Copper Coins

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It was the twenty-third year of Tianxi*. Rumours traversed the streets that the all-knowing Imperial Advisor suffered a great calamity and could not help but enter seclusion to focus on cultivation. However, the commoners secretly clapped their hands and rejoiced. In the winter of the same year, a young monk appeared in the Hui Zhou Fu’s Ningyang District.

The monk’s monastic title was Xuan Min, his memories all missing, yet was versed in the arts of Feng Shui Kan Yu**. On the very first day arriving in Ningyang, he did not hesitate to take care of a dangerous manor, picking up Xue Xian, who was hidden there, along the way.

Since then, Xue Xian – who had been all-powerful in the first half of his life – gained a new life pursuit: to get this baldy*** who had only a good outer appearance to take his last breath and “smile from his grave”.

Xue Xian: If you are unhappy, then I will be happy. If you die, I’ll laugh my ass off.

Xuan Min: …

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Tong Qian Kan Shi
TQKS
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铜钱龛世
동전감세
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ricoerrr
ricoerrr rated it
May 22, 2022
Status: Completed
characters:

mc: xue xian

ml: xuanmin

summary: ... more>>
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MC is a dragon and during one of his heavenly tribulations he was maimed and his bones scattered across the world. Without a actual body, he makes himself a paperman body and goes to hunt down his remains. He meets ml, a monk who is completely amnesic and doesnt remember who he is, only that he is very powerful. They team up and come across odd arrays and traps, all of which seem to lead them to mc's bones. One by one, MC finds his remains and slowly regenerates his original dragon body. ML has a copper coin pendant, which is actually his sealed powers, and simiarly, he slowly unseals each coin and regains his memories in the process. They uncover a plot by ml's shifu who wanted to use mc's dragon bones as catalyst for a big ambitious spell which can extend his life. When ML realizes that he was partially responsible for mc's demise, he goes to sacrifice himself when taking down his shifu. MC finds ml's soul in limbo, and manages to retrieve his soul and "resurrect" him.

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thoughts:

this is the first novel ive read that uses fengshui geomancy as the primary mode of magic and it was very interesting but also very confusing. Lots of esoteric terms that flew over my head. Later in the novel there was a lot of fate switcheroo shenanigans going on and it was kinda hard to keep track.

the romance between the two only starts to develop near the very end. They shared a handjob prior to that but even so it didnt seem to have done much in the big scheme of things lol. Xue xian is hopelessly oblivious and he'll say things like how he'd like to retire in the bamboo recluse with xuanmin and as a reader you know hes domesticated as f*ck. Xuanmin, on the other hand, is very standoffish and hard to tell what hes thinking but its clear that hes fond of xue xian as well. Anyways, the mutual affection does develop but only at the very end. (That said, there was a lot of potential in this novel for heavy misunderstandings and im glad that it didnt go that way).

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my understanding of the events: xuanmin and his shifu bound by the mother-son spider, that was xuanmin's neck mole. Once xuanmin died the connection was no more. Xuanmin and xue xian bound by the three fates spider during that time xue xian was unconscious on the beach, that's xuanmins finger mole and xue xian's collarbone mole. Theyre also bound by the mother-son spider that xue xian forced on him when he died, that's xuanmins (new) neck mole, and xue xian's finger mole. (Jfc I cant keep track)

one plot hole (?) that I didnt get was how xue xian was able to bring xuanmin back to life once he was out of the reincarnation cycle, and how that red string was able to materialize him if hes supposed to be in an eternal limbo.

