In a sense, Yun Shou was "forced" to take action today.

Although he has been eating less and less than his body can keep up with his energy expenditure lately, he secretly wonders if those grandmasters are just eating and drinking all day long, which is why they rarely show themselves in public.

But he was still far from starving to death. He actually planned to reach a level where even a martial arts master would have difficulty breaking through his skin before he could beat Xu Ruohai.

But who knew that Mu Jian was the uncle of Er Shao, and that he would set out for this?

After Mu Jian, the leader of the Qinghe Gang, was severely beaten by him, it meant that Xu Ruohai would inevitably take action.

That meant they had to go all the way and beat them all up. Then, on a whim, they tried being the gang leader for a while.

In a direct confrontation, the Qinghe Gang would never be able to harm Yun Shou, but what he was worried about was that the other side would resort to underhanded tactics.

Even martial artists are defenseless in their sleep. The simulated Old Yun might be, but the real Yun Shou is not.

He worried that the Qinghe Gang was only superficially submissive, and then would stab him a dozen times while he was sleeping, which would leave him either dead or seriously injured.

It would be better to go to Qingcheng. When Yun Shou entered the city, it was almost closing time, and he didn't think the Qinghe Gang could have chased him there.

The gang members who remained in Qingcheng... they might not even know that the situation had changed, and that their leader had been replaced by a young boy.

"But to prevent them from really going crazy and trying to kill me, I still left an extra layer of protection."

In the morning, Yun Shou woke up and happily removed the reminder device he had set up the night before.

"It's time for our daily simulation again."

"start up!"

[Ding! Foundation -1%, current foundation 244%]

You wake up feeling refreshed and ready to spend the whole day exploring Qingcheng and experiencing its local customs and culture.

You still have a dozen or so taels of silver, enough for your ordinary expenses.

[If it's not enough, that's fine. You can get more from the Qinghe Gang's city branch, or you can rob the rich to help the poor and wipe out the criminal forces in Qingcheng.]

[While strolling around... you went to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion to listen to the young ladies sing.]

[While strolling around... you head to the food street to enjoy the delicious food.]

[While wandering around... your eyes light up as you excitedly discover the arena registration area, only to learn that registration closes the day after tomorrow. Luckily you found it early!]

Yun Shou: "...No, am I that petty?"

"It's just a minor holiday in the simulation, and I've already reported it once, so why would I hold onto it?"

"This simulator isn't realistic at all; it turned me into a tiny person!"

"..."

"On another note, where exactly is the arena for the martial arts contest to choose a husband? Registration closes in just two or three days."

Over the next few days, you swept through the competition, eventually facing off against the only top-tier martial artist in the entire tournament: Zhang Xiaoran, the "Red Cliff Guest."

[Do you remember how impressive Zhang Xiaoran was described in the last simulation? Now that we've faced him, we've found he's indeed formidable.]

[His combat strength is almost on par with a Martial Master, but you are a Martial Master, and even with your size as a disadvantage, you are still a very strong Martial Master.]

Zhang Xiaoran's defeat was inevitable. Afterwards, you all talked and learned that Zhang Xiaoran did indeed possess some kind of unusual physique, being naturally tall. His master said it was a kind of "little giant" talent.

Although not as powerful as the famous "Dragon Elephant Might," it is better than the "Steel and Iron Bones" level of talent. In martial arts realms below the Grandmaster level, it can almost always possess combat power half a level higher.

“Talent…” Yun Shou fell into deep thought. What exactly is talent?

He now knows several core elements concerning martial arts.

Foundation/aptitude represents a martial artist's training speed, the ease with which they can break through realms, and their combat strength at the same level.

His "foundation enhancement" actually enhances not only martial arts aptitude but also lifespan and other elements. It can almost be said that it enhances the essential attributes at the level of "life origin"!

Then there are martial arts/skills. Different martial arts can provide different aptitude enhancements, can transform the foundation into the shape of the martial art and enhance it, and the depth of the martial art also has an additional bonus.

Next comes talent/supernatural ability.

Most talents are similar to the bonuses to the depth of martial arts skills, directly increasing the corresponding values ​​at once: for example, "steel bones" increases the strength of a thousand pounds and the corresponding physical strength.

The "steel-like body" talent possessed by an ordinary person and the "steel-like body" talent possessed by a grandmaster both result in an increase of a thousand pounds of strength.

Those who possess innate supernatural abilities generally have good aptitude, but having such talent only means having a minimum level of ability; their aptitude may not necessarily be comparable to those with no talent at all.

“In the early days, I still wanted a talent…” Yun Shou shook his head: “But the further you go, the less useful it becomes!”

When he was still an ordinary person, he had the talent of having a body of steel, which was comparable to a slightly weaker second-rate martial artist and would greatly enhance his combat power in the early stages.

However, talent becomes less useful as time goes on. For someone at Zhu Baowen's level, the tens of thousands of pounds of strength added by the Dragon Elephant Great Strength is a joke!

Zhang Xiaoran's Little Giant talent appears to grow exponentially, but it actually has an upper limit: the percentage decreases over time, and it stops growing after reaching the Grandmaster level.

"As expected, it's still not as good as my foundation enhancement."

[You once again won the martial arts contest to find a husband, but before the Lin family steward led you into Qingyu Tower, a young woman came running out and looked you up and down.]

"So you're that young leader of the Qinghe Gang? Rumor has it you beat up Xu Ruohai to take the position?" The woman's eyes were full of curiosity. "Are you really a top-tier martial artist at your age? Could you really beat up the big boss Xu Ruohai?"

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