How to Raise an Irritable Inner Demon

Synopsis: The sole heir to a supreme immortal sect falls from grace overnight, plunging into the mud with his cultivation destroyed. His parents know perfectly well that the one who plotted against him is his father’s illegitimate son from outside the family. Even so, they bring the illegitimate child into the household, carefully nurture him, and tell their eldest: “From now on, he’s your little brother. You two brothers must support one another. Don’t harbor resentment or jealousy.” Yet once they turn their backs, they sigh: “The eldest is essentially useless now. All those years of painstaking effort have gone to waste. But the family can’t become useless along with him, so we’ll have to place our hopes in the younger son.” “From now on, just stay home and be a useless young master.” Before Lingzhou Yu can even say a word, his heart demon explodes first: “I’ll plant all of you in the ground and grow ginseng out of you!” As a heart demon, Que Feng is sick to death of Lingzhou Yu, his original self. He hates his pretentiousness. He hates his stubbornness and his kindness. He mocks Lingzhou Yu for actually believing all the praise those people heap upon him, as though he really were some aloof, compassionate, spotless jade immortal. Bah. Hypocrite. If you can do it, do it. If you can’t, get lost and give him the body. Let him take over instead. He’ll smash this idiotic world to pieces. Que Feng dreams of killing Lingzhou Yu. But when he returns to their room, the beautiful man with black hair and snow-white skin lets down his long hair. Bending over to look into the bronze mirror, his eyes—which during the day are as pale and clear as glazed glass—take on the faintest smile. Que Feng swallows involuntarily. The white robes slip down. The beautiful man gathers his hair, revealing the deep hollow of his collarbone hidden in the shadow of his neck. He taps lightly on the mirror and says in a gentle voice: “You’ve been so good today. You didn’t come out and cause any trouble at all. What else do you want to see? Shall I give you a reward?” After the two of them become separate people, someone grows curious and asks Que Feng why his name is so strange. Que Feng smiles faintly. “I took my wife’s surname.” My wife was born in the ninth month; I was born in the ninth month. My wife had no father, no mother, no home, no surname; neither did I. Born in the same year, the same month, at the same time; dying in the same year, the same month, at the same time. Born sharing a surname; dying beneath the same quilt. — Description from novelcodex.orgFull novel: How to Raise an Irritable Inner Demon — read the rest free on N​o⁠v​e⁠l​C⁠o​d⁠e​x⁠.​o⁠r​g⁠