I Opened an Inn in the Mortal World

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Blurb:

There was a shady shop to the southeast. The owner, Li Dao, swung his hoe twice in front of the door, planted a few saplings, and told passersby:

"I opened this mountain, and I planted these trees. If you want to pass this way, leave your toll money!"

The shop was outrageously domineering. The owner clearly stipulated that even a wild goose flying overhead had to leave behind a feather.

Putting the plan into action wasn't as easy as he'd imagined. The first passerby was a beggar.

After the shop assistant argued his case, they fished a copper coin out of the beggar's broken bowl...

Old Blurb:

Once upon a time, there was a mountain. On the mountain stood a temple, and in the temple lived a young girl. One day, the girl pointed down the mountain and told a visitor from Chang'an that there was an inn below...

A demon in Chang'an fled to that mountain from long ago...

A general from Chang'an came to the inn...

Original Blurb:

To the southeast was Fulai Town. Within fifty li of the town stood the only inn: the Immortal Inn.

The Immortal Inn was domineering and strange, and nobody dared compete with it for business. It took in people by day and ghosts by night. If you encountered a problem you couldn't solve, it would help you see it through, if you were willing to pay with a portion of your life...

P.S. Updates whenever inspiration strikes~

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1. "The Yao Management Bureau and the Underworld Office": A Debate on Who Can Out-Earn Whom

There were two government agencies for demons and ghosts in the human world. One was called the Yao Management Bureau, and the other the Underworld Office. Of course, those were the names used by monsters, demons, and ghosts. They each had a very down-to-earth official name: the "Dispute Management Bureau" and the "City Inspection Office."

After graduating from university, Qu Guilai followed the crowd and took the civil service exam. When it came time to make her final choice, she didn't hesitate to pick the City Inspection Office. In her mind, the Dispute Management Bureau meant dramatic scenes of neighborhood committees mediating disputes in the streets and alleys, giving her a massive headache. The City Inspection Office was different. They probably just drove little cars around town and dealt with sanitation and things like that...

Once she joined the office, reality hit her right between the eyes.

The "Dispute Management Bureau," which she had despised so much, was a golden rice bowl, while the "City Inspection Office" was an iron rice bowl. Both were secure, but one was worth more than the other.

Powerful demons were stationed at the bureau. Little demons in the human world behaved themselves and only dared to make money among mortals. Terrified of being eaten, they paid tribute every day with great enthusiasm, so the bureau's monthly salaries were several times higher.

As for the Inspection Office...

Because the underworld came with an aura of bad luck, every investment was guaranteed to lose money. On top of that, big and little ghosts were everywhere. They had to guide the dead, catch evil spirits, pay compensation for fights, and so on. They were busy out of their minds every day, and all the office's funds went toward compensation until not a cent remained.

When her first month's salary of 2,000 arrived, Qu Guilai comforted herself that things would get better. Then the next month's account showed a deposit of just 1,500...

She was moved to tears...

2. "The Love-Struck Dao Ancestor Is Reborn": A Max-Level Expert Starts a New Account and Gets a Little Evil

Dao Ancestor Tian Wen died just before he was about to become a Dao Ancestor.

Everyone knew he was about to become a Dao Ancestor. Outside his door, the Immortal Realm had prepared a ceremony to celebrate his ascension to the Dao. Inside, he gave up his cultivation and entered the cycle of reincarnation for the goddess he loved...

After the Dao Ancestor died, the ceremony became a celebration for the entire True Immortal Realm. No one wanted to investigate the cause of his death, because that obnoxious Dao Ancestor was finally dead.

Tens of millions of years later, an indiscriminate tribulation of lightning struck the True Immortal Realm, hitting all the immortals hard. They accused Heaven of injustice, only to hear an arrogant laugh from above:

"Hahahaha... Your Lord of Heaven is back!"

Revised Blurb (You didn't expect this, did you? I have a revised version too~):

Old Lin's family was one of the poorest in the village. When his only grandson, Erniu, was born, his father was still fretting over how to steal some sheep's milk for him. As Erniu gradually grew up, everyone suddenly realized his luck was a little too extraordinary.

Whenever he went out to play, the sky turned sunny. When he thought it was too hot, the wind would blow. If he planned to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms, the heavens would start bringing night rain and daytime sunshine three days in advance, making sure the mushrooms grew well...

People who cursed him would inexplicably get struck by lightning. Anyone who teased him would always have bad luck. If they tried to kill him, they'd probably end up killing themselves...

Anyone he casually picked up on the road turned out to be an immortal master or a powerful noble. Even a worthless stone he found could be cut open to reveal a jade gem rarely seen in ten thousand years. The scariest part was that after Erniu was born, the Lin family's field, which had never produced a harvest, became fertile land, and the family grew rich!

Was he the illegitimate son of Heaven?!

Lin Erniu heard everyone's thoughts and rubbed his nose. He really wasn't Heaven's illegitimate son. He'd just been Heaven for many years...

3. "The Warrior and the Scholar": A story about fighting monsters along the way. I wanted to write a coming-of-age story with all kinds of family feuds and entanglements, and that's how this novel came about~

Completed novels in the same series:

1. "The Nine Yin Families"

After the Investiture of the Gods War, the gods and demons withdrew from the world. The moment the gods of the human world ascended to the upper realm, the hidden "demigod" families quietly went into seclusion. When humanity gained control of the mountains, rivers, and seas, the "demigods" reappeared in the human world. Above was a world ruled by countless gods; below, the Nine Yin Families secretly governed the human realm.

2. "The Twenty-Three-Year-Old Demon": The Story of the Mu Family

"Do you believe there are demons in this world?"

"I don't."

"That's ridiculous."

"There really are demons in this world..."

"I became like this only because demons exist in this world."

Theme: Find joy in ordinary life and face each day with optimism