"Where do you think you're going, you lecherous thief!"

He then realized he was lying on the riverbank, drenched from head to toe.

Gao Xuan sensed something was amiss. He turned his head and saw two beautiful maidens in ancient attire on the opposite side, each holding a large, gleaming treasure sword.

The two maidens were indeed beautiful, but their faces were filled with murderous intent.

Gao Xuan didn't think they were joking, as there were two long sword marks on his chest, stinging painfully.

There were also bloodstains on the maidens' longswords, clearly his blood.

"What's going on here..."

Gao Xuan didn't have time to sort through the memories of this body and instinctively dashed forward.

Having a new world and a new identity, was it necessary to start off so thrillingly?

When Gao Xuan exerted his strength, he discovered a force circulating in his meridians. It was quite similar to what he had cultivated with inner power over thirty years in the previous world, albeit with slight differences in the energy's movement.

As Gao Xuan attempted to circulate this inner strength, his body suddenly felt light, as if gravity had ceased to exist. With a slight arm movement, he propelled himself forward at high speed.

In mid-air, he adjusted his stance with a slight spread of his arms, lightly tapped the surface of the turbulent river for support, and smoothly leaped over the several-yard-wide river.

Once Gao Xuan landed softly, he self-assessed and felt quite good. The Swallow's Three Dives technique, relying on inner strength, made the flight swift and graceful, quite entertaining.

The two maidens clearly didn't possess such lightweight skills. Hesitation was evident as they stood at the riverbank.

The rushing water left no option but swimming across. Before the lecherous thief, the maidens couldn't possibly dive into the water.

From across the long river, the two maidens shouted at him, "You disgusting pervert, come over here and face your death."

Gao Xuan didn't engage in a war of words. Having taken over this body, he didn't know what the original owner had done.

Seeing the two maidens hesitate to cross, Gao Xuan didn't hurry to leave. He sorted through his memories, finding that this body was indeed called Gao Xuan, a twenty-year-old disciple of the Feihua Sect.

The name of the sect alone sounded disreputable, and naturally, there were no reputable people within.

The sect taught things like sedatives, poison needle hidden weapons, and the Golden Spear Eighteen Techniques...

Of course, the most important skill was lightweight skill.

In the Lower Five Sects, the first priority was the ability to make a swift escape.

Whether a deal succeeded or failed, one must run fast enough to leave others in the dust.

This body just graduated and targeted the two maidens to accomplish something.

This fellow relied on his good looks and sweet talk, getting acquainted with the two maidens and dining at the same table.

The two beauties were named Tao Hui and Tao Ying, twin sisters. Everything was going smoothly until he was caught red-handed trying to drug their drinks.

Immediately, the two sisters, Tao Ying and Tao Hui, turned hostile and began to fight.

Once the fight broke out, this fellow took two sword slashes. Knowing he was no match, he quickly used his lightweight skill to flee.

By the river, the pain from his wounds intensified, causing him to stumble into the water, allowing Gao Xuan to possess him.

After sorting through the original memories, Gao Xuan felt a bit speechless.

Organizations are bonded by belief and interests.

The Feihua Sect specialized in one thing: trafficking women and children.

In this era, with underdeveloped productivity, population was a crucial resource. The profits from trafficking were substantial.

Beautiful women were sold to brothels, ordinary women to landlords as servants, and the lowest tier to farmers as wives...

Children were treated similarly. In short, the methods were cruel and vicious.

The Feihua Sect had engaged in this trade for decades, forming an industry with a complete process.

The young lad in whom he was incarnated was simply too impatient, wanting to handle his first job alone. His urgency led to his discovery by the others.

According to the usual plan, he should have had assistance. For instance, two villains would appear to trouble the sisters, and this lad would righteously draw his sword to help.

Once familiar, they would administer an aphrodisiac, and simply overpower the other party. At that time, the lad could still pretend to be a deeply affectionate man, deceiving money and wealth from the two beauties' family.

Once the loot was secured, they'd find a place to sell the two beauties, netting another substantial profit. Gao Xuan took any measure necessary, yet had his own limits. Reviewing the actions of this body, fortunately for the world, he failed on his first attempt. Even so, he felt this fellow deserved death, and so did the Feihua Sect.

But having possessed this body, he couldn't just die like this.

This Jianghu world was also very harsh. Without the support of a sect, venturing alone in Jianghu could easily lead to demise. Hence, sects like the Feihua Sect could maintain a tight hold.

Gao Xuan absorbed the original memories, gaining a rough understanding of this martial arts world.

There was some bad news - his Spiritual Power remained suppressed. The good news was that for the first time, he sensed the Six-winged Celestial Cicada.

In the fourth world of the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada, he finally reestablished contact with the Six-winged Celestial Cicada.

This gave Gao Xuan considerable reassurance. As long as the connection with the Six-winged Celestial Cicada existed, it proved that the body was intact.

If there's a problem, the Six-winged Celestial Cicada will definitely warn him.

