[You have always been very narrow-minded.]
Yunshou: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
After winning first place in the "Martial Arts Contest to Win a Marriage" without a doubt, you followed the Lin family's steward into the Qingyu Tower next to the arena and saw the heroine of this competition: Lin Youbai.
[After meeting, you looked at her with a look of private property, and then quickly changed your gaze to one of boredom.]
[With the arrogant and disdainful tone typical of a young genius: "Why are you so old? I don't want an old woman!"]
Yunshou: How wonderful!
I made you despise me last time!
[This is different from the last simulation: you were the one who refused first, and the Lin family also asked you to leave with a bad face. They didn't cause any trouble because you are a young talent. There is no possibility of any compensation.]
This book is the first to be released, providing you with a reading experience without error chapters or out-of-order chapters.
[But you don't care about that, as long as you feel good.]
In the 270th year of Daqing, you settled in Qingcheng, acting as a young knight-errant, often collecting pocket money from the city's criminal gangs.
[In one year, not only did you successfully earn back the 1% of your foundation consumed when activating the simulation, but your martial arts cultivation also progressed rapidly. Your internal organs have advanced by 20% in just one year!]
You gradually began to interact with Zhu Baowen, the head of the "Hunyuan Shengmie • Children's Martial Arts School." In order to learn the ultimate truth of martial arts sooner, you shamelessly claimed that he looked like your master.
[Your mysterious master, who, after imparting his skills to you, resolutely chose to be buried in the 800-li Qing Lake, where his body sank to the bottom and was eaten by fish and shrimp, was buried in water. His origins and name are completely unknown.]
Zhu Baowen: "…"
Yun Shou: "That's right. The main point is that there will be no evidence and no remains left."
Zhu Baowen had no doubts, or perhaps he was too lazy to care. Under your persistent and persistent efforts, day after day of flattery and apprenticeship, he reluctantly agreed to accept you as a half-disciple, a registered disciple.
In the 271st year of Daqing, your internal organs have reached 70% progress. That same year, you will participate in the Youth Talent Competition, with your destination being Hengduan Cliff.
Hengduan Cliff is a strange peak within the Ning Kingdom. It stands six hundred feet high, but based on its slope and direction, it should be eight hundred and fifty feet tall. However, at the six hundred-foot mark, it appears to have been slashed through by a blade from the sky, leaving a jagged, uneven cross-section.
[Below the Hengduan Cliff is the "Meteor Sect." A sect that can establish itself as a sect has at least one Grandmaster. If a Grandmaster dies and no new one emerges within the next few decades, the sect loses its reputation and is downgraded to a martial arts academy.]
[In a month and a half, you galloped nearly three thousand miles on horseback. Some of the mountainous areas were even crossed by using Qinggong. Although it was strenuous, it also saved a lot of time.]
Because of your reckless behavior, you encountered six or seven gangs of bandits and robbers along the way. However, most of these bandits were no more than second-rate, and were no match for you.
[You arrive at the Hengduan Cliff.]
This year's "Young Talents" competition has no fewer than 500 participants, and none of them are below second-rate.
[More than half of them came from various sects, and many came from martial arts schools. Only a small number were "freelance warriors" who had grown to this point through the martial arts they had acquired by chance.]
[This is because most sects and martial arts schools often have people traveling to towns and villages. If they encounter someone with obviously extraordinary roots, they will take him away on the spot, further leading to a scarcity of "sanwusha" among the people.]
The Young Talent Competition's registration requirements are quite "low," as it doesn't require a recommendation from a prominent figure, nor does it require extensive background checks (just ensuring you're not a wanted criminal; they won't delve into your background). The only considerations are bone age and martial arts proficiency.
You arrived at the small town at the foot of the Hengduan Cliff. After registering, you waited in the town for over half a month before the competition finally began.
[At the beginning, a Grandmaster from the Meteor Sect spoke. This Grandmaster was truly extraordinary, his voice resonating like a bell. You know, this was due to the use of his "Gang Jin."]
"Gang Jin" can be understood as an upgraded version of Jing Qi, but not every Grandmaster can utilize it. Just as a top-tier warrior's bones are incredibly hard, exceeding that of many fine irons, this is only after they have reached the stage of "Jing Qi entering the bones."
[A Grandmaster needs to complete the training of his strength and marrow before he can sublimate his energy from the inside out and transform it into Gangjin.]
The competition begins with an audition. First-rate fighters don't need to participate, so you don't care about the specific process of the audition. You only know that you have another five days of leisure, and then you enter the next stage with the other 16 first-rate fighters and the 83 second-rate fighters who were selected.
[Then there's a five-day round-robin tournament, with five days of alternating groups, to finally determine the top ten, and this time, you're one of them!]
[The weakest of the first-class is dead. You will regain the dignity of the person called "Yun Shou"!]
"He is indeed dead, but he died of old age in peace and contentment," Yun Shou added.
[It took 15 days to select the best from the original 500+ candidates to get to the current top ten, and many were injured along the way.]
[And just to determine the rankings among the top ten, you'll have to fight for two more days.]
Your aptitude has already caught up with the most accomplished martial artists, but your martial arts skills are still only moderately accomplished, and you don't dare to publicly utilize the accompanying martial arts techniques of "Heavenly River Flow." Facing opponents with master-level martial arts skills who have reached a high level of depth and possess corresponding martial arts, you are still inferior.
Your biggest advantage is your age. A top-tier sixteen-year-old warrior is truly exceptional. It's hard to find anyone your age who can compare to you. But others can also reach top-tier status at twenty, twenty-three, or twenty-four, and their physical development is even more complete than yours.
[The competition is over, you are ranked sixth.]
[Although you didn't get a Grandmaster-level martial arts prize, you can still make a killing with the abundant martial arts resources, medicinal supplements, and more. It's a wonder who first proposed the Young Talent Competition.]
[This is simply good news for a self-made warrior like you. You don't have to take any responsibilities, just enjoy the benefits.]
[Of course, each sect hosting the event also benefits greatly, not only greatly increasing their reputation, but also, to a certain extent, befriending the best newcomers in the martial arts world.]
In the 272nd year of the Daqing era, with the aid of a vast amount of martial arts resources, you pushed the final 30% of your internal organs' progress to the bottom in just one year, completely strengthening your internal organs.
Yun Shou: "Last time around this time, the progress of my internal organs seemed to be... 35%?"
This growth in talent is too terrifying, isn't it?!