Fantasy Simulator Chapter 1: 1, a 13 tzameti fanfic

Fantasy Simulator

After dying, Chen Heng finds that he has transmigrated to an alternate reality: everything is the same, except the world is now a Wuxia world heavily influenced by martial arts! Not only this, he discovers that he has a Fantasy Simulator, from which he obtains rewards that make him incredibly powerful in his new reality as well. Martial arts, immortal cultivation, and overpowered abilities–all of this begins from a single simulation!

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Chapter 1 - Start

"How were your physical examination results?"

"So-so."

"What about yours?"

"Let's not even talk about it…"

"My Body Forging results were still not enough to pass. What do I do…"

Within the classroom, many voices could be heard.

Chen Heng looked around and saw many familiar faces. Listening to what they were saying, his mouth twitched as he began to doubt reality.

He had come to this alternate reality for more than half a month, but he still was not used to it.

"The world has changed…"

Chen Heng shook his head and took out a book from his desk tray.

This book was different from the one he was familiar with. It was a very, very thick book.

The book's cover looked quite simple, and there were a few big words written on it.

Body Forging Basics.

Following this book, Chen Heng took out a few more books from within his desk tray.

Body Forging Theory, Martial Arts History, The Reason For Special Abilities…

There was a pile of books in front of him. In Chen Heng's previous world, he would have read them as fiction novels.

"Hai," Chen Heng could not help but sigh looking at them.

Honestly speaking, he had been quite excited when he had first come to this alternate world.

In one's life, who did not have any regrets?

Returning to when he had been in high school time was perfect; he had many regrets and now had the chance to make up for all of them.

Back then, he had been incredibly excited and filled with ambition. He had wanted to do great things in this world, but reality had given him a heavy blow.

The world had changed.

He had gone to an alternate reality, and time had rewound for him. He remembered all of the people around him from his memories.

His relatives, friends, and other people he was familiar with were still there, and there was nothing different about them.

It was just that the world had changed.

This was a martial arts world.

In this world, martial arts were incredibly real. There were many incredibly famous martial arts grandmasters, and all of them had incredible power.

This was something that his old world did not have.

Not only this, this world's ancient history was filled with martial arts grandmasters. Most big events were connected to these grandmasters.

Even for a normal student like Chen Heng, apart from culture subjects, he also had martial arts classes.

This was a big difference to Chen Heng's world in the past.

He did not know why these changes had happened.

Thinking about the various aspects of this world, Chen Heng felt like sighing for some reason.

Fortunately, his start had been quite good.

In his old world, his results in high school had been pretty good. Even though he was not one of the best students, he was in the top ten in his class.

In this world, not only were his culture subjects quite high, but his martial arts subjects were also good.

His scores in various subjects were exemplary, and he was one of the top students of this high school.

This was something that made him feel better.

However, this was not enough.

'This world's rules are pretty similar to my old world's rules. The university entrance exam is also very important.

'However, compared to my old world, this world's university entrance exam not only tests culture subjects but also martial arts subjects.'

Chen Heng sat in front of his desk and thought by himself, 'The culture subjects aren't a problem. There's still half a year, and if I work hard to study them, I should be able to reach my goal…'

"But the martial arts subjects…"

He frowned.

Even though in his past life in his old world he had already graduated and entered society, he still had his many years of experience. Adding on this world's memories, as long as he worked hard, it would be no problem for him to reach his goals in the culture subjects.

However, he did not know what to do for the martial arts subjects.

Even though one's martial arts subject scores being bad did not affect one entering university, having good results in martial arts subjects gave many advantages.

If possible, Chen Heng wanted to be a master of both pen and sword so that he could set a good foundation for his future and have a good start.

"I hope this thing can help me…" Chen Heng lightly sighed and looked around.

With a thought from him, a row of letters and numbers appeared in front of him.

Current Points: 19.

"19… the same number of days as I've been in this world…"

Looking at these numbers, a thought appeared in Chen Heng's mind.

These numbers had been with him since he had come to this world.

He had been in this world for over half a month, but he still did not know what use it had.

He only knew that as time passed, the number would increase.

However, he still did not know what it could be used for.

Still sitting at his desk, he raised his head and looked at the lectern at the front.

There was a clock hanging on the lectern, and the time it displayed was nearly 12pm.

He stared at the clock, silently watching time continuously pass.

Ding!

A clear sound rang out.

Outside, a bell rang.

"Class is over!"

Around him, the students cheered and the classroom became lively.

However, Chen Heng did not pay any mind to this. He continued to stare ahead.

As he stared, the number in front of his eyes began to change.

Current Points: 20.

The updated number floated in front of his eyes; it was now 20.

"Nothing else?"

Looking at this number, Chen Heng felt a bit confused.

He had always been quite curious about this thing he had.

Before, he had always felt that when his points reached 20, something would happen.

Was that a mistaken feeling?

He felt quite confused and could not help but feel a bit disappointed.

At that moment, an interface appeared before his eyes.

At the same time, a hazy feeling appeared.

Chen Heng felt as if he had put on blurred glasses, and an uncomfortable feeling came from ahead.

Chen Heng could not help but shake his head before looking ahead again.

At that moment, there was a new change.

"The conditions have been fulfilled. Would you like to begin the simulation?"

A new line of words appeared before his eyes.

"Simulation?"

Looking at these words, Chen Heng felt quite surprised. As he looked on, the scene before his eyes quickly changed.

The interface in front of him changed and a game-like interface appeared.

There were rows of dots of light on it, but only the first was shining and blinking with light.

"What… is this?"

Looking at this interface, Chen Heng zoned out for a few moments before looking around.

He instinctively looked down at that first shining dot of light.

As his gaze landed on that dot of light, some more words appeared.

"Sorcerer World. Entry Requirements: 20 Points…"

"Would you like to begin the simulation?"

"No."

Chen Heng instinctively refused.

He was still at school, and it would not be convenient for him to try out whatever this was.

He would go home and try it out in a safe environment.

There was no need to be in a rush.

Chen Heng, coming to a realization, thought to himself, "So the entry requirement is 20 Points… no wonder it only activated today."

As for that simulation, he could make a guess about it, but he was unable to confirm it yet.

No matter what kind of guesses he came up with, he would only be sure after trying it out himself.

Thinking to there, he got up and looked around.

In that short amount of time, the surrounding students had already left.

Only a few people still sat at their desks, either reading books or chatting.

Chen Heng packed his things and walked home.

His home was not too far from school, and even if he walked, it only took around ten minutes.

Soon, an old neighborhood could be seen.

Chen Heng walked into it with great familiarity and arrived at his home.

"You're home."

After getting home, a voice came out from the kitchen.

In the kitchen was a middle-aged woman around 40 years old wearing an apron. After hearing the door open, she looked back and saw Chen Heng.

"How were things today?"

"Not too bad, the classes aren't too hard."

Chen Heng nodded and looked at the living room as he asked, "Where's big sis?"

"Her? I don't know, she probably went somewhere to fool around."

Wang Li shook her head before saying, "Get ready to eat."

Chen Heng nodded and did not say much. He silently put his bag down and sat at the table.

Even though he had returned home, he was unable to calm down his emotions. He thought about it and took out a book and read by himself, using this time to calm himself down.

After a while, the sound of footsteps could be heard outside, and someone walked in.

It was a girl who was relatively tall and had good looks. It was just that she had heavy makeup on and wore high heels.

"Where the hell did you go after skipping school?" Wang Li could not help but ask as he observed her appearance.

"None of your business."

Chen Jing put down her bag and said, "Just do your part and cook lunch."

"You… Ai…"

Wang Li stood there, and even though she looked angry, in the end, she did not say anything.

Chen Heng looked up and looked at his big sister.

Both parents of this family had been divorced before, and Chen Heng was Wang Li's son. He had changed his surname after his mother had married his stepfather.

As for Chen Jing, she was Chen Heng's stepsister, and there was no blood relation between them.

Compared to Chen Heng, who obediently went to school, Chen Jing seemed like a delinquent. She often skipped school and spent time with all kinds of people.

From what Chen Heng remembered, she would run away from home for a while in two years.

Of course, in this world, he had no idea how things would turn out.

"How are things at school?"

Chen Jing took out a bottle of coca cola from the fridge and sat next to Chen Heng as she looked at him and smiled.

"Not too bad, I did pretty well in these exams; I was fifth in the class," Chen Heng said as he put down his book.

"What about your martial arts subjects?" Chen Jing asked, seeming deeply concerned.

"Hmm, only top 20," Chen Heng thought before replying.

"That's not bad either." Chen Jing nodded before walking to the side and drinking the coca cola in one breath.

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Chapter 2 - Simulation

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

After lunch, Chen Heng and Chen Jing chatted for a bit before walking back to their own rooms.

After walking into his room, Chen Heng thought about it and changed his clothes before lying on his bed.

"Would you like to begin the simulation?"

Before his eyes, the familiar letters and numbers once again appeared.

Looking at these words, Chen Heng felt a strange sense of nervousness.

He deeply breathed in and accepted, "Yes."

As he made this choice, he noticed that his Points quickly dropped to zero.

The Points he had accumulated over 20 days directly returned to zero.

Following this, the interface before him went through changes.

"Please choose your character."

A line of words appeared before his eyes.

Chen Heng looked at the interface, which now had many more options. They floated in front of his eyes, waiting for him to make a decision.

The story is about to begin. You are projected into an unfamiliar world and will become part of an unfamiliar family…

. Sorcerer Family

You are born into a Sorcerer family. Both of your parents are Sorcerers, or one of them is a Sorcerer.

You are born into a Sorcerer family and have good resources. Compared to ordinary mortals, your starting point is above what their maximum potential is (Potential).

Your body flows with noble blood, giving you superior advantages compared to most people. Whether it is your body or mind, you are naturally much stronger than ordinary people.

Points to Exchange: 3,000 to three million.

. Noble Family

You are born into a noble family. Both of your parents are nobles or at least one of them is.

You are born into a noble family and have good resources. Compared to ordinary mortals, your starting point is above what their maximum potential is (Potential).

Your body flows with noble blood, giving you superior advantages compared to most people. Whether it is your body or mind, you are naturally much stronger than ordinary people.

Points to Exchange: 1,000 to 300,000.

. Ordinary Family

You are born into an ordinary family. Your parents are both ordinary people.

Compared to the noble families, your family situation is ordinary. Your family may be a bit poorer or richer compared to others, but it will still be ordinary.

Everything about you will be plain and unremarkable.

Points to Exchange: 0 to 1,000.

. Outlander Family (Elf)

You are born into an Outlander family and will be an Elf.

…

Information appeared before Chen Heng's eyes, and only he could see them. There were at least thousands of lines.

These thousands of lines contained all kinds of options. There were noble Sorcerers, as well as lowly Kobolds.

Anything that one could imagine was included.

"So I get to choose my identity…" Chen Heng looked through the options seriously.

Of the identities that Chen Heng was looking at, most required very few points. For example, the Kobolds or ordinary families did not even require any points to choose.

However, some options, such as Sorcerer family, cost a ridiculously high number of Points. Even the lowest option required an astronomical number of Points.

Looking at these options, Chen Heng could roughly understand their use.

The identity he chose would be the identity he would take after going to the simulation.

As for the difference in Points required within each option, that would determine the quality of each option.

After all, even for people who had the same type of family or social status, there could be massive differences.

A family with one million dollars in assets and a family with hundreds of millions of dollars in assets could both be called millionaires, but were they the same?

As such, the difference between people was often bigger than the difference between humans and dogs.

This was the difference within the options.

Chen Heng guessed that after choosing an option, he would choose how many Points to spend.

The more Points that he spent, the better the identity would be.

That was most likely how it worked.

However, right now, Chen Heng did not have much of a choice.

He did not have a single Point on him, so he naturally could not do much.

Right now, he could only choose the identities that did not require Points.

As such, he glanced over the options and looked at the ordinary family option.

"Confirm!"

After selecting it, the options all disappeared, and a line of words appeared.

"Please select the talents you would like to add…"

Following this, more options appeared before Chen Heng's eyes.

. Sorcerer Talent

You have the talent to become a Sorcerer. This means you have the aptitude to become a Sorcerer.

Points to Exchange: 1,000 to 100,000.

. Knight Talent

You have the talent to become a Knight. This determines whether or not you can have Life Energy, and it gives you the aptitude to become a Knight.

Points to Exchange: 100 to 10,000.

. Memory Talent

You have an extraordinary memory that surpasses that of ordinary people's.

Points to Exchange: 10 to 1,000.

. Body Talent

You have an extraordinary constitution. Your body will be strong from a young age and surpasses ordinary people's.

Points to Exchange: 10 to 100.

…

. Comprehension Talent

You have extraordinary comprehension abilities. You will be proficient at studying from a young age and have great comprehension abilities towards various things.

Points to Exchange: 10 to 10,000.

…

All kinds of options once again appeared before Chen Heng.

"They all look pretty good. What a pity…"

Chen Heng looked at the prices and his mouth twitched.

He did not hesitate to skip these options.

Following this, the options disappeared and a new choice appeared.

"Please select your operation time…"

This time, the choice was time.

The default age seemed to be 20 years old.

Chen Heng looked at the option.

It seemed that he could control the time; the earlier it was, the more Points were required.

From 20 years old, every year prior required ten Points.

"In that case, if I want to start from a baby, I need to invest 200 Points?"

Chen Heng thought to himself and came to this conclusion.

…

However, given his circumstances, there was not much to consider, so he chose the starting age of 20 years old.

After all, right now, he did not have anything.

After selecting his age, the interface disappeared.

Rays of golden light appeared before his eyes, filling his vision.

Chen Heng raised his head and looked ahead. He just so happened to see a golden door seem to open in front of him, sucking him in.

…

Darkness, chaos.

A hazy feeling came from above.

Chen Heng woke up and gradually came to consciousness.

When he became fully awake, he found that the place he was at had changed.

In front of him was a dim forest. There were large trees all around him, and they seemed to have existed for a long time.

He had a bow in his hands and seemed to be aiming into the distance.

"This is…"

Looking at the bow in his hands, he felt stunned.

In the previous moment, he had been in his warm room. In the blink of an eye, he was standing in an unfamiliar forest.

Following this, large amounts of memories started to appear in his mind.

Suolo, 20 years old, an ordinary hunter in the Salo Region.

For Chen Heng, there was a barrier between these memories and his own memories, but it was a bit hazy.

"Is this what the simulation is like?"

Chen Heng held his head and only recovered after a few moments.

After getting used to his current identity, he looked around.

In front of him, the Points Interface was still there. Now, it had a few more words, showing that he was in a simulation.

Right now, he was within a simulation.

However, as long as he wanted to, he could exit from the simulation at any time and return to his own world.

At the same time, no matter how much time passed in the simulation, in the real world, only a moment would have passed.

After understanding these things, Chen Heng felt much more at ease and confident.

What he had been the most afraid of was discovering that his body had died of hunger after going back.

Since this kind of thing would not happen, there was naturally nothing for him to be afraid of.

Standing there, Chen Heng thought to himself.

He was a hunter, and the region he was in was called Salo.

He was born into a hunter family. His father was an outstanding hunter, but he was getting old and did not have much strength.

Suolo was also an excellent hunter. Even though he was not very old, in his generation, he was quite famous.

After confirming his identity, Chen Heng left this place. He followed the path in his memories and returned home.

He began to go about his life according to what his memories were like.

He was just like the Suolo in the past, living in this area. There was not much difference in what he did and what Suolo would do.

The main difference was that compared to the Suolo of the past, when there was no one around, he would do some strange movements, continuously training his body.

These strange movements had a name in Chen Heng's word, which was Body Forging Technique, or the Foundational Body Forging Technique.

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Chapter 3 - Long Time

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Time gradually passed, and before Chen Heng had realized it, five years had gone by.

Over the five years, Chen Heng's fame in the region became greater and greater, and he soon became known by many people.

Most people knew that he was the most famous hunter in the region and that he had great skills.

Of course, part of this was because of the Body Forging Technique.

In the real world, even though the Body Forging Technique was only a basic martial art, it was a bona fide Body Forging Technique.

For those who had not done much training before, this kind of Body Forging Technique had great effects.

The reason why Chen Heng was able to become an excellent hunter these past five years was because of the Body Forging Technique.

Over the five years, he had barely been able to complete a bit more than half of the Body Forging Technique. Even according to the standards in the real world, it was quite impressive.

At the very least, in Chen Heng's class, he would definitely be number one.

Of course, this was just something accomplished consistently over time; it was not anything incredible in and of itself.

After all, with his experience and given that he had five years, not reaching such a level would be strange.

Even so, he was still far away from completing the Body Forging Technique.

Chen Heng felt that if he wanted to complete it, it would take him at least another three or four years.

"I wonder how those monsters who completed Body Forging before turning 18 did it…"

After confirming his progress, Chen Heng felt quite speechless.

He could only confirm that the difference between people was sometimes indeed bigger than the difference between humans and dogs.

After calculating the time, this year was the fifth year that Chen Heng had been in this simulation.

In this year, the originally peaceful mountain village started to go through some changes.

"Are you the most famous hunter here?"

A tall young man stood before Chen Heng and looked at him. Based on his gaze, he seemed to be examining him.

"Hello, sir."

Chen Heng's expression was very calm. Looking at the young man's attire, a respectful look appeared on his face as he said, "How can I help you?"

This young man was wearing a high-quality red robe and had an ornate short sword on his waist.

In this region, only nobles could wear red, and that ornate short sword was not something that ordinary families could have.

Evidently, this fellow was both rich and high class; it was extremely likely that he was a noble.

"My people and I want to catch a white deer on this mountain."

The young man was evidently quite pleased towards Chen Heng's tactfulness and respectfulness and said, "As a reward, I will give you a large sum of money."

Hearing this, Chen Heng's eyes lit up.

"I would be honored to help you, sir," he said softly as he looked at this young man with a respectful gaze.

Following this, he led the young man and his two attendants into the mountain.

As they walked, Chen Heng considered the possibility of taking down the young man.

Beforehand, he had chatted with the young man, and it seemed that the young man did not have much wariness towards him, allowing him to gain some information.

The young man was called Sorondo, and he was the son of a Knight in this region.

The reason why he came here was because he wanted to find a special gift for his mother's birthday.

It was quite likely that the child of a Knight would know some Knight cultivation techniques, and even if he didn't, he would at least know some basic martial arts.

On the way, Chen Heng had already tested him.

Even though Sorondo's father was a Knight, his strength was not very great. Even though they had only walked for a short while, he was already breathing a bit heavily. From how things seemed, he did not seem very strong.

Looking at Sorondo's constitution, he did not seem like he had received much Knight training, and he did not know any profound Knight breathing techniques.

If they fought, Chen Heng had the confidence to quickly subdue him.

It was just that…

Chen Heng looked at the people by Sorondo's side and gave up on that idea.

Sorondo's strength was quite average, but his two attendants were not ordinary at all.

He most likely would not be able to deal with them all by himself.

After thinking about it, Chen Heng decided to not attack them.

As they walked, he maintained a respectful disposition and talked about things that had happened in this forest, occasionally causing Sorondo to loudly laugh. From how he looked, he seemed like he greatly appreciated Chen Heng.

As for the white deer, Chen Heng was able to find one quickly.

After living here for five years, this forest was like his home; he knew exactly where everything was.

In just a few days, Sorondo was able to obtain what he wanted.

Before leaving, Sorondo kept his end of the agreement and tossed a bag of gold coins in front of Chen Heng.

However, Chen Heng shook his head and refused.

"Why are you refusing?"

Sorondo could not understand and asked, "Do you feel it's not enough?"

"No, sir, you gave me too much."

Chen Heng deeply breathed in and said, "Sir Sorondo, you are the most noble and dignified person I have met, and to be able to get to know you is my honor. How could I dare to take a reward for my services?"

Sorondo stared at him with surprise. No matter how thick one's skin was, one would feel embarrassed from that.

Normally, he was just the son of a Knight, and even though his status was higher than an ordinary person's, he was not that much higher. He had never been praised like this before.

What's more, the one praising him like this was not an ordinary person; he was an extremely skilled and powerful hunter.

"You're… You're exaggerating…"

His face became red and wondered how to reply, but Chen Heng spoke first, "If you don't mind, I'm willing to become your most loyal follower, the blade in your hands."

Chen Heng half-knelt and said sincerely, "Such a noble person like you is my model for the rest of my life. Please let me serve you and clear away all of your obstacles."

"This…" Sorondo was stunned for a moment before saying in shock, "You want to follow me?"

In this world, following someone and giving them your loyalty was not just something casually said.

Once someone chose to pledge their loyalty to someone, they would not be able to betray them for their entire lives, as they would be shunned by all people.

Of course, following someone and pledging loyalty was a rule created by nobles. For a commoner like Chen Heng, ordinarily, he did not even have the right to follow a noble.

However, the current state of affairs was different than before. During the chaos of war, any warrior who could draw his sword would be welcomed.

Moreover, Sorondo was not a proper noble.

He was just the son of a Knight.

As such, Chen Heng suddenly pledging his loyalty was very tempting.

He looked at Chen Heng's solid and tall figure and thought back to his valiant fighting style when fighting with beasts, and he could not help but nod.

Just like that, Chen Heng became Sorondo's follower.

After choosing to follow Sorondo, Chen Heng left his town and headed to Sorondo's father's territory.

He did not have any reservations about this.

Suolo's mother had long since passed away because of illness, and his father had passed away because of the flu two years ago.

He was all alone and did not have anything tying him down here.

Sorondo's father also welcomed Chen Heng.

There was a shortage of soldiers recently, and valiant fighters like Chen Heng were something they could never have enough of.

This was especially so after seeing Chen Heng's abilities. Seeing that he was not any inferior to his guards, he was delighted.

A Knight's territory did not come for free. They needed to nurture guards and followers to protect their territory and heed their call when they went into battle.

It was difficult to nurture warriors, and it was naturally better to have as many valiant warriors like Chen Heng as possible.

Just like that, Chen Heng joined Sorondo's father's territory.

Time gradually passed, and soon, it had been another five years.

One night, Sorondo called Chen Heng to his room.

"Suolo, my brother."

Compared to five years ago, Sorondo still looked young but seemed much more mature.

Over the past few years, Chen Heng had served Sorondo's father well, but he had not lost contact with Sorondo. The two of them had maintained a good relationship since the start.

Just like today, they would often meet up late at night and chat.

However, this time was different than the past times.

Within the spacious room, Sorondo sat there by himself and his expression flickered as he said, "Can I trust you?"

"Of course, sir," Chen Heng did not hesitate to reply, and he half-knelt as he said resolutely, "With a single command, I can do anything for you."

Seeing how Chen Heng didn't even hesitate, Sorondo inwardly let out a sigh of relief and paused before saying, "I have something that I need your help with.

"My father will not be able to last very long…"

After pausing, he decided to speak.

"What?"

Chen Heng paused and felt quite surprised.

Sorondo's father, Knight Cecily, was a real Knight.

According to the standards of this world, Knight Cecily had received good training as a Knight and had the talent to match, awakening Life Energy.

Chen Heng had seen Knight Cecily not too long ago; he had come back from an expedition and seemed incredibly mighty.

He did not look like he was going to die at all.

Sorondo seemed to be able to tell Chen Heng's confusion and continued, "Using Life Energy will cause many problems in the body, and it will even cause one's lifespan to be reduced.

