My Laid-Back Persona Is Falling Apart

Yu Taixian is a twenty-year-old mermaid. According to merfolk tradition, if he ascends to godhood before turning twenty-five, he can stay young forever. Otherwise, he will age rapidly.

Yu Taixian admired himself in the mirror. With a face this breathtaking, letting it wither away would be a crime against beauty!

All the other mermaids were fighting tooth and nail to get into popular sects like the Koi God sect. There was only one spot for godhood, and the competition was brutal.

Only Yu Taixian lay flat on a reef, thought for a moment, and chose an absurd path with no competition.

He flicked his tail, clenched his fists, and stunned everyone with his declaration:

"I'm going to be the King of Slackers!"

Become the King of Slackers in the human world, win humanity's recognition, and ascend to become the God of Slackers, ruler of every slacker under the sun!

For the sake of his slacker empire, Yu Taixian disguised himself as a human and infiltrated the entertainment industry.

At the audition, all the contestants wore beautiful makeup and flirted with the camera.

Yu Taixian stared blankly, sporting the ugliest bedhead imaginable. He deliberately hid ninety-nine percent of his beauty and lay flat in a corner.

Yu Taixian: "There's no way anyone here is uglier than me, right? Plan working perfectly.jpg"

Audience: "Ahhh! Who's that last guy? He's gorgeous! Vote for him, vote for him, vote for him!"

Yu Taixian: "???"

Onstage, all the contestants tried their best to show off their angelic voices, hitting notes high enough to reach the Himalayas.

Yu Taixian stiffened his neck and randomly bellowed a few times. Sure he'd cracked his voice, he screamed until the entire venue fell silent.

Yu Taixian: "Sorry, I've brought shame upon the merfolk. Plan working perfectly.jpg"

Audience: "Holy crap, can a voice kissed by the gods really exist? Vote for him, vote for him, vote for him!"

Yu Taixian: "???"

At an audition for a film, everyone was competing for the role of a beauty emerging from the bath, coming up with 108 different ways to get out of the water.

Yu Taixian was so comfortable in the water that he toppled onto a rock and fell asleep.

Yu Taixian: "Heh. Please call me the Slacker of Slackers. Plan working perfectly.jpg"

Director: "I can't believe I found an actor who can make a bath in the sea look that beautiful! You're the one. No one can change my mind!"

Yu Taixian: "???"

Later, Yu Taixian became a top-tier star in the entertainment industry. During an interview with the merfolk, he gazed into the distance and murmured, "Actually, I've always wanted to be a slacker. Would you believe me?"

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According to merfolk legend, the very first Koi God was a mermaid who never smiled and stayed unflappable even when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.

But after observing the human world for a long time, even his expression finally cracked.

"I reserved a spot for him, so how could he, how could he..."

How could he not know that the one who'd fallen in love with him was the Koi God?

Theme: Work hard, King of Slackers!