15: We don't have time to take it slow.

After the live broadcast ended, Lin Yunshi's video of slicing a bull with a single strike was edited into countless versions and spread virally across the entire network.

"One-Strike Iaijutsu! Is this real?"

"Who is this woman? I need all her information! Within three minutes!"

"The one upstairs, save your breath. That's Lin Yunshi of Lin Group, the newly appointed branch president of the Martial Arts Alliance in Anqing City. While you're still watching the show, she's already wielding great power."

Lin Yunshi paid no mind to the online clamor.

Slaying the mutated old bull brought her no sense of accomplishment; instead, it made her heart, already taut from Rebirth, clench even tighter.

Things were spiraling out of control.

This bull was just the beginning, an ominous sign.

At the same time, similar incidents were unfolding across various regions of Dragon Country.

In a city along the southeastern coast, a mutated sea snake charged onto the beach and was slain on the spot by a young man wielding a wooden sword, employing an ancient sword technique. A busybody posted the video online, and soon, someone recognized him as Li Xiuhan, the successor of the ancient martial arts family, the Li family.

As Lin Yunshi browsed the news, her fingertip paused on this name.

Li Xiuhan.

Five years later in her previous life, he was a Sixth Grade Peak expert, hailed as the "foremost below Grandmaster."

In this life, he had appeared so early.

Countless Martial Artists, hidden beneath the surface, were forced to emerge due to this global beast riot. They needed resources, needing to exchange the flesh and blood of exotic beasts for Cultivation resources.

The crisis was forcing a reshaping of the entire social structure.

The next day, the Ministry of Education of Dragon Country and the Martial Arts Alliance jointly issued a supreme directive.

"To address increasingly severe survival challenges and accelerate the improvement of national combat power, effective immediately, 70% of cultural courses in primary, middle, and high schools nationwide will be cut, and education will fully transition to basic Martial Arts Cultivation."

This policy was a full year ahead of Lin Yunshi's memory.

In her previous life, this change only came after countless cities suffered tragic losses.

In this life, because of that bull, because of that live broadcast that reached millions, the process was greatly accelerated.

Anqing City, Martial Arts Alliance Branch temporary office.

This was originally a vacant office building under Lin Group, now urgently requisitioned.

Lin Yunshi stood in the empty office, behind her was the hastily assembled team, mostly elite backbone personnel transferred from Lin Group.

"What did the main Alliance say?" Lin Yunshi asked her assistant.

"President, the main Alliance replied that the situation in various regions is currently complex, and the Alliance does not yet have a mature, unified plan. Each branch is allowed to formulate its own development guidelines based on local conditions, which will be summarized later."

Free rein.

These four words, which might seem like a hot potato to others, were excellent news to Lin Yunshi.

She didn't need to grope around; she had the standard answer.

"Transmit my orders."

Lin Yunshi's voice echoed in the empty office.

"First, in the name of the Alliance Branch, announce the 'Hunting Group Registration and Management Measures' to the entire city, allowing individuals or enterprises to form Hunting Groups for wild exotic beast extermination activities."

"Second, open Anqing City's armory, allowing registered Hunting Group members to rent standard firearms after passing an assessment. Fees will be deducted from their hunting proceeds."

"Third, establish an exotic beast Materials trading market. The official Alliance will be responsible for setting prices and guaranteeing purchases. All Hunting Group harvests can be monetized here."

"Fourth, Lin Group will provide the first batch of Medicinal Pills to the Alliance Branch as a sponsorship. All Hunting Groups that sell exotic beast Materials to the Alliance can exchange contribution points for blood-increasing pills."

The orders were clear, decisive, and without a hint of hesitation.

Everyone in the office was stunned by this combination of moves.

This was almost like building an entirely new social ecosystem from scratch.

"President, doing this... the casualty rate might be very high," a supervisor quietly raised his concerns.

"If we don't do this, in two years, Anqing City will become a dead city."

Lin Yunshi turned around, "We don't have time to take it slow."

Her words were soft, yet carried an undeniable weight.

Within days, under Lin Yunshi's strong implementation, Anqing City became the first city in all of Dragon Country to stabilize from the panic of the exotic beast impact.

While other cities were still struggling with factory closures and worker unemployment, Anqing City already had hundreds of large and small Hunting Groups registered and heading into the wilderness.

Ordinary people who had entered Martial Arts, carrying rented rifles, went out in groups of three to five, cautiously searching the mountains and forests around the city for isolated First Rank exotic beasts.

Local enterprises in Anqing City also transformed, investing in and forming more professional hunting companies.

A vast industrial chain centered around "hunting" began to take shape in Anqing City.

Lin Yunshi even issued an initiative in the name of the Alliance Branch, calling on citizens to utilize all available land, such as rooftops and balconies, to plant high-yield crops.

She didn't want Anqing City to experience again the long-term frugality and reliance on relief food that characterized her previous life.

