I Was Played by a Cunning Daoist Priest

[Temporarily locked while I revise the earlier chapters. You can follow my new upcoming novel, The Black-Hearted Taoist Turns the Tables on Me (New Version). I'll move my saved chapters there later. Note left on 11.3.]

Zhu Fan was a snake demon of lowly bloodline, adopted by the fox clan, whom she considered her family.

But her respected master pushed her into a killing formation, and her senior brother, who had saved her, cut out the snake core she'd painstakingly nurtured, leaving her to suffer unimaginable torment!

Only after faking her death, leaving the fox clan, and binding herself to a System did she finally learn:

1. She was the heroine of a revenge-romance novel, destined to suffer physical and emotional abuse until the very end before overcoming her tribulation and ascending to immortality.

2. The System had matched her with a new male lead. She could still overcome her love tribulation by winning him over, even though he was the righteous cultivator she wanted to avoid more than anyone else:

Daoist Yan Wenji of Zhaowang Temple.

Zhu Fan had seen Yan Wenji exorcise demons with her own eyes: ?

Why not just turn me to ashes right now? ××

But to overcome her tribulation and get revenge, she still dragged the badly wounded, amnesiac Yan Wenji home.

Only...

Mission One: Find a way to make him stay.

Zhu Fan said flatly, "Actually, we've already formed a life contract. I'm your master. From now on, you'll work here."

System: ?

Mission Two: Heal his wounds.

Yan Wenji lay on the bed, battered in body and soul, while a snake tail coiled around his neck.

Its rough scales rubbed over his faintly throbbing pulse. Amid his muffled gasps of pain, Zhu Fan spoke softly. "My demonic powers are weak right now, so I'll absorb a little of your essence. Once my cultivation improves, I can heal you."

System: ??

Mission Three: Heal him with a medicinal bath.

Amid the swirling steam, the Daoist watched a small red snake float in the bath, his face growing hotter and hotter.

Zhu Fan, in snake form, crawled around in the shadows. "These herbs cost too much. I can't bear to waste them."

System: ???

The System had finally lost all hope. The night before Yan Wenji regained his memories, it frantically warned her: [Host, run! This Daoist has always hated evil. If you don't leave now, you'll be done for!!]

Just then, fox demons appeared one after another, each full of remorse and begging her forgiveness.

To avoid dragging anyone else into her mess, Zhu Fan decided to leave, too. But for days, the Daoist's primordial yang had been tempting her. She couldn't resist her nature, and at the crucial moment of her escape, a snake tail emerged.

In a daze, she felt a warm fingertip rest on her coiled tail.

"Zhu Fan..." The hand stroked her gently, and the Daoist's voice fell softly. "Changed your mind about leaving?"

[Reader's Guide]

One-on-one romance. A naturally devious snake who's slow to catch on but sharp and vindictive x a Daoist who has secretly loved the female lead for a long time, but had his memories reset with one click; sweet on the surface, black-hearted underneath.

Theme: Persistence brings victory