"My father, he…"

Pausing, he once again sighed and did not continue.

Chen Heng understood what Sorondo was trying to say.

Based on his investigations, the Knights here used something called Life Energy.

Life Energy caused Knights to be incredibly powerful, but at the same time, it harmed their bodies and could reduce their lifespan.

This must have been what happened to Sorondo's father, Knight Cecily.

"Based on what I know, my father only has two years left…"

Sorondo sighed, and his expression became gloomy as he said, "And after that, Charlie will take over this territory and become the new ruler…"

Chen Heng immediately understood Sorondo's intentions.

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Chapter 4 - Breathing Technique

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As Knight Cecily's son, Sorondo was a noble.

It was just that he was not the eldest son, nor did he have exceptional talent as a Knight.

According to the rules of this age, after Knight Cecly died, his eldest son, Charlie, would inherit his title, as well as everything else.

As for Sorondo, apart from some assets, he would not receive anything else.

What was key was that according to what Chen Heng knew, Sorondo and his big brother Charlie had a poor relationship.

If Charlie took Knight Cecily's title, he would most likely kick Sorondo out. It was even possible that Charlie would secretly have Sorondo killed.

As such, Sorondo was most likely quite sad and worried about this.

"Suolo, my dear brother, what should I do?" Sorondo sighed as he looked at Chen Heng and asked.

What should you do?

Do you really need to ask me?

Chen Heng fell silent for a moment before looking up and asking, "Sir, what do you think about Sir Charlie's character?"

"He's a shameless and despicable person!"

When talking about Charlie, Sorondo's expression darkened as he said, "I've always suspected whether or not he is my father's son!"

"Then what do you think Sir Charlie would do to you if he inherited your father's title?"

Chen Heng took a step forward and continued to ask, "Will he give you enough money to survive and chase you out of the territory…

"Or will he let you stay here and give you some menial tasks so that you can barely survive?

"Or…" he paused before saying, "will he send someone to…"

Sorondo's expression became even darker.

He knew that with his big brother's personality, what Chen Heng said was likely to occur.

"Sir, do you really want to accept such an outcome?"

At that moment, Chen Heng suddenly half-knelt and said earnestly, "Will you accept such a pitiful end?"

"But…" Sorondo hesitated before saying, "in the end, he's my older brother and the successor to the Cecily Territory. What can I do…"

"Before he inherits the territory, anything can happen," Chen Heng said firmly.

He suddenly looked at Sorondo and said, "As long as Sir Charlie dies of illness, everything can change…

"After all, Knight Cecily only has you and Sir Charlie…"

"Die of illness…" Sorondo paused.

At that moment, he no longer looked hesitant and instead looked at Chen Heng firmly as he said, "It's just that… Charlie is always followed around by Sir Edward. How can I be a match for him?"

Hearing this and sensing Sorondo's attitude, Chen Heng inwardly let out a sigh of relief.

He had been worried that Sorondo would not dare to do this.

However, it seemed that Sorondo had also been thinking about this for a long time.

Chen Heng said without hesitation, "Leave it to me. Even if Sir Edward is a Knight, he's getting old. His strength cannot compare to what it was in the past. If it's in a one on one scenario, I have the confidence to defeat him."

"Truly?"

Sorondo shot to his feet and stared at Chen Heng, his voice filled with excitement.

"Of course."

Chen Heng nodded with confidence before saying, "However, in order to guarantee success, I need a bit of help."

Sorondo did not hesitate to ask, "What do you need? Sharp weapons? Firm armor? Or lethal poison, a bow, and arrows?"

"No…" Chen Heng shook his head as he lowered his head and asked respectfully, "I hope I can have a portion of the Knights Breathing Technique…"

"You want the Knights Breathing Technique?"

Sorondo paused and hesitated before saying, "You require Knight talent to be able to use it; it might not be useful to you."

"It's fine."

Chen Heng kept his head lowered and his stance did not change, "It's enough if it can make me even a bit stronger.

"In the battle to come, every bit of power will be incredibly important."

His tone was incredibly sincere.

The Knights Breathing Technique was his true goal.

In this world, the Knights Breathing Technique was something that exclusively belonged to nobles. Only noble families with long lineages had such a legacy.

The reason why Chen Heng had become Sorondo's follower and worked hard to serve his father was for the Knights Breathing Technique.

Now, his opportunity had finally come.

"This…"

Hearing Chen Heng's words, Sorondo's face flickered, and he became incredibly hesitant.

Standing there, he fell silent for a while. In the end, he thought about the situation that he was in and gritted his teeth as he said, "Alright, I'll give you the Knights Breathing Technique."

He deeply breathed in and looked at Chen Heng as he said, "Furthermore, I hereby promise that if I become the ruler of the Cecily Territory, I will give you our family's complete Knights Breathing Technique."

Hearing this, Chen Heng looked incredibly grateful as he said, "This… Sir…"

"No need to thank me."

Sorondo walked over to him and helped him up as he said sincerely, "After all, you are my closest brother, just like what Sir Edward is to my father. I hope that we will be able to maintain this friendship until the end of our lives."

After a moment, Chen Heng's expression became calm as he walked out of Sorondo's room.

He looked around and after confirming that there was no one, he walked back to his own room.

After coming back to his own room, he took a piece of parchment out of his clothes.

The parchment looked somewhat old and tattered, and there were many things written with this world's language.

Chen Heng looked down, and a look of delight appeared on his face.

"It should be real… it's just that it's not complete…"

Over the past years, he had not been doing nothing. While working, he had been using his martial arts knowledge to analyse this world's Knights Breathing Technique.

With the knowledge and experience he had gained, this Knights Breathing Technique was most likely the real thing, and there should not be any problem in using it.

When he thought about it, it made sense. After all, in the current situation, no mater how stupid Sorondo was, he would not try to fool him with a fake Breathing Technique.

Even though only the basic portions were included, it was quite easy to understand.

Sorondo did not have much talent as a Knight, so he had only learned the basic portions.

As such, it was natural that he only knew the basic portions of the Knights Breathing Technique.

Chen Heng read over the Knights Breathing Technique, and after memorizing it, he began to practice it.

Within the room, he moved his hands and feet, using a unique stance to move about, continuously stimulating his body.

After warming up, he took something out from a nearby drawer.

It was a black ointment that looked like stone and seemed quite special.

It gave off a unique smell that would make people frown.

This was the supporting medicine that all Knights needed to cultivate. Chen Heng had also obtained it from Sorondo.

In this world, training as a Knight was not easy. From the early stages, unless there were other Knights using their Life Energy to support you, as well as various unique medicines, it was very difficult to get started.

Chen Heng covered his body with the ointment and an intense burning feeling appeared over his body.

It was not very strong at the start, but as time passed, it became intense to the point that he could not help but cry out in pain.

"Is this feeling similar to one's qi blood burning?" Chen Heng frowned and thought to himself.

In the Body Forging Technique of the real world, there was the concept of 'qi blood'.

Under special circumstances, martial artists could ignite their qi blood, receiving greater battle power. This was the goal of cultivation.

Now, Chen Heng felt a similar feeling.

He endured the pain and frowned as he began to train.

He followed the Knights Breathing Technique and began to do his best to do various actions.

As time passed, the burning feeling became weaker and weaker until it turned into a feeling of coolness.

As time continued to pass, Chen Heng felt his body becoming weaker and weaker, and his body became filled with weariness.

"As expected, I don't have the talent to become a Knight…" sensing the feeling in his body, Chen Heng sighed.

According to what Sorondo had told him, if he had talent, then during training, he would become more and more excited and feel a refreshed feeling that made him not want to stop.

However, Chen Heng did not feel that. Instead, he only felt weariness.

From this, he could tell that this body of his did not have the talent to become a Knight.

However, this made sense.

He did not spend any Points on this identity in the simulation, so it was already good that he wasn't missing an arm or a leg. He wanted the talent required to become a Knight?

Dream on!

Before, Chen Heng had just wanted to try things out and did not have much hope.

Now that his hope had been destroyed, he was not disappointed and only sighed.

"Luckily it's still somewhat useful."

He sensed his current status and a thought appeared in his mind.

He could feel that the Knights Breathing Technique's training effects on his body was not any inferior to the Body Forging Technique.

"If I use the Knights Breathing Technique with the Body Forging Technique, it seems that the effects will be even better…" Chen Heng thought to himself.

Perhaps he would be able to complete his Body Forging sooner with this Breathing Technique.

"I wonder if there will be much of a difference in strength between completion of Body Forging and Knights in this world."

Time gradually passed.

After that secret discussion between Chen Heng and Sorondo, everything went on as usual as if nothing had happened.

On the surface, the Cecily Territory seemed quite calm.

Just like that, another two years passed.

Rumble…

It was thundering outside, while rain fell heavily.

"Has Sir Cecily's illness still not gotten better?" Chen Heng softly asked the tall Knight in front of him.

"No."

The tall Knight turned around and looked at Chen Heng.

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Chapter 5 - Kill

Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales

"Mr Suolo, even though we've known each other for a long time, I should give you this reminder."

The tall Knight turned and looked at Chen Heng.

Under the dim lighting, his figure was revealed to Chen Heng.

He was incredibly tall, and his body was also quite muscular. It was just that he looked quite old—he seemed around 50 years old, and his strength seemed to be deteriorating.

If he was an ordinary person, such a person would be preparing for his death already.

Even for a Knight, he was getting quite old.

However, even though he was getting on in years, he still looked incredibly big and well-built.

He stood there and his large eyes stared at Chen Heng as he said with a serious expression, "As an outsider, it is best for you to not get involved in Sir Cecily's family affairs. Otherwise, you will not have a good outcome."

His tone was incredibly cold.

It seemed that they had reached a critical moment, so he had to give this warning.

After all, even though Chen Heng had been quite obedient and loyal in recent years, in the end, he was one of Sorondo's followers.

To Edward, who stood on Charlie's side, he had to be on his guard.

"I understand."

Looking at Edward, Chen Heng deeply breathed in and looked quite sad as he said, "I've already served Sir Cecily for almost ten years now…

"Even now, is sir not willing to trust me?"

He looked quite sorrowful, as if he was hurt by Edward's words.

"No, I didn't mean that."

Looking at Chen Heng, Edward's tone became softer as he said, "I'm just worried that you'll make the wrong decision.

"Young people are often tempted by various things, causing them to make poor decisions."

His expression became gentler as he said, "Mr Suolo, you are still young and in your strongest years. There's no need to do rash things that might destroy the rest of your life."

Hearing this, Chen Heng fell silent.

He stood there silently for a while before smiling and saying, "I naturally understand this."

Hearing this, Edward smiled, walked to his side, and patted his shoulder before leaving.

He turned and prepared to walk away.

From how it seemed, it looked like he was going to go and prepare some things.

Whoosh…

A light breeze blew past and rippled out.

The sound of a sword tearing through the air suddenly sounded out.

Edward was startled and instinctively dodged to the side.

Bang!!

A clear sound rang out, following which blood sprayed out.

In just a moment, his arm had been cut off by the long sword.

Within a short period of time, he would not be able to fight.

"You!!"

Looking at Chen Heng, Edward's heart shook as a look of fury appeared on his face.

"Apologies."

Chen Heng's expression was calm as he held the sword.

The sword was something that Sorondo had given him, and he had pasted a special poison on it. Even if it was a bear, anyone would quickly lose the ability to fight if touched by the poison.

Chen Heng had prepared a lot for this day.

"For lord Sorondo, please die!"

His expression was calm as he rushed forwards and slashed down.

Bang!!

A massive wave of energy came from his body.

Edward did not hesitate and looked at Chen Heng as he drew his sword and slashed out.

As their swords clashed, the two of them simultaneously retreated before leaping forwards again.

The sound of metal clashing continuously sounded out.

"Your strength!"

Sensing the energy coming from Chen Heng's body, Edward became even angrier, and he had a bad feeling.

He was not an ordinary person; he was a Knight who had both talent and good training.

For him, even though he was getting on in years and was injured, he was not someone who an ordinary person should be able to fight.

"Such monstrous power!"

Feeling the terrifying power behind Edward's sword, Chen Heng was also somewhat surprised.

After two years, he had completed the Body Forging Technique. With this kind of strength, even in those martial arts schools, he would be one of the strongest, and there would be few who could compare to him.

However, in this situation, he was still somewhat at a disadvantage.

Edward was simply too terrifying; with that incredible power, a casual attack would be able to cut down a large tree, and this was while he was injured.

Chen Heng could not imagine just how monstrous Edward had been when he had been in his prime and uninjured.

However, there were no 'ifs' in reality.

Within the large hall, intense clashing sounds rang out, accompanied by roars.

Sword and sword continuously slammed together before gradually slowing down.

Edward's strength was finally declining.

No matter how reluctant he was to give in, he was someone in his fifties and was far from his peak. In terms of physical prowess, he could not compare to Chen Heng.

Moreover, he had been injured, and the poison was gradually taking effect.

After a long deadlock, the only thing waiting for Edward was defeat and death.

A sword light flashed out, following which a person's head fell to the ground.

In the hall, Chen Heng half-knelt on the ground. His body was covered with sweat and wounds.

Facing a Knight like Edward, even though Chen Heng was quite strong, he was unable to come out unscathed.

His clothes were bloodied, and blood flowed down his clothes.

However, he had survived.

"Mister Suolo," a voice sounded out from outside.

Chen Heng turned and saw a lightly-armored guard standing there, looking at him in terror.

"Sir Sorondo invites you over," he said as he continued to stare at Chen Heng with fear.

"Lead the way," Chen Heng raised his head, his expression cold as he spoke lightly.

This night was destined to be a night of slaughter.

After Knight Cecily had died, the entire Cecily Territory had around 50 elite guards.

Of them, Knight Edward was the strongest. Just Chen Heng alone could compare to the rest.

After Edward had been killed by Chen Heng, no remaining problems existed.

In just a single night, Chen Heng personally led Sorondo's people and killed dozens of people, quelling all resistance.

……

Sorondo's older brother, Sir Charlie, had been forced into desperate straits, and in the end, he was personally hung by Sorondo.

Following this, the events of the night concluded.

…

"Suolo, my brother."

Early the next morning, the sun shined on the ground.

Sorondo looked at Chen Heng and looked extremely excited.

"The people who I sent to Salo have replied. The Marquis of Salo has agreed for me to become the new ruler of the Cecily Territory."

He patted Chen Heng's shoulder and seemed incredibly happy.

Of course, he had reason to be so happy.

Knight Cecily only had two children, and after Charlie had died, Sorondo was the only successor to the territory.

Now, his succession had been acknowledged. After some time, he would officially be the new ruler of the Cecily Territory.

"I am very happy for you, my liege."

Chen Heng half-knelt, looking incredibly sincere.

Sorondo also gave a slight smile.

"Suolo, my brother."

He poured a cup of wine and gave it to Chen Heng.

"A toast to our eternal friendship!" he said as he looked at Chen Heng and laughed.

After hearing these words, Chen Heng did not move for a while before silently getting up.

He stared at Sorondo and lightly sighed as he asked, "But why?"

"What?"

Sorondo was stunned, as if he did not understand.

However, Chen Heng did not want to waste any words.

Looking at Sorondo, he casually tossed his cup, spilling the wine on the ground.

After the wine landed on the ground, it seemed normal but soon gave off a strange fragrance.

"You didn't even think to change the poison…"

Chen Heng lightly sighed and said, "Lord Sorondo, you're a bit too careless."

"You! You!"

Sorondo stumbled backwards, and his expression became incredibly gloomy as if he had seen a ghost.

Seeing him like this, Chen Heng shook his head.

As expected, hoping that others would follow his script was too extravagant.

Chen Heng had thought that after Knight Cecily had died and he killed Edward, Sorondo would not be so stupid as to try anything against him.

After all, right now, within the entire Cecily Territory, the only one who could rival a Knight was him.

Without Chen Heng, how could he keep order in his territory and protect his territory?

It was a pity that Sorondo did not seem to think of this, and in the end, he was unwilling to give out his family's legacy.

"If you had just given the complete Knights Breathing Technique to me, I would have been like Edward and obediently served your family. Wouldn't that have been good?"

Chen Heng lightly sighed and silently drew the sword at his waist, "Why did you have to force me to this?"

He spoke lightly, but his voice echoed in the hall.

Sorondo's expression immediately became one of terror.

Thump…

A clear sound rang out.

There was not much of a struggle, and Chen Heng did not use much effort to take down Sorondo as a head flew away.

After killing Sorondo, Chen Heng did not hesitate to charge out with his sword.

With his abilities, no one in the Cecily Territory was a match for him.

Moreover, these soldiers had lost their ruler and would not risk their lives to fight with Chen Heng.

Soon, Chen Heng charged out from this region and left.

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Chapter 6 - End Of The First Simulation

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After walking out of the Cecily Territory, Chen Heng traveled away from it and headed to other regions.

Killing Sorondo did not bring him much trouble.

After all, this was an age of war and chaos, and no region was in peace; there was fighting everywhere.

Even in Salo, there were many true nobles who had died, so the death of a mere Knight was not much of a deal.

After Chen Heng left the Cecily Territory, he became a mercenary.

He called himself the Wandering Knight and assembled a small mercenary group that fought for various rulers. Within the various battles, he was able to refine and sharpen his skills.

……

Just like that, he went through many years in the chaotic age until he died unexpectedly in a battle.

…

A murky, dark feeling assaulted him, followed by an intense dizziness.

When Chen Heng once again opened his eyes, he found that he was in a familiar yet unfamiliar place.

This was his bedroom from before, and everything around him was exactly the same.

He let out a sigh of relief and started to go over his experience.

In this simulation, he had gone through an unimaginable life.

He had started as an ordinary hunter and continuously moved forward to become an extremely experienced warrior. This was not something that ordinary people would experience.

Sitting on his bed, Chen Heng thought for a long time before finally coming to his senses and looking ahead of him.

In front of his eyes, lines of words appeared.

"The simulation has concluded…"

"Calculating final score…"

As the words appeared, all of the things that Chen Heng had experienced flashed before his eyes.

"You killed many people… as well as saved many people…"

"You changed the course of many people's lives on a small scale and made eternal changes to that region…"

"You were a proficient warrior and were famous in that small region…"

"Overall evaluation: Average…"

"Calculation concluded. Your final Points score: 103…"

"Points?"

Looking at the words in front of him, Chen Heng felt quite surprised, muttering, "And that much?"

He could not help but feel surprised.

Before this, he had thought that he had to slowly accumulate Points over time.

From this, it seemed that he could obtain Points from the simulation. As long as he performed well enough, he would be able to obtain more Points.

This time, his entry fee had only been 20 Points.

Just like that, he had gained many times more Points and recovered his costs.

This was definitely a good piece of news.

However, things were not yet over.

More words began to appear.

"You can choose to spend Points to retrieve a portion of the things you had in the simulation."

"This includes, but is not limited to: items, talents, bloodlines, skills…"

After these words appeared, everything disappeared and a large wheel appeared before him.

Chen Heng's eyes immediately lit up.

"There's something like this as well?"

He could not help but feel excited and interested.

He had worked hard and struggled in the simulation for many years, and he had gained many abilities.

If he wanted to pick up all of these skills and abilities again, it would take a long time.

However, using this method would make things much easier.

He looked at the wheel in front of him as a number appeared.

Chen Heng nodded, "So it's the same price as the entrance fee?"

He did not hesitate and decided to spend 20 Points.

The wheel began to spin faster and faster before gradually slowing down.

When the pointer on the wheel stopped, the contents of the segment that it had stopped in was revealed.

"You have obtained: Hunter Suolo's Archery Skills…"

The faint words appeared before his eyes.

Immediately, his memories of Suolo's archery skills became clearer and clearer until they became incredibly realistic.

Chen Heng opened his eyes and felt somewhat confused before sensing his body.

He looked at his arms.

Before, his arms had been quite white and slim, and his palms did not have any marks.

However, without realizing it, his hands now had many calluses, covering his hands.

They now looked like the hands of someone who had trained regularly for a long time.

This made Chen Heng come to a realisation.

"So it's like that."

He understood the truth behind this prize wheel.

Before, he had trained in the simulation for a long time, reaching a high level; he could even fight with that world's Knights.

After returning to his original body, he was unable to bring back anything except his experiences.

However, in the end, experience was only experience. If he wanted to turn it into something real, it would take time.

This was the point of the prize wheel.

Through the prize wheel, he could directly regain what he had gained in the simulation.

This was what had just happened.

Chen Heng stretched out his hands testingly, and he could feel that he had grown much stronger.

This was most likely the effect of his prize. Not only had he gained the memories of the skills, but his body had also adjusted.

This saved a lot of the time he would have had to spend on training, and he directly regained the standard he had in the simulation.

However, archery skills were not that useful to Chen Heng.

It was good in the simulation, but in the real world, how could he have the opportunity to use a bow?

This skill was not very significant to him.

As such, Chen Heng raised his head and continued to look at the wheel.

Following this, he could not help but brown.

The number on the prize wheel had changed from 20 to 40—it had effectively doubled.

"As I do more draws, the number of Points it costs will also increase."

Chen Heng nodded and understood the rules of this prize wheel.

He lowered his head and thought before deciding to use the prize wheel again.

The wheel began to spin again.

However, compared to the first time, the prize wheel spun much slower this time.

In the end, as Chen Heng watched on, the pointer gradually slowed down and stopped at a certain place.

"You have obtained: Hunter Suolo's Body Forging Technique…"

The faint words appeared before his eyes.

Looking at these words, Chen Heng felt quite startled before looking delighted.

A light shined down and covered Chen Heng's body.

Following this, changes began to happen.

Chen Heng felt a wave of energy springing forth in his body as if his body was being reshaped, giving it terrifying strength.

Of course, this was just an illusory feeling and not actually real.

However, feeling this, Chen Heng could not help but give a slight smile.

In the real world, his cultivation was quite ordinary. Even though he had a foundation, he was still quite far from completing Body Forging.

Even though his experiences in the simulation could greatly shorten this time, based on Chen Heng's estimations, with his foundation, it would take him at least a few months to reach completion.

Completing Body Forging in just a few months was already an extremely shocking speed, and anyone would be shocked upon hearing this.

However, now that he could reach that point faster, it was naturally better.

Sensing his regained strength, Chen Heng laughed; the feeling was quite special.

After being spun twice, the prize wheel once again went through changes.

The cost increased from 40 to 80 Points.

From how things seemed, the prize wheel did not increase by 20 Points each time and instead doubled each time.

Based on how many Points Chen Heng had left, he could not afford the next roll.

Chen Heng looked up at his remaining Points.

Current Points: 43.

He had gained 103 Points from the simulation and had used 60 Points on the two skills.

Chen Heng nodded.

This was enough for two entrance fees.

Thinking of the gains from the previous simulation, he could not help but feel excited and chose to go into another simulation.

"Please choose your identity…"

The familiar interface once again appeared.

Just like last time, Chen Heng made the same selections.

However, this time, nothing happened.

The simulation has concluded…"

A line of words appeared before his eyes.

Chen Heng could not help but feel confused.

"What's going on?"

Looking at those words, he could not help but frown.

The Points had been deducted, and there had not been anything wrong with his selections.

But why had the simulation concluded before he had gone in?

He felt quite confused, so he looked at the interface.

