Others venture into the martial world for righteous vengeance, divine weapons and secret manuals, seeking fame and glory.
Li Buchou ventures into the martial world to lie flat and play dead, wave his sword around blindly, and lose money every time he opens his mouth.
As the sole thirty-seventh-generation heir of the Lie Flat Sect (the first thirty-six generations all lay flat until they had no disciples), Li Buchou is kicked down the mountain by his master to fulfill a lifelong wish: find the laziest job in the world, preferably one that provides room and board and requires no work.
Then he meets Su Xiaotang, who calls herself "the greatest thief under heaven."
She steals his bundle, so he flops down on the spot and pretends she's run him over. She wants to steal peerless secret manuals, so he pulls out half a stale flatbread. She wants to rob the rich to help the poor, so he takes her along to rob himself into poverty first.
Rumor has it that if you run into Li Buchou and Su Xiaotang, there's no need to draw your sword. Just guard your purse and your wits.
Later, someone asks how the two of them got together.
Li Buchou gazes lovingly at her. "She stole my heart, so I clung to her."
Su Xiaotang rolls her eyes. "Don't listen to his nonsense. I meant to steal his master's secret manual on how to lie flat. I got the wrong person, and now I can't get rid of him."
