5: The boy went down the mountain to check in at the "hero saves the damsel in distress" photo spot.

[One month later, you have already cultivated to the Acquired Sixth Realm!]

[The Fifth Realm is the Five Viscera Realm. In no particular order, most people open the Divine Manifestations of the five viscera based on the characteristics of their Cultivation Technique: liver belongs to Wood, heart belongs to Fire, spleen belongs to Earth, lungs belong to Gold, and kidneys belong to Water.]

[The "Great White Scripture" leans towards the Gold element. For the Acquired Fifth Realm, you chose to refine your lungs, opening the Heavenly Gold Divine Manifestation. Your Qi and blood are sharp, carrying a slashing effect. During cultivation, it can be called top-tier lung-passing.]

[It burns with pain! This is even with the divine treasury pill protecting you; otherwise, ordinary people really aren't suited for martial arts—it's pure torture.]

[However, the harvest is also quite considerable. With three thousand catties of strength plus the Gold-attribute Divine Manifestation, your power has increased by about double.]

[For the Acquired Sixth Realm, you chose the Kidney Viscera. The kidney belongs to Water. Cultivating the "Great White Scripture" has granted you the Gold-Water Divine Manifestation, making your Qi and blood more durable and unending.]

[Afterwards, the refined viscera manifestations will be Gold-Wood, Gold-Earth, and Gold-Fire. The five viscera correspond to the Five Elements and all carry the Gold attribute. After the Innate Realm, they can be perfectly fused to achieve the Great White Body. It can be described as a step-by-step progression.]

[The Five-Colored Lotus is completely exhausted. Although some medicinal effects of the divine treasury pill remain hidden in your body, you won't be able to Cultivate to a higher Realm for a while. After digging three feet into the ground, you found nothing else except for a precious sword.]

[During this month, you had already figured out the exit route. Coupled with your increased cultivation, a mere cliff can be climbed with sheer effort, though it would be a loss of your personal style.]

[And so, you climbed out of the great mountains without any style and returned to the mountain village.]

[You continued to practice swordplay. This sword, the Changgeng Sword, belonged to Senior Great White. It is worthy of being the sword of an Innate Supreme Great Grandmaster; even in this current age, it is a famous divine sword.]

[Another three months passed. You have cultivated to the Acquired Sixth Realm Peak, and the medicinal power of the divine treasury pill is exhausted. You have mastered two Moves of the sword technique, and the third Move is also in sight. It is estimated that in another month, you will be able to proficiently master three sword Moves.]

[During these three months, you replaced your family's property. You originally wanted to purchase a courtyard in Mountain City, but unfortunately, your father loves hunting and cannot stay idle. So, in the mountain village, you hired masters to build a courtyard.]

[With your strength that is invincible in Mountain City, there are plenty of powerful officials and nobles who want to latch onto you. However, the precious beasts and herbs in the mountains are quite valuable; you already have a small fortune and do not need their sponsorship.]

[You fulfilled your promises to your parents and your younger siblings. You used your connections to have a good bow forged for your father and bought some gold and silver jewelry and elegant clothes for your mother. Your younger brother's candied haws are not worth mentioning, but your younger sister was dressed up by you like a little princess.]

[Raise a son in poverty, raise a daughter in wealth.]

[One must be raised like a hooligan so he can hook up with girls when he grows up. The other must be raised to not fear hooligans, so she can be immune to and discipline them when she grows up.]

[You left the "Great White Scripture" divided into three volumes. You only taught your father and the little companions of the hunting team you formed the first volume, which allows cultivation up to the Acquired Fourth Realm.]

[As for the middle and lower volumes, you told your father their hiding places, letting him retrieve them only after cultivating to the corresponding Realms.]

[You laid a good foundation for your younger brother. He cannot enjoy a mischievous childhood like you did; he must win at the starting line. Even if the current starting line isn't overly luxurious, if you become a Celestial in the future, he will be the greatest power in the world.]

[With two long swords at your waist, riding a tiger with a sparrow on your shoulder, a heroic youth full of spirit and confidence, you descended the mountain.]

[Even if you weren't "leading a yellow hound on the left and a hawk on the right," your momentary heroic spirit was second to none.]

[Holding the recommendation letter from the Black Tiger Martial Arts School Master, your destination this time is the Five Elements Fist Hall in Shanyue Prefecture City. One can never have too many skills; you decided to see if you could obtain another Innate Legacy.]

[Being a pentagon warrior is your pursuit. Sword arts are your hobby, fist techniques are your interest, and as for footwork, palm techniques, leg techniques, and all sorts of techniques, you like them all. There's no helping it; being all-loving is your only weakness.]

[On a mountain road about thirty li from the prefecture city, you happened upon a grand pursuit and kill.]

[The one fleeing was a female warrior. She was very beautiful; none of the women in Mountain City who tried to throw themselves at you were like her. Her cultivation was at the Acquired Fifth Realm.]

[The pursuers were a group of human-like thugs. Their every word was "Jie jie jie jie jie" or "Ga ga ga ga ga ga"—classic villains at a glance. Their strength was decent: one Acquired Seventh Realm, three Acquired Sixth Realms, and the remaining dozen or so were around the Fourth Realm. It's hard to imagine how this female warrior managed to flee all this way.]

