Devour: Can you also draw entries from clone projection worlds?

Some entries, even just the ones marked as white, can, when combined, make up a perfect "survivalist" cultivator.

He doesn't stand out, doesn't seek the limelight, and doesn't participate in any dangerous activities. He spends his days practicing, eating, and sleeping, occasionally going out to gather information and sometimes picking up a key word from a relevant source.

He devoted the rest of his time to cultivation, day after day, year after year, without being impatient or flustered.

Close your eyes and extract the entry for the ninth year.

[Ninth year complete, entry extraction in progress... Detected that the host has been continuously cultivating in the back mountains of Mount Hua for nine years, setting a new world record for the longest stay...]

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained the green attribute: Agile Movement]

[Effect: Significantly improves body coordination and agility during movement and dodging. Allows for easier execution of complex dodges and stronger instinctive reactions to attacks from the side and rear. Increases the speed of learning movement-based martial arts by 50%.]

[Quality: Green Rare]

[Your eyes lit up instantly when you saw this entry: the green rare entry "Agile Movement," which greatly improves the coordination and flexibility of movement and dodging, provides a stronger instinctive reaction to attacks from the side and rear, and increases the speed of learning movement techniques by 50%.]

This is your third green entry. "Body Refinement Genius" has greatly helped you by improving your physical fitness growth rate.

"Sword Heart Clarity • Beginner" enhances control and learning speed of swordsmanship, while "Agile Movement" enhances coordination and learning speed of movement techniques.

These three terms together form a complete "combat system"—a stronger body, superior swordsmanship—making it practically tailor-made for you in the world of Swordsman Online, a world centered around swordsmanship and movement.

You take a deep breath, suppress your excitement, and begin to carefully consider the application of this term.

"Agile Movement" gives you more than just improved dodging ability; it also gives you a deeper understanding of "movement" itself.

You used to practice light-body skills by brute force and repetitive practice, which made your movements stiff and unsmooth, and you had to pause every time you turned.

Things are different now; you feel a significant increase in control over your body.

If you want to dodge to the left, your body will immediately dodge to the left without the slightest hesitation; if you want to dodge to the right, your body will immediately dodge to the right without needing to think "where should I dodge" before moving.

This kind of reaction speed, where the body reacts before the mind, can mean the difference between life and death in combat.

……

In the main world, Wei Wen seemed to have an epiphany upon seeing this: "Body precedes consciousness? Instinct? Isn't this the essence of the Subtle Movement Technique?!"

"Great, great, great! I didn't expect the clone projection to be so powerful this time!"

He's just waiting for this clone projection to end, then he'll have a better chance of surviving.

……

In the world of Swordsman, you tried running a few steps on the snow, your feet crunching as you stepped on it.

Before, when you ran, your steps were heavy, and every step would leave a deep footprint in the snow.

Things are different now. Your footsteps are lighter, leaving only faint traces where you run.

It's not that your strength has decreased, but that you've learned how to use your strength "forward" instead of simply "downward".

You tried turning again. You used to be able to run very fast in a straight line, but you would slow down when you turned because your body couldn't keep up with your brain's commands.

Now it's different. You feel like a snake, able to turn whichever way you want, with no delay between your body and your brain.

You can even suddenly change direction while running at high speed without losing your balance; this is the effect of "agile movement."

You ran several laps on the snow, and the more you ran, the more interesting it became. You felt like you weren't "practicing" but "playing".

My body was speeding across the snow, snowflakes were flying under my feet, and the wind was whistling in my ears. This feeling was so exhilarating, even more so than practicing swordsmanship.

Tired from running, you sit down on a rock and gasp for breath.

The snow is still falling, landing on your hair, shoulders, and the back of your hands, icy cold. You reach out and catch a snowflake, watching it slowly melt in your palm.

It's been nine years. This time, your clone projection has been in the world of Swordsman for a full nine years.

Nine years ago, when you first arrived, your cultivation level had already fallen below the first-class threshold.

Nine years later, you possess the skills of a first-rate beginner peak, with three green attributes and twelve white attributes.

You went from being an invisible person who was ignored to being an invisible person who is still ignored.

But your heart is completely different now. Nine years of cultivation, nine years of accumulation, and nine years of waiting have made you stronger, more stable, and calmer.

You are no longer the bewildered transmigrator you were when you first arrived, but a true martial artist capable of establishing yourself in the martial world.

When news of Linghu Chong and Ren Yingying's seclusion spread throughout the martial arts world, you were practicing your swordsmanship in the back mountains.

You put down your sword, wiped away your sweat, and listened to your fellow disciples discussing among themselves.

"The eldest brother is no longer the leader of the Hengshan Sect?"

"I'm done with it. I've passed the leadership to Abbess Yiqing, and I and Miss Ren have retired into seclusion."

"Where did you go?"

"I don't know, I heard they went to a place nobody knows about."

Listening to these words, you feel a mix of emotions that are hard to describe.

Linghu Chong's journey has been incredibly difficult. He was distrusted by his master, expelled from his sect, and scorned by the entire righteous martial arts world. He almost died at Shaolin Temple and at Blackwood Cliff.

Now, he finally has a home, and someone willing to share his joys and sorrows.

You didn't go to see him off, not because you didn't want to, but because you genuinely didn't know where Linghu Chong had gone.

Moreover, you have no right to see him off, at least in other people's eyes. What right do you have to see off a famous hero in the martial arts world?

Your interactions with Linghu Chong were limited to a few times—you drank together once on the Cliff of Contemplation, exchanged a few words in the back mountain, and that was it.

The Huashan Sect also began its decline.

Actually... the Huashan Sect "dispersed" after Yue Buqun's death.

It didn't dissipate overnight; it dissipated little by little.

First, several inner disciples left, and then the outer disciples also started to leave. Some went home to farm, some went to work as bodyguards in a security escort agency, and some simply stopped practicing martial arts and started small businesses.

As you watch the Huashan Sect grow more deserted day by day, you can't quite describe the feeling in your heart. You've been in the Huashan Sect for ten years, and you still have feelings for this place.

Although you are an outer disciple, although no one has paid attention to you, and although you are like a transparent person in this sect, this is still the place where you have spent ten years.

But all good things must come to an end. The Huashan Sect has disbanded, and it's time for you to leave too.

It's not about returning to the main world, but about changing locations within this world. You feel like you can stay here for at least a few more years this time.

The main issue is that there's nothing left for you to cherish in the Huashan Sect; you need to go to a more suitable place for cultivation.

Where is a suitable place for cultivation? Mi thought of the Cliff of Contemplation; that place was remote, quiet, and safe enough.

Moreover, he knew every stone, every tree, and every path there.