Five Thousand Years [Chinese-Style Infinite Flow]

Immortal and ageless, highly intelligent, and a mad big bad x a male lead who hasn't been figured out yet

The story will touch on both ancient and modern settings. The writing style is still unconventional. Tentative outline:

[Instance One]

Daoism has five arts: mountain, medicine, destiny, physiognomy, and divination.

One day, the Daoist prodigy who had mastered all five arts went mad.

[Instance Two]

A former world champion suddenly retired. Under the dust-covered Go board at home lay scraps of yellowed paper. Put together, they contained just one sentence:

I will become a national Go champion and take Chinese Go back to the top of the world.

[Instance Three]

There was a foolish young man at the blacksmith's shop who was determined to forge the bronze sword of Ji Xuanyuan.

Who could have guessed that the sword would be finished, but the man would be gone?

[Instance Four]

The year of the great earthquake, a line of water inexplicably appeared on a bronze mask in a museum.

Some said it was the tear of an ancient Shu high priest from a thousand years ago.

[Instance Five]

Have you heard? There was once a hugely popular star on the Shanghai Bund. It was said that high-ranking officials and wealthy elites all invited that person to sing for them.

Unfortunately, after a night of torrential rain, the performer fell from grace, and from then on, there was no trace of them on the Shanghai Bund.

[Instance Six]

A madman appeared on the street, wearing an embroidered blue robe and a tall hat with a short brim. He would tell everyone he met to uphold benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness.

Later, the madman was sent to a psychiatric hospital.

[Instance N]

She had lived for five thousand years. She vaguely remembered losing something, but had forgotten what it was.

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This story requires a lot of research, so I'll only start posting once it gets enough bookmarks.

A standalone story featuring Xie Yuchuan, who also appeared in The Taoist Temple and Saving the World. Feel free to give it a try.

Theme: The vast land of China, its rivers flowing through the ages