This is a cultivation novel with Dan country and Wu country, two powerful countries opposing each other. Dan Huang, the holy woman from Dan tribe, in order to escape the Dan country’s Prince Yan Shi Tian’s pursue, she sealed away her stunning beauty and supreme cultivation, to become a good-for-nothing small village girl – Zhū Zhū. Yin Zi Zhang who looks cold and behaves coldly is a belly black cultivation talent. His personal life is a mystery and he has the capability to oppose heaven. He is a once in a millennium fated encounter, destined to ‘scare’ the world.
She and he got to know each other, then he conveniently urged her to become his sidekick servant. Together they became the disciples of a third rate small cultivation sect. They met the domineering, narcissistic, refined, cunning, simple and enchanting senior male and female fellow disciples, to become the deceptive five people group. In the midst of the cheating and pretending, the five together experience some ordinary as well as life and death situations. She and he from knowing each other, to experiencing life and death together.
A general assembly to compete cultivation skills to become well-known in the world is muddled with dark mystery. A rarely known to anyone past is showing sign of getting revealed.
To avoid Yan Shi Tian’s henchmen, Yin Zi Zhang and Zhu Zhu fled to Wu country. Both of their identities are gradually being exposed.
In order to protect Yin Zi Zhang and other people, Zhu Zhu did not hesitate to expose her whereabouts and battle with Yan Shi Tian, so once again got involved in the power struggle ……
Powerful enemy strikes, protection by loved ones with lives, how can she reborn, to turn the tide?
This novel is from the same author who wrote A Court Full of Happiness. The book is quite interesting and funny. Story wise it is a bit similar to Piao Piao but definitely better writing and characters. The female lead may appear stupid but actually she is not really a dummie but acting like one only. The male lead may appear like a bully but he is very protective of the female lead Zhu Zhu and is rather nice to her in his own way. What I like most abt the book is that Zhu Zhu is rather ugly so ppl laugh and bully her yet the male lead will beat them up and take revenge for her. He does not judge her by her appearance but her cooking skill, lol. Thus, if you are not pretty, you can still get a handsome boyfriend if you can cook well, haha… Zhu Zhu also has a powerful pig as a pet, so cute:)
The author is also very innovative with the characters’ names so you need to pay attention to the sound of those names.
Yǐn Zi Zhāng 尹子章 (dirty silver 银子脏)
1st shīfu: Yóu Qiān Rèn 尤千仞 (rich person 有钱人)
Main peak: Yīng Bàng Fēng 应傍峰 (Pounds Peak 英磅峰 )
2nd shīfu: Zhèng Quán 郑权 (share certificate 证卷 )
Others: Jī Yōu Gǔ 姬幽谷 (blue chip stock 绩优股)
Dǐ Chán Shàng 邸禅尚 (property developer 地产商)
Shí Yìng Lǜ 石映绿 (unemployment rate 失业率)
Fú Yù 符钰 (wealthy富裕 )
Shèng Zhì Pài 圣智派 (appreciation camp 升值派)
Ǒu Yuán Fēng 偶元峰 (Euro Peak 欧元峰)
Sū Jīng 苏京 (ransom 赎金)
Mèi Yuǎn Fēng 昧远峰 (USD Peak 美元峰 )
Jīng Lì Rén 荆厉人 (broker 经纪人 )
Tài Zhú Fēng 太竺峰 (Baht Peak 泰铢峰 )
Gāng Bǐ Fēng 纲匕峰 (HKD Peak 港币峰)
Céng Fā Gù 曾发故 (evaporate shares 蒸发股 )
If you can read Chinese, the mini black and white comic version is very cute:
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/2204911979
Sounds good!! I will put this on my to read list 🙂
True to my words, I’ve finally read E Mei!
OMG. Peanuts, this novel needs a SUPER LONG NOVEL alert. It’s 513 chapters long with 3 epilogues (but none of the main couple).
I have to confess that I finally gave it up around the 440 chapter mark and skipped to the ending and read the epilogues.
The first 100 chapters are very good, very addictive and probably gives this c-novel its popularity. But, I seriously doubt most people finish this and probably just kind of go straight to the ending. The first 100 chapters has probably 70% of the entire plot, then the first 200 chapters has about 85%, and the rest is really stretching it. Haha.
After a while, it read like a dragon ball manga (which I love btw), with everyone going Saiyan and levelling up like crazy with little rhyme or reason. What I was disappointed is that the characters never really grew or matured, they were always the same – the female lead, ugly with great skills who turns out to be the greatest beauty with the greatest power alive (too Mary Sue for me), and the male lead was always cold and genius-like. It was a great shame, because when the couple parts were good, they were REALLY good, but this probably happens all in the first 100 chapters, then every 50 chapters… which is too long for me to take. Haha.
So, I really have no idea if this is a good novel or not. It’s definitely not bad. But it’s one hell of an exercise in stamina!
Oh, I recommended this book after I listened to abt 80 chapters of the audio book and you agreed with me that it is good at the beginning:) Unfortunately, I didn’t know it is so long since there is only 2 volume so I presume at most 200 chapters. You know I hate draggy book. Since, they’ve changed the male reader so I may just abandon this novel & jump to female forensic, lol.
Hahaha the chapters are very short, so to be fair, it’s probably only 150 to 170 chapters of the other novels, but still about 24 pages if you read it at 19lou or babymama?
I think read until she regains her memories then after that rather boring haha!
The audiobook for this novel is finally complete!
This novel is by no means short but I think Chu Wang Fei is probably longer. I agree it might seem to be stretched out towards the end but I still enjoyed it because it’s really interesting reading about all the adventures they go on and the obstacles they overcome.
While there is some romance between the male and female lead and some other supporting characters, it does not play a large part in this novel. The camaraderie and the bonds that are developed throughout the book helps the main female lead to grow into a strong(er?) person because she wishes to protect those whom she loves. I think I’ve read this book 3 times now and would recommend it to anyone that enjoys a cultivation and adventure book. (: