1: Chapter 1 My Love for Murder and the True Master

Xiaoshan Country, Qinghe Prefecture, Heishui County.

County prison.

A black-haired, black-eyed, and delicate-looking figure appeared within the prison, his clear gaze seeming to inspect something.

[Name: Qin Muyuan]

[Rank: 1]

[Talent: I Love Killing (Gold), Essential Master (Gold)]

[I Love Killing (Gold): You are a born demon. Killing people is as easy as eating and drinking to you. Only after killing enough people will your mood improve.]

[Essential Master (Gold): You possess the essence of a master. No Cultivation Technique holds any difficulty for you. You can learn a Cultivation Technique in an extremely short time, and you can Cultivate a Cultivation Technique to the highest Realm in an extremely short time.]

[Cultivation Technique: Colorless · Flowing Cloud Hand First Layer (0%)]

[Mood Value: 60 / 100 (Mood Value needs to be increased by killing people; if you do not kill people for a long time, the Mood Value will decrease; when the Mood Value is below 60, all your attributes will gradually decrease along with the reduction of the Mood Value, lowering to a minimum of 10% of the original attributes; when the Mood Value is above 60, all your attributes will increase along with the increase of the Mood Value, and under the current Rank, it can be increased up to 200% of the original attributes)]

[Skills: None]

[Inventory: None]

The delicate figure was named Qin Muyuan. A year ago, while standing on a pedestrian walkway, he was sent flying twenty meters away by a Dayun truck that flew out from the bushes.

Fortunately, although his body was smashed into pieces here and there, his brain functions remained intact.

Ever since then, Qin Muyuan had signed an consciousness upload agreement, uploading his brain and memories to the cyber world.

Technology in this era was extremely developed. Qin Muyuan, who had reincarnated as an electronic cyborg, was bored, so he began to embrace virtual reality games.

On this day, after setting a game wakeup time of two and a half months, he immersed himself in this new generation of virtual game before his eyes.

"Visuals, hearing, smell, touch... Almost identical to reality! As expected of a virtual game with epoch-making technology!"

Qin Muyuan exclaimed, looking at his talents:

"Two gold talents. According to the game official website's introduction, the probability of a gold talent appearing is 0.1%. My luck is truly fantastic!"

Shutting off the panel, Qin Muyuan bounced around to experience the performance of his game body, and only then did he begin to survey the surrounding environment.

He was in a stinky prison, and judging by the architectural style and prison facilities, it should have an ancient background.

While surveying the surrounding environment, a panel introduction suddenly appeared in front of Qin Muyuan:

[Xiaoshan Country, a Mortal country located in a barren land of spiritual energy, its...]

"Skip, skip."

Qin Muyuan glanced at it and skipped the background introduction entirely without caring.

The image on the panel suddenly shifted, and a mechanical female voice came from his ear once more:

[Your name is Qin Muyuan, you are...]

"Skip, skip."

Qin Muyuan chose to skip again.

He was a player, a player who had broken away from Advanced tastes and only lived for the thrill of combat.

He did not need to know who he was, nor did he need to know where he was, let alone how this world was.

He only needed to know:

Where is the mission, and who am I going to kill?

Just these two points were enough!

As Qin Muyuan skipped all of the world background and character background, the panel did not pop up again.

Clatter!

At this moment, the iron chains fastened at the prison gate were opened from the outside, and four figures wearing ancient-style robes walked in from outside.

Three of them wore miscellaneous soldier attire, while the other wore a relatively high-grade official robe.

The man in the official robe raised his chin and arrogantly threw the item in his hand in front of Qin Muyuan:

"Qin Muyuan, have you thought it through?"

"Will you continue to eat spoiled food and drink foul water in this Heishui Prison, locked up for half a year or a year, or...

"Put on this wide-sleeved dress and serve me well. If you satisfy me, I can let you out, and let you live in my mansion to be my little book boy."

Qin Muyuan lowered his head, looking at that wide-sleeved dress.

A wide-sleeved dress was the skirt robe worn by heroines in ordinary costume dramas, but the wide-sleeved dress in front of him had 70% less fabric than ordinary wide-sleeved dresses. The chest area was empty, and the positions of the front and back hips were even hollowed out intentionally.

Qin Muyuan raised his head, instantly meeting the gaze of the man in the official robe, which looked like he was watching a naked girl.

