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Hello everyone!!

It's been a while since I last posted an update, so here's the thing, I watch SCUMBAG SYSTEM (animated version) which is I love it and while waiting for the season 2, I read to novel which is I super love it too. So here I am, sharing this hoping that you will love it more than i used to. That's all and please enjoy this one!

By the way, you can watch the anime on bilibili and other chinese stream app such as wetv and etc.

Then let me say something because I don't know why I cant update or post this unless it can reach to 500 words. So let me write anything to fulfill that requirements and also you can skip this, you dont have to read this nonsense thought and directly read the chapter 1. Oh!! Before you skip please read the note that i write below.

*NOTE: To all readers coming here, this novel is a DANMIE ( a romance novel featuring two MEN) I am not adding anything in this chapters. There will be a s*x scene in later chapters, if you feel uncomfortable about two MEN kissing and loving one another, please dont read this*.

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PROLOGUE!!!

“Can’t I properly read stallion novels anymore!”

Shen Yuan transmigrated into someone who’d tormented the young male lead almost to death, the scum villain Shen Qingqiu.

It must be known, the original Shen Qingqiu ended up being carved alive by his disciple, Luo Binghe, into a human stick, a human stick!

Ten thousand “f*ck your moms” rampaged through Shen Qingqiu’s heart:

“It’s not that I don’t want to cling to the male lead’s thighs, but who made him so f*cking black. The type who seeks thousand-fold retribution!”

Why have all the female lead’s scenes been forcibly given to him.

Why, as a scum villain, does he need to constantly sacrifice himself, blocking knife and gun for the protagonist!

Shen Qingqiu: “…I think I can still save him, one more time.”

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<> was a YY stallion novel. [1]

Getting to the point, “Proud Immortal Demon Way” was a cool, defeating monsters and cultivating type of novel of an unusual and incomparable length with a heaven-defying golden finger [2], a harem reaching three digits, and all of the female characters falling in love with the protagonist.

It was this year’s most popular stallion novel, without equal!

The book’s male protagonist, Luo Binghe, didn’t walk the path of the proud dragon of the skies [3] or the path of the waste but still managed to take thousands of readers in the literary network by storm and was the trending model that influenced countless YY novels thereafter.

He walked the pitch-black path.

But before he darkened, he walked a bitter path.

Next, let the book’s veteran reader Shen Yuan omit the countless details documenting slaughter and death, turning the great work of tens of millions of words into a great expert’s concise summary.

Luo Binghe was abandoned by his parents immediately after being born. He was wrapped in white cloth, put in a wood basin, and set into the water.

It was the coldest time of the year and it was only because the fishermen in the river fished him up that he didn’t freeze to death and die in his early childhood. Because he was floating on the Luo River and it was the season when the river was filled with thin ice, he was given his current name. [4]

He wandered the streets in his youth, starving and never wearing enough to be warm. It was a dreary childhood. A rich family’s washerwoman saw that the child was pitiful and she had no children at her knees so she adopted him and treated him as her real son while she raised him. The mother and son were poor, suffering humiliation at the hands of the wealthy whose charity they relied upon in order to live.

That extremely unhealthy growing environment as a child was the planted seed of disaster that caused Luo Binghe’s twisted nature: after darkening, he fought over every trifle, seeking revenge for the smallest grievance, and had thousands of knives set to kill in his heart while his mouth smiled and agreed.

Just for a lukewarm bowl of meat porridge, he endured the beating of the residence’s sons only to still be a step late in the end and unable to let his foster mother taste a mouthful before she died.

In a coincidental opportunity, Luo Binghe was selected by one of the four great cultivation sects at the time, Cang Qiong Mountain Sect, and apprenticed under ‘Xiu Ya Sword’ Shen Qingqiu. [5]

He had thought that he could finally step onto the right track from henceforth, but unexpectedly Shen Qingqiu was fair on the outside, foul on the inside; the absolute worst sort of character. He was jealous of Luo Binghe’s unparalleled and exceptionally good talent. His heart feared this disciple whose cultivation improved by leaps and bounds every day. Shen Qingqiu was always taunting him by every means and degrading him in a thousand ways, bringing along fellow sect members in ridiculing him together.

Luo Binghe had studied for a few years and suffered in silence. It was yet another heart-aching history full of blood and tears.

It was difficult for Luo Binghe to reach seventeen years of age, finally encountering the cultivation world’s grand ceremonial Immortal Alliance Conference [6] held once every three years. During this Immortal Alliance Conference, Luo Binghe was schemed against by Shen Qingqiu and fell into a crack in the boundary between the Demon Realm and the Human Realm – The Endless Abyss.

