Li Zuonong was an agricultural student. One day, on his way back to school, he was hit by a car while trying to save a kitten. To his surprise, the kitten started talking. It said it could give him a second life and bestow upon him the bloodline of Shennong. When he opened his eyes again, he had been born into the world of cultivation and was taken in by the master of the Spirit Herb Valley.
The good news: He has Shennong's bloodline, so anything he plants will grow.
The bad news: He has a wood spiritual root, but no talent for cultivation.
But he doesn't mind. His master and senior brothers dote on him every day, and he can grow herbs when he's in the mood or slack off for a few days when he's not. The Spirit Herb Valley gradually transforms from a shabby mountain no one in the cultivation world paid much attention to into a renowned destination for spirit herbs.
One day, Li Zuonong finds a badly wounded man with a ruined core in the valley's back hills. Since the man is exactly his type, he takes him back to the valley to recover. He never expects that caring for him will lead to love.
But things don't go as he wishes. The two have just held their ceremony to become cultivation partners and spent a wonderful night together. Li Zuonong falls asleep full of joy, only to wake the next morning to the man's cold gaze and departing figure.
Setup: A silly, scatterbrained gong who starts out with a broken brain and later turns cold-hearted x a cheerful, easygoing shou
Reader's guide: This story isn't angsty. Even after the gong loses his memory, his instinct to love remains.
Theme: There's always a path that's right for you
