邪神之道 B1

I Am Not the Main Character

Upon Ye Gui Feng reaching the age of 15 it quickly dawned upon him that he has no hope of ever becoming an immortal. He can only continue to remain at his pathetic 0.5th level of Qi Condensation.

Despite Ye Gui Feng's best efforts in trying to raise his cultivation he finds himself unable to increase it even after five years of painstaking hard work.

Ye Gui Feng has no clue as to why it took him so long to realize this but in total it has taken him five years to set his ambitions down.

Day after day Ye Gui Feng would live a listless lifestyle of working around the kitchen to prepare food for the outer sect disciples.

There was a lot of manual labor involved that Ye Gui Feng didn't wish to think about. All of the senior members of the kitchen had been promoted and they are now all members of the outer sect. Occasionally they would come to visit every now and then.

"*Sigh* why didn't I realize this before?"

Sitting around in his room that contains only a desk and a hard bed Ye Gui Feng sighs.

"I don't have a tragic background. I don't have a female childhood friend. I don't have some sort of plot to my name. I am not the main character. Isn't it obvious that I won't get cheat like talent coming here? Hahahaha......"

Ye Gui Feng laughs as if he is being corroded by his own miserable negativity.

Perhaps this was a truth that Ye Gui Feng had known deep down but refused to admit to. Recalling the amount of xianxia novels that he had read where the main character despite being born with poor talent they will always be blessed with some kind of heaven defying treasure.

After 15 years of living in this world Ye Gui Feng has not encountered such a thing. It meant to say that he is simply not destined to be the main character of this world's legends.

"Hard work my ass... No matter how hard working I've been it's never worked out for me!"

Even now Ye Gui Feng still hasn't gone pass the boundaries of the 0.5th level of Qi Condensation. Most of those that he had worked with in the kitchen have already moved on leaving him here as the senior member of the workplace.

"Forget it... I'll just be happy with my status as the kitchen manager..."

The only time Ye Gui Feng can boast is when giving a newly recruited disciple a rundown of the place and a tour of this mountain base.

But even that didn't last long as those disciples would also moved on from the kitchen. Each time that happens Ye Gui Feng felt like a dagger was cutting away at his self-esteem making him lose confidence in his own abilities.

Those disciples at most would only need three years to move up the latter of promotion to become an outer sect disciple.

At this point Ye Gui Feng can only cry about his shattered ambitions alone at night.

Indeed, Ye Gui Feng has realized that he is not the main character of this world's story. As that is the case he has come to gradually accept his circumstances of being a talentless mortal.

"*Sigh* I should sleep soon. Tomorrow is another long day..."

Ye Gui Feng quickly tucks himself into bed and sleeps for the night. Of course he won't receive some sort of dream where a divine being would appear in his sleep to granting him some kind of unique knowledge or fortune.

"Uuu... The fate of being a fodder is so cruel... I'm sorry to all the side characters who I've bashed on in the past..."

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The early morning arrives as the sound of a chicken's cry acts as the alarm clock waking up the kitchen staff members.

Each of them got out of bed, got dressed, and got to their responsible stations to begin preparations for breakfast.

"Dà shīxiōng (大师兄 meaning: Big brother in terms of seniority) we've run out of meat. At this rate the outer sect disciples will grill us..."

To be called big brother by the kitchen staff has truly become one of Ye Gui Feng's only joys in life.

"I see so the beef supplies are running low..."

They used beef sparingly by cutting up a single steak sized meat into rice sized grains before placing them into a soup with actual rice.

This increased the consumption of meat for the kitchen staff but lead to the outer sect disciple's complaints.

But being able to hoard the meat to themselves is something that the kitchen takes great pleasure in so they naturally won't care for complaints.

"How many chickens do we have? If their numbers are sufficient we'll just butchered a few to sub in for the lack of beef."

"It should be enough. But this won't solve the long term issue..."

"It's fine. I'll head to town tomorrow to buy more and have them delivered here by supper."

Over the years Ye Gui Feng has grown more and more accustomed to being a kitchen staff member. His connections with the people in charge of supplying the sect with food ingredients are extremely good.

Each time he walks down the town's marketplace Ye Gui Feng would feel like a celebrity as all the aunts and uncles would warmly welcome him in by providing him with freebies each time they see him.

"Sorry to have to bother you with this."

"It's fine. It's all... I'm good for..."

"Ah..."

As a weak laugh comes from Ye Gui Feng who hunches his back in the manner of a worthless member of society.

The junior disciple realized too late that attempting to make his words sound comforting had only the opposite effect instead.

"Big Brother Ye cheer up. In our hearts you'll always be our senior."

Another one of the juniors of the kitchen speaks up readily.

"Y-You guys...!"

As his eyes moisten Ye Gui Feng is overwhelmed by the warmth that he receives from his junior staff members.

"I've treated you all very nicely over the years haven't I? It looks like that was indeed worth it."

"Of course."

Within the kitchen workplace there are only five members counting Ye Gui Feng. But the one that is the most respected by them all is definitely the one who has worked here the longest.

"Alright let's finish up with today's tasks. Tomorrow we'll have ourselves a steak each."