MTL - Naruto: The Village is on the Verge of Bankruptcy, I Dug Out the Oil - Chapter 3

Anton is a great-grandfather. He is living quite a happy life, despite his advanced age and declining health… until a group of cultivator bandits moves into the area. The nearby guardians of the area, the Order of Ninety-Nine Stars, are unable to track them down as they continue to ravage nearby towns. During one desperate winter Anton is out on a hunt when his family- his entire village- is killed or taken as slaves by the bandits. He lacks the strength to fight them, and he wasn’t even present for their arrival to die with his loved ones. At the pit of his despair, he wonders if he ever had any chance to change things. What could he even do? He cannot even pull his best bow, and his eyesight is failing. If he had been a cultivator… perhaps there might have been a chance, but he was decades- perhaps even most of his life- too late.Participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge (2022)Notes on cultivation levels:There are five general stages of cultivation, though the fifth is extremely rare. Each cultivation style might have their own name for the stages.1. Body Tempering2. Spirit Building/ occasionally System Creation (Ninety-Nine Stars)3. Constellation Formation (Ninety-Nine Stars)4. Life Transformation/Galaxy Construction (Ninety-Nine Stars)5. Ascension

The world is a sea of bitterness.

The mortal swims in the sea.

The body is the vessel.

The soul is the mortal on the vessel.

The vessel carries the mortal as it sails endlessly towards the other side of the sea.

Does cultivating the body strengthen the vessel enough to reach the other side of this sea of misery?

Or does cultivating the soul give the mortal on the vessel the ability to master swimming?

Cultivating according to the martial path allows one to become an Earthly Immortal.

Cultivating according to the immortal path allows one to become a Divine Immortal.

Which path should be chosen?

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Global mutation, the game descends into reality, and humanity enters an era of universal job change!Qin Xian starts as a classic villain, born into an ambitious villainous family, willing to use any means necessary to achieve his goals, even at the cost of overthrowing the entire empire!From the outset, he aims to hunt down the Son of Luck, destroy his future, take his goddess, and kill his parents, forming a deep-seated blood feud.The Son of Luck vows revenge! But Qin Xian doesn’t care at all.Who says the villain will inevitably be defeated by justice? Who says the villain must be a stepping stone for the Son of Luck?In this life, Qin Xian will rise as a villain, stepping over the bones of the Son of Luck, ascending to the pinnacle, achieving the ultimate supremacy, and use the gods as his chess pieces.He intends to write the perfect villainous life.

Xiao Yu, who was a student from modern Earth, accidentally transports to another world and becomes the lord of a territory. Facing an unfavorable situation, he vows to take back his family business, build his new territory, kill all of those who covet his wealth, and dominate the world!

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