Instantly, a chill rose in Qin Muyuan's heart.

"Go wear your damn self!"

As the words fell, Qin Muyuan kicked his calves, his entire body suddenly flying out like an arrow leaving a bowstring.

"You dead bender, go die!"

There was the [Flowing Cloud Hand] Cultivation Technique on the panel. As a player, Qin Muyuan could naturally use it without any obstacles based on the memories transmitted into his mind.

He instantly rushed in front of the man in the official robe, his hands brushing past like flowing clouds, and a violent force ruthlessly shook towards the man in the official robe.

Bang!

The man in the official robe completely did not expect Qin Muyuan to suddenly attack and injure someone. Caught completely off guard and shaken by the Flowing Cloud Hand, his entire body flew backward like a tattered rag, smashing against the prison fence behind him and abruptly spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

The three county soldiers behind him also failed to react to Qin Muyuan's sudden attack; it wasn't until the man in the official robe flew out that they snapped back to their senses.

"Little thief! You are extremely bold! How dare you injure Chief Clerk Song!"

The three county soldiers swiftly drew the long sabers at their waists, their expressions turning fierce as they swarmed forward and hacked indiscriminately at Qin Muyuan.

Seeing this, Qin Muyuan pulled back and retreated explosively, retreating to the corner of the prison.

His gaze swept over the game panel:

[Flowing Cloud Hand First Layer (0%) → Flowing Cloud Hand First Layer (50%)]

"Is this the effect of the gold talent Essential Master?"

As expected of a new-generation virtual game promoted as a mowing and satisfying game, this Cultivation Technique's improvement speed was truly exhilarating!

After the Cultivation Technique progress reached 50% of the first layer, Qin Muyuan instantly felt as if his Flowing Cloud Hand had stepped up a level; his strength had increased quite a bit, and his proficiency had also improved a lot.

"I feel like my body is full of power!"

Having received enhancements, Qin Muyuan surged forward once more, engaging in battle with the three saber-wielding county soldiers.

"Together, chop off his head!"

Seeing this, a saber-wielding county soldier let out a loud shout, drawing his saber and hacking toward Qin Muyuan.

This saber-wielding county soldier had seen it clearly just now: although this kid knew a martial arts Cultivation Technique, his degree of mastery was just so-so.

Beating Chief Clerk Song who didn't know martial arts might have some use, but against county soldiers like them who used sabers, he was nothing special!

Moreover, in such a narrow environment, the three of them rushing up together and hacking indiscriminately could easily chop this brash kid who only knew some superficial kung fu into minced meat!

Just as this county soldier drew his saber to hack at the brash kid in his eyes, that brash kid actually didn't dodge at all, directly meeting him with his bare hands.

"Haha! He truly is an idiot!"

The county soldier was wild with joy in his heart, gripping his short saber even more fiercely as he hacked at Qin Muyuan.

However, the moment the short saber was about to make contact with that palm, a trace of flowing-cloud-like forceful wind abruptly bypassed the blade edge and struck the body of the saber.

Clang!

A violent, massive force came from the edge of the blade, jarring the county soldier's wrists and causing them to tremble so much that he couldn't even hold onto the hilt for a moment!

The short saber in his hand was shaken flying out amidst that bizarre forceful wind.

The flying blade brushed past the county soldier's cheek, cutting a wisp of fresh blood upon it.

But what made the county soldier even more horrified was that after that single strike, the brash kid actually seemed to still have remaining strength!

That palm, which was extremely fast and ethereal, rapidly magnified in the county soldier's eyes, carrying a massive force as it heavily struck against the neck of this county soldier.

Snap!

The sound of shattering larynges exploded within the prison, just like a Vicious Beast gnawing on human bones!

That county soldier's eyes widened abruptly, his head tilted sideways, and he fell to the ground with a thump, losing all breath of life.

The time elapsed in the engagement before and after was no more than five breaths!

Behind them, the two county soldiers looked at their companion who had already lost his vital signs, their gazes filled with shock and horror.

And what made them feel even more ominous was that with the death of this county soldier companion, their opponent—that black-haired, black-eyed, delicate-faced youth—suddenly saw a wisp of bloody, stern murderous aura rise from his body.

Under the blessing of this murderous aura, the aura on the youth's body became increasingly thriving!

[Mood Value: 60 / 100 → 70 / 100]

[All Attributes Bonus: 125%!]