[For the past few years, you have been living in Qingcheng. Although Zhu Baowen exhibited unusual behavior when he left four years ago, no one suspected you.]

[In the 282nd year of the Daqing era, you set off for Donglin City. Now, your inner energy is a luminous white, carrying a fiery aura. You have achieved minor mastery of the Sunburst Technique, making you virtually invincible among first-rate martial artists.]

Just as you didn't bully the Tiger King last time to eat its flesh, you're not here to deal with the bandits this time because you're greedy for their master-level martial arts, but to verify the difference in strength between this and the previous simulation. (Note: Chapter 17 Simulation Plot)

However, the bandits outnumbered you, so you decided to join the bandit-suppression team recruited by the city lord as "a passing knight-errant."

[But when you arrive, you awkwardly discover that you've come too early; the robbers haven't moved in yet.]

You can only stay in the city for now and challenge several top-tier martial arts masters there to battle.

Based on a vague impression, you inquired and found a large courtyard where a renowned martial arts master lived: He Yi, the Master of Mind-Observation Spear.

He Yi is forty-seven years old. He is not a "grandmaster" of twenty years old, but rather someone who only began to unleash his inner energy three years ago when he was over forty. He is just an ordinary first-rate martial artist.

[You invited He Yi to a private duel, which wouldn't damage his reputation, and he agreed—then, in a mere twenty-round sparring match, even though you only used 60% of your strength, He Yi still fought with all his might in every move, making every step a close call, and finally voluntarily conceded defeat.]

“You’re not good enough anymore, brother.” Yun Shou sighed. “You were fighting alongside me last time, but now you can’t even get me (in the simulation) to take it seriously.”