Ch 26: It Must Be Targeted
Gu Yang looked towards the outer room, where he could see Su Qingzhi sitting cross-legged in a corner, practicing with her eyes closed. From her appearance, she was already in a meditative state.
She really is seizing every second, not willing to waste even a moment.
With such high talent and such diligence, it’s no wonder her strength is improving so quickly.
He withdrew his gaze and began a new round of simulation.
【At twenty-two years old, you are already a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist. After saving Su Qingzhi in Wang Family Gully and killing all the members of the Liu Family, you head to Tianshui City.】
【You devised a plan to blackmail Dong Xuan, obtaining 12,000 taels of silver. You leave Tianshui City overnight, from then on traveling by night and resting by day, sticking to deserted, remote mountain paths.】
【Two months later, you finally arrive at Ping Prefecture. Su Qingzhi keeps her promise and takes you to a money house, where you exchange the silver for 30,000 taels of silver notes.】
【Because of the Liu Family incident, you decide to stay away from Jiang Prefecture.】
【One year later, you arrive at the center of Great Zhou, the Divine Capital.】
【Half a year later, you become familiar with the Divine Capital and decide to join the Tianxin Martial Arts School. One month later, you pass the assessment and become an official disciple of the martial arts school, following the master to learn saber techniques.】
【At twenty-five years old, your saber techniques have reached a new level. Among the many Sixth-Rank disciples of the Tianxin Martial Arts School, none are your match.】
【One day, Guo Taiping, ranked seventh on the Heaven’s Pride List, comes to challenge the school. After ten moves, he defeats the master and leaves triumphantly. That night, the master succumbs to his injuries.】
【With the master’s death, his only daughter also mysteriously disappears, and the Tianxin Martial Arts School begins to fall apart. Most of the disciples switch to other sects. You sense something fishy about this and, unwilling to get involved in the conflict, choose to leave the Divine Capital.】
【Not far from the Divine Capital, you encounter a scion of a prominent family with a Sixth-Rank cultivation, who is specifically waiting there to spar with you. After a dozen moves, you defeat him. The other party, humiliated and enraged, orders his guards to attack. They kill you. You die at the age of twenty-five.】
Died at twenty-five…
Gu Yang couldn’t help but shake his head at this ending.
The Divine Capital indeed has more opportunities, but it is also more dangerous. He had only made a name for himself in a martial arts school, and he had already attracted an unreasonable scion of a prominent family. Because he couldn’t beat him, he had his guards kill him.
They really don’t treat people like humans.
Although Gu Yang doesn’t know what kind of power the Tianxin Martial Arts School was, someone on the Heaven’s Pride List coming to challenge it meant that the master was at least a Third-Rank expert or higher.
However, the Divine Capital is too deep. With this master’s death, the martial arts school fell apart.
【Simulation ended. You can retain one of the following.】
【One, your Martial Arts Realm at twenty-five years old.】
【Two, your Martial Arts Experience at twenty-five years old.】
【Three, your Life Wisdom at twenty-five years old.】
Gu Yang hesitated for a moment, then chose one.
Although in this simulation, his saber techniques had greatly improved, making him practically invincible among Sixth-Ranks, for him, the realm was still more important.
Even if this time, it only added three years of cultivation.
A moment later, the increase in cultivation was complete. His True Qi had increased by about 10%.
“It seems my strength is still too weak. Going to the Divine Capital is too risky, and I’d die easily. This time, I’ll find a small place to live in seclusion. I refuse to believe that I won’t be able to break through after a few decades of closed-door cultivation.”
Gu Yang adjusted his strategy and began a new round of simulation.
