Pure Yang Five Swords Technique, Finding a Manual at the Start

"Who are you betting on?"

"I bet on Tang Xiaotang. Cute girls dominate every game, believe it or not?"

"Come on, the prize money is in the tens of millions. Would you give that up for a girl? Once you get the money, would you still lack girls? You could have as many beautiful ones as you want!"

"Ye Zhuo's not bad. I heard he's a middleweight MMA champion. He should have an advantage in a game with this much conflict."

"I think it still comes down to emotional intelligence. Only someone with high EQ can take first place."

"I really want to join too."

"I heard the Heavenly Dao Immortal Hero Game will enter Public Beta later and become a groundbreaking game for the entire world. It might even turn Earth into an age of cultivation! We need to watch this show carefully—this is a strategy guide!"

The audience at the venue watched the various projection screens and discussed animatedly.

The host was not idle either, constantly explaining what was happening in the game.

Online, the livestream Barrage kept flooding the screen.

Yi Xiaofeng followed the shaded path forward.

After walking several hundred meters, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

He felt dizzy and lightheaded.

This was bad!

Was there poison here?

Yi Xiaofeng warily looked around but found nothing unusual.

"Wait... could it be because my body is too weak?"

The thought left Yi Xiaofeng speechless.

He quickly took a pill from his robes and swallowed it.

It melted the moment it entered his throat!

Before long, all his discomfort vanished.

Sure enough...

Yi Xiaofeng felt as though a flock of crows had flown over his head.

"Viewers, we can see that contestant Yi Xiaofeng's character lacks yang energy and has a weak constitution. He started taking medicine after just a few steps. How pitiful."

The host noticed Yi Xiaofeng's condition and could not help speaking solemnly.

The entire venue burst into laughter.

Because of the medicine, Yi Xiaofeng gained some attention.

Yi Xiaofeng did not know it, or he would surely have been embarrassed.

This was not a good thing.

As he walked, Yi Xiaofeng suddenly caught sight of a faint red glow in the bushes beside him.

He rubbed his eyes and confirmed that he really had seen the red light.

The glow was strange, piercing through the leaves as it flickered on and off.

Only Yi Xiaofeng could see this red glow.

It represented a fortuitous opportunity!

Yi Xiaofeng looked around. Once he was sure no one was nearby, he immediately walked over and parted the bushes. Inside was a Blue-Scripture Ancient Book.

The red glow on the book quickly vanished, no longer flashing.

He picked up the book and saw five large characters written on its cover:

Pure Yang Five Swords Technique!

Was this a cultivation technique?

Yi Xiaofeng was overjoyed. He immediately tucked the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique into his robes, then turned around and pretended he had seen nothing.

The viewers watching his livestream exploded:

"Holy shit! He found a manual like that?"

"How did this guy know there was a manual in the bushes?"

"This is way too fake. He's cheating! He didn't even search carefully—he just walked over and found it."

"Maybe he got some secret clue beforehand?"

"Is he the first contestant to find a manual?"

"Pure Yang Five Swords Technique—it sounds badass."

At the recording venue, the host grew excited as well. "Dear viewers, our contestant Yi Xiaofeng has taken the lead in finding a manual! The game has only just begun, yet he has already found one of the top three peerless manuals in this Script. Truly incredible!"

The audience erupted in an uproar.

Yi Xiaofeng's popularity began skyrocketing.

The host had a script. He did not know how the plot would unfold, but he had rankings for items related to the game's storyline.

Among the manual rankings, the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique ranked in the top three!

In less than ten minutes, news of Yi Xiaofeng finding the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique through absurdly good luck shot up the trending charts, drawing even more passersby to watch the livestream.

After putting away the Pure Yang Five Swords Technique, Yi Xiaofeng continued onward.

He could not leave such a treasure in his room. Someone might steal it.

To avoid looking suspicious and sneaky, Yi Xiaofeng decided to head out.

After asking servants for directions along the way, Yi Xiaofeng finally left the Wang Family Residence.

"The Wang Family is huge. How great would it be if Miss Wang liked me?"

Yi Xiaofeng thought happily. He was only fantasizing, after all. He was not really Zhang Junyi.

