[Zhao Yuan has made up his mind to at least cripple you in this battle, and then bring you back to Yangyao Sect.]
[You can't talk them out of it, and you can't beat them in a fight. You only have one option left: run!]
[This is also your greatest advantage as a teenager! ]
Adults are larger in size, have more energy, and are relatively stronger, but they also weigh more.
[Although young people may be a little weaker and have less energy, they weigh less. Moreover, your muscle strength and energy intensity will not be lower than those of the same level!]
Therefore, your Qinggong skills were much faster than when you were an adult. When you found the right moment to run, even Zhao Yuan was left behind.
The distance between you two did not decrease with time, but maintained a certain balance. In a moment, you were chased to Qinghu Lake.
[Find a boat and row away? Too slow! A top-notch warrior can tread water. You stomp your legs and walk across the lake like it's flat ground. Two hundred meters behind you, Zhao Yuan is following closely.]
The waves exploded, and the two of you, one in front and one behind, seemed to be crossing the entire Qing Lake.
[Ten miles, twenty miles, thirty miles... You've penetrated more than eighty miles into Qinghu!]
You began to circle back and forth, not intending to cross Qinghu Lake back to land, because you knew that only within the lake was there a glimmer of hope... The two of you martial artists chased him across Qinghu Lake for hundreds of miles, alarming countless fishermen!
Finally, Zhao Yuan snorted coldly and took a powerful step. The water beneath his feet spread out in a circular pattern. He had already leaped hundreds of meters into the air. He glanced around, locked onto a direction, and no longer chased you, but ran towards the nearest shore.
He was running out of energy. If he continued chasing, he might not be able to reach the shore, and he would be in danger.
You breathed a sigh of relief and stopped walking, half your body submerged in the water. You only had enough energy to run another six or seven miles across the lake, and you were practically running out of steam.
Now you don't even dare to run on the lake. You need to save your energy for more important times. Fortunately, you learned to swim in the two years after falling into the water. You swam in the opposite direction of Zhao Yuan.
A few hours later, you unexpectedly ran into a fisherman on his way back to the village. Upon closer questioning, you learned he belonged to the Shuicao Gang, a partner of the Qinghe Gang. The two gangs had established a shipping organization.
[You haven't revealed your identity, but to prevent Zhao Yuan from catching you once you reach shore, I've used my martial arts skills to ask the fisherman to spend the night in the lake to help you recover.]
The next morning, you caught several large fish weighing dozens of kilograms as a reward for the fisherman. You asked him to take you outside the fishing village, changed your clothes, and watched to see if there was any news in this village hundreds of miles away from Qinghe Village.
[Not yet, but just at noon, members of the local Shuicao Gang came over to post a wanted poster. This is a reward offered by a senior disciple of the Yangyao Sect, much more powerful than the official one!]
You saw the glint in the eyes of the fisherman who brought you back, and you knew he wouldn't refuse the five taels of silver reward for "reporting the whereabouts of the criminal." You sighed and began your escape.
[The sect's wanted notice is truly much more effective than the government's. The Yang Yao Sect has spread a large net around the area. If anyone is discovered, at least a first-rate Yang Yao Sect disciple will rush over immediately.]
[You think this sect is overly excited? Is it really necessary to pursue us this far? It's as if they've mobilized the entire sect's forces.]
[Pushed into a corner, you once crippled a top-tier disciple of the Yang Yao Sect. As a result... one day, in a crowd, you heard that a famous master had emerged from the Yang Yao Sect, and he vowed to kill you with a stick.]
[Your appearance, your name, and much of your known information has been posted everywhere. Ordinary sects wouldn't have such great authority and influence... but the Yangyao Sect has an unparalleled Grand Master.]
[Furthermore, he had only taken action once, ten years ago, and was the most recent Supreme Grandmaster of Qing Nation to appear in public. His presence within the Yang Yao Sect signifies the sect's high status and strong appeal.]
[For the first time, you felt a sense of hopelessness, ...
Yun Shou: "…"
It is also his turn to experience being at odds with the world.
Fortunately, it's a simulation. If I fail this time, I'll have to start over next time.
[Finally, you fled to the north, a barren land with no fur left. It was also the only direction that was not blocked so tightly by the Yangyao Sect.]
Because it was so desolate, the only signs of life were the weeds on the ground; not even a rabbit or a bird could be seen.
[There's almost no way out of the Northern Wasteland, but the blockade is shrinking. A master is high above, waiting for any movement within the net to dash across thousands of miles and kill you with a single strike. You have no choice.]
"Yangyao Sect, ah Yangyao Sect, you have given me martial arts. I owe you this debt of gratitude. When I become a Martial Emperor or a Martial Saint in the future, I will repay you a thousand times over... But from now on, we will settle our grudges."
[You rushed into the northern wilderness mountains.]
A month later, you've traveled thousands of miles, your food supplies exhausted, and there's no turning back. Before you are still barren mountains and withered trees. Just as you're about to despair, you faintly hear the sound of water.
It's the sound of the sea. After walking for a few dozen miles, you'll see the boundless ocean. Standing on a sheer cliff, the turbulent waves below tremble in the sky. You leap into the sea, but as you turn around, you see a cave on the inside of the cliff. Gathering your last few wisps of energy, you jump in.
Yun Shou was stunned: "Jump off a cliff, into a cave?"
Oh my god, it's my turn to be treated like this.
Wait, why does the previous sentence sound familiar?
"Uh... Another battle royale with a world-wide enemy, and another cliff-jumping into a cave. This simulation is pretty fun."
He suddenly felt excited.
I originally thought I would die before a year, but who knew there would be a turn for the better?
Inside the cave, you are overjoyed because, deep inside the cave, carved into the stone wall are large, blood-red texts. Upon closer inspection, you discover that the first half of the text is a biography, while the second half is a martial arts technique.
Although the writing on the stone wall seems to be over a thousand years old, it is amazing that the writing in this world has not changed in thousands of years, so you can understand it.
[The first half of the story tells of a terrifying era of martial arts, completely different from the current Three Kingdoms era. In that era, demonic martial artists were rampant, killing people, slaughtering entire families, and using people as medicine...]
Then, a young genius emerged, vowing to annihilate all the demonic warriors in the world. However, his method was not to crush darkness with light, but to use magic to enter the martial arts world, becoming the demon of all demons.
[He possessed a terrifying and insane talent. After thoroughly reading martial arts books, he spontaneously created a peerless magic skill: the Blood Essence Fusion Method.]
[The more similar a creature's blood is to oneself, such as a fellow human, the better the effect!]
What effect?
[Improve your martial arts aptitude and forcefully accelerate your martial arts progress! ]