Synopsis of The Spirit Medium of the Cultivation World
When a hand-rubbing technique is mistaken for epilepsy, a chicken-scented qi-gathering technique knocks out the elders in the alchemy room, and a hedgehog spirit rolls into a ball and drives off pursuers, the cultivation journey of Lin Xiaoyu, a young servant disciple, goes off the rails from the very beginning and turns into a comedy show in the immortal realm.
This is not the orthodox script of a traditional immortal sect. Lin Xiaoyu has the constitution of a spirit medium, but before his spiritual root can awaken, Huang Banxian is already patting him on the shoulder and dishing out encouragement: “Kid, this hand-rubbing technique of mine draws on the earthly energy of the Northeast Yellow Immortal. It packs a bigger punch than your proper qi-refining techniques!” So while others meditate and cultivate their breath, he squats by the stove and trades with the Kitchen God's descendants for roast chicken. While others ride the wind on their swords, he brings Hu Meier's illusions and Bai Xiaoci's spiky-ball attacks to the servant disciples' tournament, using a “pee break escape” to take down his opponent and leaving the judges so angry they pound the table.
From crafting a cauldron that can “bark like a dog” in an introductory artifact-forging class to using a spirit-invoking dance to break through an ancient ruin during an inner-sect trial; from planting a flag in a ruined shrine to the local earth god on the back mountain and founding the “Oddball Immortal Hall” to descending the mountain and recruiting all sorts of immortal creatures, including Shu Laibao and the Green Snake Lady, Lin Xiaoyu's path to immortality becomes a guide to making it big by taking the unconventional route. But trouble always follows the fun: the Black Fiend Hall closes in at every turn to seize the “Myriad Immortals Paying Homage to the Sect” painting, the Blood-Hand Asura's shadow looms over the sect, and even orthodox cultivators regard them as heretics.
When Huang Banxian drunkenly lets slip the old grudges of the Spirit Communion Manor; when Hu Meier flicks her tail and grumbles, “Hang around with this bunch of weirdos and a fox will die of anger,” yet secretly uses her illusions to get him out of trouble; when Bai Xiaoci slips spirit herbs into his pocket, her spines all soften, this oddball team made up of the Huang, Hu, Bai, Liu, and other immortals
