Jia Lian wakes up in the body of the Rongguo Mansion’s infamous playboy, Second Master Lian, only to be told he is on the brink of death. The imperial physician shakes his head, Wang Xifeng sighs, and the maids and matrons throughout the household are already waiting for the funeral feast.
Lying on his canopy bed, Jia Lian stares at the translucent System panel before him and falls silent.
[The World’s Number One Playboy System has been bound.]
[Cultivation Method: The Playboy’s Heart Sutra.]
[Ways to gain cultivation: eat, drink, and be merry; pit fighting cocks and chasing dogs; spend money like water.]
[Tip: The more debauched you are, the stronger you become.]
Jia Lian reads the words “family execution” under “Penalty for Failure,” then looks at the System’s definition of a playboy. The corners of his mouth slowly curl upward.
He adjusts the headband on his forehead, smooths the silk sleeping robe he is wearing, and calls out through the door:
“Someone! Saddle a horse for Second Master! I’m off to the brothels!”
The entire household erupts. Wang Xifeng smashes a teacup, Jia Mu clutches her chest, and Jia Zheng is so furious his whiskers practically stand on end.
But three months later, when Jia Lian smashes the gates of Ningguo Mansion with one punch and tramples the Imperial Guards who have come to confiscate the family’s property
Everyone stares at the playboy Second Master, who has a famous courtesan in his arms, a gold ingot in his hand, and an overwhelming aura of power radiating from him. They all fall silent.
Wang Xifeng grits her teeth. “...How in the world did that wastrel manage to cultivate?”
Jia Lian flicks melon seed shells off his lapel and smiles without a word.
How could he possibly tell them that breaking through to the ninth level of The Playboy’s Heart Sutra requires renting out the entire Qinhuai River?