Yep, this was the true beginning of the story!

Not only did Luo Binghe not die, he also found the unique sword belonging to him, ‘Xin Mo’ [7] within the Endless Abyss. And thus, he learned about his own history.

As it turned out, Luo Binghe was born of the union between the Demon Realm’s Sacred Ruler or Sheng Jun and a woman from the Human Realm. The blood of ancient demons fallen from heaven and the human race simultaneously flowed in his veins. His birth father, Tian Langjun, was suppressed underneath great mountains, unable to free himself for eternity; his birth mother was an upright disciple of a famous Righteous sect. It was possible that at the time, she was expelled from her sect due to having secret ties to the Demon race. After giving birth to Luo Binghe, she died from postpartum hemorrhage. Prior to her death, she got her son off the lonely boat that she had birthed him on and only then was she able to leave Luo Binghe a chance of surviving.

Luo Binghe used the Xin Mo Sword to undo the seal on the demon race’s blood in his body. In the dark abyss, he single-mindedly cultivated and comprehended unworldly achievements before heading back to Cang Qiong Mountain sect.

Starting from here, Luo Binghe proceeded to walk unhesitatingly on the path of darkness, step by step.

His old enemies all died tragically under his hands, suffering all kinds of torment. Luo Binghe used the camouflage and scheming skills that he was getting better and better at to double-cross and outwardly show devotion while inwardly opposing. Step by step, he gained trust through deceit, seized power, and rose to the top. He was the ocean wave rushing at the sky and setting off a reign of terror. As the plot developed, Luo Binghe’s darkening got more and more severe. He returned to the Demon Realm and inherited the position of Shen Jun. Still not satisfied, he began to massacre and annihilate every one of the Human Realm’s great Righteous sects. All voices who opposed him were exterminated to the root!

In the end, a generation of immortals and demons made Luo Binghe into a legend. The unification of the Three Realms [8], a harem with numbers beyond counting and a boundless number of descendants!

“Stupid author, stupid novel!”

These were the last words Shen Yuan could curse before he died.

Who would have thought that a polite youth like him who followed the rules and spent money to purchase V currency in order to read the legal version [9], would unexpectedly persist to finish reading this kind of money swindling stallion novel that left people speechless with anger before dying? How could he not curse?

<> Author: Airplane Shooting Towards The Sky [Xiang Tian Da Feiji].

Just by looking at this ID, there would be an aura of immorality assaulting your face [10]. Like a little grade-schooler’s writing style with disjointed plot points like lightning dropping all over. Even Shen Yuan felt embarrassed by calling this disorderly and incoherent framework constructed by the author a Righteous cultivation world’s setting.

Have you seen a cultivation world where they just ride horses or carts all day? Have you seen a cultivation world where eating and sleeping is necessary even after fasting? Have you seen a cultivation world where the author can even mix up the Foundation and Nascent Soul stages sometimes?

In front of the protagonist, everyone appears as if their intelligence was devoured by his bastard aura. Especially Luo Binghe’s shifu [11], that Shen Qingqiu. He was a fighter jet among the retarded and the Li Tianyi [12] amongst scum! The reason for his existence was to court death. Afterwards, courting death wasn’t enough and so he was killed by the protagonist.

Then, why exactly did Shen Yuan read this kind of novel, even reading it to the very end?

Don’t misunderstand, Shen Yuan wasn’t a masochist. This reason was also the most ball-aching one for him:

This novel had numerous foreshadowings, plot holes everywhere, one mystery after another, layer upon layer of confusing red herrings. The result was that in the end – not even a single one was solved!

It was enough to cough out a mouthful of blood reaching high into the skies!

Why were those unusual and rare plants, spirit pills, miraculous medicine, and exceptionally beautiful woman running all around like they didn’t cost a thing? Why were the villain’s lines and posturing for courting death and eating lunch all stereotypical and repetitive?

Where were all those graceful ladies who were said to have been taken into the harem in the end……? All right, this could be skipped over for the time being——Then who was the murderer for all those massacres? What exactly was the purpose of that big pile of characters with famous reputations who were described as badass and matchless? Why was it that even up until the very end, they weren’t dragged out and shown?!

Towards The Sky brother, Airplane brother, great god, let’s have a discussion. Fill! Plot! Holes! Okay!

Shen Yuan felt that he was angry enough to come back from the dead.

In the endless darkness, a mechanical noise sounded beside his ear.

