[JX3] Brother Ji, You Can't

Sui Kan had been a devoted player of the legendary martial arts game Jianxia Qingyuan Online III for thirteen years.

A passionate PVP player, a little warrior for his faction, a permanent resident of the high-speed Baling highway as the Ultimate Demon Lord, and the one who had fathered children for countless teachers on Xiaohongshu.

One day, while he was in the thick of intercepting a caravan in Baling, everything suddenly went black.

When he opened his eyes again, he found he had transmigrated into a novel from Qidian, becoming a villain who was a disposable stepping stone. The male lead had rejected his advances, then eventually killed him.

In other words, this was the life he had lived before being reincarnated into the modern world: his previous life.

Sui Kan: "...So is this transmigrate into a book, transmigrate, or reborn?"

But none of that mattered, because he had transmigrated straight into the banquet where the male lead planned to poison him and take over his forces.

Sui Kan: "Holy crap, run!"

But without a golden finger or a magical System, escaping the male lead's vast web of traps laid for him in the capital, relying only on memories of his previous life and the novel's plot, would be harder than reaching the sky.

Just as Sui Kan thought his time was up, a yellow figure descended from the sky and carried him out of danger using a flying skill he knew all too well.

"I am Ye Zhao, a Liufeng disciple of Cangjian Manor."

The handsome young man clasped his fists in greeting, then said, "Nice to meet you... Huh, didn't the mission get completed?"

"'The Dragon Escapes the Net, the Wild Goose Takes Its Place'... What? I still have to escort you to the Shuo Feng Army camp at Yanmen Pass in Dai Commandery?"

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Sui Kan and Ye Zhao set off together for Sui Kan's own stronghold (crossed out), the Shuo Feng Army camp at Yanmen.

But the two of them didn't get along.

Ye Zhao wasn't a Jianxia III player. He was a wild Ru Feng Second Young Master of the Tang Dynasty, a martial arts prodigy of the Haoran Alliance, upright, forthright, and ready to give everything for his ideals.

He was the sort of person Sui Kan admired but couldn't get along with.

Ye Zhao wanted to uphold justice and punish the wicked.

Sui Kan only wanted to return to the army, lead his personal troops south for revenge, kill the ungrateful male lead, and take back the throne that rightfully belonged to him.

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Sui Kan thought he and Ye Zhao were merely traveling together for a while, and that one day they would go their separate ways.

But he never expected this:

"I offer black crystals and gold as betrothal gifts, and call upon the sun, moon, and stars to bear witness: I, Zhao, will be yours alone for all my life, never leaving or forsaking you."

Before negotiations between the two armies, Ye Zhao made this solemn vow in front of the male lead, then took out a sparkling black crystal, dropped to one knee, and said:

"A Kan, forget that heartless man and become my partner."

An unruly, rebellious shou x an upright, righteous Ji-ge gong

Theme: Swordsmen, partners, no threesomes