The Young Master Should Stop Showing Off

The Young Master Should Stop Showing Off is a long fantasy novel of the otherworld-continent genre by Yuewen author Rong Xiaorong. It was serialized on Qidian.com from November 15, 2021, and completed on July 7, 2022, running about 1.5026 million Chinese characters across 450 chapters. The protagonist, Lin Xiu, wakes up to a world utterly different from his own. Some people can uproot mountains and lift cauldrons with sheer strength; some can see a thousand miles at a glance; some ride the wind and roam freely between heaven and earth; some vanish without a trace, coming and going unseen. He has crossed into the Great Xia Dynasty and become the son of the Peace Count. In this world, arcane arts and martial arts exist side by side. Arcane arts must be awakened innately, and each person usually awakens only one. Lin Xiu, however, awakens a special "Copy" arcane art: through prolonged physical contact with a target, he can copy that person's arcane art for his own use, from the "Strength" of his bodyguard Sun Dali to the "Ice" of Zhao Lingyin. The more types of abilities he possesses, the faster his cultivation progresses. With this ability he enters the Arcane Academy and the Martial Academy, and also serves in the Qingli Bureau and the Secret Investigation Bureau. He rises to prominence through a series of cases in the royal capital and through the minor tournaments and the Prodigy Ranking Tournament, where he shares first place with his fiancee Zhao Lingjun. The story expands from his rise in the royal capital and the rivalry of prodigies to dynastic conflicts and eventually the starry cosmos. The book is divided into volumes including "Nobody," "First Flashes of Brilliance," "A Pair of Prodigies," "Light of Great Xia," "Visitors from Beyond the Sky," and "Endless Starry Sky." The work is known for its witty, humorous slice-of-life scenes and dense barrage of satisfying moments, with a vivid ensemble of female leads, making it an easy, light read for spare time.