You've actually mastered the fabricated martial arts technique? Chapter One: I Don't Want to Take on a Disciple, But What He Offered Was Too Tempting

"Senior, this is my gift to you upon becoming your disciple!"

The young boy reverently placed three rosewood boxes in front of Li Xuan.

"You misunderstood. I'm not some hidden master, and I don't take disciples. Just take it back!"

Li Xuan spoke with a slight headache.

The young man's name was Xu Yan, a wealthy son from the county city. His family background made Li Xuan, who had traveled to this world, quite envious. However, the other party wasn't very bright and mistook him for a hidden master, insisting on taking him as his teacher.

Having crossed into this world for over ten years, he had no system, no cheats, and couldn't even leave the small village. Worse yet, there was only him left in the village now.

The small mountain village is surrounded by steep cliffs, with only a narrow passage about ten feet wide for access. It's an ideal place to hide from the world, and generations of villagers have lived here to escape war and chaos.

Nowadays, there is peace in the outside world. The younger generation in the village are unwilling to spend their lives in this small village, so they begin to leave the mountains and explore the world.

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The nearest town to the village is a hundred miles away, and the road is perilous, especially the part that goes through a dense forest where ferocious tigers and wild beasts often appear. Let me know if you have any other text you'd like me to translate! ?

Over the past decade, the village has gradually become deserted. When Li Xuan traveled there, there were only a dozen or so households left, mostly elderly people living alone.

Including Li Xuan, there were only five young and middle-aged people in the village. None of them were willing to stay in the small village, all wanting to leave for the city to make a living. Li Xuan was no exception.

Alas, the journey was fraught with danger, especially the thirty-mile Evil Spirit Forest that lay on the way. Evil tigers and fierce beasts roamed there, and several young men from the village had perished within its depths.

Ten years ago, on a certain day, a villager who had once left the village to seek his fortune returned to his hometown. He wanted to take his mother to the city to live and claimed that he had learned the art of killing tigers and was not afraid of the ferocious tiger Lin Menghu.

Then Li Xuan and several young men from the village left with their companions.

The Thirty-Li Evil Spirit Forest, although home to fierce tigers and beasts, if one is lucky, they can pass through safely without encountering them.

Li Xuan and his group were having bad luck.

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A colorful tiger appeared.

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The man who claimed to have learned the art of killing tigers, immediately grasped his sharp knife, roared once, and rushed forward with a slide...

Only Li Xuan managed to escape with his life, fleeing back to the small village. He always believed that he was able to survive because when the man performed a slide, he had acted decisively and turned around to run before anyone else.

This Tiger-subduing Technique is too unreliable, sending oneself directly into the tiger's mouth!

From then on, there was only Li Xuan, a middle-aged man who had lost his loved ones, left in the village. Over ten years, one after another elderly people passed away until half a month ago, when Li Xuan sent off the last old man in the village.

Looking at the deserted little mountain village, with only himself left, Li Xuan felt a surge of grief and anger. The other transmigrators either rose against all odds or had extraordinary backgrounds.

But what about myself?

Even a small village can't get out!

Without a system or any hacks, you might end up living a solitary life in a remote village until old age.

"Alas, I thought I could also become the protagonist in a web novel, wielding a sword to conquer millions of miles, slaying demons and monsters, achieving enlightenment, and becoming a saint revered throughout eternity. It seems I was overly ambitious."

Li Xuan let out a sigh in his heart, mocking himself: "Even couldn't get out of a small mountain village, and you still want to travel thousands of miles with a single sword? Ha!"

Just because of this self-deprecating remark, Xu Yan, who somehow ended up in this small village, heard the following sentence "a sword traverses thousands of miles," and mistakenly thought he was a reclusive master. He knelt down with a plop and wanted to worship him as his teacher.

"Master, I have finally found you. Please take me as your disciple and teach me your unparalleled divine skill!"

"What?!"

Li Xuan was startled, his eyes widened as he stared at the youth who was sixteen or seventeen years old, dressed in splendor and wearing a long sword at his waist. He was somewhat dazed.

“I am Dong He County Xu Yan, a junior disciple. Since childhood, I have aspired to find the true martial arts. Today, by chance, I have met my senior. It is a blessing from three lives. I hope that my senior will accept me as a disciple. As a junior, I will definitely work hard to cultivate and will never disappoint my senior's teachings!”

Knock! Knock! Knock!

