Surviving at the Fuwei Escort Agency in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer

Why bother? You could have easily roamed the martial arts world more than a decade ago by simply cutting it off. Why fantasize about using external skills to activate the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique? One is external, the other is internal; they are completely unrelated and don't make sense in theory.

I'm speechless. Just spread the word about that Evil-Repelling Sword Manual. See if anyone practices it. You think castration will work? It's not that easy. Just find some excuse, say the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual was stolen. Or just make hundreds or tens of thousands of copies and release them. See if anyone still tries to buy it.

I've written over two hundred chapters, and my martial arts level is still only at the level of Mo Da. It's truly embarrassing!

The protagonist, Lin Zhen, had five years left before the Qingcheng Sect arrived. He clearly had plenty of time to make arrangements, whether it was having his son become a disciple of the Huashan Sect or having his wife and children hide their identities and wait until they were safe before coming out. However, the protagonist chose to have a child and continue to let the Escort Agency run wild.

I don't understand. Isn't the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique without the cut just a third-rate martial art? Even if the original Seventy-Two Styles of the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique could be used with other weapons or fists and palms, without the speed increase in internal energy circulation brought about by the cut, wouldn't it still be useless?

The story begins with the male protagonist having transmigrated five years ago. He's still Karami, and disgustingly, he's asking his in-laws to take the fall. Lin Pingzhi has been practically left to his own devices until he's 14. The author writes that even then, he hasn't mastered the basic moves and can still injure himself. The protagonist even says, "No rush, take it slow."

I thought it was just getting bad, so I endured it and read for almost 30 chapters, but it got even more frustrating later on.

Actually, this book is good, but it's not exciting or thrilling enough. If the protagonist, Lin Zhennan, could shout, "All seven of you, come at me! What do I, Lin, have to fear?!" When facing the combined might of Dongfang Bubai, Feng Qingyang, Ren Woxing, Fang Zheng, Chongxu, Zuo Lengchan, and Yue Buqun, that would be truly satisfying!

I feel there's too little focus on martial arts, and too much on intrigue, power struggles, and scheming. Too much scheming in a martial arts world feels a bit off-topic. I guess that's why it doesn't have many readers.

There are ancient tombs in Zhongnan Mountain, the Western Xia imperial palace is in ruins, there are stone carvings in Tianshan Mountain, and there is the Nine Yang Manual in Kunlun Mountain. These are all original martial arts techniques from many years ago, and they still exist today.