After Being Forced to Win Over the Scheming Immortal Lord

[Main story complete. Check out the author's ongoing novel next door, The Sickly Fake Young Master Has Turned Evil]

[This has been heavily revised several times, so it isn't exactly the same as earlier versions. Thanks for understanding ^_^]

Blurb:

Mu Yunxian was kidnapped by a shady System. In his 3001st instance, the System forced him to win over Chu Qing'ai, the head disciple of the Mengzhang Sword Sect.

At their first meeting, his target, who was supposed to be a member of a prestigious righteous sect, tried to kill him. What a difficult mission.

His target was a man.

The mission was to get a man to fall for a man.

Mu Yunxian calmly went a little crazy.

He might as well die. That was better than being worked like a beast and then forced into prostitution.

But he would take this trash System and the target it had foisted on him with him. They could all die together, nice and neat.

On the surface, Mu Yunxian agreed to take the mission. He sweet-talked Chu Qing'ai, helped him save his gravely injured master, and even tracked down his lost divine artifact.

In secret, though, he kept the artifact for himself. Once the time was right, he would sacrifice Chu Qing'ai's life to activate it and destroy the whole world along with himself.

The would-be sacrifice had no idea.

He just thought Mu Yunxian had no spiritual power, so he followed him around devotedly and protected him.

After a thousand years of wandering, Mu Yunxian believed he had grown a heart of stone.

He thought, I'm just that kind of terrible person. I'm going to deceive him, coax him, and use him. I'll stop at nothing to get what I want.

As for giving him an unparalleled sword spirit, losing his composure when Chu Qing'ai was badly hurt, and being unable to stop his eyes from reddening when he learned about Chu Qing'ai's tragic past, those were all just fake gestures to fool the System.

Yes, all fake.

But when Chu Qing'ai saved him by chopping off the head of the man who had once been his benefactor without even blinking, Mu Yunxian realized that he was moved, and afraid to make a move.

Oh, crap.

His progress with the target had gone way too far.

Despite all his precautions, those burning lips finally landed on his.

No! He refused to get tangled up in this melodramatic, tragic romance!

He could think about the plan another day.

He needed to pack and run for his life tonight.

Under a dark, stormy sky, the path was hard to navigate. At last, he managed to escape, only to hear that man's mocking voice behind him, ghostlike:

"Didn't you say you were going to use me? Why stop halfway? Ah Yun, you really do disappoint me..."

[Bonus Scene]

Mu Yunxian really wanted to call the cops.

He hadn't taken down the shady System, but the target had taken him down first.

There was nowhere to run, and no way to refuse.

As he watched his life about to end in bed, Mu Yunxian finally gave up and confessed in a hoarse voice. "I only approached you because the System forced me to. It wasn't what I wanted, so..."

"So..." Chu Qing'ai took his limp hand, never stopping what he was doing. "I'll help Ah Yun destroy that System."

"Then we'll see whether Ah Yun's body, now entirely under his own control, will still obediently lie beneath me..."

[Honey-tongued, double-dealing beauty bottom x domineering, scheming top who takes what he wants]

Both virgins, one-on-one, happy ending.

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Advance Preview: I'm Sorry to Everyone in the Dragon-Slaying Protagonist's Story

Lin Shian, an animal keeper, transmigrates into a fantasy novel as a cannon-fodder villain. His only purpose is to raise spirit beasts until the novel's dragon-slaying protagonist defeats the Immortal Realm and takes them under his wing to boost his badass points.

Lin Shian: ...Fine, I guess this is a weirdly perfect fit for my profession.

Lin Shian gets right to work and raises a whole menagerie of spirit beasts into obedient little darlings. But one spirit tiger he found is the exception. As a cub, it was fluffy and adorable, and he spent all day kissing it, cuddling it, and lifting it up high. Who knew that once it outgrew its cute phase, it would reveal its true nature? At three months old, it howled all night long. At six months, it tore down the Hall of Blessed Encounters. At one year old, it swallowed eighty-eight of the Emperor's immortal pills whole.

Every day, Lin Shian had to open his eyes and apologize to everyone: "Sorry, fellow immortals! Sorry, Immortal Lords! Sorry, Your Majesty! I'll give this little menace a good scolding when we get back!"

The little menace was naughty and asking for a beating, but whenever Lin Shian tried to lay a hand on it, it would roll over and gaze up at him with innocent, round eyes.

Lin Shian stared at its familiar white-and-brown coloring and fell into deep thought.

Is this thing seriously not an evil beagle?

**

At last, the dragon-slaying protagonist fought his way up to the Ninth Heaven. Lin Shian reluctantly counted up his spirit pets, waiting for the protagonist to choose one. Instead, he received terrible news: the protagonist was being beaten black and blue by his own little menace.

Lin Shian's vision went dark. He scrambled to the scene and immediately dropped to his knees before the silver-haired, brown-eyed man with his sinister, arrogant face. "Please calm down, Brother Dragon! It's just a child, don't take it seriously! Since you aren't hurt, why not let it off this time?"

The man raised an eyebrow. His wicked grin seemed strangely familiar.

The real dragon-slaying protagonist lay nearby, spitting blood and completely ignored. "Heh, you call that a child?"

The immortals, all staring in shock: "T-the ancient divine beast Lu Wu?! Immortal Lord Shian, you've been hiding your true abilities! We were blind!"

Lin Shian: ?!!

#Wasn't the dragon-slaying protagonist supposed to be the main character? How did my beagle send him packing?#

#Sorry, but my beagle seems more like the dragon-slaying protagonist#

[Bonus Scene]

Lin Shian had a little drink and couldn't hold his liquor. Half asleep and half awake, he felt something sharp gently bite at the corner of his lips, then at his vulnerable neck, the chest beneath his clothes, and...

After waking from his hangover, Lin Shian felt sore all over. Before he could figure out what had happened, the person standing by his bed said pitifully, "Master, I made a very serious mistake."

"Oh," Lin Shian replied with practiced sympathy. "Who did you bully this time? Let me think of how to make it up to them."

"The one I bullied..." The man suddenly leaned over. His fingertips brushed Lin Shian's swollen lips, his eyes dark with turbulent desire. "Was you, Master..."

[Unflappable, sarcastic bottom x evil beagle who is a loyal puppy at home]

Reader's Guide:

1. A silly comedy with my own take on cultivation.

2. My only source of inspiration is Journey to the West 0.o

3. The top is always evil to outsiders, but at home he's a big tiger who begs for affection and wags his tail.

4. One-on-one, both virgins, mutually doting, happy ending.

Theme: Love crosses time and space, and will always find its way.