Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 4: The Changing World

Lu Ping learned about this world as a 'comprehensive martial arts world' from the storyteller Old Man Sun when he was working as a temporary handyman for them in a first-class inn.

The old man Sun not only told stories, but also talked about the underworld. From him, Lu Ping heard many names of people in the underworld that he was familiar with.

There is "Geese and butterflies are the double wings, the fragrance of flowers fills the world", there is also "The beautiful Zhang Sanniang, the cold palace invites the moonlight", and there is also "The love story of the famous knight and the ghost palace master for seven days and seven nights".

When Lu Ping learned all this, he was surprised at first, and then excited. After listening to several shows, he vaguely guessed that this was not the ancient times, but a fictional era with a martial arts world.

In this world, there are many characters that he was familiar with in his previous life, or only heard of by name, from various martial arts novels, movies, and games.

Lu Ping had read quite a few online novels about martial arts in his previous life. In addition, the rewards given by the system allowed him to have guesses about this aspect very early on, so he quickly accepted what happened to him, as well as all the strange and bizarre settings.

Similar to the settings of most martial arts games, this era is fictional, and this world is also fictional.

The Shenzhou Continent is highly similar to most of the comprehensive martial arts world.

The mainland is divided into the Central Plains and four major martial arts worlds: East, West, South, and North. In the Southern Martial Arts World, there is a Suzaku Dynasty, which occupies about 70% of the land. There are seven prefectures under the Suzaku Dynasty. Taiping Town, where Lu Ping is located, belongs to Anning Prefecture, one of the seven prefectures.

From what Old Man Sun said about the Jianghu, Lu Ping could basically judge that the Suzaku Dynasty was actually the "Ming Dynasty".

To put it in terms that are more in line with the logic of online literature, if one day you walk out of Taiping Town, the first thing you will have to face is a martial arts dungeon called 'Zongwu Daming'.

Hearing a few things about the martial arts world immediately aroused Lu Ping's dream of becoming a martial arts world.

This is the world of martial arts, the world of martial arts!

It is said that martial arts are fairy tales for adults. The moment Lu Ping realized that he was in the world of martial arts, he felt that his childhood had returned!

He decided right then and there that he must go out and try his luck in this world.

As the saying goes, "One should not travel far away while his parents are still alive." Lu Ping did not have this concern, but money is a key to success. He felt that before he set out on a journey, he must have enough money to support himself.

After all, even in the 21st century, traveling on a budget is difficult!
As for the amount of silver that he would have to support himself, he temporarily set a limit of 100 taels, which was roughly equivalent to the purchasing power of 100,000 RMB.

Fortunately, this world is no worse than any dynasty in history. Whether it is the rivers and lakes or the imperial court, the development is much better than one expected. The per capita living standard is also very high, so it is not too difficult to save money.

Lu Ping sat and waited for a while. After about a few minutes, the old man Sun who came to read books every three days finally arrived with his little granddaughter just when the waiter was serving the dishes.

After the old man and the young man arrived, they first greeted the diners and audience around them with a fist bump, then lit up their pipes, prepared tea, and finally began today's storytelling.

"Last time, I talked about how the chivalrous prodigal son and the ghost palace master fought in a secret room for seven days and seven nights. The battle was so intense that he was exhausted. After escaping, he defeated the martial arts demon of the time and finally retired overseas with his lover and friends."

"However, only few people know that before they went out to sea, they left a secret book containing all they had learned throughout their lives to a younger generation in the martial arts world..." The storyteller's surname was Sun. He liked to smoke dry tobacco. He also had a granddaughter named Xiaohong, who was also well versed in martial arts.

In view of the above points, Lu Ping is 80% sure that he is the Tianji Old Man Sun who appeared in "The Sentimental Swordsman and the Ruthless Sword", but...

"I don't know what level of strength this old man Sun has in the martial arts world. At least he definitely doesn't have a title like 'Number One in Weapon List'."

While Lu Ping was eating the hot fried rice brought by the waiter, he kept looking at Old Man Sun and his granddaughter.

Sun Xiaohong has two pigtails, fair skin, and a playful and cute look. She plays the role of supporting actor beside old man Sun, and her words and actions are indescribably clever.

The only thing that disappointed Lu Ping was that the little girl was not yet eight years old.

Just as Lu Ping was stunned, a guest and audience member not far away suddenly shouted to the stage: "Old Sun, the famous knight in your story, isn't he the 'famous knight' Shen Lang who made a splash in the martial arts world many years ago? The secret book they left behind is the 'Love Flower Treasure Mirror', right?"

Old man Sun laughed and took a puff of the dry tobacco in his hand. After a long while, he spoke: "Speaking of "The Mirror of Love for Flowers", we have to mention a woman, she is Lin Shiyin; and when we mention Lin Shiyin, we have to mention 'Little Li Tanhua' Li Xunhuan..."

Hearing this, Lu Ping's eyes lit up and he became more energetic: "Here comes the interesting part!"

In the world of martial arts, the destinies of all the people in the world are intertwined and influence each other. The stories that you are familiar with and the life experiences of the characters in the stories have long since changed beyond recognition.

In "The Sentimental Swordsman", Li Xunhuan and Lin Shiyin, who were initially a couple in love, ended up in a tragedy full of regrets because of the appearance of Long Xiaoyun. The little-known secret book "Lianhua Treasure Mirror" left by Wang Lianhua also fell into the hands of the scumbag Long Xiaoyun.

But in this world, Long Xiaoyun did not seem to appear.

This resulted in Li Xunhuan still being the high-spirited scholar who won the imperial examination, while Lin Shiyin... learned the "Lianhua Baojian" and became the successor of Wang Lianhua and a great chivalrous woman.

I heard that the two got married more than ten years ago. After that, Li Xunhuan resigned from his official position and traveled around with his lover, making countless people in the martial arts world envious. Now, they have become the topic of conversation after dinner.

There are countless people like Long Xiaoyun, who, due to their own lack of strength or bad popularity, were unable to interfere in the fate of others as in the original plot, or even disappeared silently in this dangerous martial arts world.

"…The last time this couple appeared was half a year ago. With just the two of them, they wiped out 800 bandits in the southwest."

For more than half an hour, Old Man Sun was telling the story of Li Xunhuan and Lin Shiyin, a pair of chivalrous lovers who traveled the world and helped the weak and punished the strong, and everyone applauded.

"Since then, I haven't heard much news about them, but I did hear a rumor that the couple got tired of playing in the martial arts world and went home to inherit the family property."

When the diners heard this, their cheers suddenly stopped, the smiles on their faces froze, and the sound of teeth grinding could be faintly heard in the air.

(End of this chapter)