He handed it over, laughing, "Take a look for yourself!"
"What's all this mysterious stuff?"
Xiao Yan muttered as he took it, then looked at it and saw the four big characters "Battle Through the Heavens" on the cover, with five smaller characters below: Written by Tiancan Tudou.
"Huh, Tiancan Tudou? I think I vaguely remember him. Isn't he some nobody who wrote online on Blue Star? What book did he write again? I think it was called something like Warcraft Sword Saint."
"Before I transmigrated, his book wasn't finished yet, right? This is... a new book?"
"Holy crap..."
However, Xiao Yan was muttering to himself as he turned the pages of the book.
This is a world of battle qi, where there is no fancy magic, only battle qi that has been cultivated to its peak!
Fighter, Fighting Master, Great Fighting Master, Fighting Spirit, Fighting King, Fighting Emperor, Fighting Sect Master, Fighting Venerable, Half-Saint, Fighting Saint, Fighting Emperor!
Skipping over the somewhat familiar book descriptions and flipping through the table of contents, he went straight to the first chapter.
Chapter One: The Fallen Genius
"Power of Battle, Level Three!"
Staring at the five large, almost blindingly bright characters on the test stone tablet, the boy remained expressionless, a self-deprecating smile playing on his lips. His clenched fist, so tightly that his slightly sharp nails dug deep into his palms, brought waves of excruciating pain…
Upon reading the main text of the book, Xiao Yan exclaimed in surprise and almost jumped up.
"This...this...this..."
He skimmed through the pages, watching the protagonist Xiao Yan rise from a seemingly useless person to a fortuitous encounter with an old man, only to be jilted by his fiancée, and then to make a three-year pact... a series of adventures.
Xiao Yan was completely stunned.
His face was flushed, and large beads of sweat rolled down his face, but he seemed oblivious to it, immersing himself completely in his book.
Xiao Ning stood with his hands behind his back, gazing intently at the villagers working in the fields in the distance.
After an unknown amount of time, with a "snap!", Xiao Yan closed the book, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and looked at Xiao Ning with a complex and indescribable expression.
"So, Xiao Yanzi, do you have any questions?"
Perhaps sensing the gazes gathering around her, Xiao Ning turned her head and smiled.
Actually, Xiao Ning wrote this novel, Battle Through the Heavens, out of boredom and during his spare time after arriving in this world.
Fortunately, since advancing to the Martial Arts Grandmaster level, his soul has condensed into a Yin Spirit, possessing the ability to remember everything he sees, even the details of his childhood bedwetting.
The entire Battle Through the Heavens contains over 5.3 million words, but Xiao Ning naturally didn't memorize it all. Instead, he streamlined it, leaving only a little over 2 million words.
Skills such as calligraphy, painting, playing chess, etc., can all cultivate one's mind and character, and refine one's temperament.
This is a technique that Xiao Ning learned from Zhang Sanfeng when he was on Wudang Mountain in the world of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber.
Perhaps this is why those reclusive masters in folk tales are all proficient in one or two skills.
"Brother Ning, why did you kill Yao Chen?"
Xiao Yan looked at him with a resentful expression, feeling a pang of sadness and wanting to cry.
In the famous novel "Battle Through the Heavens," I could have obtained the help of my golden finger—a powerful old man, Yao Chen, a ninth-grade alchemist—to become an alchemist, and my battle qi cultivation would have skyrocketed.
However, in reality, before the old man could even reveal his identity, he was casually crushed to death by Xiao Ning, another time-traveler from the same village.
Now it seems that Xiao Ning knew Yao Chen's identity all along, yet he still killed him. I wonder why.
As for the reason of killing someone to prevent the secret of time travelers from being leaked, this reason is obviously untenable.
This is the point that Xiao Yan can't understand the most.
"Hmm? Yao Chen!"
Xiao Ning was taken aback. He had thought that Xiao Yan would question the authenticity of the book "Battle Through the Heavens", but he did not expect that Xiao Yan would ask about Yao Chen.
To be honest, the reason Xiao Ning killed Yao Chen was to make it easier to control Xiao Yan; otherwise, keeping Yao Chen alive would have been a hidden danger.
If Yao Chen were to sow discord and incite Xiao Yan to deal with him, although he wasn't afraid, it would still be a troublesome matter.
Therefore, he decided to nip the danger in the bud and kill Yao Chen.
Of course, these words could not be told to Xiao Yan.
He pondered for a moment, then explained to Xiao Yan, "You've already read about Yao Chen's life in the book. When you went to the Yunlan Sect this time, he was captured by the Soul Hall in order to help you escape."
"When I first came to this world, I learned that I had replaced Xiao Ning and become a member of the Xiao Clan. I was intimidated by the threat of the Soul Clan and was afraid that Yao Chen would cause trouble after learning of our existence."
"If he finds out about our existence and is captured by the Soul Clan, there's no guarantee he won't be tortured using secret techniques to uncover our secrets."
"In this way, we are exposed right under the nose of the Soul Palace."
"At that time, my cultivation level was low and I was no match for the Soul Palace's capture. For my own safety, I took the initiative and killed Yao Chen."
"Xiao Yanzi, you won't blame me, will you?"
Whether Xiao Yan believed it or not, Xiao Ning himself believed it.
After Xiao Ning finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Yan, waiting for his reaction.
Xiao Yan looked up at the sky and sighed, feeling somewhat lost.