At first, the martial world spread this saying: "In the north, the Pure Yang Heartless Sword; in the south, the peerless fool of Water and Clouds."
Lu Yan was completely baffled.
How had a weakling who couldn't even truss a chicken somehow become a world-famous, hopelessly devoted Sword Immortal?
One day, he opened his eyes to find himself trapped in Seven Show's dark dungeon.
His crime: eloping with Su Wanqi, the treasured junior disciple of the Yan Show lineage.
A public trial at West Lake was imminent. The elders of Seven Show were sharpening their knives, ready to sever his tendons in front of everyone as a warning to others.
At the brink of despair, the [Martial World Reputation Choice System] awakened.
Make a name for yourself, curse someone in public, throw a tantrum and roll around on the ground: good or bad fame could all earn reputation, which he could trade for supreme martial arts!
Behind the curtain on the raised platform, Su Wanqi wept without end.
Even when Lu Yan insulted everyone and flipped the table in public, she could still convince herself that he was willing to ruin his own reputation to protect her, imagining a peerless, heart-wrenching romance.
Soon, the young prodigies of the entire martial world would learn just how cruel society could be.
Can't win a fight? Throw lime powder! Facing a powerful opponent? Stage an accident and milk it for reputation! The moment he flips the table, the Li Bai Peak-of-the-World Experience Card activates! A rendition of "I Am No Hero" rings across the platform, and the banished immortal's sword aura shatters the resolve of the gathered fighters.
From then on, Lu Yan treats the orthodox sects as experience fodder and turns the entire martial world into a cash machine for clicks.
An unconventional, utterly shameless, and gloriously absurd Sword Immortal bursts onto the scene.
Drunk, he strides across West Lake and flips the jade table. The Qiantang waves rise as he slays the wicked. The world cries out for its devoted hero, while he laughs and trades his hollow fame for wine money.
I can't even understand the introduction, so I'd better hurry up and join the factory.