After Killing Demons for a Living, How Did I Become the Villain?

[My First Writing Practice Novel, Pretty Average, Not Recommended]

Blurb:

Liu Fuyi had only just begun to make progress in the Heartless Dao when she was chosen as the master of a sword with immense power and a terrible reputation.

The Destiny Sword is true to its name and can glimpse the will of fate, but its masters have always died young. To escape her own early death, Liu Fuyi has no choice but to follow the spirit sword's guidance, taking her team around to hunt demons, punish evil, and sever ill-fated ties.

A woman vanishes without a trace. A fox-faced figure weeps in the night. Why does a dead person have debts?

A withered vine blooms with blood-red flowers. They say that giving one to the person you love will let the two of you understand each other and become a couple. But where has the dead person's heart gone?

A gifted painter with exquisite brushwork can bring people to life on canvas, and paint entire faces onto a scroll. Apparently, a young woman anxious about her looks has found a way to become beautiful...

They say that among the two Kunluns, Daoist partners never break up, only lose each other to death. Liu Fuyi and her team go to see for themselves, only to discover that the couple share emotions and are forced to think as one?

She hunts demons all the way, but in the end is gravely injured. Fortunately, a benefactor comes to her rescue.

"You're awake."

"Now that you've been given another chance, don't become the sinner who destroys the world again."

Liu Fuyi looks back on her glorious record of demon hunting. "Destroy the world? Me?"

#A team isn't something you have to assemble in advance. When fate calls, you just set off together!

With her gentle childhood friend, a quirky junior sister from the Western Regions, a junior brother who is a bald-headed Buddhist ascetic, and a senior brother whose cultivation has been completely ruined, Liu Fuyi sets out to hunt demons full of confidence!

But in reality... Liu Fuyi is locked in a fierce battle with a demon. She turns around. "Why did you all run away??"

The devout junior brother Xuan Yi: "Buddha is merciful. This humble monk does not fight people."

The junior sister from the Western Regions, Gu Yuanxiang: "Senior Sister, the two swords on my back are just for show..."

Her childhood friend, the healer Shen Tinghan: "Sorry, I only know medicine, not martial arts."

Former genius senior brother Ruan Changfeng: "Your senior brother's cultivation is completely ruined. All I can do is cheer you on."

Reader's Guide:

1. Lots of original worldbuilding. If that's not your thing, please don't read.

2. A new writer's first novel, written for practice.

3. Plot-focused, with a touch of ensemble cast.

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Fragile, yin-attracting black lotus x roguish, lazy young master

After Wen Ying came of age, she was suddenly haunted by a vicious male ghost. Her health steadily deteriorated, and no medicine could help. With nowhere else to turn, she thought of someone: her childhood friend Li Run, who had become a Taoist disciple eight years ago and left for the capital.

He was the only person she knew who had studied Taoist arts.

She had no choice but to seek his help.

Li Run found life in the capital rather dull. His master said he was exceptionally gifted and would become a Heavenly Master sooner or later.

He said it was too exhausting and refused. He spent his days lying in the Taoist temple, sunbathing.

His senior brothers and sisters would cover for him, and his family never expected him to bring glory to their name. With a handsome face and the reputation of a Heavenly Master's disciple, he was admired wherever he went. Life came so easily that he never had to take anything to heart.

Until he saw Wen Ying again. The lively, radiant little Qingque from his memories now stood at the temple gates, pale and slender, like a wisp of smoke that could disperse at any moment.

He took her in and cared for her meticulously, personally seeing to every detail of her daily life. He only hoped to help this girl from Jiangnan grow plump, healthy, and strong.

Senior Sister: "Li Run can actually take care of people?"

Senior Brother: "Look at how precious she is to him. He wipes Miss Wen's dishes three times before letting her use them."

Good friend: "Wait, all this stuff in Qingque's room is worth a fortune? And you had the nerve to make me pay when we went to hear opera at the restaurant last time!?"

Li Run carries clothes and jewelry bought from every corner of the capital, unapologetically playing favorites. "You're not the same as Que'er."

But when the male ghost finally shows itself, Li Run gives it everything he's got, only to be sent flying with a single, effortless palm strike. Unable to fight back, he nearly gets Wen Ying killed.

That night, he wipes the blood from the corner of his mouth and knocks on his master's door. For the first time, he hates how little he has learned and how easy his life has been.

"Master, I want to learn the most powerful Taoist arts."

His master looks at him. "I tried to persuade you before, but you wouldn't learn. You were always spouting theories about slacking off. What changed your mind?"

He falls silent for a moment, his thoughts filled with Qingque's face.

"I want to protect her."

"I've wanted to protect her for eight years."

#The lazy young master becomes a hard-working overachiever for love#

#How to convince your childhood sweetheart not to marry far away (and marry me instead?)#

Theme: Healthy relationships and world peace