One month later, you arrived at the county city.
The prosperity here deeply attracted you. You went to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion. The girls there looked more radiant and even better!
"You're truly unyielding!"
You felt that as a newcomer, there were only two places to get information: an inn or a brothel.
You were too familiar with brothels!
"???"
Simulator: !!!
You walked in with a silver ingot and told the girls, "Basic operations!"
They didn't understand what you meant, but they all understood that you were a person of taste.
Three days later, as expected, the girls here were very radiant.
You planned to stay in the county city for a while. Money paved the way, so you rented a small courtyard.
You only had to wait one more month for the county government to hold the Doujian Tournament.
The rewards were very generous, including various divine weapons and Cultivation Techniques.
This was somewhat out of the ordinary. In your understanding, Cultivation Techniques were very rare, and all Families and sects guarded them closely. You didn't expect the county city to be so generous.
The Doujian Tournament was held once every ten years. As long as you participated, you had a chance to obtain a Cultivation Technique. It was definitely a grand event.
This only showed that the place you were staying was remote. As expected, a county city was a county city, incomparable to a small place like a county town.
Your goal was also to Breakthrough to Grandmaster and to spar with people of the same Realm, which would be greatly beneficial for your Breakthrough.
You went to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion daily, trying different ways to have fun, and obtained a lot of information.
The Great Qian Imperial Dynasty was divided into four states: East, South, West, and North, and the Central State. This was Lushan County in the Southern State.
Going north would lead to the Central State, where the capital of the Great Qian Imperial Dynasty was located.
And going south would lead to Southern Xinjiang, a place of barren mountains and treacherous waters, filled with miasma, where a single mistake could lead to death.
There was a branch of the Zhenwu Division in the county city. They had recently been recruiting Jianghu Martial Artists. It was said that the Zhenwu Division was very generous, not only allowing the exchange of various Cultivation Techniques but also providing Medicinal Pills for Cultivation every month.
You couldn't help but secretly click your tongue. No wonder the Zhenwu Division could dominate the Jianghu; they distributed Medicinal Pills for improving Cultivation every month.
In all these years, you had only received some from the gang leader.
However, the people of the Zhenwu Division were always trained from a young age. Now, they were actually recruiting Jianghu people, which indicated that the chaos in various regions was more severe than imagined.
They were running out of manpower.
The two largest forces in the county city were only the Zhenwu Division and the county government, and they had always been at odds.
In the third month, the Doujian Tournament was held as scheduled.
The city was very lively, with Martial Artists from various places coming. There were even some who had won awards in the previous tournament, which further ignited the enthusiasm of the crowd.
After truthfully registering your information, you were assigned to Group C.
It was soon your turn to go on stage. Your opponent was a Third-rate Martial Artist, whom you defeated in two or three moves.
You stood on the stage and looked towards the viewing stands, where there seemed to be a familiar figure.
The day quickly ended, and you became one of the top ten in your group.
You inquired and learned that the people in the stands, besides the major forces, also included people from Hidden Families. If you performed exceptionally well in the tournament and were noticed by a major force, you wouldn't have to worry about your future.
You scoffed at this. After all, you were so strong entirely due to your own efforts. Joining a major force to enjoy life? You disdained such a thing!
That night, you went to the Hundred Flowers Pavilion again and had a splendid night.
The next day, you became one of the top four in your group.
On the third day, you were re-grouped with a total of ten people. This time, almost all of your opponents were First-Rate.
You were very excited, as you had no experience fighting First-Rate Martial Artists yet.
"Are First-Rate Martial Artists so common?" Lin Yi's eyes showed a hint of doubt.
He had truly underestimated the people of the world. One should know that in this small county town, a First-Rate expert was already a top-tier master.
He didn't expect that such an expert would be considered nothing in the county city.
There were even ten people in one group.
It seemed that venturing into the Jianghu was the right choice, otherwise, he would have been a frog in a well.
"Should I just go directly to the county city after the simulation ends?"
He couldn't help but murmur.
After each simulation, he either had to wait ten days or wait for a task.
From these two times, it seemed that tasks were trigger-based.
The randomness was very high.
The more people he met, the higher the probability of triggering a task should be.
This meant that the county city was indeed a good place.
On the fifth day, you competed again, and more and more figures appeared in the viewing stands.
On the seventh day, after a tough battle, you became the third-place winner of the Doujian Tournament, an existence revered by tens of thousands among First-Rate Martial Artists.
It was a bit of a pity that you didn't Breakthrough to the Grandmaster Realm.
When collecting the reward, you only received a spear and a bottle of Gang Gathering Pill.
Compared to others, it was indeed too little, but you didn't demand more. Perhaps the Gang Gathering Pill was more valuable.
The Gang Gathering Pill could increase the success rate of condensing Qi, so it was normal for it to be more valuable.
That night, you were Cultivating at home.
Suddenly, someone broke through the door. A Grandmaster and three First-Rate Peak Martial Artists came and attacked you without a word.
After a bitter struggle, you were accidentally captured.
You were imprisoned in the dungeon.
They interrogated you, asking how you, at nineteen years old, managed to Cultivate to First-Rate? Moreover, you had no backing from any force.
You must have found a Heaven And Earth Treasure.
"What Heaven And Earth Treasure? I achieved such Cultivation entirely through my own efforts!"
They smiled sinisterly and told you that you wouldn't give up until you hit a brick wall.
Suddenly, someone struck the back of your head.
In a daze, you heard someone speaking.
Unconscious...
Unconscious...
You died!
This simulation has ended.
Obtained Thunder Annihilation Spear (Triple)
Obtained all Cultivation memories and combat experience from the past four months.
Obtained all memories from the past four months (no impact on self).
Obtained one bottle of Gang Gathering Pill (ten pills).
Do you wish to inherit?
"Inherit."
After the simulation ended, Lin Yi's expression became extremely ugly.
"Dark, truly dark! No wonder they gave me so little. When venturing out, it's not just about strength, but also about background! Otherwise, others will covet you. I was too careless this time."
He had to re-evaluate the dangers of the outside world.
He thought that by stepping into the Jianghu, he could live for more than five years, but he didn't even live for a year.
Ha!
He had indeed thought too highly of the Jianghu!
But this was also good; now that he knew, Lin Yi would definitely hide his true strength in the next simulation.
After understanding this, he opened the four months of memories.
He spent a long time searching for the faces of the last few people, and indeed, he hadn't seen them in the simulation.
He had memorized their faces. He would definitely go back and kill them when he had the chance.
He then looked for where he started to arouse suspicion.
A moment later.
Lin Yi couldn't help but want to slap himself.
He still lacked experience in the Jianghu.
He had given his real name, age, and birthplace to the Doujian Tournament.
It was normal for them to suspect him. After all, when he joined the Wild Wolf Gang, he was only a Third-rate Martial Artist, and he reached First-Rate in such a short time.
Anyone would be suspicious.
After receiving the combat experience again, he gained many memories of dealing with strong enemies. Lin Yi felt that this simulation was not a loss.
Although he didn't achieve his goal, he learned about the man-eat-man side of the Jianghu.
In the future, he would still stay in the county town.
He would only go out during simulations.
If he remained hidden in a small place, it would be difficult for anyone to kill him.
With a wave of his hand, a bottle of Gang Gathering Pill appeared in his hand.
His face showed joy.
"With this Medicinal Pill, I'll be able to Breakthrough very soon. There's no time to lose!"