The Shortest Path To Ascension
I picked this up because the historical setting caught my attention, and it was a nice change from the usual cultivation stories. The early Ming Dynasty backdrop gives the story a bit more personality, even if it doesn't spend much time exploring it. The plot is straightforward. Zhu Xiong goes from living a quiet life to getting caught up in the Xu family's affairs after Xu Jin'er's identity is revealed. It's the familiar "prove your worth after being looked down on" trope, but it's handled well enough to stay eng...
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