It was as if the interface could sense his confusion, and scenes appeared before him.

It was the life of a person.

It was in an ordinary mountain village. A child was born and grew up there.

For the next few years, the child was like any other child, continuously growing.

However, when the child was seven years old, a group of bandits appeared and massacred the village.

During the massacre, the child's parents had been killed, and even though he had been lucky to survive, he lost the protection of the village and starved to death.

The scenes ended there…

Chen Heng felt quite speechless.

So it was like that; he understood why the simulation had failed.

Before the simulation had begun, he could choose the age that he started the simulation, but he had to pay for it.

Before, Chen Heng had wondered what the point of this option was.

Now, he understood that it was to prevent anything unexpected from occurring.

There were countless unexpected variables in a person's life.

From when a child was born to then growing to 20 years old, too much could happen.

There could be natural calamities or man-made disasters. Just a fire could cause a life to be lost.

Once something like this happened, if Chen Heng's identity in the simulation perished, the simulation would naturally fail.

"That means my luck before was pretty good…"

Sitting on his bed, Chen Heng thought back to his first simulation and felt quite speechless.

After staying in that world for so many years, he clearly knew how dangerous that world was.

Whether one was a noble or commoner, everyone was in a precarious state and could lose their lives at any moment.

Under such circumstances, if he wanted his identity in the simulation to safely survive to 20 years old, it was indeed somewhat difficult.

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Chapter 7 - Calm

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After understanding this, Chen Heng fell into his thoughts for a while. He now knew much more about the simulation.

Before, he had thought he would be able to start the simulation as long as he paid the entrance fee.

It seemed that things were not as he had thought.

After coming to this realization, he could not help but feel a bit speechless.

Following this, he lowered his head and looked at his current Points.

Current Points: 23.

23 Points was basically enough for just one entrance fee.

If the simulation failed again, Chen Heng would not be able to even enter a simulation again.

Thinking to there, he hesitated and chose to give up for now.

The first simulation had just concluded and there were still many things that he was not used to yet. He needed some time to train and solidify his gains from the simulation.

Before he did so, he would not be in a hurry to go into the next simulation.

Rather than beginning a new simulation now, it was better to wait a while and gather more Points.

He thought to himself, "For this period of time, I'll have to be careful…"

Sitting on the bed, he looked at the calluses on his hands.

The prize wheel had brought great changes to him, but externally, there were not many differences.

For those who were familiar with him, they might notice the slight differences and feel that something was off.

Even though this would not be a big problem, Chen Heng still felt that it was better to hide it.

After deciding this, he walked out from his room.

Chen Jing was no longer in the living room, and Chen Heng had no idea where she had gone.

Only Wang Li was left, busily hurrying around.

After letting Wang Li know, Chen Heng walked out of the house and left the neighborhood.

He found a drugstore and bought some ointments before going back.

"I should be able to get rid of them after using the ointments a few times."

Chen Heng thought to himself as he looked at his calluses.

That night, after eating dinner, Chen Heng once again went out.

This time, he did not go to those busy streets to play like usual. Instead, he went to a park by himself.

This was a place that Chen Heng had often visited in the past. Because it was not regularly maintained, not many people came here.

Ordinarily, only some elderly people would come here to passionately do radio gymnastics.

After walking here, Chen Heng came to a quiet area that he was familiar with.

It was quiet all around, seeming incredibly tranquil.

This was a place he had frequented, whether in his past life or in this life.

After walking here, he did not hesitate to take out a wooden sword from his bag.

The wooden sword belonged to Chen Jing.

Martial arts flourished in this world, and there were all kinds of martial arts. As such, there were many sword techniques as well.

Chen Jing had joined such a class when she was young.

Chen Heng did not know if she had learned anything, but they had given out many wooden swords like this.

It would be good to use it for practice.

Chen Heng lightly raised his hand and lifted up the wooden sword. His expression was concentrated as he silently looked ahead of him before vigorously swinging it.

Whoosh…

Waves of sword wind swept forwards, rippling out.

Chen Heng held the sword, swinging it one strike at a time as he familiarized himself with his body.

In the simulation, he had killed for dozens of years and developed exquisite sword skills.

After returning to the real world, even though he still had some of his memories, he needed to have his real body get used to them too.

This was Chen Heng's current training goal.

In order to not make too big of a disturbance, his movements were very slow. Each strike could be clearly seen, and he looked as if he was doing a drill.

People would occasionally pass by, and looking at Chen Heng's movements, they would not feel that there was anything special about him, only that he was a bit strange.

Tap… tap… tap…

Light footsteps sounded out.

Two men walked towards the park.

They wore ordinary clothes and looked the same as anyone else. However, the aura and demeanor they gave off made them seem different.

It was easy to tell that they were true martial artists.

However, this was not strange. In this world, true martial artists were not rare and such people could often be seen.

Occasionally seeing one or two was not a strange matter.

"Is it here?"

Looking at this peaceful park, the older man, who looked middle-aged, frowned and said, "It doesn't feel like there's anything special."

The other person shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. From the report, before that demonic qi disappeared, it appeared around here."

The middle-aged man said, "Probably not here. There doesn't seem to be much of a reaction here."

"Most likely not then…"

As they talked, they attentively looked around.

After a while, they walked deeper into the park. They heard sounds from ahead and saw Chen Heng diligently training.

"Not bad at all."

Looking at Chen Heng's sword training from afar, they nodded and said, "Even though he's still young, his sword techniques are not like those people who just show off; his techniques are very refined."

"He's most likely a student from nearby."

The other person nodded as a look of appreciation appeared on his face, "To be still working so hard at a time like this, he's quite good. This is a good sprout."

"I wonder what his Body Forging progress is like."

"It should be decent as well."

The middle-aged man nodded, "Look at his movements; they're sharp and agile. His Body Forging progress should not be lacking at all. I wonder which school he's from."

They observed Chen Heng for a while before leaving and checking other areas of the park.

Over this process, they did not disturb the young man training with his sword and silently searched.

…

"Nothing here either."

"Let's go to a few other places to check."

"It'll be troublesome if we can't find it."

They discussed in low tones before walking out of this park.

…

Chen Heng did not know about anything that had just happened.

Standing in the corner, he continued to train for a while before stopping and resting.

Following this, he looked at the color of the sky, and after thinking for a moment, he left this area.

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Chapter 8 - Worry

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In the next few days, time passed peacefully.

During the day, Chen Heng would go to class like normally, and at night, he would go to the park where no one else was around and train.

Studies for high schoolers were quite intense, and this was the case both in Chen Heng's previous world and this world.

When Chen Heng finished his classes, it was already quite late.

There were not many people out at such a time, so he could train in peace.

After training so much, he had regained a lot of his strength and skills from the simulation.

Current Points: 45.

Chen Heng looked in front of him.

Without noticing it, 20 or so days had passed already.

Over the past 20 or so days, his Points had increased one Point per day, slowly but surely increasing.

Now, he had 45 Points.

At the same time, Chen Heng had made much progress through his training.

He decided that he would go into the simulation again soon and continue his journey.

Ring ring ring…

A bell sounded from outside, and the students all came back to the classroom.

After a while a tall, middle-aged man walked in.

He was extremely tall and looked incredibly well-built and sturdy.

This person was called Liu Lin, and he was Chen Heng's Body Forging teacher.

In his previous life, he was not a Body Forging teacher but the physical education teacher.

"Ahem…"

Liu Lin walked to the lectern, coughed a few times as his expression became serious, and said, "Well… Your maths teacher is sick today, so I will be substituting."

Hearing this, the other students' expressions did not change; it seemed that they were used to this. Only Chen Heng's mouth twitched, having a bad feeling.

In this world, the sickly Big Lin was now the one substituting in for other sick teachers.

Chen Heng wondered if the Liu Lin of the other world would cry with tears of joy upon seeing a scene like this.

"Of course, there's something else."

Seeing that the students did not react much, Liu Lin nodded in satisfaction before clapping his hands.

Following this, a thin figure silently walked into the classroom.

It was a young girl who looked quite frail. She was somewhat pretty and wore very rustic-looking glasses, and she seemed quite introverted.

"This is Liu Yi. She just completed the transfer process yesterday and will be joining our class today."

Looking at the students below, Liu Lin said, "Let's welcome her."

After he finished speaking, an intense wave of applause sounded out.

In Chen Heng's class, the boys greatly outnumbered the girls, and it was rare to see female classmates.

Now that a new female classmate had joined, they all greatly welcomed her.

While everyone clapped, only Chen Heng felt a bit surprised.

He looked at Liu Yi standing beside the lectern and felt somewhat confused.

In his previous life, he did not remember a transfer student joining at a time like this.

Was this world just different, or was this a change that had happened because of him?

He felt quite confused, and he wondered what the reason was.

However, he did not pay too much attention to this.

"Maybe she's a relative of Mr Liu, which is why he had her transfer in."

Liu Lin gave Liu Yi a seat in the corner, and she sat down there.

From the start of the class to the end, she remained completely silent.

Following this, they went through the rest of their classes.

Only when the end of school bell rang did classes finish.

"I would like to say…"

Hearing the bell, Liu Lin did not immediately leave.

He stood at the lectern and said, "There is only half a year until your university entrance exams.

"And this weekend is another physical examination.

"Do you know what this means?"

Liu Lin's expression was serious as he said, "While there's still time, students who haven't met the requirements for basic Body Forging should use this opportunity to catch up.

"Otherwise, if you miss out on this university entrance exam, do you want to repeat a year next year?" he said seriously.

Hearing these words, Chen Heng fell into his thoughts.

In the previous world, the university entrance exams were already harsh enough.

Countless students worked incredibly hard for many years just to get good results on the university entrance exams.

However, in this world, the university entrance exams were even harsher.

In his previous world, one only had to do well on the culture subjects; they would not be put at a disadvantage because of their innate physical condition.

Even a person with disabilities who was missing a few limbs could enter a top university if he did well enough, but in this world, the situation was different.

Martial arts had an extremely high position in this world, and in fact, sometimes it was valued higher than the university entrance exams.

In this world, those whose Body Forging was below par were unable to get into a good university.

No matter how good one's scores in the culture subjects were, as long as one's score in Body Forging and one's qi blood were not strong enough, one could only go to a third-rate university.

This had become an insurmountable obstacle for many people.

Hearing Liu Lin's words, many people's faces became pale, and their expressions became serious.

Chen Heng did not feel much pressure though.

His grades had already been quite good, and now that he had gained much from the simulation, he had already completed Body Forging.

Body Forging completion was no small deal.

Putting aside the Lin City Number 1 High School, even in the entire Lin City, there were not many people at his age who had reached such a level.

With his current status, as long as he did not do too poorly in his culture subjects, he would be able to easily get into the best universities.

The problem of deciding whether to go to Tsinghua University or Peking University was something that he could only imagine in his past life. However, in his current life, he would really have to think about it.

Of course, this world did not actually have Tsinghua University or Peking University; there were other top-ranked universities.

After class ended, Chen Heng got up, took his bag, and left.

"Ai, what to do?"

On the way, a student sighed and said, "It's nearly time for another physical examination… if I don't pass, what should I do…"

Chen Heng lightly smiled and said softly, "There's still time; just do your best to do supplementary work. After all, there's still half a year left. Don't feel too pressured."

"Ai…" the student sighed, not knowing what to say.

This student was called Liang Guo, and he was Chen Heng's neighbor as well as his good friend of many years.

Because they lived close by, they often hung out together and went home together.

"Oh, by the way…" On the way home, Liang Guo's expression became a bit hesitant, but looking at Chen Heng, he decided to say it, "I think I saw your big sister last night…

"Your big sister, she…"

"My big sister?"

Chen Heng's expression did not change as he asked, "What about her?"

"I saw her… and a guy… pulling at each other aggressively…"

Liang Guo said hesitantly, "They seemed to be having a fight…"

"Was it bad?" Chen Heng frowned.

Liang Guo sighed and silently nodded.

"I'll ask her when I get back…" Chen Heng also sighed, not knowing what to say.

From when they had been young, his big sister's reputation was not very good.

The reason for this had to do with her personality.

From when she was young, she had been involved with simply too many boys.

He did not know which one Liang Guo was referring to.

However, in actuality, Chen Heng and Chen Jing's relationship was actually quite good.

From when they had been young, Chen Jing's relationship with other family members had been quite rigid, except with Chen Heng. They were somewhat close.

If possible, Chen Heng did not want to see anything bad happen to Chen Jing.

However, when he returned home, he did not see Chen Jing.

"Her? She's probably fooling around outside again."

Wang Li harrumphed as she cooked, "She didn't come back since the night before; I have no idea where she is.

"She hasn't even sent a message or called."

Hearing this, Chen Heng frowned.

He let Wang Li know before preparing to leave.

Wang Li suddenly said, "Be careful and try not to go out at night. I heard there have been man-eating monsters appearing; it sounds quite terrifying."

As she spoke, she looked quite fearful and reminded Chen Heng not to stay out too late.

Chen Heng silently nodded before returning to his room.

After returning to his room, he tried to contact Chen Jing, but he could not reach her.

Even after calling and texting, there was no reply.

This was not very normal.

Chen Heng and Chen Jing's relationship was quite good, so even if she ignored other people, she would not ignore Chen Heng.

Sitting on his bed, Chen Heng frowned and did not know what to say.

He stayed in his room for a while before deeply breathing in and going out.

After leaving the house, a cold wind blew, bringing with it the faint scent of grass.

It was now dusk, and the sun was setting, making the lighting a bit dim.

There were not many people around, and those on the streets all seemed to be in a rush.

A cold gust of air swept about, causing people to frown.

In this weather, Chen Heng began to walk about by himself.

He started to search for Chen Jing in places that he knew her to frequent.

After going through two lives, he was quite familiar with where Chen Jing liked to go.

He went through place after place, but he still could not find her.

By now, it was already dark and a thin figure appeared in front of him.

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Chapter 9 - Acting

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Standing on the street with no one else around and looking at the figure in front of him, Chen Heng instinctively frowned.

There was a girl standing there.

She looked around the same age as Chen Heng and seemed like a high school student. She was quite thin and looked as if the wind could blow her over.

This person was one of Chen Heng's classmates, the girl who had just transferred to his class—Liu Yi.

"Why is she here?" Chen Heng wondered.

It was late at night and she was out by herself. This was not good, especially for a girl.

He felt quite confused, but soon he was startled.

Liu Yi suddenly disappeared from where she had been standing and reappeared elsewhere.

"So fast!" Chen Heng was startled and felt that something was off.

This speed was definitely not something that an ordinary girl could have.

Liu Yi's Body Forging absolutely was not weak.

She was completely different from her weak external appearance.

Looking at Liu Yi quickly moving away, Chen Heng hesitated before also silently following behind her.

"The aura of an evil spirit…"

Walking on the path and sensing the familiar aura, Liu Yi lightly sighed, thinking back to her experiences.

After leaving her family and coming to this remote city, she had wanted to live as an ordinary person and forget about those sorrowful things.

She had not expected this small city to not be very peaceful either.

Perhaps that well-hidden evil spirit's aura could trick others, but it could not trick a professional like her.

Sensing the evil spirit's aura, she hesitated before choosing to advance.

If she reported everything she knew to the Demon Resistance Department, that would be the safest way to do things.

However, if she did that, things would be delayed.

She could sense that the evil spirit was on the move, and perhaps many people would be harmed tonight.

She followed her senses and came beneath an overhead walkway.

Following this, she saw two figures.

There was a man and a woman who were pushing each other and arguing.

They seemed like they were a couple.

It was quite ordinary for a couple to be arguing, but there was something strange about this.

Liu Yi raised her head and looked ahead.

The man and woman looked quite young—the man looked around 25 or 26, while the woman looked like she was in her early twenties.

Her gaze was fixed on the man.

She saw a dark gray aura around the man's body, which was becoming more and more intense as he argued with the woman.

Chen Jing slapped the man's hand away and said with a cold expression, "It's over between us! What do you want with me?"

"Jingjing, give me another chance. I know I was wrong, I won't do it again…"

The man looked incredibly desperate, and he grabbed onto one of Chen Jing's hands as he said, "Didn't you want me to find a good martial arts teacher for your little teacher? My uncle is a pretty good martial arts teacher and is already a nationally-registered martial artist. If you come back to me, I'll ask him to train your little brother!

"Please, I can't lose you!" he said as he grabbed Chen Jing's hand, seeming incredibly agitated.

Looking at the man and listening to his words, Chen Jing hesitated before coldly laughing, "Sounds nice, but you said that in the past. When did you ever fulfill your promise? We're done!"

She swatted his hand away before striding away.

The man stood there as he stared at Chen Jing's back. His expression was incredibly pained, and he could only helplessly stretch out his hand as if he wanted to find something.

"Why… Why…"

There was some despair in his gaze, "Why… did you leave me…"

Traces of a gray aura continuously appeared and flowed out of his head; however, they could not be seen by the eyes of ordinary people.

As the gray aura continuously gathered, his expression became savage, as if he had completely changed.

"This is bad!"

Looking at this, Liu Yi's heart thumped as a bad feeling rose up.

His heart had been bedevilled; it seemed that this man had long since been infected by the evil spirit's aura. Now that his emotions were going out of control, he was going to be completely infected by the evil spirit's aura and turn into a demon.

Once he turned into a demon, no one would be able to stop him, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Her heart leapt, and she did not worry about anything as she prepared to leap out.

Whoosh…

A light breeze blew past, making people's hearts feel a chill.

Sensing the movement from behind her, Chen Jing instinctively turned and saw a big, black hand grab towards her.

In the next moment, she lost consciousness.

The man on the overhead walkway disappeared and was replaced by a massive, well-built monster.

He was incredibly tall, at least three meters tall, and his black muscles bulged, seeming incredibly terrifying.

It was not a person; he was a monter!

"I… want to be with you forever!!"

Standing on the overhead walkway, he lifted Chen Jing up with a single hand, his expression incredibly savage. His massive mouth slowly opened, seeming like he was going to devour Chen Jing.

Bang!!

Faint ripples spread out as a sword image slashed past, cutting off the monster's arm in an instant.

A white arm stretched out and instantly destroyed any obstructions before taking Chen Jing into its embrace.

An old wooden sword descended and pointed forwards.

In the corner, Liu Yi's expression was one of confusion; she was completely stunned.

Just then, she had been preparing to act, wanting to save the girl, but someone had acted before her.

And she was not unfamiliar with that person.

Ahead, there was a young man standing by himself.

His facial features were elegant and handsome, but his figure was a bit thin. However, he still had a tall and straight figure. He held Chen Jing with one hand and pointed the wooden sword forwards with the other.

His expression was calm and his gaze was sharp. He gave off killing intent as he looked at the massive monster.

He was just a young man, and yet that sharp killing intent and shocking spirit could make people feel a chill in their hearts.

"This is… my classmate?"

Looking at Chen Heng standing there with Chen Jing, Liu Yi was stunned.

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Chapter 10 - Attacking

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"What's going on?" Looking at Chen Heng standing on the overhead walkway, Liu Yi was truly stunned.

Even though it was the first day of her transfer, she was quite special and had an extraordinary memory, so she clearly remembered Chen Heng.

He was only a high school student, but just then…

She thought back to what had just happened.

She had just been about to act, but Chen Heng had done so before her.

He was so fast that she could not even react.

This was not a level that an ordinary high schooler would be able to reach.

Perhaps only some martial artists acknowledged by the government could reach such a level.

There was such a genius in the small Lin City?

She could not help but feel astounded, and her expression changed.

Even though the young man's strength was quite good and he could be called a genius, with this strength, it was not enough to face a demon.

Even though this was a newly-transformed demon, that was still the case.

"At least he can buy some time."

She quickly took out her phone and dialled the government Department's number.

This was the response that an ordinary citizen should have; after seeing a demon, the right thing to do was to call the government's Demon Resistance Department.

She had been too much in a rush just then, so she had not done so.

Now that Chen Heng had appeared, she had time to notify the Demon Resistance Department.

"Please come quickly…"

Her heart tightened as she looked at the massive demon, feeling quite panicked.

"What is this?"

Holding Chen Jing and pointing his sword at the monster, Chen Heng frowned.

Whether it was in his previous world or in this world, he had never seen or heard of a monster like this before.

Just a few moments before, he had seen that this monster was a normal person, but in the blink of an eye, that person became like this.

Not only did his strength become much greater, but his appearance had also completely changed.

It seemed that this world was quite mysterious.

"Roar!!"

As the monster roared, its remaining left arm stretched out and grabbed towards Chen Heng.

A wild wind exploded out and only a blur could be seen as it rushed towards Chen Heng.

Just this terrifying speed was something that ordinary people could not compare to. If Chen Heng was hit, the impact would be like getting hit by a car.

Chen Heng's expression did not change. His body slightly bent as he slowly lifted his right hand, holding the sword up.

Whoosh…

The old wooden sword once again stabbed out from a strange posture, stabbing towards a certain spot in the air.

A strange scene eventuated.

As Chen Heng stabbed out, the monster appeared in front of him and was pierced by the sword.

"Roar!!"

A low roar once again sounded out, accompanied by howls of pain.

The black claw grabbed at him with great force. If it hit a person's body, it would be able to tear one's body apart.

At the key moment, Chen Heng's expression was calm as he walked forwards step by step. Not only did he not retreat, but he instead continuously came closer to the monster.

A loud sound rang out as the monster's chest was pierced and black and red blood flowed out.

Following this, Chen Heng's body spun and quickly came behind the monster. He raised his arm high up and slashed down.

A bloody gash appeared on the monster's left arm as blood spurted out.

The sound of the wind could be heard as an afterimage was left behind.

Chen Heng's body disappeared before slamming into the monster.

Boom!!

Even though Chen Heng looked much weaker, it was the monster who was sent flying away six or seven meters, and its entire body seemed to be bleeding.

Of course, Chen Heng was not completely fine either.

Even though he had sent the monster flying, his qi blood roiled, and he almost coughed up a mouthful of blood.

However, he did not care about this. He continued to advance, and even though his expression was calm, his eyes contained killing intent, looking determined to kill this monster.

After killing in the simulation for dozens of years, Chen Heng had developed great skills in killing, and most of his attacks were killing blows.

He did not hold back at all. If it wasn't for the fact that the monster had a strong life force and its physiology was different, it most likely would have already been killed by Chen Heng.

Even though its overall strength was above that of Chen Heng's, it was unable to deal with Chen Heng.

Looking at this scene from the corner, Liu Yi was completely dumbfounded.

She dumbly stood there, watching Chen Heng fight.

"Just… who is he?" she could not help but wonder.

In that short amount of time, Chen Heng had made her feel more shock than she had felt in an entire year.

This young man's strength showed that he was no ordinary martial artist.

From just his strength and speed, it might mean that he had reached completion in Body Forging and could compare to top-tier martial artists.

However, that was not enough to make her feel so shocked.

What was truly shocking was his battle power.

That chilling killing intent and unhesitating spirit was what made her feel startled.

Back when she had been with her family, she had seen many young geniuses. Some were even more exceptional than Chen Heng, and she had seen experienced martial artists too.

However, she had never seen someone so proficient and terrifying at fighting.

He looked like he had just completed Body Forging, but Liu Yi was sure that ordinary people who had completed Body Forging would not be able to last a few moves against him.

They were not at the same level at all.

