Chapter 2: Maybe I Should Just Go to Sleep

The System repeated itself.

Your identity is Malicious Male Supporting Character, Xie Weixing. Bind with the System as soon as possible. Once bound, the Book-Crossing Observation Room Mode will activate. Earn abundant rewards based on audience size and viewer donations!

Divine sense surged into his mind, and Xie Weixing's body trembled.

He had received the entire book's information.

In short, this was a clichéd, trashy, and over-the-top cultivation romance novel with a harem protagonist.

The protagonist, Su Boyu, was born with deficient spirit meridians. Yet, with his indomitable spirit, unparalleled bravery, and relentless diligence, he managed to find love within the Sect.

Anyone who met him was irresistibly drawn to him, driven to madness as they drained themselves to fill his spirit meridians.

Before Su Boyu's arrival, Xie Weixing had been the Sect's beloved and admired prodigy.

He reached Qi Refining at the age of twelve, hailed as a heaven-sent genius. But three years prior, his True Qi had vanished completely. This devastating fall had twisted his personality, making him paranoid and ruthless. He would stop at nothing to exploit others, using his beauty to commit atrocities, determined to make everyone a stepping stone for his ascent—and then kick them down after climbing—a textbook malicious male supporting character.

This stood in stark contrast to the protagonist, who was pure, kind, beautiful, and driven by a desire to save others.

Thus, the cultivators who had once adored Xie Weixing gradually came to their senses, denouncing his greed and turning their admiration to Su Boyu.

Their emotional fervor was so intense that they could have written three days and three nights' worth of scathing posts on a "deplatforming Xie Weixing" fan forum.

As a heaven-favored prodigy accustomed to being adored by all, Xie Weixing's fall from grace left him deeply unbalanced. Consumed by jealousy of Su Boyu, his mind twisted into madness, leading him to commit countless wicked acts. Ultimately, he fell into the Ghost Path, was publicly hanged upside down, and died in humiliation.

As Xie Weixing reviewed the plot, a cold wind seemed to whistle through his heart.

Iron gates, iron bars, iron chains...

The original owner of this body was like a tiger brought low by dogs, a phoenix stripped of its feathers reduced to less than a chicken.

A teenage genius... who met an untimely end...

"Qi Refining at twelve? All his True Qi vanished overnight?" His lips twitched. "Did he ever have a fiancée who broke off the engagement? Did he ever utter those infamous words: 'Don't mock the poor youth'?"

The System, for no apparent reason, declared: "After reviewing the entire plot of the character Xie Weixing, I found no romantic subplot. Please embrace your role as a cannon fodder male supporting character and fulfill your duties accordingly."

Xie Weixing sighed deeply and closed his eyes.

Hah. Cannon fodder male supporting character.

Hahaha. This System is such a fucking idiot.

It seems this novel not only has bad feng shui, but also issues with its milk supply.

Still lost in fantasies of promotion and salary increases, the System chirped happily: "Host, your plot is quite straightforward. I will help you..."

"Get lost."

The System: ?

"What?"

Xie Weixing pointed at the door, a calm madness in his eyes, his voice eerily gentle: "Get the hell out of here."

The System, bewildered: "Host, do you have some misunderstanding about me?"

Xie Weixing laughed, a laugh of release.

Thought this was a Qidian male-oriented web novel, but it's actually a Haotang BL.

How could anyone endure this?

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Ever since he refused Su Boyu's unreasonable demand, the members of his sect have been cold to him, ignoring him completely. He couldn't even get anyone to tell him where the outhouse was.

Yeah, I'm really unpopular.

After two days of research, Xie Weixing discovered that the Cultivation World was nothing like the dramas he'd watched.

The place he was at was called Qingyu Gate, not a Sect, but more of a... training institution.

It specialized in nurturing young cultivators, who would participate in a unified grand competition at age 18. Various Sects would select those with exceptional talent.

Of course, truly gifted individuals didn't need training; they'd already been tricked into becoming direct disciples by Sect elders long ago.

Xie Weixing suddenly understood: Isn't this just a youth academy?

The reserves, the sparring partners, waiting for a chance to go pro, then being sold for a high price by the club to join various teams.

It's like the relationship between high school and college—three years of hard work, then choosing a place to continue working hard for another four years based on your grades.

Indeed, no matter how the world develops and changes, the fundamental logic remains the same: raising pigs.

Actually, Xie Weixing didn't want to slack off.

Back in the game, he'd been the Young Emperor of Voice—the one with the most accurate aim, the highest rank, and the most beautiful girls he'd taken out—a truly cool and pretentious young man.

This was why Backwater was the team's most commercially valuable player, dominating public discourse and setting a club record for transfer fees, leaving other players in the dust.

Because he had the hardest aim, the most Finals MVPs, and the most loyal fans.

So, during the month he spent transmigrating into this world, Xie Weixing checked his dantian cultivation countless times.

Clinging to the hope that the world couldn't possibly screw him over again, that someone couldn't be this unlucky... the poor man tragically discovered that Heaven likely wanted him to father a child.

After trying countless methods repeatedly, he couldn't sense even a trace of spiritual energy or cultivation.

Even when others tried to transfer energy to him, it vanished instantly into his energy sea, leaving no trace.

Finally, after pestering the Library Pavilion for half a month, he uncovered the reason.

While single or double spiritual roots were already impressive, he possessed a disastrous five-element spiritual root.

At this point, someone might ask:

Isn't a five-element root still good? Isn't that a genius?

The idealized five-element root: 500% power.

The reality of a five-element root: 100% divided by five equals 20%. Spread too thin, it was insufficient to gather a spiritual sea and retain it within the body.

This explained why Xie Weixing had no cultivation after awakening his spiritual roots three years prior.

He hadn't done anything, just lay there and lost—a passive defeat.

What could he do? What options did he have?

Xie Weixing could only smile, still with that same resigned smile.

Let's go back to sleep. Just pretend I'm making up for lost sleep after all those competitions.

Just as he was about to doze off again, he noticed everyone around him rushing out in a hurry.

He was baffled. Where are they all going?

The System suddenly appeared, its voice echoing eerily: You've been ostracized. The Qingyu Gate Sect's pre-competition prayer ceremony is being attended by even the direct disciples of the Fenghua Sect, yet no one informed you. Are you going to keep wallowing in self-pity?

The Fenghua Sect? One of the five great sects of the Cultivation World?

What does that have to do with me? I can't get in anyway, and even if I could, I'd be cannon fodder.

Xie Weixing remained indifferent—just some pointless pre-exam pep rally.

It's about as meaningful as a high school's "100 Days to the Gaokao" rally—just makes you dry-mouthed and want to drop out on the spot.

Better go back to sleep.

The sky is so blue, the bed is so wide.

Aren't you worried? The System was practically in disbelief. If you don't follow the plot seriously, you'll be trapped in this world forever.

Eternal life sounds pretty good. Don't be greedy.

The System: ?

If the plot collapses and the world collapses, your fate will be miserable.

We can die together. That's a happy ending.

The System was at its wit's end with this slacker. Do you really want to drift through life like this?

Yes.