Shanghai, 1925.
Yu Nuanyang, a cultivator who had secluded himself for three hundred years, has just come down from the mountain when he encounters Lin Nuo, the eldest daughter of the Lin family, kidnapped by Japanese pirates.
He only meant to watch from the sidelines, but those tear-filled eyes stopped him in his tracks.
He can roast fish, take down tigers, set bones and heal injuries, and even use his true qi as a little girl's personal heater.
Liu Kui sees him as his savior, and Lin's father worships him like an immortal. Only Lin Nuo knows that this esteemed Yu is really just a "retirement enthusiast" who loves candied hawthorn skewers and hates trouble.
"Brother Nuanyang, I'll make you candied hawthorn!"
"All right."
"Brother Nuanyang, they're provoking us again!"
"...Wait a little longer. Let me finish this skewer first."
The fantastical elements are used solely as a literary device. They do not promote superstition or imply any connection between fictional abilities and the course of real history. Any accidental resemblance in the text to real people, places, or events is purely coincidental and does not constitute a reference or connection.
Please read this work as literary entertainment and clearly distinguish literary fiction from historical fact. Do not equate fictional plotlines or fantastical settings with real history, and do not imitate the fictional supernatural events described herein.
The author may be a bit of an airhead, so read with caution...
Face is worthless anyway.