Even though that demon had only just transformed, it was not something that someone who had completed Body Forging should be able to deal with. It required at least three people who had completed Body Forging to attack it together in order to be able to take it down.

However, just Chen Heng by himself was able to completely suppress it.

This recently-awakened demon was not a match for Chen Heng at all.

He did not need the Demon Resistance Department's people, nor did he need her to help. Just he alone was enough to suppress the demon and take it down.

If others heard about this, practically no one would believe it.

Bang!!

Another loud sound rang out.

A gust of wind blew past, and the massive body powerlessly fell backwards, heavily slamming into a wall and leaving some blood there.

The wooden sword ferociously stabbed out, bringing with it terrifying power as it pierced through the monster's body and nailed it to the wall.

As the monster lay against the wall, its muscles twitched, and it looked like it still had some life in it. However, it did not have much strength left and could only powerlessly fall.

The young man's figure walked out and stood there.

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Chapter 11 - Settled

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In front of the long street, a corpse was lying on the ground.

The monster's corpse looked incredibly terrifying. After being killed by Chen Heng, it had shrank a bit and regained a bit of its human likeness.

This was because the transformation had not been complete. It had not been very long since the transformation had happened, so the monster had not completely lost its human likeness.

If the transformation was complete, not only would it have gained great strength, but its form would also have stabilized and this would not have happened.

Even though Chen Heng did not know much about this, he could make some guesses about it.

"Maybe it's because it only just transformed and its form was not stable, or maybe it is because of its own body…"

Chen Heng held Chen Jing with one arm and looked quite calm as he thought to himself.

He did not think that he would encounter such a thing today.

It seemed that this world was not simple at all, and there were many things hidden from the ordinary people.

Before, Chen Heng had been somewhat shocked, but he was now calm.

After all, this was a martial arts world, so it was not too surprising that it would have monsters and other things that were not in his previous world.

He just did not know if there would be many of these things.

Chen Heng thought to himself.

At that moment, some lights began to come in this direction.

With Chen Heng's incredibly acute senses, he immediately sensed them. There seemed to be people gathering in the distance, coming in this direction.

He did not hesitate to pick up the now-shattered wooden sword and carry Chen Heng away.

After he left, the lights became brighter and brighter and were accompanied by sirens, making it seem like daytime.

The people from the Demon Resistance Department had come.

A few people with nervous looks and uniforms got out and warily walked forwards.

They were all prepared for what they were about to face, and everyone present was ready to sacrifice themselves.

However, the scene that greeted them shocked them.

On the overhead walkway, dark red blood was everywhere, and there were signs of violent impacts all over the place.

……

On the side of the overhead walkway, the massive monster's corpse silently lay against a wall, and there was a large hole in its chest.

Immediately, everyone became dumbfounded.

…

"Thank you for your help, Miss Liu."

After walking out from the Demon Resistance Department's building and hearing the voices behind her, Liu Yi's mouth twitched.

The uniformed people behind her looked sincere as they thanked her, "It was all because of your help that we were able to get through this smoothly."

This event could have been quite severe.

A mutated demon had suddenly appeared in the city.

Once demons were formed, even if they were newly-formed, they were not something that ordinary martial artists would be able to deal with. If they had some time to grow and eat some people, they could become stronger at an unimaginable rate.

When that time came, the situation would be extremely terrifying.

Fortunately, they had been quite lucky this time. Just as the demon had appeared, it had been killed by someone, so it did not have the opportunity to eat anyone.

This had undoubtedly helped them a lot and also prevented many sacrifices.

"I already said that it wasn't me who did this…"

Hearing those people's words, Liu Yi sighed, "It was someone else who acted; I was just passing by. As for who that person is, I will ask him if he is willing to tell you."

She felt quite frustrated and could only say this.

"We understand Miss Liu, you want to keep a low profile."

The people nodded and had understanding expressions.

Knowing the young woman's identity, they did not believe what she said.

For her to come from the Liu family yet run to a small place like this, this showed that she wanted to keep a low profile.

For someone who wanted to keep a low profile, they naturally would not want to attract attention to themselves. It was easy to understand.

"Since Miss Liu wants to keep a low profile, we won't tell this matter to anyone else."

A middle-aged man nodded and smiled, "However, please accept this reward; this is the reward for the hero. If it's like you said, that this was done by someone else, please give this reward to that person."

"This… alright…" Liu Yi felt quite frustrated but could only nod.

She was tempted to reveal Chen Heng's identity.

The problem was that just like what these people thought of her, she was worried that Chen Heng was also someone who wanted to keep a low profile.

Ordinarily speaking, someone at such a young age who had completed Body Forging should not be so unknown.

In a small city like this, this was already an extremely high cultivation. Even in the entire Lin City, there were not many people stronger than him.

He had a great cultivation at such a young age, and yet she had not heard of him at all; this made her feel quite strange.

It was undeniable that Chen Heng was someone who wanted to keep a low profile, or else he would not be like this.

As such, if she gave out his name, he would definitely be displeased.

It was better to ask him and gain his approval before making a decision.

…

Ring ring ring…

Early the next morning, Chen Jing's alarm rang.

Hearing the sound, Chen Jing woke up and jumped up from her bed.

"I'm… I'm fine?"

She opened her eyes and looked at the room she was familiar with, feeling quite shocked.

The scene from before she had fainted appeared in her mind, making her feel surprised that she was in her room.

She was wearing the clothes from the previous night, except for the jacket.

"Just what is going on?"

She thought back to what had happened last night and felt quite confused.

"You're awake?" a voice sounded out from the side.

Chen Jing was startled and looked over.

She did not notice Chen Heng walking up.

"Have some food."

Chen Heng put down the freshly-heated milk and bread as he said, "Mum's out at the moment, so don't worry about being lectured by her."

"Alright."

Chen Jing nodded, before looking at Chen Heng and asking with a look of confusion, "Lil Heng… how did I get back?"

"How else could you have come back?"

Chen Heng shook his head and looked somewhat speechless, "I called you yesterday but you didn't pick up, so I could only go out to find you.

"You were dead drunk on the overhead walkway and sleeping there. Who knows if someone would have picked you up if I hadn't brought you back," he said grumpily.

Chen Jing felt quite surprised as she asked, "Just like that? Nothing else?"

Chen Heng rolled her eyes, "What else could there have been? Do you think someone picked you up and took you to their home?"

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Chapter 12 - Frustrations

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"Could it be… it really was just my imagination?"

Looking at Chen Heng, Chen Jing felt quite confused and became unsure of what she had seen.

At the end of the day, she really had been drinking yesterday, and she had been quite tipsy.

Perhaps she really had gotten drunk and hallucinated.

"Come to think of it…"

She put this matter aside for now and rubbed her forehead as she said somewhat excitedly, "Lil Heng, make some preparations. I got to know someone whose family is quite powerful, and he knows many great masters. When I have time, I'll ask him to find you a teacher to help you with your martial arts classes."

Chen Heng looked away, feeling nostalgic.

In his memories, something like this had indeed happened, but it was in the previous world.

During that time, Chen Jing liked to ask various acquaintances to help Chen Heng find tutors.

Of course, it turned out that all of those supposedly famous teachers were all ordinary teachers. Some were worse than Chen Heng himself; for them to dare to tutor others, Chen Heng felt quite speechless.

He had never thought that Chen Jing would be the same in this world.

Chen Heng inwardly shook his head as he said, "We'll see."

After eating breakfast and confirming that Chen Jing was fine, Chen Heng left the house and walked towards the school.

Everything was as normal, and the surrounding scenery was quite ordinary as well.

After arriving in the familiar classroom, the bell rang after a while, and everyone sat in their seats.

"Ah Heng, did you hear…"

Next to him, his good friend Liang Guo continuously chattered, "Last night, I heard that something happened on the overhead walkway on that old street; there was blood everywhere.

"It must have been something big because the entire walkway was sealed today."

Chen Heng momentarily paused before acting as if he didn't care and asked, "What happened?"

"I heard… there was some crazy mass murderer who killed many people there," Liang Guo said in a quiet voice, seeming all mysterious.

"How could there be so many murders…"

Chen Heng shook his head and said, "Who knows, it might have just been some accident."

As he spoke, he sensed something, as if there was someone looking at him.

He instinctively turned, and his gaze met another person's.

Not too far away, there was a young woman sitting in front of her desk by herself. She wore a white long gown, and her frame seemed quite thin. However, she seemed simple yet elegant. She looked very quiet as she sat there and looked at Chen Heng.

As their gazes met, the young woman quickly turned, as if she was somewhat embarrassed.

Chen Heng thought to himself.

This young woman was Liu Yi.

The scenes from the previous night played in front of his eyes.

Last night, he had followed Liu Yi instinctively and seen Chen Jing.

Chen Heng deduced that Liu Yi had gone to that place because she knew something.

She definitely was not an ordinary girl.

Last night, he had wanted to test her and see if she would act if he didn't.

However, in the end, he had no choice.

After all, if he had not acted or had been a bit too slow, his big sister might not have survived.

If it was anyone else, perhaps it would not have mattered much. However, Chen Heng would not risk his big sister's life to test Liu Yi.

Because of this, Chen Heng was unable to get much information on Liu Yi.

On the other hand, Liu Yi had seen everything he had hidden.

After all, he had made such a big ruckus, and it was impossible for Liu Yi to miss it. She had most likely been hiding and watching.

Thinking to there, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head, feeling quite troubled.

However, after thinking about it, he did not mind too much.

Even in the previous world's society, murder was a crime, but killing in self-defense was not a big issue.

Under last night's circumstances, if he did not kill that person, his big sister would have died.

Considering the facts, he had killed in self-defense.

Moreover, whether or not that person still counted as a person was debatable.

Even if this matter was exposed, he would most likely be fine.

At most he would be in a bit of trouble.

After a while, the teacher walked into the classroom.

Chen Heng looked away and looked ahead of him, focusing on the class.

The morning quickly passed peacefully.

Ring ring ring…

Current Points: 46.

When the end of class bell rang, it also reached 12pm.

The number before Chen Heng's eyes increased by one.

"After saving up for so long, it's about time to try the next simulation…"

He thought to himself as he looked at his Points.

After learning his lesson from last time, he did not plan to directly enter simulations anymore. Instead, he decided to use a certain amount of points to guarantee that he could at least enter the simulation.

After saving up for so long, this would be enough.

It was also good because after doing a lot of secret training, he had recovered most of what he had gained from the previous simulation.

It was about time to try the next simulation.

However, a new problem arose.

"Body Forging Technique… I only have the most basic…"

Sitting in front of his desk, Chen Heng rubbed his head.

In this world, martial arts were governed like guns in the previous world. Everything related to martial arts in this world was regulated strictly.

Those who were not students of formal institutes, soldiers, or special people did not have the qualifications to come into contact with the top-tier martial arts techniques.

In China, the martial art that ordinary people could come into contact with was Body Forging Basics, which was released by the government.

Body Forging Basics was used to give the masses a basic foundation. Apart from geniuses, most people would take ten or so years to complete it, and it would only serve to strengthen their bodies.

Chen Heng had used it for many years in the simulation, and adding on the Knights Breathing Technique and various special medicines in the simulation, he had reached Body Forging completion.

After reaching Body Forging completion, Body Forging Basics was not enough anymore and required higher level techniques.

This was something that Chen Heng could not access.

He was just a high schooler and his family was very ordinary; he didn't have the resources to obtain such a thing.

Others might not have this problem.

For other people who had reached such a level at his age, they would immediately be nurtured as a genius and be put in a class for geniuses.

They would naturally have special teachers training them with special techniques.

Chen Heng did not have such opportunities.

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Chapter 13 - Examination

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Sitting at his desk, Chen Heng lightly sighed.

He had his own troubles.

If it was anyone else who had such strength at his age, they would have long since been welcomed into the genius class and received special nurturing.

However, he did not have such opportunities.

The Chen Heng of the past, even though he had decent grades, was not a genius of such a level, so naturally there was no one noticing him and nurturing him.

As such, he did not have access to those techniques or various resources.

Now, it would be very difficult for him to obtain such things.

This was what Chen Heng was feeling frustrated about.

"If I expose my strength, I might gain a lot of attention, and some people might offer to sponsor me…"

Sitting at his seat, Chen Heng thought to himself.

"But the problem with that is that I never revealed anything special about myself while growing up, and for me to suddenly become so powerful, there might be a problem…"

Chen Heng scratched his head, feeling quite annoyed.

He was a careful person and did not want to act rashly and invoke any suspicions.

After all, there was no way to explain this.

"Forget it… I'll take things slow…"

In the end, Chen Heng gave up and decided to solve the problem from a different angle.

For now, he would not be in a rush to obtain any techniques or resources, and it would not be good to reveal his strength too quickly.

It would be best to reveal it bit by bit; that way, he would not attract too much unwanted attention.

At the very least, it would not be as shocking as revealing everything at once.

After some time, he could think of ways to obtain what he wanted.

For now, what he had was enough.

After deciding this, he got up and walked outside.

The sunlight was just right; the faint golden sunlight shined down on the ground, making the world seem warm and bright.

It was an extremely beautiful scene.

Chen Heng carried his bag as he walked casually by himself.

A gaze came from ahead, falling on his body.

He instinctively raised his head and saw Liu Yi's thin frame standing there by herself; she seemed incredibly gentle and quiet.

She stood in front of a pole as she stared at Chen Heng, seeming a bit hesitant.

Was she trying to confirm what had happened last night?

Chen Heng looked into Liu Yi's eyes before walking off, leaving her there by herself.

Looking at Chen Heng's figure leaving, Liu Yi hesitated for a moment, and she did not end up talking to him.

Time passed quite quickly.

Two days later, there were new developments.

"What's going on…"

Sitting in his chair, Chen Heng turned around, and could hear howls all around him.

Not too far away, Liang Guo rested his face in his hands as he shrieked.

"I'm not ready… why did it begin already…"

"Enough, enough…"

At the lectern, Liu Lin's expression was cold as he looked at the students mercilessly, "Didn't we just bring it forward by a few days? Is it that big of a deal?

"If you're like this from something like this and you have to go to battle someday, what will you be like?"

His expression was cold as he mercilessly said, "All of you get up and gather at the assembly hall!"

Everyone got up and sighed before filling out of the classroom. They looked like they were warriors headed for the execution ground.

Chen Heng was also among the crowd.

He was not too worried and looked calm as he silently walked ahead.

Every time the physical examination came, the bad students would howl.

After a while, they walked into the assembly hall.

The school's assembly hall was very big, and there were many special-looking machines that could be used for examinations.

"Start one by one."

Liu Lin walked to the front as he began to activate each of the machines.

The physical examination's contents were quite tedious.

They included running, high jump, long jump, etc.

At a glance, it seemed the same as Chen Heng's Physical Education classes in the past.

It was just that the world was completely different, and the physical examination was also somewhat different.

"Liang Guo, Qi Blood: 27 Points, Body Forging: 30%, unsatisfactory…"

Liang Guo walked out from the machine ahead with a dispirited expression and walked towards Chen Heng.

It seemed that he already knew the result.

"It's been two months, and not only did you not improve from the previous examination, but you even became worse."

Liu Lin glared at Liang Guo, "What the hell have you been doing for you to turn out like this?"

"Next!"

More and more figures walked forwards to receive the physical examination.

The so-called 'Qi blood' was a measure for martial artists in the Body Forging period, and it ranged from 1 to 100.

This was one of the ways to assess one's level in Body Forging.

The students walked in one by one and then walked out.

However, compared to the previous few physical examinations, there were very few people who had improved; in fact, most had become worse.

This was not very strange.

Body Forging was something where if one did not make progress, one would regress.

After reaching a certain level, if one wanted to improve one's Body Forging progress, it would become quite difficult, while regressing became quite easy.

If one became lax for a while and did not continue training, their Body Forging progress would regress.

This was the harsh reality.

As Chen Heng waited for his turn, he looked at Liu Yi.

Compared to other people, her results were quite good but not extraordinary. Her Qi Blood was at 50 and her Body Forging at 50%. She would be able to place at the top of this class, or even the entire Lin City. However, it was not a big deal to Chen Heng.

When she walked past, the crowd cried out, and only Chen Heng frowned.

"Did she suppress it, or does she really only have such strength?"

Looking at Liu Yi, Chen Heng felt quite confused.

However, he did not have time to think about this because it was his turn soon.

"Next, Chen Heng."

When his name was called, Chen Heng inwardly sighed and silently walked up as Liang Guo looked at him sympathetically.

The machine to evaluate Qi Blood was extremely big.

After entering, streams of hot air flowed out from all directions, making Chen Heng feel as if his body was burning.

The streams of hot air stimulated his body, causing his blood and qi blood to roil to a point that could be detected by the machine.

Outside on the screen, numbers began to soar.

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Chapter 14 - Liu Yi

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The screen on the machine flashed as the numbers quickly jumped.

Looking at this scene, Liu Yi looked calm outwardly, but inwardly she felt much anticipation.

Liang Guo also raised his head, feeling schadenfreude and wanting to see how badly Chen Heng also did.

After being good friends with Chen Heng for many years, he knew Chen Heng very well.

Based on what he knew, recently, Chen Heng had not been as diligent as before, and it was very likely that his Body Forging scores were going to fall.

When that time came, they would be brothers in suffering.

After all, good brothers would take the scolding and beating together.

However, his expression quickly froze because the numbers were continuously jumping higher.

As they went higher and higher, they soon rose to a level that made him feel dumbfounded.

Body Forging 50%!

When this number was revealed, everyone was stunned.

"How is this possible?"

Liang Guo's expression was stiff, unable to believe this, "Is the machine broken?"

Everyone else's expressions were the same.

Liu Lin felt a bit confused. He repeated the process for Chen Heng two more times, but the results did not change.

"It really is Body Forging 50%?"

Immediately, Liu Lin felt quite delighted.

For his student to have such great development, this would reflect well on him, so he was naturally happy.

However, amidst the happiness, he was also somewhat confused.

A few months before, when Chen Heng had done the physical examination, he had only been a bit better than Liang Guo, being at around Body Forging 30%.

However, in just a few months, it had risen to Body Forging 50%.

Wasn't this speed a bit fast?

Liu Lin thought about this and could not help but feel confused.

Someone else was feeling equally confused; it was Liu Yi.

"Did he suppress his qi blood and hide his true strength?" she thought to herself.

Apart from this explanation, there seemed to be nothing else that could explain it.

The scene of Chen Heng coldly killing that demon was unforgettable in her mind.

Chen Heng definitely did not have such trivial strength.

"Looks like he really is a very low-profile person," she thought as she sighed.

Ahead, a wave of sound could be heard as various testing machines called out results.

Within the testing machine, Chen Heng's body was covered with sweat, but he walked out with a calm expression.

Looking at everyone else's reactions, he remained silent and walked to the side, looking like he was not going to explain his results.

He could already guess how everyone else would react, but there was not much to say.

Right now, he only felt quite relieved.

After reaching Body Forging completion, martial artists would gain much greater control over their bodies and could do some basic control of their qi blood.

The purpose of the qi blood examination was to use a special method to stimulate one's qi blood, so that the machine could detect it.

Chen Heng used his control over his body to suppress this stimulation, making his qi blood remain at a steady level in order to fool the machine.

Fortunately, Lin City was a small place and the examination methods were not great. These machines were the old type, so it was easy to fool them.

If it was elsewhere, it was possible that Chen Heng would not be able to continue hiding his strength.

"To grow so much in a few months is a bit fast, but it's somewhat acceptable…" Chen Heng thought to himself.

"You brat."

At that moment, Liang Guo rushed over and punched Chen Heng.

He laughed as he said, "Did you secretly take extra levels? How did you secretly reach such a level?"

Chen Heng laughed and smiled as he received the punch and said, "No way, I just gained some enlightenment, so I wanted to give you all a surprise."

"You can call this enlightenment…"

Liang Guo's expression was gloomy as he said, "Who the hell would believe that?"

To go from Body Forging 30% to Body Forging 50% in such a short amount of time, this was not something possible with just enlightenment.

In the past, there had not been a single person with Body Forging 50% in the class.

Now, there were suddenly two.

Chen Heng smiled and did not continue.

In the distance, looking at Chen Heng's interactions with others, Liu Yi suddenly understood something.

"So it's like that…"

She thought to herself, "So he's been hiding his strength because he didn't want to scare his relatives and friends or lose any friends. The reason he's not hiding it as much anymore is because the university entrance exams are coming soon, so there's no point in hiding it anymore?"

Looking at the people around Chen Heng and seeing no one around her, she suddenly understood something.

In the past, she had previously seen things like this.

Some people had awakened overnight and obtained great strength, but they had been ostracised by others and become loners.

For ordinary people, this did not seem like a big deal, and it was a path that experts had to take.

However, for those who valued their relationships, it was not a good thing.

Chen Heng was most likely such a person, which was why he did not want to reveal how special he was.

Thinking to there, she could not help but think more favorably of Chen Heng.

If Chen Heng knew what she was thinking, who knew how he would have reacted.

After dodging various questions and smiling while refusing to tutor a few female classmates, Chen Heng left with Liang Guo.

On the way home, Chen Heng walked with Liang Guo before suddenly stopping.

Not too far ahead, a girl stood there by herself in silence.

"Classmate Liu?"

Looking at the girl, Chen Heng paused before smiling, "What a coincidence."

"Classmate Chen…" Liu Yi remained silent for a moment before speaking.

This was the first time Chen Heng had heard her speak, and her voice was somewhat unique and a bit hoarse.

"I have something… I want to talk to you about…" she said lightly.

After hesitating, she continued, "I don't know if classmate Chen has time…"

Chen Heng felt quite surprised and paused for a moment before nodding.

Following this, as Liang Guo glared at him, he walked away with Liu Yi.

They came to a small alleyway with no one else around.

As the two of them walked here, neither of them said anything.

Liu Yi was wondering how to talk to Chen Heng about the events of that night, while Chen Heng was wondering why Liu Yi had brought him to a place with no one else around.

To attack him?

Probably not.

There was no enmity between them, and when they had met that night, only his strength had been exposed. There should be no reason to attack him.

So what else could it be?

As they walked, Chen Heng's expression was calm, but many thoughts flashed in his heart.

However, the answer that Liu Yi gave made him feel quite surprised.

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Chapter 15 - Sweet, Naïve Girl

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"So it's like that?"

Listening to Liu Yi as they walked, Chen Heng felt quite surprised.

He had thought that Liu Yi had come to find him because there was something she wanted to say to him.

He had never thought that it would be like this.

This made him feel quite speechless, and he felt that he had wasted all that brainpower wondering what it was.

Even though this world had martial arts, it was still a regular world with order where the government was in control. It was not very likely for things in the simulation to happen here.

However, after thinking about it, it was a good thing.

Chen Heng's expression became warm as he said, "I only did a small thing, it's not worth mentioning…

"No matter who it was, as long as they had the power, they would have helped."

He decided to not mention that the one at risk was his big sister.

A look of respect appeared on Liu Yi's face as she said, "Classmate Chen indeed is not an ordinary person. Since it's like that, how would you like me to explain what happened to the Demon Resistance Department?"

Chen Heng hesitated, not knowing how to answer.

It went without saying that if he chose to admit to this, there would be many benefits, and he might be specially nurtured by people from the government.

However, he might be closely monitored in the future and have some problems with his freedom.