[A honey trap or a "bitter meat" ruse? Or have you unlocked the classic "Hero Rescues the Beauty" scene? You stroked your chin in thought, but interest gradually appeared in your eyes.]

[You appeared riding the tiger, and both sides were shocked, unable to figure out your background. Seeing that at such a young age, your martial cultivation was already at the Sixth Realm, the leader of the thugs, Zhang Luan, looked solemn.]

["Young Master, run! They are wicked villains under the Thirteenth Bandit of the Green Forest!]

[They suddenly attacked my Startling Swan Sect, wanting to seize our Innate Legacy!]

[Now my Startling Swan Sect has met with disaster. I beg the Young Master to take this Innate Legacy to the prefecture city. Lu Tianrui of the Lu Family in Shanyue Prefecture City is my uncle!]

[Please ask him to avenge our Startling Swan Sect. This Innate Legacy shall serve as the Young Master's reward! I will stall for time for the Young Master!" The female warrior, Yu Qingwei, pleaded with you, exhausted and dragging her injuries.]

[Your heart stirred. You hadn't even gotten the Innate-level fist technique yet, and another Innate Legacy had fallen into your hands first. You couldn't help but grin.]

["Little friend! Now that you know we are under the Thirteenth Master, please do not mistake yourself!" Zhang Luan's implication was that it's better to avoid trouble if possible.]

[Their goal was very clear: the Innate Cultivation Technique. The Thirteenth Bandit, who started as a thief and lived by robbing, was currently suffering from a lack of an Innate Cultivation Technique and could not advance. If they couldn't complete the task assigned by the boss, these underlings who eat under him would certainly not have a good time.]

[You had heard a bit about the Thirteen Bandits of the Green Forest. Every bandit was at least an Acquired Ninth Realm expert, and the top-ranked ones were even rumored to have Innate-level strength.]

[However, to you, they were just minor villains on your path of growth. Once your cultivation was high enough, you would naturally kill these eyesores if they were blind enough to cross you.]

[If they stayed out of your way and behaved themselves, you wouldn't go out of your way to kill them.]

[But now, this human-like villain trying to pressure you with the Thirteen Bandits of the Green Forest was simply laughable.]

[Without wasting any time, you drew your sword and went straight for them. A mere Acquired Seventh Realm and two Acquired Sixth Realms—the highest was only one Realm stronger than you. Could you not kill him?]

[Anxious to know about the Innate Cultivation Technique that was about to be in your hands, you started with a sword Move. Like countless stars, many sword shadows appeared, the Moves sharp and fierce.]

["What gall!" The leader Zhang Luan was furious. Truly a newborn calf that does not fear the tiger; an Acquired Sixth Realm dared to provoke him!]

[Zhang Luan died! He died in utter bewilderment. Until his death, he did not understand why someone a Realm lower than him could kill him without any effort.]

[You went on a killing spree, chasing the dozen or so minor villains for two li, cutting them down root and branch. The female warrior Yu Qingwei watched in a daze, even feeling a bit terrified.]

[For a moment, she actually felt like she had just left the wolf's den only to enter a tiger's lair—and a fierce man riding a tiger at that.]

["Hand it over!"]

["Wha—what?"]

["The Cultivation Technique! The reward you mentioned!"]

["Oh... oh!"]

[Yu Qingwei came to her senses and handed her family's Cultivation Technique to you. "Sword-Shod Startling Swan Steps" was a rare Innate-level footwork technique.]

[You studied the technique as if no one else was there. This was a technique created by a strong person who loved swordplay and aspired to become a Sword Cultivator.]

[But because his sword skills were poor, yet he was obsessed with the coolness of being a Sword Cultivator, he took an alternative path. He created a technique where the killing power was at the bottom for Sword Cultivators, but the footwork was at the top. Moreover, once this technique was successfully cultivated, the special effects were amazing: a Sword Qi with every step, sword-shod across ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers. It suited your taste perfectly. Style points +1.]

[You told Yu Qingwei that you would make a copy when you had time and return the original to her; you wouldn't keep it dishonestly.]

[After Yu Qingwei thanked you, she relaxed, feeling that you were a good person. Then she fainted. Having fled all the way, her body had reached its limit.]

[You placed her on the tiger's back and continued towards Shanyue Prefecture City. You didn't consider the subsequent revenge from the Thirteen Bandits of the Green Forest at all. Holding the protagonist's script, you were very familiar with the upcoming tropes.]

[The experiences of so many transmigrator Seniors were etched in your mind.]

[Shanyue Prefecture City, one of the two prefectures of Mang Prefecture, was extremely luxurious, not something a small mountain city could compare to.]

[You rode the tiger into the city, causing a stir among the crowd. In this world, Martial Artists are respected. Seeing you arrive on a tiger, the minor official at the city gate knew you were among those who shouldn't be provoked.]

[He didn't stop you. After a brief reminder, he let you into the city. At the same time, he reported your situation to his superior and then washed his hands of it.]

[After finding out the location of the Five Elements Fist Hall, you prepared to go there first. Although Yu Qingwei told you she had an uncle in the Lu Family, she was currently covered in wounds and unconscious; it was better not to go there rashly and cause unnecessary trouble.]

[With the "Sword-Shod Startling Swan Steps" in hand, your heart was itching. You wanted to hurry up and Cultivate it to reach the super-cool effect stage, but there were always some blind fools in the way on the road...]