Returning

In the winter of 322 Great Chu, the snowflakes gradually covered the earth, and the entire Chu Kingdom was in a state of extreme excitement. The newly formed Yellow-Clad Guards accomplished Great Chu feat that the entire world had failed to achieve in more than two hundred years—reclaiming lost land from the Demonic Cult Demonic Person.

Therefore, the Great Chu Dynasty immediately ordered the expansion of the Yellow-Clad Guards, and the reigning emperor even personally wrote an imperial edict, intending to appoint Xuanjun as the Imperial Preceptor.

It was only when the officials arrived in Jining City with the imperial edict and rewards that they learned that Xuanjun had left Jining after leaving behind seven personal disciples, supposedly to further his martial arts and to go into seclusion for cultivation.

The public did not entirely believe this reason, and many conspiracy theorists even suspected that the Emperor of Great Chu felt that Xuanjun's achievements were too great and threatened the emperor, so he publicly rewarded him but secretly sent someone to assassinate Xuanjun.

However, no one believed this claim at all. Xuanjun was a powerful cultivator; even if someone in the world could kill him, they wouldn't do so so silently.

Eventually, the schemers' pronouncements faded away, leaving only the Martial World Myth Xuanjun entering the world to spread his teachings during a time of crisis, and then living in seclusion in peace and tranquility.

However, just as everything was slowly calming down, a piece of news suddenly ignited the entire martial arts world—

Two Martial Grandmaster got into an argument at the Yuelai Inn in Yanzhou, which escalated into a fight, but were subdued by a waiter all by himself.

Although it was no secret that everyone at Yuelai Inn, from the waiters to the owner, was Martial Arts Master, the fact that a waiter could so easily suppress two grandmasters who had practiced the Xuanjun Secret Scripture still attracted considerable attention.

Later, a martial arts practitioner, following the rules of Yuelai Inn, paid for information and learned that the waiter had actually discovered a peerless martial arts manual by accident in the Xuanjun Pavilion.

This news immediately caused a stir in the martial arts world. Although most people in the martial arts world thought it was just a pretext, the rumor was completely confirmed when several martial arts practitioners suddenly experienced a surge in their skills after their trip to Yanzhou.

As a result, the news that Xuanjun Pavilion contained countless divine skills left behind by Xuanjun spread throughout the martial arts world. Some people even tried to search for them by force, but Xuanjun's direct disciples were all highly skilled and possessed seven divine Divine Weapon personally crafted by Xuanjun. Helpless, they could only follow the rules of the Xuanjun Pavilion.

The Wuxia World is still in turmoil, but this has little to do with Feng Xue, who has returned to the Tower of Tower of Babel. The reason he is in such a hurry to come back is not only because things there have been largely completed, but more importantly, the Challenge Month of the Tower of Babel has arrived again.

Still remembering the horrific state of the vampire with large breasts, Feng Xue dared not gamble on whether anyone would challenge her. So she went back to the Tower of Babel through the same door she had used before, and closed the door behind her.

Although theoretically, at least one door in the villas of the Tower of Babylon will open every year, this is "at least." In other words, if you're lucky, it's possible for two doors to open.

Feng Xue, at this moment, was gambling on the possibility of this happening.

Unfortunately, he clearly didn't have that kind of luck—he still hadn't been able to open the second door of 2014 by the end of the Challenge Month and the arrival of 2015 in the real world.

"I wonder how Hundred Tales."

Feng Xue muttered to herself, took out her employee ID to make a phone call, but then remembered that Old Li was still running his Yuelai Inn in another world. She could only shake her head, first taking a car back to the house she rented in South District, and then dialing Hom's number.

"Beep--"

"Boss, what's up?" After a few busy tones, Hom's voice rang in her ears again. Feng Xue's lips curled up slightly as she said:

"I wasn't in Infinite City last year; I wanted to buy some information from you."

"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll be there in five minutes!"

Hom was deeply impressed by Feng Xue, this wealthy patron. Regardless of what information Feng Xue wanted, he immediately flew to Feng Xue doorstep, his face full of obsequiousness.

