In the quadrangle of Beijing in the 1960s, Jia Dongxu, a young worker in a steel rolling mill, was living a miserable life: suppressed by the powerful mother Jia Zhang, the "third uncle" in the courtyard was scheming, the "second uncle" was showing off, and there was also an idiot who was eager to "help" his daughter-in-law Qin Huairu. He thought his life would be like this - earning work points, supporting his wife and children, and being entangled in the disputes in the yard, until he once picked up an inconspicuous "black stone" in the factory waste pile.
This stone turned out to be the "Spirit Accepting Ring" of the ancient monks. It contained the incomplete method of cultivating immortals "The Art of Tempering the Mortal" and a miniature medicine garden. Jia Dongxu was shocked to discover that there was actually such a thing as "cultivating immortality" in this world! From then on, he was an honest and obedient worker in the factory during the day, and hid under the quilt at night to secretly perform the exercises. In front of others, he was a submissive young man in the courtyard, and later he used the spiritual herbs grown in the ring to improve his family's financial situation and strengthen his body.
But how can it be so easy to become an immortal? In modern society with thin spiritual energy, spiritual practice is like sailing against the current; the "beasts" in the courtyard have a keen sense of smell, and his changes have attracted prying eyes; there are even ancient practitioners hidden in the city, eyeing the spiritual ring in his hand... Jia Dongxu gritted his teeth, and with a stream of alleys Chuanzi's shrewdness and ruthlessness, in the torrent of the times and the fog of immortality, have suddenly found his own "worker's path to immortality" - he wants the Jia family to straighten their backs, protect his wife and children, and moreover, he wants to see how big the world is beyond this mortal world!
The local guy doesn't like it very much