1: Chapter 1 Ye Yisong

State of Wei, Cangjiang Prefecture, Ye Family Clan.

In a wooden hut, Ye Yisong opened his eyes amidst a wave of pain. He quickly tidied his clothes, stepped out of the room, and headed toward the Family's training plaza.

At this time, a few people were already scattered across the plaza, stretching their limbs. As the sun climbed higher, more and more Family Disciples arrived from all directions, gathering to share their experiences in Cultivate.

"Silence!"

With a loud shout, everyone quieted down and looked at today's Training Instructor Ye Jiechen. He frowned, then shouted again, "Form up!"

Upon hearing this, whether they were from the direct branch, collateral branches, or side branches, everyone quickly found their positions and stood ready. No one dared to act out, as angering the Training Instructor was no laughing matter; at the very least, one would end up bedridden for a week.

"Thirteen Tiger Forms."

"One."

"Two."

"Three."

...

Two hours of morning training, with only a ten-minute break in between.

The time passed painfully and slowly amidst the shouts of Training Instructor Ye Jiechen. Everyone's clothes were soaked through, yet no one dared to ignore the commands.

The morning training from six to eight o'clock was an unshakeable rule established by Old Ancestor Ye Erhu at the founding of the Ye Family Clan. Passed down to the current fifth-generation Clan Leader Ye Tuanhui, it had not changed in over nine hundred years. Furthermore, not every member of the Ye Family could participate in the morning training; the direct branch had to attend, collateral branches attended if they excelled, and side branches were rarely seen.

"Stop!"

Hearing this voice, everyone wore happy smiles, yet no one dared to leave their position, waiting for the final verdict.

"152, 188, 274, 326, 328, stay for an extra hour of training. The rest of you, dismissed."

"Yes! Oh..."

Hearing the dismissal, everyone rushed in a swarm toward the cafeteria to collect their portion of the "Ten-Complete Blood-Replenishing Soup." This was also why not every Ye Family member could attend the morning training; after all, Family resources were limited.

As for the few Disciples whose names were called, their morning training was not up to standard, so not only did they have to train more, but they also didn't get the Ten-Complete Blood-Replenishing Soup.

As the name suggested, this soup was meant to replenish a Martial Artist's Qi and blood. With sufficient Qi and blood, one's energy would be abundant, and with abundant energy, Cultivate would yield twice the result with half the effort.

Ye Yisong ran along the path to the cafeteria, thinking to himself involuntarily: Another day of getting stronger.

"Thirteenth Brother, why do you always run so fast? The cafeteria won't run out of your portion." He didn't need to turn around to know it was the complaining voice of his fifteenth brother, Ye Yifan. "You're about to Breakthrough to Martial Apprentice, right? You'll be happy then, you won't have to see Ye Blackheart anymore."

"Yeah, yeah, Ye Blackheart just punished Fifty-Seven again. He's only eight and just started morning training; there's no sympathy at all," added the fourteenth, Ye Yitian.

Ye Blackheart was the nickname they had given Training Instructor Ye Jiechen behind his back, and it was strictly behind his back.

"Enemies won't have sympathy," said his sixteenth brother, Ye Yiguang, coldly.

"I say, little sixteen, every time I complain, you have to retort. Do you want to spar?"

"Alright, alright, brothers, don't always be bickering. We're at the cafeteria, let's drink the soup. If it gets cold, the effect will be halved. Otherwise, why would I run here every day? Also, fifteenth brother, don't go asking about others' Cultivate progress all day long; that is a major taboo in the martial path," Ye Yisong admonished.

"I was just..." Before he could finish, a look stopped him. Because Ye Yisong had the highest cultivation among this group, no one dared to refute what he said; otherwise, when the small competition came around, they would definitely have to settle accounts.

"Uncle Fatty, give us a bowl each, the hottest ones," Ye Yitian said flatteringly to Uncle Fatty.

"Alright, Thirteenth Young Master," Uncle Fatty replied to Ye Yisong.

"..." Ye Yitian was simply speechless. Didn't I just greet him? It was Old Thirteen?

Everyone drank the Ten-Complete Blood-Replenishing Soup while it was hot, feeling a warm current flow through their entire bodies. They looked at each other and couldn't help but smile knowingly. The medicinal effect of this soup was too good; they wondered what price the Old Ancestor had paid to bring the recipe back from the army.

At this moment, the main group arrived at the cafeteria entrance and all swarmed in, grabbing their own bowls and queuing up consciously. To be able to make a group of noble scions this obedient, one could imagine that Uncle Fatty, who was watching them with a smile, was not simple.