Moreover, the government would definitely do periodic tests on him, and comprehensive tests at that.

Chen Heng was able to become stronger extremely quickly through the simulations, so when the time came, there was bound to be some trouble.

Moreover…

He looked at Liu Yi and smiled before saying, "No need, I just did what I should have done, so there's no need for extra rewards.

"Someone else can have this glory."

Hearing this, Liu Yi did not speak but looked at Chen Heng with even more respect.

The rewards from the Demon Resistance Department were nothing to look down on. With the Demon Resistance Department's eye on him, he might be able to receive great benefits.

For Chen Heng to be able to decisively refuse all of this, as if he did not care about it, he was truly worthy of respect.

However, she did not hesitate to take out a card from her bag.

"Some things you can choose not to accept, but I hope you will accept some things."

She put the card in Chen Heng's hand and said seriously, "This is the Demon Resistance Department's reward to the demon killer. It's $50,000, and I hope you'll accept it.

"Even though it's not much, it's what you deserve. Please don't refuse."

$50,000… was not much?

Chen Heng was stunned and did not know what to say.

From his previous experiences, he could tell that Liu Yi was not ordinary, but he had never thought that she would be so extravagant.

The value of money in this world and in his previous world was about the same, and Chen Heng's family's finances were not terrific. The amount of savings his entire family had probably amounted to this amount.

However, to Liu Yi, it was just a small sum.

He inwardly sighed, but after thinking about it, it was quite normal.

Even though the monster that appeared that day had just transformed, it was comparable to an extremely powerful martial artist with Body Forging completion.

If such an existence went into a busy area and wreaked havoc, the destruction and harm it could cause would be extreme.

For Chen Heng to deal with it before it could deal any damage, $50,000 was indeed not too much.

Many thoughts passed through his mind, and after falling silent for a while and looking at Liu Yi's respectful expression, he accepted the card.

He smiled as he said, "There's not much point in me accepting this money. Is there anything I can exchange the money for?"

"What do you want?" Liu Yi felt quite curious.

"Cultivation techniques after body Forging," Chen Heng said seriously after thinking about it.

"You don't have any techniques after Body Forging?"

Liu Yi was surprised, "Didn't your teacher teach you any?"

"I don't have a teacher," Chen Heng shook his head, a look of loneliness and sorrow on his face.

Looking at Chen Heng, Liu Yi could not help but think about herself.

A scene of a rare genius from a poor family without any resources or teachers appeared in her mind.

She could not help but sigh, and a sympathetic look appeared on her face, "I don't have any techniques after Body Forging either…"

Hearing this, Chen Heng was a bit disappointed, but he continued to look calm. Just as he was about to say something, Liu Yi continued, "But they're not difficult to obtain. If you want one, I'll help you get one."

Hearing this, Chen Heng felt quite speechless.

Weren't they difficult to obtain? She could just get him one?

He inwardly sighed, and his evaluation of Liu Yi became even higher.

It seemed that Liu Yi was no ordinary person, and her family was quite special too.

Things that ordinary people would find difficult to obtain, she could easily obtain it.

She was a golden goose.

Thinking to there, a look of gratitude and excitement appeared on his face.

Seeing his expression, Liu Yi felt a bit of an ache in her heart, and she could not help but sigh.

A bit later, Liu Yi and Chen Heng went their own ways.

Chen Heng's figure was tall and straight as he walked out of the alleyway.

His figure was tall and straight. He was also somewhat handsome and had white skin. As he walked out of the alleyway, combined with his unique demeanor from practising martial arts, he attracted many people's gazes.

His expression was calm, but he felt quite happy inwardly.

Of course he felt happy.

Before he had come, he did not have anything.

After this meeting with Liu Yi, not only had he gained $50,000, but he had also received a promise from Liu Yi to help him obtain martial arts techniques.

Liu Yi said that she would obtain one for him in a few days.

As for the card that Chen Heng tried to give her in exchange, she did not accept it. Instead, she had also said that he could come and find her if he was ever in trouble.

Evidently, in her talk with Chen Heng, she had filled in many of the gaps herself. Even when she left, she looked at him incredibly sympathetically, as if he was a poor, destitute orphan.

Chen Heng did not correct this misunderstanding.

After all, strictly speaking, his family was not very well off. Even compared to most people in his class, they were a bit poor.

It could not be said that Liu Yi was too far off in filling the gaps herself.

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Chapter 16 - Solid Rock

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After walking out from the alleyway, Liang Guo was still waiting for him there.

Looking at Chen Heng walking out, Liang Guo had an annoyed yet envious look on his face.

"Are you two… dating?"

He looked at Chen Heng with admiration and envy, and he felt a sour feeling in his heart.

Chen Heng's expression was calm as he smiled and said, "Nope, it was just a small thing; it's not like what you were thinking."

Liang Guo did not say anything and continued to look at Chen Heng with a suspicious gaze.

Chen Heng could only accept it.

He soon returned home, and lunch was already ready.

After peacefully eating lunch and sitting in the living room for a while, even after all the bowls and cutlery were put away, Chen Jing still had not come back.

"She's probably fooling around with some guy again," Wang Li said with a displeased expression.

Chen Heng shook his head and returned to his room.

After getting back to his room, he did not waste any time and picked up one of his books, starting to read.

There was only a few months left until the university entrance exams, and now, his culture subjects were more likely to be left behind by his Body Forging results.

For ordinary people, wanting to do well on Body Forging was harder than doing well on the culture subjects.

However, the situation was completely reversed for Chen Heng.

Now that he had gained his cultivation from the simulation, he had no problems at all.

Instead, he now had some problems with his culture subjects.

After all, it had been a while since he had been in high school in his past life, and there were many things he was unfamiliar with.

As such, whenever he had time these days, he would diligently read and revise his schoolwork.

This was why Liang Guo felt that Chen Heng had been slacking off on Body Forging. He simply shouldn't have the time to!

As for him training with his sword at night, very few people knew about that.

The only thing that changed was the number of Points he had.

Before, Chen Heng had been planning to enter the simulation again soon, but after what he had gained today, he decided to push it back.

Entering the simulation a few days earlier or a few days later would not have much of a difference.

With his current cultivation, there was no need to rush into the next simulation.

It would not be too late to enter the next simulation after Liu Yi had given him a martial arts technique.

As such, Chen Heng waited a few more days.

During the day, he would go to class as usual, acting like an ordinary high schooler, while at night, he would train with his sword.

Of course, because of what had happened before, he became much warrier and did not go to very remote places; he found some safer places.

Time continued to pass like that.

Another few days passed.

"This is a continuation of the Body Forging Technique…"

On an alleyway with no one else around, Liu Yi remained silent for a while before handing something to Chen Heng.

"So fast?" Chen Heng was quite surprised.

He opened the parcel and looked at the contents.

Within the parcel was a thick book bound with a yellow cover.

"Solid Rock."

Chen Heng lightly read out the two words on the cover.

Liu Yi explained, "This is not a Body Forging technique released by the government but one from the Solid Rock School. However, this Solid Rock School's Body Forging technique is even better than the government's.

"After all, even though the government's Body Forging technique is effective, it is also a foundational one, and it cannot compare to Schools' true legacies."

"True legacies…" Chen Heng could not help but inwardly sigh.

He knew that Liu Yi was far more powerful than ordinary people, but he had never thought that she was powerful to such a degree.

The true legacies of Schools were things that absolutely would not be given to outsiders. They were core of the core, and only Chosen Disciples would be given the opportunity to learn them.

It could be said that they were things that money could not buy.

For Liu Yi to be able to obtain such a thing, she had greatly exceeded Chen Heng's expectations.

He originally had just wanted to obtain one from the government.

As for the true legacies from the various Schools, he did not dare to think about them.

"Thank you…"

Many thoughts spiraled in his mind as he deeply breathed in. The hand holding the book slightly trembled, seeming incredibly excited.

Looking at him like this, Liu Yi nodded and said, "It's a pity… I originally wanted someone from their School to teach you for a bit and see if you could enter, but I was unsuccessful…"

She looked apologetic and seemed like she had failed him.

Chen Heng's mouth twitched.

Putting gifting a School's true legacy to an outsider aside, she wanted them to teach him?

It would be unbelievable for them to agree.

All kinds of thoughts appeared in his mind, but on the surface he smiled and said with gratitude, "It's fine, I'm already very touched that you would do all this for me. How could I trouble you…"

After putting away the book, he looked at Liu Yi sincerely and said, "I won't say too many words of gratitude. If you need anything from me, please let me know."

"There's no need to be like this."

Liu Yi seemed somewhat flustered, and she did not seem to know how to react. She waved her hands and said, "It's just a small matter; I'm glad I could help you.

"How about… how about I find you a teacher so you don't have to keep figuring out things by yourself…" she said, sounding somewhat uneasy.

Body Forging was not something that could be done as one wished.

This was tied to one's body, and without an experienced teacher, it could harm one's body if something went wrong.

This was especially so for these true legacy techniques. They were filled with secrets, some of which could be quite damaging. Sometimes they would be undiscoverable by those who did not have experience.

As such, even though she had given the Body Forging technique to Chen Heng, he did not have a way to use it.

Otherwise, if he rashly tried to learn it by himself, he would destroy his body sooner or later.

Thinking to there, Liu Yi could not help but feel guilty, feeling that she had not completed Chen Heng's request.

And yet, Chen Heng seemed grateful.

His face was filled with gratitude, and he looked at her as if she had saved his life, making her feel even worse.

After a while, they both left.

After they left, a figure appeared here.

It was a tall and well-built young man, who looked quite strong.

He stood in the corner and looked at Liu Yi's disappearing figure, his face filled with disappointment.

"I had thought that you would improve after leaving the family; look at you now."

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Chapter 17 - Second Simulation

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"Do you want me to observe that person?" a voice sounded out from behind the young man.

A big and sturdy middle-aged man silently walked over to the young man's side and looked at Chen Heng.

Liu Jue coldly laughed, "Ha… Give it a try. Let that person know it's not so easy to take the Liu family's things."

His face was cold as he looked in the direction that Liu Yi had left in. His gaze was filled with resentment and disappointment.

Looking at Liu Jue like this, the middle-aged man silently shook his head, not knowing what to say.

He stood by Liu Jue's side for a while before silently walking off into the distance.

Chen Heng did not know about the trouble that this was about to bring.

On the way home, he thought about the Solid Rock Body Forging Technique.

"Solid Rock Body Forging. It is called Solid rock because the body forging method is incredibly resolute and domineering. If one is not careful, it will bring about mishaps."

Thinking back to the Solid Rock Body Forging Technique's contents, Chen Heng's expression was calm, but he inwardly frowned.

"Looks like these true legacy body forging techniques are all quite dangerous. If I'm not careful, it'll bring me trouble."

After returning home, he did not say much before going to his room. He picked up the book and began to earnestly read.

As Chen Heng diligently read, the contents were gradually revealed.

"…In order to forge the body, one must first refine the body, then refine the vital organs, cultivating both inside and out…"

"This School's body forging technique was created by the Founder of this School, Master Panshi, by killing and observing the Stone Demon and retrieving the Stone Heart…"

"Killing the Stone Demon and retrieving the Stone Heart?"

Chen Heng could not help but frown, and he had a bad feeling as he muttered to himself, "Master Panshi?"

This world indeed did not seem as simple as it initially looked.

Whether it was the Stone Demon recorded by this Solid Rock Body Forging Technique or other things, they were things that Chen Heng had never encountered before.

Evidently, this was all hidden below the world's surface, and they were things that outsiders did not know about.

"Cultivating both inside and out…"

After glancing over that section, Chen Heng nodded.

Cultivating both inside and outside, this was easy to understand.

After all, if one wanted to have strong vitality, it had to be holistic. If one was only powerful in a single area, that would not be balanced and would not be good in the long run.

Reading to there, Chen Heng could not help but think of the previous simulations' Knights Breathing Technique.

Now, the Knights Breathing Technique seemed incredibly unbalanced.

In early stages, it used extremely vital methods, forcefully burning the cultivator's lifeforce to stimulate one's potential. Even though this allowed one to become more powerful, it did not take what one's body could endure into consideration.

Moreover, cultivating Life Energy greatly drained the body. They would use Life Energy to battle almost every time, continuously pushing their bodies to destruction.

This was why the Knights in that simulation lived for such a short amount of time.

They had strength that greatly surpassed ordinary people's, but their lifespans were also much shorter.

This was a consequence of an imbalance.

Thinking to there, Chen Heng shook his head.

In his body, apart from the Solid Rock Body Forging Technique, there was also the complete Knights Breathing Technique.

This copy of the Knights Breathing Technique came from Sorondo. After killing Sorondo, Chen Heng had obtained the complete Knights Breathing Technique from his corpse, and he had obtained the complete version.

What was a pity was that after returning to his main body, Chen Heng had tried it before.

Just like in the simulation, his body did not have the talent to become a Knight, and he could not use the breathing technique.

This was a bit of a pity.

Chen Heng lightly sighed and looked ahead.

Current Points: 50.

Lines of words appeared before his eyes.

After spending some time training, his Points had once again increased, and he now had 50 of them.

Looking at the words, Chen Heng deeply breathed in and chose to enter a simulation.

"Please choose your world…"

The familiar interface appeared.

The names of the worlds appeared before Chen Heng's eyes.

However, different to the previous time, there was only one that lit up, meaning that there was only one world that he could enter.

The Sorcerer World.

Those words were incredibly bright.

Chen Heng did not hesitate and selected the Sorcerer World.

Following this, a wave of light flashed, and his Points were reduced by 20.

He was then presented with the familiar options.

"Please choose your identity…"

This time, Chen Heng did not skip over it. Instead, he looked through the options seriously and made some choices.

After buying an entry ticket, he had 30 Points left.

With the number of Points he had, buying a decent identity was impossible; even the lowest noble identity required 1,000 Points.

With Chen Heng's current assets, he could only look at it.

However, even if it was an ordinary family, he could make his conditions better.

After thinking for a moment, Chen Heng raised his head and did not hesitate to spend the remaining 30 Points on an ordinary family identity.

The Points in front of him immediately turned to zero, and all options disappeared.

Soon, a formless door opened before Chen Heng's eyes.

Boom!!

The world spun as his surroundings became dark.

In the darkness, Chen Heng opened his eyes and warily looked around.

The scene around him was gradually revealed.

In front of him was a spacious and empty area.

It seemed to be a large hall, and it was quite gorgeous.

He was sitting on a seat, looking ahead with an absent-minded gaze.

"Kailin, my child, what's wrong?" a warm voice sounded out from in front of him, sounding both familiar and unfamiliar.

Hearing this voice, Chen Heng came to his senses, and memories continuously flowed into his mind.

In his mind, the memories rose and fell, and a new feeling entered his mind, helping him understand his current situation.

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Chapter 18 - Poems and Swords

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Kailin was the son of Baron Kaisen.

As Baron Kaisen's youngest son, he was greatly loved by Baron Kaisen since he was young, and he was his favourite child.

At this moment, as Baron Kaisen's youngest son, he was eating lunch with him.

"This starting point seems to be much better than in the previous simulation…" Chen Heng thought to himself after going through his new memories.

This time, he had been born in a noble family. Even though his mother had passed away, his father was a Baron with his own territory.

This starting point was even better than Sorondo's identity.

At the very least, in terms of title, Sorondo's father had only been a Knight.

Of course, this was only the case on the surface of things.

After going through his memories, he found that even though his father was a Baron, in some areas, he was inferior to Knight Cecily.

At the very least, Knight Cecily was a true Knight and had a loyal Knight like Edward under his command.

However, Baron Kaisen did not seem to have anything.

Even though he had a territory, it was not very big, nor did it have many residents.

Even though he had his own armed forces, there was not a single Knight among the hundreds of people.

Although this seemed like more people than Knight Cecily had, they could not compare at all.

If a Knight led a group of people, this force of hundreds of people would immediately fall apart; they would not be a match for them at all.

"Even though we're nobles, we're only higher than Knights in name only…"

After going through his memories, Chen Heng felt quite speechless, "And there isn't even a Knights Breathing Technique…"

After initially finding out his identity, Chen Heng had been quite excited, and he had thought that he could obtain a Knights Breathing Technique for free.

However, reality had proven that he had been thinking too much.

Baron Kaisen was indeed a noble, but he did not have a famous ancestor, nor did his family have any Knights Breathing Techniques to pass down.

It seemed that the difference between nobles was also quite great.

Chen Heng inwardly sighed, "As expected… Hoping that an identity bought with 30 Points would bring me a great surprise was too optimistic of me…"

After all, he had only spent 30 Points on this identity.

For 30 Points to give him a decent starting point was already very good; he wanted a Knights Breathing Technique too?

Dream on!

"Kailin, my child, what's wrong?" a warm voice sounded out from in front of him.

Hearing this voice, Chen Heng instinctively looked up.

At the center of the hall, there was a man who looked 40 or 50 years old sitting there. He was a bit skinny and wore black robes, and he was currently looking at him.

He looked nearly 50 years old, and this was quite an old age in this world. However, he still looked quite spirited, and his eyes were filled with warmth.

"Apologies, father," Chen Heng said as he gave a slight smile.

He looked at Kaisen as he lightly laughed and said, "I was thinking about today's studies and spaced out."

"Oh?" Kaisen became quite interested, "What, didn't you dislike your studies?"

"Just because I dislike them doesn't mean I won't think about them."

Chen Heng thought about Baron Kaisen's interests, and after thinking for a moment, he said, "Likes and dislikes are just instinctive reactions; no one is willing to face a bunch of dry and dull knowledge.

"However, putting aside one's likes and dislikes, I feel that these things exist because they are very useful.

"As such, there's no harm in thinking about them," he said without changing his expression.

These words were all blatant lies.

In actuality, what he was being made to learn was poems and recitations, as well as ancient arts and the like. He did not feel that those things were very useful.

He could not deny that they had some uses, but for most people, they did not do much.

Ordinarily, they were things that Chen Heng would not look at at all.

However, things were different now.

Since Baron Kaisen liked to hear him say such things, he had to say it.

Just as expected, Baron Kaisen gave a slight smile and said, "Indeed."

"Kailin, my child, I never thought you would say such penetrating words.

"I will ask you another question."

He raised his head and looked at Chen Heng and asked, "Between poems and swords, which is more important?"

Chen Heng paused and was quite surprised by this question.

He thought for a moment before replying, "Of course it depends on the situation."

"Poems can calm down people in disorder, while swords can kill them…

"Which one is more important depends on the purpose and situation.

"However…"

Chen Heng paused before continuing, "Whether it is someone who wields poems well or wields swords well, they can both become incredible people.

"However, poems and swords are not mutually exclusive, so… why not have them both?" Chen Heng said softly as he lowered his head.

The hall fell into silence for a while.

Sitting at the main seat, Kaisen looked at Chen Heng with a strange look for a long time before nodding and saying, "What you said is true…"

He sighed, "Our Aizlan family has been here for hundreds of years…

"Over such a long period of time, we have gained mastery of poems, becoming the helpers of greater rulers, but we lack swords…"

He deeply sighed as if he had thought of something, and he looked somewhat sorrowful.

After a while, Chen Heng walked out from the hall.

After walking out, he heard a wave of hurried footsteps.

He looked up and saw there was a tall figure dressed in armor striding towards where Chen Heng was.

As his footsteps became faster, his appearance was revealed.

This was an incredibly tall young man; he looked to be in his early thirties and was at the peak of his strength.

He wore white clothes and seemed incredibly valiant. He somewhat resembled a bear, looking mighty and vigorous.

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Chapter 19 - Circumstances

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As the man walked in, he saw Chen Heng in front of the hall.

"What are you doing here?" his face cold as he spoke in a cool tone.

"Nothing much."

Chen Heng smiled, looking the same as he always did, "I just had lunch with father and am going to go over my studies soon."

"You're going to look at those useless poems again?"

The man's face became even colder as he spoke disdainfully.

He did not say anything else before turning and leaving this place.

Chen Heng stood there silently; his expression did not change from the start. He looked at the man's leaving figure, thinking to himself.

This was Ormando, Baron Kaisen's eldest son, as well as Chen Heng's identity's older brother.

Of course, even though they were brothers, their relationship was not very good. Both of them could only tolerate each other, enough to maintain a cordial relationship.

Ordinarily, the two of them were like strangers, and it was difficult to tell that they were brothers.

Of course, what Chen Heng paid particular attention to was Ormando's status.

Not only was he Baron Kaisen's oldest son, at 30 years old, he was also the leader of the territory's guards.

According to the rules of this age, if anything happened to Baron Kaisen, he would be the successor.

As for Chen Heng, just like Sorondo, he would not be able to gain anything.

After all, he was not the eldest son and would not be able to inherit much.

If his father loved him, it would be alright, but if he did not, his days would not be very good.

"Interesting…"

Looking at Ormando's leaving figure, Chen Heng smiled before leaving.

"Your lesson is on today."

Within a peaceful room at noon, a middle-aged man walked in and spoke as he looked at Chen Heng.

"What class is it today?" Chen Heng sat at a table and looked up as he asked.

"Today should be history…" the middle-aged man paused to think before saying.

Chen Heng said as he smiled, "Thank you, Mr. White. You've worked hard."

"Not at all, this is my duty." Looking at Chen Heng, Mr. White paused for a moment, feeling quite surprised.

In the past, Kailin had never said such things before.

"I have something I need your help with."

In front of him, Chen Heng gave a slight smile as he said, "Can you please help me contact Mr. Jit and also help me prepare a gift

"I heard that Mr. Jit's sword skills are extraordinary, and I hope that he can teach me for a period of time. I wonder if that is possible."

"That is naturally no problem."

Mr. White nodded, but speaking to there, he hesitated, "But Mr. Jit was injured recently, and it is difficult for him to use his legs; he might not be suitable to teach you…"

"It's fine."

Chen Heng lightly sighed as a sorrowful expression appeared on his face and said, "That is why I want Mr. Jit to teach me…"

"Eh?" Mr. White paused, feeling confused.

Seeing this, Chen Heng explained, "Mr. White is my father's loyal servant, and he is a captain in the guard squadron. He is also a trustworthy old soldier."

"From what I heard, he has five children as well as an elderly father, who he needs to take care of…

"However, because of his injury, Mr. White is no longer able to serve my father, so he is unable to receive his salary…

"As such, his life might become difficult in the future…"

Chen Heng looked quite sad as he said, "I know that I cannot make up for his pain, but I hope that I can help him. I don't want to let such a loyal soldier suffer."

Mr. White's expression changed, "Your benevolence is truly touching…"

"This is not benevolence; it's just something I want to do."

Chen Heng looked at Mr. White seriously and said, "Please help me with this, but don't tell anyone else about it; I don't want to put any pressure on Mr. Jit's family."

"Please don't worry."

Mr. White's expression immediately became serious as he asked, "I will do as you asked and will not tell anyone of this."

"Thank you," Chen Heng said seriously as a happy and grateful smile appeared on his face.

After a moment, Mr. White left and only Chen Heng remained in the room.

He sat in the room, thinking to himself as he rapped his hand on the table.

After a while, a young girl wearing simple clothes with somewhat delicate and pretty looks came to Chen Heng's side.

"Young master…" the young girl walked to Chen Heng's side and looked at him as she nervously spoke.

"You're here, Tina."

