[You are now 27 years old, with a 258% increase in foundation level. You feel you might even be on track to become a Grandmaster.]
With nearly 80% of your internal energy penetrating your bones, and given all the advantages, you are already among the top-tier martial artists in the Three Kingdoms region. He Yi is naturally no match for you.
[You have successively challenged other top-tier martial artists in Donglin City, such as the head of a martial arts academy. He has begun to internalize his inner energy, but his progress is far slower than yours.]
[There are also two other renowned figures who have roamed the martial world for many years, now establishing their own businesses and peacefully teaching their children in the city. One is over 50 years old, and the other is an elderly gentleman; both are quite old.]
You approached them with a friendly attitude, exchanging blows and providing helpful guidance to their younger members, creating a very harmonious atmosphere.
Upon learning that you were the runner-up in the "Hundred Stone Forest" competition, and could be called one of the "Second Young Heroes" among the young martial artists of that generation, the eyes around you were immediately filled with admiration...
However, one of the renowned figures secretly spoke ill of you in front of his own disciples.
"See that? This is a free-spirited martial artist. With his extraordinary talent, he should have already become a martial master at this age, famous throughout the province! But now, he's still stuck at the first-rate level, just like many years ago!"
"Why? Of course, it's because he lacks martial arts resources and guidance from seniors! His great potential is being wasted, while many who were previously inferior to him have now caught up!"
You didn't hear what this renowned veteran named Zhao Yuan was saying about you behind your back.
Yun? Petty-minded Shou: "I saw it."
"Next time, I'll beat you until you scream in pain in front of your family's younger relatives!"
He absolutely loved the narration in the simulator.
He plans to buy a small notebook to record all the grudges and grievances that happened during the simulation after he finishes all the tasks he needs to do, otherwise he will forget them if the simulation takes too long.
More than a month later, the city lord finally realized something was wrong, discovering that a band of bandits had arrived outside the city, specifically targeting and killing passersby and merchant caravans, severely impacting the development of Donglin City.
He mustered an army of four hundred soldiers, who marched into the mountains with great momentum.
[If they were soldiers from the Wu Kingdom, their basic skill level would be at least third-rate martial artists, and some of their captains and centurions would even have reached the second-rate martial artist level. It would be possible for them to take down this group of bandits.]
[The army of Keqing Kingdom... even its centurions are only of third-rate quality.]
After challenging top-tier masters from all sides, you've been diligently practicing martial arts. Just as you learned of the bandits' arrival, the city lord invited you to his door.
[This time, the city lord of Donglin City seemed very humble (although you, having not inherited his memories, don't know how he was last time, but this time he was certainly very humble).]
[One reason for my humility is that you're not familiar with each other; another reason is that you're too strong. In just over a month since you arrived in Donglin City, you've defeated every single expert in the city!]
[Those martial arts masters you defeated, he smiled obsequiously and still couldn't persuade them to come, let alone someone as powerful as you?]
The team composition this time is the same as last time: two top-tier warriors, one of whom is He Yi, followed by a dozen or so second-tier and over thirty third-tier warriors.
[I just don't know if the specific people involved have changed compared to last time due to any butterfly effect.]
[As you entered the mountains, you warned them beforehand to be careful of bandits. However, this time, as you rounded a hillside, you spotted more than twenty bandits walking through the woods first.]
You scoop up a few pebbles from the ground, a powerful aura shimmering like sunlight enveloping them, and flick them with your finger. The wind whistles through the air, but the patrolling bandits can't react in time.
Five stones instantly killed three people and injured two others. The battle broke out immediately, and you won a crushing victory, leaving two survivors.
[...After the interrogation, head directly to the bandit stronghold. This time, leave the other bandits to He Yi and the others; you will fight the bandit leader alone!]
[Although you know the bandit leader is a disciple of a certain sect, it's been too long, and you've long forgotten the information from the simulation. The impression he left on you is too faint to trace back, so you can only continue to call him the bandit leader.]
Yun Shou lamented that the simulator was unreliable at times.
Unlike "Heavenly River Circulation," which primarily enhances internal energy to make it more versatile, the Grandmaster-level martial art "Sunburst Technique" mainly strengthens physical strength and resistance (resistance to poison, heat, and ice). As for internal energy? It's just a glowing effect.
[Your power is immense, each strike causing the bandit leader immense suffering. You no longer hold back in your fight; each clash of your blades nearly knocks the bandit leader's sword out of his hand.]
[Ta-da!]
Under your relentless onslaught, the bandit leader's blade chipped after only twenty strikes, his hand tearing and bleeding, yet he did not flee—he knew he could not escape!
[With a resounding hum, the bandit leader's machete fell to the ground. You swung your blade, a flash of light grazing his right shoulder. With a snap, you sheathed your sword, but the bandit leader's right hand was now useless.]
[The bones of a martial artist at the stage of internal energy penetration are indeed hard. You marvel that even you, who are close to being invincible at the top level, can only break his shoulder bone with a single strike, but cannot sever his arm.]
Driven by fear, the bandit leader began to beg for mercy, his words tinged with threat: "Don't kill me, I am..."
You plunged the knife across his throat again, blood gushing forth, the gurgling sound silencing his words. His eyes widened, and he collapsed to the ground, dead, filled with resentment.
[You feel unsatisfied, thinking "That's all there is to it," but then you realize that perhaps your standards are too high.]
In the 283rd year of the Daqing era, you returned to Qingcheng. Knowing that war was about to break out, and that you were not yet in a position to change anything, you sent Uncle Ji and other acquaintances to towns deeper within the Qing Kingdom, providing them with a settlement allowance to keep them away from the flames of war.
[However, on the other hand, you're just a nobody in a war between two nations that has reached hundreds of thousands of soldiers. But since you've remembered that the war was started by the massacre of villages in the Qing Kingdom by the Wu Kingdom, perhaps you could go there and see the truth of the matter.]
[You previously believed that the Qing Kingdom had instigated the attack, and that the village assault was merely a ruse—because of the subsequent Grandmaster Gathering incident. But what if it really was an accident or something else?]
[You recall the simulated demonic descent; if there hadn't been a war between the two nations, the vast amount of resources saved could have allowed the survivors to become a force in the fight against the demonic kingdom!]
"...Maybe it's okay?"
[You don't think you're courting death, and you have some confidence in your abilities. In two years, your martial arts cultivation will definitely reach the limit of first-class. If you're lucky enough to have a sudden enlightenment, you might even become a martial arts master!]
[If it were an army massacring a village, there would be absolutely nothing that could stop you from running away; but if it were martial artists, how could they possibly send in a martial arts master to wipe out a few villages?]
[Going to investigate the truth is a sure thing!]
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