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omg your brain @Saintlism... zzh wakes up one day and finds himself in zzs’ body as a voice welcomes him to the world of SHL while the following task flashes in front of his eyes: “change the ghost valley master’s fate to survive”
except he catches his attention instead https://twitter.com/saintlism/status/1380806691671867399
except he catches his attention instead https://twitter.com/saintlism/status/1380806691671867399
the svsss/shl crossover i didn’t know i needed 
I’ll just continue for a bit:
zzh originally planned on ignoring the task entirely because what ghost valley master? just the sound of it isn’t nice, but he’s forced to accept it when he finds out that completing the task is the only way he can go back
zzh originally planned on ignoring the task entirely because what ghost valley master? just the sound of it isn’t nice, but he’s forced to accept it when he finds out that completing the task is the only way he can go back
luckily (or not) for him, he doesn’t even have to try looking for this “ghost valley master” because he finds zzh instead
the man’s quite different from what zzh expected, if anything he reminds him more of a puppy than a mass murderer from the way he follows him around
the man’s quite different from what zzh expected, if anything he reminds him more of a puppy than a mass murderer from the way he follows him around
at first, zzh only wanted to understand him in order to stop whatever plan he had to change his fate and get out of this wuxia world
but as he spends more time with this man called wen kexing, he starts wanting to genuinely help him
but as he spends more time with this man called wen kexing, he starts wanting to genuinely help him
but the issue arises as the body he’s in used to be the cold-blooded leader of tian chuang so anytime he tried to be nice to wkx, the system would flash ooc and searing pain would flash through his entire body as punishment so he does his best to act aloof while secretly helping
he also found a way around the warning: just because zzs appears cold doesn’t mean he rlly was, right? so as long as he treats wkx well “begrudgingly”, he can turn that aloofness into an act as zzs would actually be a warm and caring person forced by circumstances
take that ooc!
take that ooc!
still, he dies a little bit inside everytime he has to act like that (because come on, what kind of cliched character setting is this?? isn’t it really embarrassing??) so he tries as much as possible to limit that behaviour, not knowing that wkx has already fallen for it
so as time passes, the two get closer and zzh’s “zhou zishu” act becomes less of an act as he slowly comes to genuinely consider wkx as an important person to him
still, he has his moments of ooc, like when he laughs a little too energetically, or when he’s filled with the urge to tease wkx when he’s got that particular kicked-puppy expression because what evil ghost master? he’s just zzs’ long-lost shidi, as they eventually find out
(fast forwarding because i dont wanna write about everything between wenzhou
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after things get resolved and wkx successfully clears himself of the ghost valley master title, things comes to a head when zzh’s ticking death sentence suddenly flares up and he sees a 72h countdown
)after things get resolved and wkx successfully clears himself of the ghost valley master title, things comes to a head when zzh’s ticking death sentence suddenly flares up and he sees a 72h countdown
he doesn’t say anything though, because he sees how happy wkx is to finally be able to live as a person no longer shackled by his past and honestly, after having spent so much time with the man, zzh is quite content and ready to embrace whatever the system has in store for him
so for the last two days, he spends his time doing whatever wkx wants (he things it’s all a little ooc, he’s already realized the way he looks at wkx is definitely different, but the system doesn’t warn him—maybe it’s because he’s dying anyways but hey, small blessings)
on his final day, he tells wkx that he’s craving a particular liquor that can only be purchased from the neighbouring town, which would take him a full day of travelling to get
the plan is to get wkx away so that he could leave for a remote area and bury himself there
the plan is to get wkx away so that he could leave for a remote area and bury himself there
one day of headstart should allow him enough time to get somewhere wkx would never find, plus he even wrote a letter out about how he’d been thinking about Things and how he’s tired of this idyllic life (lies) and how he needs to be away from wkx to do bigger things (biggest lie)
the entire time, he doesn’t notice wkx’s calculating gaze on him
so when wkx leaves, zzh spares no time grabbing the small travel pouch he’d made and rushes off in the opposite direction
what he doesn’t expect is that not long after leaving, his body’s suddenly wracked by pain
so when wkx leaves, zzh spares no time grabbing the small travel pouch he’d made and rushes off in the opposite direction
what he doesn’t expect is that not long after leaving, his body’s suddenly wracked by pain
he curses mentally because fuck, he cant continue but he’s not nearly far enough from where they’d been staying and it wouldn’t be hard for wkx to find him
barely conscious, he thinks he sees lao wen descend from the skies and his last thought before passing out is “fuck”
barely conscious, he thinks he sees lao wen descend from the skies and his last thought before passing out is “fuck”
when he comes to, it’s to wkx sitting in front of him, eyes closed as he channels qi to him
he takes a few moments to memorize the face in front of him because he can feel his own body breaking down even as wkx’s qi tries to repair the damage but he knows it’s too late
he takes a few moments to memorize the face in front of him because he can feel his own body breaking down even as wkx’s qi tries to repair the damage but he knows it’s too late
his body suddenly convulses and he coughs out a mouthful of blood, which also alerts wkx. he falls forward but wkx quickly catches him.
staring at the worried face above him as he lies in wkx’ arms, he can’t help the rush of affection that courses through him when he thinks of how far wkx has come, from the lowkey crazy ghost valley master when he first met him to the man he is now
not fully aware of what he’s doing (because zzh would never do such a thing), he reaches up with a hand to gently cup wkx’s face and—
“im glad i met you”
—his hand falls back down as he feels all his strength leave him and the world goes black
“im glad i met you”
—his hand falls back down as he feels all his strength leave him and the world goes black
when he comes to, he first notices that he’s still somehow in the hut he’d been staying at with wkx before
and that’s really weird because shouldn’t he be either in his own world or, y’know, dead?
it’s only when he tries getting up that he notices wkx laid down next to him
and that’s really weird because shouldn’t he be either in his own world or, y’know, dead?
it’s only when he tries getting up that he notices wkx laid down next to him
feeling like something’s terribly wrong, he quickly gathers wkx into his arms and reaches for his pulse
just as he feels the faintest of heartbeats and quickly begins to channel his own energy into wkx, the last thing he wants to see appears in front of his eyes
just as he feels the faintest of heartbeats and quickly begins to channel his own energy into wkx, the last thing he wants to see appears in front of his eyes
“Task completed. Beginning transfer.”
Oh no.
Fuck you no.
What do you mean by “task completed” right now?? If anything, shouldn’t his task have been completed long ago?? Why now of all times???
What kind of shitty system with even shittier configurations!!
Oh no.
Fuck you no.
What do you mean by “task completed” right now?? If anything, shouldn’t his task have been completed long ago?? Why now of all times???
What kind of shitty system with even shittier configurations!!
Almost as if hearing him, a voice explains: “You have successfully changed Wen Kexing’s fate by having him willingly give up his own life in exchange for yours. Now that your task has been successfully completed, the process of transferring you back will now begin. Please hold.”