Looking at the young girl, Chen Heng smiled and patted her head.

Seeing Chen Heng stretch out his hand, the young girl instinctively tried to dodge, but she was unable to.

Chen Heng stroked her hair and had a gentle look on his face as he asked, "Have you gotten used to being here?"

"Yes, I've gotten used to it." Tina shrank back and looked at Chen Heng. Feeling him stroking her hair, her face became red.

"That's good."

Chen Heng smiled, and after thinking about it, he took out something from the side and gave it to Tina.

He said, "I heard about your family's matters. I'm sad to hear about your little brother, but since what has happened has already happened, we need to look forward.

"This is for you… buy some bread so you can take some pressure off your parents…"

Hearing this, Tina felt quite startled.

"This… is for me?"

She felt the heaviness in the little pouch and became frozen.

A strange feeling welled up in her, and she felt like crying all of a sudden.

This world was a classic feudalistic world. For commoners like her, they were treated like slaves, and even if they were beaten to death, at most the nobles would just have to pay a bit of money. She had never been treated like this before.

She felt incredibly moved, and she looked at Chen Heng dumbly, not knowing what to say.

"Don't be sad anymore," Chen Heng said as he smiled and patted her, his expression incredibly gentle.

"Alright, I'll let Mr. White know, so you can go home earlier today."

Looking at the girl's reddened eyes, he said softly, "Also, can you help me with something?"

His voice was gentle and enchanting, and it made one want to trust him.

Soon, the young girl left Chen Heng's room and walked out.

Sitting in the room, Chen Heng thought for a moment before getting up and leaving too.

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Chapter 20 - Old Soldier

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A short time passed.

After walking out from the study room, Chen Heng rubbed his head, feeling somewhat weary.

It had to be said, there was a reason why Ormando and Chen Heng's past identity did not like these classes.

Just a short class made Chen Heng feel incredibly tired.

The teacher was also a noble, but he was a noble who had lost his territory. He was quite old, so he had no choice but to come to Baron Kaisen's territory to work.

From how Chen Heng saw it, this teacher was quite ordinary. Not only was he extremely boring, the content he taught was quite plain too. There was nothing praiseworthy about him.

Chen Heng felt that most of the things that he taught were not useful in most situations.

Of course, in this world, there were no truly useless people.

Even though this person was a poor teacher, he had a good relationship with Baron Kaisen, and it seemed that the two of them used to be good friends.

As such, through this teacher, he might be able to slightly influence Baron Kaisen.

This was the reason why Chen Heng endured the lesson. Not only did he finish the lesson, but he had even pretended to be extremely interested, making the teacher feel quite happy.

After walking out of the study room, Chen Heng came to his own room as he thought about things.

His starting point in this simulation was undoubtedly better than the previous two simulations.

Despite this, there were still many problems.

After entering the simulation, Chen Heng's primary goal was naturally to obtain Points.

From his first experience, Chen Heng knew that if he wanted to obtain Points, he had to greatly influence the people and things around him.

If he wanted to have enough influence, he would need power and status.

With Chen Heng's current status, he seemed to have only one option so far for advancing.

"In terms of strength, I can only rely on myself… however, I do have some plans about raising my status…"

Sitting in front of his table, he thought to himself.

His identity this time was the youngest son of a Baron.

This was both unfortunate and fortunate.

It was unfortunate because he did not have succession rights and he could not inherit his father's title.

However, he was fortunate in that as long as the successors in front of him died, he would be able to succeed his father and take over this territory.

If he wanted to achieve this goal, there was only one obstacle before him.

Ormando…

As he thought of this name, he could not help but laugh and feel a sense of déjà vu.

He seemed to have experienced something like this before.

His current situation was very much like Sorondo's situation in the previous simulation.

Of course, even though the situation was similar, Chen Heng's circumstances were quite different.

At the very least, compared to Sorondo, his father, Baron Kaisen, was still quite healthy and did not look like he had any problems.

This meant that Chen Heng had a lot of time, so he could slowly start planning.

Thinking to there, he continued to consider other matters.

As the sun began to set, Chen Heng went out to a sparse, vacant area outside.

An old soldier was standing there.

He was a tall middle-aged man and looked around 40 or 50 years old, around the same age as Baron Kaisen. His skin was tanned and his face was not very tidy. His robust look gave off the spirit of an old soldier.

He wore a tattered gray robe, which had a few patches. It looked like his financial conditions were quite poor.

What was noticeable was that his left sleeve was empty; his left arm was completely gone.

When Chen Heng saw him, he also noticed Chen Heng.

Before the other person could say anything, Chen Heng went up and gave a brilliant smile as he said, "It's good to see you, Mr. Jit."

"Sir Kailin… hello…"

Looking at Chen Heng, Jit paused for a moment before squeezing out a smile.

Before, he had not interacted much with Chen Heng before; it could be said that there was nothing between them.

However, it seemed that this job was something he had to take up.

Moreover, Chen Heng was the ruler of this territory's son. Even if he was not injured and was still in the guard squadron, he was someone who he had to show respect to.

"No need to be so courteous." Different to what Jit expected, Chen Heng did not act all high and mighty, nor did he look at him condescendingly; he was completely different than his older brother.

He had a gentle and moderate attitude, and he always had a smile on his face, making people relax around him.

Looking at Chen Heng, Jit could not help but feel more at ease, and he said, "It's getting late, let's start."

"Very well." Chen Heng nodded as he was handed a short sword.

"Before we start training, I would first like to test your current abilities…" Jit said tactfully as he looked at Chen Heng.

He wanted to know Chen Heng's current skill level before teaching him.

He was already prepared to teach Chen Heng from the start. After all, from how Chen Heng looked, he did not seem like someone who exercised regularly or trained with a sword.

However, what he saw gave him a big shock.

Chen Heng drew the sword and began to slowly swing it, one strike at a time. Even though he did not seem too familiar with his sword techniques and his body was a bit stiff, he seemed abnormally proficient. He did not seem like someone who had just picked up a sword; rather, he seemed like a professional.

This was not someone who did not regularly exercise; no, these were the skills of someone who regularly trained.

Jit immediately felt dumbfounded.

He had never thought that the youngest son of the Baron, who normally seemed quite ordinary and liked to play around, would have such skills.

"You must work extremely hard normally but don't like to show off."

Looking at Chen Heng, Jit could not help but sigh in amazement, "In terms of sword skills, you might be above your brother already…

"However, there are some small problems."

He looked at Chen Heng and thought for a moment before pointing out some small issues.

Some of these small issues were things that Chen Heng had purposefully revealed, and some were because of his body itself.

After all, he had only just entered this body, so it was inevitable that some of his movements would seem quite stiff.

Ordinary people would not see many problems, but for an experienced warrior like Jit, they were extremely obvious.

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Chapter 21 - Understand

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Jit had never believed that there were geniuses in this world, nor did he believe that someone who had just picked up a sword and spent an afternoon training could pick up all of his skills that he had accrued over his lifetime.

However, looking at Chen Heng, who had a sincere expression and brilliant smile, he could not help but believe it.

Chen Heng was a true genius.

It had not been a very long time, only an afternoon, and yet he had gone through a complete change.

Standing there, Jit saw everything incredibly clearly.

At the start, Chen Heng's movements had been quite awkward and stiff, but he quickly became more and more proficient, and at a terrifying speed at that.

As he swung the sword, even an old soldier like Jit began to feel quite afraid.

Even elite soldiers, who had fought on the battlefield since they were young and had killed many other elite soldiers, would feel the same.

Chen Heng was undoubtedly a true genius.

"Thank you for your teachings."

Without realizing it, this training session had concluded.

Chen Heng put away his sword and looked at Jit as he thanked him with a sincere expression.

"No need to be so courteous." Facing Chen Heng, Jit still seemed a bit constrained, and he waved his hand, "Sir, your talent is the best that I've ever seen."

He looked at Chen Heng and gave him a high evaluation, "If you ever join a battlefield, you will definitely be the most elite soldier."

"Thank you for your praise."

Chen Heng only smiled and did not take it to heart too much.

"It's getting late."

He looked at the sky and smiled as he said, "Let me send you home."

They had trained for the entire afternoon, and it was getting quite dark.

As an outsider, Jit's home was not in this area, and he had a long journey ahead of him.

It was not very safe to travel at night; he was very likely to encounter ferocious beasts.

As such, it would be somewhat dangerous for Jit to go home by himself.

"There's no need to trouble you…" Jit instinctively refused. He did not dare to trouble Chen Heng, but before he could finish his sentence, Chen Heng grabbed his hand.

"No need to be polite," Chen Heng smiled and said, "I happened to also want to go out, and this is just along the way."

He did not give Jit the chance to refuse.

Following this, they walked out along the main road.

Coincidentally, there were some people gathered, training nearby.

Ormando's tall figure stood at the center of the scene, his expression serious as he admonished his subordinates.

Jit could not help but look back at them.

There were many people he was familiar with; they were all his friends from the previous squad.

Seeing those people, a look of nostalgia and sadness appeared in his eyes.

Chen Heng patted his shoulder and comforted him.

This scene was seen by the soldiers who were training.

At that moment, many of their eyes lit up.

No matter where it was, those who cared for the weak and lowly were respected by all.

This was especially so given Jit's circumstances.

As the original captain of the squad, his current situation could be the future of many of these people, so the feelings were even more intense.

Seeing Jit being treated with such camaraderie and respect, their eyes lit up, and their impression of Chen Heng greatly improved.

As if he noticed those people's reactions, Chen Heng continued to smile and acted naturally. Combined with his handsome looks, those who looked at him could not help but feel favorably towards him.

As Chen Heng walked closer, Ormando also saw them.

At first, his expression was still serious. However, when he saw Jit's missing left arm, he looked somewhat condescending and did not say anything.

He did not seem like he was going to greet them.

Seeing Ormando like this, Chen Heng smiled and thought for a moment before calling an attendant over and saying, "Isn't it a bit too exhausting to be training so hard on such a hot day?

"Send some people to bring some cold drinks to help soothe these tired soldiers' weariness."

That attendant quickly left, while Chen Heng helped Jit onto a carriage.

Following this, they began a relatively long journey.

The trip was quite shaky, and the journey was also quite difficult.

The carriage did not have very good shock absorption, and the path was also quite narrow; it could be said that there was only one path.

Riding in the carriage, Chen Heng could feel the shaking, and it was quite uncomfortable.

However, Jit felt that it was quite good.

After all, sitting was much more comfortable than walking this path.

This was especially so at a time like this; walking on a path like this was very dangerous.

Moreover, he was not bored.

Within the carriage, Chen Heng continuously asked him questions.

Jit was an old soldier and had served Baron Kaise for a long time.

This not only meant that he had much experience, but it also meant that he had many connections and knew about a lot of things.

He was very useful for helping Chen Heng understand various circumstances.

As Jit talked, Chen Heng began to understand.

Baron Kaisen's territory was not too big, but there were many people living within it, roughly 10,000.

Of course, these 10,000 people were gathered in a few places, and most of them were scattered throughout the territory.

Under Baron Kaisen's command was a force of about 200 people.

These soldiers were funded by Baron Kaisen himself, and they were completely different from the people's militia gathered on an interim basis.

During battles, this force of 200 people was the core, and adding on the people's militia, they could form an army of 1,000 people.

Hearing to there, Chen Heng thought to himself before saying, "I heard that true Knights have great power and can rival an army by themselves. Is this true?"

"This…" Jit paused for a moment, not expecting that Chen Heng would ask such a question.

However, he quickly gave an answer.

"There are indeed such legends," Jit nodded and said, "And I have heard of such tales. However, I have never personally met someone like that before."

His answer revealed some information, which was that Knights existed in this region but there were not many of them.

This was not too strange.

In the first simulation, Chen Heng had become a mercenary and traveled everywhere to fight.

He found that remote regions lacked true Knights and noble families that had the legacies of Knights.

The region he was currently in was most likely a region that had fallen behind.

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Chapter 22 - Half A Year

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"But then again… regions that are a bit behind are good too…"

Thinking back to the information he had gained, he inwardly nodded.

Regions that had fallen behind meant that they did not have very strong forces, and they would not have powerful Knights.

This meant that if he wanted to do anything in this region, it would not be as difficult.

While Chen Heng thought to himself, he maintained a resplendent smile on his face as he continuously conversed with Jit, trying not to make him feel awkward.

His tone was calm, and his attitude was friendly. When talking, he did not focus on his identity as a noble and instead just acted like a student of the younger generation, making Jit feel quite favorably towards him.

Looking at Chen Heng in front of him, Jit could not help but think of Ormando.

Even though they were brothers, Ormando would never talk to even Chen Heng like this.

"If it was young master Ormando… how would he treat me?"

He could not help but think of this.

Following this, he thought back to that scene from before. Thinking about Ormando's cold gaze, he could not help but inwardly sigh.

For him to lose an arm, to those people, he was already useless and not worth any attention or thought.

Perhaps only Chen Heng would pay such attention to him.

Thinking to there, he could not help but feel somewhat touched, and his gaze towards Chen Heng became more grateful.

Chen Heng sensed this change and inwardly chuckled.

After sending Jit home, Chen Heng especially went to see his family.

From what he knew, Jit had many people in his family.

He had five children and an elderly father.

Before, even as a soldier, Jit's life had been quite difficult, but he could barely keep going.

However, now that he had been injured on the battlefield and been forced to retire, their lives became even more difficult.

Chen Heng asked how they were and gave out the things he had brought as gifts. He then did a symbolic visit to the surrounding residents before leaving.

When he was leaving, all of the residents came to see him off. It seemed that they had a pretty good impression of the youngest son of the Baron.

On the way back within the carriage, the attendant serving Chen Heng felt quite confused.

"Young master…"

He hesitated before continuing, "You seem to treat us commoners a bit too well…"

Looking at Chen Heng's familiar face, he could not help but feel quite confused.

The Kailin of the past was not like this.

In the past, Kailin and Ormando had been quite similar. Even though he was not as cold as Ormando, he would not pay much attention to these commoners.

After all, to the nobles, commoners were just trash and not worth mentioning.

"You don't understand…"

Looking at his attendant, Chen Heng only smiled and shook his head, but he did not look like he was going to explain.

In actuality, he had just been testing things out.

The amount of Points he gained was equivalent to the impact on the world.

In other words, the more people he impacted, the more Points he would be able to gain.

This was why he did this; he was just testing things out.

Of course, he also wanted them to have a favourable impression of him.

Even though ordinary commoners were quite weak, when they banded together, they were still a force to be reckoned with.

A good reputation was also a kind of strength.

Since it was like this, why would he be against doing this?

Moreover, at the end of the day, it did not cost him much.

After returning to Baron Kaisen's land, the atmosphere had changed.

Many people had seen Chen Heng personally sending Jit off.

Those people had then told that to even more people.

Moreover, the things that Chen Heng had left to Tina also seemed somewhat effective.

In this residence, everyone knew that Chen Heng had been quite sympathetic to Jit's family, and he had especially requested for Jit to teach him out of benevolence.

Hearing about this, Chen Heng smiled but did not do much.

Time gradually passed.

Without realizing it, five months quickly passed.

Over these five months, Chen Heng went through great changes.

After entering the simulation, he changed all of his habits and did many things that shocked others.

He was very frugal with himself and did not spend money extravagantly like most nobles. He only had water and some vegetables every day, saving money on each meal.

However, he was incredibly generous to seniors and those in difficult circumstances. Sometimes, he was willing to trouble himself to help his friends.

He was extremely respectful to his teacher and even had an argument with his older brother, Ormando, to defend his teacher.

He was very friendly to merchants and travellers. Not only would he have people look after them, but he would also often ride on a horse and personally lead them over some difficult paths.

Over time, the attitudes of everyone in the residence towards Chen Heng had completely changed.

Whether they were servants, soldiers, or commoners, whenever they brought up Chen Heng, their faces would be filled with respect and admiration.

Even though they were the same with Ormando and Kaisen, they knew that they were completely different.

Early one morning, the sun had only just risen, and the morning dew made the ground look somewhat damp.

It was still very early, so it was still a bit dark.

However, Chen Heng was already awake.

He held his sword and walked onto the sparse training field; this was his habit.

For the past few months, he would be the first to rise every day.

Every day, just as the sun rose, he would get up and begin training.

In the past half a year, everyone had seen his hard work.

This was in stark contrast to Ormando.

Every time, he would be the last to arrive. He would only come here after all of the soldiers had gathered.

This was completely different from Chen Heng.

Of course, the reason why there was such a big difference was partially because of Chen Heng himself.

After all, the reason why he trained here every day was so those soldiers would immediately see him after coming here.

He had already become accustomed to this over the past half a year.

He silently drew his sword and began to train, swinging his sword about.

Over this period of time, he had regained his sword skills. Now, his sword skills were not inferior to anyone's, and even the most proficient soldiers in this territory were not a match for him.

It was just that on this day, as he silently practiced, Chen Heng felt that something was off.

"This feeling…"

On the training field, he suddenly stopped.

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Chapter 23 - Grand Prize

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"This feeling…" On the training field, Chen Heng stood there dumbly.

He could sense the changes in his body, and he spaced out a bit.

There seemed to be a warm current flowing into his body, making him feel a strange sense of stimulation; it was quite a new and unique feeling.

He was both unfamiliar towards this feeling, as well as sensitive towards it.

"Could it be?"

Immediately, his eyes widened as a guess appeared in his mind.

"This body has the talent to become a Knight?"

In this world, if one wanted to become a Knight, one first needed to have talent.

Only by having the talent to become a Knight could one learn the Knights Breathing Technique, allowing one to gain Life Energy. Under the stimulation of Life Energy, one would be able to awaken a Life Seed and become a true Knight.

Because of the previous simulation, he knew that talent to become a Knight was very rare, so he just assumed that this body would not have talent.

However, it did not seem…

Chen Heng felt wild delight, and it was as if he had won the grand prize of a lottery.

Chen Heng understood that he had definitely won the grand prize.

He had only spent 30 Points on this identity, and logically speaking, it should not have such talent.

After all, to select the Knights talent option, it required a minimum of 100 Points.

Now, it seemed that the number of Points was not everything.

Even if he did not invest many Points, that did not mean that he could not gain anything good; it was just that there was a lower chance.

"What a pity, if I had known about this earlier…"

Sensing the changes in his body, Chen Heng felt that it was a bit of a pity.

In this simulation, he had assumed that this body would be the same as the previous simulation, that it would not have any special talents. As such, he had only used the Knights Breathing Technique as a supporting role and had not invested too much time into it.

He had put most of his effort into Body Forging. Otherwise, it would not have taken so long for him to detect that he had talent as a Knight.

Such a thing would not happen under normal circumstances.

Under normal circumstances, if one wanted to know if one had talent as a Knight, one needed a Knight who had Life Energy send his own Life Energy into one's body and observe.

Alternatively, they could use some special medicines that ignited the lifeforce, just like in the previous simulation, which would have the same effect.

Under normal circumstances, these were the most direct methods. Apart from this, one could also try to cultivate the Knights Breathing Technique and see if one could stimulate their body's Life Energy.

This time, Chen Heng lacked a Knight to instill in him Life Energy, as well as medicines, so he could only use the most basic method. Only now did he find out that he had won the lottery.

However, it was not too late.

Chen Heng did not hesitate to stop practicing the Body Training Technique. He put his sword away before beginning to do some strange actions.

His actions were very unique, and when moving, his mind was also greatly focused, trying to circulate the qi blood in his body in order to stimulate the Life Energy hidden in his body.

Under his efforts, a certain power in his body became active and started to roil, giving Chen Heng a new feeling.

Sensing this feeling, Chen Heng felt quite excited and his weariness all but disappeared as it was replaced by a refreshed feeling.

He had never felt this feeling when using the Knights Breathing Technique before. It had only just appeared, and it was incredibly obviously too.

He continued training until the sky brightened, after which he gradually stopped.

When he stopped, there was already a big crowd around him.

Many people stood there and looked at him, looks of respect in their eyes.

Facing these gazes, Chen Heng just smiled as he stopped.

Over the past half a year, after he had revealed his exquisite sword skills, many people would often look at him with such gazes.

"It's still early, everyone rest for a bit longer," Chen Heng smiled as he said softly.

Everyone nodded, and seeing that Chen Heng was going to leave, they made way for him.

After he left, they all had smiles on their faces.

After a while, Ormando came late to the training field.

As soon as he arrived, seeing the soldiers not gathered together, he frowned and said with an angry look, "What are you all sitting there doing? Hurry up and get training!"

"You're late yourself and yet you're being so fierce…"

Some people muttered among themselves, but no one dared to speak up. They all obediently got up and began to train.

After leaving the training field, Chen Heng came to a large hall.

It was still early, so the hall was not open yet.

Chen Heng patiently waited for the person within to wake up.

Time gradually passed.

After a while, someone's voice sounded out from within.

"Kailin, you came?"

A voice sounded from within, sounding somewhat surprised, "Come in quickly."

Hearing this voice, Chen Heng walked in.

After walking into the hall, a fragrant odor came from ahead, filling the surroundings.

Chen Heng looked ahead.

In front of him, Baron Kaisen was wearing a red robe and was sitting there by himself.

In front of him was a plate of bread and some boiled meat.

"Why are you here so early?"

Looking at Chen Heng walk in, Baron Kaisen's expression was kind as he smiled and said, "Since you were here, why didn't you have someone notify me?"

"It's fine," Chen Heng smiled, not minding at all, "I just came early; there was no need to disturb father's rest.

"It was also good to stand outside for a while to wake myself up."

"Oh you."

Looking at Chen Heng, Baron Kaisen's expression was a bit complicated, not knowing what to say.

Chen Heng had been like this since half a year ago.

Every time he came, he would always be early and would never let him wait or disturb his rest.

As time went on, as a father, he began to feel somewhat embarrassed.

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Chapter 24 - Opportunity to Study

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In the hall, Chen Heng peacefully sat there, holding an old book in his hands.

In front of him, Baren Kaisen ate while looking at Chen Heng, thinking to himself.

"Do you know why I called you here?" he put down his cutlery and slowly asked.

"Why is it?" Chen Heng put down his book and asked with a respectful look.

"The Kutu Royal Academy's next round of enrollments is about to begin."

Looking at Chen Heng, Kaisen's expression was a bit complicated as he said, "I happen to have a spot and wanted to see if you wanted to go. Would you like to?"

Hearing this, Chen Heng felt quite surprised.

The Kutu Royal Academy was the best academy in the Kutu Principality, and it was funded by the Kutu royal family. In the past 100 years, it had always been the best place of study nearby.

Such an academy had incredibly strict rules, and it was very difficult for ordinary people to enter.

Kaisen had spent a great deal of effort to secure this spot.

"Does he want to send me away?"

Hearing Baron Kaisen's words, Chen Heng started to think to himself.

His first reaction was that Baron Kaisen wanted to send him off to make it easier for Ormando's succession.

This was not without reason.

In this half a year, because of how excellently Chen Heng had performed, too many people had been praising Chen Heng, and some had even wanted to persuade Baron Kaisen to make Chen Heng the successor to this territory.

In response, Baron Kaisen had been quite hesitant, and he had not made a decision.

In terms of feelings, Chen Heng was his favorite child; he had liked him more since he was young.

Now, whether it was in terms of capabilities, studies, or reputation, Chen Heng performed far better than Ormando.

