Master of Kaidan-Chapter 420: The Turmoil Begins

"What’s the matter, you look like you have a lot on your mind?"

In the early morning, seeing Yun Yao, who usually logged on before her morning performance, Feng Xue asked with a hint of concern.

Hearing Feng Xue’s voice, Yun Yao frowned and said uneasily,

"Um, I heard sitting with one leg over the other frequently is bad for the pelvis, the Crane Stance is even more extreme. Will it make my legs look ugly?"

"Is that what you’re worried about?" Feng Xue looked bewildered at Yun Yao until she made Yun Yao avoid her gaze, then she sighed and said,

"Why do you think most Experts from reputable sects in Martial Arts have such upright figures and extraordinary temperaments?"

"I’ve never met any Martial Arts Experts!" Yun Yao thought to herself, but she guessed,

"Because the ugly ones are too embarrassed to go out... Ouch! Why did you hit me again?"

"Because you deserved it!" Feng Xue rolled her eyes, at a loss for words with her disciple who popped jokes from time to time, she still explained,

"Why do you think in the Martial Arts world the external experts are always considered less than the internal ones?"

"Internal ones can fight better? Live longer? Surely it’s not because they look more attractive?"

Though piecing it with the context, Yun Yao thought she meant it’s about looking appealing, but looking pleasing as part of a Martial Arts hierarchy? Martial Arts is about the Strong commanding respect, isn’t it?

"External Experts can fight well too, but their external training methods impact their body, often causing decline as they age. Even transitioning from external to internal can’t avoid this. Internal Experts initially progress slowly, but continual cultivation of Inner Qi regenerates the body, contributing to a healthy, youthful appearance, and with Sound Attack, besides musical rhythm, there is Inner Strength. If you diligently practice, you’ll only grow more beautiful, there’s no way you’ll become less attractive."

"Really?" At the mention of becoming more beautiful with training, Yun Yao perked up immediately, but then worries emerged, reality doesn’t have Inner Strength. If she becomes more attractive in the game, what about real life? It surely can’t be possible to cultivate Inner Strength in reality too, can it?

Despite such thoughts, Yun Yao wasn’t entirely sure, because when she got back to reality and subconsciously took the stance, she could feel a warm current subtly emanating from her abdomen.

"Could it be just psychological? Phantom limb pain or something?" Yun Yao was very unsure, but she couldn’t help harboring her delusions.

Having Heart of Bright Mirror next to her, Feng Xue of course knew what Yun Yao was thinking, but he made no attempt to elucidate, only calmly stated:

"It is genuine, as long as it’s not some deviant extreme Inner Strength, all have rejuvenating effects, the degree just varies. You’ve made some progress in Pile Skill, you should have developed the Qi Sense. Next, I’ll teach you methods to guide the Qi Sense and the paths for Qi Circulation..."

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Just when Yun Yao was looking forward to Feng Xue’s teachings, a harsh metallic clashing noise came from the direction of the village ancestral hall, followed immediately by someone’s desperate shout:

"The Wokou have landed! The Wokou have landed!"

"Wokou?!" Feng Xue paused, suddenly enlightened, but also secretly thought the plot seemed slow.

After all, reckoning with full count, the second beta has been half a month, who delays the main storyline in a game a whole half month after launch, be it PC or mobile, they’d be criticized.

But reflecting on it, placed in this game it didn’t seem so exaggerated since ordinary players just gathering enough fees to attend Martial Arts training took over ten days. If Wokou were to land right after the Descent, players probably wouldn’t even encounter monsters before the Martial Artists in town had dealt with them.

"Just not sure how the plot is supposed to be driven, whether Kaidan predicted the timing or through some provocative acts guided it, or maybe... these Wokou are simply data-driven?"

Feng Xuexin was somewhat perplexed but did not move. Instead, she waved her hand towards Yun Yao and said,

"Go and see what has happened."

"???" Yun Yao really wanted to tell her to go check it out herself, but considering that the subsequent Inner Strength was still in the other’s hands, she had no choice but to honestly run towards the direction of the ancestral hall.

Watching Yun Yao leave, Feng Xuexin leisurely picked up a guzheng and placed it on her knees, quietly beginning to play.

The sound of the guzheng was gentle and balmy, yet subtly interlaced with notes of aggression, giving the peaceful melody an undertone of veiled threat. At first listen, it seemed as tranquil as the warm sun of an autumn day, quite ordinary. But upon careful listening, one could sense a chill spreading out, making one’s hair stand on end.

"What is this piece called?"

Yun Yao, who had returned to the cottage exterior at some point, only spoke after Feng Xuexin had finished playing, while behind her, a group of silly gamers were also staring wide-eyed, seemingly waiting for a quest.

Feng Xuexin had grown accustomed to such situations. Over the past half month, nearly every day hordes of players would come to him, mostly just for a wooden sword or such.

Feeling the [quest npc] label forming on him, he did not comply with the players’ expectations by offering a quest. Instead, he simply stated the title of the piece in a flat tone—

"Bai Lu."

"Another solar term, eh? The cold changing from defensive to offensive, day-night temperature differences starting to increase?" Since Feng Xuexin’s previous pieces were all about the twenty-four solar terms, Yun Yao had naturally looked up a lot of information. Connecting this to what the village chief said earlier, she immediately understood the implication of the piece, but what surprised her was, Feng Xuexin then asked,

"Is the village gathering people for some issue?"

"Eh? Didn’t you already know?" Yun Yao was surprised. If he didn’t know, why would he play Bai Lu so fittingly?

"Just say it if I ask you to!" Feng Xuexin rolled his eyes, and Yun Yao instinctively protected her head, then meekly said,

"The village chief said that recently, Wokou have landed from the east, and the Martial Arts experts from the county have gone to meet the enemy. However, some bandits still slipped through. Moreover, with those experts gone, previously timid bandits and outcasts from the Sects are also likely to cause trouble, so he asked everyone to be vigilant."

As Yun Yao recounted the village chief’s words, she didn’t really think so, or rather, none of the players thought so.

For ordinary people, the Wokou invasion was a danger, something that could result in death. But for players, weren’t the Wokou just mobs in the Game?

Even if they hadn’t encountered Wokou in this game yet, being people who lived in the information age and had been influenced by countless movies, TV dramas, and web novels, even if the big monsters in this game didn’t provide experience, there were still loot drops!

What are Wokou most famous for?

Wokou Blades!

That’s the stuff that makes bootlegs kill off the official items!

Feng Xuexin, of course, knew exactly what the players were thinking, but he didn’t believe that players at this stage could defeat those samurai worthy of wielding Wokou Blades. However, seeing those eager players, he chuckled inwardly, though outwardly he acted as if he couldn’t see them at all, simply beckoning Yun Yao,

"Given these circumstances, we’ll probably have quite a few bandits around lately. You’ve always complained about learning Basic Skills; this time, I’ll teach you a Killing Song."

As soon as the words fell, Yun Yao felt countless murderous glances directed at her, but she was not scared at all. Instead, she felt exhilarated, very much so!

"After half a month of hardship, I’ve finally snagged it!"

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