead, happy ending

2. My take on cultivation, with the usual Wan Jian Sect, Nan Yao Sect, and Bai Hua Valley setup

3. Still updates according to the rankings before signing; daily updates afterward

Theme: Take advice from others and you'll have enough to eat.