"Let's go, have breakfast. We have to go to our respective halls for class later," Ye Yisong said softly.

Every direct branch member of the Ye Family had a detailed Cultivate schedule from age five to fifteen: collective practice of the Thirteen Tiger Forms from six to eight in the morning, learning a craft at various craft halls from eight-thirty to twelve, studying cultural courses at the Family school from one to five, and self-study to Cultivate one's moral character at the Family school from six to nine.

Unless you had astonishing talent and reached Martial Apprentice before the age of fifteen, allowing you to arrange things freely, otherwise, there was no discussion. The only humane aspect was that there were two rest days every month.

As for the other two branches, once the morning training was over, the Family's arrangements basically ended, except for a few with exceptional talent who could continue to attend the subsequent courses.

"It's literally worse than being a beast of burden; everything is packed full except for eating and sleeping," Ye Yisong complained internally. Why did Ye Yisong know the term "beast of burden"? Because he did not originally belong to this world; he came from that blue, sacred planet.

Ye Yisong had an unfortunate accident while testing a new navigation System. That latest navigation System was said to be super awesome; when the driver encountered danger, it could autonomously control the vehicle, helping the driver escape danger and gain a new life.

In this test, thirty-year-old Ye Yisong was autonomously controlled by the navigation System and gained a "new life." A collision, a deafening explosion, and his thirty-year-old self became an embryo, becoming the Ye Yisong of this world.

After five years of happy play, Ye Yisong began ten years of inhumane study. Every midnight, he dreamt of catching that little cutie who created the navigation System and kindly asking him, "Do you know how I spent these ten years?"

After a few days of adaptation, he learned that in this parallel space-time, during the time of the cheat-using Emperor Guangwu of Han, Liu Xiu, a meteorite fell from the sky, causing a great change in the world. Spiritual Qi gradually began to recover, and mountain-toppling, sea-draining, Great Mighty Heavenly Dragon, and flight and earth-escaping abilities appeared in this world once again.

The continent inexplicably expanded a thousandfold, and experts emerged everywhere, fighting for resources and shattering the world. However, in the end, they still couldn't escape the clutches of the cheat-using Liu Xiu, who unified the land and established the Great Han Dynasty once again.

Through division and unity, the current situation of the five major dynasties ruling the continent together gradually formed. Ye Yisong was currently Cultivate under a prefecture-level clan in the State of Wei, one of the five major dynasties.

When Ye Yisong first learned this, he was very excited; what boy doesn't have a Wuxia dream? Not to mention that this was a high-martial world; just thinking about it felt very awesome.

But looking at his own small arms and legs, the passion that had just risen was extinguished by more than half. Better to keep a low profile and develop; otherwise, he might not live to see the day he could fly and escape into the earth. A minute of inexplicable sadness.

However, it wasn't all bad news. At the very least, his new life was in a prefecture-level clan, and being born into the direct branch meant he had a big tree to lean on, so he didn't have to struggle from the bottom. It seemed the navigation System had given some compensation after all.

The Ye Family Clan was a new Family founded by the Ye Family's Old Ancestor Ye Erhu in Cangjiang Prefecture over nine hundred years ago. At that time, Ye Erhu served as a Centurion in the border army. Because he was too severely injured in a major battle and could not adapt to high-intensity combat, he had no choice but to retire from the border army.

Ye Erhu brought his retirement stipend to Cangjiang Prefecture. Over more than a hundred years, he fought for a territory with his blade and spear, branched out, and established the Ye Family. Through the efforts of his descendants over the past eight hundred years, and after many ups and downs, it was built into the Ye Family Clan, one of the three giants of the current Cangjiang Prefecture.

Eight hundred years ago, Ye Erhu left behind a sixteen-character Family motto: "May martial fortune flourish, be united as one, have lofty aspirations, and expand in all directions," and with his expectations for his descendants, he completed a brilliant life.

Ye Yisong was his seventh-generation descendant, ranked thirteenth. He belonged to the line of the Third Elder, one of the three direct branches, and his resources were exceptionally abundant, so he had reached a Nine-Star Martial Apprentice at a young age, the envy of others. It couldn't be helped; since his grandfather was the Third Elder, the life of a third-generation Martial Artist was just that awesome.

"Thirteenth Brother, stop daydreaming, or we'll be late for the craft hall," Ye Yifan said, patting Ye Yisong on the shoulder.

"Alright, let's go immediately."