Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: Tianjiao List 003 (2/2)
What?!
Gu Yang looked at the result of this simulation, his eyes narrowing.
His strength was clearly much stronger than before. Why was it that he managed to escape last time, but got killed this time?
Moreover, he had been clever yesterday; he asked Old Gao to consider for a night, delaying the departure by a day.
Usually, Old Gao and his people wouldn’t spend the night in Liu Family Village.
Yet, he still ran into that hunting party.
Who exactly were they?
[The simulation ends. You can keep one of the following.]
[1. Your martial arts realm at the age of 22.]
[2. Your martial arts experience at the age of 22.]
[3. Your life wisdom at the age of 22.]
Without hesitation, Gu Yang chose the third.
From here to Wang Family Gorge, judging by the speed of the caravan, it would take about two to three days. The simulation showed that his time of death should be a few days later.
Picking the martial arts realm and experience would be meaningless.
As for this ‘life wisdom’, he wanted to see what it was all about.
The next moment, some fragments of memory appeared in Gu Yang’s mind.
He finally “saw” what the hunting party looked like. There were about ten riders in total. The leader was a young man, and the rest were his guards and subordinates.
Before he died, he asked, “Who are you guys?”
“Remember, Young Master of the Liu family.” The last thing he heard was an arrogant and domineering voice.
In the end, only four words remained in Gu Yang’s heart, “Cannot be resisted!”
So, this was the life wisdom he gained from this simulation?
…
“Young Master Gu, could we rest a bit?”
When the sun was high, Old Gao suggested taking a break.
Gu Yang didn’t mind at all. When they stopped, the cargo handlers in the caravan got busy immediately.
He took the opportunity to ask Old Gao, “Have you heard of the Liu family?”
Old Gao said, “In Ba County, who hasn’t heard of the Liu family? Even the county magistrate relies on the Liu family to secure his position.”
West of Lian Mountain was Ba County.
County was the administrative unit of this world, below the state level. Ba County was a county under Jiangzhou. Probably equivalent to a city at the prefecture level.
This Liu family was undoubtedly a local influential.
Gu Yang asked further, “What is Liu family’s reputation like?”
Old Gao smiled somewhat embarrassingly, “I wouldn’t dare to criticize the Liu family.”
“What’s there to be afraid of saying?”
Suddenly, a merchant nearby interjected, “If it weren’t for the Liu family monopolizing the market and squeezing us small merchants, we wouldn’t need to venture into the hazardous Lian Mountain for business.”
Gu Yang remembered the introduction earlier, this person was surnamed Yang.
The Yang merchant said with resentment, “In Ba County, all profitable businesses are monopolized by the Liu family. They are still not satisfied and have imposed heavy taxes on all trades in recent years. It’s said that they even collaborated with the county magistrate to frame other wealthy families and confiscated their properties.”
Clearly, he held a deep grudge against the Liu family.
Gu Yang asked, “What gives the Liu family this privilege?”
“Of course, it’s because of their prodigy, Liu Zhe, who ranks ninth on the Talents List. A second-grade martial artist at the age of 20, him entering the realm of Divine Power is just a matter of time.”
A twenty-year-old second-grade martial artist?
Gu Yang felt a chill on his scalp.
He was only ninth-grade now, and he had no idea how many times he would need to simulate with his ability to reach second-grade.
Such a high-level master was present in a mere family of a county.
Indeed, this world was far more dangerous than he imagined.