Name: The Taoist Came Down the Mountain to Give His Heart Away, Then Got Scammed Out of 98,000 Yuan in an Online Romance
Author: Wu Yishu

Synopsis

Fast-paced, light comedy, no horror, packed with laughs from start to finish, with no reliance on memes:

On his first day down the mountain, his online dating partner swindled him out of 98,000 yuan. On the second, his landlord kicked him out. On the third, someone drugged him on a blind date.

His name is Nan Feng, and he is an apprentice in the Daoist tradition.

To earn enough merit to return to the mountain and receive his ordination, he grits his teeth and takes on exorcisms and funeral rites in the city.

His compass is held together with superglue, and he drew his talismans from memory after sneaking a look at his Third Senior Brother's notes.

His only trump card, the Golden Light Mantra, lasts just one minute.

A fierce female ghost has taken up residence in his right index finger and complains every day that his Daoist skills are trash.

He helps restless spirits pass on, subdues a weasel spirit, deals with a rat demon's revenge, gains a tiger big brother, and takes a ghost big sister as his mentor...

Every deed earns merit, and every deed could cost him his life.

Even worse, he saves a little girl. Her mother is a gentle single mother and CEO, warm to the very core.

She treats him so well that he doesn't dare read too much into it.

"Sister Lin, I'll have to leave someday."

"Mm. Dinner's ready. Eat first."

Nan Feng thinks that if he keeps earning merit, he might end up giving himself away in the process.

(The animated comic is out. The art is pretty good, and there are only minor changes so far. It currently covers the first forty chapters.)

Other names

The Daoist Comes Down the Mountain: I Really Don't Want to Live Off a Woman道士下山：贫道真不想吃软饭Alternate title on Fanqie
A Trainee Taoist's Record of Merits in the Mortal World见习道士红尘功德录Alternate title on Fanqie
The Daoist Comes Down the Mountain to Earn Merit, Only to Be Scammed Out of 98,000 from the Start道士下山攒功德，开局被骗九万八Alternate title on Fanqie

Stats

194Chapters

973Reads · 30 days

8.4kReads · all time

141Shelf adds, last 14 days

7.2Score

12 ch/weekPace

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