Looking at the boy with fervent eyes and a respectful bow, Li Xuan was dumbfounded. His first thought was: This kid isn't quite right in the head!

No matter how Li Xuan refused, no matter how he denied being a hidden master, Xu Yan didn't believe him. He insisted on becoming his disciple, his fervent attitude gave Li Xuan a headache.

"I'm not a hermit master, nor do I understand the ways of martial arts cultivation. You've got the wrong person! In fact, I'm looking for someone to teach me the art of martial arts cultivation myself!"

"It's impossible!"

Xu Yan's eyes were firm, and he said, "Senior, don't deceive me. You must be a hidden master!"

“You see here, sheer cliffs on all sides, picturesque scenery, at first glance it seems like a place to hermit. If you weren't a hidden master, why would someone live alone here?”

“Master, please accept me as your disciple. I will never disappoint your legacy!”

Xu Yan continued to kowtow, his eyes fervent and his gaze resolute.

“I'm not a hermit master, I don't practice cultivation techniques, and I don't take disciples. You really have the wrong person...”

Li Xuan wore a helpless expression. This kid was so stubborn, he couldn't see other possibilities. He didn't even know how to get through the Evil Sha Forest and end up in this small village.

Are you looking all over the place for hidden masters and driving yourself crazy?

"I understand!"

Xu Yan suddenly stood up, his face filled with sudden realization.

"Becoming a disciple is a major event, not something to be taken lightly. This junior will go back now to prepare the ceremony of becoming a disciple!"

In Li Xuan's bewildered expression, Xu Yan dashed away, soon vanishing from sight.

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It's been half a month in the blink of an eye.

For the past half month, Li Xuan had been tormented by regret. He hadn't seized the opportunity to ask Xu Yan about information from the outside world, and perhaps even use this chance to leave the small village.

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I never expected that Xu Yan would actually come again.

And, he brought a gift for the master!

I have made up my mind to become his disciple!

No matter how he denied it, he firmly believed that he was a hidden master.

Li Xuan didn't want to lie, especially not to someone with a distinguished background. He had no cheat codes or system, and once exposed, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So he refused again and again, denied again and again, but Xu Yan was stubborn, convinced that he was a hidden master, the kind you couldn't pull back even with nine oxen.

“Senior, this is three hundred taels of gold. I know that yellow and white objects are not within a senior's eyes, but the apprenticeship gift cannot be missing. This is a junior's little sincerity!”

Xu Yan opened one of the boxes, and inside were thirty gold ingots arranged neatly.

Li Xuan looked at the gold ingot, swallowed nervously, feeling a little tempted, but ultimately gritted his teeth and said firmly, “I don’t take on disciples! I'm not some hidden master, just put it away. I'm only a few years older than you!”

"Though your appearance is youthful, it is surely due to your high cultivation, resulting in a timeless beauty!"

Xu Yan still firmly believed he was a hidden master, and opened the second box.

“This is my Xu Jiazhen's treasured millennium ginseng, it is the junior’s second gift to the master, hoping the senior will accept it!”

Li Xuan swallowed, staring at the box. Inside, a millennium ginseng with a complete root system and a human-like shape sat nestled within. The faint aroma of ginseng drifted into his nostrils, invigorating him instantly.

Millennium ginseng is undoubtedly a rare treasure. The old people in the village once said that a hundred-year-old ginseng could allow someone on the brink of death to live for three more days, and it has the miraculous effect of invigorating qi and prolonging life.

A hundred-year-old ginseng already has this miraculous effect, a thousand-year-old ginseng is even more divine.

Li Xuan was moved, but gritted his teeth and continued, "Put it away. I'm really not a hidden master, nor do I have any cultivation methods!"

Xu Yan opened the third box: "Senior, this is Jiuye Yuanzhi, the junior's third gift to the master!"

Nine-Leaf Spirit Herb!

Li Xuan couldn't take his eyes away. The village elders had once said that according to ancestral tales, the world's most precious herb was the Nine-Leaf Yuanzhi. Consuming it would cure all ailments, grant endless mental clarity, turn hair black and white back to its original color, and extend one's life by twenty years!

A rare and precious medicine in the world!

Li Xuan looked at the box, inside was a jade-white Nine-Leaf Yuanzhi that resembled Lingzhi. It had nine purple leaves growing on its stem. He took a deep breath and reluctantly shifted his gaze away, forcing a profound sigh.

"Enough! You came here by fate, so I shall take you on as my disciple!"

Xu Yan gave me so much, it would be hard to refuse!