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Chapter 1
Chapter 1
“Dong—”
At the Jiuyan Sect’s Ninth Peak, the peak bell tolled loudly.
It sounds like a large drum, and the sound waves spread far and wide.
This was the call of the Peak Master!
Upon hearing it, the disciples within the peaks did not dare to delay and immediately moved towards the main hall of the Ninth Peak.
The main hall was located at the summit of the Ninth Peak, high above the clouds. Its architecture was majestic, with an aura of immortality lingering around it.
Upon entering the hall, the disciples were all taken aback.
They saw a man dressed in black standing in the vast hall.
The man’s posture was as straight as a sword, with sharp and distinct facial features. His eyes shone like bright stars and his brows arched. His appearance is truly as handsome and beautiful as a jade carving.
Clad in black clothes and with black hair, coupled with the slight upturn of his lips in a smile that was not quite a smile, he exuded an unruly charm.Normally, such a handsome man would inevitably make people feel a sense of warmth.
But when the disciples saw the man’s face, they couldn’t help but bow their heads and look at the ground, walking around him and finally standing to the sides.
Soon after, a figure in red floated in, her fragrance filling the air.
Xiao Hongyi, the Ninth Peak’s Peak Master, arrived and sat high in the hall. Her face was that of a celestial beauty, yet it was covered in frost.
‘It seems that Eldest Senior Brother has caused trouble again’.
The disciples thought to themselves after seeing the situation.
And sure enough.
After a brief silence, Xiao Hongyi’s red lips parted, and her cold voice spread throughout the hall:
“Jiang Chen! You are unworthy of being the Eldest Senior Brother of the Ninth Peak!”
“Merely because Second Junior Brother did not greet you properly, you seriously injured him?”
“Third Junior Sister fortuitously found a Jade Spirit Grass, which could have helped her break through her bottleneck, yet you snatched it from her without hesitation?”
“Fourth Junior Brother is simple-minded, and as Eldest Senior Brother, it would have been fine even if you didn’t care for him, yet you still mock him in public for your amusement?”
“Such evil deeds are too numerous to record!”
“All this could be overlooked! As the Eldest Senior Brother of the Ninth Peak, you have indeed made some contributions.”
“But!”
“Jiang Lianyue has just joined the sect and she has the potential of an empress. She is the hope of the Ninth Peak, perhaps even the entire Jiuyan Sect! As the Eldest Senior Brother, you should have taken care of her, yet how could you…”
“How could you disregard propriety, righteousness, shame, and use the pretense of delivering medicine to commit the act of voyeurism?!”
Whoa—! At these words, the elders and disciples were instantly in an uproar!
Voyeurism, as in peeping? And the target was Jiang Lianyue, who possessed the potential of an empress?
At the same time, everyone’s gaze turned unanimously towards the black-clothed man known as ‘Jiang Chen’, feeling both admiration and speechlessness.
They admired him because Jiang Lianyue began Body Tempering at the age of three, Spirit Induction at seven, broke through to the Core Formation realm at fifteen, and after joining the Jiuyan Sect for just over a month, she had already refined her Core Formation and entered the Human Core realm.
With such talent, even the most gifted individuals couldn’t catch up to her. She truly has the potential of an empress.
Furthermore, Jiang Lianyue’s beauty was unparalleled, enough to make all things pale in comparison and the flowers to lose their luster. Especially her long and slender legs, which were unforgettable to anyone who saw them.
Their Eldest Senior Brother of the Ninth Peak Jiang Chen had indeed done something that all male disciples thought about but dared not do!
Jiang Lianyue is treated like a treasure by the entire Jiuyan Sect, and everyone knows what happens if you offend her.
With this in mind, a group of elders and disciples couldn’t help but show a schadenfreude expression.
Serves him right!!
Jiang Chen’s harsh treatment of Junior Brothers, flirting with Junior Sisters, and his aggressive and domineering behavior have long angered both heaven and people.
If it weren’t for the Peak Master Xiao Hongyi’s deliberate favoritism, he would have already been stripped of his cultivation and expelled from the sect!
“Jiang Chen, do you admit to these many crimes?”
After a soft sigh, Xiao Hongyi looked at him with serious eyes.
Her expression was stern, her voice cold.
But in her gaze, Jiang Chen saw disappointment and heartache.
Sigh.
Jiang Chen sighed deeply in his heart.
Indeed, these things were his doing. He truly disappointed Xiao Hongyi.