【Activation Code：「Stupid author, stupid novel」. Automatically triggering system.】

“How may I address you?” The tone of voice was similar to Google Translate.

Shen Yuan looked around. It was like he was floating in a virtual space, it was pitch-dark. That voice came from all directions:

【We welcome your entrance into the system. This system is based on the developing concept of 「you can you up, no BS」. We hope to provide you with the best experience. It is our sincere hope that during the course of your experience, you can achieve what you desired. To transform a piece of stupid writing in accordance to your wishes into a high-end, impressive, and high-grade classic work. We pray for your happiness. 】

Amidst the dizziness, there was a man’s voice beside his ear lightly asking: “……Junior apprentice-brother? Junior apprentice-brother, can you hear me speaking?”

Shen Yuan violently shuddered, calmed his state of mind, and forcefully opened his eyelids. The scene in front of his eyes was as if a thousand flowers and ten thousand leaves were tumbling around and it was a quite a while before they overlapped at one point, gradually becoming clear.

He was lying on a bed.

Looking up, there was the roof of a canopy bed with a wide spread of white muslin and exquisite scented sachets hanging from the four corners.

Looking down, he was wearing a set of white clothes with an ancient fragrance and an ancient look. A paper fan lay beside the pillow.

Looking to the left, a handsome young man dressed in the xuan duan style [13] was sitting beside the bed and looking at him with concern;

Shen Yuan closed his eyes, suddenly reaching his hand out and grasping that paper fan. He opened the fan with a snap and lightly shook it, fanning the cold sweat rolling down his head.

Happiness flashed within that young man’s gaze and he asked in a warm voice: “Junior apprentice-brother is finally awake! Is there any discomfort in your body?”

Shen Yuan reservedly said: “There is nothing wrong.”

The information load was somewhat big. Bewildered, he wanted to sit up. Upon seeing this, that man hurriedly reached out his hand and supported his back, letting him rest against the headboard.

He had read many of Zhongdian’s [14] transmigration novels and Shen Yuan had made a firm resolution early on. If one day, he were to wake up and discover that there was something off about the place he was lying down in, prior to getting an understanding of the circumstances, he absolutely wouldn’t happily giggle and say “Are you filming a TV show? The stage props are really lifelike. Your cast and crew members are so cool!” these kinds of doubtful and weak-minded words that sought a sense of security. He was solely engrossed in acting as though he’d just woken up, his expression absent-minded: “I…… where is this?”

The man was stunned for a moment, then said: “Did you sleep so long that you became confused? This is your Qing Jing Peak.” [15]

Shen Yuan’s heart received a shock, but he continued to act as though he was confused: “I…… why would I sleep for so long?”

The man said: “I haven’t even asked you yet. How did you suddenly get a fever out of nowhere? I know the Immortal Alliance Conference is drawing near so you’re teaching your disciples and eager for success. But with our Cang Qiong Mountain’s [16] history and fame, even if we don’t dispatch someone to attend the conference, there wouldn’t necessarily be anyone who would dare question us. There’s no need for you to concern yourself with those false rumors.”

The more Shen Yuan listened, the more he felt that something wasn’t right. Why did these words sound so familiar?

No, why did this setup sound so familiar?

Next, one earnest and sincere sentence from that man confirmed his doubts.

“Junior apprentice-brother Qingqiu, are you listening to this senior apprentice-brother’s words?”

At this time, there was a ‘ding’ sound and the mechanical Google Translate-sounding voice from the dreamland spoke again.

【System activation successful! Binding your role: Luo Binghe’s master, Cang Qiong Mountain sect, Qing Jing Peak, Peak Lord ‘Shen Qingqiu.’ Weapon: Xiu Ya Sword. Starting B Points: 100】[17]

‘Fuck, ****, ****, what kind of toy are you? How come it seems like it’s speaking directly in my brain? Does Airplane Shooting Towards the Sky know about this plagiarism of ‘Proud Immortal Demon Way’s’ plot?’

Shen Yuan didn’t speak out loud of course, but that voice quickly gave a response.

【You initiated the command for the system’s implementation and are already bound to the account ‘Shen Qingqiu.’】

【As the plot progresses, there will be many point-giving missions gradually opened. Please make sure that the points attained for every mission are not less than 0. Otherwise, the system will automatically give punishment. 】 [18]

Stop. Enough. Shen Yuan was certain now. He had won the prize. He had transmigrated!

