I Get to See Nonhuman Creatures Every Day

Blurb

[Divorced middle-aged woman takes her son on a fantastical, heartwarming journey of wandering.]

In the vein of Hayao Miyazaki films, a series of heartwarming stories.

Before her son died, Ye Xi was an ordinary woman with a talent for attracting bad luck. Every few days, she would encounter disasters, big and small, yet always manage to escape unharmed.

She thought her life would always be full of "ups and downs," until a sudden kidnapping caused her eldest son, Ye Chuan, to die of sudden cardiac arrest.

After that, her world was turned upside down.

Ye Xi has a pocket dimension, where a mysterious old man lives. His face is impossible to make out, but he possesses the miraculous ability to bring the dead back to life. In exchange, he makes a deal with her.

Collect one billion points of life-wish energy, and bring An'an back to life!

Ye Xi: For the rest of my life, I have only one wish: for my son to return.

When Ye Xi first set out on her journey, she was bewildered. After encountering one fantastical, nonhuman being after another, she came to understand that there really is no such thing as a free lunch.

The power she gains can bring any living creature or spirit back to life, but the price is astonishing: death and hope.

Death may fade with time, but stories can be passed down forever. When he and the others became stories, she became the only witness to them.

Across the distant, boundless sea of stars, she gazed silently, as if watching through the ages.

Blurb Two

Have you ever seen an ugly crow turn into a beautiful white phoenix?

Ye Xi: Just roast it over a fire and it'll change.

Have you ever seen a huge, round black shadow appear at midnight, carrying a triangular lantern and going "doo doo doo" at you?

Ye Xi: That disc on top of its head looks pretty good. It can carry people through the air and save a lot on plane tickets.

Have you ever seen a group of transparent little people living beneath a tranquil lake, whose absorption of human negative emotions can cause earthquakes?

Ye Xi: Earthquake, earthquake, and transparent bubbles too. Suck on the bubbles, and good luck will come.

Have you ever seen a doll choose its owner and love doing housework?

Ye Xi: Great! I can free up my hands and never have to do housework again.

Have you ever seen a whole city's worth of elm trees turn themselves into iron trees because they are afraid of pain?

Ye Xi: Iron trees must be worth more than elms!

Have you ever seen brightly blooming flowers flash gold powder in the quiet of night and eat people?

Ye Xi: I can't handle this, I can't handle this. The best of the thirty-six stratagems is to run!

Have you ever seen dandelion spirits dancing on the breeze spend five hundred years searching for a home?

Ye Xi: I wasn't even born five hundred years ago.

Have you ever seen a human body turn into an umbrella that can conceal spirits?

Ye Xi: That's a new service I've just started!

Have you ever seen a bond between a human and a spirit last for more than seventy years?

Ye Xi: I was the one who granted the little spirit's wish!

Have you ever seen the wind fall in love with a human woman and stay by her side?

Ye Xi: Single people don't deserve to see that... But I got to be their witness too.

The nonhuman beings described above are collectively called spirits and demons.

When people die with a powerful enough wish, they become spirits and remain in the world. Spirits are invisible and intangible, and gray in color.

When their wish energy runs out, they turn into specks of light. No matter how far apart they are, they will all come to her.

With this mysterious, strange power, she can bring any dead person, spirit, or demon back to life.

Blurb Three

This story is part of the Yun Sheng Meng series, which has two parts. The first part is complete, and the second part has no set release date yet, but will begin this year.

The entire book will be completed before publication!

The whole story is being revised. My writing was terrible the first time around.

The adventure is told in episodic arcs, one story per arc.

Crow Woman Arc: The evolution of a species, both hope and disaster.

Road Guide Arc: A family that guards the road, and the path that leads you home.

Earth-Mirror People Arc: A story about emotions.

Doll Arc: A "doll version" of The Snail Girl.

Withered Spirit Arc: A story about trees having a falling-out and saving themselves.

Flower Breath Arc: The most vivid and the most dangerous, a grand feast of flowers.

Empty Cicada Arc: You live because of me, so I will borrow your life to be reborn.

Dead Bones Arc: I died because of you, and lived because of you.

Knot Pattern Arc: I will trade an entire city for your rebirth.

Night Pastor Arc: My body may be disabled, but my heart longs for the light.

Bei Li Arc: Ten years of waiting, all for one meeting. (The story of Old Man Ji.)

Dandelion Seed Arc: Who says dandelions don't have a home? Pu insists on finding one!!

Umbrella Shadow Arc: I am willing to become your shadow.

Mint Leaf's Kiss Arc: You protected me when I was little, and I will stay by your side as you grow old.

Wind's End Arc: The wind knows no bounds, but I am willing to stop for you.

Reading guide: The protagonists are Ye Xi, Ye Chuan, and Ye Jiran.

No male lead and no romantic entanglements. The heroine is devoted to building her career.

This is a healing story, a healing story, a healing, gentle, warmhearted story.

The heroine's origins are a mystery, and her identity will be revealed in an extra story in the next installment. This story features only spirits and demons, no gods or immortals (they've run away). If all goes well, it may form a shared universe with the next story I plan to write.

Everything in this story is fictional, and some elements are exaggerated.

The beginning of the Crow Woman Arc is mostly setup about everyday life. If it's not your thing, you can start with the Crow Woman Arc.

A gentle, warmhearted fantasy journey. Everything in the world has a spirit, and wherever there is a spirit, there is a story.

This story is half lighthearted and half heavy. It includes established couples.

Updates are irregular, but I will not abandon this story, I will not abandon it, I will not abandon it!!!

Theme: There is no absolute good or evil between people. We should strive for the good in human nature without denying its darker side. I hope this novel will be a source of warmth.