The Master of the Institute Makes a Living and Supports the Family with Metaphysics

[Two Powerful Leads + Metaphysics + Classic of Mountains and Seas + Satisfying and Invigorating + Hilarious + Both Leads Are Each Other's First and Only, One-on-One + A Little Streaming, Daily Updates!!!]

[Lighthearted, low-stakes incidents + Cheerful everyday life]

Powerful, devoted-to-his-lover top who obeys every command x carefree, flirtatious bottom with an arsenal of tricks

An antique shop tucked away in a Kyoto alley reopened, but the person who took over was a young man.

At first, nobody paid much attention. The idle young shopkeeper spent his days chatting and joking with the neighbors, until luxury cars and police cars started surrounding the place with sirens blaring.

Neighbor: ...Wait! Something's not right about that kid with the cowlick who hangs around here every day!!

The shopkeeper himself: ...No. I really just want to enjoy my later years in peace and live a carefree life where there's only myself to feed.

Later, the station chief, who'd worked himself to death earning money to support the family, finally got it. With me as their boss, of course everyone should be supporting me!

Qiao Zhixian, who enjoyed being looked after by everyone, got lectured by the bureau chief one day and was in a terrible mood.

The Three-Legged Golden Crow was swaggering around, acting like it owned the place? It had just fought Hou Yi at Dongshan, nearly destroying heaven and earth and stirring up a storm at sea, leaving the people in misery?

He watched the bird swagger into the house in the dead of night, one foot sneaking in first, one hand covering its shedding feathers (the station chief didn't like bald birds), then carefully shut the door.

With a soft click, the shopkeeper spoke. His voice was more terrifying than Hou Yi, whose arrows could whip up a tsunami.

Qiao Zhixian smiled without warmth. "Got energy to burn? Delivering packages should keep you busy enough to avoid bad reviews, right?"

The startled blond boy staggered backward several steps. His vertical pupils widened, his feathers stood on end, and he grabbed an express package marked urgent. Without daring to look back, he spread his wings and flew off with a whoosh.

You say there's a ghost in your home? Shh, stay calm.

Daoist Qiao grips the Imperial Bell, hurls talismans, and commands flying swords. The myriad gods bow before him, and he commands thunder.

The collapse of the Fusang Tree shook all three realms. But finding Fusang was harder than reaching the heavens, and the powers of all three realms searched for it like mad, especially bombarding the mortal realm, where traces of Fusang had reportedly been seen. After this went on for some time, someone asked a certain divine attendant tasked with protecting the mortal realm:

"You immortals aren't going to do anything about this mob of lunatics?"

The divine attendants sighed wearily. "We're busy..."

"The Heavenly Dao ordered him to protect the mortal realm. How can he be so irresponsible? What is he busy doing?!"

The little divine attendant wore a peaceful expression. "Selling his charms to his beloved, who only has eyes for money, so he can give him money."

1. I did a ton of research and made up a bunch of stuff myself, so please don't scrutinize it too closely. If it's not to your taste, please don't take it out on real people. Please be kind.

2. Content warning: The protagonist is everyone's favorite. The romance is one-on-one, with an extremely obvious arrow pointing one way!

3. The author is friendly, lively, and happy to chat. Thanks for clicking. Please leave comments and add it to your reading list. (Offers flowers)

Also: This is a fictional parallel world. We believe in science!

Coming Soon: The Fake Young Master Dominates the Yin and Yang Realms with Metaphysics

A well-behaved, extremely unlucky young master with his luck maxed out x a curious, busy King of Hell who dotes on his husband

The variety show Strange Tales announced that the useless jinx from the Jiang family would be joining the cast. What should have been a perfectly good show about explaining metaphysics was now getting blasted by online commenters.

Who didn't know that the Jiang family's jinx brought disaster wherever he went?

The show began under a cloud of anxiety. The comments and private messages were full of vicious demands for Jiang Shixu to get out.

