I Persuade People With Reason

TN: I’m back with the new arc! The chapters have gotten super long again so they will be split accordingly.

TN: Quick note to help those who may be like me and don’t really read wuxia. 江湖 =Jiāng hú, rivers and lakes. This applies to this world arc.

The Jianghu is a shared world and an alternate universe. It consists of several martial artists and pugilists gathered in the Wulin (武林), who are usually congregated in sects, clans, disciplines and various schools of martial arts.

A common aspect of the Jianghu is the tacit suggestion that the courts of law are dysfunctional. All disputes and differences can only be resolved by use of force, as such, predicating the need for the Code of Xia and acts of chivalry. Law and order within the Jianghu is maintained by the various “orthodox” and “righteous” sects and heroes. Sometimes, these sects may gather to form an alliance against all evils within the Jianghu.

Outside the world

If the vast sea of the universe is regarded as an unfathomable and endless ocean, then the heavens and worlds scattered in it are undulating islands in floating bubbles, the “sea water” that separates the heavens and worlds, is the boundless void.

Suddenly, the void rippled. Within a “world bubble”, a spot of light suddenly bursts out of the world’s membrane and into the void.

Indeed it is the system’s light sphere.

In the depths of the void, from an infinite distance, as if something was sensed, a ray of light suddenly pierced towards this location.

Even across the infinite sea of the universe, this light still has a terrible attractive power: the lost system 999 has been found, and recovery is being carried out.

The little light ball was almost taken by the light without being able to react. System 999 subconsciously exclaimed, “Oh, no! The headquarters has found the host, and this system will be forced to unbind.”

After saying that, it suddenly responded. This is a great thing. Why did it say bad? What if the headquarters mistakenly thinks it is an active traitor? It is loyal to the headquarters!

System 999 is determined to show its innocence, and meanwhile accuses the host of being ruthless and unreasonable, so that the headquarters can understand that it is a good system ‘Live in Cao camp but it’s heart is in Han camp’.*

It immediately changed its tone and flew towards the incoming light: [Wuwuwu so great. The headquarters dada finally came to save me. You don’t know how cruel this host is…]

Before system 999 could finish it’s accusation, a white jade like palm suddenly appeared, lightly inserted into the radiance, and raised the hand to intercept the small ball of light.

In the deep and boundless void, this sudden human figure is like a dark black hole. He absorbs the infinite light around him, and his dark robe corners spread to the surrounding like boundless darkness, blocking all the brilliance from the distant place behind him.

He looked down at the little ball of light in his palm.

The light ball shivered.

[Host host, listen to my explanation]

System 999, felt danger.

Fortunately, the voice from the other side saved it in time.

[A malicious predator has been detected. Please return number 999 villain whitewashing system within a quarter of cosmic time.]

“Sorry, this system is working well and I don’t want to return it. It has been bound and belongs to me.”

Yuan Buwei turned around, the sleeves of his pitch-black robe fell slightly, and he looked into the depths of the void with a calm expression.

The “headquarters” in the 999 mouth of the system seems to be irritated by this action, and the terrible brilliance became like the Milky Way sweeping across the void.

Along the path, countless worlds were affected, causing the entire void universe to shake wildly.

But it was blocked by a spreading darkness.

At the same time, Yuan Buwei’s flat voice sounded: “You are really domineering.”

For a time, the whole universe was divided into two parts by light and darkness. On one side is the river of light flowing endlessly and on the other side is an area of unfathomable and intangible darkness, like thick ink, which constantly invades its surroundings.

The battle did not last long.

As the “disastrous beauty” that triggered the great war, the little light ball lay in the palm of the host and huddled tight, shivering and not daring to speak.

Until a white light exploded in front of its eyes.

Boom.

No sound was heard. It was as if an explosion had occurred in the cosmic sea, the mighty river of brilliance was broken into thousands of strands, and a chaotic mechanical sound could be vaguely heard in the far distance: zztt, zztt, zztt.

In the terrible explosion, the surrounding void sea fluctuated, and the “thick ink” that stretched around seemed to become a lot dimmer, all of which converged back to Yuan Buwei.

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A big hand grasped the back neck of system 999 and its destiny,then a deep, slightly hoarse voice sounded:

“999, go to the next world.”

[Host, wake up]

The mechanical sound of system 999 reverberates in Yuaan Buwei’s consciousness. His consciousness seems to float up from within a deep sea, with a bit of lethargy, but soon he woke up.

Then, all kinds of senses belonging to this body flooded into his brain. The first sansation was cold. It was extremely cold, and his limbs seemed to be numb because of the cold, he was so numb that he almost lost his senses.

Yuan Buwei moved his fingers with difficulty, shook the snow on his body and straightened half of his body slowly.

His drowsy consciousness had been completely awakened by the cold, and he immediately recalled the previous war in the void.

“The existence behind the 999 system is unusual.” He sensed that he was currently ‘abnormally weak’, Yuan Buwei, who never suffered losses in his life, silently thought to himself, “However, the opponent’s situation at this time should be just as bad as mine.”

“To fight with such an existence for a tool system is a loss, he has to squeeze back the worth in the future.”

At this moment, the mechanical sound of system 999 arose: [Host, do you want to receive the plot of the world now since you’ve woken up?]

Obviously, it’s just a mechanical sound, yet it somehow gave off the impression of bootlicking.

It seems that system 999 has fully realised its own situation and no longer has meaningless illusions. Now, if it really returns to the headquarters, it is not certain that the existence that has been severely injured can be as ‘broad-minded’ as Yuan Buwei.

