Fourth Life

Was Jiang Yuan at Visceral Strength?

Certainly not!

However, this Bone Strength Expert, Wang Jie, possessed a special talent: he could sense the danger radiating from others.

It was through this talent that Wang Jie had risen from a pauper's son to where he was today.

And just now, Wang Jie had sensed no small amount of danger from Jiang Yuan.

This feeling...

Wang Jie had once felt it from Visceral Strength Experts. That was also why he had chosen to play dead just now.

Everyone was stunned upon hearing Wang Jie's words.

With Blood Force Grandmasters absent, Visceral Strength was invincible. Even in Haiyuan City, such a person would rank among the upper echelons.

Why would someone like that come to such a tiny auction?

The Black Market auction this time was only high enough in level to attract full-body strength experts. A Visceral Strength Expert would not even bother giving it a glance.

And at that moment...

"Chu Kuang..." Wang Jie murmured softly, his gaze turning toward the Chu Family Enshrined Master.

Jiang Yuan had no idea what happened afterward. By then, he had already returned to the escort agency, pinching the pills in his hand.

The simulator's prompt sounded by his ear.

[Currently extractable: Sin Heart*0.30]

[Currently extractable: Sin Heart*0.28]

[Currently extractable: Sin Heart*0.21]

[Currently extractable: Sin Heart*0.19]

[Currently extractable: Sin Heart*0.10]

"Extract them all."

[Obtained Sin Heart*1.08]

The five pills in his hand turned to powder, which Jiang Yuan casually scattered away.

Looking at the Sin Heart in his Personal Backpack, his emotions stirred slightly.

At last, he could begin the Fourth Life!

Obtaining this Sin Heart had truly not been easy. If not for the generous sponsorship of kindhearted people, Jiang Yuan really would not have been able to save up so much silver in such a short time.

As for Gai Tianwang, Jiang Yuan felt not the slightest psychological burden in killing him.

Through Li Quan, he had learned that this so-called Gai Tianwang was merely the leader of a relatively powerful band of bandits.

They habitually bullied the weak and feared the strong, never daring to provoke major factions. They specialized in robbing smaller forces and oppressing the weak. The people living around Gai Tianwang's stronghold suffered unspeakably.

During his "robbing the rich to aid the poor" over the past month, Jiang Yuan had no idea how many such bandits he had wiped out.

Killing them now placed no burden on his conscience.

As for Madam Li and the Chu Family Enshrined Master, neither was any good. They had provoked him, so paying money to avert disaster was perfectly reasonable, wasn't it?

Jiang Yuan reviewed what he had done just now and found no flaws. He had not displayed anything that could expose his identity.

So he put the matter out of his mind.

He opened the simulator.

"Previous Life Simulation!"

[Requirements to generate the Fourth Life simulated life: Points*400, Sin Heart*1]

[Points -400, Sin Heart -1]

Four large words appeared on the [Simulated Life] panel.

[Martial Arts Alliance Leader]

What surprised Jiang Yuan somewhat was that these four words had silver borders, making them different from the previous three panels.

"Enter!" Jiang Yuan steadied himself slightly.

The scene around him shifted faintly.

Jiang Yuan frowned as he looked around.

"Li Xiaotian, you have been in my Golden Saber Sect for a full year, yet your Five Tiger Severing Gate Saber has still not even reached the beginner stage. If you make no progress within another month, then please leave. My Golden Saber Sect's martial arts are not suited to you."

Within a somewhat dim main hall, an alert old man sat in the seat of honor, his pale brows lowered as he quietly drank tea.

Though his hair had turned white, his sturdy body still carried an imposing presence that could not be ignored.

Beside the old man, three or four men and women dressed in fitted martial attire silently watched Jiang Yuan.

A middle-aged man looked at Jiang Yuan and spoke with some pity.

Jiang Yuan's brow remained furrowed.

What was going on this time?

Hm? His own body?

Having lost all that tremendous power left Jiang Yuan somewhat unaccustomed to it.

And this body—

It did not possess the slightest trace of vital energy. It had never even entered the threshold of martial arts!

It was even weaker than an ordinary person's.

What was this life's mission?

Martial Arts Alliance Leader?

Jiang Yuan was filled with doubts, but he first had to get through the matter before him.

"Severing Gate Saber?" Jiang Yuan murmured softly.

