
Refining the Spirit in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
聊斋之炼神
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.8M Words
- Genre
- Xianxia
- Subgenre
- Mythic Cultivation
- Updated
- 5y ago
- English
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I read from Chapter 1 to Chapter 94, and it was so toxic it made me want to vomit. I could understand not killing the first big man, but I just couldn't understand not killing that bastard woman at the manor. Someone wanted to kill you, to harm you, and you warned him that someone was going to kill him. Then, when he was about to be killed, you went to save him.
After reading the posts from fellow readers, it seems everyone feels the same way: the protagonist's personality is problematic. He has a saintly nature, wanting to control everything, but his control is hesitant, all talk and no action. His personality is contradictory and inexplicable. Some might say, "If you don't like it, just don't read it," but the problem is, you don't know until you read it. After reading it, I felt disgusted, so I'm posting this as a way of vomiting.
I feel like a lot of people are crazy, talking nonsense, saying there's something wrong with everything. It's really strange. Isn't it normal for people to be a little wicked? Who is completely righteous? But please write more realistically. And those who say the protagonist stole the incense altar from the temple, please take a closer look. These comments are even worse than haters.
If you don't like it, just don't read it. The author wrote it for those who do.
I love reading these kinds of books. The protagonist has incredibly strong morals and is incredibly kind. Even if someone wants to kill him, he'll still save them, even knowing the other person is evil and risking offending powerful figures. He does have a minor flaw: he helps bad people instead of good ones, even if they've done him a favor. But it's not a big deal. Thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up! I'm saying it three times because it's important.
There's a reason this book isn't popular. It's already a good thing it wasn't abandoned. Since it knows there's spiritual energy and it's based on *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio*, how can it claim ignorance of gods and cultivators? It's like forcibly lowering their intelligence. Cultivators can't use magic—what kind of rule is that? Someone of such low rank has offended such powerful people, constantly showing off and then slapping themselves in the face.
A promising book with its own ideas, a captivating story, skillful writing, smooth plot, and engaging character portrayals. Keep up the good work! Some readers might think your protagonist is a saint, but ignore them. Just stick to your own ideas. Some will dislike it, and some will like it, but it's best not to change the main plot arbitrarily. Wishing your work great success
The plot is riddled with holes, and the protagonist is completely clueless. So, I advise those who are afraid to try poison not to touch it. Let me just say one thing: the protagonist has no real strength but insists on courting death, relying solely on unbelievable luck to survive. If you can accept that, great; if not, you can leave now.
His values are completely warped. Everyone was driving his sister to her death, and he just let her go so easily. He's a man who can't even support his family; all he does is run away. And the protagonist admires him to death, insisting he's otherworldly and ethereal. That gang repeatedly disgusted the protagonist, yet he still went and protected such a gang rife with vile behavior.
The opening line is a call to expel them: A group of merchants' children dare to plot against a mere school official's son?! A school official should be called an academic administrator; selected from the Hanlin Academy; his classmates and close friends are terrifying; a group of merchants' children are lucky to even know him; and plot against him? Do they think he's a sheep who wouldn't pass a note?