The Reversal of Heaven Begins with The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

The Reversal of Heavens Begins with The Smiling, Proud Wanderer Author: Huo Yu Ning Yuan

Lin Mu transmigrated into The Smiling, Proud Wanderer and obtained the Reversal System, which can turn the side effects of any cultivation technique, elixir, or spell into positive ones.

[The Evil-Repelling Sword Technique: Derived from the Sunflower Manual, a top-tier sword technique in the martial arts world, with rapid cultivation. Side effects: Practitioners will develop evil thoughts and experience internal fire during practice; to master this divine skill, one must first castrate oneself.]

[Negative Reversal: After cultivation, one generates pure Yang energy and righteous Qi, achieving success without castration.]

[Star Absorbing Technique: Modified from a fragment of the Northern Darkness Divine Art, it allows the user to absorb internal energy to strengthen themselves. Side effects: Difficulty in refining foreign internal energy; excessive absorption can easily lead to backlash.]

[Negative Reversal: Can purify all true energy, instantly refining and absorbing its power.]

[Drugs: Inducing unconsciousness and drowsiness.]

[A negative turnaround: It makes you feel refreshed.]

The greater the side effects, the greater the benefits.

Chapter 1: The Negative Reversal System

1533, spring.

The night was as dark as an inkstone that had been overturned, shrouding the city of Fuzhou in an impenetrable darkness.

The abandoned Lin family ancestral home in the west of the city was shrouded in thick darkness, with only a few faint moonlight rays barely squeezing through the broken window frames, casting spiderweb-like mottled shadows on the blue brick floor.

The wind howled through the broken window frame, swirling up withered grass and the smell of rotting earth, filling Lin Mu's nostrils with it.

He tightened his black brocade robe and surveyed the long-abandoned Lin family ancestral home by the moonlight.

"The Qingcheng Sect people have finally left!"

Lin Mu murmured softly, his fingertips gently tracing the mottled wall.

Three years ago, a traffic accident transported him to this world. Through some rumors circulating in the martial arts world, he learned about the Five Mountains Sword Sect and the Sun Moon Sect.

This led me to conclude that I had transmigrated into the world of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

Originally, he wanted to become a disciple of the Huashan Sect and find an opportunity to go to Siguo Cliff to learn the "Nine Swords of Dugu" from Feng Qingyang. Unfortunately, his ideals were lofty, but reality was harsh.

The disciples of the Huashan Sect rejected him because he was too old, lacked the necessary aptitude, and didn't have a presentable gift for becoming a disciple. He was refused entry to the sect without even meeting Yue Buqun.

Lin Mu also considered using the information about the "Evil-Repelling Sword Manual" to make a deal with Yue Buqun.

But after thinking about it, I finally gave up!

Such a transaction can only be done in secret, and Yue Buqun, in order to keep it confidential, might very well kill someone to silence them.

As for the other sects, the situation was similar. After much deliberation, they decided to try their luck in Fuzhou first.

Fortunately, it's a martial arts world where the household registration system is relatively loose; otherwise, Lin Mu, who transmigrated here, wouldn't even be able to leave the territory of Mount Hua.

As the saying goes, knowledge changes destiny.

He learned salt-making, sugar-making, wine-making, and ice-making techniques through online literature.

Lin Mu used a salt mine to refine salt and secretly sell it, earning his first pot of gold after transmigrating.

After being escorted by镖局 (bodyguard agency)镖师 (bodyguards), they arrived safely in Fuzhou, bought a small courtyard near the Lin family's old residence, and settled down there.

For the next two and a half years, he did business while learning some basic martial arts at the martial arts school.

Not long ago, news spread that the Fuwei Escort Agency had been wiped out by the Qingcheng Sect. After the Qingcheng Sect disciples dug up the Lin family's old house several times and left, Lin Mu finally found an opportunity to come here under the cover of night.

Looking around and making sure no one was there, Lin Mu found a bamboo pole and walked into the dilapidated Buddhist hall.

Gently pry open the roof tiles with a bamboo pole, and a cloud of dust falls down.

Lin Mu held his breath, his eyes fixed on the gap.

Suddenly, an object wrapped in oil paper fell down along with the tile.

"found it!"

Lin Mu stepped forward and, with trembling hands, unwrapped the oil paper, revealing an ancient-style kasaya.

The eight large characters on the kasaya, “To practice divine skills, one must first castrate oneself,” were particularly glaring under the moonlight.