But all of this was beyond his control.
It’s the tenth life! This was his tenth reincarnation! The same tenth life over and over!
When Jiang Chen first transmigrated, he realized he had entered the world of a fantasy novel and was the novel’s villain, the Eldest Senior Brother.
Without a system or a golden finger, a villain is just cannon fodder, existing only to be slapped in the face by the protagonist.
Naturally, Jiang Chen was not willing to accept such an ending.
Therefore, he wanted to change the plot and become a righteous and respected Eldest Senior Brother, but things did not go as he wished.
No matter how he protected his Junior Brothers and cared for his Junior Sisters.
No matter how diligently he cultivated and upheld righteousness.
The ending always labeled him as the “villain.”
Jiang Chen remembered clearly.
The first life.
The dull Fourth Junior Brother faced a bottleneck in his breakthrough and nearly succumbed to demonic possession. Jiang Chen ventured alone into a secret realm, facing life and death to find a heavenly treasure to help.
But just as he left the secret realm, he was ambushed by enemies and fell into a coma.
At that moment, the protagonist of the novel appeared, effortlessly defeated the enemies, and retrieved the treasure to aid the Fourth Junior Brother in his breakthrough.
As a result, the Fourth Junior Brother was extremely grateful to the protagonist, while Jiang Chen was seen as the uncaring Senior Brother who neglected his Junior Brother.
The second life.
To change the Second Junior Brother’s prejudice against him, he treated everyone kindly and took extra care of him.
When the Second Junior Brother was pursued by enemies, it was him!
Alone with a single sword, he protected him for a hundred days!
When the Second Junior Brother was trapped by love, it was him!
He accompanied him to wander the mortal world, indulging in wine and song for a thousand days!
When the Second Junior Brother’s core shattered and his foundation crumbled, it was still him!
He sacrificed his own core to help rebuild the Second Junior Brother’s but ended up with a cracked foundation himself, nearly losing the chance to advance further in his cultivation!
But all of these efforts were overshadowed by the protagonist’s words: “Eldest Senior Brother is so good to you because he covets the Innate Dao Bone within you!”
The third life.
The Third Junior Sister had mediocre talent but extraordinary luck, constantly encountering rare treasures and fortuitous events.
She was timid and simple-hearted, often deceived by others.
Therefore, Jiang Chen had to follow her constantly, protecting her from all malice.
But alas.
The protagonist appeared, and with one sentence, “Eldest Senior Brother pretends to protect you, but in reality, he wants to seize the opportunity to take from you”, the trust between them shattered completely.
Fourth Life.
The Fifth Junior Sister Jiang Lianyue was accepted into the sect, and due to the influence of her cultivation technique, she would occasionally suffer from bone-piercing cold poison, causing her unbearable pain.
Unable to bear seeing her in such pain, Jiang Chen spent a hundred days concocting a pill that could suppress the cold poison at Elixir Peak with his meager cultivation.
He intended to deliver the medicine to Jiang Lianyue quickly, but upon entering, he found her bathing and ended up being labeled a peeping tom.
No matter how he explained, no one believed him.
Fifth Life.
Sixth Life.
……
Ninth Life…
These situations were not unique to one life. They occurred in every single one!
Even if he was misunderstood and pointed at with scorn, he persisted.
But with each reincarnation, Jiang Chen began to despair.
Until the tenth life, this current life, he finally understood that this world was filled with malice towards him.
Compared to the ‘Son of Destiny’, the protagonist, he, the Eldest Senior Brother with the ‘Villain’s halo’, was simply not trusted.
And that’s not all.
No matter how much he cared for his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters and how much he sacrificed for them, in the end, he would either be misunderstood or have the fruits of his efforts stolen by the protagonist due to various ‘coincidences’.
In this life, Jiang Chen gave up. His heart grew cold, and he also let himself go.
Since Heaven wanted him to be the villain, why should he defy it?
That’s why he bullied his Junior Brothers, teased his Junior Sisters, and even truly spied on Jiang Lianyue bathing!
“That’s right, I did all those things. I can’t deny it, Junior Sister Jiang’s figure is indeed quite nice!”
Jiang Chen said with a wicked grin under everyone’s watchful eyes.
Whoosh—
As his words fell, the crowd was once again in an uproar! And a string of text appeared in Jiang Chen’s mind:
【Host’s actions conform to the villain’s character setting, reward: one Breakthrough Pill.】
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