The Wicked Side Character’s Guide to Seducing the Male Lead - Chapter 1

When I realized I was the wicked supporting girl trying to seduce the male lead in a cultivation novel, I was sitting in a tree, peeping at Xuan Yi as he bathed.

Steam rose from the hot spring, gradually blurring his body until I couldn’t make out a thing.

I was just about to leave in disappointment when the tree trunk snapped.

As I fell, inspiration struck. I silently recited a spell and sent myself hurtling into his arms.

Instead of getting embarrassed or angry as I’d expected, he caught me quite calmly.

“What an interesting pastime, Little Junior Sister. You’re fortunate I’m the only one here today. You mustn’t act this way when other people are around.”

“…”

I was thinking of something to say that might let me take a little more advantage of him. Before I could open my mouth, a memory suddenly appeared in my mind.

I looked at Xuan Yi, then at my hand taking liberties with his chest. As the plot that had just popped into my head sank in, I froze.

“What’s wrong? Frightened already, Little Junior Sister?”

I nodded frantically, pushed him away, and fled.

A handsome man was all very well. Staying alive mattered more.

The memory told me that the world I lived in was actually a story.

I was its wicked supporting girl, trying every day to seduce the male lead—my eldest senior brother, Xuan Yi.

At first, I was the darling of the sect. I made a fool of myself all the time, but nobody minded. Once the heroine joined us later on, though, I would look terrible beside her: lazy, lustful, and good for nothing.

Then, jealous once again of the leads cultivating together, I would try to frame the heroine and drug the hero into sleeping with me. Everyone would catch me in the act. Utterly disgraced and despised, I would be driven out of the sect. With my meager cultivation, a miserable end awaited me.

“…”

By the time I’d finished munching on a melon, I believed the plot completely.

Why wouldn’t I? I really did lust after Xuan Yi. Every one of those seduction attempts sounded exactly like something I would do.

Thinking of my tragic ending made me shiver.

A beautiful man was a rare find, but I had to be alive to enjoy him.

Life was already full of trials. Work myself to the bone cultivating so I could turn my fate around? Absolutely not. Far too exhausting!

In that case, I’d made up my mind!

I would find someone else to seduce, and we could coast through life together, doing as little as possible!

Ugly faces were rare among the sect’s cultivators. Unfortunately, a man who stood out for both his looks and his abilities the way Xuan Yi did was proving much harder to find.

After wandering around the sect for two days without finding a handsome face that appealed to me, I was feeling glum. Were my standards too high?

I rejected that possibility and headed back to my courtyard. When I rounded a corner and ran into Xuan Yi, my first instinct was to flee. A moment later, he had me by the back of my collar.

“Running away the instant you see me? What have you been up to, Little Junior Sister?”

Exactly. I hadn’t done anything wrong. Why did I feel guilty?

“N-nothing! Let go of me, Senior Brother.”

Xuan Yi watched me quietly. “I hear you’ve been spending a great deal of time with the outer disciples lately.”

That was because most of the inner disciples were cultivation fanatics. Training was all they ever thought about. A useless slacker like me would be better off with another useless slacker.

Obviously, I couldn’t tell Xuan Yi that.

“Eldest Senior Brother, have you ever heard the saying that every friend opens another path?”

He gave a soft huff. “Before Master went into seclusion, she entrusted your discipline to me. Naturally, I won’t disappoint her. You can forget about running off to the outer disciples from now on. I’ll teach you myself.”

“???”

Was he feeling all right?