Sword Cultivators Don't Live Off Others!

A transmigrated sword cultivator who refuses to live off a woman x an ambitious eldest princess

[Blurb 1: The Sword Cultivator]

I transmigrated to another world.

Not only did I transmigrate to another world, I also lost a lot of my memories.

I must have the worst luck in eight lifetimes. A fine sword cultivator like me has ended up a sickly invalid, frail as a willow in the wind.

How outrageous.

I decided to jump off a cliff and start over... but it didn't work.

A woman who looked exactly like me picked me up and took me home. Her house was huge, and she was so kind. She knew I wanted to wield a sword, so she helped clear my meridians, fed me, and understood that I didn't want to be useless.

I tried my hardest to repay her before starting over, but she kept showering me with kindness. Please, if you keep this up, I'm really going to fall in love with you!

At last, one day, I couldn't take it anymore. I pinned her against the wall while she was still smiling gently at me, and choked out, on the verge of tears, "I'm sorry."

"We sword cultivators," I said, my heart breaking, "don't live off women."

She looked stunned at my rejection. I closed my eyes, unable to bear looking at her shining eyes.

But I still heard her incredulous reply:

"Huh?"

[Blurb 2: The Eldest Princess]

Wei Xuanji knew from the start that Li Yi had been deliberately sent to her as a pawn.

During interrogation, she cut open his meridians and drained his blood, but he wouldn't speak. He didn't even twitch a single muscle in his face. He was a loyal, death-sworn operative, too.

Planning to make full use of what she had, she watched and used that face, identical to her own, waiting to see when the person behind him would show themselves.

Who would have thought that one day the pawn would thump his chest and pour his heart out to confess to her?

H-How outrageous!

I admire you, the me from another world.

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Note:

1. Written in third person. I'll post after building up 100,000 words; the complete story is expected to be 300,000 words.

2. Selfcest, switching roles, happy ending.

3. Neither character is perfect. Yi-jie is only a frail invalid at first; she'll gradually regain her strength and memories.

4. This isn't a serious historical drama. The author is a die-hard romance fan and just wants to write about these two falling in love. The plot serves the romance (nods).

Theme: The one thing you least want to give up is yourself.