【At twenty-two years old, you are already a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist. After saving Su Qingzhi in Wang Family Gully and killing all the members of the Liu Family, you head to Tianshui City.】
【You devised a plan to blackmail Dong Xuan, obtaining 12,000 taels of silver. You leave Tianshui City overnight, from then on traveling by night and resting by day, sticking to deserted, remote mountain paths.】
【Two months later, you finally arrive at Ping Prefecture. Su Qingzhi keeps her promise and takes you to a money house, where you exchange the silver for 30,000 taels of silver notes.】
【Because of the Liu Family incident, you decide to stay away from Jiang Prefecture.】
【One year later, you arrive at Ding Prefecture, the westernmost part of Great Zhou, and find a small city to settle down in. You focus on your cultivation.】
【At twenty-nine years old, one night, the Hu people from the grasslands attack, launching a night raid on the small city. You are surrounded and, after killing dozens of enemy soldiers, die from exhaustion. You die at the age of twenty-nine.】
What the h*ll?
Gu Yang was depressed. He had intended to get as far away from Jiang Prefecture as possible, but he ended up running too far. Who knew that a war would break out? He was caught in the middle of it and died just like that.
“Why do I feel like I’m particularly unlucky? In so many simulations, no matter where I go, I run into all kinds of accidents.”
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At this point, he felt that something was not right.
Even if he was unlucky, it was impossible to be this unlucky every time, right?
Gu Yang asked himself if he was a cautious person, someone who would take the safe route if possible. With his Sixth-Rank strength, as long as he didn’t actively cause trouble, finding a small place to live peacefully for the rest of his life shouldn’t be too difficult.
He must be targeted!
Perhaps, because of his transmigrator identity, he was being rejected by the world’s will.
Gu Yang guessed.
【Simulation ended. You can retain one of the following.】
【One, your Martial Arts Realm at twenty-nine years old.】
【Two, your Martial Arts Experience at twenty-nine years old.】
【Three, your Life Wisdom at twenty-nine years old.】
He still chose one.
This time, his cultivation increased by another 20%.
“Let’s try again.”
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【…You arrive at Zhong Prefecture, the center of Great Zhou, and find a small city to settle down in. You focus on your cultivation.】
【At twenty-eight years old, one day, you encounter Cao Yiyi, ranked tenth on the Red Beauty List. Just because you looked at her a few times, you incurred her displeasure. Her male companion immediately attacks and kills you. You die at the age of twenty-eight.】
“I was right.”
Gu Yang was almost certain that he was being targeted by the world’s will. No matter how careful he was, no matter how much he avoided trouble, trouble would come to him.
This is so damn unlucky.
【Simulation ended. You can retain one of the following.】
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Gu Yang still chose one. His True Qi had increased again, but much less than the previous times.
He felt that he should have already reached the peak of the Sixth-Rank.
“Only three chances left.”
Gu Yang glanced at his remaining balance and carefully considered how to make the most of these three simulations.
Finding a place to live in seclusion, this path is also not feasible.
Since that’s the case, then he would find a path that would allow him to improve his strength the fastest.
He pondered for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him. He looked towards the corner of the outer room, at Su Qingzhi who was practicing, and thought, “How could I have forgotten about her?”
He had an idea and began a new round of simulation.
【At twenty-two years old, you are already a Sixth-Rank Martial Artist. After saving Su Qingzhi in Wang Family Gully and killing all the members of the Liu Family, you head to Tianshui City.】
【You devised a plan to blackmail Dong Xuan, obtaining 12,000 taels of silver. You leave Tianshui City overnight, from then on traveling by night and resting by day, sticking to deserted, remote mountain paths.】
【Two months later, you finally arrive at Ping Prefecture. Su Qingzhi keeps her promise and takes you to a money house, where you exchange the silver for 30,000 taels of silver notes.】
【You decide to stay in Ping Prefecture and cultivate using Su Qingzhi’s special constitution. Your cultivation becomes more and more refined.】
【At twenty-three years old, one night, an injured Su Qingzhi flees to your house. She was originally under the protection of the Qingxuan Sect, but was attacked by the Liu Family. She took advantage of the chaos to escape. You take her and flee Ping City…】