Chapter 15: Six Years Later

Chapter 15: Six years later

  The farmland outside Yuzhou City is ripe and ready for harvest.

Time flies, and before you know it, six years have passed...

There is a bookstore in a small courtyard in the south of the city.

  Gu Changsheng closed his eyes, the strands of hair at his temples drenched with sweat.

The blood in his body surged violently.

When it reached a certain critical point, it sounded like a rushing river inside him, "gurgling," like the waters of the Yangtze River hitting the dams on both sides, with the "water flow" constantly impacting and tempering the fascia and skin in his body.

  A burst of white mist suddenly rose from the top of his head, marking his entry into the Membrane realm. After six years of effort, he had finally achieved great success.

At this moment, he had successfully broken through to the realm of a warrior.

  [Name: Gu Changsheng]

  [Talent: Immortality]

  [Age: 24]

  [Realm: Membrane (Underclassed Warrior)]

  [Martial Arts: Cloud Palm - Membrane (Great Mastery 0/100)]

  [Skills: Confucianism (Mastery 15/150) Medicine (Entry 60/100)]

He became a warrior four years faster than the ten years he expected.

  In other words, he has grown into a qualified passerby!

  "Run away, I must run away as soon as possible!"

  Gu Changsheng opened his eyes. He had just become a real warrior, and his first thought was to run away.

  It has only been six years, and the current situation in Chu has reached an unmanageable point. Today, the situation is getting worse and worse, and it seems that a chaotic world is coming!

The reason why it is so bad is actually related to the rebellious forces in Yunchen and Chenzhou six years ago - the Purple Scarf Army.

  Six years ago, the Purple Scarf Army rose up boldly in Qingjiang County, Chenzhou.

Shortly thereafter, they openly raised the banner of "punishing the tyrannical Chu and fighting injustice"!

  Later, the court organized several large armies to advance and encircle and suppress.

  But they all ended in defeat.

  This also made people in the world see clearly the weakness and corruption of the Chu State.

  Over the years, numerous rebel organizations have emerged in different regions, each as enthusiastic as if injected with newfound energy.

  This made the court army exhausted. Even a month ago, Emperor Anping announced to the world that he had issued an edict that caused an uproar.

  The edict's general content is to change the state governor's role to that of a prince, granting them both military and political powers. This enables state governors to form their own armies to suppress rebellions within their respective states. It's akin to bestowing princely authority. Whether this idea originates from the emperor himself or from some misguided advisors remains uncertain.

  Gu Changsheng finds that the current plot of the Chu State oddly familiar!

  At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms were divided...

  Despite the differences between Da Chu and Da Han,and the fact that this is a different world entirely, there are only a few similarities.

Gu Changsheng remains unaware of Chu's next destination. However, regardless of Chu's chosen path, it holds no relevance to him.

For he has made the decision to flee!

The current circumstances are shrouded in uncertainty.

Escape, slip away

Had he not sensed it, he wouldn't have achieved the rank of warrior. It's likely that Emperor Anping's decree has yet to be issued, but he has already run away.

Nonetheless, it's not too late to escape now.

Regarding the escape route, Gu Changsheng has spent the past few years meticulously preparing it.

  As expected, it is in a remote deep mountain forest.

  The so-called small chaos avoids the village, the big chaos avoids the city, and the chaotic world avoids the world.

  Yuzhou City is adjacent to the mountains. Finding a deep mountain forest in the mountains is an excellent place to avoid the chaotic world.

  It's just that the mountains are not suitable for human long-term survival.

  However, these are no longer a problem now.

  He also spent several years preparing almost everything bit by bit in order not to attract attention.

  A large amount of food, cloth, herbs, farm tools, salt...

  It can be said that a large part of the money earned by the bookstore in these years was used by him to buy these things he needed when he ran away.

  After all, the outside world is too scary now.

Not to mention him, a low-ranking warrior who has just broken through; even the first-class warriors, who are famous worldwide, have fallen, and more than one has fallen now!

Who can truly protect themselves in such troubled times?

It's difficult! It's challenging! It's daunting!

Perhaps only the legendary masters in the world can remain unaffected by troubled times and even control the overall situation of the world.

  That year, the situation in the State of Chu was in chaos, and the troubled times loomed ahead. In the small city of Yuzhou, I was 24 years old, a low-ranking warrior, as insignificant as a minion.

