The Road to Immortality Begins with Picking Up Ghosts

*Slow-burn cultivation, fighting monsters and leveling up, with Chinese-style cosmic horror elements. Not a wish-fulfillment story.

*Also known as [A Ghost's Romance], [Can Even a Ghost Be Your Wife?]. In brief: deadpan ice queen x shy, resilient sunshine, age gap.

*1v1, only each other.

Liang Muci: All I want in this life is to farm a little and die when I'm forty.

Running into a dead person in a cemetery makes sense, right?

After all, she handled funerals for a living. That's what Liang Muci thought.

But what about running into a ghost in a cemetery...?

No, that was a bit weird.

What? This ghost wanted her to cultivate immortality?

Liang Muci was still thinking about her fields and her ox. She hesitated before saying,

"Not everyone can cultivate immortality, right?"

To her surprise, the translucent ghost in front of her confidently thumped her chest and said,

"How will you know unless you try!"

Shen Wenjun watched nervously as Liang Muci slowly placed her hand on the Immortal-Testing Stone.

If only, if only it would glow even a little...

The stone didn't move at all.

Liang Muci tried touching it again, giving it a good rub.

The stone still didn't budge.

Liang Muci silently withdrew her hand.

"The Three Great Divine Halls aren't the only places in the world. Our Little Bamboo Sect is an option too. How about it?"

A smiling person in a Daoist robe of some unknown sect walked up to Liang Muci and said this.

"My spiritual power is weak."

"Oh, that's no problem," the person said. "As long as..."

"As long as what?" Liang Muci raised an eyebrow.

"As long as you give us fifty taels of silver, we'll take you..."

Before they could finish, Liang Muci turned and walked away.

The person behind her chased after her, shouting,

"Don't go! I'll give you a discount, okay?"

In her ear, the ghost girl only she could hear continued to circle around her.

"Just try it, just try it... It doesn't cost much..."

Liang Muci's eyes widened in alarm.

Not much?

She'd never seen that much money in her life!

What kind of world was this? First she ran into a ghost, then a scammer.

She wasn't cultivating immortality after all!

*Please note:

1. This is a cultivation fantasy world where everyone is female. Because it includes cosmic horror elements, there are also cosmicist themes and indescribable horrors! Please keep that in mind. It also includes reproduction between women.

2. The worldbuilding may be quite extensive. It's a long story, not a wish-fulfillment leveling-up story, and very different in style from my previous work.

3. Criticism and suggestions are welcome. You can leave them in the comments or message me directly on Weibo.

4. Coming soon:

[My Days in the Ark]

*First person, pseudo-autobiographical.

*Apocalyptic setting.

*It's the story of my life, and there isn't just one CP.

Dedicated to Alvita

When she first came in, I nearly laughed out loud. Her eyes were like those of a wary calico cat, while I was a gray wolf.

In truth, I had to crane my neck just to see her nose, as high and straight as Frank's.

You ask who Frank is?

Oh, I forgot to mention, he's a stone I keep as a pet. It has six sharp edges and looks like the stars in a book illustration.

Still assuming a world where everyone is female

Theme: Struggle onward