The only thing that Chen Heng lacked was that he was not the eldest son.

As such, Baron Kaisen had fallen into internal conflict many times, and he could not make a decision.

Even though many thoughts raced past in Chen Heng's mind, he did not hesitate to say, "I am willing."

No matter what Baron Kaisen was thinking, from how Chen Heng saw it, it did not matter.

From the moment he awakened talent to become a Knight, the successor to Baron Kaisen had already been determined.

One son was someone who had talent as a Knight and could become a Knight; the other was the ordinary Ormando. The difference was too great.

If Baron Kaisen knew of this, as long as he wasn't an idiot, he would know who to choose.

Moreover, at a time like this, even Baron Kaisen's own opinion did not matter much anymore.

After all, in this world, problems were often solved with fists.

Over the past half a year, through Jit, Chen Heng had gained the loyalty of many soldiers and officials by Kaisen's side.

From these soldiers to the people by Baron Kaisen's side, all of them praised Chen Heng endlessly and greatly supported him.

Under such circumstances, adding on Chen Heng's own strength, it was enough to deal with many things.

Baron Kaisen's opinion was no longer as important to Chen Heng.

Of course, despite all of this, if he could properly succeed his father, that was preferable.

Using force to take over was easier, but it would bring shame to his name and not be beneficial to his future development.

As such, he still had to do his fair share of pretending.

Chen Heng decided that he would still act like a good son for now.

Sitting there and seeing how obedient Chen Heng seemed, Baron Kaisen lightly sighed and said, "I had to pay a great price for this opportunity. After going there, you must be careful and do your best to get to know some people who will be beneficial to your future."

Hearing his words, Chen Heng more or less understood Baron Kaisen's thinking.

After his performance in the past half a year, Baron Kaisen's heart was leaning towards him.

Otherwise, he should have left this opportunity to his eldest son Ormando, rather than his youngest son, Chen Heng.

Of course, this was both an opportunity and a test.

If Chen Heng performed well at the Kutu Royal Academy, then Baron Kaisen would most likely be able to make a decision.

However, if he performed poorly, the conclusion might be different.

Chen Heng immediately understood, but he maintained a bright smile on his face. The smile was incredibly sincere, making him look like a child diligently listening to his father's guidance.

In the distance, Mr White looked at the scene between father and son, and he could not help but smile.

At that moment, Chen Heng seemed to have noticed his gaze, and he turned and smiled at him, seeming quite friendly.

Mr White could not help but feel surprised, and he nodded at Chen Heng before turning and leaving to deal with other matters.

In front of him, Baron Kaisen was still speaking.

Looking at Chen Heng, he continuously spoke, giving him much advice.

"You can leave after three days."

In the end, he looked at Chen Heng and lightly sighed as he said, "When the time comes, I will personally send you."

"Alright."

Chen Heng smiled as he nodded before continuing to chat with Baron Kaisen for a while.

Following this, Chen Heng got up and left.

After leaving the hall, he went back to his own room.

Within his room, there were the sounds of sweeping; there was someone cleaning within.

Chen Heng opened the door and saw a girl in gray clothes with a broom in her hand, diligently cleaning the room.

It was Tina. In the past half a year, she had become someone by Chen Heng's side, and she served him personally.

"You came so early?"

Walking in, Chen Heng smiled and instinctively stretched out his hand to pat Tina's head as he said, "Have you eaten?"

"No, I haven't…"

Looking at Chen Heng, Tina lowered her head, "Why did you suddenly come in?"

"I saw you working and didn't want to disrupt you," Chen Heng said as he laughed, "Alright, you can go rest."

Tina looked at Chen Heng, and looking at his handsome face, her gaze became somewhat hazy. However, she obediently left.

Chen Heng smiled before sitting down.

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Chapter 25 - Long Journey

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

In these three days, Chen Heng did not do too much; he just went to visit the people he was familiar with.

In the past half a year, he had gotten to know many people, so he was quite busy for these three days.

Early in the morning on the third day, Chen Heng came outside.

Outside the residence, there was already someone there.

"Sir, you're here."

Jit looked respectful as he gazed at Chen Heng.

"Uncle Jit, you're here too."

Chen Heng smiled and patted his shoulder, "I'll be troubling you."

"It's not matter," Jit shook his head, "If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't know how things would be for me now.

"Now that you're leaving, I have to send you at least part of the way."

Speaking to there, he laughed and said, "In actuality, it's not just me."

"When they heard that you were leaving, my five children and my old friends all said they wanted to escort you."

"Is that so?" Chen Heng laughed; hearing these words, he could not help but feel somewhat happy.

"Please thank them for me."

Jit smiled and agreed.

Because it was still early, most people were still getting ready.

As such, the two of them began to idly chat.

After a while, the sounds of hooves could be heard, accompanied by many footsteps.

Mr. White brought some people and hurried over.

Chen Heng was not surprised by the appearance of most people.

However, what surprised Chen Heng was the middle-aged man behind Mr. White.

"Father, why are you here?" he hurriedly went over and asked respectfully.

Baron Kaisen wore a gray robe and he did not look too good; there were dark rings around his eyes, looking like he had not slept well last night.

"I wanted to send you off," Baron Kaisen shook his head as he spoke.

Now that his child was about to leave, as a father, how could he not feel worried.

He had not been able to sleep well the previous night, and he somewhat wanted to keep Chen Heng here.

However, in the end, he reigned in his impulses and rationally stopped himself.

"Remember to be careful on this trip," he looked at Chen Heng as he lightly sighed.

"I understand," Chen Heng smiled as he nodded looking at ease.

He thought about it and came before Baron Kaisen. Looking at him, he said earnestly, "I'm afraid I won't be able to come back for a while after leaving this time.

"I heard that the white birds of distant locations will miss their homes, families, and friends; I think I will be able to experience this now…

"I hope that while I'm not here, father, you will take care of your body and that I will be able to continue enjoying meals with you when I'm back…" he spoke lightly, his expression sincere and serious.

Around him, Mr White and the others felt quite touched by Chen Heng's filial piety.

Baron Kaisen's eyes reddened.

He opened his mouth as he looked at Chen Heng, wanting to say something. However, in the end, he was unable to say anything and only vigorously patted Chen Heng on the shoulder as he choked out a few words, "Be careful."

His eyes became slightly damp, "No matter what, come back safely."

"I will," Chen Heng smiled and replied earnestly.

After a while, Chen Heng began his journey.

He sat in the carriage and left this place.

On the carriage, Jit and the others accompanied him, either driving, navigating, or helping him with other things on the journey.

Only Baron Kaisen was left.

The cool morning breeze blew, making him feel a bit cold.

He stood there silently for a long time, and in the end, he could only give a long sigh.

At that moment, shouts sounded from afar, as if there were people training.

"What's that sound?" Baron Kaisen frowned as he asked.

"It's Sir Ormando training the soldiers," an attendant replied.

"Bastard!!" Baron Kaisen was enraged, "His little brother is about to embark on a long journey, and as the older brother, he didn't come to see him off even though he's awake!"

He left angrily and rushed towards where the sounds were coming from.

Chen Heng naturally did not know about any of this.

After leaving Baron Kaisen's side, this was both good and bad.

The bad things were obvious; after leaving Baron Kaisen's side, if anything happened over there, Chen Heng would not be able to do anything about it.

However, there was not a great likelihood of this.

In the past half a year, most of the people by Baron Kaisen's side had come to Chen Heng's side and leaned towards him.

Moreover, Baron Kaisen's health was still quite good, and he did not look like someone who was going to die.

As for Ormando, he did not need to think about him at all.

Perhaps without Chen Heng there, he would completely let loose and make a mess of things.

On the other hand, the benefits of leaving Baron Kaisen were also evident.

First, he had the opportunity to see the world.

This world was very big, and just the Kutu Principality was very big. Baron Kaisen was just an ordinary, small noble, and he was not even worth mentioning in the entire Kutu Principality.

Even though Baron Kaisen's territory was not small, it was still limited. If Chen Heng remained here, it would not be beneficial to his future development.

Now that he could leave in advance and go to the Kutu Principality's most prosperous city to study, this was a very good opportunity.

Not only was it beneficial to Chen Heng's future, but it was also beneficial to him gaining Points.

Those were the benefits.

Of course, how much he could gain here was up to him.

Thinking to there, he looked ahead.

They had come to a narrow path.

The surroundings were very narrow, and a few people could barely pass through together.

Looking at the terrain, Chen Heng silently sat up, his hand instinctively stretching out to the side and gripping his sword.

He had made preparations to deal with all variables.

However, as they passed through this place, they did not encounter anything unexpected.

Looking back at that narrow ravine they had passed through, Chen Heng inwardly shook his head.

It seemed that even though Ormando was quite stupid, he was not stupid to the point that he would send people to kill him.

After leaving, he had made preparations to deal with Ormando leading people to assassinate him, but his plans were unnecessary.

"What a pity…" Chen Heng lightly sighed.

If Ormando really dared to come here to kill him, he would have the right to act and get rid of Ormando.

If that happened, it would save him much effort.

It was a pity that perhaps Ormando did not think of this, or he did not have the guts to do it and did not come.

However, this was fine too.

As time passed, the conclusion would be the same regardless.

Chen Heng sat peacefully in the carriage as he thought to himself.

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Chapter 26 - Kutu

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To Chen Heng, it did not matter much if Ormando did anything.

Based on his current tempo, no matter what Ormando did, he would not be able to change the final outcome.

It was just a matter of time until everything that Baron Kaisen had belonged to him.

Chen Heng's expression was calm as he held the sword and thought to himself.

From Baron Kaisen's territory to Kutu was an extremely long distance.

With the long distance and the difficulty of traversing this world, it took Chen Heng an extremely long time to reach his destination.

It took two months for Chen Heng to reach his destination.

After reaching the Kutu Royal City, he settled down.

"It looks pretty lively…"

Chen Heng slowly walked in the city, looking around.

From how he saw it, this city was quite undeveloped. The layout of the city was quite messy, and the flow of people was quite chaotic.

There would occasionally also be smelly odors; it seemed that the city's waste management was not very good either.

However, compared to Baron Kaisen's territory, this place was already quite good. It at least looked quite prosperous, and it was better than the previous places that Chen Heng had seen.

Of course, compared to modern society's cities, it was greatly lacking and could not be compared at all.

However, disregarding the differences between the worlds and directly comparing them was not fair either.

At least in this world, this city was quite good.

After living as a mercenary in his previous simulation and traveling to many places, Chen Heng was sure of this.

Chen Heng casually walked about, and seeing the red robe he wore, they did not feel it was strange but slightly made way for him.

In the Kutu Principality, red was a color that only nobles could wear.

In Baron Kaisen's territory, commoners could only wear white or gray.

However, this city seemed to be more lax with this.

In front of him, Chen Heng saw many people who wore many colors, as if there were not many restrictions.

This made sense—after all, this was the Kutu Principality's Royal City, and there were many large and small noble families, merchant groups, and mercenaries from foreign lands.

Strict restrictions on clothing would not be very realistic.

Chen Heng silently observed everything as he walked about.

It seemed that because of the Kutu Royal Academy's intake of students, there were many people coming to the city from outside.

From what he saw, there were many coming in from outside, coming in to buy various things.

Afterwards, a young man wearing blue robes caught Chen Heng's attention.

He did not look very old, only in his early twenties, and he was perhaps a few years older than Chen Heng.

He looked like he did not have much money; even though he wore robes, there were many patches on them. His face was also a bit dark, looking like he often did labor.

Looking at this person, Chen Heng felt quite surprised.

From his eyes, he could tell that this person was not an ordinary person.

He was carrying a large bag on his back and holding a large sack in his hand.

Ordinary people might not be able to tell that there was anything special about him, but Chen Heng could tell that those things were not light at all.

Ordinary people would not be able to carry them for long. However, the young man looked calm and composed, and he did not show any signs of weariness even after walking for a long time.

This was evidently not something that ordinary people could do.

Chen Heng thought to himself before walking up, and he took out a silver coin.

"Aren't these things a bit too expensive?"

Looking at the peddler in front of him, the young man frowned and said, "It's just a sword sheath, and yet you want that much for it?"

"This is already the cheapest price," the peddler felt quite helpless, "then how much do you want it for?"

The young man stretched out a hand and said seriously, "At most, five copper coins."

"This…"

The peddler hesitated before looking around and nodding, "Alright."

The young man's face relaxed as he nodded, preparing to pay.

"Excuse me," a voice sounded out from the side, sounding very gentle.

Hearing this voice, the young man was startled and looked over warily.

There was a young man standing beside him.

It was a handsome young man with a tall and straight figure. His facial features were quite pretty, and standing there, he gave off airs that were different to that of normal people. He could immediately tell that this person was quite special.

He stood there with a warm smile on his face, looking like a polite gentleman.

"I'm sorry, but is this yours?"

Chen Heng stood there and asked as he looked at the young man and smiled.

In his hand, there was a silver coin. It seemed to glitter under the sunlight.

Looking at the silver coin, the young man's expression slightly changed, seeming somewhat tempted.

Chen Heng's voice once again sounded out, "I passed by here and found this on the ground, so I decided to ask around; it might be yours."

Chen Heng observed the young man as he spoke.

Hearing this, the young man felt quite startled and felt some respect for the person in front of him.

One silver coin was not a small amount of money.

There were two types of coins used in the Kutu Principality: copper coins and silver coins from various Kingdoms.

The silver coin in Chen Heng's hand had high purity, and it was a big silver coin from the Kairs Kingdom. In terms of value, it was worth much more than a small silver coin from the Kutu Principality and worth hundreds of copper coins.

He had found such a sum of money, and yet he did not keep it for himself and was looking for its rightful owner.

How selfless was he?

By the side, seeing this scene, the peddler gulped, wishing he could accept it on behalf of the young man.

However, in the end, the young man resisted the temptation.

He gulped as he shook his head and said, "Sir, this is not mine; you have the wrong person."

Looking at the silver coin in Chen Heng's hand, there was a look of reluctance in his eyes, but he still spoke resolutely and did not take the silver coin.

A smile appeared on Chen Heng's face.

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Chapter 27 - Friendship

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"So it's like that…"

Walking on the street and looking at Chen Heng beside him, Krudo felt quite surprised, "You also came to join the Kutu Royal Academy."

"That's right," Chen Heng had a slight smile on his face as he said, "I never thought that you would be too."

Under Chen Heng's efforts, the two of them had gotten to know each other.

In a short amount of time, the young man had told him much about his background from Chen Heng's subtle questioning.

His name was Krudo, and he was the descendant of a ruler in the north. Just like Chen Heng, he was the son of a Baron, and he had also come to join the Kutu Royal Academy.

However, compared to Chen Heng, he was much more miserable than Chen Heng, and after coming here, he did not have anyone he knew.

"Didn't your father prepare a guide for you?" Chen Heng asked out of curiosity.

Krudo shook his head and explained to Chen Heng.

It turned out that even though Krudo's family were nobles, they were in the north, which bordered on a barren area.

Different from Baron Kaisen's territory, the barren regions not only had a poor climate but also all kinds of terrifying Outlanders.

That place was not only poor but also did not produce much. Because of the terrain and dangers, there were not many traveling merchants either, resulting in this situation.

As such, even the ruler there was very poor.

This was the same for Krudo's family.

According to Krudo, the reason why he was able to even come to Kutu was because a merchant group had been passing by, and he had brought him with them on their way.

Otherwise, he had no idea when he would have been able to arrive here.

Listening to this, even Chen Heng could not help but feel speechless.

However, his story seemed quite realistic.

Before this, he had indeed heard of the poverty in the north of the Kutu Principality.

He had thought that people had been exaggerating, but it seemed that this was the truth.

"By the way, is the southern side really that prosperous?" Krudo asked in admiration.

He greatly admired Chen Heng's disregard for money.

In their territory, one big silver coin was a very large sum of money.

"Not quite," Chen Heng smiled before shaking his head, "my father's situation is indeed a bit better than yours, but it is not that great either.

"In actuality, when I came out, I only brought three silver coins with me," he said calmly, his expression not changing.

"But you…" Krudo said before pausing, feeling quite surprised.

"Because people always want more."

Looking at Krudo, Chen Heng smiled and pointed at himself and said, "In actuality, to me, one big silver coin is quite a lot as well; even in a whole year, I might not be able to save up that much.

"However, compared to the joy of obtaining such a large amount of money, I don't want to see others suffer because of it."

He smiled as he continued, "Think about it; this might be someone else's entire fortune. They might be hoping to use this money to change their lives, or someone's life might depend on it…

"It wouldn't matter to me to not gain this money, but to other people, losing it might be equivalent to losing everything…"

Chen Heng sighed and said softly, "I don't want to see such a thing. If it was really like that, my joy would not be able to cover up my guilt, and I would not be able to live in peace."

Krudo once again felt stunned.

He had thought that Chen Heng had acted like that because he was incredibly rich, making it so that he did not care about money.

However, it seemed that that was not the case.

This was someone who would rather make sacrifices so that others did not suffer.

If he did not do anything, he would be able to easily take this money for himself. However, he did not do so; instead, he went to find the owner, not wanting the original owner to suffer.

What a righteous and kind person.

Looking at Chen Heng, Krudo felt immense respect, and he did not know what to say.

"You, sir, are a truly great person," he finally said after falling into silence for a while.

"Great? No, not at all."

Chen Heng smiled warmly.

"In actuality, if my father knew about this, he would definitely take out a sword and call me an idiot. I'm sure others are the same," he said as he grinned.

Krudo laughed and said seriously, "Perhaps to most people, this would seem idiotic, but I feel that your actions are incredibly noble.

"Kind people deserve respect," he said seriously as he looked at Chen Heng.

Standing there and looking at Krudo's expression, Chen Heng did not say anything and just smiled.

He had indeed only brought three silver coins to Kutu, but what he did not tell Krudo was that baron Kaisen would send him ten silver coins soon, and this would come every year in the future too.

He also did not tell Krudo that the owner of this silver coin had not actually lost it, and that everything had been made up.

Of course, as long as he didn't say it, Krudo would never know.

"Thank you."

Chen Heng smiled happily.

"Putting all that aside, it's good to know you. You're my first friend in Kutu," he said as he stretched out his hand.

Krudo stared for a moment before smiling and tightly shaking Chen Heng's hand.

At that moment, a friendship was formed.

Following this, Chen Heng and Krudo talked much, feeling as if they had always known each other.

Only after a long time, when it began to get dark, did Krudo leave.

Looking at Krudo's disappearing figure, Chen Heng stood there and thought to himself.

"A good sprout."

He smiled, feeling quite happy.

Even though they had only known each other for one day, Chen Heng had gained a lot of information.

Even though Krudo was not very old and seemed somewhat uncultured in some areas, he had great potential.

For him to come here to study, it meant that it was likely for him to succeed his father someday.

Moreover, even though the northern side's nobles were relatively poorer, they had some advantages.

Krudo also had some good points about him.

Thinking of that tight handshake and the calluses on Krudo's hand, Chen Heng smiled and became a bit more confident in his original suspicions.

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Chapter 28 - Knight Training

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Time gradually passed, and in the blink of an eye, it had been many days since Chen Heng had come to the Kutu Royal City.

Over the past few days, he had become quite familiar with the area. On this day, he walked into the Kutu Royal Academy and reported in.

With the proof from Baron Kaisen, there were no problems in the process.

Chen Heng smoothly entered the Kutu Royal Academy and began to look into his studies.

"I need to choose all of my classes?"

Looking at his timetable, Chen Heng frowned.

Different from what Chen Heng had expected, apart from the core classes, most of the remaining classes were electives that one had to pay for themselves.

"An etiquette class costs one big silver coin…"

Looking at the price, Chen Heng's mouth twitched.

To be frank, this price really was quite ridiculous.

To Chen Heng, these so-called etiquette classes were flashy but had no substance, and they were not worth investing in.

This kind of price was simply daylight robbery.

However, for some classes, even though it was daylight robbery, they still needed to be taken.

Before leaving, Baron Kaisen had spoken to him about such circumstances.

The Kutu Royal Academy, rather than just nurturing students, gave the new nobles an opportunity to socialize.

For example, even though this etiquette class seemed useless, the students would often be major figures worth getting to know.

It was possible to create connections through these classes; this was the main purpose of such classes.

As such, the price of one big silver coin was actually a filter.

Those who could afford it would normally come from decent families.

This formed a basic threshold, so not anyone could join.

Before leaving, Baron Kaisen had told Chen Heng to choose a few of these classes, as they would be good for his future.

Thinking about Baron Kaisen's instructions, Chen Heng continued to look through the class list.

"Oh?"

Soon, he stared at a certain class, unable to look away.

"Knight Training…" Looking at the name of this class, Chen Heng's eyes lit up.

Similar to the etiquette class, the fee was also one big silver coin.

However, compared to the etiquette class, Chen Heng was much more interested in this class; at the very least, he did not feel negatively towards it.

Moreover, it would achieve the same goal for him.

Chen Heng only had a basic plan for how to choose his classes; he would have to conduct a proper investigation before committing to any classes.

Through some of Baron Kaisen's connections, Chen Heng had gotten to know some local nobles over the past few days. Now, he could use these connections.

A thought appeared in his mind as he turned and left.

In the next few days, he became quite busy.

During the daytime, he would be like an ordinary student and study at the academy. Occasionally, he would go out and gather some information.

A few days later, after gaining some information, Chen Heng decided to enroll in the Knight Training class.

At midday, the sun hung high in the sky.

The sunlight was very bright, making it quite hot.

Under such weather, Chen Heng walked out from his room and came to a small square.

There was already someone there.

It was a middle-aged man who looked quite cold and merciless.

Even though it was hot, he wore leather armor and silently stood there; he did not look hot at all.

Looking at this person, Chen Heng felt quite surprised.

He was very diligent and usually the first to arrive at anything.

He had never thought that someone would be here before him.

"You are the first."

Ahead of him, a voice sounded out.

The man looked back at Chen Heng as a look of surprise appeared on his face.

He had never thought that anyone would come this early.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Corripo?" Chen Heng had a look of respect on his face as he looked at the middle-aged man and spoke.

Standing there, the man's expression remained cold as he did not say anything and just nodded.

Seeing how taciturn the man seemed, Chen Heng tactfully did not say anything and silently stood by the side, being roasted by the merciless sun together with the middle-aged man.

The sun continuously shined on his body, causing his forehead to be covered with sweat. However, Chen Heng did not complain, nor did he make any sounds. He continued to stand there as straight as a pencil.

Seeing this, Corripo felt somewhat surprised and inwardly nodded.

While Corripo was observing Chen Heng, Chen Heng was also observing Corripo.

The sun was very hot, and the temperature was very high; it felt like the sun could roast someone to death.

However, under this high temperature, Corripo did not react and did not give off even a single bead of sweat.

This evidently was not normal at all.

It seemed that Corripo either had a special body or was not an ordinary person.

Following this, this place fell into silence.

The two of them silently stood there, neither of them talking.

As time passed, footsteps could be heard and more students arrived.

More and more people began to gather.

What surprised Chen Heng was that among the students, Krudo was also there.

When Krudo saw Chen Heng, he was also very shocked. He almost came over to say hello, but he endured it.

He obediently stood by the side just like Chen Heng, waiting for the rest of the students to arrive.

After a while, everyone was gathered.