  Since he traveled to this world, six years have passed unknowingly.

  "I'm already 24 years old." Gu Changsheng said to himself with a little emotion.

  He died at this age in his previous life.

  In this life, he finally caught up with the age of his previous life.

  From now on, his appearance will not change at all.

  From now on, he will be forever young and immortal!

  Before he runs away, there is one more thing to do.   

  That was the problem of the subsequent content of martial arts.

The martial arts he received from the Chuyun Martial Arts School only covered the basics of the Membrane Realm.

At most, it could only enable practitioners to reach a minor level of mastery within this realm. Currently, he lacks the subsequent teachings necessary to advance and become a third-rate martial artist."

  Therefore, he needed to revisit the martial arts school.

He had to inquire or purchase the subsequent content of Cloud Palm.

After all, no one knew how many years it would take to escape this time.

Once Gu Changsheng packed up all his belongings, he would be ready to flee at any moment.

  He pocketed a piece of bluestone, revealing several fist-sized dark holes behind it, with something wrapped in oil paper.

Upon unwrapping it, the silver inside emitted a captivating gleam.

Not more, not less—precisely one hundred and six taels of silver.

  He sold all the acres of thin land passed down by the ancestors of the Gu family outside the city.

  He made a decision that went against his ancestors!

  And the money from selling books for so many years was finally saved.

  The book he wrote, except for the first few months when it didn't sell very well, sold well in the remaining years.

  Even several other bookstores in Yuzhou City began to pirate his books and periodicals.

  It's wise not to draw attention; showing off wealth could bring trouble.

In any case, there's a book that must be the first to release the latest content.

There's still much work to be done.

Truly, even as Chu State grows colder, the love for books remains!

Allowing other bookstores to make some profit won't attract too much attention.

  Perhaps, it is precisely because of this caution that he has not caused any trouble in the past few years!

  Life and death are like the wind, always by my side. This lifestyle of constantly flirting with danger and dancing on the edge of the blade may seem thrilling and exciting, but it's not suitable for him.

If he were any other protagonist, he might have gained fame worldwide in six years!

Yet here he is, not causing trouble, but becoming a big boss himself.

He remains as humble as ever, like a mere minion!

If possible, Gu Changsheng truly desires nothing more than peace and tranquility.

He simply wishes to become a big boss!

  ...

  Going to the Chuyun Martial Arts Hall to get the Cloud Palm is simpler than Gu Changsheng imagined.

  With almost no effort, he got the flesh and blood chapter of Cloud Palm.

  That is the follow-up content of breaking through to become a third-rate warrior.

  Such martial arts belong to third-rate martial arts in the world.

  And Gu Changsheng paid a hundred taels of silver for it.

I must say, this price is truly worth it, a fair deal!

  The master of the hall is still a loyal man! And Gu Changsheng can actually break through to become a warrior.

  This also surprised Senior Brother Lin Jun and Senior Brother Qi Xiao.

  A few years ago, it was Senior Brother Lin Jun who brought Gu Changsheng into the door. And Senior Brother Qi Xiao also thought that Gu Changsheng would never come back in this life.

  But he didn't expect that he could actually become a warrior.

  It can be seen that Gu Changsheng has worked hard to practice martial arts in the past few years.

  The martial arts hall also recruited Gu Changsheng, but he was politely declined.

  After not seeing each other for several years, Senior Brother Lin Jun also broke through. Now he is a third-rate warrior and is in the same realm as Senior Brother Qi Xiao.

  However, the way of a warrior is that the further you go, the more difficult it is to break through.

  Although the two were in the same realm and were both third-rate warriors, their strengths were very different.

  And Xiao Huan, who had practiced martial arts even earlier than him, had also become a third-rate warrior, and had also made quite a name for himself in the martial arts world of Yuzhou City.

  He was known as the Heavy Cloud Palm - Xiao Huan!

  In the martial arts world, only third-rate warriors deserve to have their own titles.

  A warrior can only be said to be a much stronger passerby. However, it would be better if he was less well-known.

  Gu Changsheng thought to himself that it would be best if he did not leave any reputation in the martial arts world when he broke through to become a third-rate warrior.

He quickly memorized the flesh and blood chapter of the Cloud Palm.

  Then Gu Changsheng decided to leave.

He was anxious to escape!

Given the current situation in the State of Chu, the longer he stayed in the city, the more danger he would face, which could ultimately prevent his escape.

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