"This guy is pretty smart. He's already gone without a trace."
After killing Duan Qinglang, Chu Mu looked around. Other than himself, there was no one else standing. However, Chu Mu remembered that there should have been someone else.
It seemed that he had already escaped.
"To be able to kill someone in the late stage of the Sword Qi realm … Although some luck played a part, it also means that my current strength is enough to kill someone in the late stage of the ninth stage. It seems that I can also fight against someone in the peak stage of the ninth stage." Chu Mu thought to himself. He sheathed his sword and walked towards the corpse.
Not long after, Chu Mu found some things on Duan Qinglang, the Green Wolf Double Kill, and the Green Wolf Four Swords. As for the thirty seventh stage swordsmen, there was nothing valuable.
There were three bottles of Qi-gathering Pills with ten pills each, four bottles of Qi-recovering Pills with ten pills each, and four bottles of Blood-staunching Pills with ten pills each. In addition, there was one sword technique and two sword skills: the Green Wolf Sword Technique, the Green Wolf Double Kill, and the Green Wolf Howling to the Moon.
Among them, the Green Wolf Sword Technique was a low-level sword technique that he found on the Green Wolf Four Swords. The Green Wolf Double Kill was a strange mid-level sword technique that was split into two sides. Either one of them had the power of a low-level sword technique. When the two sides were used together, their power would reach the mid-level. It was the Green Wolf Double Kill that was practiced.
The Green Wolf Howling to the Moon was also a mid-level sword technique. It was the sword technique that Duan Qinglang practiced.
As for the swords they used, they were all refined swords. Chu Mu packed them up and prepared to take them back to the Green Edge Sword Sect to contribute. He could more or less get some contribution points.
"These guys are from the Green Wolf Gang. I wonder where the headquarters of the Green Wolf Gang is? Otherwise, I can loot it. " Chu Mu thought to himself. He did not feel that it was a pity. It was lucky to get it, but it was normal not to get it. "However, I can ask someone."
Carrying the seven swords on his back, Chu Mu walked towards Qinglan Town with his arms full of things.
At this time, the sun was in the sky, shining down on the earth. Countless rays of sunlight shone on the earth, bringing some warmth to the early winter.
When Chu Mu walked into Qinglan Town, almost everyone who saw him had a change in expression. They were all shocked and horrified.
They already knew what had happened twenty days ago. The death of the Three Arts of the Green Wolf.
Most of the people in Qinglan Town knew that Duan Qinglang had led many of his subordinates to kill Chu Mu.
Just now, they saw Mo Yong, the military counselor of the Green Wolf Gang, running back to Qinglan Town in a hurry. They were still wondering what had happened. Not long after, they saw Mo Yong carrying a big bag and hurrying away. Now, they saw Chu Mu appear with seven swords on his back.
All of a sudden, everyone had their own guesses.
Immediately, everyone's eyes were filled with fear. Even the main force of the Green Wolf Gang couldn't do anything to him. It looked like they were going to be killed instead.
Chu Mu also noticed everyone's gaze, but he didn't take it to heart. Instead, he went directly to a person with a sword on his back and asked where the Green Wolf Gang was. After asking a few people, no one knew. However, some people said that they saw Mo Yong carrying a big bag and hurrying away. Chu Mu knew that Mo Yong had taken away all the valuable things and gave up because he couldn't catch up.
The Green Wolf Gang was just a sword in someone else's hand, and the person who held the sword was Elder Yao Ri of the Qinglan Sword Sect.
If it weren't for the fact that his cultivation was not enough, Chu Mu was afraid that he would directly kill Elder Yao Ri on the spot.
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"It looks like the Green Wolf Gang is finished."
"Yeah, I guess even Duan Qinglang was killed."
"No wonder Mo Yong left in a panic. Sigh, the Green Wolf Gang is really unlucky to have provoked someone they shouldn't have."
Chu Mu didn't know that his name was slowly spreading, and he was gradually becoming famous.
At least, all the forces and people in the entire Qinglan Town regarded Chu Mu as one of the people who shouldn't be provoked.
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Stepping on the winding path, Chu Mu went up the mountain and headed to the Qingfeng Sword Sect.
It took about four hours for Chu Mu to reach the mountain gate of the Qingfeng Sword Sect.
At the mountain gate of the Qingfeng Sword Sect, there were two level seven disciples guarding. They just happened to recognize Chu Mu. As soon as they saw him, they immediately greeted him with a sword salute and called out, "Senior Chu Mu!"
Chu Mu returned the salute and walked into the mountain gate, leaving behind a back view that made the two disciples envious.
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"Haha, this is great! My sword qi cultivation has finally broken through!" Zhao Tiemu laughed, his voice full of excitement.
"Come, let's go to the chore hall together." Wei Qian's face was also full of excitement because his sword qi cultivation had successfully broken through to level four of the sword qi realm. He didn't have to do the life tasks anymore.
