Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

On the Internet.

Everyone had seen that video.

In the video…

The scenes were exquisite and they had a clear glimpse of the characters.

The voices and sound effects were perfect. Just as that powerful cultivator with a six-star aura wanted to strike, his right hand had been severed with one slash…

That beam of blue light was so distinct.

Immediately afterward… was the conversation between the two.

Every word been recorded in detail…

Everyone then found out that… The Mysterious Swordsman Flash had been in Qing Ming City all along! Furthermore, he could kill a six-star with one slash. How powerful was he, actually?!

Could it be that…

He was the legendary seven-star?

Just this thought alone made people feel excited.

Hence…

The popularity exploded.

News on whether the Mysterious Swordsman Flash was a seven-star cultivator appeared continuously. Someone even suspected that Mysterious Swordsman Flash himself was the incarnation of a certain seven-star!

Seven-star…

It was enough to cause a sensation!

However…

Qing Ming City itself was very confused.

This was because they knew too well what the so-called mysterious Swordsman was…

Wasn't this dingus created to be cannon fodder?

Did he really exist?!

They were very doubtful.

However, there was a video telling them that this was real!

As such…

A professional team even conducted verifications on this video and eventually certified it to be authentic! There was no mistake! This video was actually real!

Who was the mysterious Swordsman?

Why did he suddenly appear?

What was his true strength?

Various questions were emerging.

The people were well aware that the mysterious Swordsman did not belong to the current group of powerful figures. If he had attained seven-star, he was possibly a new seven-star cultivator!

This had a lot of significance!

As such…

The mysterious Swordsman ‘Flash' became a hot trending topic.

Of course.

Although this was a very important issue, the mysterious Swordsman was not the top trending topic.

The top place was regarding a certain celebrity cultivator who was hospitalized for treatment of finger injuries suffered when he cultivated last night… His fans were providing him with all forms of consolations.

“Ah, my family's Kun (Cai Xukun, better known as Kun, is a Chinese singer, dancer, rapper, and songwriter. He is active as a solo artist and was the leader and center of the Chinese boy group, Nine Percent.) injured his hand. My heart aches so much.”

“I cried for an entire night. S-sob…”

“I hope Kun can have a speedy recovery.”

Somewhere.

The bespectacled man was pleasantly surprised when he looked at the statistics downloaded at the backend.

This… many people viewed the video?

He merely set up a one-yuan purchase of permission rights and initially wanted to make some quick bucks.

In the end, a ma.s.sive number of viewers poured in and he realized his big childhood dream of ‘If everyone gives me one yuan, I can earn a huge sum of money'…

People even bought such things?

This was not logical!

This was the first time that he used his real ident.i.ty to release a video…

It was unedited.

It was unmodified.

And there were no stunts added.

In the end…

It became popular!

He had earned more than he did when he was making his own videos!

Just at this moment, he then realized how huge the Internet market was. Those offline funds that he made were not considered a big deal at all!

Hence…

He took off his spectacles.

Buzz—

Another face actually appeared beneath the spectacles.

“From today onwards, our team will change our image.”

“Huh?”

The team members looked dumbstruck.

“C-hange our image? We're killers… Hey..”

“So what if we're killers? The Internet is so developed nowadays. Even ladies are seeking employment and taking on sentry jobs. Why can't we do that?”

“Will it work?”

“Of course there won't be a problem. I didn't have a chance before… Now, I want to be a good person…”

Upon finis.h.i.+ng his words…

He paused for a moment. “A rich and good guy…”

Somewhere.

The men in black fell silent at the sight of the trending topics.

Seven-star!

Mysterious Swordsman Flas.h.!.+

Various key words caused their eyes to hurt.

It turned out that…

Qing Ming City had such a powerful character?!

“What about our plan?”

“Why don't we get that person to make a move…”

“Forget it, let's wait a while.”

“Huh?”

“Wait! He's not a native and may leave this place very soon… We have already waited for so long. Why hurry at this point in time…”

“Okay.”

At this very moment…

In the shop.

Lu Ming was cultivating.

The daily news was pushed to his device again.

“Qing Ming City News Report… A large number of cracks have appeared in numerous old towns… Travelers, please pay attention to your personal safety…”

Eh?

Lu Ming was suddenly startled.

Old town?

Cracks?

Shus.h.!.+

He opened the picture to take a look and his heart instantly s.h.i.+vered. The cracks of these old towns were actually similar to those in the school field but more serious…

Why was that so?!

Lu Ming grew solemn as he scrolled to the next page.

“According to expert a.n.a.lysis… Most of the places with cracks are tourist attractions. They are places that young couples tour during weekends. It may be because they have been out of repair for many years and are not strong enough… ”

Lu Ming was expressionless.

