Hi fellow Daoist. I've been reading to many trash ascending to heavens novels recently and am looking for a change in pace. Looking for novels where the mc crafts and auctions off stuff like pills, weapons, etc... Doesn't need to be crafting focused. Just want to chill.
How about reading Gourmet of Another World. MC is not a crafter but a chef. I just started it yesterday and it’s not bad. Kinda funny~
Please make your reading list public. Miracle Throne - Half the plot is cultivation, half is running a company that makes new products and sells them. This remains through the entire released novel, not forgotten after first few chapters like many other novels.
From what I remember it was very harem, and I got very annoyed at MLM, scamming, and making bad products intentionally that it's not really a good fit with the "just chill" bit.
It is harem to some extent in sense of multiple woman liking him, though they aren't full submissive to him either. So far, he has agreed to marry one of them and refused polygamy, but who knows what will happen in the future. Each of the female characters have a role at least in the company, so there is that. Some even invent their own products based on his initial design. He doesn't make bad products intentionally...
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/someday-will-i-be-the-greatest-alchemist/ Very chill crafting, with the occasional “Oh, did I just kill that monster? Must not have been that strong,” tossed in. https://www.novelupdates.com/series/another-worlds-versatile-crafting-master/ This one is a little more, “I am OP at crafting and I know it.” There is also one whose name escapes me that fits your request. MC I believe is named Shui. Reincarnates deep in the mountains, and has almost no social contacts. When his dad/uncle/grandpa(?) dies he is forced by the goddess who re-incarnated him to go out and experience more of life. While his magic is OP he prefers crafting. Ends up with lots of patents. Perhaps someone else can think of the name of this one.
I think the shui one. He's a farmer or something right? And he's got good med skills... I vaguely know what your talking about
I have read all of these suggestion except the alchemist one and the super harem Miracle Throne. Big sad. Will also take uplifting humanity novels like The Human Emperor,