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shuulys
shuulys rated it
December 25, 2021
Status: Completed
really good ending. The author did not forget about the side characters so basically, almost all of them had a happy ending in their own ways. Super satisfying.

next, honestly, xue xian is a really interesting character like he srsly made me laugh so many times. Then moving on to xuan min, I srsly had no idea he had so much devotion cause he was being portrayed as a cold person. But well, this story has quite a few unexpected situations and characters so it made it much more intriguing. Lastly,... more>> the length of the story is not too long and not too short. I would say it's the perfect length tho I would love to have more extras.

i think this is a novel worth reading. Not too time-consuming but very fulfilling :> <<less
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bookmunchies
bookmunchies rated it
December 4, 2021
Status: extra
The ''dragon chasing monk'' in my notes pre read was not accurate but still somehow a good one line explanation. The plot is not romance focused, and as we see things from the POV of a very self involved dragon with a tendency to purposefully blind himself to certain matters, a straight reading has left some ppl confused about the emotional part of things. Their meeting is some parts coincidence some parts fate tho for the most part is is inevitability, to not spoil things too much even tho the... more>> circumstance is rather easy to realize from the beginning. They start off as convenient companions on what seems to be 2 different quests with a clear intersection, and so blooms fondness between someone who lived in isolation and a troublemaker. I can't agree with the opinion that the romance only happens after the dragon spit incident, as it is clear they were attracted to each other before that. Xuanmin having been treated so differently for the first time -memories or no- ended up getting used to accommodating Xue Xian and being swept by his flow, and Xue Xian, for the first time experiencing what it is to have someone to depend on. I won't talk about the 'mystery' because I can't consider it one? I think of it as a quest as neither actually wants to uncover anything and we are already mostly aware of the circumstance.

Will there be tears? Hmm well about this, nothing you'd need to dread or prepare for but there is a little, just a little of it near the end.

Spice? Well, tbo it's a bit of a waste to leave us with this bomb dragon spit setting than only leave a smidge of spice. <<less
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Michelle-08
Michelle-08 rated it
October 2, 2021
Status: Completed
The baldy donkey, the vile spawn, the paper ghost, the stone carver and the blind soothsayer...

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all get their happy ending. Thank goodness!! *clap* *clap*

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The arc between the siblings (blind soothsayer and paper ghost) is very beautiful, I love it so much. I cried a lot reading their story.

The funniest thing was: Lord dragon vs the spitting/slapping crow and Shifu vs Lord dragon.

I love the relationship between the protagonists and their friends, although the love arc is too slow for my tatse, but I've seen worst, so this is passable. It's no way perfect but it's still an enjoyable read. There's a lot of funny moments because of the tsundere lord dragon and sweet moments because of our gong who's patience to our shou is immeasurable. <<less
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Ritsuka
Ritsuka rated it
September 12, 2021
Status: Completed
I’m actually surprised that this hasn’t gotten much recognition yet. Its really good! I read it because its from Mu Su Li, the same author as GUEE and A certain someone, and i’m glad to tell you that it didn’t disappoint!

The thing I loved the most in this was the main couple dynamic. Mu Su Li really writes her couples well.I loved how the progression of their relationship went from enemies to someone they could use and then eventually to someone they both could rely unconditionally on! It was done... more>> in such a right pace that i’d say “slow romance done right”! I loved their bantering and comebacks to each other. It was super hilarious reading their interactions! And super heart warming to see them rely on each other and care for the other!I mean I had no intentions of reading it since I didn’t want a bald ML (i know my bad~) but the their dynamic was really just so good from the starting chapters that I loved it!

The plot is adventure, mystery, action, comedy and it had lot of elements of feng shui. Well uh lets be real, I didn’t understand anything about feng shui so that went over my head. Mystery was okayish, I mean if you’ve read/watched enough stuff you can more or less figure it out. But the adventures of the crippled dragon and bald Donkey (our ML xD) as they searched for MC’s bones, the culprit and ML’s past while coming across different people were really interesting! And its hilarious af! I haven’t had such good laughs in a while. As per Mu Su Li’s style there was a dash of angst for some chapters near the end but don’t worry! You’ll be compensated with HE! Sweet flirtings and hot vague snippets of smut (i love how she writes that vague smut) later on! It was an enjoyable plot!

I really like the MC! He’s arrogant, narcissistic, spunky, strong and hilarious xDD! And most importantly he’s a DRAGON! And that just leaves me in awe! I mean just like the top review said most BLs make the MCs into cute animals but seeing our MC as a strong, arrongant dragon was SUPER SATISFYING! Not to mention I just loved his arrogance and narcissism because of he’s a divine dragon! I really loved whatever came out out his mouth xDD his words always being so hilarious and best! The ML is pretty typical but I really liked his indulgence towards the MC tho. It was so good to read that! I loved it when MC was called ML’s dragon! It was so cute to read that! Only ML got the special treatment from our dragon xDD!

