The Seven Souls

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[Irreverent blurb]

A new youth hostel has opened on Mingyue Lane in Lincheng. As the second-in-command, Chu Zhan spends his days grilling skewers, drinking, playing mahjong, and making extra money by vanquishing demons.

Life is pretty carefree, until a bunch of monsters move into the hostel across the street and he runs into Shen Xiujun again.

He poaches his workers and puts horns on him. He can put up with it.

He tricks him into signing a contract of indentured servitude and making him do hard labor. He can put up with it.

He withholds his wages and uses him as a fall guy. He can still put up with it.

But then he uses the "beauty trap." Is that something he can put up with?

No way!

So he makes the same mistake again, and falls into a doom he can never escape.

Meeting the scruffy monk Chu Zhan is the greatest tribulation of Shen Xiujun's life, and he has severe germophobia!

What's a little unkempt hair? What's a little rolling around in a mud pit?

Small potatoes.

Have you ever seen someone drink so much they throw up on another person's face?

Have you ever felt booze-stinking grime slide down your neck?

He's been through it firsthand: Ascend to immortality on the spot, peace and love.

Don't ask. It's the magic of love, going round and round.

[Serious blurb]

Daoist teachings say that all things have three hun souls and seven po souls.

The underworld decrees that only those whose three hun and seven po are complete may enter reincarnation.

What happens to those whose souls are incomplete?

Gather the fragments of their souls and reincarnate, and they live. Wander the world, scattered across the Six Realms, and they perish.

Nothing in life matters more than life and death. Where there is life and death, there are stories.

The protagonist, Chu Zhan, is a fake monk who "vanquishes demons," while Shen Xiujun is a real big shot who's "so rich all he has is money."

The fake monk causes trouble everywhere, and the big shot follows behind him every day, cleaning up his messes.

They rub up against each other, and sparks of love fly.

The top and bottom can't stand each other. Sometimes they can't stand each other, but the more they look, the more they grow fond of each other.

[Please note]

This is a collection of episodic stories, and the romance is slightly less prominent than the plot.

The protagonist is pretty weak, but the author gave him a golden finger: he can't die. The reason for this will be explained later.

It's not obvious who is top or bottom. In short, when two tops meet, one has to be the bottom. Whoever is weaker goes underneath. Read with caution if this bothers you.

This story is just a daydream I had years ago. Please don't take it seriously. Just enjoy the story and don't overthink it.

Theme: No matter when or where, stay kind and love others as well as yourself