Oh.

Not hardy enough…

This term was brilliantly used.

Did those young couples offend you?!

However, the standard of the a.n.a.lyses from experts in a small city like Qing Ming City… Lu Ming could not even be bothered to chide them. Their consciences were considered clear if they did not sell fake drugs on television.

“Cracks…”

Lu Ming pondered slightly.

Qing Ming City was becoming more and more strange.

Forget it.

He would not think about it anymore.

There was limited information and he could not figure out anything.

Whether this was true or not, his priority now was to cultivate as fast as possible!

It was true.

Old Jiang was already back. Although he was almost killed… Yes, if there were no accidents, he could bring him to seek a breakthrough when he fully recovered!

However…

Lu Ming paused for a moment.

“Princ.i.p.al, you better not cultivate outside. It's too dangerous,” Lu Ming reminded him.

“Understood,” Jiang Feng agreed.

His injuries were too severe now. Going out was a burden.

“Don't worry. I've already found a safe place,” Jiang Feng said.

“Huh?”

Lu Ming was surprised.

Where in Qing Ming City was safe?

His thoughts were to let Jiang Feng buy a house near the police station under Xiaobai's name… But Old Jiang had already resolved this?

“I'm in the police office.”

Jiang Feng was very satisfied and contented. “I simply looked for them and got them to lock me up.

“Did they really dare to lock you up?”

Lu Ming was surprised.

Jiang Feng was the princ.i.p.al and a four-star!

“They didn't.”

Jiang Feng pursed his lips. “Therefore, I punched their chief.”

Lu Ming was silent.

Outstanding!

Indeed, he was an old, sly fox who was still alive and jumping around despite being hunted for many years…

Since that was the case, he did not need to worry about Jiang Feng's safety.

“I can cultivate with ease then.”

That was what Lu Ming had in mind.

He looked at his energy level. After a period of hard work by the Original Card, he had already sprinted from the initial three thousand points to the six thousand now!

The speed was rapid!

After all…

This was a twenty-hour cultivation computer program!

Lu Ming also experienced a huge kick out of it!

Haha.

He no longer needed to worry about Xiaobai catching up with him!

“Xiaobai,” Lu Ming asked satisfactorily, “How much energy do you have now?”

“I don't know.”

After pondering, Xiaobai called the Original Card that was glowing in the corner to come. After asking it, she said, “Five thousand three hundred.”

Five thousand three hundred?!

Lu Ming was dumbstruck.

Why did she progress that quickly?!

Judging from this, she was going to catch up with him soon?

At the thought of this…

He went to the corner, pulled his Original Card and gave it a bas.h.i.+ng.

The Original Card looked dumbstruck.

“Have you been skiving?”

Lu Ming was filled with skepticism.

The Original Card stared at him as if he was an idiot.

Don't you have an idea of your own energy? Other people can absorb as much energy as they want but your energy needs to undergo a forceful conversion… as well as tempering!

How the h.e.l.l could it increase that quickly?!

Oh.

That was right.

Lu Ming recalled.

Xiaobai's energy did not need tempering…

“But I remember that she can't catch up with me.”

Lu Ming was doubtful.

The Original Card still looked at him as if he was an idiot.

Who can you blame?

You are the one who asked me to teach my cultivation method… Now, Xiaobai's Original Card has suddenly improved in leaps and bounds, although it is still much weaker than me…

Furthermore, it does not need tempering. Of course, it will cultivate faster.

As such…

It had been looked down on by Xiaobai's Original Card umpteen times!

It was true.

It really wanted to give that chap a beating and then tell it that ‘Yours truly needs to temper'! I'm absorbing three-star peak energy! I'm different from a tiny Original Card like you!

It was a pity…

The card could not understand at all!

It only discovered that its cultivation speed was faster than Lu Ming's Original Card. Therefore, it felt very proud.

Oh.

That was right.

Lu Ming recalled.

Seemingly, he should take the blame. But then again, the Original Card actually dared to stare at him like that?

Cras.h.!.+

He pulled it to a corner and beat it up.

He felt much better now.

“Cultivate properly. Don't mess around,”

Lu Ming instructed.

The Original Card was silent.

Why did it feel that Lu Ming always wanted to find excuses to give it a beating?

It was too much!

Xiaobai was better. She never beat him…

After teaching the disobedient Original Card a lesson, Lu Ming was in a much better mood. His mind was clearer. He then summarized the recent knowledge learned and published a new paper.

“Fourth Stage Guideline for Sword Card Master — The Education and Self-cultivation of the Card Spirit!”

What should you do once you attained the card spirit stage?

Education!

What was the function of the card spirit?

Self-cultivate!

