World Level

Wudang's plaza was spacious enough. Even with all these famous sects, righteous martial artists, and Wudang disciples gathered here, it did not feel crowded.

Originally, Song Yuanqiao, the eldest of the Seven Heroes, was supposed to preside over the birthday celebration. Before he could even take a step forward, Zhang Sanfeng stopped him.

Zhang Sanfeng addressed his fellow martial artists. "Today is this old Taoist's hundredth birthday. I should have been quite happy, but now I find myself unable to be."

"Every one of you has killing intent in your eyes! What? Are you here to murder someone?"

"You did not come to celebrate this old Taoist's birthday! All you see is Xie Xun! And the Dragon Slaying Saber!"

The fierce looks in their eyes immediately became evasive, as though he had struck right at their thoughts.

"My fifth disciple, Zhang Cui Shan, has become sworn brothers with Xie Xun, the Golden-Haired Lion King. Whether it is Xie Xun or the Dragon Slaying Saber, you want to know where they are, do you not? Fine. Anyone capable enough to defeat this old Taoist here today may have them all! Those with sense should obediently get down the mountain. This old Taoist will let bygones be bygones!"

"True Man Zhang! You have wronged us! Of all the people present, who does not bear a blood feud against Xie Xun, the Golden-Haired Lion King? First, we came to wish you a happy birthday! Second, we merely wished to ask Fifth Hero Zhang about Xie Xun's whereabouts. But we only seek to repay grievances with grievances and avenge enmities with enmities! We have absolutely no improper designs on the Dragon Slaying Saber!"

Great Fat Sheep of the Ninja World: This guy does not look like a good person at all.

The speaker was He Taichong, the Kunlun Sect Leader. By now, he had completely torn off his mask. He even dared admit before Zhang Sanfeng that he truly wanted to learn Xie Xun's whereabouts.

From his clothes to his bearing, He Taichong looked every bit the famous righteous sect leader and veteran of the martial world. Yet he was all glitter on the outside and rot within.

Loli Connoisseur: He really is no good. Afraid of his wife, lustful, and secretly sinister and scheming.

With He Taichong taking the lead, the crowd suddenly seemed to find its backbone. They began clamoring noisily, like a pot that had boiled over.

"The Shaolin Temple abbot Kongwen arrives with his disciples!"

Shaolin truly had the airs of the world's number one sect. Everyone else had already arrived, yet they had to come a step later.

The old monk at the front, white-browed and white-bearded, cupped his hands and said, "Kongwen of Shaolin Temple, together with his disciples, wishes True Man Zhang eternal joy and longevity!"

Naturally, this old monk had also come for Xie Xun. After only a few words, he revealed his true face.

"This old Taoist already said it once, so I will say it again. If you want the whereabouts of Xie Xun and the Dragon Slaying Saber, fine! Defeat this old Taoist, and I will naturally tell you truthfully! If you do not have the guts, then come at me together!" Zhang Sanfeng's face darkened. Shaolin had the nerve to throw its weight around on his turf. They truly did not know whether they were dead or alive.

"Amitabha." The old monk recited a Buddhist invocation and said no more. He had indeed come intending to pressure them, but fight Zhang Sanfeng? Better not. He would never be the first to step forward.

Zhang Sanfeng had never used his aura to oppress anyone. He looked like nothing more than an ordinary old man next door, and that gave this rabble tremendous confidence.

No one knew who made the first move. In an instant, one tugged thread moved the whole body, and the scene descended into chaos. One after another, they lunged at Zhang Sanfeng with fierce gazes and imposing momentum.

Seeing this, the disciples were about to act. Zhang Sanfeng stopped them again. "Do not interfere. Remember to watch over Wuji."

"But, Master—" Before the words had even finished, Zhang Sanfeng lightly tapped the ground with his foot and landed amid the crowd.

His Taoist robe fluttered as he sent several blind fools flying, each coughing up blood.

Those near Zhang Sanfeng instantly backed away several steps in fright, afraid they would become the next ones.

"There are so many of us! What are we afraid of? Attack together!"

Loli Connoisseur: That man? Is he Cheng Kun? He did not come with Shaolin. Instead, he is hiding among the crowd and fanning the flames.

Best Uncle in the Three Realms: Is this the mastermind who framed Xie Xun?

Loli Connoisseur: It looks like True Man Zhang has not noticed him.

Best Uncle in the Three Realms: That is fine. Xie Xun should avenge his own grudge. Is Zhang Wuji not his adopted son? It would be fine to leave it to him in the future.

Zhang Sanfeng's Tai Chi Skill was vastly different from the Tai Chi Chen Huang had imagined. In Zhang Sanfeng's hands, it was like a merciless weapon of slaughter. Within a radius of more than ten meters around him, people could easily be dragged and thrown about. At any moment, they might become Zhang Sanfeng's shields and take two punches for him.

Before long, everyone had fallen to the ground. Zhang Sanfeng had spoken of sparing no one, but now he merely wounded them without killing. They lay scattered everywhere, and for a time, not one of them could stand. Although Zhang Sanfeng had not dealt killing blows, quite a bit of blood had still stained his black Taoist robe, though it was not very noticeable.

"Amitabha." Seeing this, Kongwen abandoned any thought of fighting and bid farewell to the Seven Heroes.

Loli Connoisseur: I thought these people were supposed to be formidable. This is all they had?

