[Chinese BG novel] 我修世贤语录问鼎大道[快穿] / Verbal scumbag practice towards Dao*

* I freefloatingly translated the title with the help of MTL and the actual content of this novel.

The content of this novel is basic QT, bound host that doesn't act according to normal logic and the system, which is always MTL's as wardrobe. I don't know why but the pun is used throughout the novel and at the beginning of the last arc too:

"Do you know Wardrobe?"

"I don't have one, I'm poor"

Something like that.

The story follows Ming Xiao, she bound the system, not really knowing why. The thing is she mistakenly considers herself as the original host, but reincarnated, so her feelings are conflicted. From one side she bears the burn from the "past" life and from the other bears her own indifference, which belongs solely to her. These occurances happen only in the travel world, though to make things entertaining the author adds world where there's no system from beginnning to end or MingXiao remembers everything about her true self.

But this novel to me was truly hilarious, simply because MingXiao was beating and cursing left and right. Her verbal attack could piss off even saint I think. So she was this cool heroine who did not bend and stretch, but bulldozed her way you could say. Most of the text I basically laughed at the way she makes people submit with her poisonous tongue. Because of this the relevation of who she is and why she was sent to reincarnate didn't matter much in the final chapters tbh, so it was underwhelming, not because it was bad, just because you could care less after the rollercoaster. But if you want to know it's the basic sent to live a life worth it and not follow past predicaments to eventually nourish her soul and mana and get back to the "original" world and find out where this entire shite started.

The system is basically unimportant, except that it keeps the host company, but it's practically useless most the time.

Oh yeah, except the poisonous tongue MingXiao actually has a super physical power, so she can subdue anyone.

Oh yeah x 2, the thing about this novel being tagged as romance, don't wait for ML, in entire novel where author wanted to express that MingXiao slowly teaches herself some human emotions, though I barely noticed it, yet there was an arc where she actually got together with a person on her own. Although the teaching feelings, especially of love was subtle. Foe example, there was a lot of mentioning of her indifferent attitude, though her principle was like - I will save you face if we're good, if you cross my line don't expect to end well. And though sometimes her not making people well seemed brutal, but it wasn't as sinister as some novels portray.

Tha arcs are as follows:

1. In this arc there is a background for MingXiao, her biological mother was a granddaughter of influential family abroad, she escaped, was in a happy marriage with her husband, had three kids, but grandfather asked for one child in return, so MingXiao was sent away, many years later she was called back and soon after was married to a scum. Original MX had no idea about underwater and soon died. But our MingXiao realized that all this is closely interwined with interests. Also because the plot was locked she had to grope for herself. Her scum husband was subdued, his family too. She also managed to save her little sister, not out of good will, from predicament with a man, who was actually her ex-boyfriend. They traveled back to country where grandpa lives after a series of events, this broke the line between her sister and ex-boyfriend too. She never divorced since she realized there is something about in the dealings about it too. But in general after she gained power she absorbed forces abroad and domestic, including her father who treated everything with interests and her husband's family, who even allowed her scumbag husband have a mistress who should give birth while MingXiao was away for several years, but their plan failed through when she returned and showed who is the daddy Xiao. At the end she returned to her abode where she was confined by the Heaven, small abode where she watched the same TV melodrama again and again, soon after they started off to a new world.
2. In second world we travel to the ancient times. In this one her father pissed the emperor and all women were sent away separately, when they found out their future fate they committed suicide, but two were alive, one is fainted MingXiao and the other was her jealous sister. Sister was picked up by a general, while MX was spotted by a passing dude and sold to a brothel. Original host was timid and cowardly, only left with her mother's will to live well, but she was tossed in brothel, then became a servant girl and when her original family managed to rebel, her family became royals, but she was found and recognized even through scarred face, she couldn't handle and offed herself. Now our MX took this place as her own, reformed it into entertainment venue and slowly accumulated power, while thinking of the plotline where the heroine actually sent the border map to the enemy country. She was described as a strong woman, but MX always called many of these children of luck as braindead. Her economical power was great, yet it was hysterical how she wanted to become an oiran and even created a competition where she solely performed some power tricks instead of beaty tricks and the audience was scared to pee saying bad things. She prevented several events btw and even met the heroine. Knowing that the enemy country is about to attack they followed to the border, this is the only part where MX is more human, since she does not want to implicate innocent ppl who believe in her. They managed to win beautifully and return. Due to her intervention, her sister never became a princess, her brother did not manage to rebel successfully and everything turned like that, main line collapsed. Again turning to abode and soon going to new world.
3. In the third world MX travels to 70' before exam resumption. In this world her biological father has rotten peach blossoms. He has a white moonlight in his heart with whom he had relationship shortly and this woman escaped, later tossed her child at his feet. The child he thought was his daugher (true or not who knows), but she entered a household of his brother who had no children, they also had another kid, a boy Chu Yan of this man's brother-in-arms. Originally MX should have been tossed in river, fell sick, was sent hometown with household registration changed to this half-sister who would enjoy life, while she was played by a educated youth and died young in birth. Chu Yan also had a bad ending in that life. Now MX realized that her sister might be reborn, but she played them as well, she made them pay her money, promised to change the household but on the back sold her position to a person who is rival with her father. She also tossed the guy and this sister naked on the street, just like she was arrested in previos life. She went to hometown with Chu Yan where she basically subdued everyone. The funny thing is her body was really poor and looked sickly, so she couldn't toss for a long time (stuff like cracking brocks with her own hands). The village was afraid of her tossing and no one acted like a demon. except the pair of step-brothers and sisters, who ruined both her and Chu Yan in previous life, instead MX tossed them all together several times, which started rumors of their behavior and the second time when her step-sister was sent back hometown. After all the tossing their fate wasn't good. But this sister had a problem, she was stupid and she basically went to black market with stolen family money, as an accident her stepfather went to retrieve money but encountered accident and lost his life, the wife might have not followed if this daughter had not changed the medicine. Basically she was sent to prison like in her last life.
4. This is the funny one where MX had no idea about the system and lived in this world since childhood, but it never changed the trajectory of changes and her influence. She was a smart kid since beginning, but her family was complicated (author took this frame and wrote an entire novel similar to this). Her mother chased her husband since she was young and wasted too much energy, but was faced with a cold person who never thought it was necessary to toss. She lived with rumors as a third party, she was a stepmother to the kid of his first marriage, she gave birth to a daughter (MX) but was irresponsible and sent it to her parents, she also gave birth to a boy, but due to her lack of response the kid almost became autistic. In past life of her mother she offed herself, then her father regretted this love but still did not pay attention to children, MX lost her life to a scheme of others, eldest brother lost his life due to accident and youngest became biggest villain. Too much tossing. But here we have MX with her sharp mouth. She tossed her brothers first, though it basically made them stronger and more experienced in recognizing people (like white lotuses and green tea bitches), she also tossed her family, her mother who was also reborn at one point and failed to be a normal mother so she said not to toss, her father who after divorce realized how many wrong steps he made and allowed others to be unscrupulous about his family. In the end it was quite a funny family situaton actually. Wife lived and worked with three kids who were on their own and were happy tbh, husband who tried to win his wife back. Grandparents of this wife. Grandparents of the husband family were annoying. MX had a goal to be on top so others would bow, she started from learning then starting the company, then going against her natal family, absorbing them and those who dared to toss and basically renamed entire group which pissed the parents of her father. She tossed the supposed children of luck too. But in the end all three children were ok, including her brother who was also reborn at the age of five. Anyway family drama with chasing wives back, while kids watch it as TV drama with relish. 
