Reborn as the Black Moonlight of the Male Lead in a Wish-Fulfillment Novel - Chapter 10

Unable to get anything out of her son, Su Yang turned her gaze to Xiao Nian. “And this is?”

Before the male lead could speak, Shu Chen cut in, “My newly hired book boy.”

Hearing this, a flicker of surprise crossed Xiao Nian’s face.

Su Yang’s gaze carried a hint of scrutiny. “So, it’s him.”

Shu Chen stepped forward to shield the male lead from the two elders’ stares. “Father, Mother, can we go home now?”

When his wife was present, Shu Chi played the background as usual, leaving the decisions to Su Yang.

Su Yang had a mountain of questions she wanted to ask, but since her son refused to cooperate, there was nothing she could do. “Fine, fine. Let’s go home.”

Shu Chen’s cross-world journey ended without a hitch now it was time to collect what was owed.

After settling the male lead in, he closed the door, sat down in his room, and proactively called out to the system. “You there?”

[Right here!]

Realizing he’d been too eager, the system slowed his tone and replied again.

[I’m here]

“Then tell me what you promised me before.” Shu Chen’s tone was cold this was something the system owed him, after all.

He had brought the male lead to the temple, and after completing the task, the system had told him a secret about transmigration.

The system’s voice lost its usual irritating edge, suddenly turning serious. [From the moment you arrived in this world, the previous world has been frozen for you. So don’t worry about time. When you go back from here, your life can pick up right where it left off.]

Shu Chen: “That’s it?”

[Not enough?]

Shu Chen climbed onto the bed and hugged his own tail to inspect it. “I’m at such a loss.”

After a long pause, the system tentatively asked, “Are you a flood dragon or a dragon?”

Shu Chen really wanted to smack him to death with his tail. His tone was hostile. “Aren’t you supposed to be all-powerful? Guess for yourself.”

[The extinction of dragons is common knowledge in the cultivation world. Seems the rumors were false even the Heavenly Dao can deceive.]

[No wonder your cultivation speed is so fast.]

Shu Chen found it strange. “What does the Heavenly Dao have to do with this?”

[According to the secret scrolls, when the divine beasts were hunted en masse by cultivators back then, the dragon race whose every part was a treasure was the prime target. They already struggled to reproduce, and by the time the Heavenly Dao took notice, only the Vermilion Bird remained of the divine beast lineage. The Heavenly Dao flew into a rage, sealed the ascension ladder for cultivators, issued a divine decree to strip the luck of those who participated in the hunts and compensate the divine beast lineage, and placed the remaining Vermilion Bird clan under its protection.]

Shu Chen called for a servant to bring him water, planning to wash his tail. Even though it was just his legs transformed, washing legs and washing a tail felt like two completely different things.

“But didn’t the male lead ascend in the end?” Wasn’t the Heavenly Dao contradicting itself?

[One is an adopted son taken in halfway; the other is a biological son. They’re different.] That relationship was worth the Heavenly Dao making an exception for the male lead.

While fumbling with his tail, Shu Chen accidentally opened the scales of his cloaca. Following the trail, he found the most important part of being a male dragon.

Before satisfying his curiosity, he cautiously glanced out the window. Only after confirming no one was around did he open the scales. After taking a clear look, he quickly restored them to normal.

The rumors were true dragons really did have two!

The system, having witnessed the whole thing, stayed silent and made itself scarce.

Meanwhile, the two elders were having their final discussion.

Su Yang: “Then it’s decided. Chen’er will be placed under Junior Brother Baili’s tutelage.”

Shu Chi recalled his son’s outward personality and his wife’s junior brother’s temperament, hesitating. “Are they suited to be master and disciple?”

Su Yang was confident in the master she had personally chosen for her son. “They’re suited. Besides, I’ll be at the sect too I won’t let Chen’er suffer any grievances.”

Shu Chi: “Then I agree.” Neither of them had the heart to discipline their son strictly, so rather than let him run wild and learn bad habits, it was better to find him a stern master.

In truth, Shu Chi felt that aside from his cultivation, the man wasn’t worthy of being his son’s master in any other respect.

Good fortune shouldn’t flow to outsiders. The Tianyan Sect where Su Yang resided only had a few peak masters, and each had their own issues. After comparing them all, the cold-natured, extremely powerful Baili Qinglan stood out.

Su Yang sprang into action immediately. “Then I’ll go find Junior Brother Baili, and you go find Chen’er.” The two who were about to become master and disciple would be connected through them.

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Xiao Nian, woken up in the middle of the night, stared at the face before him and took several deep breaths before suppressing the urge to throw a punch. “Speak. What is it?”

Shu Chen was displeased. “What kind of attitude is that?”

Just woken up, Xiao Nian’s voice was still a bit hoarse. “Heh. You come to me in the middle of the night, what attitude would satisfy you?”

Shu Chen moved in directly. “Looks like you still haven’t recognized your place.”

Xiao Nian was satisfied finally, he had a legitimate reason to beat up the little pervert.

Shu Chen bound the male lead’s hands and feet again, patting his flushed cheeks. “So weak. Big brother here will kindly take time out of his schedule to train you.”

Xiao Nian was provoked, sneering, “A brat who hasn’t even weaned off milk dares to call himself big brother?”

Shu Chen sighed. “Why don’t you ever learn your lesson?”

Then he pulled out his long-forgotten whip, and the male lead’s expression changed in an instant.

“I was wrong. Next time you visit in the dead of night, I’ll be sure to give you a proper welcome.”

Shu Chen’s little whip lost its chance to be used. With a cold face, he hoisted the male lead up and brought him to the place where he usually trained.

“A month from now, the Tianyan Sect’s recruitment trials will be held you’re going to participate. In the meantime, I’ll be training you.”

Xiao Nian sprawled out lazily without a care. “And what if I refuse to cooperate?”

Shu Chen pointed a finger at his chest. “Then you won’t be an official disciple you’ll stay on as my ‘book boy.’ How does that sound?”

He’d been kind enough to tip off the protagonist, who had nothing, not even a scrap of information and the guy still wouldn’t cooperate?

Xiao Nian kicked his legs and sat up, grinning cheekily. “Young Master, you’re kind-hearted and handsome I’m in awe. So, how exactly do you plan to train me?”

Shu Chen narrowed his eyes. Fake. He felt like he was being used.

With that thought, Shu Chen silently piled on more tasks for the protagonist.

When Xiao Nian truly couldn’t take it anymore, he’d forget his original intentions, drop the act, and shout at him: “Pretty boy, have you even tried this yourself? Is this something a normal person can accomplish?”

Shu Chen calmly savored the sight of the protagonist losing his mind, then prodded him further. “I’m different from you I’ve got connections. I don’t need to compete in the trials. Keep going. Don’t get eliminated in the first round; that’d be embarrassing.”

The words sounded as if Xiao Nian had already failed the selection a brutal mockery.

Xiao Nian gritted his teeth, glared at him for a long moment, then continued as Shu Chen intended.

Around the city lord’s mansion, word had already spread: the young master had taken on a new personal book boy and brought him into his private training grounds.

Xiao Nian’s routine was a straight line between the training grounds and his room, yet even on that simple path, he could feel the resentment radiating from the servants.

No one said a word, but Xiao Nian couldn’t mistake those hostile glares.

Watching the noble, aloof youth ahead of him, Xiao Nian inexplicably wanted to stride up and punch him square in the face. Of course, that was just a thought if he actually threw a punch, he’d be the one to suffer in the end. He’d finally found a way to keep the little psycho stable; he couldn’t let him spiral into some twisted scheme again.

Shu Chen turned back, caught the protagonist’s bold grin, and silently faced forward again.

Strange, what was that chill of being watched just now? And why was the protagonist’s stamina getting better and better? The training intensity had increased, yet Xiao Nian was completing it with more ease.

The system kept saying he had fast cultivation speed it really should take a look at the protagonist’s monstrous physical endurance.

One walked ahead, reviewing recent events; the other trailed behind, pondering his future life. Until they left the city lord’s mansion and headed for the Tianyan Sect, the two were unexpectedly harmonious.