The Outcast: Joining the Company, Xia He Helps Me Cultivate

(This is not a brainless power fantasy. It’s a slow burn, with the protagonist building up a network of contacts before becoming invincible in the later arcs. If you want an arrogant, overpowered lead, please look elsewhere. Thank you!)

Reborn in the world of The Outcast, he joins Mount Longhu as a child and studies under the Old Celestial Master, who gives him the surname Zhang.

With the Old Celestial Master about to teach him the Thunder Method, Zhang Jiu thinks his life will pass peacefully like this, until he meets that woman, the “Bone-Scraping Blade,” Xia He.

Damn it, you old bastard of Heaven! You want me to follow Zhang Lingyu’s story, huh? Fine, I’ll endure it. I’ll endure until I’m made of steel!

Looking at the Water-Washing Thunder in his own hands, then at the Scarlet Palace Thunder in his junior brother’s, Zhang Jiu falls silent.

What kind of man could put up with this?

If you’re going to herd one sheep, you might as well herd two. If I can’t cultivate for the next life, I’ll cultivate for this one.

I’m going down the mountain. I have to. Since escaping the world is out of the question, I’ll leave the monastic life and join the world!

Ladies, this Daoist is ready to fight you all to the death!!!

He joins the Company, awakens a System, and becomes Buxutong’s famous social butterfly?!

Who, Old Man Lu Jin? I know him well, we’re friends despite our age difference!

Xia Liuqing, Barren? Hey, they’re all buddies. We get together for drinks.

The Yulong Society? I don’t know them. Good people don’t associate with scum!

“Ninth Master, I hear you’re pretty close with Xia He, Feng Shayan, Lu Linglong, Elena… and the rest?”

“Damn, where’d you hear that? This Daoist studies the Spring and Autumn Annals. How could you make baseless accusations against me!”

“Ninth Master, I also heard that Dou Mei…”

“…Come here, kid. I’ve suddenly decided you’ve got an extraordinary physique, so I’ll teach you a couple of moves today!”

What? You want me to become one of the Ten Elders? I’m too young for that. No way!

A company director? I don’t have enough experience. I’m not up to the task!

What, you’ll pay me more?

Heh heh, now you’re talking!