[Rainbow Calendar Year 752, December, you began to travel the world]
[Rainbow Calendar Year 753, January, you slew the infamous Red Plum Thief, mastered Cyan Smoke Step, and your fame spread across Red Flame County]
[Rainbow Calendar Year 753, June, made close friends, experienced slight insights into the Red Gold True Body.]
[Rainbow Calendar Year 754, December, eliminated spies of the Qingmo Khanate, chatted merrily with a female constable from the Six Gates Bureau, discovered the Iron-breaking Saber Skill and Blood Battle Armor is the highest military martial art, and your understanding of the Iron-breaking Saber Skill and Blood Battle Armor greatly improved.]
[Rainbow Calendar Year 755, July, inspired by the Cypress Waterfall, broke through to Minor Success in the Red Gold True Body.]
[Rainbow Calendar Year 756, January, feeling a bottleneck in your cultivation, you embarked on a journey to appreciate nature.]
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In the simulator space, Jiang Ming had a smile on his face.
As the saying goes, with wealth, companions, methods, and location, Jiang Ming almost had it all, and in the mortal world, he possessed top-grade talent and intuition.
In the Mortal Martial Dao, he made rapid progress smoothly.
His experiences in Jianghu broadened Jiang Ming's horizons.
Although he hadn't yet found Immortal Fate, the martial prowess displayed by Li Jin reassured Jiang Ming a lot.
Just those Acquired Martial Artists in this world could compare to those formidable martial artists in reality.
At this moment, the words on the scroll suddenly changed, and Jiang Ming quickly looked over.
[While traveling in Changsha County, you encountered a strong enemy and were knocked off a cliff.]
[At the bottom of the cliff, you discovered a skeleton, its flesh gone but its bones crystal-clear, and beside the skeleton were two growing Vermilion Fruits.]
[You were overjoyed; these two Vermilion Fruits were genuine century-old fruits, consuming them would allow you to become an Innate Martial Artist and be among the few geniuses who broke through to Innate thirty years ago.]
[At the same time, you noticed the text on the satin was subtly profound, indescribable, making even the top Jianghu cultivation techniques seem crude in comparison, leading you to speculate that this might be a cultivation technique.]
[Rainbow Calendar Year 757, you successfully broke through to Innate, all your apertures opened, the Heaven and Earth Bridge connected, and you finally sensed the omnipresent Spiritual Qi in the world.]
[After breaking through to Innate, you delved into the 'Cultivation Technique', able to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi to reduce consumption, quenching thirst with morning dew and hunger with wild fruits.]
[With your increased insight after breaking through to Innate, you found the previously obscure Nameless Technique gradually comprehensible.]
[Three years passed, and you finally understood the basics of this technique, only to find it seemed merely a Meditation Method, not the Immortal Technique you imagined.]
[Rainbow Calendar Year 760, you easily left the previously insurmountable cliff.]
"I encountered a fortuitous adventure straight out of a martial arts novel," Jiang Ming murmured.
Being an Innate Martial Artist was already the peak of mortal martial artists, with perhaps only one or two appearing among millions in a county.
Without the two century-old Vermilion Fruits, Jiang Ming would have been stuck at a bottleneck for at least ten years, with no upper limit.
To Jiang Ming, even Innate Martial Artists seemed like minor superheroes.
How do Innate Martial Artists compare to cultivators? And how do they compare to real-life Evil Spirits and Immortal Masters?
Jiang Ming even looked forward to his time as an Innate Martial Artist.
Jiang Ming continued reading, the golden text suddenly changed.
[However, at this time, the outside world was already ablaze with war, with cries of despair everywhere.]
Jiang Ming's pupils suddenly contracted.
These brief eight words encompassed everything seen by Li Jin rushing over thousands of miles.
In the distance, fires burned continuously; nearly all of the three hundred beacon towers in northern Rainbow Kingdom were alight.
The further north you went, the more refugees there were fleeing south.
Many refugees were alive, but more were dead.
By the roadside, skeletons watched with hollow eyes as passersby walked by.
In the sky, vultures tentatively pecked at those barely alive, reduced to skin and bones by the roadside.
Having lived in modern times, Jiang Ming had never encountered such a situation, rendering him silent.
But Jiang Ming ignored the refugees; Li Jin, in the reincarnation simulation, maintained an aura of solitude, walking past them.
The only ones Jiang Ming felt connected to in this cycle of reincarnation were the Li Family; as for the refugees, they were remnants of past compassion, and Jiang Ming couldn't be expected to be a saint; unknown refugees could never compare to the Li Family.
Li Jin moved with Lightweight Skill, lightly tapping the ground with Cyan Smoke Step at Mastery, sprinting like a ghost towards Changhe County.
"Father! Uncle!"
Changsha County was the southernmost of the five counties in Rainbow Kingdom; Changhe County, near the Capital City, was at the kingdom's heart, with Cyan Mountain County to its north.
At this time, the territories north of Changhe County had entirely fallen.
The Qingmo Khanate's army had even discreetly appeared in Changhe County, accompanied by escaping refugees and soldiers in disarray.
The order in Changhe County was already teetering; the County City had transformed from the heart of Rainbow Kingdom to a strategic frontline city.
[With half of the kingdom lost, you hurriedly returned to Changhe County City and learned from your father, now haggard and unrecognizable, that Cyan Mountain County had fallen, the Red Gold Army, temporarily formed by the Red Gold Gang, was annihilated, and Li Hongqiu was dead.]
Jiang Ming's gaze scanned these words, feeling as if his heart was clenched.
Li Hongqiu was dead? Although Jiang Ming viewed this simulation from a third-person perspective, he had developed feelings for this cycle's family members.
The scene in his mind shifted.
Li Hongming's hoarse voice echoed, with the scene of himself collapsing onto the ground.
"Damn it, didn't the Northern Army say the situation was stable?"
Li Hongming, with inexplicable calm, said, "Everyone thought they could reverse the situation. Now, those Northern Army officials have long fled to Liy Kingdom."
Li Hongming's face was haggard, yet his luxurious attire was meticulously arranged, while Li Jin could see the suppressed anger and sorrow in Li Hongming's eyes.
The Li Family was clearly more desolate than ever.
Li Hongming handed over a letter.
"This is from your teacher, Zhang Jin."
[Li Hongming handed you a letter, and upon reading it, you learned that Zhang Jin had returned to the Capital City and discovered information about cultivators there. If you wish, you can seek Zhang Jin at the Capital City Camp with this letter.]
[You were about to leave Changhe County City for the Capital City, not only to obtain the long-desired information about cultivators but also to leverage the Rainbow Kingdom's army to avenge your uncle.]
[However, the city guard inadvertently sensed your Innate Martial Artist aura, requesting your help to save his family when the city falls.]
[You saw the resolve in the city guard's eyes, knowing the situation was dire and more desperate than you imagined.]