MTLNOVEL Chapter 345 Awareness_2
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"We can also seize high-reward tasks to assist Brother Chen, and quickly save enough Daoist Cultivation and White Jade Coins to exchange for the Condense Aperture Secret Method,"
"Most importantly, we can protect Brother Chen's safety by blocking the forced labour dispatches from the other courtyards, just like this time, exempting Brother Chen from the task at Eagle Grief Cliff," Sun Chengye said with a meaningful smile.
The reason I was spared from the dispatch list for Eagle Grief Cliff was because of the Sun Family?!
Chen Mu felt a sudden chill in his heart.
This Sun Chengye has had his eyes on me for more than just a day or two!
"May I take some time to consider?" Chen Mu cautiously said.
Sun Wuhuan was killed by him after all.
He really didn't want anything to do with the Sun Family.
"Considering your future, of course, Brother Chen, you should think it over for a while," Sun Chengye said with an unconcerned smile.
Offering Alchemy Secret Techniques, helping with Daoist Cultivation accumulation, protecting safety.
The terms are sufficiently advantageous, the ultimate outcome essentially predetermined.
"Brother Chen can take his time to think," Sun Chengye said as he got up to leave.
Chen Mu immediately saw him out.
Outside the door, Sun Chengye inadvertently noticed the way Chen Mu walked.
He was like a mountain leopard, looking relaxed and elegant yet able to transform instantly into a ferocious hunter.
That slight demeanor revealed in his walk made his scalp tingle as if walking beside a fierce monster!
Such a physique... Even those heretical cultivators who specialize in the Heavenly Demon Reincarnation Technique are no better, right?!
"I had no idea Brother Chen was also an expert at Body Cultivation!"
Body Cultivation?
Which cultivator doesn't start from thrice refining the body and Soul Strength?
Oh, right, those with innate Daoist Bone don't.
Those lucky children of the heavens are born with a jade seed, able to directly Cultivate the Perceptive Spirit Light Secret Technique.
"Just some casual training," Chen Mu dismissively replied.
"This is no mere casual training."
"No wonder you need to consume so many Rejuvenation Pills," Sun Chengye suddenly realized.
All his investigations and he never discovered that this man was hiding a Body Cultivation Secret Technique!
However...
What a catch!
The stronger he is, the greater my merit will be once he's recruited into the Sun Family, right?
Ha ha...
"I wonder which Body Strengthening Secret Technique you're practicing. Even Condensing Aperture doesn't consume as much as you do," Sun Chengye thought about Chen Mu's monthly expenses of ten Rejuvenation Pills and couldn't help but marvel.
Then, his face showed confusion: "This aura and presence, why does it seem familiar? Where have I seen it before?"
Sun Wuhuan!
Chen Mu felt his heart skip a beat, daring not even to breathe too loudly.
If we're talking about similar dispositions, it's definitely Sun Wuhuan who cultivated the same Netherworld Grand Summary!
The atmosphere suddenly became a bit tense.
Just as the Qi Blade in his waist pouch started to stir restlessly.
Sun Chengye suddenly snapped back to reality with an excited expression: "Giant Spirit Divine? You're practicing the Giant Spirit Divine Secret Technique, right?!"
"Yes! Giant Spirit Divine!" Chen Mu nodded emphatically.
He immediately activated the United Heart Curse, pulling the Giant Spirit Divine Talisman from Ai Ji's body into his Jade Seed through the foggy barriers.
Hum!
With a soft sound, his right arm suddenly turned black and red, the high temperature searing the air to the point of distortion.
"Indeed, it's the Giant Spirit Divine Secret Technique!" Sun Chengye said, full of smiles.
"Only a pill master like you would dare to practice this secret technique. The consumption is indeed too great."
"Of course, the returns of the secret technique are high, capable of increasing strength and defense manifold. And the more resources invested, the greater the amplification."
"Even after the Condensing Aperture stage, it still has no small effect," Sun Chengye said with admiration.
Chen Mu laughed along, feeling a huge sigh of relief in his heart.
Damn, I finally bluffed my way through!
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The full moon hung high, the night was bright.
Sun Chengye stepped on the stone stairs, slowly walking towards the Golden Summit of Jade Spring Mountain.
Because of the relationship with the elder ancestor Sun Jian, the Sun Family was able to occupy a place at the peak of the mountain.
Geniuses within the clan could follow the elder ancestor by his side to Cultivate.
He walked leisurely through the quiet night, his mouth even humming an indistinct tune, the picture of ease.
Yet his heart was thumping uncontrollably.
"Don't rush, don't get agitated, don't give away any flaws!"
"What if that person is following behind?!" Sun Chengye sternly warned himself.
A physique that consumes Rejuvenation Pills like a heretical cultivator, and most importantly, that faint sense of gloom.
He knew this feeling all too well!
His clan brother Sun Wuhuan, elder ancestor Sun Jian, once they got emotional, their whole being radiated this kind of intense gloom!
This damn thing is the Netherworld Grand Summary!
The ancestral treasure of the Sun Family!
