My love for the danmai "The scum villain's self-saving-sysyem" resurfaced and I cant do nothing but reread the books and ao3 fics because WE HAVE NOTHING ELSE.NO manha,we do have an animation series but no second season.
tags: unfinished, prompt, Luo Bing-ge X Transmigrated disciple Shen Yuan. Shizun!Binghe / Post-PIDW
Heavenly Demon Emporer Palace Master takes on a scrappy little brat of a disciple whose self-suffiecient and becomes the most beloved favourite of Huan Hua. How can Luo Bing-ge cope with these cretins trying to steal his disciple now that he's come of age- what do you MEAN Luo Binghe said he wanted nothing to do with the brat what does that have to do with it!?
Luo Binghe is admist a scuffle with a Demon in the middle of a forest,
So theres a scuffle and he comes across this scruffy street rat and scoffs like "Ew why should I even waste my time on you?" so he leaves the brat jokingly going "If you find me THEN I'll be your Shizun-"
This is right after he comes back from the scum villain world seeing the imposter binghe married to the nice Shizun, so this Bing-ge is wearing qing jing robes so the kid doesn't know HE'S the heavenly emperor.
Making it harder for the kid to find him like how can someone like that get close to the emperor and seek an audience it was lose-lose.
So why pray tell was there a kid running across his banquet table running over his food prepared for his wives with guards on his tale and landed before him with a gap toothed grin.
"Found you, shizun."
Then the kid gets tackled to the ground and his wives are screaming that this child assasin got close.
Luo Binghe thinks he is so bored he'll do it, he grabs the kid by the scruff of his collar and asks his name.
The kid bows and says "This Shen Yuan greets Shizun."
Luo Binghe is a hands-off Shizun, because Shen Yuan is a transmigrator he has inside knowledge of PIDW so given the chance to live in the Palace, food and a roof over his head sorted resources to get a sword and access to the Palace Library- he doesn't even realise Luo Binghe is not being his Shizun.
Manuals sent to mess up his cultivation? Shen Yuan loves it, he takes it as a challenge to prove himself as Luo Binghe's personal disciple.
The abuse faced by other Huan Hua disciples? They are just jealous that he was choosen as Luo Binghes personal disciple and Luo Binghe is probably watching how he'll react so Shen Yuan uses cunning and tricks to not only avoid the bullying but to reverse it and make it where no one messes with him ever again.
His cultivation improves leaps and bounds and he gives credit to his absent Shizun who completely forgot he existed to be honest.
All comes to a head when Shen Yuan grown from brat to a young man in his early twenties, goes on missions and helps villagers, thanks to his Token and advertising as Binghe's disciple he earns a reputation, he finds so many treasures and such- because Luo Binghe is no longer looking for new wives so all the treasures and tasks he did for a wife plot of the week is just left unattended. Shen Yuan thinking "Well since he's not using them more for me!"
However, Shen Yuan can't leave the palace alone even when he was cleared he has to have another disciple accompany him which was Gongyi Xiao, so while Shen Yuan is trying to have a humble reputation and crediting Luo Binghe- Gongyi xiao is ticked off because he saw how unfavoured Shen Yuan is, he then tells the people they saved that it was all credited to Shen Yuan that Luo Binghe is a Shizun in name only.
Shen Yuan: ...Are you trying to kill yourself!? Slandering the Heavenly Emperor?
But rumours spread and it came back to Binghe who now has to step in and a new level of training begins, Luo Binghe works Shen Yuan harder, intense physical training, studying texts and barely any moment to rest and Luo Binghe was intense just his attention for his "Precious personal disciple," Shen Yuan wanted to kill Gongyi Xiao for putting the protagonist in his line of sight. He was breezing through Huan Hua life but now it was like military training.
Both crossed swords and Luo Binghe critiqued his fighting style and never held back, it was impossible for Shen Yuan to match Luo Binghe but he had to be strong to even be considered to be representing Luo Binghe.
Given his transmigrator knowledge SY already seems like a child prodigy, outside Huan Hua everyone see's him as the precious jewel and his humble and soft bearing and his attitude of a lofty cultivator has so many people think he's the one good thing from Huan Hua who genuinely helps people he becomes a favourite outside of Luo Binghe.
Which then leads to night hunts, he and Luo Binghe go out and like a personal disciple Shen Yuan has to prepare camping, or inns, and cater to the emperor whenever he leaves. And Shen Yuan hates it he was so used to being on his own that he never saw the need for using an Inn or carriage when a sword will do just fine and he finished his mission before sundown.
And Luo Binghe was acting like the Palace Mistress, demanding so many things, food tea, and sneering at the quality and blaming SY for it somehow. Shen Yuan wants to punch him but can't he'll probably break his own wrist.
Which leads to shenanigans, after a while Luo Binghe finds himself enjoying life outside the Palace on night hunts and seeing this disciple of his light up about demonic beasts and even same some to the detriment of Luo Binghe and he finds his disciple teaching him about the world he conquered.
He finds himself softening up with Shen Yuan and even requesting the young disciple come to court, help him with paper work or even represent him sometimes with the horror of the other lords at court.
Seeing the unfavoured Personal Discipe suddenly being given a favourable position of power and making demands and the token on his hip made everyone bite their tongues AND then chucking vinegar when the plans and deals SY put in place that sounded ludicrous ended up benefiting the people and taxes for Huan Hua and Luo Binghe when he comes back to court praises him.
