In 2883, you would periodically travel to nearby towns to sell your game, pack up a large amount of snacks and drinks to take back, and then sit on the edge of a cliff, enjoying your food with a gentle breeze.

Sometimes they would even go to big cities to watch "movies." The complete Golden Spirit body could be used as a "computer," while the byproducts they shed, their body tissues, could be processed into an integrated device that combined a "video recorder" and a "projector."

The downside is that such a "recorder" has limited storage and cannot transmit video.

You might occasionally run into a porn guy: "Hey bro, wanna buy some 'adult movies'?"

The other party laughed eerily: "The version of the Holy Maiden Yuan Qing, a completely lifelike recreation of Shui Ling!"

"...Tch, what do you take me for?"

Instead of watching videos after rejecting someone, why don't you just go find a pretty girl?

[In 2884, your Dharma body drawing progress reached seven-seventeenths complete. The remaining part will require the corresponding ice-type materials.]

[Right now, one-third of the Dharma Body Array runes will only increase your combat power by less than one percent; the majority of the increase will come later.]

In 2885, you see a sorrowful young man on the edge of a cliff. He looks heartbroken, and you listen to him lament about life.

[In 2886, you became acquainted with the young man and learned that his name was Chen Siling. The character "Ling" in his name sounds somewhat like a girl's, and you pointed this out.]

[Chen Siling: "That was a girl, my deceased lover. From that day on, my name was Siling."]

"..."

"Yun Jiu, you deserve to die!"

You became acquainted with Chen Siling, but he refused to reveal his past. All you knew was that he was a disciple of the Misty Sect, a powerful sect with many powerful figures.

Chen Siling only became a disciple of the Innate Realm last year. Only then did the Misty Sect allow him to leave the mountain and grant him a ten-year leave.

Ten years later, he will go to the war zone between humans and demons or humans and transvestites.

Participation in these war zones is mandatory; at worst, there will be a delay, but the cost of that delay is extremely high—it requires your faction to spend ten times the accumulated battle merits.

For example, each innate warrior must accumulate 200 battle merits before being eligible to leave the combat zone, equivalent to completing their military service.

[If this innate talent doesn't go, the forces behind him will have to spend 2000 battle merits to barely cover his military service, and for every year he delays, an additional 20 battle merits will be added.]

[If the innate talent dies outside the war zone, there's no need to send 20 battle merits back to the war zone annually, but all previous expenses will be wasted.]

[If this innate individual goes to the war zone, his "accumulated battle merits" will be calculated according to the normal amount, but the battle merits he receives will be calculated at eleven times the normal amount. The ten times the normal amount is used to make up for the extra 2,000 points by returning them to the sect.]

If he dies in battle during the campaign, the extra 2,000+ battle merits will also be fully returned to the sect.

"A universal military system, um, a universal pre-existing military system."

Yun Shou remarked, "This inter-racial infighting in the Azure Domain is a bit terrifying, isn't it?"

He thought the upper realm was just a bunch of idiots who only knew how to use country bumpkins from the lower realm to fill in the lines.

The result was that they filled it out themselves?

It seems that the city lord Yun Qi encountered earlier (Chapter 97) was just making up an excuse... Even if he really offered something of high value to offset his war merits at the time, he would definitely make up an excuse to drag people into the war zone later.

"They're fighting to the death like this, and holy wars break out every now and then..."

"Is it because there are too many people, too many demons, and too many monsters, leading to a shortage of resources? We either have to fight for more territory, or we have to simply consume our population in war?"

In 2887, you noticed something was wrong with Chen Siling. Starting that year, his mental state was strange whenever he saw you; he seemed somewhat lost, somewhat satisfied, and somewhat manic.

In the same year, cases of young women being brutally murdered were reported in nearby cities and villages; the perpetrator was extremely cruel.

The deceased was not violated, but merely tortured; their life force was drained using some kind of demonic method, causing them to age prematurely.

In 2888, you smelled a faint scent of blood on Chen Siling. You frowned, recalling the rumors you'd heard over the past year. Just as you were about to question him further, Chen Siling told you the truth.

[He recounted his past.]

He was exceptionally intelligent from a young age and had a childhood sweetheart named Ling'er. The two were inseparable and pledged their lives to each other. When he was fifteen, they agreed to marry three years later.

A passing expert from the Misty Sect took him away. Upon hearing that it could lead to mastery of martial arts, he impulsively agreed on the spot—only after being taken far away did he realize he hadn't said goodbye to Ling'er.

He pleaded with the martial arts master, who replied: "If you descend the mountain as soon as possible, you can return to see her. It all depends on your own efforts!"

Chen Siling then practiced martial arts relentlessly, reaching the ranks of Martial Master (22nd level), Grandmaster (31st level), and Great Grandmaster (49th level)... He remained stagnant for 55 years until three years ago, when he was 104 years old and ascended to the Innate Realm!

[Those born with this ability can reverse youth. Chen Siling, who appeared to be middle-aged, reverted to her youthful appearance. He hurriedly left the sect to return to the village and find his Ling'er.]

Yun Shou: "...Could it be that he couldn't find the person, couldn't think straight, and turned to the dark side?"

"But take it out on someone else..."

He stopped talking; he did it yesterday too.

However, he only attacked those who rushed forward to stop him, and he compensated them afterwards. He also did not suffer any permanent damage.

When Chen Siling returned to the village, no one recognized him, and he didn't recognize any of them. Some villagers had moved away, while others had moved in; the old house that once belonged to his family was now just an empty plot of land.

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