The female lead has a bit of a rough time early on. Please bear with it.
Ye Xiaoyu transmigrated into a cultivation novel as a penniless beggar girl who wouldn't survive past chapter three.
Ye Xiaoyu thought that was great.
At last, she could lie flat without anyone giving her a hard time!
But then a System calling itself "Heaven Rewards Diligence: The Ultimate Workaholic Edition" bound itself to her.
System: [Host, you possess a one-in-ten-thousand Diligent Soul Mark! Start working hard immediately and save the world!]
Ye Xiaoyu: "Oh, then get me a Simmons mattress to lie flat on first."
The System broke down.
At the grand recruitment trials of the immortal sects, the chosen prodigies rode their swords on the wind, their auras soaring skyward.
Ye Xiaoyu rode a beat-up barbecue grill she'd found, drifting lazily across the testing grounds as she casually sprinkled on some cumin.
At the alchemy test, everyone else's furnaces shone with dazzling light.
Ye Xiaoyu set up a split hot pot, simmering wild greens in the clear broth on one side and low-tier demon beast meat she'd picked up somewhere in the spicy broth on the other. The aroma made the judges' stomachs rumble.
At the sword trial, her opponent's sword aura surged like a dragon.
Ye Xiaoyu pulled out half a brick. "I get the reasoning, but let me give you a whack first and see how it feels."
Later...
A new, unofficial requirement appeared in the immortal sect admissions brochure: "Applicants who can endure hunger and cold and are happy to lie flat are preferred."
The Demon Venerable became a VIP at the hot spring resort and declared, "Fighting and killing is no fun. Master Xiaoyu's wellness package is the real deal."
And the supreme Heavenly Way, after Ye Xiaoyu repeatedly argued it into a stupor with such fallacies as "two-day weekends," "paid annual leave," and "anti-overwork labor laws," quietly revised the laws governing the world.
The new laws:
Rule One: No working overtime without a good reason.
Rule Two: Being a slacker is also a form of cultivation.
