Blurb:
Fish Mingyuan, a workaholic from the 21st century, transmigrates into a family cultivation novel as a cowherd in the Lower Ling Province.
Fish Mingyuan, who had planned to carry the modern workaholic spirit to its fullest: ?
He looked at the yellow ox chewing grass beside him and thought, Forget it. It's nice to live an ordinary life without a fortuitous opportunity. If one comes along, I'll take a chance and become an immortal.
One day, he picked up a jade mirror, and it actually started making sounds.
Was this some kind of chat group for a cultivation family?
Perhaps life as a cowherd was too boring, or perhaps his workaholic genes were acting up. One day, unable to resist, he secretly joined the group and lurked to pass the time.
Group member No. 1: I recently discovered a blessed cave dwelling at Yunmeng Cliff, where you can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Even pigs can become immortals after cultivating there. Outsiders don't know about it. Everyone should go try it!
Fish Mingyuan: ? That's so close. It's on the mountain next door.
Out of curiosity, he picked an auspicious day and went to take a nap in the blessed cave dwelling. When he woke up, his spiritual meridians were full, and he'd actually... awakened a spiritual root!
Group member No. 2: Come on, everyone. Here are the entrance exam outlines and past papers for the new students of the various immortal clans. Save them to your spiritual consciousness. If you have a child of the right age at home, have them memorize everything.
Fish Mingyuan: ...?
His hands moved faster than his brain, and he saved the exam outline. He studied it day and night, and actually passed the prefectural-level preliminary selection, earning a place to cultivate in the Immortal Continent!
Cultivating to immortality as an ordinary person isn't a dream!
But soon, a member of the group realized there was an outsider eavesdropping and demanded that everyone identify themselves.
When it was Fish Mingyuan's turn: ... I'll confess everything.
A flash of inspiration struck the members of the jade mirror group. Only members of our clan can enter the jade mirror, unless they've grasped the secrets of heaven. You've been hiding among us for so long without being discovered. Could you be... a god?
The members were overjoyed. Are our mediocre immortal clans finally going to rise? This is a god's arrival!
Fish Mingyuan, completely out of his depth: Wait, what?
Why do you cultivators have such strange thought processes?
But things had gone this far, so he could only bluff.
Fish Mingyuan secretly used the group's resources to cultivate and carry on the 21st-century spirit of working himself to the bone. Meanwhile, he maintained his "god" persona, occasionally offering revelations to the immortal clans in the jade mirror.
Perhaps he was just incredibly lucky. The declining immortal clans actually returned to their former glory, and Fish Mingyuan's secret identity became increasingly magnificent.
Fish Mingyuan: "..."
The members of the family chat group in the jade mirror all became his biggest fans.
Anyone who questioned Fish Mingyuan got kicked out.
Anyone who praised Fish Mingyuan got their posts pinned!!
Haha, was this some kind of poison cult?
Fish Mingyuan couldn't take it anymore. That night, he destroyed his student records, left the Immortal Continent, quit the jade mirror, and stopped communicating with the group members.
Forget being a workaholic. You don't want a whole family of lunatics getting attached to you!
*
Two years passed.
After finishing his work herding cattle, Fish Mingyuan sat on the grass and listened to the village elders gossip. The top immortal clan in the heavens, the Yin family, was holding a massive sacrificial ceremony that was making a huge commotion across the Immortal Continent.
What was that about?
The villagers told Fish Mingyuan: "Ah, the Yin family had divine assistance two years ago, but they don't know what they did to offend the god. Now they're holding a ceremony, hoping for the god's mercy once again."
Fish Mingyuan was dumbfounded.
Wait a second, the Yin family still hasn't forgotten about me?
"CP"
Yin Shengwei, the Yin family's second young master, broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm at just twenty years old. A true favorite of heaven and the pride of the immortal clans.
Cold and aloof, his eyelashes seemed to frost over if you spoke to him.
Yin Shengwei recently realized that his peer, Fish Mingyuan, who was born in the countryside and ranked second in the Immortal Continent, behaved a lot like the "god" in the family chat group.
This must be an illusion, right?
Until one day, he accidentally opened a door and saw Fish Mingyuan imitating the "god's" voice as he sent revelations through the jade mirror.
Yin Shengwei: "?"
Fish Mingyuan: "..."
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(I still need to revise this blurb until it meets my expectations, so please bear with this rough first version. I'm still working on the characters, but I'll finish revising the blurb soon. Thanks for waiting!)
Theme: When you're away from home, other people decide who you are.