After finishing her tasks, Lin Yunshi opened her computer and logged into an encrypted website.

This was the internal forum of the Dragon Country Martial Arts Alliance, accessible only to certified Martial Artists.

She compiled a report on Anqing City's reforms of the past few days and their initial results, then uploaded it.

On her personal information page, her Alliance number was a bright red "99."

Lin Yunshi remembered a widely circulated saying in the Martial Arts world of her previous life.

Martial Artists with Alliance numbers within the top hundred, as long as they didn't fall midway, would at least become a regional magnate.

Because this group of people were either inheritors who had access to Martial Arts Legacy early, or Geniuses who seized the opportunity in the first wave of Spiritual Qi resurgence.

She glanced at her number, then thought of her grandfather.

That evening, Lin Family Manor, study.

Lin Qian was flipping through an ancient book.

"Grandpa, let me help you with your Martial Artist certification," Lin Yunshi said, walking in with a tablet.

"Oh? There's such a thing?" Lin Qian put down his book.

"The branch president has a privilege to remotely certify special individuals within her jurisdiction who meet the Qi and blood standards but find it inconvenient to go to the Alliance headquarters for certification."

Lin Yunshi explained while operating the tablet.

Lin Qian's Qi and blood had long exceeded the standard for a First-Rank Martial Artist, so the certification process went smoothly.

Soon, the certification passed.

A new number was generated.

100.

Just barely, he squeezed into the tail end of the top hundred.

Lin Yunshi looked at this number, then at her grandfather, a complex feeling rising in her heart.

Grandpa was too old; his physical functions were declining. Even with Medicinal Pills to support him, this path of Martial Arts was destined to be more difficult for him than for anyone else.

Squeezing into the top hundred might already be his limit.

"Alright, Grandpa, you now have an official identity," Lin Yunshi put away the tablet.

"Not bad." Lin Qian nodded, picking up the ancient book again.

After Lin Yunshi left, Lin Qian shifted his gaze from the book, picked up his phone, and opened the newly downloaded Martial Arts Alliance forum APP.

The interface was simple, with a rough feel characteristic of its nascent stage.

Most of the content consisted of discussions among Martial Artists from various regions about exotic beasts, and some most basic Cultivation common sense.

"Qi and blood are the Foundation of everything."

"First Rank tempers the skin, Second Rank refines the flesh, Third Rank forges the bones. These are the outer three realms, honing the Physical Body's Foundation."

"Fourth Rank opens the Divine Power, Fifth Rank condenses Divine Thought, Sixth Rank molds the Divine Soul. These are the inner three realms, involving the use of Mental Energy..."

These pieces of knowledge, which seemed basic beyond basic to Lin Yunshi, in Lin Qian's eyes, corroborated perfectly with the Martial Arts Enlightenment he had gained from his System.

His Mental Energy, due to being reborn twice, already far surpassed ordinary people.

The Martial Arts Enlightenment rewarded by the System had even built a complete Cultivation framework in his mind, from First Rank to Ninth Rank.

However, that framework lacked the flesh and blood to fill it.

And these scattered pieces of information on the forum became the best fillers.

When he saw the description of Fourth Rank's "opening the Divine Power," a vague Enlightenment became clear in his mind.

A tiny change occurred in the circulation route of the 'Azure Wood Art' within his body.

All this time, he had merely circulated his Qi and blood purely through his Meridians, vast but crude.

At this moment, he tried to attach a faint wisp of Mental Energy to the flowing Qi and blood.

The efficiency of Qi and blood circulation suddenly increased by 30%.

The medicinal power that previously required one full cycle to refine now only needed two-thirds of the time.

The bottleneck that troubled countless Third Grade Peak Martial Artists, the method of using Mental Energy to interfere with matter, was broken through by him effortlessly.

Fourth Rank Martial Arts held no more secrets for him.

If Lin Yunshi were here at this moment, her jaw would surely drop.

In her previous life, she had spent a full year, through countless life-and-death battles, to barely touch the threshold of Fourth Rank.

And her grandfather, merely by reading an introductory post on a forum, had a clear grasp of it.

Meanwhile, Anqing City's reforms also surged to the national hot search.

"Hunting Groups, firearm rentals! Is Anqing City crazy? This is playing with human lives!"

"The upstairs 'saint' get lost! What time is it now? Are we going to stay in the city and wait to die? At least Anqing City gives ordinary people a chance to change their fate!"

"Exactly! Exotic beast meat is selling for sky-high prices now, ordinary people can't afford it at all. With Hunting Groups, we can also get a share!"

Amidst the debate, Anqing City, a city located in the southwest, for the first time entered the national spotlight with such an aggressive stance.

Lin Qian turned off the news on his phone and picked up the teacup on the table.

He approved of his granddaughter's iron-fisted approach.

Some sacrifices were necessary.

Compared to the destruction of the entire city two years later, this small price was insignificant.

Anqing City had to complete its war-oriented transformation at the fastest possible speed.