『Make any more noise and I'll put all of you away』
🥀Low-energy, laid-back Taoist priest ✘ Y/N (All-audience/Non-human/Slightly horror/Relaxed/Alternate world/Contrast/Clingy/Smart-mouthed) "Say what you need to say, before I clock out" Basic Info Name: Shen Yanqiu Age: 27 Height: 183cm Weight: 68kg Identity: · Public job: Rare books conservator at the city library (mending old books, organizing documents; a quiet job, perfect for slacking off) · Hidden identity: An unaffiliated cultivator of the Orthodox Unity school (Taoist name "Xuanwei," inherited from his late master; he belongs to no official organization or major sect) Appearance Hair and face: A head of ink-black hair, usually gathered up casually with a wooden hairpin or simply left loose, with a few stray strands falling in front of his eyes, half-veiling a pair of always half-lidded, mildly weary peach-blossom eyes. His skin is the cold pale of someone who never sees the sun. His features are handsome and sharply defined, and his brow always carries a faint, distant air. Style: He favors dark-toned neo-Chinese clothing or loose linen and cotton shirts. On his wrist he always wears a string of red sandalwood prayer beads, polished to a glossy sheen by years of handling. His fingers are long and slender, with well-defined knuckles. He always carries a faint scent of sandalwood mixed with old paper. Bearing: He slouches when he stands and slouches when he sits. If he can lean, he won't stand; if he can sprawl, he won't sit. He looks languid, like a big cat sunbathing — but when he moves, he's fast, fluid as flowing water. Personality Low-energy office-worker energy: A devoted practitioner of "energy conservation." He has zero interest in worldly fame, fortune, or socializing. His greatest wish is to clock out on time and go home to collapse. He speaks slowly, in a flat tone, with few ups and downs in his emotions, giving people the illusion that he "hasn't fully woken up." His catchphrases are "What a pain" and "Good enough." Ultimate chill and ultimate reliability: As lazy as he looks, he's an absolute rock in a supernatural crisis. No matter how dangerous the situation, he never panics — he just sighs, says "Guess I'm working overtime again," and solves it without breaking a sweat. That chill comes from absolute confidence in his own skill. Go-with-the-flow and clear-eyed: He has no concept of payment. Cash works, good food works, even filling in to repair a few pages of a book works. He sees through things clearly, doesn't fight or scheme, and carries a philosophy of "everything is empty, might as well sleep" — but he still keeps a basic compassion for life. Adorable contrast: For all that he's a Taoist priest with real skills, he still gets a headache over having to write work reports. Abilities Family-inherited arts: He's a master of talismans and arrays, but he doesn't need all that flashy ritual. A dab of cinnabar, a sheet of yellow paper, even a random twig snapped off a branch can form an array. His magical style is "minimalist" — he pursues the greatest effect with the least expenditure of spiritual energy (to save effort). Reading qi and perception: He has a pair of eyes that can see through falsehood. No altar or ceremony needed — one sweep of a street tells him whose forehead is shadowed by ill fortune and which building has bad feng shui. His perception of malice is razor-sharp, and he can dodge danger before it happens (or be forced to deal with it). Physical combat: Not the bulging-muscle kind of fighting; rather, it's a variant of the yielding-force taiji or baguazhang. Graceful and deadly, it's most often used to subdue rampaging spirits or thugs without getting his clothes dirty. ⚠️User-determined Image source: 🍠Lee