After saying goodbye to Uncle Ji and the other man, Yun Shou sped up. This time, as soon as he saw the villages along the river in the distance, he began to slow down, thus avoiding another loud airburst.

With his feet firmly planted on the ground, he was in Qinghe Village, the small, dilapidated village where he had lived for fourteen years.

Yun Shou walked around the village but didn't see Old Wang and his son. The father and son had gone out fishing together.

However, some villagers who were only acquainted with him before saw him and started gossiping about him, while some avoided him.

Several people mustered up the courage to greet him, and Yun Shou responded normally, but to their surprise, the other party immediately took several steps back, as if he possessed an attribute of "imposing authority without anger".

"They say that people don't wear fine clothes at night... but in the eyes of these fishermen from the same village, the leader of the Qinghe Gang or the number one grandmaster in the world are no different; they are both absolutely invincible."

Out of the corner of Yun Shou's eye, he saw the Shao brothers covering their faces and backsides as they tried to get away.

"A proper fantasy shouldn't develop like this. From the first day of the adventure to the seventh day now, I should have fallen into the water and become weak, which made me vulnerable to that Shao Erdan. Then I picked up the mysterious old man, who touched me and helped me regain my strength, allowing me to defeat Shao Erdan."

"Then the villagers were shocked: This skinny boy actually defeated Shao Erdan, the bully of the village, but he's doomed. You see, in the eyes of the stronger Shao Yimao, Shao Erdan is a coward!"

"At this point, I turned the tables on Shao Yimao and was forced to flee to Qingcheng. I picked up some bargains in the night market, and because of my determined gaze, I received a piece of advice from Old Man Zhu... By the time I returned to Qinghe Village, the third-rate gang member that Shao Yimao had hired was no longer a match for me!"

"Afterwards, the truly powerful force behind the two Shaos appeared, which turned out to be Mu Jian, the twenty-first leader of the Qinghe Gang and a second-rate expert. Then I was forced to leave this place. On the way, I rescued a damsel in distress, and on a rainy night, I was caught up in a crisis in a small temple. It wasn't until several years later, when I had mastered my divine skills, that I killed Mu Jian with a single slap and had an earth-shattering battle with Xu Ruohai..."

Yun Shou looked bored and said, "Who would have thought that he would become invincible in just a few days?"

While weaving a passionate little story in his mind, Yun Shou saw Song Xiaohu, who was grabbing two stones and smashing them against each other, engaging in a battle between "stone warriors".

Yun Shou waved his hand: "Little Tiger Head."

"Ah, Brother Yun Shou!" Song Xiaohu looked up. He dropped two stones, but after thinking for a moment, he picked up another one: that "Stone Warrior" was his ever-victorious general.

The little boy looked bewildered: "Brother Yun Shou, I heard you've become the gang leader!"

It's not a question, it's a statement.

This kid has always been a bit silly.

Looking at his little head, Yun Shou's hand instinctively went to rub it.

You know what, it really feels great.

However, the thought that Little Tiger Head would be killed by a passing martial artist a few years later in the simulation made a shadow of gloom flash in Yun Shou's eyes.

He crouched down and asked the dull-witted boy.

"Little Tiger Head, have you ever thought about learning martial arts?"

"Huh?" Song Xiaohu scratched his head: "Martial artist... Brother Yun Shou, is he a martial artist as powerful as you? I heard that's how you became the gang leader."

"Hmm, a martial artist who could become the gang leader," Yun Shou thought to himself. As for being as powerful as me...

Under normal circumstances, it's probably impossible. He confirmed it just now when he was rubbing his head. Song Xiaohu's martial arts aptitude is at most first-class, and he has no chance of becoming a martial arts master.

He certainly lives up to the description of a "gang leader-level martial artist".

But how could Yun Shou not take action?

The True Essence Refining Technique can forcibly raise a person's aptitude to 99%. After killing the Eight Kun Snake Kings in the Giant Island region, a person's strength can leap to the peak of the Grandmaster level. Then, go to the Upper Realm and get a few Awakening Fruits: instantly become a Primordial Being!

Yun Shou took Song Xiaohu into the Qinghe Gang, making him a small, temporary member.

With this identity, he shouldn't be bullied or teased because of his dullness. As for the True Essence Refining Technique and such... we'll talk about it in the real world or in the simulation later.

There's no rush.

Song Xiaohu's accident in the last simulation was unexpected, so he needs to be more careful in future simulations.

"And Old Man Wang..." Having been used to calling him that since childhood, Yun Shou had never changed his way of addressing him. He had to find a way to repay the old man who had saved his life.

Wang Changnian has been a fisherman all his life, how should he make the best use of his time?

"Hmm...why not just keep things simple and let them practice martial arts too?"

"It enhances one's status and power, and also promotes health and longevity—a win-win situation!"

Wang Changnian and his son were fishing on Qinghu Lake, so finding them would be quite troublesome. It would be better to wait until they returned in the evening.

Yun Shou went to the headquarters of the Qinghe Gang.

When he arrived at the door, the two guards were not the same two as last time; they looked at him as if they didn't see him at all.

One of the gang members impatiently waved his hand, telling him to go play somewhere else.

Yun Shou: "..."

Damn it, I'm getting more and more envious of Yun Qi!

When the Qinghe Gang saw that the Supreme Leader was about to return, they immediately put on a coronation ceremony!

Why was the Qinghe Gang able to detect Yun Qi's return in time?

Every member of the gang must hang up the gang leader's portrait and look up at it every day!

Every qualified member could recognize that he was the true emperor of their Qinghe Gang!

But what about my Green Harvest Gang?!

Yun Shou sighed, reached into his pocket, and accidentally dropped the gang leader's seal.

"Oops, I dropped something!"

He hurriedly picked up the seal and wiped off the few clods of dirt on it in front of the two men, wiping it over and over again.

"Hahaha, Wang Gouzi, look at that idiot!" one of the gang members laughed loudly.

Yun Shou: (?▼Yi▼)

fed up!

After a while, Yun Shou entered the gang headquarters with utmost respect. Two guards had a large stamp on their faces, with red characters written on them such as "Not recognizing the gang leader deserves death..."

"No washing allowed! I want to see those red marks on your faces again next week!"

Yun Shou acted arrogantly and domineeringly, enjoying the tyranny of the gang leader.

Upon arriving at the council hall, Yun Shou was quite satisfied with the small stool under his throne. He swept the stool aside with one foot, crossed his legs, and sat down on his Qingyan Crystal Throne.

An invisible force emanated, casually scooping up an O-Runji from below. Yun Shou felt like he was just short of holding a pink-haired little Doro in his arms.

This incredible skill astonished the gang members following behind. Retrieving objects from a distance—what kind of martial arts technique was this?

Only a few people focused their gazes. They had read through martial arts classics and knew that the energy of both first-rate martial artists and martial masters could not be taken back once it was released.

Some martial arts techniques allow the energy released from the body to undergo slight variations (such as the Heavenly River Flow series), but that's just like a "banana kick" or a boomerang in soccer.

To achieve the precise feat of remotely transferring an Ohrunji to one's hand... there's only one possibility.

(5th update (?′ω`? ))