"Looks like everyone is here…" Corripo looked at the time and nodded, "It's time to begin."

He looked at everyone and pointed at the nearby empty field.

"Now, run," he said calmly.

All of the students looked at each other, and soon, someone asked, "How long do we run for?"

"Until you reach your limit," Corripo said, "Let me see your limits."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Some people wanted to say something, but looking at Corripo's cold face, they did not say anything.

Just like that, all of the students began to run.

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Chapter 29 - True Knight

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Chen Heng ran among the crowd.

Right now, he did not seem very eye-catching. He did not run too quickly or slowly and remained at the center of the group. He was not at the lead or lagging behind.

In the past half a year, he had learned the Body Forging Technique to a certain level. Even though it was quite far from his strength in real life, it was still much better than ordinary people.

This kind of exercise was not much to him.

While running, he had enough strength and concentration to observe the people around him.

Around him, everyone was running quite quickly.

At first, the difference between them was not very evident, but as time passed, the difference in strength became more and more evident.

Without realizing it, Chen Heng became one of the people at the front.

The one running at the front currently was Krudo.

Compared to Chen Heng, his physical strength was completely different. From the start until now, he had been at the very front, as if he did not get tired at all.

Chen Heng tightly stuck behind him, sticking close to him and not falling behind.

Apart from the two of them, there were also a few others behind them.

As for everyone else, at least half of them had gradually fallen behind, and some people were already huffing and puffing as they sat on the ground.

Corripo stood by the side, silently watching.

He did not look at those who had fallen behind and only calmly looked at those at the front.

"You few can stay behind," he pointed at Chen Heng and the others at the front, before looking at everyone else who had given up, "As for all of you, you can leave."

Hearing this, the rejected students were sent into an uproar.

"What gives?"

Someone said, "We paid the fee for this class! How can you just kick us out?"

This was a young man dressed in a good-looking red robe, which had golden threads in it. It was evident that his family was quite well off.

Chen Heng knew this person.

This fellow seemed to be the youngest son of a Count. Because he was greatly loved by that Count, he was sent to this academy.

He stood there and furiously pointed at Corripo, "Do you know what you're doing? You are humiliating a descendant of the Medod family! You will earn the anger the Medod family!"

"Medod family?" Corripo coldly laughed. It was the first time his expression had changed.

His appearance when he had a different expression was far more chilling than his expressionless appearance. This was the case even when giving a slight smile.

As Chen Heng watched, he slowly stretched out a hand towards his waist.

"No way."

Watching Corripo's actions, Chen Heng's eyes widened.

In the next moment, a blood scene erupted.

A faint silver sword light flashed out from Corripo's body, and a silvery moonlight seemed to descend.

Drops of blood splattered everywhere.

A head flew out with an expression of shock still on it. He did not expect Corripo to dare to attack him.

Chen Heng had not expected it either.

In just a short moment, a young man from the Medod family had died and turned into a cold corpse. The rest of his body also fell to the ground.

He had just killed a Count's youngest son just like that?

Just who was he?

Looking at Corripo, who looked as if he had not killed an important person but a pig, Chen Heng looked completely shocked.

Also, that attack just then…

He thought back to how Corripo had attacked.

There had been many meters between him and that young man, but the instant that Corripo had attacked, the young man's head had flown off. Everything had happened so quickly that even Chen Heng had not seen it clearly.

This was not something that an ordinary person could do.

A Knight… a true Knight.

This was not just someone who had awakened Life Energy but a true Knight who possessed extraordinary strength and had awakened a Life Seed.

Back in his first simulation, Chen Heng had traveled all over as a mercenary.

During his travels, he had met many experts, and he had understood the massive difference between Knights.

There were many different types of Knights.

Knights who had only activated Life Energy, strictly speaking, could only be called a Knight Apprentice.

For example, Knight Edward in the first simulation was on such a level.

Only someone who had awakened their Life Seed, the core of their life, was a true Knight.

At such a level, Knights could truly control their Life Energy and could do many things that ordinary people could not.

Chen Heng had seen Knights of such a level as a mercenary, but he did not dare to fight them. Every time he saw one, he would immediately run far away.

It was said that above ordinary Knights, there were also so-called Great Knights…

However, even for Chen Heng, who had roamed about as a mercenary, he had only heard of such existences and had never seen them before.

The attack that Corripo had unleashed was undoubtedly something that only a first-rate Knight could do. He was definitely a Knight who had awakened a Life Seed.

A truly grand figure.

Chen Heng immediately thought of many things, and he dumbly stood there, looking as if he had been scared out of his wits.

However, right now, this didn't matter because everyone else reacted the same way.

At that moment, even Krudo was stunned. He also dumbly stood there, not knowing what to do.

"H-He killed someone…"

Looking at the corpse on the ground with pale faces, they felt a sense of terror in their hearts.

Even though this age was quite barbaric and cruel, with people often dying, seeing someone alive and talking in one second and dead the next was still a bit too shocking.

Everyone was completely stunned, and they many looked at Corripo with terror.

Corripo did not seem to care about those gazes, and he only disdainfully laughed before waving his hand.

Beside him, a few attendants quickly stepped out and took the corpse away.

"Didn't you hear what I said?"

Looking at the dumbfounded students, Corripo's expression was cold as he harrumphed, "Now, does anyone have anything to say?"

He spoke calmly, but a wave of killing intent spread out.

Everyone's faces became incredibly pale.

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Chapter 30 - Outlander

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Chen Heng had never thought that the class would end like this.

Looking at the corpse, he was unable to recover for some time.

Following this, he realized something.

This was a massive opportunity.

The Medod was quite famous in the Kutu Principality. Even though they were not the royal family, they were one of the top-tier families below only the royal family.

That young man was from the Medod family, and he was the youngest son of a Count. It was evident how high his status was, and he was definitely no small fry.

However, Corripo killed such a person at a whim, without hesitating at all.

Evidently, he was not brainless; rather, he had great confidence, which was why he did not take him seriously.

Chen Heng did not know where this confidence came from, whether it was from his immense strength or from something else.

However, he knew that no matter where it came from, as long as he could form a good relationship with Corripo, with his support, he would be able to reduce the time it took for him to rise up.

This was undoubtedly a great opportunity.

"Were you all scared witless?"

Corripo looked at the stunned students and said coldly, "Did you all understand what I just said?"

"Y-Yes…"

Beside Chen Heng, a young man nervously gulped. Looking at Corripo's cold expression, he hurriedly nodded.

It seemed that these students had been given a terrible scare, and this was understandable.

To enter this academy, all of the students were from noble backgrounds.

Despite being nobles, there were few of them who had higher status than that student from before.

If Corripo could kill even the descendant of the Medod family, he would not mind killing them either.

A lethal threat was right in front of them, so it was impossible for them to not be afraid.

"Be on time tomorrow."

Hearing this reply, Corripo nodded and maintained his cold expression, "Those who do not attend and those who are late will be seen as withdrawing from the class."

Everyone looked at each other before leaving.

Even Krudo was the same.

Only Chen Heng did not immediately leave. Instead, he walked forwards and said respectfully, "See you tomorrow, Mr. Corripo."

Looking at Chen Heng, Corripo was a bit surprised; he did not expect someone to dare to come up at a time like this.

However, he did not say anything and only nodded.

Chen Heng did not continue to say anything either.

Gaining favorability was something that had to be done tactfully; trying too hard would instead have the opposite effect.

It was best to do so bit by bit.

He did not say anything else before leaving and was soon dragged off by Krudo.

"So terrifying."

After bringing Chen Heng to one side, and confirming that there was no one else around, Krudo let out a breath, "That person gave me an extremely dangerous feeling…

"He's definitely a true Knight," he said with a serious expression.

Looking at his expression, Chen Heng felt quite surprised and asked testingly, "Krudo, have you seen a true Knight before?"

"Of course I have," Krudo nodded as he said seriously, "my grandfather is a true Knight."

Chen Heng's eyes immediately lit up.

Krudo's grandfather was actually a true Knight.

Then wasn't he…

He stood there, looking at the tanned Krudo who looked like a farmer, thinking to himself.

"But the feeling he gave me was much, much more terrifying than my grandfather," Krudo stood there, still feeling somewhat apprehensive, "He's like… one of those Great Knights…"

"Great Knight?"

Chen Heng remained calm and said, "Don't feel too nervous. Krudo, your grandfather is most likely quite old, while Mr. Corripo is still young, which is why they give you different feelings."

"No… it's not like that."

Krudo shook his head, but speaking to there, he seemed to be quite nervous and did not continue speaking.

"Speaking of which, why are you here?"

Looking at Krudo's reaction, Chen Heng smiled before changing the topic, "You don't seem like you'd be someone interested in this class."

Given that Krudo's grandfather was a true Knight, he should have received good Knight training since he was young. It was strange that he would be interested in the academy's Knight Training class.

"I originally didn't want to apply," Krudo felt quite embarrassed, "It was my father.

"Before I left, he said that no matter what, I had to join Mr. Corripo's class.

"As such, I joined."

Speaking to there, he lightly sighed, "In order for me to join this class, my father even went to borrow some money.

"All of my academy fees were borrowed by my father from others."

Hearing this, Chen Heng did not know what to say and just patted Krudo's shoulder.

However, hearing what Krudo had to say, Chen Heng learned a lot of information.

It was evident that compared to Baron Kaisen, Krudo's father had more information, which was why he was adamant for Krudo to join Corripo's class no matter what.

This was most likely insider information.

Looking at Krudo in front of him, Chen Heng formed many hypotheses.

It seemed that Krudo had great value, and he was much more useful than he had originally thought.

Not only did he have an extraordinary constitution and had most likely received Knight training before, but he could also act as a communication channel to the ruler in the north. His grandfather was even a true Knight. It seemed that his entire family was not simple at all.

The only thing that made Chen Heng curious was that since Krudo's family had a true Knight, why did they have such poor financial conditions?

Even if the northern side's territory was somewhat barren, they should not be in such a situation that they would have to borrow money for academy fees.

As such, Chen Heng casually continued to talk with Krudo, digging for more information.

Soon, he found out the answer.

It seemed that Krudo's family was not a very old family.

His family of nobility had only started from his grandfather's generation.

His grandfather had originally only been an ordinary farmer. He had received the legacy of a wandering Knight and also happened to have good Knight talent. He was able to rise up through decades of hard work and diligence, becoming one of the Kutu Principality's nobles.

Compared to the older noble families, they had not risen up for a long time, and their territory was in the northern side. Even though they had a Knight, they were quite poor.

This was especially so in the recent years; Krudo's grandfather's body was becoming weaker and weaker, and their days became more and more difficult.

"The southern side is better."

After talking about various things about the north side, Krudo could not help but lightly sigh, "Not only is the climate warmer, but because there also aren't all those Outlanders, you can peacefully build…

"It's not like the north, where we fight until night time every day…"

He deeply sighed, feeling much admiration for where Chen Heng came from.

Truthfully speaking, the northern side was indeed quite desolate.

Moreover, it was extremely cold, and it was difficult for crops to survive. Even if they did, they did not yield much.

This made it so that even if the soil was the same and they worked hard to raise the crops, they were still able to feed fewer people than in the southern side.

If it was just that, it would not be as big of a deal, but there were also the Outlanders.

The Kutu Principality's northern side bordered the barren desert.

It was said that there were all kinds of Outlanders in the barren desert, who viewed humans with hostility. As such, they would often attack human territories.

Thus, the north side rulers had an extremely difficult time.

"Outlanders?"

Chen Heng asked out of curiosity, "Do Outlanders really exist?"

Before he entered the simulation, there was the choice to be born into an Outlander family.

It was the same as an ordinary family and did not require any Points.

However, because he was used to choosing an ordinary family, Chen Heng did not choose this option. He had never seen an Outlander in the simulation before either.

Hearing this, he could not help but feel quite curious.

"Of course," Krudo nodded as he said, "the so-called Outlanders have always existed, and there are quite a lot of them.

"Most of them are in the barren desert, and because they have always been blocked by the northern rulers, they are not commonly seen," he spoke quite certainly.

Following this, he described the Outlanders that he had seen with his own eyes.

They were called Guud Orcs and about 1.5 meters tall. They were about as strong as a strong male, and they were quite barbaric and liked to gather in tribes.

These were the enemies that the northern rulers had to deal with.

"Guud Orcs…"

Chen Heng repeated this name and felt that it was somewhat familiar.

In the identity selection option, he had seen this race's option but had not chosen it.

"Those Guud Orcs are incredibly ferocious. Even though they're quite uncivilized and don't have swords or steel, there are many of them and can cause a lot of destruction," Krudo said as he sighed.

They chatted for a bit longer before going their separate ways.

The next day, just as the sky began to brighten, Chen Heng got up and came to the square from yesterday.

It was quite empty and still quiet.

Chen Heng silently walked forwards; he thought that he was the first to arrive this time.

Unexpectedly, however, there was a familiar figure standing there.

Corripo stood there with his straight figure, looking like an upright pine tree.

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Chapter 31 - Teaching

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"Good morning, Mr. Corripo…"

Looking at Corripo standing ahead, Chen Heng walked up and respectfully greeted him.

Corripo looked at Chen Heng with surprise.

"Why are you here so early?"

He looked at Chen Heng as he asked, "Don't you want to get some extra sleep?"

"There's no need," Chen Heng said, "I'm used to it."

"Not bad."

Corripo nodded and did not say anything else.

Chen Heng did not say anything and silently waited by the side.

Of course, he did not stand there doing nothing.

Under Corripo's somewhat surprised gaze, he picked up his sword and found an empty around to practice.

What he practiced was his sword techniques that he had developed in his previous simulation.

After half a year, he had regained most of his techniques, and his sword strikes were like those of a grandmaster.

"Those sword techniques…"

After watching for a while by the side, Corripo could not help but ask, "Where did you learn those sword techniques from?"

He had taken the bait.

Hearing this voice, Chen Heng inwardly felt quite delighted, but he maintained a calm and slightly surprised expression, "It was taught to me by my father's captain of the guards."

"I began training with him from a young age," Chen Heng said with a respectful look, pushing everything to the non-existent captain of the guards.

"Very good sword techniques."

Corripo's expression slightly changed, a look of praise in his eyes, "They are much more useful than those purely ceremonial sword techniques that are just for show.

"Your father's captain of the guards must have been a very valiant warrior," he said as he looked at Chen Heng.

Speaking to there, looking at Chen Heng in front of him, he could not help but feel more favorably towards him.

A warrior like him knew clearly what kind of price one had to pay for such an exquisite sword technique.

Even though he had a teacher teaching him, for Chen Heng to reach such mastery, his talent and dedication were extraordinary.

Adding on their previous encounters, an image of a diligent and respectful young man appeared in Corripo's mind.

This was exactly what Chen Heng wanted.

In order to gain benefits from Corripo, he had to first establish a good relationship with him.

Only by establishing a good relationship could Chen Heng access Corripo's resources, allowing him to quickly become stronger.

Forming a good image in Corripo's mind was the first step to this.

Standing there, Chen Heng glanced at Corripo, and seeing that he was not going to say anything else, he turned and continued practicing.

During this period of time, Corripo did not say anything and just silently observed.

After a while, footsteps could be heard, and someone else arrived.

It was someone Chen Heng was familiar with.

Chen Heng turned and saw Krudo hurrying over.

As he saw Chen Heng, he looked somewhat surprised and walked to his side.

During this process, Corripo did not say anything and allowed Krudo to walk over.

Following this, time continued to pass.

As the sky became brighter, the others slowly gathered as well.

However, there seemed to be fewer people than those Corripo had chosen the last time.

Chen Heng looked around.

In the previous lesson, Corripo had chosen around eight people, but including him and Krudo, there were only five people here.

As for the remaining three people, they were nowhere to be seen. Perhaps they had been frightened by what had happened yesterday, or perhaps they were just late.

However, no matter what the reason was, from what Corripo had said, they were now kicked out from the class and lost the qualifications to continue coming to this class.

Chen Heng could not help but inwardly sigh.

That was how people were.

Even though they had an opportunity right in front of them, they did not treasure it.

"Looks like just about everyone is here," Corripo looked at the five people in front of him and said calmly after checking the time.

Following this, he drew his sword.

He continuously swung his silver sword, which gave off a light under the faint sunlight.

Looking at this sword, some people's faces became pale, thinking back to the bloody scene from yesterday.

Chen Heng silently stood there, looking at Krudo and waiting for him to move.

As he watched on, Krudo also stretched out his hand.

Corripo swung his sword in a unique manner, moving in various ways.

The sword continuously flashed through the air, sending out silver lights.

"Copy what I did just then," Corripo did not do anything else and said calmly after completing a set of actions.

Below, the five of them looked at each other, feeling somewhat at a loss.

Corripo had not moved too quickly or too slow, but his actions were quite complicated, and one would not be able to replicate them without a solid foundation.

Having them try to copy his actions after just seeing them once was a bit demanding.

However, no matter how difficult it was, they had to try it.

Under Corripo's cold gaze, the five of them could only try to copy his actions from before.

As expected, everyone moved quite awkwardly, and no one was able to copy the entire set of actions.

Even Chen Heng, who had tried his best to memorize everything, could only barely copy part of it.

Krudo was in a situation similar to him.

Out of the five people, the two of them did the best, but they were unable to remember everything.

Fortunately, Corripo did not say anything and only silently watched on.

Following this, he performed the actions again and had them copy him again, and they repeated this many times.

"Three days."

Looking at the five students, he stretched out three fingers and said coolly, "I will only teach the same content for three days.

"After three days, there will be new content."

After saying this, he turned and left.

Three days…

Looking at Corripo's leaving figure, Chen Heng frowned.

Only teaching the same content for three days?

That meant that if they could not learn within three days, they would fall behind.

When that time came, it would be difficult to continue.

Thinking to there, a sense of urgency welled up in Chen Heng.

Standing there, he looked at Krudo.

Krudo was also looking at Corripo's leaving figure, a resolute look on his face.

After Corripo left, this lesson concluded.

After returning to his residence, Chen Heng did not rest and immediately started to train.

He madly trained, trying to turn those actions into muscle memory so that he could not forget them.

At the start, he did not notice any abnormalities and only felt a bit tired.

However, gradually, Chen Heng started to feel something different.

"The Life Energy in my body is surging…"

On the empty plot of land, Chen Heng sensed the changes in his body and felt quite surprised.

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Chapter 32 - March

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Unusual reactions from his Life Energy were not ordinary at all.

Before awakening a Life Seed and becoming a true Knight, Knights were unable to control their Life Energy.

Ordinarily, Knights' Life Energy would peacefully hide in their bodies and not react much, apart from limited circumstances.

For Chen Heng, his Life Energy would only react when he was cultivating the Knights Breathing Technique, and it would instinctively revolve around his body.

Currently, he was not cultivating his Knights Breathing Technique, and yet his Life Energy was surging…

"Could it be…"

His expression became one of surprise as he thought of a possibility.

"What he is teaching us isn't a simple sword technique but a unique Knights Breathing Technique?"

As Chen Heng thought of this possibility, he became somewhat shocked.

Knights Breathing Techniques were incredibly precious legacies. Usually, only old families with powerful ancestors would have such legacies.

Such things were called priceless treasures, and it was impossible to buy them.

In the previous simulation, Chen Heng had traveled about as a mercenary and tried to search for Knights Breathing Techniques, but he could not obtain any.

He had only obtained his Knights Breathing Technique after killing Sorondo and taking it from him.

It was incredibly difficult to obtain and not something that an ordinary person could imagine.

And now, Corripo as just casually teaching such a precious Knights Breathing Technique to others?

Standing there, Chen Heng deeply breathed in and calmed himself down.

The meaning behind this was incredibly important.

No matter how he saw it, for Corripo to give out a priceless Knights Breathing Technique like this, Corripo's identity was not simple at all.

Of course, to willingly give out a Knights Breathing Technique like this, there must be some purpose for it.

'What does he want?' Chen Heng thought to himself.

Did he want to find those with talent as a Knight?

It was possible.

After all, from his actions, it seemed that this was indeed what he was aiming for.

Those with talent as a Knight usually had stronger bodies, so the initial run was most likely a filter in order to select those with stronger bodies.

Perhaps this was the next filter?

Many thoughts flashed past in Chen Heng's mind.

He could not help but become excited.

If it really was to filter out those with talent as a Knight, this was a great advantage.

After all, he had confirmed that he already had talent as a Knight. As long as he revealed it at the right time, it was likely that Corripo would greatly value and nurture him.

Thinking to there, Chen Heng gritted his teeth and continued to train.

In the following days in front of everyone, Chen Heng became even more hardworking.

Originally, he had already been very diligent. He would always be the first to arrive and the last to leave.

Over the past few days, he had become even more extreme.

No matter what time it was, if people saw him, he was always training.

It was as if he did not feel weariness and went all-out in training. This kind of dedication made others sigh with admiration.

Krudo had already been very diligent, but compared to Chen Heng, he did not seem like much at all.

Of course, the reason why Chen Heng trained like this was for others to see, especially Corripo.

For someone like Corripo, if there was nothing extraordinary about him, how could he get Corripo to pay more attention to him?

As for the weariness and pain from training, this was not much to Chen Heng.

In this world, apart from life and death, nothing else was a big deal.

Moreover, for Chen Heng, he was not afraid of death; rather, he was afraid of dying without having accomplished anything.

In his previous life, he had unexpectedly died from violence just as he had entered society.

Now that he had the opportunity to live again, he greatly valued the opportunity.

Even though everything in the simulation was not real to him, a portion of everything he gained could be brought back to his new reality.

As such, everything he did was so he could live better in the future.

For these things, temporary weariness and pain did not matter to him.

Time gradually passed.

Without realizing it, three months had already passed.

Over the past three months, the class of five students had been reduced to three.

Apart from Chen Heng and Krudo, one other person had barely been able to hold on.

However, this person was struggling and could barely keep up with them.

He would most likely drop out soon.

At midday, the sun hung high in the sky, giving off intense heat and light.

Chen Heng finished his classes, looked at Corripo leaving, and thought to himself.

"It's about time…"

Over the past three months, he had gained a lot of information.

The Knights Breathing Technique from Corripo was not very complete, but he had taught much of it in the past three months.

From Chen Heng's interactions with Krudo, he heard that Krudo had started to feel some abnormalities.

Calculating the time, it seemed about right.

He went up and caught up to Corripo.

"Mr Corripo," he called out.

"What is it?" hearing Chen Heng's voice, Corripo paused and calmly asked as he turned.

Looking at Corripo, Chen Heng deeply breathed in before looking quite uneasy, "Mr. Corripo, there seems to be something wrong with my body."

"Something wrong with your body?" Corripo paused for a moment, seeming to have thought of something.

He stood there and looked at Chen Heng somewhat expectantly as he said, "Can you describe to me what the problem is?"

"Yes."

Chen Heng's expression was somewhat unsettled as he met Corripo's gaze as he said, "Back when I practiced the sword techniques that you taught us, I suddenly felt some discomfort.

"In my body, there seems to be a wave of heat continuously flowing about…"

His voice slightly trembled as he described a few of the most evident symptoms of Life Energy being stimulated.

Hearing Chen Heng's words, Corripo's expression finally changed.

"Very good." Looking at Chen Heng, a trace of a smile appeared on his face, making him seem very happy.

He turned and said, "Come with me."

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