Surviving in the chaos of war begins in the wilderness.

Chapter 90 Help us see the scenery

"...Ah Sheng has always been a very well-behaved child. He loves his younger siblings the most. We could support him for a lifetime, but he just didn't want to be a burden on our whole family..."

"...Ah Ye, Ah Sheng told me that this knife was the one you gave him. I'm returning it to you now. And Ah Jun, Ah Sheng also said he felt sorry for you two good friends and hoped you two would practice martial arts diligently..."

"...Ah Sheng grew up by the dock. Actually, he was a very good swimmer. He jumped in while holding onto a big rock..."

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In the end, despite Huang Sheng's uncle's refusal, Zhou Ye and Wu Jun insisted on helping with Huang Sheng's funeral arrangements. The waist knife was buried with Huang Sheng, also burying a friend's martial arts dream...

In a small eatery, Wu Jun got extremely drunk. Actually, martial artists at the Energizing Realm shouldn't get drunk; he just wanted to vent his frustrations.

"Ah Ye, I can't go on like this. I used to feel ashamed seeing how hard Ah Sheng studied. But now that he's like this, I'm even more terrified! If I had studied as hard as him, maybe my fate wouldn't have been any different. I still have my family, my parents and brothers; they're all relying on me. That's enough. Just keep going step by step. You and I are just ordinary people. So we have to accept our fate! Accept our fate—!"

"Uh... Ah Jun, Ming Jin is still needed..."

"I know, I understand. But it would be best if I could break through to the Ming Jin stage, but it's not a big deal if I can't. I'll just do my best. In any case, I'm still young. I won't compare myself to geniuses like Yuan Zhen or Junior Sister. I'm prepared to spend more than ten years on it!"

"Then... these two bottles of Qi and Blood Pills are for you." Seeing that Wu Jun was about to refuse, Zhou Ye quickly said, "Jun, this is the last time! Please."

"Ah Ye, my good brother. You're my only brother left. If you can go far in martial arts, go see for me, go see the scenery for Ah Sheng and me. We really can't do it! We tried our best—! Wow—!"

After crying for a while, Wu Jun squeezed Zhou Ye's hand again: "A-Ye, don't worry. I'll take good care of A-Sheng's family. Just focus on practicing martial arts and running in the mountains. Leave everything else to me..."

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After taking the drunken Wu Jun home, Zhou Ye headed towards his home at the dock.

However, when they were almost home, they found a carriage parked in front of the house, and Senior Sister Weiwei jumped down from the carriage.

"Junior Brother Aye, I have some good news for you. After the news about Xiaosong got out, one of my close friends heard about it. Her son is also preparing to break through to the next level, and it's his second attempt. So I'm asking you to take a look. This time it won't be for nothing; regardless of success or failure, you'll get 10 taels of silver. If he succeeds, there will be another reward?"

Zhou Ye was speechless. He really didn't care about the 10 taels of silver. But Senior Sister Weiwei was just being kind. Perhaps Zhou Ye didn't care, but for an ordinary martial artist at the entry level, this reward was quite generous.

I never expected that Senior Sister Weiwei would have her own circle of friends, and that she even gave herself a "GG" (a Chinese internet slang term for failing or losing).

Zhou Ye thought for a moment and realized that not going wouldn't be good either. It would disappoint Senior Sister Weiwei's kindness and wouldn't fit his image as a poor, down-and-out guy. After all, it was 10 taels of silver.

Furthermore, having just experienced Huang Sheng's incident, Zhou Ye was somewhat overflowing with sympathy.

Never mind! This is just another young man's dream of martial arts. If I can help, I'll lend a hand!

To Zhou Ye's utter surprise, in the following month, Senior Sister Weiwei introduced him to this kind of business twice. Both of them had failed to break through to the next level of internal energy cultivation multiple times and wanted Zhou Ye to be their private tutor.

With Zhou Ye's assistance, both of them actually succeeded in entering the state of internal energy cultivation.

Interestingly, one of them, like Xiaosong, had been taking pills too frequently, resulting in too much residual toxin in his body.

Another factor is psychological. There's actually nothing wrong, but you get dizzy when you're about to clear a level?

In the end, it was Zhou Ye's "100% success rate" guarantee, coupled with a long string of motivational speeches, and Zhou Ye's close companionship, that enabled the young man to overcome his psychological barriers and smoothly break through to the next level.

As a result of these achievements, Zhou Ye actually gained some minor fame. It was slowly spreading within the small area of the county town…

However, Zhou Ye didn't really care about this kind of private coaching; he was just helping out casually.

During this period, Zhou Ye was mainly busy researching the Mirage Realm Free and Easy Skill. He eventually succeeded in mastering the basics (entering the realm of power) of the Mirage Realm Free and Easy Skill – Mirage Realm Free and Easy Skill: Introduction (0/50)

Of course, there's also a starting bonus of 1 point in natural attribute.

However, Zhou Ye discovered that, like the Lesser Wind and Thunder Stance, the Mirage Free and Easy Skill grants 1 experience point every two days. But as expected of a first-rate skill, its concentration of qi and blood is much higher than that of the Lesser Wind and Thunder Stance, by about one-third.

In this way, if you want to switch skills and start over, you will immediately lose one-third of your experience points.

Considering that the Lesser Wind and Thunder Stance is almost at the Ming Jin level, and that achieving the highest level is paramount, Zhou Ye decided to focus on breaking through to Ming Jin as soon as possible. He would then switch to cultivating the Mirage Realm Free and Easy Skill later when he had more time.

In addition, there are the martial arts techniques and skills that come with the Mirage Realm Free and Unfettered Skill. To be honest, this is the collective wisdom of masters throughout history, including those techniques that come with the Mirage Realm Free and Unfettered Skill.

In the end, Zhou Ye was pleasantly surprised to find that there were more than a dozen first- and second-rate mature martial arts techniques and skills. There were also as many as thirty or forty immature martial arts techniques and skills.

Therefore, in the following months of cultivation, Zhou Ye selected four of them and successively cultivated them to the beginner level:

[Zhou Ye (Entry-level): 16/63]

Root bone: 0

Comprehension: +5

[Basic Data]

Life: (140/140)

Strength: +6

Agility: +11

Constitution: +7

Essence: +8

Charisma: 1

[Technique]