New to the world of immortal cultivation, Zhan Lan was just an insignificant nobody struggling to survive.
Then a beast tide erupted, and he took a risk to scavenge some spoils, only to be caught red-handed by the heroine, Wan Qingchu.
He thought the righteous sects would execute him, but she merely smiled. “You’ve got a good eye, little thief. I’ll take this core, and you’re coming with me.”
From then on, Zhan Lan carried all sorts of “junk” he’d picked up, advancing through one perilous trial after another until he somehow became the sect’s most powerful well-connected hanger-on…
