Abundant Martial Arts Virtue
Chapter 618 - 493: Involuntary

Chapter 618: Chapter 493: Involuntary

Speaking of gold—

Blood Youth paid a hundred billion tons of gold to fulfill a Causality Law agreement with itself.

It was a complete fluke.

A casual remark I made to shut her up actually came true.

As she was born atop the corpses of gods, she naturally inherited all their wealth.

So, she has a lot of money.

She paid a hundred billion tons of gold to activate the Causality Law contract of "saving Wu Xiaode’s life once means freedom."

Now.

Of the hundred billion tons, just a tiny bit was used to activate the Time Skill "Come at me if we’re brothers" a few times.

That skill costs a hundred kilograms of gold each time (time is money, my friend).

There are still over ninety-nine billion tons left.

Speaking of which, that flag that went off to deal with the Parasite and silence it forever hasn’t come back yet.

Let’s not talk about that.

But the gold—

I definitely have enough on me to use.

Wu Xiaode’s gaze shifted to the wooden plaque, quite tempted.

Should I...?

Splurge a bit?

"Since it’s a world you thoroughly understand, it means the preliminary fusion has been successful. Let’s exit for now,"

said the voice suddenly.

Wu Xiaode paused, quickly saying, "Huh? Shouldn’t we create a species to play with—no, I mean, to develop it a bit first?"

"Don’t rush. You need to integrate your Awakening Skill into this world first. After you’ve done that, you can think about creating species,"

the voice said with a hint of amusement. "That’s the most crucial step of fusion. After that, I’d advise against creating particularly powerful species right away."

"Why?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"Your world is only so big. If you don’t make it more vast and powerful, how can it accommodate high-level species?" the voice retorted.

Wu Xiaode immediately understood.

Right.

The world is currently only the size of a soccer field and a barren wasteland at that.

If I created those face-riding Flying Dragons—

How would they survive and evolve in this cramped, lifeless space?

"I get it, but how do I fuse my Awakening Skill into the world?"

Wu Xiaode couldn’t help asking.

"You’ll need more materials and treasures... You have to search for them slowly; they’re like nutrients for the world."

"Only when the world is strong enough can it merge with your Awakening Skill, and then you can create species."

"This is complicated," Wu Xiaode sighed.

"The workings of a world are never simple. Even many world-class lifeforms don’t know how to develop their worlds."

As the voice faded.

The wasteland gradually disappeared before Wu Xiaode’s eyes.

He opened his eyes.

He was still sitting under the shade of a tree not far from the fried chicken shop at People’s Square.

Jiang Shanglan was sitting beside him, about to put the last piece of fried chicken into her mouth. When she saw him open his eyes, she embarrassingly put the chicken back down.

—There was only that last piece of fried chicken left on the plate.

"Thanks, I seem to have completed an essential step, fully merging with the world,"

Wu Xiaode said.

"You’re welcome," Jiang Shanglan replied with a smile.

Wu Xiaode picked up the last piece of fried chicken and stuffed it into his mouth.

The smile on Jiang Shanglan’s face instantly became faint.

"I’m going back to my dorm,"

she said huffily, standing up and turning to leave.

Wu Xiaode also stood up, grabbed her hand, and went with her to buy another portion of fried chicken, placing it before her.

"That one’s cold; fried food isn’t good for the stomach once it cools down,"

he said. "Here, have something warm."

She was no longer angry and soon ate with a smile on her face.

Tsk.

What a nice temperament.

Wu Xiaode mused, glancing at the time—it was almost ten o’clock.

"When do you close?"

"Ten-thirty."

"Come on, I’ll walk you back to school."

"That’s more like it."

They walked back together, and Wu Xiaode watched her go up to the dormitory before turning to leave.

After a while.

Outside the girls’ dormitory in the woods.

A figure reappeared.

Wu Xiaode.

He found a lush tree, lightly leaped up, and squatted on a branch.

"The guest rooms in the temple aren’t exactly comfortable to sleep in..."

he murmured softly. "Oh well, to prevent the world from destruction and to maintain the peace of the universe, to spread love and true justice, I guess I will reluctantly guard once."

Perhaps for someone else, ensuring she got to the dorm would have been enough for safety.

But for Wu Xiaode—

He didn’t think it was enough.

After all, this sister was an absolutely critical figure.

She was crucial for the world and for himself.

Plus, her terrifying, unseen "partner" had warned him, and he was fully aware of her circumstances.

—He absolutely couldn’t let her act against mortals.

That was key to maintaining the world’s stable existence.

For her safety, no precaution was too much.

So crouching in the bushes for a night—

What was that, really?

Time slowly ticked by.

Wu Xiaode watched the lights go out from a window in the girls’ dorm, his eyes slightly narrowing as he continued to keep watch, still and attentive.

Suddenly.

An apologetic voice sounded:

"In the world of mortals, employing such vigilant guardianship might be a bit overcautious, don’t you think?"

—It was her "partner"!

It must have noticed that he hadn’t left and specifically came to see what was going on.

Wu Xiaode whispered back:

"I actually think it’s not enough, I even want to drive away her roommate, but considering she needs to lead a normal life, let’s just keep an eye on her for now."

"Her roommate is just an ordinary person," said that voice.

