Chapter 3 Ah I wipe

  "Ding! System update complete, vulnerabilities have been fully patched!"

  "Ding dong! After this system update, the system will forcibly bind the host. If the host expresses unwillingness to be raised again, they will be punished. Let me say it once... Tingting will shrink by one inch, until shrinking to nothing."

  "Ding dong! The host has realized the true meaning of evil and completed the evil acts of murdering and bribing officials, rewarding 500 evil points."

  Before he could even process the system information in his mind, Wu Fan found a small tea stall on the street and ordered a bowl of cold tea. It was mid-July, right in the middle of the hottest summer days. After receiving his tea, he sat down in a corner and remained still, entering the system space.

  "I want to see if there's a suitable technique for me to practice or something that can rapidly improve my martial arts skills!"

  Wu Fan entered the system space and immediately raised his demands. He had long expected that after this update, the system space would give him a reason to be nurtured, although the threat was quite disgusting... but as long as he ignored it, everything would be fine. It wasn't bad being a bad person anyway.

  "Ding Dong! No problem!"

  The screen flickered, and the original six pages were taken out separately to enlarge the "Kung Fu page", and also adjusted the price to give Wu Fan a quick service. In other words... Wu Fan is now a poor ghost, he can't afford expensive things, so he can only pick up some cheap ones to show him.

  Wu Fan, on the other hand, didn't have the self-awareness of being a poor ghost, because he always believed that "the customer is God". So while looking, he was also very dissatisfied and complained: "How can there be only three skill manuals? Is it wrong? There are so few, how can I choose? And one of them is 'Tongzi Gong'... do you think I'm a child? At a glance, only two are left to choose from..."

  "Ding dong! The host currently has 800 evil points accumulated, which is not enough to exchange for a higher-level skill. If needed, please continue to work hard."

  "Ding Dong! System Evaluation: Host, you actually have a great talent for being a bad person. In less than two hours, you've achieved such remarkable results, it's truly comforting. Please keep up the good work!"

  "Ding Dong! Announcement: Temporary adjustment to exchange business, adding currency exchange function. The exchange will be based on the gold and silver currencies of this world, with 'liang' as the unit. One gold is equivalent to ten, one silver is equivalent to one. Please host, go and become a greedy slave, miser..."

  After a barrage of three sentences, Wu Fan stood stupidly in place, mechanically adjusting the light screen with his hand. He looked at the name "Dà Mò Kuáng Dāo" (Great Desert Crazy Knife) on top of the priced 1,100 evil points skill book and let out a mournful roar: "Ah, damn it! Why didn't you fart earlier?! Three thousand two silver coins! Three hundred evil points! It just flew away like that~~~ah?!"

  "Ding Dong! Friendly reminder: Actually, your white jade Buddha is worth more. Exchanging it for the world's currency can get you 500 gold!"

  "Hmph!!!"

  Wu Fan covered his chest, feeling very cold, very tired, and a lump in his heart... No wonder that dead bastard's smile was like a chrysanthemum! Five hundred taels of gold, that's five thousand taels of silver, plus three thousand taels of silver notes, a total of eight thousand taels of silver! With his salary as the deputy commander of the Eagle Guard, even if he didn't eat or drink for ten years, he still wouldn't be able to save up that much!

  After an unknown period of time, Wu Fan, who was deeply traumatized, slowly stood up straight and said with a stiff upper lip: "I'll just consider it as buying the title of General... The silver account will be settled sooner or later! What I hate most is unsettled accounts!", paused for a moment, he covered his chest and added in a muttering tone: "I must get it back!"

  "Ding Dong! The host is currently learning the world's unified Eagle Guard technique 'Spring Cold Knife', which has a large flaw and a small upper limit. It is recommended to stop immediately and switch to the 'Yu Yang Knife' worth 700 evil points. The Yu Yang Knife was created by the famous general Qi Jiguang and can be used for Jianghu fighting as well as battlefield combat. Additionally, it is recommended to purchase a Marrow Washing Pill to cleanse the marrow, strengthen the body."

  Wu Fan gazed at the three skills on the light screen, "Tongzi Gong" was not mentioned, and it was purely deceiving. The other two were "Bagua Knife" and "Yu Yang Knife". He scrutinized the introduction of "Bagua Knife" with a skeptical expression, then compared it to "Yu Yang Knife", and it was clear that the system had not deceived him. The practicality of "Yu Yang Knife" was fully revealed, and it was indeed the first choice.

  But...

  Everything has two sides, as long as these two words appear, it must be said in two ways.

  "This Yu Yang knife... doesn't have an internal energy cultivation method! ", Wu Fan said with a sigh: "You say that the Spring Frost Knife I'm currently practicing has great flaws and a low upper limit, but I really need its power right now, you say... what should I do?"

  "Ding! The Yu Yang knife technique is refined, and the host can temporarily use the Spring Chill Knife's internal energy circulation method to drive the Yu Yang knife and increase its power. Once enough evil points are accumulated, you can exchange for the top-notch internal energy circulation method, or perhaps exchange skill points to further improve without any obstacles. The Yu Yang knife includes single knife flow and double knife flow, don't you think it's extremely suitable for your current 'Fourteen Stances' weapon?"

