My life matters the most after all.

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The new cover page of "The Strongest Ancestor of All Time" just dropped. I had a friend make it for me~

Also, the next chapter will drop in 6 hours.

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The 14-year-old original Yu Sheng was watching the scene unfold before him. Despite having yet to start on his cultivation journey, he was considered extremely strong compared to other mortals. When he was just a child, he would plough the lands instead of oxen as his adoptive grandparents could not afford one.

Imagine the shock on their faces when they realized their 5-year-old baby was strong enough to move about 150 kilograms of heavy equipment. They were happy that their grandson wanted to help out on the farmlands but were anxious that this abnormality would incur the jealousy of others and coaxed the young boy to not show his strength in front of people he did not trust.

Yu Sheng grew up as a kind child. Under the loving care of his grandparents, he was raised into a fine young boy. However, this did not make him stupid or naive. He would help others when he could, but he knew that he must always put himself first.

Who would be stupid enough to risk their lives for someone else? Especially in the kind of society that he lived in where it was the survival of the fittest and strongest. The strong could rule over the weak, and likewise only lower their head in front of someone even stronger.

He knew that if could get the favour of the family who was being targeted by bandits, he could maybe reduce the expenditures of his journey to the Qing Piao Sect. He could maybe even get a huge prize reward for saving them.

Yu Sheng was confident in his skills. He could take out 100 adults easily without breaking a sweat. However, one fatal flaw of his was that he came from an extremely backwater village that was extremely ignorant of the larger world beyond their small circle.

Moreover, he was currently also in a backwater area of a backwater continent. He might as well have been living in sewage water the entire time. He had not encountered any cultivators so far in his life and was still incorrectly confident in his abilities.

Yu Sheng silently approached the ring of bandits. Slowly approaching the biggest and strongest-looking bandit, he gathered his strengths on his right arm and swing.

"Crack!"

The sound of someone's skull caving in ceased the advances of the bandits.

Before the bandits could react, Yu Sheng had to pick off as many bandits as he could as he did not want to fight a prolonged battle. He could finish them all off, but he would much rather not sustain too much damage before reaching the Qing Piao Sect.

The two bandits that were standing next to their now-dead friend were momentarily shocked but had enough battle experience to bottle down their rage for now and attack the perpetrator that killed their friend.

They took out the daggers that were in their sheath and attempted to stab Yu Sheng, but their slow, rugged motions were all caught by Yu Sheng's heightened senses. He grabbed both of their wrists and used his monstrous strength to slam their bodies against each other.

While discombobulated, Yu Sheng took the opportunity to grab them by their hair, and savagely smashed their faces into each other, causing their skull to shatter and brain matter to splatter everywhere.

3 bandits down. 17 more to go.

Many of the bandits started charging towards Yu Sheng. Yu Sheng was not worried about the few weaklings that were in front of him. He was more concerned about the few bandits who ran towards the Xiao Family, intending to finish their tasks quickly.

He had to target those bandits first. Moreover, he was wary of the strange man wearing a red robe with golden dragon patchwork sewn onto it. He was standing among the bandits, so he knew he must be killed. Despite looking very dangerous, Yu Sheng could sense the fearfulness in his body language. He decided to leave him alone for now.

Yu Sheng was very experienced in combat. He noticed the dry, rough dirt and came up with a plan on the spot. Planting his left foot on the ground, he stretched his right leg forward and dug his heel into the dirt. Then, he violently spun around, pivoting himself on his left leg, kicking up a dirt storm that surrounded him.

Taking advantage of the bandits that were blinded and incoherent, he sprinted forward, covering a large distance in the blink of an eye. The bandits that were targeting the Xiao family turned around amid the commotion.

Yu Sheng jumped up high into the air, preparing to use the falling motion to quickly end a bandit's life.

The bandit that was unlucky enough to be Yu Sheng's first target outside the dirt storm had his skull caved in by a hard slam of his feet.

Yu Sheng had always targeted the head when engaging in life-or-death combat, usually ending his fights in one hit, not wanting the enemy to have the potential to retaliate and fight back.

Yu Sheng proceeded to exchange punches with the bandits. Those bandits could not even exchange punches for 3 moves before getting their heads crushed, necks snapped or hearts pierced.

A strange, suffocating aura swept across the battlefield. Fear. That was the first thing Yu Sheng experienced when an unfamiliar aura exerted its pressure on him.

Once you become a level 1 qi refining cultivator, you have already forgone your past identity as a mortal. The strange aura may belong to a level 1 qi refining cultivator, but it was more than enough to destroy any mortal.

Yu Sheng immediately turned his gaze back to the strange man in the red robe. However, although the man tried his best to act stoic and remain calm, he could see the little tremors on his arms and legs.

From the corner of his eyes, he spotted a man dressed as a common bandit. His gaze was forcefully pulled towards him. This man was dangerous. Extremely dangerous. Far more dangerous than any other opponent he had faced in his life.

He now could care less for the Xiao family. What matters most is his own safety. He had to defeat this adversity no matter what. Both of them did not speak any words. Immediately after acknowledging each other, they started to fight.