System 999 had no choice but to completely change sides.

“Accept the plot.” Yuan Buwei responded.

At the same time, he finally opened his nearly frozen eyelids and looked around with calm eyes.

The cold wind is blowing, and the snow is falling all over the sky, which has covered the entire barren land. Looking around, only an entire canvass of white snow can be seen from the sky and the earth.

He moved his body on the spot, feeling that the qi and blood in his whole body were finally flowing smoothly, and then walked forward.

All the plots about the fate of the world appeared in his eyes and he read it quickly.

This is a low-grade small world dominated by a martial arts cultivation system. The imperial family’s influence is waning, and sect’s are powerful. Right and wrong have been fighting with each other for hundreds of years, making the Jianghu chaotic.

This land, where Yuan Buwei is currently, belongs to the Sacred Burning Flame sect, which is one of the top sects of the Devil school.

His life experience is also very complicated. His father is the number one swordsman in the world, famous in the Jianghu, but he retired for love. His mother is the former saint of theSacred Burning Flame sect, the current leader of the sect, and she is a world-class martial artist.

It’s a pity that the lovers had already turned against each other ten years ago. Because the person the number swordsman in the world loved was not the mother of his son, but the former saint of XuanYue ¹ sect, and the current leader. Belonging to the righteous path .

More than ten years ago, many young talents emerged in the Jianghu, and Chu Tiannan was the most striking among them.

He was born in an aristocratic family and had unparalleled talent. At a young age, he defeated the number one swordsman at that time. Additionally, he was also handsome, had a majestic figure, and had unlimited ambition in his mind. He tried to end the chaos in the Jianghu and turn the world into a peaceful place.

The righteous and the devil sides have been fighting for many years and have won or lost against each other. Chu Tiannan, who is independent of the two sides and ambitious, is the biggest variable. They both aimed to either eliminate, win over, or control him.

It happened that two saints of both the righteous and devil path explored the world. Namely, Rong Qingyue of XuanYue Sect and Chi Wanwan ² of the Sacred Burning Flame sect.

These two women each have their own advantages, attracting countless young talents. Chu Tiannan is no exception.

It was unknown what kind of dispute happened after. The final result was that Chu Tiannan fell in love with Rong Qingyue, the righteous path’s saint, but Rong Qingyue refused him and chose to return to XuanYue sect to inherit the position of sect leader.

Before she left, the two were together for a month. Chu Tiannan finally put down his ambition of ruling the world, and retired from the stage with a sorrowful heart, focusing on the way of his sword. After ten years, he has achieved the reputation of the best swordsman in the world.

On the other hand, Chi Wanwan, who approached Chu Tiannan with the intention of making use of him, inadvertently fell in love/ After a night of tenderness, she became pregnant with a child.

She is willing to betray the Devil’s school and go into seclusion with Chu Tiannan.

After receiving this news, the Devil school practitioners were divided into two sides. One side planned to attack the next leader of XuanYue Sect in seclusion before she succeeded the position; The other side who wanted to chase and kill the Chi Wanwan who betrayed the Sacred Burning Flame sect.

This plan was public and undisguised.

Unexpectedly, Chu Tiannan, who was about to take a boat to the south and leave with Chi Wanwan, was shaken to learn that XuanYue Sect was about to be attacked. He got off the boat and unhesitatingly left Chi Wanwan who was pregnant behind. The lone man holding a sword went to save Rong Qingyue.

In this battle, Chu Tiannan defeated seven well-known devil masters and created a sensation.

But Chi Wanwan who was alone and pregnant, was caught up by members of the Sacred Burning Flame Sect and was almost on the verge of death. In such a state she learned that her sweetheart was fighting for another woman, in the future his infatuation is likely to spread all over the world.

She broke down completely.

There is a thin line between love and hate. The saint  of the devil school who dared to love and hate was completely blackened and paid a tragic price before being accepted back by the Sacred Burning Flame sect.

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She returned to the Sacred Burning Flame sect and swore a poisonous oath³ to be loyal to the Demon school all her life, to put the interests of the Sacred Burning Flame sect first, and put personal enmity second. She defeated other competitors, until she climbed to the position of the new sect leader.

As for the foetus in her abdomen, she didn’t choose to kill it, but gave birth to it.

If she tries to take advantage of the power of the Sacred Burning Flame sect to avenge herself against the number one swordsman in the world, no one will support her even if she is the sect leader. Then she will use this child as a tool for her revenge against Chu Tiannan.

She named the child Chi Jianxue. ⁴

This is the current identity of Yuan Buwei.

Chi Jianxue grew up being taught hatred by Chi Wanwan, and was required by her to reach the most stringent goals. To practise martial arts without a break, and if he slacks off a little or fails to meet the goals, he will be punished harshly .

This time, the reason why the original owner almost died in the snow is also because he did not achieve Chi Wanwan’s latest training goal.

*身在曹營心在漢 = Live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp, It is a metaphor that although the body is on the opposite side, he is thinking of the side where he was originally.

¹

玄月 = XuanYue = mysterious moon

²

容 = Róng = tolerant

清 = Qīng = just and honest; pure

月 = Yue = moon

迟 = Chí = late; delayed; slow

晩 = wǎn = evening; night; late

³ An oath with consequences, this is a classic poison oath. I swear, if I fail to do this, I will die.

⁴

迟 Chí = late; delayed

见 jiàn = appearing

雪 xuě = snow