However the more he grows into his looks the more the wives begin treating Shen Yuan strangely, he assumed it was jealousy that he was taking their Lords time, so he tried to help with time management some wives wanted nothing to do with Binghe so he cut their time and that left more wives enjoying Luo Binghe for tea and asking requests, when Luo Binghe asked Shen Yuan if he had time and Shen Yuan said "yes your schedule is available for another 2 sichen," the wives realised Shen Yuan was Luo Binghes personal secretary and if they wanted to get to Binghe they had to get into Shen Yuans good graces.
But when he gets older and looks like a handsome young man some wives Liu Mingyan and Ning Yingying start giving him odd looks, he avoided them unsure if they disliked him or gave him pitying looks.
It is explained when a wife plot revenge happens where a wife brings back Liu Qingge to life so Liu Mingyan would leave the Harem (since she seems favoured by Luo Binghe)
Liu Qingge newly revived and disoriented see's Shen Yuan and walkes toward him with purpose, Shen Yuan flinches unsure wether to run because it looks like Liu Qingge is about to stab him-
Instead the newly revived cultivator begs for forgiveness "Shen Qingqiu this useless shidi apolgises you tried to save me and this one was a fool and almost hurt you."
Liu Mingyan gasps, she and everyone thought Shen Qingqiu murdered him but it wasn't true and Shen Yuan is staring down hands held up awkwardly trying to get the ar god to stand back up but he floundered more.
"Uh this one...my name is Shen Yuan I'm not Shen Qingqiu." how could he be mistaken was he confused?
But the looks of the wives, confirmation of Gongyi Xiao and how most people in court gave him pitying looks as if he was a dead man walking.
"Master Gongyi, do I resemble Shen Qingqiu?" Shen Yuan was shaking, if that was true then-
"Yes, it wasn't obvious at first but when you grew older you began to resemble Shen Qingqiu...and that was around the time Luo Binghe began to take notice and took your studies more seriously you both spent more time together."
Shen Yuan was going to be sick, and with the confirmation of both Liu QIngge and Gongyi Xiao, Shen Yuan sent a letter to Luo Binghe knowing by the time he recieved it he would be long gone.
Shen Yuan took nothing, it would be ungrateful and he had no right to take anything from Huan Hua he found robes discarded from a criminal and left his token on his bed in his rooms.
He wasn't like before when he was a kid, no strength and unable to provide for himself so he can survive now.
As soon as Luo Binghe saw it he flew into a rage, he hunted down Liu QIngge grabbing his color and demanded what he said to his disiple.
Liu Qingge sneered that Luo Binghe's sick game was over to hurt someone who happened to look like Shen Qingqiu and Luo Binghe was befuddled he had no idea what he was talking about.
"Shen Yuan looks like Shen Qingqiu? DO you believe this Lord to be simple? This disciple knows Shen Qingqiu this one has been with Shizun and knows his face more than anyone else-" Luo Binghe froze looking around at the others, his wives court lords and even disciples like Gongyi Xiao were staring and Luo Binghe's eyes narrowed.
"Did you all think this Lord was entertaining Shen Yuan only to waste all these years and his potential because he happens to share that scumbags face?"
"Others specualte he was Shen Qingqius reincarantion, others see many similarities-"
"Only those who have never seen Shen Qingqiu before if he was here it would be night and day- Shen Yuan loves teaching disciples he is gentle with them-"
"He uses a fan,"
"So many other people use fans, he likes demonic beasts and Flora and is lazy but when he wants he is the most hard working disciple here and puts many of Huan Hua to shame- to compare him to that thing Shen Qingqiu is insulting not only Shen Yuan but to this Lord as well!"
Luo Binghe shoved Liu Qingge and stomped away, that brat shoved his way to his palace annoyed Luo Binghe to death lazed around reading and sneaking away during the night past curfew causing dissent and discourse in the palace only to make it better to rework the system to Luo Binghe's favour and earned more and more reach as Luo Binghe saw the benefit when Huan Hua was in the palm of Shen Yuans hands and now he wanted to leave?
Luo Binghe was surprised Shen Yuan had his blood mites he can't remember giving SHen Yuan food with his mites, being in a palace full of people sometimes gave him a headache.
(Its because Shen Yuan as a child before he infiltrated Huan Hua found food dumped outside and he was starving and one of it was a wifes plate that was tossed out that held blood mites in it)
Shen Yuan is found and Luo Binghe gapes to see Shen Yuan no longer wearing the quality robes of Huan Hua, hair done up in a simple pony tail, a rented sword (Shen Yuan gave his sword back along with his token feeling he has no right to use those)
And Luo Binghe hates it, he hates that Shen Yuan has to take work and be snubbed by people judging him as a rogue weak cultivator and talked down to and he's still humble and soft spoken and even when he helps the village the chief does not pay him the proper amount but Shen Yuan accepts his meagre pay and goes to get more resources to aid his cultivating jobs, joss paper, quicken pouches.
AU where Shen Yuan transmigrates as Cheng Luan & saves Liu Qingge in the Ling Xi caves (while also realising SQQ didn’t actually try to kill him). He LOVES getting to see all the demons & beasts that Qingge fights and contributes useful information about them in battle, and Qingge is of course very fond of his chatty spiritual sword. SY gets LQG to convince Binghe to climb Bai Zhan after the demon invasion, where Binghe thrives, and ultimately SY cultivates human form. I’m imagining the abyss happens, with SQQ pushing binghe into the abyss as usual (somehow he hates Binghe even more because he’s a bai zhan disciple now), but this time Binghe has a lot less bitterness towards Cang Qiong as a whole, more towards SQQ specifically…
I played with image generator while writing. This one is one of my favs. You have no idea about the level of fierce resistance from Gemini, which insists that its censorship rules forbid it.😅
