Chapter 50: Wisp
“All the Xianxia and Wuxia tropes I can remember,” Yu Han replied.
“Immortal Heroes and Chivalry of Martial Arts Tropes? What’s that? An Art?”
“Shush! Let me concentrate.” He wrote and wrote. After an hour, Huang Niuniu left huffing.
The rain came and went.
“Young masters, jade beauties, protagonists. Fatty best friend? Damn it, I’m going to be lean soon, and I’m not called Wang!... wait, didn’t Fang Zhao mutter the name of someone called Wang Shen? Okay, that’s eerie. Hidden grandpa, dark dragon sealed in left hand—wait! That’s an isekai trope, not Xianxia!”
Huang Niuniu returned and began searching through the hut while Yu Han was still scribbling down any amount of information that came to mind. He would later go through it in Deep Sleep by echoing Johan’s memories. It would deplete his Qi faster, but Johan had browsed some wikis and TV tropes pages about Eastern fantasy, so it was worth it.
“Found it,” Huang Niuniu said. She pulled out a pouch from under the bed with a stick. After dusting it off, she opened the pouch and took out a token. It looked like the one Dong Chou, the Elder Scribe in the Rookie Village, had given him.
“What’re you going to do with it?” Yu Han asked.
“He gave it to you,” Huang Niuniu said. “What do you want?”