Is an immortal really exist?
Zhang San pulled out a book from under the broken leg of the table at home late at night. As the leg of the table was worn out, Zhang San had always been reluctant to replace it, so he had always kept the book pressed under the table.
Book name: Da Dao Tian Ge Jue (The Song of Great Dao).
I heard from my master that this is a family heirloom left by my grandmaster, it is a book of immortal art for cultivation!
But my grandmaster had tried to pawn it off at one point, after all his apprentices were really capable of eating too much. As a result, he was kicked out by the pawn shop owner.
Judging from the results of Zhang San's secretly practicing for twenty years, this so-called "Da Dao Tian Ge Jue" is simply nonsense and completely useless. The pawn shop owner back then made the right choice by kicking out my grandmaster.
Zhang San fiddled with the useless book in his hand and murmured: "Although the book is fake, immortals do exist. I have seen them before."
Although the immortal who beat the mob boss to death was not that 'immortal', Zhang San still regarded him as the idol he worshipped. That was why he had been practicing the fake immortal art like a fool for twenty years.
Sigh...
He sighed and put the fake immortal art back under the table leg, then went back to sleep.
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If Zhang San was not cautious enough when killing that scholar back then, making Zhang San feel that it was a stain in his steady killer career, then his fear of "fishermen" or "fishing industry practitioners" was definitely not a stain in Zhang San's opinion.
He was just afraid.
Who doesn't have some weaknesses?
Therefore, Zhang San believed that it belonged to one of his fears instead of stains accumulated over the years of his killer career.
However, as a killer, fear would make him lose jobs.
Losing jobs means less money.
This is immoral to the wallet.
Do not think it is ridiculous that someone pays to kill a "fishing industry practitioner" nowadays, and such things are very rare.
After all, Zhang San who had personally taken on a task related to a "beggar practitioner" was already speechless about this world. Nowadays even beggars can be paid to be killed, not to mention fishermen?
Speaking of which, why can't fishermen be murdered by someone hiring killer? Do you discriminate against fishermen?
So on this day, Zhang San came to the neighboring village, not for the fifty taels of reward after completing the task.
It seemed to be a task.
But in fact, it was his first step to overcome fear!
Over the years, he had given up on many fifty taels, but this time, with his sky-level lightness skill, he decided that this time... he would say "no" to himself!
I came here today not to prove how powerful my sky-level lightness skill and ground-level upper-level martial arts are, I just want to prove to myself that what I have lost before will be taken back by my own hands!
Overcome the fear, Zhang San!
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The neighboring village, a village that sounds like it is just next to yours, but in fact this village has no "neighboring" relationship with Xiaoyun County at all.
When Zhang San walked unsteadily on the muddy path in the neighboring village wearing a beggar's clothes with his head down, occasionally a few villagers walked by. Although they took a few more looks at this beggar, nowadays, which place would not have "beggar practitioners"?
Besides, this beggar had tattered clothes, lifeless eyes, and his legs looked dark and weak. He really looked like the most beggar-like beggar. No one would think that such a person would pose any threat when they saw him.
Therefore, although the villagers took a few more looks, no one cared about this beggar. Zhang San was very satisfied with this, which fully proved his acting skills.
Incidentally, for occupational safety, Zhang San had undergone covert training in opera troupes.
In Zhang San's own words, compared with him, even Dawu Country's number one 'Ming Lian', the actor with the nickname 'Little Fresh Meat', his acting skills are not even as good as dregs.
After all, 'Little Fresh Meat' only acted for money. It would be fine if he acted well, but if he failed, he still got paid without any pressure.
Although Zhang San also acted for money, failure of his "drama" would cost lives.
The difference is obvious!
Putting down the resentment in his heart and comforting himself at the same time, beggar Zhang San looked up and immediately found the target at the bridge head by the river.
Old Wang from the neighboring village!
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At the bridge head, Old Wang was collecting his fishing nets when he suddenly heard a plop behind him, so he curiously looked back.
A young beggar had collapsed at the bridge head.
"Oh my, whose family is this?"
Old Wang was quite a kind old man. He often gave excess fish to his neighbors at night after catching too many fish during the day. Now seeing a living person collapsed on the ground, although he was a beggar, Old Wang still hurried up to him quickly.
"Little buddy? Little buddy, what's wrong with you?"
The beggar on the ground did not respond. Old Wang helped the beggar up and found that this beggar had his eyes closed tightly, with cracked lips and wax yellow complexion.
In this turbulent world, such beggars are common nowadays. Although Old Wang was not a doctor, he could still see that this young man was estimated to have fled from the north and was possibly lacking water and food judging from his condition.
Old Wang hurriedly took out a water bag next to him and poured some on the beggar's face. Only then did the beggar react a little.
Seeing that it worked, Old Wang hurriedly placed the mouth of the water bag on the beggar's lips and said, "Come, young man, drink slowly. Are you feeling better now?"
The beggar drank gulpingly like an extremely thirsty person due to lack of water.
Cough cough...
Old Wang said anxiously, "Drink slowly, drink slowly young man, don't choke."
The beggar slowly opened his eyes, and his gaze was somewhat empty and blurred, perhaps because he had fainted.
The beggar looked at the old man who was holding him to drink water, and tears flowed down as he trembled and said, "Grandpa... Is it grandpa? You didn't die after all, that's so great, so great..."
The beggar's voice was so weak and haggard.
His words were so sad.
It is not an exaggeration to say that listeners are saddened and viewers shed tears.
As a kind old man, Old Wang already understood when he saw this. He guessed that this young man should have fled from the war in the north. After hearing that his family was lost in the war, he fled south to survive.

] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"

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rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!

transmigrates into the world as the sect master of the Heavenly Yan Sect, which is on the verge of being wiped out. He binds a system that grants him cultivation power based on the number of disciples he has: for each disciple, he automatically gains a year's worth of cultivation every single day! Take one disciple: every day he gains 1 year of cultivation power. While others struggle through a year of bitter training, he gets the same just by sleeping through a single night. Take ten disciples: every day he gains 10 years of cultivation power. Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul—he breezes through all bottlenecks without lifting a finger. Take one hundred disciples: every day he gains 100 years of cultivation power. Even a Soul Transformation Venerable before him can’t survive a single blow. Take ten thousand disciples: every day he gains 10,000 years of cultivation power! With a wave of his hand, he topples empires. With a single step, he crushes the sacred grounds of the universe. ... While others fight tooth and nail for secret techniques, Lin Yan casually hands out Nascent Soul-level cultivation manuals as beginner textbooks. While others strain to find talented recruits, Lin Yan opens his doors to anyone—so long as they’re human. In just three short years, the Heavenly Yan Sect went from a backwater sect made up of three crumbling huts to a sacred land that every cultivator under heaven would kill to enter. ... One day, otherworldly demon gods invade, with a million demon soldiers pressing down upon the realm. Lin Yan, yawning, rises from his lounge chair and glances at the system panel: [Current Disciples: 1.28 million] [Daily Cultivation Increase: 1.28 million years] He waves his hand casually, and the countless demon soldiers are reduced to ashes in an instant. “So noisy… interrupting my fishing.”