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The story is about a very unlucky protagonist who gets all his fortune taken away. It takes place in a mysterious town full of Mysteries, had slow world building, and unravlement of secrets. You gradually learn this world isn't so ordinary, and that there are also Cultivators. The main character is a nice serious altruistic stubborn guy surrounded by mostly shallow and realistic people.However... The main character has also broken his character a few times. Especially in forcefully moving the plot. He who his character went against everything written so far, kept provoking a person like a true Chinese cliche plot. This in turn made him lose all his Lifespan. There was also a random crying scene at one point. All of these are tried to be beautifully written... but the MC's actions are against what is being built upon.The writing is great, but there is a significant drawback. The plot is going nowhere. It's been 18 chapters, and all the chapters have been doing is world building, side character building, and filler. The Mysteries are nice but it is overdone to the point where the plot can't progress. It is an absurdly slow paced novel. The word count is also high so don't expect to see the plot progress anytime soon when you start reading on arcs.It was too slow and frustrating to keep reading for hours on end for the plot to still go nowhere and being stuck in a prologue arc... this is why I dropped this, and likely why others also did, else this story would've been pretty popular