Reverse thinking allowed Wen Xishu to quickly grasp the entire game.
"Essentially speaking, standing here eating grapes and playing procreation games with the most beautiful woman in the martial world should be Liu Jianxin."
"I am the one who has mastered the Original Heart Sword Technique."
"If I were the newcomer in Jianghu, mastering the Original Heart Sword Technique at Ox Village..."
"Then, based on my past life's experience, I would find a way to max out the Original Heart Sword Technique."
Every fan of Longxia's martial arts has a wild urge when playing such games.
"But the interesting part is, not only did Liu Jianxin not max out the Original Heart Sword Technique, it even downgraded. But he didn't care, since he had learned the more powerful Dragon Subduing God Palm instead."
A smile appeared on Wen Xishu's lips:
"Fortunately, none of this happened."
Because the Scorpion Knife was only a simulation, everything Wen Xishu saw was a deduction.
"The Jianghu is treacherous, but you are even more treacherous. You disdain upholding justice, but I insist that you do."
"Let me teach you how to navigate this Jianghu."
Plans quickly formed in Wen Xishu's mind.
He stood up, the grape beauty beside him swaying like a snake:
"You seem to have a lot of inner fire; do you need to cool down?"
Wen Xishu said:
"In this Jianghu nowadays, the heroic spirit has lost its place, and people are not what they used to be. As the Martial Arts Alliance Hierarch, I have decided to nurture a righteous genius. Stop the teasing; prepare the horse, I am heading to Ox Village."
The woman thought she had misheard, greatly surprised.
...
...
Outside Ox Village.
After receiving the village's good sword, Liu Jianxin glanced mockingly at his father.
His father, Liu Jianguo, continued to nag like an NPC:
"The Jianghu is vast and unimaginable. In the future, if you uphold justice and help the weak, you might gain the favor of a great hero."
Liu Jianxin scoffed inwardly, these old sayings were outdated. The Jianghu now is one where everyone is out for themselves.
Yet, since it was his father, he still nodded, pretending to listen.
Liu Jianxin's journey began.
Everything unfolded as deduced; Liu Jianxin soon encountered a convoy transporting goods.
The head of the convoy was called Blue-faced Tiger; Liu Jianxin couldn't directly rob them, he had to find a way to get help.
After some observation, Liu Jianxin took note of how Blue-faced Tiger was extremely harsh, constantly beating and scolding his subordinates.
This lack of human touch was bound to lead to trouble sooner or later.
Liu Jianxin continued on and quickly encountered brigands blocking the way.
As everything unfolded as predicted, Liu Jianxin put on a show and, taking advantage of the situation, managed to blend in with the bandits.
So Liu Jianxin decided to join the bandits in robbing the convoy.
Liu Jianxin only wanted to make his first pot of gold in Jianghu; as for whether the money was clean or how he got it, he didn't care.
Very soon, everything happened as in the simulation; the bandits exploited the convoy guards' dissatisfaction with Blue-faced Tiger, eventually getting them all drunk.
Blue-faced Tiger himself also drank.
Thus, everyone was drugged and fell unconscious; next, it seemed just as Liu Jianxin planned—they could now divide the spoils.
Afterward, he could report these bandits.
But at this moment, a voice echoed in Liu Jianxin's mind.
[You are about to gain a fortune, but at that moment, you are surprised to find out there is actually someone hiding in the dark protecting the goods. This person's martial arts are so strong that none of you noticed!]
[You know that once this person reveals themselves, everyone will die. So you adapt and decide to use the Original Heart Sword Technique to strike at the bandits around you, declaring it was all a ruse to wipe out the bandits.]
Liu Jianxin was shocked!
Who?
Who is talking to me?
He looked around.
Found no one else.
But the words were too clear, a man's voice.
But who could perform such terrifying secret sound transmission? People in Jianghu with such inner strength and means could probably be counted on one hand.
Liu Jianxin's heart was gripped with fear, but even more so by what he heard.
Another person?
These brigands couldn't detect him at all?
If true, these brigands were undoubtedly doomed.
This was undoubtedly a moment that required an immediate decision.
Liu Jianxin thought, "The person who can perform secret transmission is definitely much more formidable than the one hiding in the shadows."
"They might be toying with me... or they might have already transmitted to others, waiting for us to kill each other?"
"If I don't act, I'll be killed as a bandit; if I do, even if I am being played, there might be a slim chance to survive."
Liu Jianxin's mind raced quickly, and he immediately had an idea and a resolution.
No sooner said than done, Liu Jianxin immediately activated the Original Heart Sword Technique, wielding the village's good sword, and stabbed towards the leader Zhi Duoxing.
Logically, a beginner's sword technique should find it difficult to rival the bandits, who mastered the intermediate Water Margin Swordsmanship.
Especially with so many opponents.
But when Liu Jianxin followed the voice's instructions in his mind and shouted,
"Everything I did today was to eradicate bandits, and you still want to rob the convoy? Face my sword!"
Liu Jianxin wasn't confident in his mind.
This Original Heart Sword Technique was said to have been passed down to his father by a great hero years ago.
But Liu Jianxin looked down on it in his heart; his father, Liu Jianguo, was just a timid farmer who couldn't leave Ox Village.
How could someone like that have met a great hero?
But then, Liu Jianxin was astounded because countless terrifying Sword Qi actually erupted from the Wooden Sword.
The brigand attempted to activate the Water Margin Swordsmanship, but the next second, a flash of Sword Light passed, and he was decapitated.