Chen Guanlan, the only Martial Saint alive, can steady mountains and rivers with his fists, cleave seas and rivers with his sword, and wipe out hordes of demons with a flick of his finger. Yet this man, standing at the pinnacle of power, has a simple wish that could hardly be less fitting for his fearsome image: to become an official.
He asks for no noble title or high office, only a civil-service post. Even a lowly ninth-rank county clerk responsible for household registers and catching thieves would be enough to set his heart racing.
And so, a strange scene unfolded in the capital of the Great Yan Dynasty:
· When demons ran rampant, he “accidentally” waved a hand and erased a great demon without a trace, then turned to his colleagues and said with lingering fear, “That gust of wind just now was downright eerie!”
· When the earth shook, he “happened” to stumble and save a spoiled young master from danger, leaving all the credit to “good luck.”
· As princes fought for the throne and the court descended into factional strife, all he wanted was to calmly write a “Memorial Requesting Exceptional Appointment as a County Clerk.”
He conceals his heaven-defying cultivation, blending in among low-ranking scholars as he learns the rules of officialdom and prepares for the Ministry of Personnel’s examinations. He has only one rule for dealing with a crisis: never reveal my strength and jeopardize my career!
But although he wants to follow the rules, trouble keeps coming his way.
Whenever his insignificant dream of becoming a “civil servant” collides with momentous events like saving the capital, putting down rebellions, or even protecting the fate of the realm, Chen Guanlan can only gripe furiously to himself while casually resolving each crisis through a string of “perfectly reasonable” “coincidences.”
Until one day, the emperor summoned him before the throne and asked, meaningfully, “My dear Chen, what sort of official do you really want to be?”
This is a story about “power” and “order”
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This Martial Saint's force value is not high. He doesn't even dare to act like one. He can fight back at night and kill the guy named Xu.