About the translation... I get it can be hard... but I also get that it's not exactly a modern setting... so them talking in a kinda weird way also makes sense... so it doesn't bother me... maybe it's also reading many mtl novels...
This is the most slice of life martial arts work ive seen in a long time... and I love it... it's just him wandering, cultivating and meeting people... probably what I'd do in his place...
And about romance... honestly it makes sense for it not to have it? On the other hand it kinda weirds me more when romance is half the motivation of a martial arts protagonist... even more so when it involves cultivation to immortality... like mc ain't getting stronger because that's the cultivation path... but because he needs to fight someone most of the time because of a woman... or revenge... and while I do eat it anyway I can't help but think things like... shouldn't mc be a bit more concerned about karma? About idk... zen and harmony? And why do they still act like teenagers even after decades of cultivation? Why someone almost 100yo is still so immature? And things like that... so seeing something whithout all that is actually very refreshing...
Mc, the beggar and the dragon act more like how I think immortals would compared to most martial arts comics and novels...
This story is more than just martial arts and action. The ML seems to be like a do-gooder. This story is full a touching moments that brought a tear to my eye. With all the monsters and demons plus the cultivation and action plus good looking characters, it seems to have it all. Except, no romance at all. Some probably like that, but I at least like a little. Anyway it's a pretty good story. The translation is on and off, but not so bad that you can't understand it.