A quick-witted, money-loving female lead cultivates immortality | A shameless miser
Great at both speaking and acting, quick on her feet, and able to stay relaxed without overthinking.
Clear-headed and practical, she knows how to turn others' strengths to her advantage.
Not a self-sacrificing saint: decisive, clear about who owes whom, and never starts trouble unprovoked.
She gives as good as she gets, backs down when she should, goes wild when the mood strikes, knows when to bend and when to stand firm, keeps a low profile when needed, and fights back when necessary.
[Nontraditional cultivation + No CP + A silver-tongued female lead + Ensemble cast]
On her first day after transmigrating into a book, Xu Xi set herself one modest goal: stay alive and keep a low profile until the very end!
The System told her, "Host, you are the chosen one. Your destiny is to endure eighty-one tribulations, be betrayed by your fellow disciples, misunderstood by your master, have your heart torn out by the Demon Lord, and finally be reborn from the ashes!"
After hearing this, Xu Xi rolled her eyes and refused on the spot: "You can have that blessing. Want it? I'm a comedian. Comedians don't do romance, and we don't have hearts. I just want to make money and lie flat!"
So while everyone else was painstakingly practicing swordsmanship, Xu Xi started selling "cultivation-style milk tea" on the mountain behind the sect, giving away a limited-edition ugly portrait of the senior brother with every cup.
When her fellow disciples tried to frame her for colluding with the demons, she whipped out the [Whole Sect Broadcast Megaphone] and played a recording on loop of them exchanging secret passphrases with a demonic spy the night before, adding, "Everyone, watch out for these people. They're an absolute disgrace to the cultivation world!"
When her aloof master asked her coldly, "Do you know what you did wrong?"
Xu Xi immediately pulled out a folding fan and wagged her head. "Master, wrong, wrong, wrong. It's all my fault. I shouldn't have been so outstanding and made an old man like you jealous!"
(Xu Xi is not doted on by everyone from the start or in the early chapters. You can ignore the 'everyone dotes on her' tag.)
