Gou Laoliu: Playing the Fool to Fool the Wise, Living for Millions of Years

• Protagonist: Gou Laoliu. An old monster who has lived for who knows how many tens of thousands of years. After accidentally consuming, or being forced to cultivate, some mysterious substance in his youth, he gained immortality. His appearance remains forever frozen as a handsome but unremarkable eighteen-year-old boy.

• Abilities: A master with every skill maxed out. Having lived far too long and grown terribly bored, he mastered everything imaginable: alchemy, crafting, talismans, formations, cooking, farming, taming beasts, and even singing, playing instruments, storytelling, comedy, and conversation. But he understands the saying, “The tallest tree catches the wind,” and lives by the creed: “If you can lie down, never stand; if you can keep your head down, never fight.”