One by one, they helped each other to their feet and slunk down Wudang Mountain in disgrace. None retained the high spirits they had arrived with, nor did they dare mention Xie Xun, the Golden-Haired Lion King, again.

Zhang Sanfeng's livestream ended there.

"Ding! You have changed the tragic fate of disciple Zhang Cui Shan's family. Reward: 1000 Points."

Zhang Sanfeng shook his head. These Points were not enough. The martial arts of the Wudang Sect had all been created by him, and he had sold some of them in the Mall for Points. Yet that was only enough to buy some cultivation pills and immortal fruits. If he wanted to purchase a wondrous Cultivation Manual, the Points would vanish in an instant.

If he bought cultivation pills, Zhang Sanfeng himself could certainly advance further, but they would not be of much benefit to his disciples.

Hundred Year Old Virgin: This old Taoist has just obtained 1000 Points for saving my fifth disciple's family.

Loli Connoisseur: Does that not perfectly match what you were thinking?

Hundred Year Old Virgin: Yes, but this old Taoist does not know how to spend these Points.

Loli Connoisseur: How many Points do you have now?

Hundred Year Old Virgin: More than eight thousand.

Loli Connoisseur: My apologies for disturbing you.

Best Uncle in the Three Realms: More than eight thousand Points should already be enough for you to cultivate to the next stage, or even the one after that.

Hundred Year Old Virgin: But if this old Taoist breaks through to the next realm, it will not be of much help to my disciples. I do not want to wait until I am two hundred, only for all these disciples to die of old age, and then for my grand-disciples to become old men calling me Grandmaster.

Loli Connoisseur: Then unless the World Level rises, there is basically no hope.

Chat Group: Raising a World Level is definitely not as simple as you think.

Loli Connoisseur: Oh.

Hundred Year Old Virgin: What does that mean?

Loli Connoisseur: A World Level means this: the size of the fish determines the size of the fish tank needed. If a tank wants to hold more and bigger fish, there is only one way—the tank must become bigger. As the saying goes, shallow waters cannot raise a True Dragon. It means the same thing. You cannot break through because the world is restricting you. Your fish tank is only so large.

Hundred Year Old Virgin: Then how can this world's level be raised?

Chat Group: There is only one way to raise a World Level, and that is to increase the World Origin. The simplest method of increasing World Origin is naturally to plunder the origin of other worlds. Other factors, such as the number of living beings, power level, cultivation systems, species diversity, and degree of civilization, also affect World Origin.

Chat Group: If you want to raise your World Level, I suggest starting with species diversity, population, cultivation systems, and power level.

Loli Connoisseur: Species diversity, population, and cultivation systems are easy to understand. By power level, you mean powerful cultivators, right?

Chat Group: Power level includes both the number of top experts and the average level.

Loli Connoisseur: Then what is degree of civilization? Technology?

Chat Group: Do you think technological advancement is the standard for judging how developed a cultivation civilization is?

Loli Connoisseur: Oh.

Those two things had nothing to do with each other, so naturally that was not the reason.

Chat Group: In cultivation terms, it is comprehension of the Dao. In scientific terms, it is understanding of the world.

Great Fat Sheep of the Ninja World: But asking the old man to increase population or power level is asking too much, is it not? At most, he is only the leader of a sect, and he is already old.

Loli Connoisseur: I have a feeling you are thinking something improper. True Man Zhang cultivates his self-created Pure Yang Limitless Skill and has maintained a virgin body for a hundred years. Even now, he can still wake up every morning standing tall. Who are you looking down on?

Great Fat Sheep of the Ninja World: Baka! You are the one thinking improper thoughts! Is your head filled with filthy things like Jiraiya's? I mean that no matter whether he meddles with population or the baseline martial level, it will make the Daimyo of his world wary, will it not?

Loli Connoisseur: Oh, you mean that. During True Man Zhang's era, a True Dragon is about to emerge. He can take him as a disciple and teach him martial arts, strategy, and governance. Then let him descend the mountain. Once he becomes emperor, everything will be easy.

Best Uncle in the Three Realms: If that is the case, it would indeed be a good thing. The position of Imperial Tutor can bring considerable benefits. The same goes for State Preceptor and State Religion. With great merit and great fortune, cultivation will yield twice the result with half the effort.

Hundred Year Old Virgin: If that is so, then this old Taoist shall accept this disciple.

Loli Connoisseur: However, I do not particularly trust this man's character. In the future, he will rise through the Ming Cult. In the end, despite Zhang Wuji and Yang Xiao both being there, he will be the one to ascend the throne and become emperor. After becoming emperor, the Ming Cult will disappear. Several centuries later, only an evil cult, the Sun Moon Holy Cult, will remain. It is suspected to be the Ming Cult's successor.

Loli Connoisseur: Looking at it this way, I think Zhang Wuji would be far more suitable.

Hundred Year Old Virgin: In that case, this old Taoist will first observe his character before deciding whether to take him as a disciple. I am confident that even if he becomes emperor, this old Taoist can replace him with a new one.

Loli Connoisseur: All right. His name is Zhu Yuanzhang. He should currently be a member of the Ming Cult. His original name was Zhu Chongba, though he may also be called Zhu Laosi. He might be part of the Ming Cult's rebel army. True Man Zhang, just keep an eye out for him along the way when you go looking for the Nine Yang Divine Skill.