Xiao Zhiyao has a Daoist partner.
While other people rise early to practice swordsmanship, he sweeps the courtyard and makes breakfast.
While others establish their foundations and form golden cores, he shops for groceries, does the laundry, and kills chickens and cleans fish.
While others go down the mountain to exterminate demons, he tidies the bookshelves and feeds the spirit pets.
When everyone else went to the Immortal Sword Tournament, he said it was the perfect chance to air out the bedding. Zhiyao likes the smell of sunshine.
In short, he is always holding either a broom or a spatula. He has never held an immortal sword, and no one has ever seen him use magic.
They say he was a pretty male concubine sent by another sect to curry favor with the sect leader.
But the sect leader is devoted to cultivation and has no worldly desires. He only gave him a title because he was worried the young man might have a hard time.
Later, Xiao Zhiyao reached the Mahayana stage and was able to lead the sect's disciples to pay their respects in the Upper Immortal Realm.
The Tribulation-Transcending Ancestor's face was hidden behind a curtain of glazed beads. He said, "Let me treat all you fellow Daoists to some bird's nest and red date syrup I stewed... I mean, from my palace."
The disciples were stunned. "You have that in your palace too? The late-night snack our sect leader loves most?"
Theme: Love the work you do.
