The World's Best Starts Over

[Complete] The main story is finished. Bonus chapters will be released later as a treat.

[The main story of a new novel in the same series is complete.]

My name is Bai Yu. I transmigrated, and I also have a golden finger. Thanks to it, I defeated my master in just twenty years and took his place as the greatest swordsman under heaven.

After completing my revenge KPI, my reputation in the martial world grew even greater than before.

That also meant people came to challenge me every few days.

I can't take it anymore!!!

I'm running away from home!

But my master worries about everything, and he wouldn't let me leave easily. So I picked up a little boy and took him on as my disciple. I left him my sword and all the notes on martial arts I'd written over the years, then entrusted him to my master.

Sure enough, once my master had a grand-disciple, he stopped caring whether I lived or died. I also spent money to spread the news that the greatest swordsman under heaven had died. At last, I escaped the turmoil of the martial world.

After traveling for a few years, I found somewhere to retire. The inn in town happened to be hiring a server, otherwise known as a waiter.

I got the job.

Then I realized I'd picked the wrong place. This town was completely unsuitable for retirement. Everyone had a secret identity.

The innkeeper was a royal relative, the bookkeeper was a fallen noble's son, the bouncer was a top government fighter, and the chef was a retired martial arts master.

The town's clinic was run by a miracle doctor, and the owner of the fabric shop was once the most beautiful woman in the martial world...

Even the helper I'd hired to lighten my workload was from a prestigious orthodox sect, with a whole pile of troubles trailing behind her.

To live a peaceful life, I had no choice but to step in now and then, quietly doing good deeds without taking credit for them.

At last, things were more or less settled. Just as I thought life would be dull and uneventful from then on, a new guest showed up.

His features looked somewhat familiar. The moment he saw me, he smiled obediently and said, "Master, it's been a long time."

Reader's Guide:

1. The main story is told in third person.

2. A fictional martial arts world.

3. A slice-of-life ensemble story.

4. Romance takes up a small part of the story. The pairing is with her disciple, a younger man seven years her junior.

5. The golden finger mentioned in the blurb refers to the heroine being a martial arts prodigy.

6. The heroine is the strongest character in the story.

7. This is my take on wuxia. The author has the final say on everything in the story.

8. Enjoy reading!

9. The story mostly stays in one place. Everything takes place in Qingxi Town.

A new novel in the same series is now underway: The Guide to the Martial World Is the Greatest Under Heaven

It can be read as a sequel to this novel. The main cast is unchanged, and it should count as a wuxia road-trip story.

Blurb:

My name is Bai Yu. I transmigrated, and I'm also the greatest under heaven.

Since I couldn't stand people coming to challenge me every few days, I became the "deceased" greatest under heaven.

After retiring from the martial world, I used my own abilities to become an honorable waiter who serves the people.

Life as a waiter is delightful. The boss is rich and a bit of an idiot, and the inn hardly has any customers. It's practically lots of pay, little work, and close to home (crossed out).

It got even more comfortable after I resolved the troubles of everyone at the inn. My schedule became one day on, five days off. I really wanted to spend the rest of my life as a waiter.

But I was happy too soon.

My sweet, simple-minded boss heard about the martial arts tournament and insisted on attending, saying he wanted to relax and broaden his horizons.

Since the persona I'd created was that of a traveler who'd seen the world, I was given the job of tour guide.

I didn't want to agree, but he offered far too much money.

I regret it. I really do.

I thought the most I'd have to do along the way was rescue people, which wasn't difficult for me. At worst, I'd have to do some good deeds. That was fine.

But can someone tell me why, after I'd rescued people and played the Good Samaritan, and the martial arts tournament had finally begun, something else went wrong?

The trouble wasn't even resolved when my disciple showed up to make things worse.

What do you mean, you like me?

I'm your master, for heaven's sake! Calm down!

If Heaven gave me another chance, I'd definitely say those three words: I'm out.

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The main cast:

A pampered, simple-minded, gullible innkeeper

A fallen noble, sly and stingy, with a sharp tongue, who works as the bookkeeper

A blunt, innocent, taciturn guard who used to be a bodyguard in the shadows

An innocent, helpful servant from an orthodox sect

A noble family's orphan, skilled in the kitchen and at entertaining guests, who is also a disciple

The greatest under heaven: clever, quick-witted, funny, broad-minded, kind, generous, and a highly skilled martial artist

(Descriptions provided by this trip's guide to the martial world, Bai Yu.)

Reader's Guide:

1. The main story is told in third person.

2. A fictional martial arts world.

3. The heroine is the strongest character in the story.

4. An ensemble-focused, light wuxia road-trip story.

5. This is my take on wuxia. All details are as given in the original story.

6. This is part of a series, related to the author's The Greatest Under Heaven Gets a New Job. The blurb and first chapter provide the background, but you can enjoy this story without reading the previous one. (The previous story is about daily life at an inn.)

Theme: A sword's frost chills fourteen provinces.