I Became an Internet Sensation After Inheriting the Monster Antique Shop

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You Xingyue is a celestial master. After graduating from university, he inherits an antique shop called No Guests Stay, with no money to his name.

The shop is run-down and messy, and supposedly haunted. The neighbors all steer clear of it. But on the very first day You Xingyue moves in, every supernatural phenomenon disappears.

In the shop’s first week, a well-dressed construction contractor dumps an evil antique golden toad. You Xingyue subdues it, then sells it for a high price.

In the second week, a business owner buys a jade Pixiu. The owner starts doing good deeds, his fortune flourishes, and the Pixiu’s artifact spirit cultivates at an astonishing speed. After a hundred years, the world has its first Pixiu artifact spirit to attain godhood.

Eventually, every object in the city that has gained sentience hears the same thing: You Xingyue’s antique shop can help them find a destined owner.

So antiques with centuries of history, powerful spiritual artifacts, and immortal artifacts of remarkable cultivation all come knocking. The shop is packed with customers.

You Xingyue: “Antiques, please make way. Many of you aren’t allowed to be sold. Kindly go wait on the shelves.”

A documentary hailed as a classic says: Here, we can see the world’s most unique treasures. They shine brilliantly, as if time has never claimed them, telling the story of civilization from past to present.

A little scene

A customer sends in a pair of priceless bracelets. They’re perfectly ordinary, with no sentience and no vengeful spirits attached.

That night, a tall, handsome man suddenly appears in the antique shop.

The man inhales the scent of You Xingyue’s neck. “You accepted my betrothal gift. Now I’m here to marry you.”

Reading guide and content warnings:

Formulaic plot, episodic stories, secondary couple warning, everyone’s a comedian warning, melodrama warning. This isn’t a serious drama, so please don’t take it as a statement of values.

Don’t buy the whole thing at once. Remember to check the author’s notes and blurb so you can skip ahead if needed. Let’s discuss normally and not argue. Love you.

Coming soon: "I Cultivate Pills in the Interstellar Era and Become a God"

Xue Jinxing is an alchemist from a cultivation world. After failing his tribulation, he binds to a “transmigrate into a book” System and transmigrates into a story about a child switched at birth in the interstellar age, as the fake young master. The fake young master is arrogant and sharp-tongued, and a good-for-nothing with no mental spirit. His adoptive parents are fed up with him, and his biological parents despise him.

On the very first day after Xue Jinxing transmigrates into the book and returns to his family, he’s kicked out for still being unable to manifest a mental spirit as an adult.

He has no mental spirit and still has to pay exorbitant tuition, so he decides to make pills to support himself.

In the age of the interstellar empire, humans have developed all kinds of mental spirits. The more powerful a mental spirit is, the more likely it is to drive its owner into a frenzy. The empire has never found a truly effective solution.

Then one day, a strange medicine appears out of nowhere. A tiny pill can make even the most volatile mental spirit docile and well-behaved.

The empire’s highly decorated marshal takes a pill, and his mental spirit, which used to fly into a rage for no reason, becomes sweet and obedient. After years of being single because of his mental spirit, the marshal finally finds success in matchmaking.

A singer who has been world-weary for years takes a pill, and his mental spirit, which would rather hibernate every day, is suddenly full of energy. He holds two concerts in a single year, stunning all his fans.

…

A single pill is worth a fortune. The bigwigs from every walk of life set out in search of one, and after much searching, they finally knock on someone’s door.

Xue Jinxing peeks out from behind it. “What can I do for you?”

Biological parents: ?

Adoptive parents: ?

Is this the good-for-nothing who never studied?

A little scene:

The System demands that Xue Jinxing maintain the fake young master’s arrogant persona and keep provoking his sharp-tongued biological brother.

But Xue Jinxing is naturally outgoing and a social butterfly. The first time he sees his biological brother, he can’t hold back his overwhelming urge to socialize and reaches out to greet him: “Hi! Little bro!”

Male lead: ?

System: Host, there’s something seriously wrong with you.

Xue Jinxing is warm, caring, and considerate toward the male lead, even going in for hugs.

Male lead (thinking to himself): Could he… have a crush on me?

Xue Jinxing: I love socializing! I love hugging people!

Thesis: Be brave enough to pursue the person you love, undeterred by gossip or life’s hardships.