In the paper, Lu Ming described how to educate the card spirit in detail…

Mainly, it was to beat it frequently… Ah, wrong. Mainly, it was to help the card spirit temper its physical quality as often as possible. It could aid the Original Card in its progress and would render huge gains.

Secondly.

Self-cultivation!

He learned this from Xiaobai.

From self-training to self-cultivation, it was a very long journey…

Xiaobai had already gone through this successfully. As to the cultivation method, Lu Ming did not write it. He also did not write about the glowing and breathing cultivation method.

After all…

No one would read this paper!

Although there were the two geniuses, Salted Crispy Chicken and Li Haoran… The card spirit was enough to make it ‘game over' for them…

At this very moment…

Zi Yang Combat College.

In the dormitory.

Yan Suqi's tiny face was nagging at the Original Card seriously, “Original Card, Original Card, you have already grown up. You must learn to cultivate by yourself…”

Again and again.

“Xiaoqi. You've already said this countless times…”

His roommate was suffering from an emotional meltdown.

Are you a fool?

Are you a fool?

How can it have consciousness?

“There will be one.”

Xiaoyan said seriously, “My senior sister's Original Card attained consciousness in this way. Master also said before that as long as you're sincere, it will definitely happen!”

“What if you fail?”

His roommate was curious.

“Then it should be because I'm not talented enough.”

Xiaoyan sighed.

“You're not talented enough?”

That roommate was in utter despair.

d.a.m.n it!

This was the first time that he heard someone saying that Xiaoyan was not talented enough!

“It is true.”

Xiaoyan was full of pride. “I won't talk about how powerful my master is. Senior sister picks up everything at a lightning speed. Her talent is shocking. She's almost a three-star now despite the fact that she's just twelve years old.”

The roommate had a ‘What the f***' look on his face.

True enough.

They were people of different worlds!

The dormitory regained its silence.

Student Xiaoyan began to nag seriously again.

However…

He did not notice that, at a certain place outside the window, a graceful figure was looking at the serious demeanor from afar. Her heart ached and she felt somewhat worried.

“Silly child…”

The figure sighed.

Sword Card Master…

Was this journey that easy?!

At her current standing, she naturally had more clarity regarding the situation. This so-called Sword Card Master was created by Lu Ming and a few people…

There was no legacy!

There was no future!

However…

This was the first time that she saw her young brother looking that serious…

“Forget it.”

She sighed.

It was also quite good to let her younger brother cultivate this. At the very least, it was very safe.

Sword Card Master…

Well…

Wasn't it just a Card Creator who could create sword-type abilities at lightning speed?!

In that case…

Instead of killing, the combat method was to stack up cards and throw them. From a certain perspective, this was certainly safer. It was good too.

As to how far this path would go…

She would leave it to them!

Shus.h.!.+

Her figure disappeared at that instant.

Vaguely.

She seemed to be conversing with someone…

“The Land of Legacy has a thunder spirit… Please come with me.”

At this very moment…

Qing Ming City.

Lu Ming's life had also returned to normalcy.

Reading, cultivating, studying cards.

Princ.i.p.al Jiang Feng was cultivating in the prison. He and Xiaobai would visit him occasionally. Aside from this, they would cultivate in the shop and strive for an early breakthrough.

Well…

He was already at six thousand and five hundred energy points now!

The increase was significant!

Judging from this, beating the Original Card was indeed effective…

Lu Ming was very satisfied.

At this rate, he would be able to break through soon!

However…

That day…

When Lu Ming was studying the foundation knowledge of four-star cards, suddenly, a dazzling radiance flashed across the shop. Immediately afterward, a ray of light zoomed past his eyes…

Whoos.h.!.+

Eh?

Lu Ming looked up and his eyes instantly widened.

Over there…

Xiaobai was standing on the Original Card and floating leisurely in the air. After circling outside the shop once, she then slowly turned back…

Sword Kinesis Flight??!

If he did not see it wrong, this was the legendary Sword Kinesis Flight?!

Oh.

Wrong. Card Kinesis Flight?!

Lu Ming was shocked!

It turned out that…

The Original Card could do this?!

That was right.

Lu Ming suddenly recovered from his senses.

His Original Card was already comparable to a Sword Embryo. Perhaps he could say that it could be taken as a Sword Embryo. Since that was the case, why couldn't he execute Sword Kinesis Flight?

It could completely do that!

Haha, why didn't he think of that?

Well…

“Come, come! Let's try it too,”

Lu Ming called out to his Original Card excitedly.

He tried to get the Original Card to float in the air and then used his thoughts to forcibly control the Original Card's suspension. He happily stepped onto it afterward.

Cras.h.!.+

The Original Card was trampled to the ground.

Leaving behind a deeply imprinted footprint on the card's surface…