He had transmigrated into a novel he had just finished reading and what’s more, it was the pitch-black path stallion novel that he’d disliked. In addition, he had brought along a weird system. As a veteran VIP reader of the 21st century Zhongdian Literature site and having experienced the baptism of reading every kind of do-over or transmigration YY novel all year round, Shen Yuan was originally capable of cheerfully and quickly accepting this fact. Unfortunately, the shell that he had borrowed was the protagonist’s scum villain Shifu, Shen Qingqiu. This…… uh, the situation was a bit complicated now.

This man beside him who looked like a very amiable elder brother was Cang Qiong Mountain sect’s incumbent Sect Master, Shen Qingqiu’s senior apprentice-brother, ‘Xuan Su Sword’ Yue Qingyuan [19]. ****.

There was a major reason why Shen Yuan specially sent a ‘fuck’ at Yue Qingyuan – in the original work, Yue Qingyuan’s death was caused by his good junior apprentice-brother Shen Qingqiu okay!

If only he hadn’t died so tragically.

Tens of thousands of arrows had pierced through his body until even his skeleton had ceased to exist!

And at this moment, the victim’s face was directly facing him, the “murderer,” and asking about his well-being. The pressure was heavy.

But looking at the situation now, the story clearly hadn’t progressed to that step yet. Yue Qingyuan was still perfectly well, which indicated that the present Shen Qingqiu hadn’t had his hypocritical mask pulled off nor had his reputation been ruined yet.

Yue Qingyuan was a very good person and had nothing to be afraid of. Although Yue Qingyuan suffered a bit, Shen Yuan quite liked this character when he was reading. As he slightly relaxed, simultaneously, a string of words strangely floated up in his mind.

[……In a murky black room, a metal rope hung from the ceiling beam. At the tip of the metal rope hung a ring. The ring was fastened around a person’s waist. That was if that could still be considered as a ‘person,’ anyway. This ‘person’ had messy hair and a dirty face, like a madman. The most frightening thing was that his four limbs had all been cut off. His shoulders and thighs only had four bare balls of flesh. Once touched, he would let out a hoarse ‘Ah ah’ sound. His tongue had also been pulled out by someone, so he was unable to say complete words.]

↑ <> A paragraph selection from Shen Qingqiu’s ending.

Shen Yuan, no wait, Shen Qingqiu bowed his head and supported it with a hand.

Where did he still have the qualifications to lament other people’s tragic deaths? The one who died the most tragically was him all right!

He absolutely couldn’t make a big mistake!

Need to snuff out the first signs of a mistake before they even occur √

From now on madly hug the male protagonist’s thighs [20] √

Need to be a good teacher who is ardent, eager, and gentle in his teachings and pamper the protagonist in every possible way √

He had just come up with this plan when the sound of a long string of alarms abruptly exploded within Shen Qingqiu’s mind. It was like a hundred police cars were zipping past while carrying a hundred mystic beasts that were screeching. It was so noisy that his entire body shook and he painfully clutched his head.

Yue Qingyuan worriedly said: “Junior apprentice-brother, your head still hurts?”

Shen Qingqiu gritted his teeth and didn’t answer. The system sharply warned: 【Warning. Your plan just now was very dangerous. It is a violation of behavior, please do not attempt. Otherwise, the system will automatically give punishment. 】

‘Where was it a violation?’

【You are now at the beginning stage and the OOC function is frozen. You need to complete the beginning stage mission for it to be unfrozen. If you conduct any actions that violate the original ‘Shen Qingqiu’ character’s settings before the function is unfrozen, a certain amount of B points will be deducted. 】

As a semi-otaku [21], in the past Shen Qingqiu would occasionally read some books of the trade, you understand. Of course he knew what OOC meant.

Out of character was the full text for the abbreviation. The literal meaning referred to a collapse in role that wasn’t in accordance with the original character’s nature.

‘……That is to say, before getting that whatever function unfrozen, my actions and bearing can’t exceed the boundaries what ‘Shen Qingqiu’ would do?’

【Correct. 】

It’s already directly let him transmigrate into Shen Qingqiu’s shell and replace him, but it still cares about something OOC, this kind of detail?

Shen Qingqiu asked again: ‘You said earlier, something something……points can’t be less than 0, if it’s less than 0 what will happen?’

【You will be automatically deported back to your original world. 】

Original world? But in his original world, Shen Yuan’s corporeal body was already dead.

In other words, if those whatever B points were deducted to nothing, what awaited him was: Death.

Then if he completely ignored the male protagonist and didn’t do anything, he would be fine right?

He lifted his head and gazed around him. He didn’t see anyone who corresponded with Luo Binghe’s image amongst the disciples standing to the side, waiting to attend to his needs. He pretended to be indifferent as he said: “Where is Luo Binghe?”

