Because this book was actually an incomplete copy, most of the information recorded on it was missing.
The only techniques Wang Xuan could cultivate were a method that borrowed the luck of others, a killing formation that consumed luck, a method that transferred the backlash of luck, and three other spells: Fireball, Vajra Body Protection, and Mist Concealment.
Not to mention the three spells, given Wang Xuan's status in the main world, he could obtain as many spells as he wanted; it was practically a trivial matter.
The same applies to that killing formation. In the spiritually depleted world of Water Margin, the method of setting up a formation by relying on luck is extremely precious, but it is not the same in other worlds.
The main world has a vast amount of spiritual energy, so why waste precious luck to set up an array?
There was only one secret technique for borrowing luck that Wang Xuan could take a liking to, but this technique required the Yellow Heavenly Fortune Talisman to be used, which affected its value.
Regardless, Wang Xuan searched Zixu Temple thoroughly but found nothing of value, so he had no choice but to give up.
Chapter Forty: Heroes of the World Avoid the White Robe!
After confirming several times that there were no other spoils of war, Wang Xuan simply set fire to the Purple Void Temple before leaving.
When he walked out of the gate of Zixu Temple, he was furious again, because the carriage he had come in with was nowhere to be found, and his beloved disciple Song Jiang had also disappeared.
"What a fine Song Jiang, Song Gongming!" Wang Xuan cursed, "How dare you, a traitor who betrays his master and ancestors, call yourself the Righteous Protector of Shandong, the Filial and Righteous Black Third Brother?"
However, no matter how much Wang Xuan cursed, Song Jiang had already run far away and couldn't possibly hear him.
With the world vast and boundless, Wang Xuan had no idea where Song Jiang had gone, nor did he have any intention of chasing after him.
In any case, Wang Xuan came to this world only to spread his teachings and reap the rewards of others' fortunes. Compared to the fortunes of millions of people in the world, even if Song Jiang is the protagonist of this world, he is insignificant.
Furthermore, Wang Xuan had already taken several bribes from Song Jiang, so even if Song Jiang had incredible luck, it was not as good as before.
Having nowhere to go for the time being, Wang Xuan decided to return to Liangshan along the original route to teach his disciples for a while and, incidentally, relinquish his position as the leader of Liangshan. He didn't want to remain a bandit leader in this world forever.
Jizhou is more than 2,000 li away from Liangshan, and Wang Xuan is not in a hurry to travel, only walking about 100 li each day.
After walking for three days, Wang Xuan suddenly encountered trouble.
Before him appeared a troop of elite cavalry, numbering about two or three hundred.
Upon seeing Wang Xuan, the cavalrymen spurred their horses and charged towards him without saying a word, clearly with ill intentions!
"Could it be that my identity as the leader of Liangshan has been exposed, and these imperial troops have come specifically to besiege me, a rebel?" Wang Xuan was alarmed but not afraid. He took out his sword from his spatial ring and pulled out the hood of his Heavenly Silkworm Robe to cover his head.
After making these preparations, he charged straight at the cavalry. No cowardice, just fight!
"How dare you! You dare to charge our cavalry alone! You're asking for trouble! Take this axe from me, the Vanguard Commander Suo Chao!" Enraged by Wang Xuan's reckless behavior, the cavalry commander laughed and threw his axe at Wang Xuan.
"So this guy is Suo Chao, one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars in the Water Margin world. He has quite a bit of luck. I'll spare his life this time." Wang Xuan muttered to himself. Without pausing, he used the blade of his knife to strike the axe that Suo Chao had thrown at him, sending it flying back.
Compared to the axe that Suo Chao had thrown earlier, the axe that Wang Xuan had hit back was several times faster. It flew to Suo Chao's front in an instant, scaring him so much that he broke out in a cold sweat.
However, the axe did not strike Suo Chao; instead, it grazed his face and felled a cavalryman behind him.
Wang Xuan stomped hard on the ground, and like an arrow released from a bow, he charged directly towards the cavalry.
He wore a Heavenly Silkworm Armor, making him impervious to swords and spears. He had also cultivated to the perfected stage of the Acquired Realm, and his arms possessed the strength of several thousand kilograms, making him a veritable human tank.
Although the cavalry charge was powerful, how could it compare to Wang Xuan, this human tank? Wherever he charged, men and horses fell in disarray. This cavalry unit of two or three hundred men was completely cut down by Wang Xuan alone!
Although Suo Chao was a fierce general in the Song Dynasty, he had never seen such a powerful person before.
