Heir to the martial arts world, starting with not crying at the Grim Reaper

What is the meaning of life?

In her past life, Gu Jiu would only ponder this profound question after she had let herself go.

In this life, Gu Jiu believes that the meaning of life is simply to live.

He sat on the muddy ground, his face flushed.

It wasn't because the female employer in purple had a large bust, which appeared even larger when she bent over, making him blush with embarrassment, but rather...

I'm tired.

He felt his hands trembling and his legs going weak. At this moment, even if a beautiful young woman was lying naked against him, he probably wouldn't be able to move an inch.

Those boxes of goods were heavier than a sow. He had to carry them up and down, and the oxcart's ruts got stuck in the mud. All the other people had to do was watch him work and point fingers.

Especially the leader, the purple-clad female warrior, with a silver whip wrapped around her waist, had the air of a high and mighty fairy, and looked at him with the eyes of a beast of burden, as if she might whip him at any moment.

Gu Jiu is like an ox or a horse.

Oxen and horses that carry and deliver goods for freight companies.

Others who transmigrate either live a life of luxury with fishing and mountain-searching systems or become powerful and muscular, while he was a beast of burden before transmigrating and remains a beast of burden after transmigrating.

Even more awesome than a bully.

Gu Jiu couldn't understand why, with his looks that were no less than Li Mingchengwu's, he could only work hard as a laborer.

This kind of behavior will definitely shorten his lifespan. He has been feeling very tightness in his chest and is very uncomfortable these past few days. He doesn't know how much longer he can keep going.

But if you don't do it, plenty of others will.

Earning four hundred coins a month, that averages out to about ten coins a day. Constantly carrying, unloading, and traveling, you get scolded and penalized for making mistakes. It's really a job where you have to work hard to survive.

Before he could even catch his breath, his employer was already urging him to set off.

They needed to reach Shili Town before dark.

Looking at the imposing figures of the three men and one woman, Gu Jiu's originally tired and dazed eyes were now filled with envy.

This is the true hero of the martial arts world.

These three men and one woman were probably quite famous in the area, with an air of arrogance and respected by everyone, a world apart from the laborers like him who did all the hard work.

Just like how he is so handsome, yet no one would give him a second glance, while those three self-proclaimed "Three Heroes of Yehu" are so ugly, yet they can attract the attention of women on the street.

The difference between people can sometimes be greater than that between a person and a sow.

Gu Jiu made up his mind; he too would practice martial arts.

Yes, martial arts!

He practiced martial arts not to become a great hero or show off.

He practiced martial arts simply to live, to live a better life.

We can't just work ourselves to death in piles of goods like this, can we?

The day before yesterday, he witnessed his colleague Zhang Wu being crushed under a cargo box and never getting up again.

Because there was no one at home, the shop owner could only tearfully save the compensation money and take back the wages Zhang Wu hadn't spent. In the end, all that was left was a thin coffin, and even the body was buried by Gu Jiu working overtime.

No overtime pay was given.

These are cow and horse teeth.

The oxcart moved slowly forward, and along the way, the three heroes of Yehu and Lady Xue chatted and laughed.

Their conversation wasn't about how powerful the newly acquainted Heroine Nanshan was, how her butterfly legs snapped her enemy's waist, or how the so-called Six-Armed Divine Ape was all talk and no action, getting riddled with bullets by a Tang Clan disciple...

Gu Jiu listened with great interest, feeling that these four people were quite capable, not only were they famous themselves, but they also knew so many powerful figures.

The world of martial arts isn't just about fighting and killing; the connections you have are something to be envied.

Of course, even more so, it was the three heroes of Yehu praising the fierce and valiant Lady Xue.

Various compliments.

From appearance to talent, from family background to physique, from intelligence to exceptional ability.

Sure enough, a fierce person will always have sycophants.

Gu Jiu struggled to drive the oxcart and finally arrived at Shilipo before dark.

After passing Shilipo, you'll reach Shili Town.

Compared to Wuyang City where we started, Shili Town is very small, with only one inn in the entire town.

Inside, the innkeeper's waiter was calling out to serve wine and dishes.

Lady Xue and her three admirers sat there chatting and laughing, drinking and eating heartily, thoroughly enjoying themselves.

At this moment, Gu Jiu didn't even have time to eat the two-cent sesame seed cake.

He was still unloading the goods.

While the four heroes had finished eating and drinking and gone to their rooms at the inn to rest, Gu Jiu was still feeding the cow.

After the cows were fed, it was completely dark.

He arrived at the "lower room" of the inn.

Fortunately, the inn wasn't doing too well today, and there weren't many customers. Otherwise, he and his crew would have had to squeeze into the dormitory-style dormitory.

