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A seemingly delicate and easily bullied top who actually controls everything x a straight male transmigrated into a book, focused on the mission and always ready with a snarky comment
Gu Chiyu accidentally wandered into an R-rated novel late one night. He got so worked up while mocking it that he died, then transmigrated into the book as one of its scum tops: the identical-named first disciple of the Tianxin Sect leader, who took pleasure in bullying the protagonist. He was also bound to a System.
The System promised that if he successfully saved his junior brother, Shen Ling, and kept him from being harmed by the scum tops, he would get the chance to be reborn and ten billion in real-world prize money.
Gu Chiyu: The prize money doesn't matter. I'm a righteous man, so ten billion... I mean, my dear junior brother, here I come!
His junior nephew, Wei Shengchen, used moon-gazing as an excuse to secretly put a massive dose of aphrodisiac in the wine he was serving Shen Ling? No problem. He'd kick the bowl away.
The Demon Lord Ming Yan fell in love with Shen Ling at first sight when he went down the mountain to gain experience, then wouldn't take no for an answer and blocked the door to snatch him away? Gu Chiyu would pore over the entire book for plot points and take Shen Ling on a detour. Problem solved!
Their shared master, Cang Yutang, leader of the Tianxin Sect, coveted Shen Ling's constitution and summoned him while preparing to enter seclusion? Gu Chiyu would go along. He didn't believe the old bastard would dare try anything with him there!
As for the vine monster in the secret realm and the lecherous ghost in the mortal world, he'd burn them all to ashes! If they ran into an enemy he couldn't beat, he'd take Shen Ling and run!
As they spent time together, Shen Ling gradually let down his guard around him and became more and more clingy and dependent. Shen Ling remembered all his likes, cooked the dishes he loved, and waited outside his cave while he cultivated in seclusion until he came out. After he got into a fight, Shen Ling would hold his wrist, eyes red, and gently blow on it, asking if it hurt. He'd even bury himself in Gu Chiyu's arms, looking up at him with adoration and saying, “Senior Brother Xiaoyu is the best...”
Pampered by Shen Ling, Gu Chiyu grew giddy with happiness and took even better care of him. But as he completed more and more missions, events gradually began to stray from the original plot.
After Wei Shengchen fell to demonic cultivation, Cang Yutang went into qi deviation during his seclusion. The two joined forces with the Demon Lord to overthrow the immortal sects, and Gu Chiyu had no choice but to abandon all his plans and take Shen Ling through a secret passage to escape ahead of time.
But halfway there, a sudden tightness gripped his chest. His spiritual power had been completely sealed, and worse, he had been drugged without realizing it. His whole body went limp and weak.
He watched helplessly as Shen Ling walked toward him, crushing nine-petaled green lotuses beneath each step. Blood stained his snow-white robes, and a vivid red lotus mark slowly appeared between his brows.
That was the mark of a demonic cultivator.
Gu Chiyu leaned against the wall, barely able to stand, his head spinning. “How... how did you... become like this...?”
“Of course, it's because...”
Shen Ling wrapped his arms around him from behind and said softly, “That good-for-nothing died a long time ago.”
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Theme: Live well