"With the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, I'll go back and have someone make 10,000 copies. Since you don't want to play with me, I'll give you something more exciting."

Just as Lin Mu was about to make this martial arts world "unrivaled," a cold, mechanical voice suddenly exploded in his mind.

At the same time, a semi-transparent interface appeared before our eyes.

[Ding! You have successfully activated the Negative Reversal System by viewing the "Evil-Repelling Sword Manual"!]

[System Function: Can reverse the negative effects of any cultivation method, elixir, spell, or magical artifact into positive effects (only applies to external objects; damage to the host is irreversible).]

[New player gift packs are being distributed...]

[1. System Space (Unlimited Capacity, Time Freeze): Can store unclaimed, inanimate items within a ten-meter radius using thought.]

[2. Exceptional Comprehension (Permanent Passive): Greatly enhances comprehension, grants photographic memory, and allows for rapid mastery of various knowledge and martial arts techniques.]

Immediately afterwards, the interface changed.

[A reversible martial art technique—the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique—has been detected.]

【The Evil-Repelling Sword Technique: Derived from the "Sunflower Manual," it includes internal energy cultivation methods, acupoint striking, acupoint release techniques, acupuncture, and swordsmanship. Its characteristics are rapid accumulation of internal energy and explosive growth.】

[Side effects: During practice, practitioners may develop evil thoughts and experience internal heat. To master this divine skill, one must first castrate oneself; otherwise, at best, one will suffer from internal demonic possession, and at worst, die suddenly.]

[Negative Reversal: Cultivation speed increases dramatically, reaching Foundation Establishment in one month and Great Completion in one year; furthermore, pure Yang True Qi and Righteous Qi are generated during cultivation, allowing success without castration.]

As the system notification appeared, an indescribable cool sensation instantly surged into Lin Mu's body.

He felt a refreshing breeze rush straight to his head, and the dusty world before him suddenly became clear.

The night wind passing through the patterns on the window frames, the barking of dogs in the distant alleys, and even the faint sounds of insects crawling at the base of the wall were all as clear as the lines on the palm of your hand.

Those long-forgotten childhood memories and formulas and theorems from my middle school textbooks suddenly unfolded in my mind, clearly and logically.

This is what it feels like to be cheating! So awesome!

From this day forward, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens! Hehehe...

Lin Mu couldn't help but want to laugh out loud, but it was too late at night to disturb the neighbors, so he held back, only secretly enjoying himself.

[Main Quest: Defeat Dongfang Bubai and become the strongest in the world. Upon completion, you can open the Gate of All Heavens and travel to all the myriad worlds.]

[Ding! Contact with a lucky item has triggered a side quest: Return the item to its rightful owner.]

[Task Requirements: Return the "Evil-Repelling Sword Manual" to the descendants of the Lin family within three months. Completing the task will reward you with a random reward.]

"A lucky item, a cassock? And there's a reward too, not bad."

While overjoyed, Lin Mu did not become complacent. He calmed his mind and put the cassock into his system space.

Lin Mu's eyes brightened as he watched the robe vanish in an instant.

[This system has really good space; it will make committing murder and arson and disposing of bodies much easier in the future.]

This place is not safe to linger; I'll leave now.

Fearing that things might get complicated if he waited too long, Lin Mu left immediately, his figure quickly disappearing into the depths of the alley, leaving only the wind still howling in the deserted courtyard.

Back in the small courtyard in the west of the city, the oil lamp flickered dimly.

Lin Mu unfolded the cassock he had taken from the system space and examined it closely by the light.

With the blessing of "extraordinary comprehension", those obscure and difficult internal energy cultivation methods seemed to come alive.

"The Qi flows from the Dantian, along the right kidney, through the Yongquan point, and then along the Dai Mai meridian around the waist..."

Lin Mu studied it word by word and sentence by sentence.

The Evil-Repelling Sword Manual is mainly divided into external and internal skills.

External martial arts include the Seventy-Two Styles of Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, acupuncture, acupressure, and techniques for releasing acupressure points.

In addition, it also includes corresponding footwork and lightness techniques.

Internal energy cultivation involves practicing Sunflower True Qi.

It is important to know that ordinary martial arts training focuses on internal energy. Only after reaching a certain level can one transform acquired internal energy into innate energy, converting it into true qi.

If one's true energy reaches the level of being able to project outwards, then in the world of Laughing at the World, one would be considered a top expert.

