Reborn As A Villainous Cannon Fodder

Will post 3 more chapter today.

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This person was strange—even if he was only at Core Formation stage, just the fact that the Full Moon Sect Holy Maiden called him "Master" was enough to make Zichen feel he couldn't afford to provoke him...

"I don't have many demands, just two in total."

"Please, please tell me..." Zichen widened his eyes, hastily responding with trepidation.

"The first demand is that you apologize to my senior sister."

Yino spoke calmly while casually stroking the little sprout of the girl in his arms.

Upon hearing this, Zichen found it utterly ridiculous.

He had indeed betrayed Yuyan.

But when it came to actual combat, how much use could Zichen be compared to those two terrifyingly powerful cult holy maidens?

Moreover, it was clearly Liuli who had slapped Yuyan off the cliff!

And wasn't Liuli Yino's woman?

So if anyone was most suspicious, it was clearly Yino who had ordered Liuli to push Yuyan into the demon abyss!

Now Yino was actually asking me to apologize to Yuyan?!

Damn...

What a beast...

Though he cursed internally, Zichen still didn't dare offend Yino further on the surface.

"I, I apologize... I'm sorry, I'm unworthy of being called the Jianlan Sect Holy Son... I'll never dare do such unconscionable things again..."

"Very good, you still have some conscience."

Yino smiled warmly, giving Zichen an encouraging thumbs up like praise.

Zichen could only nod with a bitter, ingratiating smile, angry but not daring to speak.

"As for the second demand, I hope you can help me out at Jianlan Sect in the future."

"Help out? That's easy to agree to!"

As soon as Yino finished speaking, Zichen immediately broke into delighted laughter.

But before he could be happy for three seconds, Yino also smiled contentedly:

"Right? I also think it's easy to agree to, so from now on stop struggling and let me plant an Evil Seal on you, then you can go home."

"...?"

Hearing the words Evil Seal, Zichen's cheerful smile immediately collapsed into despair.

Meanwhile, Yino continued speaking without any concern:

"Don't worry, this Evil Seal won't kill you. I'm just afraid that if I let you go today, you'll turn around and betray me after I release the tiger back to the mountain, so I'm planting an evil seal on you as insurance."

"... ..."

Zichen didn't know how to refute this, only feeling ten thousand curses in his heart, though his current position meant he didn't dare say anything.

In a sense, Zichen was indeed quite sensible, compared to those captives who cursed until death's door.

"Alright~ Just be obedient~"

Having reached this point, Yino gradually lost patience and extended his demonic claw.

His tone was like coaxing a child, but his sharp gaze harboring cold intent held no meaning of comforting the other party's emotions.

Actually, Yino not sacrificing Zichen to the Mother Goddess was already quite sincere.

He simply analyzed based on the original plot, believing that as a villain, Zichen really had no value worth killing, but was indeed worth subduing as a subordinate.

Thinking this, Yino couldn't help but narrow his cold eyes slightly.

His left hand lightly grasped Zichen's forehead, while the corner of his mouth curved into a meaningful smile:

"Listen to me, Zichen. Close your eyes now."

"Think carefully—today you acted as my inside man. In the future, I can not only make Yuyan let go of her resentment toward you, but when you return to Jianlan Sect, as long as you obediently do as I say, when I free up time from the Western Region, I'll help you eliminate that little menial worker in the outer sect who's always made you jealous..."

When Yino painted the future plan to this point, Zichen suddenly stared at Yino's eyes with what seemed like bone-deep horror.

He was both shocked and seemed to have met the first kindred spirit who understood him so well after all these years.

"You... how do you know about that guy..."

"Who knows? Maybe I'm a lifesaving benefactor sent by heaven to help you turn things around?"

Yino raised his eyebrows, recalling the original Jianlan Sect plot structure in his mind.

He smiled faintly, meeting Zichen's increasingly incredulous gaze, and continued painting the picture:

"After we work together to eliminate that little menial worker and strangle him in his cradle, I'll also help you corrupt that old woman sect master of yours who likes to meddle, puts on different faces in public and private, and never looks at you properly. Then you'll have no more concerns in Jianlan Sect and can do whatever you want, right?"

"You... you even know about our sect master..."

Zichen was shocked, his eyes wide as saucers. He was so focused on listening to Yino paint the future that he had forgotten about Yino's enchanted left hand pressed against his forehead.

"J… just who are you...?"

"You have such audacity... you, you, you... you even dare covet that woman who stands at the pinnacle of swordsmanship in our sect?!"

Thinking of that stunningly beautiful swordwomen who often glared at him with disgust, Zichen instinctively felt awe just imagining her face.

After all these years, he didn't even dare speak ill of that woman behind her back, let alone Yino's casual talk of corruption!

"What woman standing at the pinnacle of swordsmanship? Standing there, you'd think she was some doujin protagonist. She's just early-stage bluffing to intimidate you inexperienced young juniors."

Yino waved his hand dismissively, thinking of the original's voluptuous sword sect master without the slightest trace of awe.

He snorted disdainfully:

"Let me tell you, in a few more years, the pinnacle of human swordsmanship will shift to my senior sister. Have you ever seen a disaster-level evil sword immortal boss that roams randomly across the map, seamlessly switches between light and dark forms, has maxed-out stats, and severe ADHD?"

"???"

Zichen listened with complete bewilderment. Though he didn't know what basis Yino's words had, every time he looked at his expression, it gave Zichen an inexplicably strong sense of conviction.

Intuition told Zichen that this guy wasn't joking—regardless of truth or falsehood, at least he truly believed what he was saying.

Meanwhile, Yino also chuckled coldly, pressing his left hand against Zichen's head while freeing his right hand to pat the latter's shoulder with emphasis:

"So Zichen, you'd better listen to me properly from now on. When we accomplish great things in the future, you can continue being your Holy Son at Jianlan Sect, and I won't compete for your senior disciple position there or fight you for any junior sisters. My appetite is small—just that menial worker's life plus your sect master's body will be enough..."

"After it's done, I'll return to Luo City to be its young master, and you'll continue being your Holy Son at Jianlan Sect. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

As Yino's words fell, he restrained his smile and stared directly into Zichen's eyes.

After a moment's hesitation, the latter finally nodded half-believingly.

"Hmm... what you're saying seems to make some sense..."

"Very good, pleasant cooperation—!"

As he spoke with laughter, Yino's left demonic claw suddenly exerted force.

Simultaneously, terrifying evil power burned itself firmly into Zichen's mind—

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!"

At the demon abyss cliff, the Jianlan Sect Holy Son's unforgettable scream echoed through the clouds.

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Below the cliff, outside Demon Abyss City.

After several hours of falling through the void, Yuyan suddenly awakened with wide eyes from the black forest floor.

She gasped heavily like someone who had survived a disaster, as if she had experienced a long nightmare. Her heart pounded, sweat beaded on her cheeks, and her black hair had come loose from its hairpin, falling disheveled behind her.

Yuyan sat up, carefully feeling her body, clothes, and sword with both hands.

"I... I don't seem to be dead...?"

"Could this be... the legendary Demon Abyss secret realm that Yunmei once mentioned..."

Yuyan murmured to herself, supporting herself against a tree trunk to stand.

Amid her confused thoughts, she suddenly sensed movement in the distance—

"Senior Sister, it's me!"

Heavy mist came rushing toward her, but Yuyan could vaguely see a shadowy silhouette of a young man at the edge of the black forest.