Having experienced several worlds, Gao Xuan roughly understood the situation of the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada.

A crucial issue is that the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada is not human, nor can it be called a sentient being.

The worlds chosen by the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada should all be real. They might be parallel worlds, or perhaps these worlds are located in other star systems of the cosmos.

His Spiritual Power was suppressed, not because of the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada, but due to the peculiarities of the world he was in.

The worlds selected by the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada are essentially meant to continuously adapt to the changes in the world and adjust Spiritual Power, thereby coordinating and integrating with it step by step on a mental level.

Therefore, the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada is unlikely to tell him what to do, let alone assign him any tasks.

Each breakthrough in a world is actually an adjustment of his mental state.

In the first two worlds, it was the final moments of death that his mental state touched the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada, completing the world transition.

The significance of these world trials is to temper the spirit. The spirit here does not refer to the Spiritual Power that roams the Star River but a mental state, or a state of mind.

Through different worlds, delve deeper into oneself layer by layer, face the heart directly, and achieve perfect coordination of mind and spirit, ultimately achieving perfect integration with the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada.

Gao Xuan, having passed through three worlds, finally figured out what he needed to do. He didn't need to explore anything, nor did he need to complete any tasks. It was enough for him to breakthrough on a mental level.

If there was no progress on the spiritual level, then he could only wait for natural death and reincarnate at the last moment of death with a special mental state.

There is another crucial point. If he accidentally dies in a world, both his Divine Soul and body will die.

After establishing a connection with the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, Gao Xuan became more certain of his judgments.

In summary, the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada establishes connections with countless worlds, sending his Divine Soul into bodies in these worlds that meet the criteria for trials.

In these worlds, he must search for the meaning of his life! Hence, he needs various strong stimuli to experience the deeper states of different emotions.

Drifting through life is okay, but it leads nowhere...

Gao Xuan guessed that he should only have nine trial opportunities. If after nine trials he still couldn't integrate with the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada, he would really be done for...

By establishing a connection with the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, Gao Xuan finally understood the purpose of the Nine-Revolutions Divine Cicada's trials and the methods of the trials.

This is crucial for him.

If he didn't understand these, he would only drift through the trial worlds in a daze, not knowing what he needed to do at all.

Now, Gao Xuan understood one thing: he just needs to be himself, to gain spiritual satisfaction and progress.

Though his Spiritual Power was suppressed by the world, Gao Xuan's logical thinking was unaffected. In a few breaths, he sorted out his thoughts and decided on the next plan.

Enduring the severe pain from his wounds, Gao Xuan ran back to Cyan Forest City.

The Feihua Sect had a sub-branch in the city, home to a group of over thirty people. Outwardly, it was known as the Zhenwu Escort Agency, and they took on legitimate businesses to disguise their identity.

With the escort agency as a cover, they could move around freely, making it convenient for human trafficking and various nefarious deeds.

At the city gate, the guards had set up a checkpoint to collect taxes. Even with his high Lightweight Skill, Gao Xuan couldn't scale the walls during the day. He found an ox cart entering the city and crawled under it to sneak in.

Gao Xuan entered through the side door of the Zhenwu Escort Agency and immediately ran into two young men.

"You're injured?" The tall young man looked slightly exaggerated, "What happened to you?"

The short man smirked, "Brother, were you cut by a woman? I've told you, don't think you can mess around because of your pretty face; women who roam the Jianghu aren't fools."

Gao Xuan ignored these two. Although they were fellow sect members and could even be regarded as senior brothers.

In a sect like the Feihua Sect, everyone was very utilitarian and selfish. Gao Xuan's body was good-looking, highly regarded by the sect leaders. His peers naturally begrudged him.

Gao Xuan ran back to his room, boiled hot water, cleaned his wounds, and applied medicine.

Though there was Inner Power in this world, a wound infection could still be fatal.

Just after treating his wounds, a middle-aged woman barged in.

This woman had high cheekbones and an overall mean appearance. Her expression was particularly stern, making her difficult to deal with at first glance.

Gao Xuan compared his memory and recognized her as Third Lady, the Squad Leader of this sub-branch and the actual controller.

Third Lady was ruthless, and no one in the sub-branch dared to fear her.

Gao Xuan stood up to greet, "Third Lady."

Third Lady glanced at Gao Xuan's wound, "How did you manage that, being so careless? You didn't reveal your identity, did you?"

Gao Xuan quickly waved his hand, "No."

Third Lady said coldly, "There's a big job in a couple of days, stay unobtrusive and don't cause trouble."

"I understand, I understand..." Gao Xuan replied respectfully.

Third Lady softened her expression and said, "Your Martial Arts aren't good, I have here a secret technique of the Wudang Sect, the Golden Silk Palm. Come to my room tonight, and I'll teach you..."

"Yes, thank you, Third Lady."

Gao Xuan agreed respectfully on the surface, but inside he was complaining, even in the Jianghu there's workplace unspoken rules, but you old hag didn't even look in the mirror, and yet you want fresh meat...

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