Looking at the martial artists of this world, even a hero like Lin Chong could usually only take on a dozen or so strong adult men single-handedly. If he were fully armored and riding a fine horse, he might be able to kill nearly a hundred infantrymen, but facing the charge of two or three hundred elite cavalrymen, it would be a certain death sentence!
But the person in front of us is too powerful, exceeding most people's definition of "human," he's practically a monster!
"Kill!" After breaking through the enemy formation, Wang Xuan roared, turned around and charged back, once again cutting through the enemy cavalry.
In fact, he only killed about sixty or seventy people in total, but that was enough to deal a huge blow to Suo Chao and the others.
After all, that's a mortality rate of 20-30%, which is enough to cause an army to collapse if it were placed in an army that has not undergone modern training!
And indeed, when Wang Xuan broke through the cavalry for the second time and prepared to turn back, Suo Chao led his men and fled for their lives, refusing to fight Wang Xuan again.
Although this battle could be described as a one-sided massacre, Wang Xuan still expended a lot of energy.
“If government troops come to besiege me again, I can crush a few hundred of them. But if their numbers reach one or two thousand, I will have to flee for my life.” Wang Xuan also realized his limitations.
Although he was protected by the Heavenly Silkworm Armor, making him invulnerable to swords and spears, and possessing immense strength of several thousand jin, he was still a human being after all, and his physical strength was not inexhaustible.
If too many people surround him, he will probably be exhausted, and even if he doesn't die from exhaustion, he will be captured alive.
Having learned from the previous experience of being besieged, Wang Xuan became even more cautious while traveling.
He followed Song Jiang's example and bought a sun hat to wear, covering half of his face.
Even though Wang Xuan was so careful, trouble still came one after another, as if someone had laid a big net to trap him in the middle.
Along his journey, he encountered more than a dozen groups of soldiers, all of whom were elite troops of the Song Dynasty sent by the Song Dynasty to surround and kill him!
"Damn it! What have I done to deserve such a targeted attack from the Song Dynasty court?" Wang Xuan was both shocked and furious.
Liangshan is now nothing more than a bandit stronghold of a few thousand people, while the Song Dynasty has sent tens of thousands of men to besiege it. Even if Wang Xuan's identity as the leader of Liangshan were exposed, it would be impossible for him to attract such targeting!
No matter who is plotting against Wang Xuan, now that the enemy has made their move, Wang Xuan will not show any mercy.
Whenever he encountered a large force of soldiers numbering in the thousands, Wang Xuan would use his speed to temporarily retreat. But if he encountered a small squad of soldiers numbering in the hundreds, he would kill them without hesitation.
Wang Xuan only covered half of the more than two thousand miles from Jizhou to Liangshan, and countless elite troops of the imperial court died at his hands. In Wang Xuan's own words, it was "a journey of three thousand miles in one battle, a sword that once faced a million soldiers."
Even amidst the carnage, Wang Xuan's white robe remained spotless, making people avoid him like the plague.
Not to mention the outlaws and bandits of the martial arts world who kept their distance from him, even the small squad of soldiers would stay as far away as possible when they saw Wang Xuan in his white robe.
After this series of battles, Wang Xuan's unparalleled bravery has spread throughout the world!
Chapter Forty-One: Enlightenment!
Wang Xuan faced constant encirclement and suppression by the Song army along the way, which inevitably slowed down his travel speed.
It took him about a month to reach the territory of Daming Prefecture.
Daming Prefecture was an important town in the north of the Song Dynasty, and it was also the residence of Lu Junyi, the Jade Kirin, who ranked second among the 100 heroes of Liangshan.
Wang Xuan also wanted to go into the city to meet Lu Junyi, the Jade Kirin, and perhaps even take him as his apprentice. However, he ultimately gave up on the idea.
As time went on, the number of Song Dynasty soldiers appearing around Wang Xuan became increasingly dense, as if it were the eve of a storm, making Wang Xuan feel a heavy weight in his heart!
Even though Wang Xuan chose to bypass the city, he still couldn't avoid the trouble that was bound to come.
After Wang Xuan crossed a small hill, he suddenly discovered that the area ahead was densely packed with government troops. These soldiers were well-trained and neatly dressed; judging from the flags they were carrying, they were clearly the most elite northwestern army of the Song Dynasty!
Due to its unique geographical environment and historical legacy, the Song Dynasty frequently engaged in wars with the Western Xia in the northwest. These wars began in the early days of the Western Xia and continued for much longer than those between the Song and Liao dynasties.