For anyone worrying about why the second review gave 3 stars, let me just add some things:

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Judging by how she was ranting I thought the dragon spit will make them have a one night stand or something directly and then they will start being conscious and awkward about each other just like some broken hentai or ecchi plot and I actually avoided reading this novel due to that but colour me surprised! She was just making a fuss! Like bruh! The dragon spit just helped them be conscious of each other while making them realise that they held romantic thoughts towards each other and they are okay to do such things with each other and not with anyone else. Because I think it might have just taken like a century of more banterings for them to realise otherwise! This just acted as a catalyst. It didn’t ruin any progress and couple dynamic at all! Idk if I’m explaining well but you guys can check it out for yourself!

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I definitely think everyone should give it a try if you like hilarious comedy with slow romance, great couple dynamics! <<less
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Kaur00
Kaur00 rated it
August 25, 2021
Status: Completed
4.6 💫

A must read novel with interesting story and characters.

Love both Xue Xian and Xuanmin🤗♥️💫
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stoisWangji
stoisWangji
August 21, 2021
Status: Completed
I loved it enough to read the rest in MTL at first. The humor is so good, omg, specially in the beginning. I kept grinning like a lunatic. The leads are mature and competent. I like such people.
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Yume_Midori
Yume_Midori rated it
July 30, 2021
Status: --
If we could give half points, I would probably get this novel a 4.5/5.

In the beginning of the novel, I found that some aspects of the mystery solving were uselessly complicated and didn't add much to the plot advancement or the suspense holding. Whatsoever, it rendered the pace a bit slow so it took me some time to get fully invested in the novel. But as I continued reading and things started to link together and make sense I got really engrossed in the story. The romance also takes some... more>> time to really start but once it's there, it is very sweet and heart-throbbing.

Another aspect of the story I enjoyed is that I found every side character's story to be interesting and emotional, as well as very cathartic in their own ways.

So overall even if it may take some time for you to really get hooked by the story, once you get into it, you won't regret having started this read. I thus very much recommend this novel. <<less
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MangaMoose
MangaMoose rated it
July 12, 2021
Status: Completed
This is really underrated. It's a quick read, very light smut (censorship obviously kills the smut), and I found the smut bit actually very mature/understandable (he isn't a full monk guys! And the dragon isn't shy to be responsible for his aphordesiac).

This was witty, mature, fun to read and had a feel good ending for everyone. The side characters were loveable and very human. Both leads very relatable.

Maybe they aren't particularly special as they are a variant of typical Yin/Yang partnerships but both have strengths and weaknesses that balance out.

I... more>> liked their bonded connection. Perhaps the author could show more than tell for some people with meg reviews here but I thought it was perfect for a light novel romance/thriller. I can excuse the obviously vague/censored smut. Was s sweet enough. Sometimes too much icing spoils the treat. This had just enough.

This isn't HoB or MDZS or it would be A LOT longer obviously and sometimes you just want a cupcake and to count your calories, not the entire cake. Diets can also be good for you!

Still delicious! <<less
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Akito_79
Akito_79 rated it
March 3, 2021
Status: c102
A light romantic novel, very well written, and no loose ends. The dynamic between the characters is very interesting and unique.
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consulting_the_illustration
consulting_the_illustration rated it
February 12, 2021
Status: Completed
The best thing about this work is No Loose Ends. If I had a question about what happened to that character or this plot twist, eventually it was explained in the following chapters. This story was very well written and thought through, and the translation was great from start to finish. The main character's antics and attitude were hilarious and endearing, the romance between two equals was slow and believable, there was plenty of action with just enough anx, and the side characters had touching stories that made me tear... more>> up a little. This story popped up out of nowhere as a recommendation, and it turned out to have everything I wanted in a good read. <<less
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Ritu
Ritu rated it
January 25, 2021
Status: Completed
This novel is so so good. If you like MXTX's works then I would also recommend this. It's so easy to get attached to characters in this novel. I love all of them. But the time the ending came around, I was so happy because these characters hot their happy ending. I was almost crying. Really good novel.

