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Chapter 223 - 31: Heroes Arise from All Corners of the World, Once Entering the Jianghu Time Urges On (Not splitting this - , not giving votes for monthly passes?)_2

Chapter 223: Chapter 31: Heroes Arise from All Corners of the World, Once Entering the Jianghu Time Urges On (Not splitting this Chapter, not giving votes for monthly passes?)_2

[To lead a decent life, it’s inevitable to wear some green on your head, and for your entire family, this is even more true, not nearly enough for Heavenly Defiance. Keep up the hard work.]

"Damn."

Looking at the indifferent tone of the Tai Chu Scroll, Xu Shu felt helpless.

I’ve even conquered my cheap old dad’s second wife and concubine, I’ve abandoned all shame, I’ve bullied that poor Zuo Bojun to this extent, and you say this is as it should be?

In pursuit of a Heavenly Defiance rating, Xu Shu had truly thrown caution to the wind.

Yet even so, the Tai Chu Scroll seemed barely interested in him.

Clearly, compared to his powerful mother, his sneaky games of tasting the forbidden fruit seemed rather low-brow and completely overshadowed by his mother.

The opponent was too strong. Apart from the "Beijing Household" fate, he couldn’t use the other, giving him no advantage.

And at the end of the day, isn’t Luoning the one actually using that Beijing Household status?

So who came up with this character setting?

Me?

Did I have such absurd ideas in my head back then?

Xu Shu felt the urge to pin himself to the ground and give himself a good rubdown.

The failures of "the pioneering work leading to the woe of later generations" always ran throughout life.

"Fine, if you’re just an ordinary person, you really can’t accomplish much.

"To think of me, Zuo Chang’an, for eighteen years unable to touch the true vast world, confined to Chang’an City, the capital of all nations, much like a bird in a cage or a fish in a net, seemingly living in luxury but in reality deprived of freedom!

"With this trip, I’m like a bird soaring to the blue sky, a fish diving into the vast ocean, no longer restrained!"

[You, enraged at the railing, have forcefully removed the restraints.]

[They nearly couldn’t resist.]

[Arriving at the foot of Hua Mountain, the place was lit with festive lights, with blowing trumpets and playing music on both sides, numerous female disciples wearing silks sent by the court, blooming like ripe flowers, performing sword dances to welcome you.]

[As the son of the Grandmaster and whose mother is the strongest woman in a millennium, your entry to Hua Mountain is a tremendous blessing for the entire Hua Mountain Sect.]

[Originally, the Hua Mountain Sect had hypocritical faces, praising the Grandmaster’s kindness and righteousness in public while secretly spreading thoughts against Grandmaster Luo’s rule, making them one of the reactionary faction leaders near Chang’an.]

[But all of this is in the past, from now on, the Hua Mountain Sect has totally switched sides, fully supporting Grandmaster Luo’s rule, even declaring her to be "a grand vessel crossing the sun and moon in the sky," showing deference after initial arrogance, the thought of which makes one laugh.]

["Maybe this was Luoning’s purpose after all," you speculated about why your mother would send you to join Hua Mountain Sect, the second most influential sect within the Five Mountains Sword Sect, rather than Songshan, the strongest one.]

[You, at eighteen, upon joining Hua Mountain, became a disciple under the current Sect Leader, Yue Chaoqun. There used to be a senior brother, but once you arrived, of course, he was unseated, and dignitaries from the Five Mountains Sword Sect sent their congratulations, eyes turning red with envy at the sight of the gold bars, silver, and silks filling the hall as gifts for the teacher.]

[In the first week as a disciple, you learned all the sword techniques of the Hua Mountain Sect! Your incredible talent was hailed as the strongest genius since the founding of the sect.]

[In the second week, your master attempted to introduce his beautiful 28-year-old daughter, Yue Shanshan, to you, content with her being a concubine rather than the main wife, but you politely declined and expressed that your heart was set on reaching the pinnacle of Martial Arts. As he left, you tapped the tabletop thoughtfully with your index finger.]

[Tap, tap, tap!]

[That night, at the witching hour, your cute and charming junior sister, freshly cleaned and wrapped in bed sheets, was directly sent to your room along with a copy of Hua Mountain Sect’s secret manual.]

["Senior brother, I want to marry you, I don’t care about status, I just want to take care of you," your junior sister pleaded with you in the nude.]

[You glanced at her though fair, but unremarkable and undeveloped figure, which was far from matching the voluptuousness of your three little ’stepmothers.’ With a kick, you sent her back: "Scram! Grow up some more!" but you kept the martial arts manual "Purple Mist Divine Skill" she brought, for you only wished to practice martial arts.]

[Alas, it seems you’ve realized that with your status and position, achieving such a given is hardly worth mentioning, so you’re uninterested in wasting time on this, only wanting to master unparalleled divine skills.]

[You’re a once-in-a-generation genius, effortlessly mastering whatever you learn, your martial arts prowess so great that even your master Yue Chaoqun marvels, thinking that, given time, you would easily surpass him, prompting him to even consider abdicating his position in your favor. But you weren’t interested; you were too lazy to deal with the sect’s trivial matters, and you truly loved practicing martial arts too much.]

[In less than half a year after joining, you have mastered Purple Mist Divine Skill, feeling lightness in the body, the flow of heat, an ethereal sense of Qi inside, as if about to touch something, but there always seemed to be a faint barrier before your eyes.]

["A barrier?" you pondered. You called your junior sister over and in broad daylight, you broke through her barrier.]

[You did not achieve a breakthrough, so you patrolled within Hua Mountain Sect, picking female disciples you fancied, one by one breaking through their barriers.]

[?]

[What are you thinking? Is that barrier the same as this barrier? You darn Heavenly Defiant, you must be truly innocent.]

["Not right? Yes, but also no," you chuckled mischievously. Damn, fooled again, you swindled another Heavenly Defiance rating!]

[Enlightened, you continued to diligently practice.]

[You went straight into seclusion at Siguoya, the back mountain, and deep in the honey caves, you met an elder of the Hua Mountain Sect named Elder Feng, who claimed to be a senior of the Sword Sect, having mastered the martial art Dugu Nine Swords, unbeatable in battle, and had been living in seclusion there for decades.]