You Asked Me to Be a Carefree Prince Consort, So How Did I Become a Peerless Martial Saint?

Name: You Asked Me to Be a Carefree Prince Consort, So How Did I Become a Peerless Martial Saint?
Author: Top Player

让你当闲散驸马，你成至强武圣？

by Top Player (首席玩家)

Status: Completed
Length: 3.1M Words
Genre: Eastern Fantasy
Subgenre: Fantasy High-Concept
Updated: 6mo ago
English: Request a translation

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Synopsis

Zhang Jing transmigrates to the Great Yu Dynasty and becomes the husband of Princess Li Taiping of Chang'an.

However, the princess doesn't care for him. He's merely an idle nobody with no power or influence.

In his previous life, he was exhausted from endless scheming and infighting.

He thinks being a carefree idler isn't so bad.

Then he awakens the Artistic Life System.

By learning arts such as music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, he can earn Art Points.

And he can use those Art Points to improve his martial arts.

From then on, Zhang Jing charges full speed down the path of an artist.

When he's free, he visits the pleasure quarters to listen to music.

Winning at chess feels great, and playing chess forever feels even better.

It's a lovely day for practicing calligraphy. Forgive my lack of skill as I show off my “chicken-claw script.”

Don't say I'm lost in sensual pleasures. What I paint isn't a beauty, it's art. Art, understand?

Zhang Jing spends every day hopelessly absorbed in the arts. Everyone considers him a good-for-nothing who has let himself go, but without realizing it, he becomes the greatest Martial Sage under heaven.

Princess Li Taiping of Chang'an is dumbfounded. “I only wanted an ordinary commoner for a husband, someone I could use as a shield. How... how did you become the greatest Martial Sage under heaven?”

I'm in love, I'm in love!

Other names

Unbelievable: My Martial Arts Advancement Depends Entirely on Art!离谱：我的武道升级全靠艺术！Alternate title on Fanqie

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This is the best "golden finger" (cheat code) novel I've ever read. Although it's still a "trash-to-hero" story, the upgrade costs aren't high and don't overwhelm the protagonist. The use of the "golden finger" is novel. Five stars from the author, keep it up! 👍👍👍 If we don't praise it like this, who will come in to look?
45 likes1y ago
Why should you all escape the poison I've ingested? Show me, all of you!
40 likes2y ago
Chapter 12 is being deducted one star for its portrayal of a dynasty that lacks a sense of hierarchy.
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It's a wish-fulfillment story, you could say it's semi-invincible, where you crush any enemy you encounter. Waiting for updates is so hard, I finished reading it in no time 🤦🤦🤦🤦
19 likes2y ago
Well, how to put it? It's quite good, but the opening sequence of memories before the transmigration doesn't connect to the later story. I thought the beginning was to introduce the protagonist's cautious nature after transmigrating, but it became irrelevant after the ninth level of Qi and Blood cultivation. Also, wasn't it supposed to be about first-grade root bones?
18 likes1y ago
Giving it five stars isn't just for me to get poisoned, everyone should enjoy it too! 😂😂😂
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I've read a lot of books with overpowered abilities, and this story, while revolving around that, is quite fresh and engaging. Although some parts are repetitive and have a lot of unnecessary words, I still wanted to keep reading. I finally caught up to the latest chapter! Two chapters a day is too slow. I'm urging for more updates! I want the full version released immediately!
17 likes1y ago
Isn't this the same work as "Eternal Fame" from Qidian, which started from infancy?
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Having read up to chapter 49, I thought it would take several more moves to determine the winner, but it really was a one-hit kill. I'll give it five stars here. Having read over two hundred chapters, it started to stray a bit from the main theme. The plot of gaining opportunities by exploring secret realms felt out of place in this book.
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