A new email?
I hadn't even made a real choice yet. I had only formed a thought.
And a new email had already appeared?
Was it possible that this choice had directly caused something irreversible to happen?
Lu Xuan opened the new email in confusion--
[I am Lu Xuan. This death wasn't merely because something went wrong with the choice. It was because I committed suicide!]
The instant these words appeared,
Lu Xuan's head exploded.
Suicide?
Could that trigger a future email?
"What exactly happened that made the future me send an email even at the cost of suicide?"
A trace of foreboding rose in Lu Xuan's heart. His expression turned solemn as he continued reading.
[Faced with my sister participating in the Citywide Martial Arts Tournament for new students, I had two choices: 1. Follow my sister throughout the entire tournament. 2. My sister needed room to grow and couldn't live forever under protection. Considering my sister's growth, I ultimately chose to let her face the tournament alone.]
[On June 10, I returned from the Wilderness and, through a twist of fate, became a Holy Cult undercover agent, moving along the fringes of the various major forces.]
[On June 11, I sold an Awakened Level monster and earned more than ten million.
I transferred ten million to my sister so she could cultivate in peace.
At the same time, my sister told me that the Citywide Martial Arts Tournament would begin in half a month.]
[To give my sister the greatest possible assistance, I spent a huge sum of money buying her a great deal of equipment. I even gave her all the new spirit liquid secreted by the Bronze Gourd, sparing no expense to help her achieve the greatest possible results in the tournament.]
[During this period, I decided to slow down my cultivation and devote all my energy to preparing for my sister's tournament.]
[During the day, I entered the Wilderness. Without my usual violent recklessness, I specifically searched for low-level spirit herbs and spirit objects for my sister's cultivation.
After dark, I mailed everything to my sister.]
[On June 20, my sister lived up to everyone's expectations and reached the Third-order Martial Artist level.]
[The highest strength allowed in the new-student tournament was the Third-order level.
Therefore, I wasn't worried that anything would happen to my sister.]
[On June 25, the Citywide Martial Arts Tournament began as scheduled, with thirty-six martial universities participating.
The competition was presented through live broadcasts. Martial artists could freely choose any student's perspective, so I naturally kept a constant eye on my sister's movements.]
[Just two days after the competition began, my sister displayed astonishing combat strength and was hailed as the new star of Jiangnan.]
[Originally, I thought things would continue like this. I never expected an accident to suddenly occur.]
[My "daughter," Xuan Xiaoxiao, died!]
[I was utterly shocked. Under the resources of Jiangnan Martial University and the Holy Cult, Xuan Xiaoxiao had likewise become a Third-order Martial Artist. She was dead?]
[Shen Liyue sent me the replay of Xuan Xiaoxiao's assassination.]
[Originally, I didn't want to concern myself with it and only intended to skim through it. But when I saw the Martial Skill used by the martial artist who attacked Xuan Xiaoxiao, I froze.]
[I was far too familiar with that Martial Skill. It was the Butterfly Dance Martial Skill I had once stripped from the Monster Potion Company!]
"Xuan Xiaoxiao was killed by someone from the Monster Potion Company?"
Lu Xuan's brows knitted together. "The Holy Cult has a grudge against them too? But her identity was so well-hidden. How could it possibly have been discovered?"
What exactly was going on?
To Lu Xuan, this matter was of enormous importance.
Because he was Xuan Xiaoxiao's father in name. Once something happened to her, an investigation would inevitably expose his own identity.
What would he do then?
Carrying his doubts, Lu Xuan continued reading.
[Xuan Xiaoxiao's death made Shen Liyue and me deeply uneasy.]
[Because once the Federation investigated, the Holy Cult and the Long Family would very likely treat us as abandoned pawns.]
[But that was only one of the things I was worried about. What frightened me most was that the Monster Potion Company might make a move against my sister.
They might already have resolved to kill the wrong person rather than let anyone escape.]
[On June 30, I left Jiangnan Martial University and headed to the Wilderness where the tournament was being held.
I kept a constant eye on my sister's movements.]
[Until people from the Monster Potion Company appeared in my sister's live broadcast. My heart sank.]
[I specifically checked. This group of masked men hadn't attacked anyone else. After killing Xuan Xiaoxiao, they had hurried toward my sister.]
[Likewise, I hurried toward my sister's location.]
[On July 1, they made their first move against my sister.]
[Their strength was extraordinary. Almost all of them were Ninth-order Martial Artists.
The first time, my sister escaped by sheer luck.
The second time, my sister was seriously wounded and recovered by using the Bronze Gourd's spirit liquid.