After a century of war, the northwestern region of the Song Dynasty produced a number of military families and hundreds of thousands of battle-hardened elite troops, which became the most powerful force in the entire Song Dynasty!
Wang Xuan looked around and secretly did some calculations, his heart pounding with fear.
There must be at least several thousand elite soldiers blocking his path. If he were trapped behind these thousands of troops, his chances of survival would be slim.
Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Xuan turned and fled, but after running only two or three miles, he found that his retreat route was also blocked.
Like the Song Dynasty troops that had come before, the soldiers blocking Wang Xuan's retreat were also elite troops from the Northwest!
With the two armies surrounding him from the front and rear, Wang Xuan was trapped on this small hill!
"I'm doomed! I, Wang Xuan, have been in the Water Margin world for over half a year now, and apart from forcibly taking on a few disciples through underhanded means, I haven't accomplished any of my planned goals. Am I just going to slink back to the main world like this?"
Wang Xuan was extremely unwilling. He came to the Water Margin world to establish a sect, spread his teachings, and become a Taoist ancestor!
If he were to return to the main world through the Eternity of Heaven and Earth at this moment, he could certainly save his life, but he could not expect to gain any fortune.
Up to this point, Wang Xuan is still perceived by many in the Water Margin world as nothing more than a bandit leader.
Wang Xuan didn't have much time left to come up with a solution. The hill wasn't very big, and the government troops outside were gradually tightening their encirclement. It wouldn't be long before they attacked and arrived here.
Countless thoughts raced through his mind in an instant, and he came up with several ways to escape, but ultimately rejected them one by one.
Human strength has its limits. With Wang Xuan's current cultivation level, he can fight ten people, a hundred people, or even a thousand people. He can fight his way out.
But now he has to take on an elite army of ten thousand men single-handedly, which is beyond the scope of strategy.
"Now that things have come to this, I can only pin my hopes on my cheat system." Wang Xuan smiled bitterly. For transmigrators like them, when in doubt about external matters, they turn to their cheat system; when in doubt about internal matters, they turn to their cheat system.
When faced with a problem that can't be solved, just turn to a "golden finger" (a powerful, helpful tool). If even a "golden finger" can't help, then it's probably a truly desperate situation.
With a thought, Wang Xuan received a beam of light that transformed into a screen of light and projected into his mind.
Name: Wang Xuan
Permissions: Level 1
Cultivation level: Twelfth level of the Acquired Realm
Luck: 6352 (1 for ordinary people)
Cultivation Method: *Ziyang Zhenjie*
Combat Technique: The Burial Sword Manual
Existing world coordinates: Mythical Three Kingdoms World, Water Margin World
Unlocked features: Time travel, Enlightenment
This information was slightly different from when Wang Xuan last checked it. First, his luck value had increased, and his cultivation had broken through to the twelfth level of the Acquired Realm.
In addition, as he has been studying the Burial Sword Technique during this period, this Wang family's inherited sword technique has been recognized by the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, and the information now includes a new "combat skills" section.
Wang Xuan merely glanced at these messages; he was aware of these changes, but they were utterly useless in resolving the current predicament.
Without much hesitation, he focused his mind on the "unlocked features: time travel, enlightenment." Specifically, the "enlightenment" feature!
Two months ago, Wang Xuan thought this function was useless, because with his own comprehension, he could comprehend the innate way and break through to the innate realm of martial arts in just a few months. There was no need to consume precious luck points to comprehend the way.
Wang Xuan originally thought he would only need to use this function when he reached the Innate Perfection Realm, but he didn't expect to need it now.
"In the path of martial arts, the first stage is acquired, and the second stage is innate!" Wang Xuan kept recalling the various information about the innate realm: "To break through to the innate realm, one must open the microcosmic orbit of the human body and then construct a cycle with the macrocosmic orbit of heaven and earth."
"Once I break through to the Innate Realm, I will be able to directly communicate with the power of heaven and earth to replenish my energy and increase my physical strength significantly."
"Of course, because the spiritual energy in the Water Margin world is depleted, even if I reach the Innate Realm, I won't be able to borrow much power from heaven and earth to replenish my own consumption. However, I already have a massive amount of medicinal power hidden within me. As long as I break through to the Innate Realm, I will be able to squeeze out all of this medicinal power!"
He suppressed all the distracting thoughts in his mind, and finally activated the Eternal Tower of Heaven and Earth, focusing his mind heavily on the two words "Enlightenment".