Turbid World: Martial Arts Master of the Republic of China Era, I Cultivate Immortality!

"Um."

Su Ming said with some regret, wondering if Zhao Zheng had discovered that he was using an unequal amount of strength.

However, he didn't think about it too much. Instead, he started to lecture Lü Ran and the others. The content was basically the same as in later generations, just like what teachers in later generations would say: "You are the worst students I have ever taught."

Except for a few shameless individuals, such as Lü Ran, who in Zhao Zheng's mind was very similar to Su Ming and showed no shame.

The other trainees were basically ashamed and lowered their heads after Su Ming's words. Zhao Zheng watched from the side and reviewed the battle that had just taken the opportunity to do so.

After reviewing the game, they listened to Su Ming explain the key points of martial arts such as the Surging Wave Fist while looking at the panel that he had summoned.

【Wave-Treading Without a Trace (Minor Success), Drifting with the Current (Major Success), Listening to the Tide Sword Technique (Major Success), Surging Wave Fist (Major Success)...】

Hmm, not bad.

Today was another very fruitful day!

…………

Late at night, at the main hall of Zuowang Temple.

The rain was drizzling outside the door. Zhao Zheng, dressed in a Taoist robe and sitting on a futon, turned his head and looked over. He stroked his chin and wondered to himself.

"That's strange, why do I still feel like there's something wrong with this rain?"

He opened his left sleeve, took out three silver dollars, and tossed them aside. He then used the divination method of Xiao Liu Ren to calculate the result, and found that the divination result still indicated no problem.

After putting away the silver dollar, Zhao Zheng turned around and swung the silver dollar paddle again, striking the Life-Weaving Spider, which was trying to escape again but was bound by the thick iron chains and talismans.

pop~

Slap the spider away!

"It's been lost for quite a while, so it doesn't remember me anymore. But that's okay, you'll remember me eventually, just like it did!"

Sitting on the futon, Zhao Zheng turned his head to look at the three-legged golden toad lying obediently beside him, and said to the life-weaving spider that he had once again slapped back.

After finishing speaking, Zhao Zheng swung the paddle in his hand sharply, and with a crisp snap, he looked at the Life-Weaving Spider on the ground.

After confirming that the other party had only temporarily fainted, he silently uttered "Tu Lai," and a familiar crimson light suddenly appeared before his eyes.

A Portrait of Life

[Photo by: Zhao Zheng]

Age: 18

[Sect: Maoshan Seventy-Two Temples - Zuowang Temple]

[Record: The True Text Record of the Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi]

[Rank/Class Status: Pending Trigger]

[Constitution: Innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Daoist Body Holy Embryo (16%)]

[Talent: Keen Insight...]

[Status: Severed Three Corpses (1/3)...]

[Dao Realm: Refining Essence into Qi (Mid-Stage)]

[Martial Realm: Late Ninth Rank (Late Skin Refining)]

[Cultivation Method: Shangqing Great Cave True Scripture (Minor Success)...]

Skill Points: 1

Zhao Zheng glanced at the progress bar, which had increased by another 1% in the Innate Yin-Yang Five Elements Dao Body Holy Embryo, and looked at the Chaos Ancestral Qi True Scripture that the Yuan Emperor had mentioned, and thought to himself.

"start!"

Nothing was said that night.

The next day, the fifth day of the eighth lunar month,

Approaching 4 a.m., at the main hall of Zuowang Temple.

"Sure enough, my thinking was correct. My conscious mind couldn't remember the temporary perfected cultivation techniques that matched these titles, but my subconscious mind did!"

Zhao Zheng opened his eyes with a cheerful smile, looked at the "Life's Many Faces" panel that had appeared, and couldn't help but think to himself, "It wasn't a waste of time grinding for rank and cultivation techniques all night long..."

[Status: All Laws]

[Introduction: Through your tireless efforts and exploiting bugs throughout the night, you have successfully obtained the Myriad Laws state... In this state, the learning restrictions of all kinds of magic in the world (including but not limited to age restrictions, gender restrictions, race restrictions, etc.) will be lowered for you. At the same time, when you use all kinds of magic in the world, they will unleash a power greater than 1+1>2...]

[Note 1: You win...]

[Note 2: Please activate the summoning spell...]

"..."

Oh no, I think I've offended someone.

Oh no, I think I've offended the gods!

Zhao Zheng stared blankly as he opened the Maoshan Invocation Technique, only to be greeted by a series of constantly refreshing statuses.

"The Three Mao True Lords' favorability towards you -10, Wei Zhenren's favorability towards you -100, Lu Dongbin of the Eight Immortals' favorability towards you -100, Ziyang Zhenren's favorability towards you -100..."

