Only fame and authority must never be entrusted to others...
No matter the era, gaining enough renown was an extraordinarily difficult thing.
Conversely, if a person's reputation was great enough, the achievements they could accomplish would likewise be far from ordinary.
In the modern society of his previous life, fame could still spread quickly through media such as the internet, aiding one's development.
Even an ordinary commoner had a chance, through sheer luck, to have their name seen by millions or even tens of millions of people.
But in an ancient world, every means of making a name for oneself was controlled by the powerful and aristocratic families.
For an ordinary person to seek fame was simply a fool's dream.
This martial world was different. The most fundamental requirement for gaining fame was strength!
Just as Guo Zhenyi, the dockmaster of Thirteen Linked Docks, was an Innate Realm expert—even though many people had never seen his face, they still knew his name.
Even Li Chengfeng, a martial artist from the tiny county town of Green Mountain City, had known of this man the moment he first stepped into the martial path.
That was the effect of strength.
To gain fame, strength was the only way!
But now, although they were at the peak of the Channel-Opening Realm, and Li Chengfeng had even reached the Aperture-Condensing Realm—enough to roam unchallenged through the surrounding county towns and make a great name for themselves even within Shuiyang Prefecture—
Making a name beyond the prefectural city, to the point where people deeply bound him together with Shuiyang Prefecture, would be difficult.
For that, they had to do something no one before them had ever done.
For example, they could set certain conditions and claim first place in all of Shuiyang Prefecture, then carry that