While I do have some criticisms here and there but overall it's such a solid novel. One day when I forget the plot, I'll reread again just for the joy of discovering these... more>> characters again. <<less
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Arna
Arna rated it
January 18, 2021
Status: Completed
Oh my God. I finished this story in 3 days. Once I picked it up I couldn't put it down. The dynamic of the two main characters were hilarious and their love also happened very naturally. The side characters were also unforgettable. Ever since I finished the story I feel empty. Like I wanna read more. I was reading the translation of suibian subs but I couldn't wait and went ahead read tongqiankanshi's translation since they fully translated it. But I'd recommend suibian subs more. I think I'm gonna read... more>> suibian subs' translation again as soon as they start posting because this novel is just worth reading twice. Even though I have to admit that the villain of this story couldn't leave a strong impact on me. I was kind of expecting a bigger picture? The villain to be extra bad? Strong? But overall I couldn't find any big plot holes. The story flows naturally and it felt like I was living inside this story's universe when I was reading it. <<less
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Bluehood01
Bluehood01 rated it
January 17, 2021
Status: Completed
Fantastic story. Great main characters and beautiful interaction between the two. The development of the side characters and their interactions with the main characters were excellent. The story is very enjoyable and exciting- once you pick it up, you don't want to put it down anymore. The author also provided a landing for the side characters which was beautiful.
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Yoya
Yoya rated it
December 30, 2020
Status: Completed
Translator did an A+++ job, but the supernatural stuff was still a little hard to follow sometimes. Background stories were all pretty angsty tbh but it was very satisfying how the extras wrapped them up. Character dynamics were hilarious too lol, there was a paragraph that described the relationship perfectly somewhere,
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something along the lines of prisoner still having the audacity to annoy and order around his captor lmfaoo

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springday21
springday21 rated it
December 10, 2020
Status: Completed
emotional rollercoaster. Plot and chemistry so soo good. I got easily drawn in the story. There were just some minor scenes that confused me because some translations didn't translate very well and the feeling was little bit lacking but im grateful for anything and it ain't much of a problem for me. Anyways, I wish there were more ~ checking more works from musuli from now on~~
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blackwatersinkingshipper
blackwatersinkingshipper rated it
December 3, 2020
Status: Completed
Really loves this story. MC and ML both really great characters. Sometimes I feel like the cold expressionless ML can be a boring trope, but in this story his deep feelings still come through.

The translation from tongqiankanshi was steller. Good read all around.
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Ouryane00
Ouryane00 rated it
November 27, 2020
Status: Completed
It was a really good, interesting read!

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Tho I wasn’t that satisfied with some parts as some plots felt lacking/confusing but it was good read! I love the MC and ml. Their love story is such slow burn and it wasn’t until chapter 70+ I think that there was a little development but those little moments are what made me grin silly. I really like the story, regarding the x scenes, these were fade to black haha but it was sweet <3

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du
du rated it
November 23, 2023
Status: Completed
Well organized, nicely written character dynamics (side characters aren't ignored). Nice and stable fantasy with consistent characterizations. Instead of some epic journey and drama and self growth, it's more like you are following them get to their expected destination.

I think this is a 3.5 for me, because I like a little more of something
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Saori_Raven
Saori_Raven rated it
November 12, 2023
Status: Completed
Xue Xian is a shameless, and for that to deny it; it is his greatest charm. And if you do not like the protagonists of sharp language, then it is also your novel; Xianmin is righteousness and neatness in person.
The journey of these two is full of many other companions, and all of them you will end up loving; almost all. If something is loose in this novel is certainly the antagonist, but, honestly, it does not matter much, not that it comes out much (). Our partner... more>> is just enough to have a good read with an entertaining story and a "cute" partner (no other adjective suits them so well).
If you like soft stories but with plot, and a touch of magic and love, it is a reading that will not waste your time. <<less
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