"Why do I feel like everyone... except for my ancestor, none of them are open-minded..." Zhao Zheng stopped talking.

Feeling like he might get struck by lightning, he shut up, his gaze fixed curiously on the last few lines of status updates that kept popping up.

"...Emperor Zhaolie of Han (Liu Bei) -10 favorability towards you, Bodhisattva Guan Yu -10 favorability towards you, Emperor Wu of Wei (Cao Cao) -20 favorability towards you..."

What a sycophant... Cao Cao!

It's been so long, and you're still lusting after Guan's body!

Bah! You despicable Cao traitor!

Zhao Zheng cursed inwardly, his gaze continuing to fall upon the summoning spell. The first thing that caught his eye was: "Huang Zhong's favorability towards you -10 (+30), Lü Meng's favorability towards you +25, Lu Xun's favorability towards you +20, Sun Quan's favorability towards you +20... Yan Liang and Wen Chou's favorability towards you +100..."

"You sly fellow with thick eyebrows and big eyes..."

Zhao Zheng looked at Huang Zhong's reaction and thought to himself that he was complaining. He then looked at the gods and immortals and noticed that their favorability towards him had decreased.

Yes, it's good.

Anyone who ranks high,

The favorability rating has decreased by 100 points!

"It's not a big problem. I'll find another opportunity to make up for it later. Besides, I'm doing this for the sake of all living beings..."

Zhao Zheng began by muttering in a low voice, starting with "For the sake of all living beings," then continued, "This disciple's cultivation is shallow, blah blah blah, and so on blah blah blah..."

Unfortunately, the sob stories his master taught him to tell immortals and gods were not only useless, but also caused his favorability towards the Three Mao True Lords to plummet.

"Sanmao Zhenjun's favorability towards you -11..."

"Sanmao Zhenjun's favorability towards you -12..."

"Sanmao Zhenjun's favorability towards you -13..."

I've seen... the true God!

Zhao Zheng stopped playing the victim, quickly got up and went to the altar, grabbed a handful of incense sticks, lit them, and offered them to his three most beloved patriarchs and three celestial deities.

"Um?"

Zhao Zheng raised an eyebrow as he watched the favorability rating stop decreasing, a thoughtful look in his eyes, before a look of understanding appeared on his face.

Time flies,

Six o'clock in the morning.

"Is it on fire?"

Awakened by the smell of smoke in his bedroom, Daoist Tianyi quickly got out of bed, dressed, and left the bedroom in the rain, heading straight for the main hall from which wisps of smoke were rising.

As soon as he entered the main hall, Daoist Tianyi silently looked at the five incense burners, or rather the six incense burners filled with incense, on the offering table and at Zhao Zheng, who had just finished his morning prayers.

Good morning, Uncle-Master!

"……morning."

Master Tianyi nodded with a twitching at the corner of his mouth, glanced at the main hall shrouded in smoke, and couldn't help but say.

"What are you doing...?"

"Disciple is grateful for the hard work of the Ancestral Master and the compassion of the Heavenly Venerable, therefore..." Zhao Zheng rattled off a long speech, reciting the prepared statement for each person, or rather, for each deity.

Anyway, his Taoist temple lacked everything, but the one thing it had in abundance was incense. When his master was alive, he somehow managed to get an entire room full of incense.

"...Hmm, that's thoughtful of you!"

Master Tianyi was silent for a while before speaking. To be honest, he suddenly felt that this child had become stupid from practicing martial arts.

"I was merely doing what I was supposed to do!"

"???"

very strange,

I feel like this child has been possessed!

Looking at Zhao Zheng, who was speaking rather obediently, Master Tianyi's eyes showed doubt, and a flash of golden light passed by as he glanced at Zhao Zheng.

After confirming that Zhao Zheng was alright, he looked at Zhao Zheng with a strange expression, which made Zhao Zheng ask in surprise, "Uncle-Master, are you alright?"

"fine……"

Master Tianyi looked at Zhao Zheng strangely, shook his head, and said, "Well, then, junior nephew, go cook!"

"Okay, go ahead!"

Master Tianyi nodded, watching Zhao Zheng walk out of the main hall with a bundle of incense towards the kitchen. Hmm? Wait a minute?

What's that kid doing with the incense?!

Master Tianyi looked bewildered. After a while, he silently watched Zhao Zheng, who was lighting incense for the Kitchen God in the kitchen.

One to say one,

He felt that the kid had done something wrong!

One to say one,

It's so hard to raise this favorability level!

Zhao Zheng muttered to himself in the kitchen, glancing at the status of the Maoshan Summoning Spell that he had kept running without turning it off.

"The Three Mao True Lord's favorability towards you has decreased by 10."