The Immortal Sect’s Number One Kept Man

[Just a Silly Cultivation Novel, Basically]

A finance tycoon transmigrates into the body of a traditional sword-sect chosen one from a web novel.

Finance tycoon Lu Yan: "Huh? So?"

I worked myself to death in my last life. You expect me to work for someone else in this one, too?

I finally transmigrated as a second-generation immortal sect heir, the sect leader's only son. Why not lie flat and slack off, living like a lazy fish?

Cultivate? Absolutely not.

Be a chosen one? Absolutely not.

But this cultivation world is really a mess... For example, the neighboring Pill Sect wants to monopolize the spirit veins and is setting up schemes to bully the weak demon clans.

Sure enough, his dad showed up. "No slacking! Go investigate this! If you can't get to the bottom of it, you're out of the sect!"

Lu Yan: "Dad! You're making me work again!"

Not only was he forced to work, he was also assigned a workaholic supervisor.

The biggest workaholic in the entire sect, Sword Immortal Shen Yi, was an icy mountain with MAX combat power. He fought like he had cheat codes, and at the slightest disagreement, he'd beat people black and blue and force them to cultivate.

Lu Yan: "Everything is so bleak! My future looks so bleak!"

And so Lu Yan embarked on the path of a protagonist:

He brought finance, industry, and markets to the cultivation world.

He led the lower-class demon clans and a gang of poor brothers to great success.

He built wealth through innovative business ventures.

Conspiracies? Setups? He'd take them apart for you.

In short:

While others cultivated, he traded stocks.

While others made pills, he opened factories.

While others monopolized power through force, he worked the capital markets.

... Anything but cultivation.

As the finance tycoon's blueprint continued to expand,

the Pill Sect's conspiracy gradually came to light.

And so:

He recruited teammates at the sect tournament,

shaped public opinion during the stock market turmoil,

and thoroughly smashed the Pill Sect's monopoly.

Lu Yan had honestly only wanted to lie flat.

Instead, before he knew it, he'd become the cultivation world's top investment banker and sly old fox.

He still became the chosen one, just through a battle of wits...

Well, at least he managed to win his workaholic junior brother over and make him his cultivation partner.

His partner was as beautiful as a lotus in clear water, looking fierce but actually pure as could be.

... Love it!

Lu Yan: "A thriving career and a happy love life. This is a win!"

From then on, the two became the cultivation world's B-king duo, invincible in heaven and on earth!

--

Lu Yan x Shen Yi

An investment banker and sly old fox who talks about lying flat but works himself to the bone (top) x a cool, blunt, pure-hearted sword immortal with overwhelming combat strength (bottom)

Unconventional cultivation | Business wars among immortal sects | Silly, satisfying story | Equally matched leads | Sweet romance | Rapid-fire cold jokes

[Notice]

One-on-one romance, happy ending, endgame couple. No breakups or role reversal. Rivals in love are only there for fun and pose no real threat to the top. Don't take them seriously.

If anything in this story makes you uncomfortable, I'm sorry. Please don't force yourself to read it. I'm sure you'll find another novel you like.

This story is due for a major rewrite. All the earlier plot points will be overturned and started again. The revisions will be complete once the cover changes.

Thank you. See you after the rewrite.

--

Mini-scene:

Ever since Lu Yan figured out Sect Leader Shen's temperament, the first thing he did when he came back to the room was toss a bag of hot chestnuts onto the table.

Shen Yi deigned to peel one and eat it.

Lu Yan leaned close. "Sweet? How does it compare to the bag you had as a child?"

Shen Yi's hand stopped. He remembered the bag his mother had sent him when he was little, steaming hot, one of the few sweet memories he had. Sadly, someone later crushed it, shell and all, underfoot and into the mud.

Luckily, that patch of mud had long since dried. Freshly roasted chestnuts had brought the sweetness back.

Shen Yi lowered his eyes and said, "These are naturally sweeter."

Lu Yan was overjoyed and took the opportunity to steal a kiss from his cheek.

With his mouth full, Sect Leader Shen blushed and leaned in to return the kiss on Lu Yan's lips. Then he put on a dignified air and ordered, "...Buy more from now on."

"I'll follow the sect leader's instructions." Lu Yan agreed repeatedly, though he was already making plans in his mind.

A few coins' worth of piping-hot chestnuts in exchange for a lapful of fragrant warmth. A profit every day.

Theme: Why make life hard for fellow wage earners?