Wild History, Travelogue, Martial Saint

"Since you want to buy, I'll sell these two to you then."

Lu Yuan took out the True Essence Blood Refining Pills he'd found on the hooded man.

"You're quite the businessman. This is the second time you've sold these True Essence Blood Refining Pills, isn't it?" the tall man in the black robe said with a half-smile.

Lu Yuan replied expressionlessly, "It doesn't matter to you how many times it's sold. Do you want them or not?"

"Yes! Of course, we do!"

The tall man in the black robe said decisively, then added, "But we don't just want two pills, we want two hundred, two thousand. However many you have, we'll take them all!"

He stared intently at Lu Yuan, his eyes gleaming.

"So, do you have that many?"

Lu Yuan's tone remained flat, "I only have two. If you want more, you can buy them next time I set up a stall."

"Alright. Here are three thousand four hundred taels in silver notes."

The tall man in the black robe pulled out a stack of silver notes from his robes and slowly placed them on the ground before slowly backing away.

Lu Yuan, while guarding against a sneak attack from the two, bent down to pick up the silver notes. Only after confirming they were correct did he put down the medicine box.

The two men seemed to fear Lu Yuan might attack them as well. They only stepped forward to inspect the pills after he put down the box and retreated.

With everything confirmed, the transaction was complete.

"My name is Li Mu. May I ask your esteemed surname and given name?" the black-robed man introduced himself.

Lu Yuan didn't need to think; he knew the name was fake.

"Zhang Wuji."

Lu Yuan discarded 'Qiao Feng' and adopted 'Zhang Wuji'. Perhaps next time he'd be 'Linghu Chong' or 'Yang Guo'.

"I frequent the Ghost Market. I hope we can continue our transactions the next time the Ghost Market opens," Li Mu continued to offer goodwill.

Lu Yuan remained unmoved, "Definitely next time."

The two parties stared at each other as they slowly retreated, only turning to walk normally once the other had completely disappeared from their sight.

"Do you think the two of us would have had a chance to kill him if we'd teamed up?" Li Mu asked, tilting his head.

"Very slim chance."

The shorter black-robed man shook his head. "His movement technique is excellent; I'm no match for him. If he truly wanted to escape, the two of us couldn't stop him... And you noticed it too, didn't you? He was vigilant the entire time, giving us no opportunities. Most importantly, didn't you see? He had a saber hanging from his waist, but it never left its scabbard from beginning to end."

"For someone proficient with weapons, there's a significant difference in strength whether the weapon is in hand or not. If his saber were drawn, his strength would be even greater."

Li Mu nodded. "You observed very carefully. Did you notice that while this Zhang Wuji could lower his voice, I could tell his voice is quite young? Definitely no older than twenty-five, perhaps even younger."

"If there's an opportunity, we could try to recruit him into our Holy Cult."

Just as Lu Yuan had guessed, Li Mu had noticed Lu Yuan setting up his stall selling True Essence Blood Refining Pills in the Ghost Market from the start. He had no intention of buying them initially; he was just observing, waiting for Lu Yuan to leave so he could follow him. His intentions were obvious.

However, the strength Lu Yuan displayed made them wary. They had almost died by his hand, so they had to change their plan and pay for the pills.

It was, in a way, paying for their lives.

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"Li Mu actually wants to buy True Essence Blood Refining Pills from me. One possibility is that he genuinely wants to buy them. Another is that he'll bring more people next time to try and ambush me."

Lu Yuan mused to himself, but he had decided not to return to the Ghost Market for a while. There were too many people with ulterior motives there.

After taking a long detour and changing his appearance, Lu Yuan returned to the Ghost Market. He wanted to see if there was any information about the Great Dao Seed and Taisui Stone.

Therefore, he focused his attention on stalls selling books.

He actually managed to find two travelogues and a book of unofficial histories.

Back at the inn, Lu Yuan opened the travelogue. He didn't know if the contents were true or false, so he treated it as a story.

The travelogue's records were fragmented, and the information was sporadic.

"The Great Dao Seed has only appeared for less than ten thousand years. What was it like before that?"

"The history from ten thousand years ago is difficult to ascertain; only some myths and legends have been passed down."

"I have traveled all over the world, visiting countless places where myths and legends occurred, piecing together my own speculated truth... Of course, it's just speculation; I don't know if it's true or false."

"I speculate that ten thousand years ago, or even further back, this world had 'immortals.' These 'immortals' were those who had merged with and refined the Great Dao Seed."

"At some point, the world underwent a great change, and countless immortals disappeared. However, their Great Dao Seeds remained, transforming into unknown forms and hiding somewhere in this world..."

Spanning tens of thousands of words, this person named 'Tianji Sanren' recorded all his speculations in the travelogue.

Lu Yuan read it carefully and found that according to his speculation, this world was once filled with immortals and gods. The immortals and gods disappeared, but the 'Great Dao Seed,' which was suspected to be the convergence of the world's rules, did not.

Closing the travelogue, Lu Yuan sighed softly. He had no way of knowing if the contents of this travelogue were true or false.

He then opened the book of unofficial histories.

The unofficial history was even wilder.

It recorded the development of the martial path.

"The origin of the martial path is untraceable, but it can be confirmed that the establishment of the martial path began with the First Emperor. It is said that before the First Emperor, the martial path was unsystematic and scattered."

"The First Emperor rose from that era, unified the great achievements of the martial path into one, and gathered talented individuals from all over the land to establish the system of the martial path, truly opening a grand path to the heavens."

"Therefore, the First Emperor was not only the first emperor to unify this vast land, but also the Great Emperor of the Martial Path."

"The First Emperor established the peak of the martial path as the Martial Saint, and he was the first Martial Saint. For ten thousand years after the First Emperor, the Martial Saint has been the most sacred realm in the hearts of countless martial artists."

"However, five hundred years after the First Emperor solidified his rule over the land, throughout his entire dynasty, no other Martial Saint was born."

"Until the state established by the First Emperor collapsed, the land fell into chaos, and heroes vied for power, a second Martial Saint was born!"

"The Overlord! This peerless expert who suppressed all heroes under heaven, like the First Emperor, established his own nation."

"Strangely, throughout his entire dynasty, no new Martial Saint was born either, and the Martial Saint became a legend."

"Dynasties crumbled, and cycles repeated. The land fell into chaos once more, and amidst decades of slaughter, a Martial Saint rose."

"In a thousand years, only three Martial Saints were born. The Martial Saint became the supreme existence in the world, more noble than any emperor. Anyone given a choice would choose to become a Martial Saint rather than an emperor."

"The Martial Saint is an uncrowned king to the world; any emperor must treat them with respect."

"As time passed, gradually, everyone seemed to discover a pattern: it appeared that Martial Saints were only born when dynasties collapsed and the land descended into chaos. Some speculated that only large-scale wars were the foundation for the birth of Martial Saints."

"From the First Emperor to the Overlord, and then to Guan Sheng, all rose amidst endless wars, slaughter, and violence."

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