Yue Qingyuan paused, his gaze strange as he looked at him.

Shen Qingqiu didn’t make a sound or move, but he was secretly delighted beyond words. Could it be that this was the wrong time and the male protagonist hadn’t apprenticed under him and entered Cang Qiong Mountain sect yet?

Yue Qingyuan said: “Junior apprentice-brother, don’t be upset.”

An ominous premonition sprung up in Shen Qingqiu’s heart.

Yue Qingyuan sighed and said: “I know you don’t like him. But that child has already made a sufficient amount of effort and hasn’t made any large blunder. There’s no need for you to punish him again.”

Shen Qingqiu’s lips dried as he listened to him speak. He licked his lips and said: “……Out with it, where is he?”

Yue Qingyuan was silent for a moment and then said: “After stringing him up and hitting him, haven’t you always shut him inside the woodshed?”

Shen Qingqiu’s eyes darkened.

—End Chapter 1—

[1] YY stallion novel: Refers to a novel genre. Specifically, novels featuring protagonists with some kind of charm effect getting a bunch of people going crazy over them. Most of them are harem. You can think of it as: harem protags \= stallions or stud horses getting it on with many brood mares (i.e. girls).

[2] Golden finger: The god-level cheat items that protags always manage to get their paws on. You can think of it as someone who always gets the 1% drop rate god-tier loot.

[3] Proud dragon of the skies, path of the waste: Common cultivation novel backgrounds for protagonists are those who begin strong and verge into Mary Sue territory or begin weak (i.e. cultivation trash overcoming their difficulties).

[4] Luo Binghe (洛冰河): Bing he (冰河) means ‘glacier’ and taken separately the characters mean ‘ice’ and ‘river.’ But his surname ‘Luo’ also sounds like the word for ‘lowered.’ Altogether, his name sounds like it literally describes his origins: ‘lowered [into] icy river.’

[5] ‘Xiu Ya Sword’ Shen Qingqiu (「修雅劍」沈清秋): ‘Xiu Ya Sword’ is a title. It means something like ‘Elegant Cultivating Sword.’ Shen Qingqiu is the name of the scum villain that Shen Yuan transmigrates into. Qing qiu means ‘clear autumn.’

[6] Immortal Alliance Conference: More literal translation would be something like Immortal/Fairy Alliance Important Meeting (pinyin: xian meng da hui).

[7] Xin Mo: Translates to ‘Heart Demon.’ I’ll refer to his technique as ‘Xin Mo Sword’ in the future.

[8] Three Realms: Demon, Human, and Immortal/Heavenly.

[9] V (currency): Refers to a type of online currency.

[10] Aura of immorality: The author’s penname is also a dirty euphemism for… upright *****. And Luen was kind enough to point out that the author’s penname altogether can mean ‘masturbating towards the sky.’ Hence Shen Yuan’s disgust. LOL

[11] Shifu: You should know this from Kung Fu Panda. Shifu \= master.

[12] Li Tianyi: A real-life scumbag who led the gang rape of a woman in Beijing. Thanks to Luen for pointing this out!

[13] xuan duan style (玄端): A style of dressing that involves wearing mostly black. Luen found a nice picture for what it looks like.

[14] Zhongdian: Zhongdian is supposed to be a Chinese webnovel site. Don’t know if it still exists anymore though lol.

[15] Qing Jing Peak: Literally ‘Clear Calm’ Peak. This is the peak that Shen Qingqiu is Peak Lord over in the sect.

[16] Cang Qiong Mountain (蒼穹山) Sect: Loosely, ‘Blue Sky Mountain’ Sect.

[17] B Points (原始B格): LUEN FIGURED OUT THE GREAT MYSTERY. B Points are a netizen creation for scaling how much of a douchebag (or pretentious prick) someone is. The more B Points you have, the more of a douche you are. LOOOOL.

[18] More on the system points: As the story progresses, our main character will get points depending on certain things he does. His total points value cannot be less than 0 and the points value for each mission also cannot be lower than 0. 0 points \= punishment \= death because he’s deported back to his dead, original body.

[19] ‘Xuan Su Sword’ Yue Qingyuan (「玄肅劍」岳清源): His title means ‘Profound Solemn Sword.’

[20] Hug thighs: A figure of speech meaning to hold with all your might onto a strong and powerful figure. If you were an employee you’d want to hug your boss’ thighs. XD

[21] Semi-otaku: Actual term in Chinese is not otaku, but the meaning is closest to otaku so I’m using that for now. Real meaning is closer to homebody/nerd/fan.

