21: Reincarnation, a martial arts genius

“A Martial Arts Convention? I heard they’re making quite a big show of it this time, even offering many rare treasures as rewards. Only the major martial arts lineages received invitations, but unfortunately, our Mountain Sea Martial Hall didn’t.”

“Is Master Qin going?”

Qin Chuan said, taking out the invitation.

Master Qin: “...”

A moment later, after barely managing to fool the old man, Qin Chuan was met with earnest admonitions.

“I won’t be going, but it’s good for you to experience it. However, fists and feet have no eyes, so remember your body and don’t be too eager to win. It’s perfectly fine for our Martial Hall to live on minimum subsistence.”

“Understood,” Qin Chuan replied. He did want to compete with others.

But without using Haoran Righteousness and those poems, given his current physical condition...

Participation was key!

The next day.

Qin Chuan arrived at Lukou Airport early in the morning.

He wasn't sure if it was the Great Xia Martial Alliance being generous or the Dawn Guard being thoughtful.

The plane ticket was already prepared when he decided to go, and Qin Chuan noticed it was a first-class ticket.

This was a novelty for him.

—There was no helping it; this kid was used to being poor.

Once the initial novelty wore off, Qin Chuan closed his eyes to rest.

After the plane landed, he transferred to another vehicle—

Heading to Emei!

Mount Emei is one of the birthplaces of Great Xia martial arts.

Unlike the well-known Shaolin and Wudang, the history of Mount Emei is said to trace back to ancient times, taking shape during the Spring and Autumn period.

This was also one of the reasons it was chosen as the venue for the Martial Arts Convention.

On the way, Qin Chuan saw many agile figures, presumably also attending this grand event.

Upon arriving at the foot of Mount Emei, he followed the location indicated on the invitation.

“Are you a martial artist here to participate? Could you please show me your invitation? Yes, that’s correct. Please follow me. The Martial Arts Convention has already been underway for a few days. I’ll give you a schedule shortly, and you can choose which events to participate in.”

Choose to participate?

This Martial Arts Convention seemed a bit different from what Qin Chuan had imagined.

He had imagined something like ‘the winner lives, the loser dies,’ ‘a clear distinction of superiority, and of life and death,’ ‘only one of us can survive’...

Oh, so it was already a society governed by law?

Just as he was lost in thought, a pleasant notification suddenly appeared in his mind.

[Detected player entering a place of significant cultural heritage. Reincarnation Attempts +1. Obtained Reincarnation Trick ‘Extraordinary Bones (Level 1 Talent)’. Please discover how to upgrade this trick yourself.]

[Extraordinary Bones (Level 1 Talent): Using this reincarnation trick, you will become a martial arts prodigy, one in ten thousand. (Note: The level of talent-type tricks will correspond in real-time to the reincarnated person.)]

A grand opening gift, he had indeed come to the right place!

Muttering to himself, Qin Chuan followed the staff to his accommodation and began to study this so-called reincarnation trick.

This reincarnation trick was different from ‘Book Fragrance Family’ which Qin Chuan obtained at the Jinling Library.

‘Book Fragrance Family’ was a one-time trick, a family background that was set at birth.

But this ‘Extraordinary Bones’ seemed to be categorized as a ‘Talent-type,’ capable of real-time status updates, yet there was no prompt indicating it could be upgraded at this location. He needed to discover the upgrade method himself.

As for how to discover it...

Qin Chuan was completely clueless at the moment and could only ponder it slowly.

The next day.

Looking at the dark circles under his eyes in the mirror, Qin Chuan sighed and shook his head.

Summoning the Celestial Change Treatise, he commanded, “Radiant!”

With that, the dark circles vanished, and he felt refreshed.

—It wasn’t that he truly ignored fatigue; he merely postponed it.

After all, this wasn’t truly ‘what he said, came to pass’!

But this was a last resort for him. Although the prompt didn’t say he could upgrade the trick here...

It also didn’t say he couldn’t!

What if?

With this sliver of hope, Qin Chuan began to wander around the convention.

The main format of this Martial Arts Convention was quite interesting.

Its primary form was—exhibition booths!

That’s right, just like a comic convention!

Not only was there no fierce fighting at the Martial Arts Convention, but people from various major martial arts lineages each had a space to give lectures!

As for the content of the lectures, it was mostly martial arts theory or other topics.

As for how much of their true martial arts knowledge the major lineages revealed, that was open to interpretation.

Ultimately, the organizers had their own set of evaluation standards for distributing the rewards.

As someone holding an invitation, Qin Chuan also had his own small exhibition booth.

But he had little interest in it and didn’t believe he was qualified to ‘impart martial arts.’

Qin Chuan had also attended some of the courses from the major lineages.

While it was evident that they likely revealed some genuine knowledge for the sake of the rewards, in Qin Chuan’s ears, it was no different from Master Qin’s teachings.

As for the method to upgrade ‘Extraordinary Bones’ that he had been longing for...

He still hadn’t found it.

In the evening, after returning to his accommodation, Qin Chuan checked on Chen Chuan’s situation again.

Finding nothing noteworthy, he began to stare at the reincarnation attempts and the ‘Extraordinary Bones’ trick.

Should he try it?

—There were still five or six days until the idle mode ended.

If he chose to reincarnate again, Qin Chuan would have nearly half a year of time.

“That’s enough!”

“Rename ‘Unnamed World 1’ to ‘Da Zhou World,’ select this world, and begin reincarnation!”

[Renaming successful. Anchoring ‘Great Zhou’ World...]

[Undergoing reincarnation. Detecting player already possesses ‘Reincarnation Tricks,’ ‘Reincarnation Bonus,’ and other elements.]

[Detected player possesses Reincarnation Tricks ‘Book Fragrance Family (Level 4)’ and ‘Extraordinary Bones (Level 1).’ Load them?]

“Load!”

[Reincarnation Tricks ‘Book Fragrance Family (Level 4)’ and ‘Extraordinary Bones (Level 1)’ have a slight conflict. Please choose which type of trick to prioritize?]

Seeing this, Qin Chuan couldn’t help but complain, “One is a family background type, and the other is a talent type. How can they conflict? Fine, prioritize Extraordinary Bones.”

—Since Chen Chuan was already set on a literary official career, Qin Chuan wanted to try other directions to avoid wasting resources.

[Loading complete! Connecting to the Great Dao of Reincarnation, analyzing spacetime rules.]

[Reincarnation complete. You have been born in the ‘Great Zhou’ World!]

[Your current birth is into the ‘Taiyuan Wang Clan (?)’]

“Level four is already one of the Five Surnames and Seven Clans? But what does the question mark mean? Does it mean I have to make a living?”

While Qin Chuan was still complaining, the reincarnation had already begun.

[Age 0: During an escape, your mother gave birth to you. On the day of your birth, your mother, unable to endure, died and sent you to Xuanqing Sect, where you were raised by a Taoist priest.]

Qin Chuan: What?

What the heck... Where’s my Level 4 Book Fragrance Family? Where’s my Taiyuan Wang Clan?

Help me out!