Li Goudan, Kunlun’s “King of Trash Talk,” gets kicked down the mountain for making fun of the sect leader’s hairstyle. He crashes into a city trash can, bringing two treasures with him: a ragged cloth bag that can contain the whole world, and a “glass marble” that can appraise treasures. While others fly on swords, he chases demons on a shared bike.
Others cultivate by meditating; he cultivates by haggling with aunties and mouthing off to cultivators. Others fight over secret manuals; he bargains with big shots using a battered bronze mirror he picked up off the street. Does running your mouth feel great until the debt collectors come knocking? Not for him. He can wriggle out of deadly situations with shameless tricks and even skyrocket his cultivation along the way. After all, in a city full of oddballs, surviving means being more shameless than anyone else.
