Lin Suisui, the least noticed official in the Treasure Recovery Office, one of the thirty-six departments of the Immortal Realm, was born with a body that withers treasures. Magical treasures give her a wide berth, so she has no choice but to spend every day dealing with discarded immortal artifacts.
Dismantling pill furnaces, prying open tortoiseshells, salvaging broken flying swords: her life is plain and unremarkable, and hard on the hammer.
Then one day, Immortal Lord Qingxiao came to the Treasure Recovery Office.
The Immortal Realm's God of War, who had once cleaved through thirty-three layers of heavenly tribulation with a single sword, had barely stepped inside when his sword fell.
The sword tassel snapped.
And the sword burped.
Lin Suisui assured him, "Don't worry, Immortal Lord. We may not have much at the Treasure Recovery Office, but we have plenty of scrap materials. Fixing your sword tassel is easy. Just help me dismantle ten discarded magical treasures that have gained sentience."
She thought it would be a one-time job, but from then on, Immortal Lord Qingxiao became a regular at the Treasure Recovery Office.
One day, he helped break apart a fragment of the Heaven-Turning Seal. The next, he helped dismantle the remains of an Immortal-Binding Rope. Every now and then, he even had to help keep the temperamental broken pill furnace in the courtyard under control.
The entire Immortal Realm was baffled: Why was their aloof Immortal Lord working at a junkyard?
Lin Suisui was baffled too. Weren't they supposed to be trading scrap for sword repairs? Why was the Immortal Lord even covering her meals?
