Blurb:
Lin Yuan and He Chiqing agreed to go mountain climbing after receiving their graduate school admission letters. But after a sudden blanket of fog, they found themselves in the utterly unfamiliar world of Chongjiu.
Both became famous in Chongjiu. Lin Yuan was a well-connected good-for-nothing with terrible aptitude, while He Chiqing was a once-in-a-millennium genius. Lin Yuan spent his days drinking and stealing pigs; He Chiqing spent his days cultivating and meditating.
More absurdly, the carefree, lazy Lin Yuan was practically coddled by Qingqian Sect, the greatest sect in Chongjiu, and even taken as a disciple by Yang Mian, Chongjiu's greatest sword cultivator. This only encouraged Lin Yuan's bad habit of slacking off and gossiping.
Lin Yuan spent every day lazing around and enjoying the show, never expecting that Jixi, a mighty cultivator who had survived the tribulation, would hunt him down over a single roasted spirit pig.
The mighty cultivator asked Lin Yuan, "To you, who matters more, He Chiqing or Jixi?"
Lin Yuan, who had never been one to feel shame, touched his pounding chest and hesitantly asked, "Do I have to answer?"
The mighty cultivator smiled gently. "Why don't you guess?"
Lin Yuan sensed trouble and bolted.
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Reader's Guide:
1. Main pairing: Jixi x Lin Yuan (gentle, powerful top x clever, shameless, sharp-tongued good-for-nothing bottom)
Supporting pairing: Cang Ran x He Chiqing (stone-faced, innocent top x aloof genius bottom)
2. There is a supporting couple, and the plot is important. If you don't like supporting couples, read with caution.
3. This is not a leveling-up story. Lin Yuan really is a good-for-nothing. His only weapons are his mouth and his brains, and his cultivation remains more or less the same right through the end.
4. The tone is fairly light. The main story is mostly about slacking off, enjoying the show, traveling, getting into trouble, and falling in love. It's not too melodramatic or angsty, and no one saves or destroys the world.
Theme: With one more stroke in the character for heart, it becomes a promise to never part in this life.