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Shen Yuan had never been able to understand why this extreme scum villain, Shen Qingqiu, had this kind of do-or-die attitude. For what?

The original Shen Qingqiu’s family was well-off and he could at least be considered a small wealthy second generation offspring. He had two older brothers who would inherit the family business in the future and a younger sister that he loved. Their feelings were very good.

He already knew that even if he didn’t amount to much in life, he wouldn’t lack a mouthful of rice [1]. But perhaps it was because his growing environment was so easy and lacking in competition that as long as the competitors numbered more than ten, getting ranked within the first ten was considered a good result to him.

Thus, he had never shared a common language with those who wanted to dominate the world.

This original Shen Qingqiu had some skill and qualifications. He also pretended to have more than he had. No shortage of reputation, no need to worry about money as a member of the world’s number one sect; why did he have to keep picking a fight with the grassroots protagonist, his brain working all day to calculate how to insult the protagonist and incite others to join in?

Even if Luo Binghe was a heaven-sent genius and incredibly powerful, to compare himself to…… there was no need to be jealous to this degree, right?

Still, you couldn’t blame this scum villain for being so crummy. In the novel, this kind of crummy scum villain was like carp in the river, proliferating everywhere. He was only one of many.

What was there to do? This novel’s biggest BOSS was the protagonist himself. How could a firefly’s light shine like the sun and the moon?

He won respect in the cultivation world because of his ‘Xiu Ya Sword,’ so his natural talent couldn’t be considered too bad.

For now, Shen Qingqiu looked left and right, pleased even though his complexion was like the color of porridge in the bronze mirror.

This person’s appearance was neat with two black eyebrows and thin lips, born to look like a scholar. Plus his trim and long legs, he could be considered a good-looking man. Though his actual age didn’t bear thinking of [2], this was a cultivation novel; Shen Qingqiu cultivated his inner strength and so he had perfectly maintained the looks of a youth. When he was reading books to fill his mind, the quality of his looks multiplied [3].

Though there was no way to compare to Luo Binghe.

Once he thought of Luo Binghe, Shen Qingqiu’s brain felt extreme pain.

He wanted to take a look right now at the Luo Binghe who’s currently shut up in the woodshed, but before he could take a step, another alarm sounded in his mind.

【Warning! OOC warning! ‘Shen Qingqiu’ would not take the initiative to see Luo Binghe. 】

Shen Qingqiu angrily said: ‘Fine. Then I’ll send someone to bring him over, this much should be okay.’

He thought for a moment, then called out: “Ming Fan!”

From outside the door a boy of around sixteen years of age darted in, tall and thin, and said: “This disciple is here. What is Shifu’s command?”

Shen Qingqiu couldn’t help taking another look at him. He could be counted as decent-looking, just had a bit of a wretched appearance [4]. In his heart he lamented: Turns out he’s a piece of cannon fodder [5].

This was the original Shen Qingqiu’s top disciple, Luo Binghe’s senior martial brother Ming Fan.

This was the legendary lowest level of cannon fodder!

Needless to say about shutting Luo Binghe out of the dorms overnight or deliberately giving him the wrong entry passwords, these kinds of things he all had a hand in. Whenever Shen Qingqiu felt a deep grudge and wanted to torture Luo Binghe, the most trustworthy and eager assistant was Ming Fan.

Knowing this person’s final ending, Shen Qingqiu looked at this child and felt quite a bit of empathy with him since they were in the same boat: “Go bring Binghe here.”

Ming Fan’s heart thought: Why is Shifu calling him Luo Binghe, he always calls him ‘that small beast,’ ‘bastard,’ ‘mixed blood,’ ‘sprout,’ [6] and uses these names quite often. How come he’s suddenly calling him so intimately?

But naturally he didn’t dare to question his shifu’s commands, so he promptly jogged to the woodshed and kicked the door, yelling: “Come out! Shizun [7] is calling you!”

Shen Qingqiu paced in the room, fully examining the system in his mind.

The system diligently answered him.

【Points are the grading method used. The higher your points are, the better the work is. 】

Then, how would I raise points?

【1. Change the weak plot and fix the errors of the scum villain and other supporting characters; 2. Avoid mines; 3. Ensure the protagonist’s coolness; 4. Unravel secret scenarios. 】

Shen Qingqiu analyzed everything deeply, one by one.

