[Synopsis]
Born at the wrong time and battered by the harsh realities of the era, Xu Duo has lived for twenty years and truly can't keep competing anymore.
During the job-hunting season, when graduates are running themselves ragged, he lies on his dorm bed for three months, planning to go home and wait to die as soon as he graduates.
Xu Duo has few family ties and owns nothing of value, except for a rundown courtyard passed down by his ancestors.
After graduation, he drags his suitcase back to the village to farm, diving in headfirst with no intention of coming back out.
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There's a village called Shenwu Temple Village in Yuchuan Town. Sure enough, there's an old, dilapidated Shenwu Temple there. Nobody remembers which deity is worshipped inside, but every now and then, someone remembers to go pay their respects during a festival.
One day, just after Xu Duo has finished praying and stepped out of the ruined temple, a man in shining silver armor suddenly falls from the sky and lands right in front of him.
The handsome stranger knows nothing about himself. He can't even remember his own name, only that he was one of the hundred thousand heavenly soldiers sent to suppress the monkeys.
Xu Duo: ?
The brutal lessons in countless books and movies have taught Xu Duo not to pick up men he finds on the roadside. A lunatic who likes to cosplay is especially likely to bring disaster upon the whole family.
But the immortal turns his hand over and conjures up more money than Xu Duo could ever spend, just as he's given up and is waiting to die.
Xu Duo: ...
Well, what's done is done. Let's go home and eat first.
While his peers struggle through the cutthroat world of fame and fortune, Xu Duo diligently renovates the old house. His garden is lush with vegetables, so he can provide for himself. With cats and dogs for company, he has plenty to eat and drink, and at night he can fool around with the genuine immortal man he picked up.
If you can't keep competing, then don't. Life isn't so easy to ruin.
Wait... Are you saying I accidentally picked up the God of Wealth's lucky cat? And the basin I use for pickling vegetables is the Kitchen God's treasure basin?
Hold on, old man covered in antiques, who did you say you were? And my old house has become a spirit??
#Ever since I picked up a certain someone, my unlucky life has somehow started going suspiciously well#
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One afternoon, a news anchor's voice comes from the TV in the bright, renovated house: Archaeologists have discovered an ancient tomb in Yuchuan Town. After excavation and investigation, the tomb has been identified as the resting place of Lu Huaiting, the Great General Shenwu of the Sheng Dynasty.
Xu Duo arches his neck, unable to hold back, and nudges the man sprawled over him.
Handsome, look! Are they digging up your grave?
The immortal, who's always been troubled by the mystery of his own past, ignores him and reaches out. With a swish, he blocks out the sunlight.
Xu Duo tries to squirm away in alarm.
