[Nontraditional cultivation | Lighthearted and funny at first, heartbreaking later, with plenty of angst | Enter with caution if you’re sensitive | One female lead, no official romantic pairing, only friendship, plus a side couple | Xiao Dao is Mu Sang Su]
A young girl wakes up in a temple.
A man in black: You’re a spy from the Demon Realm. Do your job!
A spy? Me? Damn, I’ve lost my memory and have no idea who I am. Since I woke up in a pile of straw, I’ll call myself Xiao Dao.
All she wants is to find her family and get a job so she can live a quiet life. She doesn’t know that her nap in the temple will be one of the few peaceful moments in her life.
She goes to a restaurant for noodles and almost gets sold off;
She is poisoned with a strange toxin and has to endure its effects every half month;
She kindly helps a friend expose a con artist, only to end up at odds with them;
She gets trapped in an illusion where injuries become real, and nearly dies several times;
She attends a banquet and accidentally uncovers a shocking secret...
She also gets caught up in the crosscurrents of various factions.
Xiao Dao’s inner thoughts: So, I’m juggling several jobs and somehow ended up in senior positions in all of them. I have no idea how it happened. I just kept working and got promoted.
As the various factions face off and her identity is exposed, everyone looks at her in shock and confusion (·o·): Which side are you on?
Xiao Dao looks at the stunned crowd and gently shakes her head. “I’m loyal only to myself.”
Though all her memories are gone, her true nature remains unchanged. She will eventually repay every debt owed for the slaughter of her clan.
