Lu Zhen transmigrated into Japan and became a baby. His life was starting over from scratch.
Before long, he was surprised to discover that the Narukami clan he belonged to was an exorcist family devoted to vanquishing demons. He also discovered a serious problem: he had no spiritual power for exorcism whatsoever, and could never become an exorcist.
"At least I have a cheat. I got the 'Sword Saint' class, and I can level up by opening dungeons in my dreams!"
Soon, he realized something: there seemed to be something a little off about his Sword Saint class...
Fake Sword Saints: "Starburst Abandonment Slash!" "The nine mountains and eight seas, there is nothing I cannot sever..." "While the sword lives, I live. When the sword dies, I die."
Real Sword Saints: "These days, a Sword Saint who can't use AOE attacks just won't cut it." "Hesitate and you'll lose! Doubt is pointless! All that matters is victory!" "Swords aren't nearly as inconvenient as you think."
"You people who play with swords could never understand the true pinnacle of swordsmanship!"
Lu Zhen gave a cold laugh, set down the Bodhisattva-brand six-barrel Gatling gun in his hands, and drew the 400-meter battleship-splitting greatsword hidden behind his back.
"My swordsmanship is invincible under heaven!"
This book is strange. The initial upgrade system and writing style are very immersive, but then the protagonist becomes incredibly powerful and pretends to be weak, ultimately truly living like a fool. "Wealth and honor not returned to one's hometown are like wearing brocade at night—who will know?" Why would someone so powerful live such a repressed life? The protagonist completely lacks normal human emotions, or rather, his values are incredibly distorted.
Are there any similar books? I quite like this book, but I read in the comments that the Shennong book doesn't go very well later on. Can anyone recommend a similar book?
I couldn't stand it anymore. The main issue is that the protagonist's initial skill upgrades and talent settings have some minor flaws, and the sentences are a bit grammatically incorrect. The grammatical inconsistencies aren't a big deal, but I feel some words are missing. For example, it says he initially gains some kind of "basic shockwave," then later it mentions "shockwave" again, then says "shockwave" has proficiency, then says "shockwave" doesn't. It says he gains basic shockwave, then mentions shockwave again, then says it has proficiency, then says it has no potential and little improvement. And some of the talent settings don't explain why the protagonist gains their talents, how they come about—it just says the protagonist gained the "water proficiency" talent in water, then says the protagonist gained the "darkness" talent in darkness. At least add a "adapted" part before that! And sometimes, he'll mention having a darkvision talent one minute, then say he's turned it off the next. Do you turn your talents on and off? He throws in some swordsmanship talent without explaining anything at the beginning. Does that mean you can turn your swordsmanship talent on and off? Turning it on makes you a swordsmanship genius, turning it off makes you a swordsmanship idiot. It's fine if you write down that bad talents can be turned on and off, but what's the point of writing down your good passive talents? It's fine if you don't write anything at all. Ugh, leveling up, talents, skills, attributes—it's all a mess. I couldn't continue reading after the first few chapters.
Looking back a few years later, I think the author's relationship with his family wasn't very good in reality.