Gu Jiu had slept in a dormitory-style room a few times before. The mixed smells and the constant snoring were torture. Sometimes, when someone from Yushan Prefecture slept next to him, he had to carefully protect his bottom.

Gu Jiu went to the inn to ask for a pot of water, ate some sesame cakes, washed up, and was finally able to rest.

He felt that he had probably exhausted himself more than the ox pulling the cart today.

Gu Jiu was already very tired.

He felt that he could fall asleep in a second as soon as he lay down and closed his eyes.

But he still can't sleep.

He still needs to practice martial arts!

Only by practicing martial arts could he have a chance to escape his current predicament and avoid working himself to death like his colleague Zhang Wu.

He carefully took out a piece of blue cloth from his clothes, and inside the blue cloth was a yellowed secret manual.

The cover of the manual had three words written on it: "Cloud-Dispelling Palm".

Gu Jiu certainly knew about "Cloud-Dispelling Palm," and was even very familiar with the name of this palm technique.

Bu Jingyun, sporting ramen-noodle-like hair, yelling "Don't come any closer!", is arguably one of his few childhood martial arts memories.

Damn it, this world actually has a "Cloud-Dispelling Palm".

If he were to master it, just imagining that overwhelming scene would make him hum softly.

Back then, he would drink heavily, eat heartily, and even act like a chivalrous knight.

What's outrageous is that he actually possessed a copy of this legendary palm technique manual, which is considered the signature skill of Bu Jingyun, the protagonist of the Fengyun series.

The manual was found on the corpse of Zhang Wu, a fellow merchant. The shop owner accepted all the silver and copper coins on Zhang Wu's body with tears in his eyes, but he casually tossed the manual to Gu Jiu, telling him to use it to wipe his own backside, and then suddenly burst into laughter like a madman.

Did you even ask Bu Jingyun's opinion before using the "Cloud-Dispelling Palm" to wipe your butt?

Gu Jiu was puzzled, but when the two old buddies in the shop came out and saw the manual, they burst into laughter.

They laughed heartily right next to Zhang Wu's corpse, as if they had witnessed the biggest joke in the world, unable to contain their laughter.

Gu Jiu sensed something was wrong and asked why, only to find out that the manual really did have a problem.

According to Zhao, he used to have two copies of "The Cloud-Dispelling Palm" at home, but since there was no toilet paper in the outhouse, he wiped it clean. Only a fool like him and Zhang Wu would take it as a proper secret manual.

"If this martial arts manual were so easy to obtain, even skinny guys like you could get your hands on it, would so many people in the martial arts world still fight tooth and nail for it?"

These were Zhao's exact words, and after saying them, he laughed even louder.

Gu Jiu pressed for details and learned that many years ago, someone wanted to wreak havoc on the martial arts world, and suddenly many powerful-sounding martial arts manuals appeared.

These secret manuals appeared in droves, and rumors would occasionally surface about someone obtaining some kind of divine skill manual and regaining their virility, or even getting their centenarian wife pregnant, which aroused countless martial arts practitioners to chase after them.

At that time, the entire martial arts world was filled with bloodshed and violence in the struggle for the secret manual, and countless people died and blood was shed.

Those who obtained the secret manual were naturally overjoyed. Those with a foundation immediately began to practice it frantically, while those without either hurriedly worked on building a foundation or started copying it down to sell and make money. As a result, so many people in the martial arts world practiced for so many years, including many experts, yet none of them achieved anything.

Yes, nothing has been accomplished.

There wasn't even the so-called "going astray in cultivation."

If a secret manual can drive someone to madness, it might be viewed with more respect, since it means it does have some truth to it and that a master has used it for evil purposes.

But practicing it is utterly useless; it's just a fake secret manual with real qualifications, no different from the picture books that street vendors use to fool children.

It is said that there were many kinds of martial arts manuals scattered in Qingshan Prefecture at that time, among which the "Cloud-Dispelling Palm" was the most famous and the most widely spread.

According to that old fellow, there are probably tens of thousands of copies of the "Cloud-Dispelling Palm" manual in Qingshan Prefecture alone.

After it was discovered that the manual was fake, the price of "Paiyun Palm" plummeted, to the point that even wiping one's bottom in the outhouse was considered beneath its value.

Now that they see someone treating the "Cloud-Dispelling Palm" as a treasure again, they are naturally laughing so hard their heads hurt.

Although they laughed loudly, Gu Jiu still left the secret manual behind.

It's their problem if they can't master it. What if I'm the martial arts prodigy who can?

With that thought in mind, Gu Jiu had already gotten into position.

Let's go!