It Turns Out, They Are the Protagonists Chapter 237 Discussion

This isn't your usual Xianxia novel, where the characters are just tropes or the plots are illogical, but a better version. The MC, Mu Zhi'an, is a person from Earth who was reborn into the Xianxia world and recovered his memory, right before the main plot kicks off. What should have been your usual Young Master meant to be the stepping stone for the protagonist, has now broken free of his destiny and decided on to become a kept man for the FLs, due to the fact that his physique can only work on the opposite s*x.

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Oh, and he can get the FLs physique if they are in love with him. So, he can also power himself up by going after FLs who have OP physiques. Something a certain review failed to mentioned.

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This story, up to c237, can be boiled down to the MC 70% seducing the FLs, 15% scheming against his enemies, 5% cultivating, and 10% of him fighting personally since, well, he's a kept man. He lets his FLs fight for him. Also, it isn't a story where the girls all fall for him, merely because of his physique, but because he actively cultivates their feeling for him. He is a gentleman with pe*verted antics underneath, he likes to throw the same cheesy words to multiple FLs, respectful towards who deserved it, and generally doesn't go around causing trouble. Sure, maybe MC should have killed the protagonist and anybody antagonist to prevent future troubles, but MC takes advantage of his enemies to further his own agenda, unless the enemies are far too strong for him, though when their usefulness is done then their gone.

Now, the Female Leads... All of them have OP stuff to them, so they are arrogant. Some of them are friendly, kind, aloof, shy, cunning, etc etc, but all of them have arrogance in them, no matter how small. Also, they really really don't like that their lover, Mu Zhi'an, is going around seducing other FLs (basically yanderes and him unable to stop himself from expanding his "orcas" pond), so he has to work hard on appeasing them, though there will always be the threat of him ending up in a basement or a dark corner with a FL.

For the other casts, almost all of them act like a character instead of a trope, though you do have the usual bystanders who comment on the Main Characters, but that's basically part of the course. Also, the cultivation in the world got some thought into them, Spoiler

for example each Core Formation character got different skills or weapons based on their experience of life before entering Core Formation.

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Also, I have a few things to say about the manhua version of this - Spoiler

THAT MANHUA IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FROM THIS NOVEL! The only thing that can tie the manhua and novel together is the title, character names and major plot. Everything else? Completely different.

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