"The Romantic Martial Emperor?"

Is it really that good-looking?

Yun Shou shook his head: "I don't believe it."

"But it's a bit presumptuous to draw conclusions without even looking at them, and I'm not that kind of person."

"I'll get a copy later, study it thoroughly, and offer some critiques."

[—Back to the main point, while it's not 100% confirmed whether Emperor Ning was truly invincible for an era, given your extraordinary talent and aptitude, this grandmaster of the Meteor Sect can only be compared to the legendary Emperor Ning.]

This young man's talent is comparable to the much-hyped "Invincible Emperor Ning"!

As the champion of the competition, you received the Grandmaster-level martial art "Meteor Transformation," but you expressed your unwillingness to switch to it and asked the Meteor Sect if you could exchange the reward for martial arts resources.

[In principle, it's not allowed, but principles are made by people, and who would make things difficult for a young martial arts master?]

[At the banquet following the competition, countless forces extended olive branches to you. However, after learning that you were apprenticed to a mysterious master, most of them gave up on the idea: to teach a young martial arts master, no matter how high your talent, your master must at least be a grandmaster, right?]

However, taking advantage of being on home ground, the Meteor Sect had all its powerful sect leaders present. They invited you to become a nominal steward within the Meteor Sect: you'd get paid, but wouldn't have to do any work.

[Once you become a Grandmaster, you will automatically be promoted to a nominal elder. They have no other requirements, they only hope that after you reach the pinnacle of martial arts, you will take care of the Meteor Sect.]

[It's worth mentioning that on your way back, you were ambushed by several masked martial artists and more than a dozen top-tier martial artists. After defeating them, you discovered that none of them were from the Yangyao Sect. When you asked why, the answer you received left you speechless.]

They believe you're not just gifted, but also possess martial arts skills, perhaps even top-tier techniques beyond the grandmaster level, making you several times stronger than other grandmaster-level martial arts!

[You finished them off. On these four martial arts masters and thirteen first-rate martial artists, you found tokens from two martial arts schools. The others had no other identification marks.]

[...One of the top-tier martial artists was a participant in the competition, and now he is a cold corpse.]

Looking at the pile of corpses, you had no choice but to take out the corpse-dissolving powder and small shovel prepared for the Yangyao Sect, dig a hole, throw them in, and sprinkle the powder on them. Since there was no natural water source nearby, and you didn't want to waste the water pouch you carried with you...

Anyway, the corpse-dissolving powder was ready, so you poured it on.

But once everything was resolved, you suddenly realized that you didn't need to shoulder this burden alone; you're no longer a free-spirited martial artist!

[Then they turned back and reported to the Meteor Sect: A group of unruly martial artists attacked your steward!]

The Meteor Sect was shocked: "Which of our stewards has run into trouble?!"

You pointed to yourself.

They gave an awkward smile: "Thank goodness, young hero, you're alright. We, the Meteor Sect, will definitely investigate who attacked you! Where is the thief's body?"

[Meteor Sect Enforcement personnel followed you to the burial site, dug up the pit, and, seeing the half-melted corpse inside, covered their noses to confirm the identity. They remarked that it was fortunate you hadn't spilled too much disintegrating liquid, as they could still identify the body from certain features.]

[For example, by observing the muscle distribution in the hands, feet, and legs, one can deduce the type of martial art. Different martial arts enhance the human body in different ways. After confirming everyone's identity, the head of the Enforcement Hall finally frowned and asked.]

"Young Master Yun, what kind of water did you use to soak your corpse-dissolving powder? It feels a bit... strange?"

You smiled shyly.

After this incident, you finally understood the benefits of having powerful backers. The five martial arts schools and three martial arts academies that secretly attacked you not only dared not cause trouble for you, nor did they resort to retaliating against the older members (the martial arts masters were already the strongest in their schools), but instead vigorously denied any wrongdoing, claiming that the attackers were all temporary staff and that they had misjudged their personnel, and even offered substantial compensation.

[Yes, the martial arts school master is also a temporary staff member. The previous master, who was nearing the end of his life, was brought back from the mansion, and a notice was issued stating that the previous master was only an acting master.]

In the 272nd year of the Daqing era, many independent martial artists wanted to join the Qinghe Gang. Many were second-rate, and there were even quite a few first-rate ones. You gladly accepted them.

[And he sternly warned Right Protector Xu Ruohai: "You must work hard, you can't let someone else take your place!"]

[He also gently reminded Left Protector Mu Jian: "This is none of your business, go have some fun, old rascal."]

This year, the "Heavenly River Circulation" reached its peak, but its effect on improving your current strength is now negligible.

[In the 273rd year of the Great Glory, more than half of the martial artists who had previously joined the sect had left, and the frequency of new members joining was close to zero.]

[Because they discovered that none of the Qinghe Gang members were responsible for cleaning the courtyard, and that a mysterious old man was frequently making astonishing remarks; a single reminder could save a first-rate martial artist ten years of arduous training, and a casual tap could cause a second-rate martial artist to unleash their internal energy.]

[Furthermore, the territory is too small, and the benefits for the gang members are shared as they join, but the territory can't expand in time, resulting in them earning less money than if they were in other places.]

[Who would come to this lousy place if there were no benefits?]

You have a slight redness.

[Every martial artist who leaves the gang not only incurs a departure fee, but you also have to disguise yourself as a masked thug and beat them up in the middle of the night.]

The top intelligence organization in the martial arts world, Jin Feng Lou, added a sentence to your profile description: "Petty; former members of the Qinghe Gang secretly call him 'Needle-Eye Cloud'."

Yun Shou: "..."

You Jin Fenglou, you mocked me for being poor just last night, and now you're secretly collecting dirt on me. Do you think I can't handle you?

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