My Life in the Martial World

My Life in the Martial World tells the turbulent tale of Lin Mo, a young man’s legendary journey through the martial world. Born into poverty, Lin Mo was working as a dock laborer when the cardsharp Zhou Tong took notice of him and accepted him as an apprentice, teaching him the art of cheating at cards.

At first, Lin Mo struggled to learn card tricks, starting with a carving knife and mung beans. Countless failures and setbacks did nothing to make him give up. As his skills improved, he was drawn into the feud between Master Jin and Zhou Tong. Master Jin was ruthless and stopped at nothing to get what he wanted. He repeatedly sent his men to make life difficult for master and apprentice, and when Zhou Tong was injured, the two were forced to flee.

On the run, Zhou Tong and Lin Mo braved countless hardships, pressing on through wind and rain to reach Linjiang Town and seek the protection of Old Zhao. There, Lin Mo studied “setting up a game” under Old Zhao and gained a deeper understanding of the ways of the martial world. He saw how Old Zhao read people and laid clever traps, and realized that the world’s complexities went far beyond contests of card trickery.

But the arrival of Vulture shattered their brief peace. Ruthless and cunning, Vulture sent his men to provoke them at a teahouse, sparking a fierce clash. To protect Zhou Tong, Lin Mo put himself in danger and injured his arm. In the end, they decided to leave Linjiang Town and head to the South Sea to seek refuge with the “Ship King,” hoping to find a little peace there and a new turning point in their lives in the martial world.

In this world of flashing blades and scheming plots, Lin Mo gradually grows from a naive boy into a man, holding fast to his sense of justice and his principles. Fighting alongside his master, he writes their own legend amid blood and violence, seeking to understand how to survive and stay true to oneself in a dark martial world.