That is to say: He not only had to whip the *** of the rotten piece of work that was the original Shen Qingqiu into shape, but also make sure the other characters didn’t make a mess either;

He didn’t even know if he could keep his own precious little life, but he still must ensure that the coolness points for the protagonist and his girls weren’t lacking;

Not only were the plot holes made by the author unfilled, he must personally shovel and top off those holes himself.

Hehe.

As Airplane Towards The Sky said, this novel “Proud Immortal Demon Way” had a very clear goal. Every word that was written was for one purpose, and that was coolness.

Perhaps it was after the male protagonist was blackened that he started playing innocent, pretending to be the pig to eat the tiger [8], guarding against machinations of bitches, and becoming cool enough to overturn the heavens. That’s why the work became popular, increasingly long to the point the book was longer than its binding.

So Shen Qingqiu thought, but his task to clean up the plot made the pressure on him very great. Mines were buried all over, he couldn’t be certain that he would be able to avoid every single one!

Shen Qingqiu: ‘What kind of plot is considered not bad?’

【There is no standard, it depends upon the subjective feelings of the reader. 】

‘This poor piece of writing still has a reader.’ Shen Qingqiu snorted, completely forgetting that he himself was someone who’d spent V currency on the novel and finished reading while pinching the bridge of his nose, that he was that kind of ‘faithful’ reader……

Pausing, Shen Qingqiu then asked: ‘Then how many points need to be collected for the beginning stage to start?’

System: 【It will be dictated by the specific circumstances. When the requirements have been met, you will automatically be notified. 】

Going through the problem and its analysis was truly applying balm.[9]

Shen Qingqiu sneered. Hearing the door, he stepped back and saw a boy walk through.

Despite being uneasy, he still managed to stand straight and say: “Shizun.”

Shen Qingqiu formed three-quarters of a smile before he stiffened.

Going to die! Towards this person who will meet and harm an eighty-something years old woman holding a girl-child, as the person who so greatly damaged the male protagonist’s face like this, he was totally going to die!

But, though he’d gone through such abuse, that damaged face of the protagonist proved that he was still worthy of being called the protagonist!

Luo Binghe’s pair of eyes were bright like morning stars. A good, fresh and tender little handsome embryo;

That firm and humble look, showing his noble and unyielding character;

That straight and tall stature, that would rather break than bend!

Suddenly met with this sight, Shen Qingqiu’s heart broke up the words he was going to say, scrambled all his rhetoric and caused countless words to fall over each other in his mind, so much that he almost blurted them all out!

Thankfully, Shen Qingqiu was at the precipice but his mind cried out at the sheer drop. This protagonist was too excellent, he almost could not hold it in!

He watched Luo Binghe slowly limp through the door, struggling to kneel. The corner of Sheng Qingqiu’s mouth twitched. Inside, he thought that this old lady can’t afford to accept your bow [10]. If you bow to me today, some day in the future my kneecaps are going to be finished off by you! So he immediately stopped him and said: “No need.”

He withdrew his hand and brought out a small bottle: “This is medicine.” He ended his words with a sarcastic tone: “Don’t let others see and think that my Qing Jing Peak abuses disciples.”

Shen Qingqiu entered his role very quickly. He had great guts to attempt the action of giving the medicine to him, but made sure he chose to use a nasty attitude in line with the original Shen Qingqiu’s hypocritical character.

As expected, the system didn’t let out an OOC notification. Shen Qingqiu let out a breath in relief.

Luo Binghe thought that Shizun had called him over to follow up with more ‘teaching.’ He didn’t think it was to give him medicine. Surprised for a moment, he then held up his hands in a gesture of respect, sincerely grateful: “Thank you for the medicine, Shizun.”

Luo Binghe’s voice was filled with childishness, his smile full of sincerity, just like the warm sun breaking over the horizon.

Shen Qingqiu stared for a moment, then turned his face away.

This male protagonist before being blackened was truly the model of a good boy, brilliant like the sun. He was the kind of person who if you gave him one point he’d guarantee to return you ten points. It wouldn’t be wrong to say he was a small sheep.

Luo Binghe happily said: “This disciple will redouble his efforts in the future, won’t let Shizun be disappointed.”

Eh, but, if you redouble your efforts then your original Shizun will be the one truly disappointed……

If Shen Qingqiu hadn’t read “Proud Immortal Demon Way” and seen this scene, his heart would ache for Luo Binghe and he’d shed sympathetic tears.

However, he had read the novel from beginning to end and was privy to all of Luo Binghe’s mental activities after his blackening. On the surface his face was that of a modest gentleman but deep inside he was thinking about how to pull off his skin and bones to expose reality.

