Bring Me the Brush! The Chinese Scholar Becomes a God Through Her Poetry

[A power-up novel centered on classical Chinese poetry]

Su Yan transmigrates to an interstellar age, becoming the last pure-blooded human in the universe.

Her spiritual power is zero, and her attempt to awaken an ability fails.

In an era when everyone is godlike, all she can do is recite poetry and compose couplets, proving the old saying:

A scholar is useless in every way.

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Until alien invaders arrive, and the entire world is forcibly pulled into a game.

[The survival game begins. All civilized regions will face eradication.]

[Rule 1: Protect the spark of civilization. If a region falls, everyone in it will be eliminated.]

[Rule 2: After each round, the rankings of surviving regions around the world will be announced. Improve your rank to expand your safe zone and earn promotions.]

Players, fight your way into the [Nine Provinces ranks] and strive to become one of the [Five Divine Capitals]!

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When Su Yan opens her eyes again, a line of text appears on the survival battlefield:

[Choose your talent word]

Only two words come to mind:

Scholar.

A scholar is useless in every way?

But what if... she's a scholar of Huaxia?

Her brush strokes shake the wind and rain; her words make ghosts and gods weep!

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A free fall from ten thousand meters up at the start, with a fatal landing waiting below?

Su Yan calmly recites:

“Rainbow for robes, wind for steeds; cloud lords descend in ranks!”

The sunset turns into flowing robes, the gale gathers into heavenly steeds, and countless cloud dragons clear the way.

Everyone else drops like dumplings into a pot.

Only she, like a god, descends upon the world, roaming among mortals.

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An army of alien creatures reaches the city walls, and the players give up and wait to die?

She recites, “Three thousand guests are drunk on blossoms in the hall; one sword's chill sweeps the fourteen provinces.”

Sword energy stretches thirty thousand miles, freezing alien creatures across fourteen cities, its cold light illuminating the Nine Provinces!

She chants, “The cries of apes on both banks have not yet ceased, and our skiff has already passed ten thousand mountains.”

She crosses the galaxy in a single step, her body flashing through the void like a streak of light, chasing the wind and racing the sun in an instant!

She sighs, “Have you not seen the sorrow of white hair before the mirror in the hall? Black as silk at dawn, snow-white by dusk.”

She commands the laws of time. A glance spans ten thousand years; in a snap of her fingers, beauties turn to bones and powerful foes vanish into ash!

And with the Classic of Mountains and Seas, she can summon gods and demons into the world...

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Players around the world break down: “You call that a scholar?!”

She's cheating! There's no way she's not using cheats!

Su Yan: ...

Can you really call it cheating when it's a scholar's business?

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The first round of the game ends, leaving the world in mourning, while Su Yan gets promoted on the spot.

[Congratulations, Chang'an Town! You successfully defended your territory!]

[Regional upgrade: Chang'an Town → Chang'an County. Jurisdiction expanded to three townships and eight wards.]

[You have become a county magistrate, rank six.]

[The Scholar talent has activated a promotion path: The Imperial Examination!]

[Current status: Elementary licentiate.]

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While everyone else is still struggling to survive, Su Yan leads [Chang'an] on a steady climb to the top.

She fights her way into the Nine Provinces ranks, enters the Five Divine Capitals, and founds the Jixia Academy.

She puts five thousand years of Huaxia history to paper. From then on, her words command the mountains and rivers.

With the brush in her hand, she sweeps away every invading enemy and ushers in peace for all ages!

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Promotion path: Town chief → County magistrate → Prefect → Provincial governor → Grand commander

Scholar's advancement path: Elementary licentiate → Licentiate → Provincial graduate → Presented scholar → Zhuangyuan

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“The Havoc in Heaven instance is a trap! Under no circumstances should we choose the side of that monkey called Sun Wukong!”

“The Heavenly Court has a hundred thousand soldiers and generals! It's a hundred thousand against one. The advantage is ours!”

“That kid in the red bellyband at the East Sea dares to block our way? What's his name, Nezha? He even picks fights with the Dragon Clan. He's basically an NPC begging to die!”

“Let's help the Third Dragon Prince kill him. We'll max out our favorability with the Dragon Palace for sure!”

“Why's there a guy at Guanjiangkou walking his dog every day? What's his name, Yang Jian? He doesn't even have a proper summoned beast. What can a skinny dog do, bite someone to death?”

“Grab your weapons! Take out that three-eyed freak and his dog, then head to the Heavenly Court for a reward. Once the Jade Emperor is pleased, we'll be rich!”

The Abyss descends. Mythological tales everyone knows by heart become strange instances that appear across the world.

Su Jiuli transmigrates into this world and opens her eyes to a crowd of players shouting, “You lowly horse keeper! Take my spear!”

Su Jiuli is horrified, and pulls everyone behind her.

Even the Buddha himself wouldn't dare call him those three words to his face!

Later, she finally understands: she's really the only one who knows the plots of these myths.

Theme: Huaxia culture is a brilliant treasure