With Cultivation Simulator in a Chaotic World-Chapter 183 - 181: Patterns

[The Inscription of a Humble Room spread throughout Ange County, and no one dared to believe it was written by an eleven-year-old child.]

[You begin to read through the Confucian classics, gaining much insight from them, discovering that the essence of the Confucian classics greatly benefits your state of mind.]

[You start seeking out famous Confucian scholars, discussing and exploring the truths of Confucianism with them.]

[Your ideas, like your Swordsmanship, take unconventional paths, often leaving many renowned Great Scholars speechless, many of whom wish to take you as their disciple, but you gently refuse them.]

[You start traveling through Ange County, inscribing poems in various places, yet you feel somewhat uneasy, as these masterpieces, however ingenious, are not your own.]

[You return to the Pei Family, immersing yourself in the mountains of books.]

[You read through the Confucian texts, using books as a medium to converse with countless souls.]

[You swim in a sea of books, turning over mountains of texts.]

[You venture out to participate in the Imperial Examination, casually writing three thousand words before leaving, caring not for anything else.]

[Your name appears on the list, and you are the top scorer in this session’s metropolitan examination. Your father is overjoyed, but you refuse to accept the title, citing your lack of participation in the provincial examination...]

"Why don’t you accept this honor?"

"This is something you rightfully earned." Pei Xiu’s tone carried anger.

"A true gentleman is straightforward and upright, Father. I did not participate in the provincial examination."

"You!" Pei Xiu pointed at Pei Min, thinking if it weren’t for Pei Min’s reluctance to engage in these meaningless matters, he wouldn’t have resorted to means to let Pei Min skip all previous exams and directly enter the crucial metropolitan examination.

Passing the metropolitan examination leads to the capital for the palace examination, truly climbing the ladder to Qingyun!

If things were exposed, it would be a grave crime, but for Pei Min, Pei Xiu went all out, never expecting such an outcome.

"Father, Confucianism is indeed useful, but it is not for fame and fortune." Pei Min’s eyes sparkled with brilliance.

He stood up with a certain mysterious aura about him.

This aura seemed detached from the world yet contained the heart of the world.

"Then what is it for! I read so many books in my youth for this official cap!"

"Of course, it’s for... harmonizing the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world!"

Pei Min’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

"I once heard a rural Great Scholar speak of his ideal: ’To establish a heart for the heavens and earth, to establish a life for the people, to continue the legacy of past sages, and to open peace for all ages.’"

Pei Xiu stood in shock, dazedly looking at Pei Min, as these four phrases echoed in his ears.

"This is the true meaning of Confucianism, not merely serving the King..."

Something seemed to break through Pei Min’s body, a gentle light faintly shimmering on his forehead.

It was the Vast Righteous Qi Pei Min cultivated.

"However... it’s a pity..." Pei Min sighed once more.

"My path ultimately is not the Confucian Dao..."

The Vast Righteous Qi within Pei Min rapidly transformed, becoming sharper and even vaster...

"My path is still the Sword Dao!"

A surge of Sword Intent exploded from Pei Min.

Simultaneously, three Sword Intents emerged from Pei Min’s body.

A purely concentrated Sword Intent, a sharp Sword Intent that seemed to pierce the clouds, and a vast and heavy Sword Intent capable of sustaining all beings.

[After a year of reading, you cultivated Vast Righteous Qi, and with the Visualization Image and Swordsmanship, you successfully developed Vast Sword Intent.]

[You leave your homeland once again, traveling through the Yu Dynasty, sparring with many Sword Dao experts.]

...

[In the nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-third year of the Celestial Sword Calendar, you opened the Heaven and Earth Bridge with Sword Intent, stepping into the Innate, becoming a Martial Arts Grandmaster, and in Jianghu, known as... Sword Saint.]

[At this time, you are only thirteen years old.]

[With sufficient strength, you have considerable capital to seek higher-level information.]

[In just a year, using the Selfless Concealment Technique from your previous life to hide your identity, you obtained various pieces of information. You became an enforcer for an Assassination Organization, a core Nursing Home member of a prominent family, an apprentice of a Major Jianghu Sect...]

[You also collected several sets of top-tier Sword Dao legacies. You did not transform them into Sword Intent but used these cultivation techniques to perfect your own Sword Dao Cultivation.]

[Your three Sword Intents grow increasingly formidable, and you can sense something within you being tugged.]

[In the nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-sixth year of the Celestial Sword Calendar, King of Beiyou of the Yu Dynasty died, the northern nomadic tribes invaded en masse, and internally, the Yu Dynasty began to experience peasant uprisings...]

Jiang Ming furrowed his brows.

He looked back to review the golden text he’d seen before.

Before this, the Yu Dynasty was a period of calm with no turmoil, apart from occasional northern nomadic raids, it resembled an era of peace and prosperity.

"This feeling... is somewhat familiar..." Jiang Ming’s eyes narrowed slightly.

Memories of records from ancient texts once researched by Pei Min resurfaced in his mind.

The previous dynasty... also seemed to suddenly collapse from an era of prosperity...

"This doesn’t align with sociology..."

The main cause of feudal dynastic changes is the imbalance in resource distribution, where the wealthy possess vast lands while the poor have no place to stand.

After warfare, those who controlled the means of production changed, allowing enough resources for the lower class, thereby alleviating social contradictions.

But now, during the Yu Dynasty’s peak, the Imperial Court suppressed all dissent.

Even the most formidable Sword Saints in Jianghu, though equal to the Imperial Court, still had to cooperate with it. Pei Min’s admittance into Lum Changfeng’s tutelage was due to Pei Xiu’s machinations.

"Emperor Taizu of the Yu Dynasty seemed to have directly overthrown a prosperous previous dynasty, establishing the Yu Dynasty... and it’s not too long ago..."

[After reading ancient texts, you discovered a pattern...]

All dynasties weaken suddenly at their peak, allowing Jianghu powers to grow dominant, with new regimes and old ones fighting to mutual exhaustion. Amidst the chaos, Jianghu flourishes with many ideas and schools of thought.

It’s as if an invisible hand altered societal patterns for a specific purpose.

Not only the Yu Dynasty, but the surrounding hundreds of nations follow the same pattern.

"Manipulating the mundane... it indeed resembles the methods of a Cultivator..." Pei Min set aside the ancient text, "The true Extraordinary Power... I wonder how it compares to the Cultivator system, or if it’s an even purer Sword Cultivator..."

Pei Min felt a sense of anticipation.

[Chaos arrived in an instant. Northern nomadic horsemen wreaked havoc, and southern Rebel Armies swept through, turning the Yu Dynasty into a mess. Your father, as the County Captain, the highest military official of a county, immediately found himself overwhelmed.]

[In the seventh month of the nine thousand seven hundred and twenty-sixth year of the Celestial Sword Calendar, the Rebel Army swept through, breaking seven counties consecutively, causing various unjust cases to emerge.]

[The Rebel Army marched toward the provincial capital with the slogan of beheading corrupt officials and redistributing land...]