[As an uninitiated, zeroth-tier God of Wealth, you spent nearly half your Wealth Source Points to disrupt spacetime with Wealth Source.] [The powerful force of Wealth Source shook spacetime, dislodging an exceedingly faint and fragmented force of spacetime that carried you ten years into the future.] [Having arrived near Jiang City once again, you found the city peaceful, as though untouched by war, utterly unlike the grim, desolate atmosphere of the previous future timelines.] [O God of Wealth from the past! You had come to the future many times, but only this time was the place where you arrived finally no longer a battlefield. Looking at the familiar, peaceful surroundings, you were overjoyed.]
Su Wen watched the words flicker before him, fully understanding the changes to the future timeline.
It seemed he had been overthinking things. While he practiced the body-strengthening movements in his house, the Star God had neither watched him nor recorded and taken those movements away.
The previous two future timelines had changed only because he had obtained the Body Refining Art from the future and passed it on after leaving the trial Arrow Realm.
After all, Jiang City had changed a great deal. It seemed the early introduction of the Basic Body Tempering Method 1.0 and Tiger Fist had been a great help in the future war.
[You saw a taxi passing by and raised a hand to flag it down.] [On the ride into Jiang City, you struck up a conversation with the driver. From him, you learned that the Rule Arrow Realm had shattered seven years ago, and nonhumans had emerged from it, intent on invading Huaxia's lands.] [As he talked, the driver couldn't help sighing with emotion. Fortunately, Su Wen, the founder of martial dao, pioneer of martial dao, and creator of the body method, had sounded the alarm before his death. The various departments of Huaxia had long since prepared countermeasures, or the situation would surely have been much worse.] [Amid his reflections, the driver couldn't help sneaking a couple of glances at you. He joked that you looked quite a lot like Su Wen, and if Su Wen hadn't been dead for many years, he might have thought his passenger was Su Wen himself.] [O God of Wealth, who was just marveling at his growing list of titles! Having learned of your future death once again from a taxi driver, what thoughts crossed your mind?] [You asked the driver about the cause of Su Wen's death. Upon learning that you had died exploring an Arrow Realm, you sat in the back seat and fell into a strange silence.] [O foolish God of Wealth! You needed to reflect carefully. You had fallen into the same pit twice, and a pit that cost you your life at that. Where had all your former timidity and cowardice gone?]
Su Wen: "..."
At that moment, looking at the faintly mocking words in the final passage, he too fell silent.
It was hardly surprising that his future self had died young.
But to have died exploring an Arrow Realm again was extraordinary.
Now he was curious whether his future self had still died exploring an Arrow Realm in May 2023.
If so, that was a little frightening.
Knowing there was a traitor on the inside and that the other party had set their sights on him, he would surely conceal his strength and even keep adding to his trump cards.
Play everything safe!
Stay on guard at every turn!
But even so, he had gone to explore the Arrow Realm without looking back, and had failed to emerge.
On the one hand, it showed he had a reason he had no choice but to explore that Arrow Realm.
On the other, the trap laid for him in that Arrow Realm might have been a little beyond his imagination.
Using an ox cleaver to kill a chicken?
No!
This was already using a planet-destroying orbital cannon to swat a mosquito!
A God of Wealth who crossed spacetime...
It seemed he had still underestimated the weight the God of Wealth carried in his enemies' minds.
If his enemies had spared nothing to kill him, then they must have had some idea of the God of Wealth's talent and future potential.
[While you were silent, the driver began glancing at your face frequently as he drove.] [Then, after briefly telling you about the tragic misfortunes that had befallen him, he suddenly changed the subject to the Martial Dao Library, which had opened outside Jiang City a year ago.] [You were very interested in the Martial Dao Library.] [With your agreement, the driver grinned, jerked the steering wheel around, and headed straight for the Martial Dao Library.] [Half an hour later, the driver stopped in front of a library. A huge statue stood before it, and the face carved on the statue was unmistakably yours.] [Seeing your awkward expression, the driver guessed you had no money. He said frankly that, since you looked so much like Su Wen, the pioneer of martial dao, he would give you this ride for free.] [O God of Wealth, so skilled at freeloading! Having come from the past to the future, you had once again used your shameless talent to get something for nothing.] [Seemingly because you resembled "Su Wen," the driver enthusiastically escorted you to the Martial Dao Library and told you the basics about it.] [But just as you entered the gates of the Martial Dao Library and were about to undergo an inspection, something unexpected happened.] [The driver suddenly told the guard at the Martial Dao Library that you were wearing the face of a departed forebear and knew nothing about the current situation. He strongly suspected you were a spy disguised as a human by the nonhumans.] [Looking at your familiar face, the guard of the Martial Dao Library immediately pressed the alarm and assumed a fighting stance. At the slightest suspicious move from you, he would fight you to the death.] [O foolish God of Wealth! Having lived in an era of peace, you had no understanding of how wary people were of outsiders in wartime. Even a taxi driver had a sincere heart devoted to ridding the people of harm.]
Su Wen: "..."
So, had he just been caught as a nonhuman spy?
It seemed... pretty reasonable for one of the Chaoyang masses to mistake him for a spy.
After all, he wore the face of a departed "forebear," and during his conversation with the driver, he had known nothing about the current situation.
He had even taken a taxi in Jiang City without knowing about the Martial Dao Library built there a year ago.
From the name alone, it was obvious that the Martial Dao Library wasn't something just anyone could build.
Perhaps its construction had long since caused a huge stir throughout the world.
So, if he didn't know about it and was acting suspiciously, how could he not be taken for a spy?
Still, this was a good thing. Ten years in the future, ordinary people all knew that nonhumans could disguise themselves as humans and infiltrate their ranks. The authorities might even have a way to counter their disguises.
[The person in charge of the Martial Dao Library rushed down upon hearing the alarm. The moment he saw you, he more or less understood what had happened.] [As the person in charge of the Martial Dao Library, Li Dong's fate had been changed by martial dao, and he held boundless reverence and admiration for you, the founder of martial dao, pioneer of martial dao, and creator of the body method.] [So, the instant Li Dong saw your face, he nearly lost control of the fury in his heart. How dare a vile, disgusting nonhuman desecrate his idol like this?]