Building an Empire with My Laid-Back Sect

Please add my upcoming novel, The Eighties' Beloved Little Pixiu, to your reading list. After transmigrating into a self-serving, cutthroat cultivation world, Xia Liang struggles to survive. When she can take no more, she leaves her sect and uses a sandbox game System to build a brand-new sect: Collect ten spirit fruits to recruit an invention-obsessed, lazy master; Collect ten chunks of meteoric iron to recruit a hot-tempered, tool-forging-crazed senior brother; Collect scrap metal... and get a useless puppy-like junior brother in return. Xia Liang: ...Can I return him? Years later, after becoming the cultivation world's top alchemist, Xia Liang discovers that everyone in her sect is a big shot except her, and the biggest shot of all is the junior brother she nearly returned. The last dragon in the world takes a small step back and shows her a whole cave full of rare treasures: "Is this enough for you to build a society and establish that... ism?" Xia Liang's expression is utterly unmoved. "It's enough, but the successor to socialism has no interest in romance." The little dragon, about to burst into tears, looks down and immediately cheers up. Fine, no romance. But why are you stepping on my tail? Content warning: A silly, lighthearted short story. Upcoming novel: The Eighties' Beloved Little Pixiu Lin Family Village is remote, and even making ends meet is a struggle, until Lin Xiaopi, a tiny baby girl, is born into the family of Third Uncle Lin. Lin Xiaopi toddles around, babbling in her baby voice. From the day she is born, the land in Lin Family Village grows as if it has been heavily fertilized, bringing in bumper harvests year after year. When a flash flood strikes, Lin Xiaopi gives the villagers an early warning and saves them all. She even discovers an ancient tomb in the ruins. After it is reported to the state and excavated for preservation, every household in the village receives a reward of five hundred yuan. A heartless family causes the death of their daughter-in-law from out of town, and their house becomes haunted. Lin Xiaopi takes a walk through it, and before long, a crowd of masters of the occult arts arrives. They eat, drink, and stay in the village, turning Lin Family Village into an unusual tourist attraction. One day, a luxurious little car drives into the village. A young man with broad shoulders and long legs steps out, insisting that Lin Xiaopi is his biological daughter and that he's taking her away. Everyone in the village is furious. Anyone who wants to take the treasure of Lin Family Village will have to get past us first! The man frowns, pulls out a brick phone, and says quietly, "Reporting to the Exotic Beast Administration: this little Pixiu is too conspicuous. I can't take her away." ...Huh? Our divine beasts have an organization? Lin Xiaopi, ears perked up, snuggles up beside him and smiles sweetly. "...Daddy!" The people of Lin Family Village: ...??? What kind of bewitching potion did you give our baby!? Theme: Cultivation is no match for building socialism.