【Luo Binghe smiled a little and said: ‘What shame this disciple suffered in the past, he will return to you now eight times greater. For hurting my hand, I will grind your four limbs into dust. 】

↑ <> Selected paragraph, the 2nd.

Afterwards, he really cut Shen Qingqiu into a human stick.[11]

Say he wanted to do something to you, he’d do it. Couldn’t plead for life, couldn’t plead for death. This kind of character was like the domineering and cool king he became in later years. The essence of it could be summed up in a few words: “Hehe, you stupid sucker.”

That’s why even though Luo Binghe’s current situation was sympathetic, Shen Qingqiu could only think more about his own future fate.

To sum it up, no matter how sad Luo Binghe was right now, he was also the one in the future whose foot was stepping on his head and laughing ferociously.

Shen Qingqiu sat in the sandalwood chair, choosing to speak in a careless tone: “Binghe, how is your progress in cultivation?”

Hearing “Binghe” coming out of his mouth gave even him goosebumps. Luo Binghe’s back also noticeably shook, but he still showed a shy smile: “This disciple is stupid, and…… missed the point.”

Shen Qingqiu hated him; heaven knew he wants to take a loudspeaker and roar next to Luo Binghe’s ear: You false-hearted person, it’s already pretty good if you don’t go crazy [12]. Being able to do the basics is already not bad! Are you messing with me, kid! Let this teacher point you in the right direction!

That demonic alert sounded again. Shen Qingqiu inwardly shouted to the system: ‘I’m just thinking, can’t I do even that?! Of course I know this is a violation!’

He casually said: “Today I punished you because I was anxious. Time flies. Come to think of it, you’ve been apprenticed under me for quite some time. How old are you this year?”

Luo Binghe obediently said: “This disciple is fourteen.”

Oh. Fourteen.

Shen Qingqiu’s ‘help.’

That is to say, all this time that Shen Qingqiu had been mentoring Luo Binghe, he had already experienced the punished to kneel at the gate incident, Qing Jing disciples brawl incident, being ‘contrary’ to Shizun incident, breaking the device and sentenced to hard work incident…… and so on, on this kind of glorious track.

—End Chapter 2—

[1] Mouthful of rice: Meaning he won’t starve.

[2] Actual age: All immortals will look the same age as when they reached immortality, barring taking pills or some other factor. Shen Qingqiu cultivated into an Immortal fairly early so he looks like a young man. His actual age… is probably quite a bit older than what he looks like.

[3] Quality of his looks multiplies: Basically, Shen Qingqiu is one of those people who looks extra cool doing scholarly things compared to whatever he normally does.

[4] Wretched appearance (尖嘴猴腮): Literally saying he’s got a mouth that sticks out and a chin like an ape’s, but the meaning is the one I used.

[5] Cannon fodder: If you’re familiar with the kind of ‘protagonist dominates the world’ genre in wuxia/xuanhuan/xianxia novels then you know what this means. You’ll also know what this means if you read novels based on otome games. ‘Cannon fodder’ characters are collateral damage and often used as stepping stones for the protagonist to level up or proceed along their way.

[6] Small beast, bastard, mixed blood, sprout (「那小畜生」、「孽障」、「混小子」、「豎子」): All insulting names. The direct translations are a bit awkward to translate to English so I’m using what MTL’s given. It’s close enough. In Chinese calling someone by name, especially their ‘first name’ (which would be Binghe in our ML’s case) is something only those close to you would do. In the case of a normal master-disciple relationship, it wouldn’t be unusual to use a first name so casually.

[7] Shizun (師尊): Used the same way as shifu and also means ‘master’ or ‘teacher.’ I think it’s more formal though, more like ‘respected master.’ Luo Binghe will use this a lot so remember this!

[8] Pretending to be the pig to eat the tiger: Pretend to be weak to win over a stronger person.

[9] Balm: Original words are wan jin you (萬金油) which refer to a traditional Chinese balm called Tiger Balm. It’s used for a variety of ailments.

[10] This old lady…: Shen Qingqiu is making fun of himself. In those old palace historical dramas full of schemes, old ladies with high status are terrifying and generally have scores of people bowing down/kowtowing to them.

[11] Human stick: Just a reminder that this is a form of torture. The person’s four limbs are removed, leaving only the head and torso.

[12] Go crazy: The actual Chinese words used (pinyin: zhou huo ru mo) tends to apply to people ‘going crazy’ by cultivating incorrectly. You might be more familiar with the term ‘qi deviation.’ It’s probably also referring to the unusual Demon cultivation path that Luo Binghe is going follow in the future.