The whole internet mocked him. Haters flocked in, insulting and belittling him and claiming that if he crashed and burned, it would be exactly what everyone wanted!

After all, everyone knew the Jiang family had held a grand banquet to welcome their real young master home and announced that they were cutting ties with Jiang Shixu. The real young master was a master of occult arts and ghost control. Mocking this fake was the perfect way to curry favor with him.

But on the show, the young master explored a haunted house, told fortunes on a livestream, urged strange entities to be kind, and calmly barbecued food amid screams and frantic escapes. He handed half to his companions and stuffed the other half into the hands of a monster split into pieces.

"Eat up, everyone. Don't be shy. What? You say he killed your son by stepping on him while sweeping your grave? Good heavens, how cruel. Then you really should teach him a lesson."

"! You say that witch falsely accused you? You never served as a slave in some villain's home? All right, watch me give her a piece of my mind." Someone rolled up his sleeves.

"You sleepwalk, and after you died, you forgot where you were going. So you can sleepwalk even after you die? I'll call the underworld and ask where you're from."

The ghosts howled with excitement. "Oh my god, he's so kind! He doesn't take humanity's side! Jiang is the cutest! The show is over and it's already dark. It's too dangerous, let's form a group and take him home!"

So the ghosts set off on a nocturnal procession. They looked closely and saw two people beside the cutie. Huh, those two are... (squint) Aaaaaah, it's Lord Black and Lord White Impermanence!!! (scatters in every direction) Why are they with the cutie?! I just escaped from him, and now I'm supposed to protect him?!

The Black and White Impermanence, who turned a blind eye when ghosts ran away, smiled. "Returning to the underworld costs 100,000 coins to take the Road of Flowers of the Other Shore, 1,000,000 to cross the Naihe Bridge, and 3,000,000 to drink Granny Meng's soup. Inflation is terrible in the ghost realm. If you can't pay, an arm and a leg will do. Mention Daoist Jiang's name for a 15% discount, and Ghost Pay lets you defer payment for a year."

The trending topics updated. One day, the old fossils in the Metaphysics Association all reposted the same post on Weibo: Congratulations to Jiang Shixu on becoming the youngest member of our association. Please be kind to our little professor.

~///(^v^)~

Everyone: So this is the prestigious university? Since when do those impossibly strict people use cute emoticons?!

Jiang Shixu got caught up in a case, and the haters started accusing him of being a fraud and putting on an act again. The police department couldn't take it anymore and issued a stern statement online: "Jiang Shixu, badge number 123xx67, officially appointed special consultant. Anyone who slanders Comrade Jiang will receive a yellow talisman from the Metaphysics Association, along with a shiny pair of silver bracelets."

Haters: ...Muting myself.

When someone died, the Black and White Impermanence arrived to escort their soul in accordance with the rules. The new ghost pointed at the two lords and babbled, "Waaah, aren't you two the comedy duo working for that little Daoist Jiang?!" The two Lords of Impermanence smiled without warmth. Only when the soul-snatching chains were around him and the pressure of the Ghost Impermanence had him crawling on the ground did the new ghost stammer out an apology.

He'd just slunk into the underworld with his head hanging when a ghost greeted him. "Hey, newcomer, have you met Jiang Shixu? He's so adorable!"

The new ghost answered timidly, "More than met him. I'm a huge fan."

The ghosts wandering the Yellow Springs Road spun around and crowded around him. The two Lords of Impermanence turned too, smiling as they withdrew the soul-snatching chain and draped an arm around his shoulder. "Oh, you should've said you were a fan of our young master! Come on, let's have a couple drinks, and then my brother and I will personally see you off."

The ghosts of the underworld howled with excitement, fighting every day for a chance to watch the little Daoist's livestream.

New ghosts: This is great! Everywhere I go in the underworld, people are cheering for my idol. This isn't dying, it's coming home to my haaaappy place!

Old ghosts: Why the hell hasn't my son burned down my album yet?! I'll beat the crap out of him tonight!

Theme: Love life and keep looking on the bright side