Different cultivation methods produce different levels of true qi, and these qi can vary in strength.

In the world of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer," the Sunflower Manual is the strongest, without exception.

Even Shaolin's Yi Jin Jing is slightly inferior.

This can be seen from the fact that Dongfang Bubai was able to become the number one in the world.

Of course, it may also be related to the incompleteness of the Shaolin Yijinjing.

Sunflower True Qi is inherently the most yang and powerful true qi. It needs to be guided to circulate throughout the body when yang qi is generated. Originally, the primary requirement for cultivating this method was to "purify the mind and abstain from desires".

Only when the mind is free from evil thoughts and transcends material desires can one enter the path of enlightenment.

If one harbors evil thoughts, not only will one fail to achieve anything, but one's life will also be in danger.

But how can ordinary people sever their seven emotions and six desires?

Therefore, a normal man must first castrate himself in order to successfully practice this technique.

Perhaps the side effects were too great, or perhaps to protect his reputation, Lin Yuantu was unwilling to pass it on to his adopted son, yet he couldn't bear to destroy it either, so he hid it in the Buddhist hall.

However, this benefited Lin Mu.

At that moment, the rooster crowed three times outside the window, and the east began to lighten with the first light of dawn.

Just as the yang energy of heaven and earth was rising, Lin Mu sat cross-legged and circulated his inner energy according to the incantation.

At first, there was only a slight warmth in the dantian, which soon turned into a warm current, slowly flowing along the route of "right kidney → right foot → right rib → right hand → Jianjing point → back of the neck → left ear → left hand → left rib → left kidney → left foot → dantian".

If any part of the body trembles during this process, press it with the corresponding hand.

Visualize the celestial maiden rubbing her waist down to her neck with both hands until her ears feel like drums and her Jade Pool is full of fluid.

Swallow in three portions, repeating thirty-six times.

Perhaps due to his extraordinary comprehension, Lin Mu successfully guided Qi into his body on his first cultivation attempt.

Upon reaching the seventh cycle, Lin Mu trembled all over, feeling a scorching current of air rushing from his coccyx straight to his Baihui point!

He gritted his teeth, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

According to the "Evil-Repelling Sword Manual", at this moment, there should be an uncontrollable surge of evil thoughts and a burning desire.

But the heat flowing through Lin Mu's body was like spring rain nourishing the fields, slowly cleansing along his meridians.

A slight stinging sensation came from those blocked areas, followed by an unprecedented sense of ease.

Even more remarkably, a surge of righteous energy rose from his heart, dispelling the restlessness between his brows and making his eyes even clearer.

"Is this the Pure Yang True Qi and the Righteous Qi?"

Lin Mu opened his eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.

He tried throwing a punch, which produced a slight whooshing sound.

"With such results after just one day of cultivation, I'm certain I can surpass the likes of Yue Buqun and Zuo Lengchan and become a top master after just one year of practice..."

Lin Mu couldn't contain his excitement at such rapid progress since he was a beginner.

In the original story, Lin Pingzhi took three months to recover after killing the chicken before he began to see results. However, he was able to improve day and night, and a year later he might not be unable to compete with Dongfang Bubai.

"Activating the Negative Reversal System will allow me to reverse any side effects. Others who cultivate the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual have to castrate themselves, and their personalities will be distorted, turning them into sinister and perverted individuals. However, I can cultivate a righteous spirit through this method."

"Moreover, the stronger the side effects, the stronger the reversal effect. Doesn't that mean I now possess the Holy Body of a heretical cultivator?"

"I remember that the Star Absorbing Technique that Ren Woxing left behind in the dungeon under West Lake had very strong side effects. If I had the chance to get my hands on it, wouldn't I be flying high?"

Lin Mu's eyes lit up, as if he had seen a road leading to the heavens.

Unfortunately, this world is only a low-level martial arts world.

If it were a fantasy world, getting your hands on those demonic arts, magical artifacts, forbidden techniques, and forbidden drugs would definitely allow you to soar to the heavens.

"By the way, I can also cultivate by absorbing external objects, so I should be able to reverse poison as well, right?"

Thinking of this, Lin Mu saw that it was getting light outside. After washing up, he called his maid, Ashuang, and said, "Go to the accounting office to get some silver. Go to Huichuntang and buy half a catty of arsenic. Just say that there is a rat infestation in the granary."