Meng Yi was a peerless talent in the Daoist arts. He created his own cultivation techniques, but the Daoist sects saw him as a heretic who neglected his proper work, and the entire Daoist world hunted him down.
After dying, he wakes up again a thousand years later in the body of another Meng Yi, an obscure celebrity with barely any fame, and the laughingstock of the Daoist academy. Everyone curses him for having a crush on a Daoist prodigy.
The newly awakened Meng Yi is bewildered. A prodigy? Just how talented? And what exactly is that thing everyone on the street carries around?
When he finally gets a chance to open the book, he sees:
[Clear skies today, perfect for airing out books. I slept all day at the pavilion.]
[Overcast today, a good day for divination. I finished a reading, then slept all day.]
[Don't feel like practicing. Time to sleep.]
Then he sees the title, Notes from Master Meng. Meng Yi: Damn, isn't this my journal?
He looks up and sees his name neatly carved into a stone statue outside the school gate. A teacher nearby is introducing it to the new students: This is the founding patriarch of our Daoist sect, Meng Yi!
Meng Yi: Damn, so I'm the founding patriarch of the Daoist sect a thousand years in the future?
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In the Daoist world, being an entertainer is considered shameful. Any Daoist disciple who becomes a celebrity will be branded a disgrace to the entire Daoist world. Meng Yi happens to be one.
What's more, Meng Yi has terrible talent. Though he's a Daoist disciple, he's weaker than an ordinary person. He doesn't know his place, and he relentlessly pursues the Daoist prodigy, clinging to him so shamelessly that he's become the greatest joke in the Daoist world.
People online describe Meng Yi this way: He had an extraordinary starting point, yet ended up like mud in a field. That's an achievement in itself.
Just as everyone is waiting for Meng Yi to die and put an end to it all, they discover that he's changed...
When faced with a powerful evil creature, he swings his blade once, and it vanishes into nothing.
Onlookers: Eyes wide with shock! What happened to the good-for-nothing? What happened to being weaker than an ordinary person?
Meng Yi lightly blows the dust off his blade. "Are you kidding me? I created the cultivation technique. You're telling me I can't master it?"
Revised on February 7, 2021. Screenshot saved.
Theme: Even in difficult circumstances, be self-reliant and earn a living with your own abilities!