The name was familiar. Somewhat uncertain, Jiang Yuan looked at the many weapons hanging on the walls of the main hall and ran straight to the weapon racks by the wall.

The old man set down his tea and looked at this disciple who possessed little talent.

His expression remained calm, unchanged.

Yet among the other men and women, someone rebuked him.

"Li Xiaotian! What are you doing?"

They saw Jiang Yuan stretch out his hand and touch one weapon after another.

After feeling his way across three or four weapon racks, his hand suddenly paused, and he picked up a light, thin saber from the side.

A slight ripple appeared in the white-haired old man's clear eyes.

This saber... was a standard swift saber of the most ancient Severing Gate Saber style, and also the one most suited for Severing Gate Saber.

This kid could actually pick out this blade. It seemed that although his talent was lacking, he had at least taken the sect's knowledge to heart.

Then, the old man's mouth opened slightly, and a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes.

Jiang Yuan began practicing saber techniques in the spacious main hall.

His saber technique was swift and fierce. Every move was orderly, yet seemed born of nature itself. Such mastery of the saber...

The old man was somewhat uncertain and glanced at the man nearest to him.

The man immediately understood. Drawing a long saber of roughly the same style from his waist, he stepped forward to meet him.

Seeing the old man's arrangement, the other men and women all fell silent.

The man's long saber flashed out, and the saber technique he used was almost no different from the Severing Gate Saber Jiang Yuan was displaying.

A strange look appeared in Jiang Yuan's eyes, and he raised his own long saber to meet him.

Then the two men's sabers began to clash without cease.

Sparks flew in all directions, and the ringing of colliding metal came one after another.

The longer the man fought, the greater the astonishment in his eyes grew.

This junior brother's mastery of the saber...

How was this possible?!

Unable to believe it, the man's attacks grew even fiercer.

Jiang Yuan swung his long saber, then suddenly faltered slightly, and his saber was knocked from his hand.

The muscles in Jiang Yuan's arm twitched faintly. He gasped for breath, yet ignored the long saber that had already reached his chest.

The man withdrew his saber, then looked at his junior brother before him with a complicated expression.

"Good! A Severing Gate Saber that is nearly at major mastery!" The old man slammed his teacup heavily onto the table, then rose to his feet in excitement.

"I never thought our Golden Saber Sect would still produce such a genius! Excellent!"

The old man burst into laughter, then asked in confusion, "With such skill in the saber, why did you hide your abilities?"

Jiang Yuan recovered his strength in silence.

He had not received any memories at all. He had no idea what had happened, nor did he know the identities of those before him—or even his own identity.

He could only wait quietly and observe.

The hall fell silent. Then a woman behind the old man stepped forward and broke the stillness. Smiling, she said, "Xiaotian was born after a difficult delivery, and his body has always been weak. He simply could not grasp the Five Tigers Form, so he was unable to enter martial arts. Xiaotian must have focused wholeheartedly on the Five Tigers Form... that was why..."

"Nonsense! How can such martial talent be wasted? It is merely congenital bodily weakness. Though troublesome, there are still ways to deal with it..."

The old man pondered, then said, "Juan'er, from today onward, you will teach Xiaotian. Your saber technique has already reached major mastery. Teach Xiaotian the saber first. His own saber technique is already close to major mastery. As for his congenital weakness preventing him from entering martial arts, I have some thoughts."

With a wave of the old man's hand, the others immediately voiced their assent.

Jiang Yuan lowered his head slightly, using the corner of his eye to observe everything around him. Every word of their conversation also fell clearly upon his ears.

Close to major mastery? If this body of his were not so terribly weak, how could it have failed to endure the strain? He would not have been unable to display even major mastery of a saber technique at the level of Severing Gate Saber.

And now that he had revealed his talent, it seemed he had gained their attention. Very good.

Yet in this life, he had actually come into contact with the Severing Gate Saber martial art as well. Was the world of his previous life the same one?

Jiang Yuan silently pondered it all.

His goal in this life—the Martial Arts Alliance Leader? But he was only an ordinary teenage boy now. How could he possibly become the Martial Arts Alliance Leader? Could it be that this simulated life had an especially long timeline?

Time would reveal the truth to Jiang Yuan. For now, the main thing was to figure out his surroundings, then keep his head down and develop quietly first...

The woman the old man had called Juan'er led Jiang Yuan downstairs...