In the future, they would have a lot of time to cultivate and strive to improve their cultivation faster. They would strive to break through earlier and become an inner disciple. That was one of their dreams.
"Let's go to the chore hall." Zhao Tiemu said in high spirits.
"I wonder how Chu Mu is doing now?" Suddenly, Wei Qian subconsciously said this sentence, which made Zhao Tiemu stop in his tracks. He was stunned for a moment, then immediately, he was both happy and sad.
Speaking of which, Chu Mu entered the sect a few months later than them and lived in the same wooden house. But unexpectedly, after being knocked unconscious, Chu Mu was reborn as if he was a different person after waking up. Since then, he had advanced by leaps and bounds, breaking through to level four of the sword qi realm.
Not long after, Zhao Tiemu and Wei Qian heard the news that Chu Mu had become an inner disciple.
The Inner Sect was where their dreams lay. However, it was too far away from them. Only some of the more important things that happened in the Inner Sect would reach the ears of the Outer Sect disciples. Naturally, Zhao Tiemu and Wei Qian would also hear about it.
Chu Mu's performance in the three courtyards of the inner sect, dominating the Soaring Wind Courtyard, killing Wang Feng, occupying the battle arena for a month and defeating Su Hualong from Qinglan Sword Sect. No matter which one it was, it was enough to make everyone amazed.
However, after Chu Mu defeated Su Hualong again, more than twenty days had passed and there was no news from him.
"He … I don't know. I haven't heard from him for a long time. But I believe that he will continue to improve and become a divine dragon that soars in the nine heavens." Zhao Tiemu was very happy. At the same time, he felt a sense of loss. He felt a sense of loss for the huge gap between himself and Chu Mu.
"Well, let's go. If he's a divine dragon that soars in the nine heavens, then we have to work hard too." Wei Qian patted Zhao Tiemu's shoulder to comfort Zhao Tiemu and himself. "At least, we used to be Chu Mu's roommates. We've been living together for almost a month. It'll be great to tell others about it."
"Haha, you're right." The sadness on Zhao Tiemu's face was swept away.
After saying that, the two of them walked towards the chore hall while laughing.
"Brother Zhao, Brother Wei." Suddenly, a call came from behind. The two of them turned around and were stunned. They froze like statues. Their faces were filled with excitement and disbelief. Their lips trembled slightly. "Chu … Chu Mu … Oh no … Senior Brother Chu."
"Just call me Chu Mu." Chu Mu said with a sincere smile on his face. These two people used to be roommates. When he was frustrated, they took care of him. Chu Mu had always been grateful.
Zhao Tiemu and Wei Qian never thought that they would meet Chu Mu under such circumstances. Therefore, they were a little uneasy. After all, the current Chu Mu was completely different from before.
"Oh, you've both broken through to the fourth stage of the Sword Qi Realm. Congratulations." Chu Mu said with a smile.
"Yeah, we just broke through to the fourth stage. We're on our way to the chore hall." Zhao Tiemu said with a smile. His words were a little restrained.
"Yeah, I didn't expect that we would be so lucky to meet you." Wei Qian also smiled.
Chu Mu still had a smile on his face, but he couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart.
The once heroic Zhao Tiemu and crafty Wei Qian had become unnatural when facing him at this moment. They were restrained, and they weren't like their usual selves.
Chu Mu was very clear about this mentality of theirs. He also knew that as he became more and more formidable and walked further and further, some of his former friends would gradually be unable to keep up with him and fall out of the group. In the end, that friendship would become worship … admiration … and even reverence …
Chu Mu who originally intended to go to the chore hall with Zhao Tiemu and Wei Qian to visit Yan Kuan suddenly lost the mood. He stretched his hand into his pocket and fished out two porcelain bottles.
"Take these two bottles of medicinal pills as my congratulatory gift for breaking through to the fourth stage of the Sword Qi Realm." Chu Mu said as he passed the bottles over.
"This … This is too precious …" Zhao Tiemu and Wei Qian felt pleasantly surprised and a trace of reverence, and they didn't dare accept it.
"Take it." Chu Mu said. "This is my kind intentions."
Zhao Tiemu and Wei Qian looked at each other. In the end, each of them took a bottle.
"Alright, I still have to go back to the Towering Wind Courtyard to report. I hope that you can raise your cultivation as soon as possible and become inner disciples. At that time, we'll drink and chat happily." Chu Mu said as he turned around and left.
"Definitely!" Zhao Tiemu and Wei Qian didn't answer. Instead, they clenched the porcelain bottles in their hands and secretly made up their minds. They didn't know that the medicinal pills in the porcelain bottles weren't the Qi Nourishing Pills they imagined, but the more valuable Qi Gathering Pills. Moreover, there were ten of them.