
Immortality Through Unorthodox Cultivation in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
我在聊斋左道长生
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- Completed
- Length
- 504k Words
- Genre
- Xianxia
- Subgenre
- Classical Xianxia
- Updated
- 2y ago
- English
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173Chapters
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44.1kFans
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To be honest, I don't know what's so interesting about it. Cultivation isn't mentioned, nor are any unorthodox techniques; the content is rather bland. I don't know what it will rely on to attract subscribers after it's released.
The executioner belongs to the unorthodox path, but to this day there is no information about the executioner's unorthodox skills; it is always said that they rely on fate to suppress evil.
You idiot, you're releasing a new book without telling us, your long-time readers who have already subscribed? Are you planning to cap it out and run away?
The author is highly critical, neglecting many details they seem to have mastered. For example, the story begins with starving people, and the crucial first meal is omitted. They also assume everyone knows their birth date and time, like the line "Why don't they eat meat porridge?"
The protagonist killed nine prisoners and absorbed nine memories, so how come he didn't go insane? The protagonist also didn't have any special artifact to block those memories!
The last few chapters have been poorly written. The protagonist tries to survive but doesn't do it thoroughly, and while he wants to overpower his opponents, he lacks the necessary strength. He's become a bit arrogant. Why doesn't he know how to rob the rich to help the poor when he wants resources and money? It's not like the protagonist lacks the ability, and he's not short of money either. Why take such a huge risk?
I can't understand it at all; it's like reading a primary school student's essay.
Having just read the beginning, I feel the author still needs to polish some details. For example, the beginning doesn't explain whether the time travel is a soul or a physical body. If it's a soul travel, how does the author know the birth date and time of this body? This point needs to be foreshadowed at the beginning for the birth date and time to make sense later.
I'm a bit confused about the world-building. In Chapter Six, the protagonist can't kill the criminals, and even those he could, he's unwilling to do so, fearing the dead will haunt him. So here's the question: in this world, is there any way to survive after murder? If no one dares to kill for fear of vengeful ghosts, where do all these murderers come from? It doesn't make sense.
This sudden acceptance of a disciple is a bit puzzling. Is the student exceptionally talented? Does the protagonist have a perfect chemistry? Does he have incredibly strong connections? I didn't see any of that. It just feels so sudden. The protagonist says he wants to take on a disciple, but his own cultivation hasn't reached its limit yet, has it? 🤔