Since arriving in this world where the strong are revered, Brian Bennett had been thinking about how to gain reputation points, but for the first six years after coming here, he basically did nothing.

Because during those first six years, his main focus was on growing up.

After turning six, when it was determined that he had an ordinary cultivation physique and would have difficulty advancing in the future, Brian Bennett began his journey to earn reputation points.

At first, he thought reputation should mean having a good name, so he helped people look after their children, helped the elderly cross the street, and even led a group of kids to carry water and deliver firewood to widows...

Brian Bennett did a basketful of these good deeds and earned the title of the most handsome young man in town, but the reputation meter that had entered his mind along with that deck of cards still showed no change at all.

Believing that perseverance would pay off, Brian Bennett kept doing good deeds for seven or eight years, yet his reputation points remained at zero.

When he discovered that even his maid Grace had five reputation points, he was completely devastated!

That was why he sought out the master to talk about his frustrations.

The reason he went to the master, besides the fact that he was the only fortune-teller in town, was also because, through the reputation meter in his mind, Brian Bennett found that this master actually had the fifth highest reputation in town!

The first, of course, was his father Gavin Bennett!

Finally breaking through from zero was a historic step forward for Brian Bennett.

However, if he wanted to activate the deck of cards in his mind and exchange reputation points for the skills of the characters in the cards, he still needed ninety-nine more reputation points.

Didn't the master say that reputation points could be plundered? He had already beaten up the master, so why did he only get one reputation point out of the master's more than three thousand?

After thinking for a long time, Brian Bennett couldn't figure it out, but for him, this wasn't a problem.

Since being a bad guy and making others fear him could earn reputation points, then maybe he should try being a bad guy in the town!

And to be a bad guy, the first thing to do is to do bad things!

Just thinking about doing bad things, Brian Bennett couldn't help but feel a little excited!

Chapter 2: Start with the Children

When it comes to doing bad things, the fastest ways are nothing more than two: bullying men and harassing women. As the second young master of Luming Town, these two things didn't seem to be a problem for Brian Bennett.

Having been in this world for more than ten years, Brian Bennett had a general understanding of it.

Although there were many rules in this world, they could basically be summed up in four words: the strong are revered.

Take the Great Jin Dynasty where he lived, for example—the highest status belonged to martial artists. Once a martial artist advanced, they didn't have to pay grain or taxes, and most restrictions on commoners didn't apply to advanced martial artists.

The Brian Bennett family, to which Brian Bennett belonged, was a ninth-rank family in the Great Jin Dynasty, holding all the power in Qingchuan County.

Brian Bennett's father, Gavin Bennett, as a tenth-rank martial artist, held a territory of a hundred li and was the head of Luming Town, one of the thirty-six towns under Qingchuan County!

Within this hundred li, life and death were all under Gavin Bennett's control.

Although Brian Bennett's martial skills hadn't advanced yet, with such a local tyrant for a father, as long as he didn't bully other martial artists in town, doing things like bullying men and harassing women was basically no big deal.

Let’s start with bullying men!

Having made up his mind, Brian Bennett returned to Luming Town. As he was looking around for a target, countless people greeted him.

"Second Young Master, fresh chicken soup wontons—would you like a bowl?"

"My family raised some fresh fish, Second Young Master, take a couple home to make soup—they're really good!"

"Second Young Master, these are freshly picked jade fruits from my family, they're really sweet, please take some home to try!"

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Looking at these enthusiastic people, Brian Bennett suddenly realized that in his quest for reputation, he had ended up with too good a reputation.

Now, seeing all these sincere faces, it was really hard for him to start bullying people. But if he didn't bully anyone, he wouldn't get reputation points, and without reputation points, he couldn't activate that damned deck of cards, let alone acquire the skills of the characters on the cards.

Live an ordinary life? No way!

Stomping his foot and clenching his teeth, Brian Bennett's gaze fell on a child holding a candied hawthorn. If everything starts with the children, then maybe his path as a villain would begin by snatching a kid's candied hawthorn.

I don't want to be a villain, but there's no other way. None of you are afraid of me, which makes it really hard for me!

After making a couple of excuses for himself in his heart, Brian Bennett strode over to the child who was walking toward him with a candied hawthorn.

"Brian Bennett gege, have some candied hawthorn." Before Brian Bennett could even try to snatch it, the child was already smiling and handing the candied hawthorn to him.

Looking at the child's innocent smile, Brian Bennett was a little stunned!

"Second Young Master, not long ago, Xiao Dong was bitten by a mad dog, but you blocked that mad dog for him, so Xiao Dong escaped unharmed. He's never forgotten it and said he wanted to give you a stick of candied hawthorn!"

The child's mother, a gentle woman who looked about twenty-seven or twenty-eight, said with a smile.