  Here is the translation:

  So saying, Wu Fan was stunned, and then nodded, sighing: "After all, it's still poverty? Never mind! Let's just go with the Yu Yang knife! When we get promoted to General Flag later, we'll make more silver and have everything!" Suddenly, he remembered that after exchanging the Yu Yang knife, he still had 100 evil points left over. He immediately became excited and said: "Right, how many points does that marrow-washing pill cost? Give me 180 pills as sugar beans to eat!"

  "Ding dong! One thousand evil points..."

  "One hundred grains? Wow, so cheap..."

  "Ding Dong! No! It's just one grain!"

  Wu Fan: "......", why did his eyes suddenly become a little blurry? It's so sour!

  With a dejected look, Wu Fan walked out of the system space, picked up the cold tea in front of him, drank it all at once, and threw a few copper coins as he went out.

  "Sir!"

  The boss of the herbal tea stall behind him shouted out in a somewhat uneasy and constrained voice.

  "Consider it a bonus for you!"

  Wu waved his hand generously and walked away with a swagger.

  The boss of the store looked at the five copper coins in his hand with a desire to cry, and seemed to say: Liang Cha, six big coins for a bowl.

  Wu Fan's footsteps were quick, and before long, he returned to his home in the west of the city, a very small and dilapidated courtyard. Standing in front of the large gate that seemed like it could be blown down by a gentle breeze, Wu Fan couldn't help but feel a sense of regret. It was said that scholars were poor while martial artists were rich, but this house! It had been ruined because of his practice of martial arts! No, he should say that it was the original owner of this body, which had been occupied by Wu Fan, who had brought about its downfall.

  The great Sui Empire valued martial arts and, due to internal factors, produced countless brave warriors, maintaining a mutually opposing relationship with the civil official group, slightly gaining the upper hand. When people saw that those in high positions were mostly military men, the atmosphere of valuing martial arts naturally became more intense.

  Being a martial artist really requires talent, effort and wealth!

  Let's not talk about wealthy families, but rather poor ones. If a family has children practicing martial arts, the first thing they need is "food". They can't be hungry, and they need sufficient supplements like chicken, duck, fish, and meat. This alone is enough to make life difficult.

  A hundred years ago, during the Sui Dynasty, there was a rebellion by vassal kings that led to the emergence of the Southern Liang in the south and the Northern Yan in the north. The war between these three countries lasted for a century until recently when the Sui Dynasty finally destroyed the Southern Liang.

  War means many things, such as taxes, labor services, etc. If it weren't for his father being a small flag bearer in the Eagle Guard, Wu Fan would be lucky to have enough food to eat, let alone meat or energy to practice martial arts?

  The Imperial Guard Headquarters was the emperor's personal army of the Great Sui Empire, but in reality it was more like a deformed department that combined prisons, punishment, espionage, assassination and other functions. The establishment of this department was due to the fact that the throne of the founding emperor of the Great Sui Empire came from an illegitimate source, usurping the position of his son-in-law. In order to prevent the throne from being taken back, the founding emperor established the Imperial Guard Headquarters, which oversaw the three guards and was collectively known as the Emperor's Personal Army, used to monitor civil and military officials, as well as the imperial court and the people. To ensure the orthodoxy and purity of this department, the method of selection was hereditary succession, or even more extreme measures.

  Wu Fan's father was a hereditary Eagle Guard, and in order to prevent Wu Fan from becoming like him, he used every means possible. Finally, after Wu Fan's mother died young, he managed to drag Wu Fan to the age of 17 before passing away last year. Wu Fan inherited his position as the new Eagle Guard flag bearer. This Wu Fan was skilled in martial arts but cold and aloof, so after joining the Eagle Guard, he was ostracized and endured for several months before finally dying in frustration last month. His body was then occupied by the drifting soul of Wu Fan...

  Let's put it this way, being a martial artist is really tough and expensive. Although the Eagle Guards provide internal energy and complete techniques, as well as the "Spring Cold Sword" and standard-issue swords that can be used for both cavalry and infantry battles, that's far from enough. If you want to go further on the path of martial arts, you need better internal energy circulation methods, unparalleled cavalry techniques, and exquisite infantry techniques. At the same time, you also need a powerful, hard, and sharp divine weapon. Finally, a good horse is indispensable. Calculating all this, can an ordinary person afford it?

  Just like Wu Fan now, he relies on his "Great Villain Training System" as a backing, and is lucky enough to have drawn the "Fourteen Styles" as a weapon in the first lottery. Otherwise, he would be nothing but a miserable wretch now. Even so, his current equipment as a martial artist is not complete, and it's not just a little bit different from those true top-level warriors.

  Dazed and unaware of how long he had been thinking, Wu Fan's thoughts returned, shaking his head. Sometimes, his thoughts were still affected by the residual emotions in this body. For example, killing people, how could Wu Fan dare? It was because the memories mixed with the feelings of Wu Fan in this world, so he was not surprised by slaughter and death, and it was easy to take action.

  "Squeak squeak~~~~"

  A gust of wind somehow swept by, and the wooden door creaked out a mournful sound.

  "Ah ah ah...... Ah, I'm screwed!"

  "Bang!"

  "Alas!"

  With a soft sigh, Wu Fan looked at the shattered door panel and the smoke dust splashed on the ground, saying: "The most important thing in being human is to be strong enough, and it's the same with doors! Be stronger! Good grief!"

  At this time——

  "You! Again! Haven't! Bought! Rice!"

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  P.S: Seeking recommendation votes and collection.