"Boss, here's the price list, please take a look."

Although it was called a price list, what Hom handed over was actually a contract that included prices, listing various "packages" to meet intelligence needs at different cost levels, and even providing external assistance services, such as directly helping to contact intelligence providers from other organizations.

Feng Xue glanced at the price list, and without hesitation, paid for the most expensive item, saying:

"This most complete one will do."

"Alright! Please ask." Hom had never imagined that someone would actually choose the most expensive option right away, and he thought to himself that his "flying trip" hadn't been in vain.

Having achieved cognitive freedom Feng Xue had completely lost the concept of money. This so-called "most expensive" was less than his earnings for two hours. Glancing at Hom's fawning expression, Feng Xue said directly:

"How's the cooperation with the Real Worlder going? And any news from the Hundred Tales lately?"

"Ah, this." Hom was somewhat surprised upon hearing this. It wasn't that he didn't know, but rather that he hadn't expected this big shot to spend so much money to ask about such common knowledge.

After a moment's thought, Hom pieced together some inside information in his mind and then spoke it along with the normal intelligence:

"After Hundred Tales closed that door two years ago, there were three more incidents of outsiders entering the door in groups. Moreover, the three groups seemed to come from different factions. However, Hundred Tales did not intend to compromise on this matter and attacked with all its might each time. So far, all three doors have been closed. However, it is said that Hundred Tales paid a considerable price to close the doors. It seems that two of its executives died. But in return, it also caused quite a stir in the real world."

At this point, Hom looked up at Feng Xue to make sure he didn't react, before continuing:

"It is said that the actions of Hundred Tales have affected countries around the world, and the management of Landfill Area has become more stringent than before. However, many organizations have also begun to seize those small Landfill Area, which means that Hundred Tales has to spend more manpower to maintain control over the Landfill Area."

"However, the real world seems to be in more trouble than the Infinite City. Last year, the adventurers who went out of the Infinite City were polarized. Some were captured by real-world organizations and required to learn the local language. However, due to the limited reserves of [consciousness], only some who learned a small amount of the language were able to accurately tell the remaining time and return. The rest basically died."

"And these are the lucky ones, because many countries, spurred by the Hundred Tales, have implemented extermination policies against Mu. Of course, this information comes from survivors who came back alive, so there may be some inaccuracies."

"What about the Hundred Tales?" Feng Xue wasn't too surprised by what Hom said; he was more worried about the Hundred Tales. Hearing Feng Xue's question, Hom shrank back slightly, his voice becoming much softer, as if afraid of being overheard, and said:

"It seems like the Hundred Tales is preparing for war."

A classic case of shifting the goalposts.

You say that Indian martial gods have low influence and low recognition, but I tell you that there are myths and reinterpretations based on Indian martial gods all over the world. Then you say that those are derivatives, not the original...

Are we discussing the issue of derivatives versus prototypes? I'm replying to you because you said Indian warrior gods have low brand recognition, okay?

The reason I mentioned there are many derivative works is because that represents brand recognition. Something without brand recognition wouldn't have so many derivative works, understand?

This is a different story from the Innate Supernatural Tale. The Innate Supernatural Tale naturally arise from a large amount of knowledge and a unified setting, but those that are played and whose power is drawn through authority do not.

This is stealing power directly from the source of [consciousness], equivalent to confronting the progenitor directly; it's like digging a canal and fraudulently claiming funds!

Your own knowledge is limited. You say someone isn't well-known, but when I tell you they are, you bring up other things. What kind of mentality is that?

So, if you don't know something, it's considered unknown, right? If you don't know a certain international award, it means that award has no authority, right? If you haven't seen a movie, it's considered obscure, right? If you don't recognize a celebrity, they're not a celebrity, right?

And you're saying "Shura is already a term with its own independent setting"? These days, Webnovel use the original setting of Shura as "belligerent, easily angered, and brave in battle," okay? Give me a new, independent setting.

So you really use ignorance as your justification?