The third time, aside from the masked martial artists from the Pharmaceutical Company, another group of masked martial artists appeared. They were Ninth-order Martial Artists as well.
There were twenty Ninth-order Martial Artists in total.]
[I knew that under such circumstances, even if I rushed over, I wouldn't be able to save her.
Even if the school teacher, a Martial Master, had wanted to act immediately, it would have been too late.]
[On July 1, my sister died!]
"What?!"
Lu Xuan slammed his fist into the building beside him. The entire building shook, but fortunately, there was a special formation in the city. Otherwise, it would have collapsed.
His throat felt as though a fish were lodged in it, making breathing difficult.
His sister was dead?
How could this be?
"Why?" Lu Xuan's eyes turned numb as he stared blankly at the screen.
It was only when new words appeared that he reacted.
[On July 2, I didn't rashly seek revenge.]
[I knew this had been a premeditated assassination. After Xuan Xiaoxiao and my sister died, that group vanished without a trace.]
[Even if I wanted revenge, I had no idea where to look.]
[It was even more impossible for me to go to the Monster Potion Company. That would accomplish nothing.]
[But I couldn't wait until I had grown stronger before taking revenge either, because the Future Mail could only be sent back to the previous choice point. Strictly speaking, it might not reach back more than a year.]
[Therefore, I chose suicide!]
[On July 31, I died.]
[This wasn't merely triggered by a choice. I had to do it.]
[Regarding the Monster Potion Company and the other group of mysterious people, I guessed that they had gone all-in, determined to kill the wrong person rather than let anyone go.]
[The me of the past could change my sister's fate only by becoming stronger!]
[Before I died, I listed all the opportunities from June to July in a table. I didn't know whether I could send this much information after committing suicide, but I put the most useful pieces of intelligence first.]
[The following is the collected intelligence--
1. The Bronze Gourd has other abilities. Whatever it swallows, it produces. Swallow a Martial Art Manual, and it produces a Martial Art Manual!
2. On June 13, there will be an auction in Satellite City No. 2 of Jinling City. The thirteenth item is a Qi and Blood Golden Elixir. You can pick it up at a bargain (for the Bronze Gourd).
3. On June 14, a convoy traveling from Jinling City to Demon City will be attacked by monsters. You can pick up resources worth five hundred million.
4. On June 14, a martial artist convoy traveling from the Imperial Capital to Jinling City will be attacked. One of them possesses a high-quality Battle Saber.
5. On June 17, in the western district, a Heaven and Earth Martial Saint will pass through with his seriously ill daughter. Psychic Power might be able to save her!
6. On June 23, at the bottom of the Yangtze River in Satellite City No. 9, there is an Earth-level spirit herb. Swallowing it can raise the probability of breaking through to Martial Master by twenty percent!
7. Lottery numbers: 1, 5, 9, 10...]
The email ended there.
Lu Xuan stood rooted to the spot, silent for a long time.
According to the future shown in the email, if he directly left his sister to fend for herself this time, it would lead straight to her death!
"Damn it!"
Compared with the previous times,
Lu Xuan was angrier than ever.
His sister had actually died?
The people he cared about most in this life were his family. When he had no strength, perhaps he could say there was nothing he could do to stop it.
But now that he had become a martial artist, he still couldn't protect his family.
What was the point of cultivating, then?
After his emotions had sunk into silence for a long while,
A trace of expression returned to Lu Xuan's face. "No. There's still time!"
"As long as I become stronger, I can protect my sister from the shadows."
That was right!
Become stronger!
Lu Xuan clenched his fists. "Now that I have all this intelligence, I have to become a Martial Master in the shortest possible time. Only by staying beside my sister can I prevent her from being killed by the Monster Potion Company!"
"That erroneous future won't descend upon me!"
His resolve hardened.
He stared at the email and frowned.
"The most important piece of intelligence is the Bronze Gourd. This thing really does have other functions. It produces whatever it's given?"
"I wonder what effect it will have if I give it a Martial Skill?"
Lu Xuan couldn't waste any more time.
He had to become stronger immediately.
Become a Martial Master!
He took out the Earth-level Martial Skill I Have One Slash, which he had previously bought from the broker, and gritted his teeth as he threw it into the Bronze Gourd.
The next second,
The previously dormant Bronze Gourd flashed with a burst of azure light.
Immediately afterward,
Under the radiance of the Bronze Gourd, the originally incomplete Martial Skill miraculously produced the subsequent cultivation method!
The Martial Skill was complete!
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