The Greatest Hermit Lives in the City, and His Temple Is Worth 300 Million
大隐隐于市，道观值三亿
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- Urban
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- Urban Cultivation
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- Scientific Cultivation in the Bustling City闹市里的科学修真Alternate title on Fanqie
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I've met some truly masterful people and I'm very interested in the mystical world! This book is about urban martial arts and cultivation, with a rigorous yet engaging style. The imaginative elements based on reality and the rich, detailed content are all things I enjoy. Keep up the good work, author!
The author clearly has a high level of understanding of Taoist culture, yet he is not bound by outsiders' stereotypes about Taoism, which is the most appealing aspect! As a novel, the regrettable thing is that the author's writing skills have not yet reached a state of complete mastery and smooth transition. Overall, it's pretty good and worth checking out!
To be fair, the author's perspective in this book is very novel. It differs from the mystique of traditional cultivation novels by using modern scientific viewpoints to analyze the content of mystical divination. I admire the author's logic and imagination. It maintains rigor while also providing a satisfying reading experience. The author's writing style is also quite good.
Some might find it dry and overly scientific, but combined with the storyline, it's quite captivating. While my understanding of the scientific aspects is limited, the author's knowledge of the metaphysical aspects is at least broad, almost as if they've received systematic training.
After chapter 53, and after Sanqi performed a divination on Xiaoruan, she quickly became a minor character, and the plot improved. Seeing the latest chapter, it's confirmed that there is no female lead. The protagonist goes through multiple cycles of mishaps and resurrection, followed by recurring cataclysmic disasters, so there aren't many truly satisfying moments.
I've read about 1/10 of it, and the author really put in a lot of effort; the logic is fantastic! I don't know how it goes later, but I feel the beginning should be at least a 9.3! Although some parts use Taoist knowledge to pad the narrative, it's necessary; otherwise, the origin of the abilities wouldn't be explained.
This book grounds cultivation in reality, making it physics-based. It's exceptionally well-written, the first truly practical guide to cultivation. Among so many books, only this one explains the cultivation system from a scientific perspective. Many others use science as a guise, relying on concepts that float in the air like rootless duckweed, unable to withstand scrutiny.
Personally, I feel the score is a bit low. The author has a very imaginative mind, the scientific cultivation story is excellent, and the character development is also very good. The protagonist, based on Taoist theories combined with modern science, has forged his own cyberpunk cultivation path.
The book is quite good; you need to relax while reading it, as the plot unfolds gradually. Those who say it's bad can only say that it differs from mainstream books with their constant climaxes—a climax every three chapters and a plot twist every two.
Your writing is very interesting, it's just that the updates are a bit slow. These days, very few online novels inspire me to finish them, but this one really made me want to read it all in one go. Even with my picky standards, I'd give it a 9 out of 10; it has enormous potential.