A Guan considered herself a capable beggar.
For thirteen or fourteen carefree years, she never expected one careless mistake to lead her into a Taoist temple.
The five people in the temple refused to let her leave, begging her to become their sect leader.
A Guan was horrified. "No, no! I'm going back to being a beggar!"
Their sect had been beaten to pieces. Only these five people were left, and now they wanted her to shoulder the burden and fight the demon king in the sea.
How could that possibly work?
Don't make an honest person do something like this!
But a celestial artifact chose her as its master, and she was identified as the reincarnation of the sect leader.
So A Guan gritted her teeth and took the position, settling into the good life of beating ghosts every day.
The five sect members called her their leader, but in practice treated her like the bottom of the pecking order.
Her fourth junior brother raised butterflies. He was kind and obedient, but he listened not only to her, but to all their other senior brothers and sisters, too. No matter how far she ran, he could summon butterflies to spin silk around her and drag her back.
Her third senior brother raised wolves. At the slightest disagreement, he would catch evil spirits and bring them back for her to fight, then crouch on the roof and watch her flee in terror, laughing around a blade of grass.
Her first and second senior sisters were as lovely as Guanyin incarnate. When they were in a good mood, they braided her hair and looked after her. When they were not, they helped the bad guys.
Her eldest senior brother once pinned her down and beat her. Countless times, A Guan imagined herself knocking him flat.
In reality: Not even close. T^T
Fated reincarnation, slaying a dragon alone, divining with one hand, killing the demon king.
A Guan lived up to everyone's expectations. With a bone whip in hand, she swept through half the sea, revived her sect, learned from the past, and set out once more for the mountains, seas, and clouds.
* Short story, complete at around 70,000 words
* No romance for the heroine, beloved by all, ensemble martial-arts adventure, a timid girl's revenge and adventure
Theme: Fate slapped me in the face, and I said it wasn't as hard as last time
