A Farm Boy’s Road to the Imperial Exams

Synopsis [Female soul in a male body + imperial examinations + everyday family life + farming + wood-based supernatural powers]

Song Boran is born into the body of a farm boy in the fictional Jin dynasty. When he is given the same name as in his previous life, Boran, he faces a life of poverty and a family that loves him dearly. Relying on the wood-based supernatural power he brought from the apocalypse, with its overpowered boost, he improves his family’s circumstances while diligently studying the classics, determined to write his way to a better life. In the end, he breaks free of the restrictions of his farming background and takes the imperial examinations, advancing step by step into the county and prefectural schools with his father and brothers’ support and his neighbors’ suspicions. From a novice candidate to a successful provincial graduate, he ultimately places on the imperial examination list and enters officialdom. From Qing Shan Village to the imperial court, he writes a legendary tale of rising from commoner to high official and noble…