You Were Sent to the Capital for the Civil Service Exam, Yet You Write About Demons in Your Policy Essay

[Half-Demon Scholar] [Poetry Slays Demons] [Top the Imperial Exams] [Dark Strange Tales of Liaozhai] [Dual Cultivation]

After transmigrating into the chaotic Great Qian, Gu Qingyan finds officials conspiring with demons, evil spirits running rampant, corrupt courtiers occupying their posts, and ancient temples deep in the mountains haunted by ghosts.

From the start, he becomes a half-demon scholar in a Confucian robe, with his first nine tails beginning to grow, and binds himself to the Heavenly Dao's Azure Edict Codex. As long as he writes a masterpiece that shocks the world, enlightens monsters, or dispels evil spirits, he can turn poetry into righteous qi and the spiritual power of a Demon Emperor, cultivating both paths at once!

Just as he sets off to sit the imperial exams, a thousand-year-old tree demon outside Lanruo Temple tries to devour passing scholars, while corrupt officials and evil spirits in Guobei County scheme together for their own gain.

With a sweep of his brush, his Song of Righteousness summons thunder from the highest heavens to purge the demons. With a flick of his fox tails, he wipes out the Netherworld Ghost Court in an instant!

While other scholars travel to the capital to pursue fame and rank, he goes there to slay demons and evil spirits.

When the Qionglin Banquet arrives, his nine tails blot out the sky and purple qi pierces the sun. Facing the court full of high officials cloaked in human skin, he says gravely, "Your student Gu Qingyan requests that every demon in court meet its death!"