5. In this world MX managed to escape calamity when she arrived. Original MX lived in domestic violence, incompetent father was lashing his dissatisfaction on his wife and child, entire family lived on wife's earnings. They were also in debt to another family, so MX was asked to be a horse for the boy of their family, she was and others thought she was in love, but she was taciturn and he never clarified, yet gladly used her as a nanny. She became a cannon fodder to a story of a love triangle. The heroine loved another boy, she sent him a letter, the boy MX served also loved this girl, she saw the letter and wanted to rip it, but not to get into trouble he tossed this letter into MX's desk, it was found, spread and ridiculed, not this boy nor the heroine walked out to clarify so she was used as a gunman. At the height of her emotions during fight she killed her father, her mother bled to death, she was arrested and sentenced, her bleak life was like that and her mental state worsened, walking out she became a serial killer of domestic abusers, was caught by the boy she served when he apologized for the past, while it really didn't matter to her, to him it's an apology, to her a ruined life. MX escaped the killing part, beat her father, tied him up and sent her mother to the hospital. Thinking of rehabing her father he was tossed and beaten at every turn before he succumbed. At school she got the letter, the cmposition for comparison and wrote a summary of brain-dead drama and made hundred of copies and spread it in school and went on a month's vacation not to let her violence get the best of her. She also met a newly opened gym with dad and a son, they helped her tend to her wounds she had. Basically she came across several times, became acquainted, seemingly worked in the gym, but also eventually made her father cook lunch she brought, since the gym dad has no talent in cooking. She cleared herself from past relationships, though when she got back to school she became an overlord, even teachers were shocked of her. The heroine thought she had something to do with the boy she liked and later with the spare tire she grew. But MX only used it as tossing, showing this boy the "love" she had. She joined mixed martial arts as advice from gym dad and her career was here. She also was togethe with the gym son, who first was joked by her into oblivion since he was shorter than her, later he grew very tall. So she became a champion, even met the heroine when she visited her now boyfriend, who looked complacent, but had no idea MX came from becoming a champion just a while ago and MX also reminded her of those slaps she presented her for dragging her into their tossing. MX and her bf made an agreement, live freely until 35, since one travels around and is a sportswoman, and another wanted to be a doctor without borders. In the end they still got married and went to their hometowm. Her mom since long been divorced, she divorced her husband and got compensation having the house and some money, now she went on travels around the world. She opened a gym, close to her her now husband worked as a doctor near and gym dad opened a bakery, it was the oly thing he could cook well. The boy she served met her and he realized her place in his heart long ago, but she didn't care. The heroine also had some troubles she was involved with a married man but was stupid enough to go to the wife and say to promise them and let go it's all love. The hero was too much under influence of his posessive mother and had to go back, their relationship also was ruined after the love letter spread, but it never truly revived. So that's basically it. FUnnily sustem promised now her power will be partially sealed, but she still could beat people to oblivion. Onto the next one.
6. Second to last is an ABO world. I'll be short. MX was supposed to be a heroine, but she was tossed too much being a stand-in for three A's. When being reborn she dissipated herself, but it alsmot broke the world. WX escaped many calamities, tossed all three A's and created potions that helped her get rid off her newly acquired O identity, but also inverted those thre A's into O's. This is a wordl dominated by A, which has very not equal social statuses, but the Federation actually created star thieves and supported them to create this idea/illusion that strong A's will protect everyone, it's all a myth for power and dominance, MX basically revealed this dirty underwear. The world underwent great changes as a result, especially thanks to her invented potions.
7. The last world I basically skipped, it's a world of cultivation. In general the idea was similar to this, the Heaven wanted the power of Phoenix soul (which is immensely cool and strong, I suppose) and couldn't rob it, so created a plan, the one who bore the soul was cheated again and again making her sound as a stupid heroine. Before both Heaven and her were tossed, part of her, which was sealed in MX traveled and nourished you could say, but how MX could let go. The ending is as expected.

This novel of course is not without loopholes if you think about it, like where is intelligence for some things is coming from, what are those worlds. But when you laugh at MX making people surrender it is really distracting, at least it was for me. I especially liked how there was undergoing criticism of some really brain-dead tropes used and how MX didn't take part in any of those, did not do any tasks, never suffered really. It was wild and MX is a wild horse.

RATE: 4/5.