Qingyun: The Hidden Dragon in the Abyss

Also known as Above the Azure Clouds. Lu Chen gives up a high-paying job offer and chooses to take the civil service exam in Luming City. His girlfriend doesn't understand and breaks up with him. On his first taste of the cliques and infighting inside government offices, he uses the Thirteen Needles of the Ghost Gate to save a janitor suffering a sudden heart attack, who turns out to be a retired senior official, earning himself some goodwill.