The streets of Pure Yang City were bustling, crowded with people. Hawking and sales cries sounded from both sides of the road, giving the place the air of a prosperous ancient Jiangnan city.

Yi Xiaofeng did not rush to gather information. Instead, he wandered through the streets.

Along the way, he saw quite a few strangely dressed people who were clearly no ordinary folk.

Some wore animal-hide clothing and looked like escorts.

Others wore Daoist robes and might have been cultivators.

"I chose the righteous path, so I'll receive bonuses to fortuitous opportunities. I should wander around more. Maybe I'll come across one."

Yi Xiaofeng thought silently.

With his current strength, if he went to City Lord Tang's residence, he would likely be killed by Demonic Cultivators or Evil Cultivators.

Righteous cultivators could slay demons and eradicate evil. Naturally, Demonic Path Cultivators would kill righteous cultivators as well.

Yi Xiaofeng began lingering around street stalls.

His strange behavior caught the host's attention.

"This Kidney Deficiency Player didn't head straight for the City Lord's Mansion. Instead, he started shopping around. It seems he has tasted success and wants to pick up another treasure," the host said with a smile.

His words sparked another wave of laughter.

Clearly, both the host and the audience believed Yi Xiaofeng had merely stepped in dog shit before. This guy did not look like champion material at all.

The way he staggered when he walked made it seem like even a child could knock him to death.

In the blink of an eye.

Two hours passed.

Yi Xiaofeng truly could not hold on any longer.

Every time he bent down or squatted was a challenge. Even with pills, it was unbearably difficult.

If he kept wandering around, he would die!

He stopped strolling and began asking for directions to the City Lord's Mansion.

"You're going to the City Lord's Mansion too? I advise you not to. City Lord Tang died horribly, and there's a ghost in the City Lord's Mansion! Over the past half month, more than ten Qi Refinement cultivators have already died there. You can't go!" the old man selling candied hawthorns warned fearfully.

Yi Xiaofeng raised a brow.

The difficulty was this high?

Still, this was an immortal hero world. It was perfectly normal for ghosts to exist.

He patiently asked for directions to the City Lord's Mansion. The old man could not dissuade him and could only tell him the truth.

More than twenty minutes later.

Yi Xiaofeng finally arrived before the City Lord's Mansion. At that moment, a sea of people had gathered outside its gates, pointing and chatting among themselves.

"Another maid died. I heard her eyeballs were gouged out."

"That horrible? Why hasn't the Imperial Court sent anyone to investigate?"

"How could it be that fast? Just passing official documents up layer by layer takes time. Besides, Pure Yang City is far from the Royal Capital."

"Miss Tang has issued a reward. More cultivators will be coming to investigate soon."

"Alas, how could such a good man as City Lord Tang suffer such misfortune?"

Listening to their discussions, Yi Xiaofeng finally understood.

So the beginning of this storyline had been triggered by Miss Tang's reward.

In other words, the other forty-nine cultivators had all come to investigate the truth for the reward.

Smack!

Someone suddenly slapped Yi Xiaofeng on the shoulder. He jolted in fright and instinctively drew his sword.

"Brother, don't be nervous. I mean no harm."

A blue-clad man stood behind Yi Xiaofeng with a smile. He was handsome and carried himself like a refined young gentleman, a folding fan in hand. If Zhou Gongjin were alive, he might have looked like this.

Yi Xiaofeng let out a long breath and said resentfully, "Sir, people can be scared to death by other people."

The Blue-Clad Young Master smiled. "I see that you are an extraordinary man, certainly no ordinary person. Did you also come because of the reward?"

The moment Yi Xiaofeng heard this, he suspected the man was a player.

"No, I was merely passing through Pure Yang City. I heard there was a haunting here, so I came to take a look. As for the reward, I do not care about it," Yi Xiaofeng said, shaking his head.

To make the man believe he was an NPC, he continued, "Alas, City Lord Tang's reputation is widely known. His benevolence and righteousness are a model for our generation. I never expected him to suffer such misfortune. It truly enrages both man and god! I am but a mere cultivator. Though my cultivation is lacking, I cannot allow ghosts and monsters to wreak havoc upon the world!"

He spoke with righteous conviction, and his eyes even grew slightly moist.

The Blue-Clad Young Master raised a brow, thinking, Could I have found an important NPC?