"The sleazy guy who bumped into her during the day was also an ordinary person," Wu Xiaode said.

The voice paused.

Wu Xiaode continued:

"Ordinary people are generally of two kinds, one is those without any caution, engrossed in their own lives;"

"The second type is those with malice in their hearts, who spend their entire lives looking for opportunities to hunt among the first type of people."

"Unfortunately, most humans are of the first type."

"I don’t understand humans all that well," the voice said.

Wu Xiaode laughed self-deprecatingly, shaking his head, "With a wave of your hands, you could wipe out the world; naturally, you wouldn’t understand the petty, dust-like ordinary humans. But no matter, I understand."

"Which kind of person are you?" the voice asked, curious.

"I used to be the first kind, but then there was a bit of a change," Wu Xiaode answered.

"Change?"

"I’m not interested in harming others, but I always have a knife in my hand. Whoever comes hunting, I’ll take them down."

"...You live a tiresome life."

"There’s no other way."

Wu Xiaode made idle chats with it when suddenly his gaze sharpened.

He held his breath, hiding his body behind the tree trunk, and looked towards the front of the girls’ dormitory building.

In the pitch-black night,

a figure emerged from the corner outside the girls’ dormitory, and taking advantage of no one being around, quickly darted into the woods and made their way to the wall.

Drip, drip, drip—

A phone rang.

The figure stood still, pulling out a cell phone.

After a short while,

inaudible voices could barely be heard from afar by the wall.

"Hey, boss, I’ve figured it out."

"The girl is from South University’s music department, sophomore year, living in room 507 on the fifth floor of girls’ dormitory building eight, yeah, that’s right."

"Someone did bring her back today."

"Her roommate?"

"...One of them works outside; we can try to bribe her, and then..."

"Alright, I’ll come to find you first."

The phone was switched off.

The person was quite nimble, swiftly vaulting over the wall.

"What should we do?"

The voice became somewhat anxious.

—Jiang Shanglan had already used extraordinary power against ordinary people once.

The outcome was death.

This was the first rule of the Virtual World, with no room for any luck.

"Don’t worry, I’ll take action," Wu Xiaode said softly.

"But you can’t use your extraordinary power either; once you use it, you’re as good as dead!" the voice said.

"Who says I need to use extraordinary power..." Wu Xiaode said.

He closed his mouth, silently jumped down from the tree, and stealthily approached the wall, quietly vaulting over it.

By then the night had already deepened.

There were hardly any people on both sides of the road.

On the empty street, only a young man with dyed yellow hair was walking forward along the road.

Wu Xiaode silently followed behind.

After walking for a while, Yellow Hair turned the street corner and came to the back door of the university.

There was a night market.

He went straight into a shop and sat down at a table.

"You’ve worked hard, brother."

Someone poured him a beer.

"Boss, that chick really is charming, you’ve got good taste," Yellow Hair chuckled.

"Such a student girl, she wouldn’t dare make a fuss if something happened, she might even jump off a building on her own, making it even more reassuring," another young man laughed along.

"Maybe she gets addicted, or we make a video of her, to keep her in line. Then she can go to the boss’s place and make some money for the boss," Yellow Hair suggested.

The man known as the boss said viciously:

"I’ve been in this game for most of my life, running discos and bars and KTVs, when has anyone ever hit me like that? When the time comes, I want to play with her in front of that kid."

The others roared with laughter.

The middle-aged man stood up to pour the drink, smiling as he said:

"Don’t be hasty, everyone will have a share!"

They spoke with lowered voices, not loud, even suppressing their voices so other tables couldn’t hear them clearly.

—They were quite cautious indeed.

However, with Wu Xiaode’s current strength, even without using Soul Power, listening in from afar was no problem at all.

He listened quietly while watching the middle-aged man at the table.

It was the pervert he had beaten up during the day.

The voice said:

"I can make a move."

"You? Are you saying you can ignore the rules of the Virtual World?" Wu Xiaode exclaimed in surprise.

"I can’t... but if I do make a move, I hope you can take care of the lady," the voice said.

"Don’t be mistaken, these people are just scoundrels. If you make a move, wouldn’t that be like using a hydrogen bomb to kill a chicken?"

"Besides, you have only one life. You save her this time, what about next time?"

"You’re right, so what do you suggest?" the voice asked, perplexed.

"The best thing to do is to keep the peace," Wu Xiaode said with a smile.

He rummaged through his pockets and suddenly pulled out a greenish small knife.

He said softly:

"In the world of the Jianghu, we can’t afford to make animosities everywhere. It’s best to keep the peace, so that everyone is content. Only then can we survive in this world."

—This was still Jiang Shanglan’s knife.

To exchange for the notebook from him, she left this knife with him as collateral.

Under the dim streetlight, Wu Xiaode looked at the delicate knife.

Typically, people would use it to peel fruit skins in daily life, to relish some fruit, and get some nutrients.

But in truth, it was a sharp weapon.

With a sharp blade in one’s possession, the urge to kill naturally arises.

"Actually, nobody wants things to get ugly, it’s just that they can’t help themselves."

"The Jianghu... it’s always been this way."

Wu Xiaode sighed and his eyes brightened.

Facing the clamorous night wind, he leisurely crossed the street and made his way to the night market’s food stalls.

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