Lin Xiaoqi is a good-for-nothing odd-job worker who can barely gather qi into her body. She gets by serving tea at a teahouse, and her greatest pleasure is sneaking bites of the customers' leftover osmanthus cakes. Then one day, she finds an old, battered copy of The Hidden Dragon Manual. It says:
"The worse you seem, the better you live."
From then on, she embarks on a cultivation life powered by her acting skills:
◆ At an auction, she pretends to be scared out of her wits, while quietly swiping a rogue cultivator's storage pouch.
◆ When sect disciples mock her, she "accidentally" knocks over a teapot, scalding them so badly they jump around, yet leaving them with nothing to complain about.
◆ At every crisis, she "happens" to faint, only to wake up and find all her enemies sprawled on the ground.
Everyone: "How can this person's luck be so good?"
[The Truth]
That manual was written by her, five hundred years ago.
Once the young mistress of the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Yun Zhao slaughtered her way through the cultivation world. After suffering the backlash of the Heavenly Dao, she was forced to seal her memories and reincarnate to cultivate anew. Every irreverent quip in The Hidden Dragon Manual was a contingency plan she'd left for herself to revive after her return...
"Here's an important usage note." One day, gilded characters suddenly appeared in the manual:
"Stop using your Tribulation Transcendence sword techniques to chop scallions immediately!"
