The Empress's Gigolo

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Woof! Woof!”

Ren Baqian heard this sound from the roof as soon as he returned to Earth.

It was Lin Qiaole chatting with her good friend, the husky.

After settling the problem of the herdsmen, he could bring her back. However, she would only sleep and eat after going back and wasn’t needed. Since she had a good friend here, he might as well let her stay here for the time being.

Perhaps she might learn something more useful.

For example, she could learn to sit, stand, shake hands, and wag her tail…

He changed his clothes and sat there reading the news on a computer that was five or six years old.

It was already the beginning of 2028.

Due to his focus on Dayao, he recently only stayed on Earth for two days whenever he came back. Therefore, he felt that he was falling behind the times.

For computers, the trend was to use projection computers, but he was still using the old type with a screen display, keyboard, and mouse.

The main difference was that the common LCD display was upgraded to a 3D display.

Martial arts had been introduced for close to two years now, and the initial fervor had passed. However, on the internet, there was still enthusiastic research going on.

Of course, it was called the [Fifteen Sets of Initial Stage Cultivation].

A casual search would lead to a forum on this.

Randomly opening a forum, one could see people communicating even during the night.

At the top, there was also a row of excellent posts regarding people’s experiences with martial arts and discussions about techniques.

After browsing for a while, Ren Baqian began to search for other news.

As predicted, the world began to change with the introduction of these martial arts.

Initially, cases of violent incidents increased.

A few people, who were formerly small, weak, but talented, progressed rapidly after cultivating. They became stronger than their schoolmates, became the aggressors, and took revenge on those who bullied them before.

This type of incident happened all the time.

This type of violence was the most commonly seen and had the least impact on society.

The influence of martial arts had completely affected the social order.

Although many people could feel that they were stronger after training, this resulted in them not actually knowing their own strength. They tended to overestimate their own strength and would use their fists to settle even the smallest matters.

As a result, it was easy to understand why there was an increase in cases of violence.

This was especially true with regard to young people.

Even the ordinary police would be assaulted when trying to arrest them. In the past, the trained police would surpass them in speed and strength, but now, the police would be injured and had to watch helplessly as the other party escaped. The deterrent force of the police was declining.

For this reason, a special internal police force consisting of former military personnel was formed. Every one of them was very strong, and this new department was responsible for dealing with all kinds of violence that was beyond the capability of the ordinary policemen.

Ren Baqian closed a webpage that was about a student stabbing a classmate to death.

It was a straightforward case. This student bullied other students in the past, but after the promotion of cultivation, he became the victim of bullying because he wasn’t talented.

In the end, he stabbed the person who he had bullied in the past and who was now bullying him the most.

This was minor news and wasn’t widely reported because it was just a small microcosm of society. Such cases were so common that the media had no time for these small cases.

Ren Baqian turned off the computer and stretched. Lin Qiaole was still on the rooftop chatting with the dog. They were hundreds of meters apart and chatting enthusiastically.

The next day, Ren Baqian brought Lin Qiaole to the Messier 87 department.

Lin Qiaole, who was awake for half the night yesterday, returned to her former self of being unable to open her eyes and slumped in the back seat of the car while drooling.

“Here are some seeds.” Ren Baqian threw a bag of seeds to Yang Sen.

“Thank you, Mr. Ren.” Yang Sen was all smiles.

Although Ren Baqian had recently sent many things, these things were gladly accepted, no matter the quantity.

In particular, many of the things that he sent earlier were found to be useful.

The two of them chatted for a while, with Ren Baqian asking about the present situation and learning from Yang Sen about a few things that he wasn’t aware of.

In response to the present spate of violence in society, the nation was preparing a system of grading based on strength level.

It wasn’t superficially classified as Man Wheel, Earth Wheel, or Spirit Wheel.

Instead, it classified Man Wheel and Earth Wheel as between levels 1 and 9. This way, it was easy to differentiate between the strong and the weak, it would reduce the number of people who overestimated their strength, and violence would lessen as a result.

Right now, the nation had only released two volumes of the initial cultivation set, number 15 and 16. Each system comprised of three sets of martial arts techniques for beginners.

For some special forces, they could even learn up to five sets of martial arts techniques.

Those in the military could learn even more if they were promoted.

Presently, for these two systems, the maximum number of martial arts techniques was nine. The more advanced the technique was, the more powerful it was.

For this reason, everyone was eager to join the army in order to learn these two systems.

Especially for those who found that the present two martial arts techniques weren’t suitable for them, these other two systems became their hope.

Ren Baqian didn’t show any response since events had happened as expected.

The nation had been preparing for six to seven years, so the necessary measures were in place.

Besides this, Yang Sen also told Ren Baqian about the trend overseas.

Following the popularity and effects of the two martial arts techniques released in the nation, their popularity was exploding overseas.

These two martial arts techniques naturally spread to other countries and were enthusiastically accepted. Although not everybody practiced cultivation, many people sought to learn it and their speed of cultivation wasn’t slow.

After all, the two volumes of martial arts had been simplified many times. The influence of culture was minimized, whereas actions and diet had more impact.

As for the other martial arts techniques, such as those used by the army and the police, a few countries tried to get them, but their progress was much slower than the nation’s advancement.

The nation had already prepared for six to seven years, and this gap couldn’t be closed easily. Combined with cultural differences, China would lead the world for the next ten to 20 years.

Plus, these were just basic martial arts techniques.

As for those advanced martial arts techniques that were above Earth Wheel level, the lack of cultural similarities would make other countries take an even longer period to catch up to the pace of China.

“How many years can China be in the lead?” Ren Baqian asked curiously. In his opinion, other countries shouldn’t be able to catch up before his death because all the subsequent advanced martial arts skills were in his hands.

“It’s hard to say. Although the advanced skills are kept securely, they will inevitably leak out. You should understand that the nation isn’t made up of one person, and there are bound to be some scum,” Yang Sen said frankly. The advanced skills that Ren Baqian brought were Man Wheel level skills as well as a few Earth Wheel level skills.

However, the Man Wheel level skills were at different grades, and the nation retained the really good martial arts techniques.

“It’s a pity that there is no way to prevent those countries from obtaining martial arts skills,” Ren Baqian lamented. Those countries were getting a bargain.

“In fact, it may not be a bad thing to let them have it,” Yan Sen said with a smile.

“What?” Ren Baqian nodded. He understood that if only China had them, then China would be the object of ridicule.

“If they want to catch up to us, they have to learn our culture first. Otherwise, they can’t understand many of the concepts. Some things can’t be solved by modern science. For example, cultivating to become an immortal is a concept that they can’t understand no matter how much research they do. Unless they study our ways from a young age, flying on a sword is beyond their comprehension,” Yang Sen said with a laugh.

“So it will easily become the trend to learn our culture, just like the English language now. Although other countries do not want to see this, it can’t be stopped. The more powerful the individual, the more this is the case. Every action and move from these people will be watched, and they will inevitably drive this movement. If all of their citizens learn our culture…” Ren Baqian stopped halfway and seemed to be absorbed in his thoughts.

He was thinking about how China had assimilated various ethnic groups back then…

If this step was reached, then everyone in every nation would learn the culture of China. China would naturally become the center of the world…

This would be the best case, unless there were only Chinese people in this world or a global state was formed by all the countries.