Chen Mu had no record of exchanging the Condense Aperture Secret Method, so where did he get it from?
Elder brother Sun Wuhuan!
"The time the Sword Box calabash disappeared, wasn't it exactly when Chen Mu returned to the mountain to take up the post of Scripture Doctorate?!"
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Sun Chengye suddenly remembered that back on Mist Smoke Mountain, Chen Mu had been refining pills under his elder brother's supervision.
The cultivation of the Netherworld Grand Summary was a huge drain, and if his brother took an interest in the results of Chen Mu's alchemy and plotted to act upon it, then...
Big brother Sun Wuhuan's death must have something to do with Chen Mu!
His thoughts then turned to Li Guangfu of the Inspection Courtyard.
The latter mentioned that there had been missing alchemist apprentices on Mist Smoke Mountain, and his brother had even personally inquired about them.
As a deputy of the courtyard, would he care about two alchemist apprentices?
"He definitely used those two to plot against Chen Mu, and when his plan backfired, the feud became official."
After Chen Mu disappeared for a month, his brother didn't find a pill master to replace him, but instead deliberately kept the position open for him.
"Was he deliberately trying to make amends, preparing to personally resolve the feud between the two families?"
"It must be so! The Sun Family's ancestral teaching says it's better to resolve enmities than to create them!" Sun Chengye's heart instantly filled with suppressed anger and frustration.
"Big brother, you died a wrongful death!"
"Damn Chen Mu, my big brother was already lowering himself to make amends. How could you dare to fight back?"
"You should have obediently gone to die!"
"Take the initiative to end this grievance!"
It took him a while to calm his emotions.
Regaining his composure, a sense of excitement began to rise within him.
"Bringing this news to the elder, I will surely be credited for a great service!"
"All the cultivation resources originally designated for big brother, could they not become all mine!"
Not only could he avenge his brother but also gain cultivation resources, a double blessing was coming his way!
He raised his head to look at the Golden Summit not far away, unable to contain his excitement.
Mana surged beneath his feet, and with a loud crack, he shattered the stone steps beneath him, rushing toward the mountain gate.
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But just as he took two steps forward, he saw billowing black smoke on the staircase ahead, and a figure slowly emerged from the black fog.
Chen Mu looked emotionlessly at Sun Chengye.
"You..." Sun Chengye's pupils suddenly contracted to pinpoints: "Brother Chen, what a... coincidence."
What answered him was a series of black and red orbs.
Sand Shooting Shadow!
"It really was you!" Sun Chengye exclaimed with more excitement than fear.
With a gesture of his right hand, a brownish-red bracelet on his wrist flashed with light.
More than ten brownish-black talismans shot out, hovering in the air, circling around him.
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Then, they lit up with white spiritual light, bursting into huge luminous spheres that enveloped him in the middle.
"Starting a fight in front of the Golden Summit Gate, you're as good as dead! Haha!"
His family elder was at the summit; with such a commotion, he could appear in moments.
Chen Mu remained expressionless, as his right hand suddenly flung forward.
Three Yin Slaying Demon!
The rolling, miserable green Qi Blade tore through the air, appearing in an instant in front of Sun Chengye.
Bang bang bang...
It was like heavy hammers on drums, the spiritual light rattling loudly.
The outermost spiritual sphere immediately shattered!
The Qi Blade, undiminished in its power, broke through three layers of light before completely dissipating.
Sun Chengye laughed heartily: "Useless, useless, useless!"
"I still have over a dozen spiritual lights, how many can you break even if you exhaust all your mana, haha..."
Chen Mu said nothing, and a black smoke flashed before him.
A dense cluster of talismans hovered before him.
Jade Seed Mana vibrated, lighting up dozens of Slaying Demon Sword Qi Talismans with specks of starlight.
Hum!
The air shook violently.
The brownish-black talisman paper turned instantly into dust, transforming into an overwhelming wave of miserable green sword radiance with a sharp and deadly aura.
The area in front of Golden Summit Gate suddenly fell into silence.
It was as if the wind itself was halted by the imposing sword Qi.
Sun Chengye was like a big white goose with its neck caught, abruptly freezing on the spot with a laugh that seemed ossified on his face.
The next moment.
Boom!
The miserable green sword radiance surged like a colossal tidal wave, striking mercilessly at Sun Chengye.
Layer after layer of spiritual light was like sand dunes scattered by a blast wave, touched only slightly before dispersing into glimmering sparks.
Sun Chengye's face turned deathly pale in an instant.
It's over!
He cried out almost instinctively: "The gourd sword box is here! Elder, save..."
Spurt!
The black crescent blade, later released but arriving first, cut through the spiritual light.
Like a hot knife through butter, it effortlessly decapitated him, passing through unobstructed.
The overwhelming green sword Qi followed closely behind.
Before Sun Chengye could utter the last word, his entire body was chopped into a cloud of blood mist.
Chen Mu's body was immediately engulfed in rolling black smoke, carrying with it a ghastly cry of ghosts and howling of wolves, disappearing from the spot in the blink of an eye.
Shooting down like a falling star, he sped towards the base of Jade Spring Mountain.