In this world, demons in the mountains eat people, and the gods in the temples aren't necessarily willing to protect them.
Chen Shi has a special ability: when he slays demons, he can divine his future and draw upon a lifetime of cultivation in advance.
He can spend a lifetime mastering a saber technique or exhaust his years practicing an internal art. By the time he comes to his senses, the tea in his cup hasn't even gone cold.
The world's martial arts are as vast as the sea. Even the most gifted must choose carefully what to practice.
Yet Chen Shi often feels that some techniques are truly underappreciated.
It takes twenty years just to get started, but once mastered, the technique makes you a rare match for anyone at the same level. Others complain that it takes too long, but no matter how he turns it over in his mind, he can't find a single thing wrong with it.
As for where he gets the chances to divine his future…
In this world, plenty of things are hard to come by, but man-eating demons are everywhere.
