Qingfeng Sword Sect, Qingfeng Main Hall.
"Headmaster, Qinglan Sword Sect is too arrogant. They dared to violate the agreement of the three sects and let a disciple of the peak of Tenth Stage disguise as a Ninth Stage elite disciple to enter the Virtual Realm. This time, if it weren't for Chu Mu, I'm afraid that all the elite disciples of our sect would have died in the Virtual Realm. " After listening to Chu Mu's report, Elder Luo was furious. He slammed the back of the chair with one hand and stood up abruptly, his black hair dancing wildly.
This time, he was the leader of the team. If all twenty elite disciples died in the Virtual Realm, regardless of whether the sect would punish him or not, there would be a pit in his heart that he could not overcome. There would be a heart demon. Once there was a heart demon, it would mean that he could no longer improve in the future. He might even be dispirited because of it.
The other three Academy Heads and Elders all had faces full of anger. Their eyes flickered and the aura they emitted filled the main palace. It was like a sword aura killing intent, causing Chu Mu, who was in the middle of it, to feel even more unbearable pressure. He had no choice but to use all of his strength to resist and barely hold on.
"Alright, restrain your breath." Luo Tianxiong said immediately. Naturally, there was a sense of power and dominance. The elders reacted and quickly retracted their murderous breath. Chu Mu breathed a sigh of relief. "Chu Mu, this time, on behalf of the entire Qingfeng Sword Sect, I thank you."
After saying that, Luo Tianxiong stood up and saluted Chu Mu with his sword. This made Chu Mu's heart tremble.
"Headmaster, I am also a disciple of Qingfeng Sword Sect." Chu Mu said with a serious face and saluted back to Luo Tianxiong.
"No matter what, it is a great honor for Qingfeng Sword Sect to have you." Luo Tianxiong sat down again and looked at Chu Mu with a gratified face. "Returning from the Virtual Realm must be very tiring. How about this, the remaining matters will be handled by me and the other headmasters. Even if we have to go to war with Qinglan Sword Sect, we must do it. Go back and rest well and wait for the results. In the future, there will be even greater challenges waiting for you. "
"Yes, Sect Master, fellow sect heads and elders, Chu Mu will take his leave first." Chu Mu nodded and said slowly. After saluting the Sect Master, Principal, and Elders, he turned and walked out of the main hall, heading towards the elite disciple area.
As for Li Yi and the others, they returned to their respective pavilions to rest upon returning to the Sword Sect.
Although the trip to the Empty Realm of Qinglan was a fruitful one and his strength had improved significantly, his nerves had always been tense. Now that he could relax, he felt a burst of fatigue. Therefore, relaxing and resting was the best way to recuperate.
When a swordsman cultivates, they must know how to combine their relaxation with each other in order to achieve greater progress and breakthroughs. Blindly being tense will only be detrimental to oneself.
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"Senior Brother, you're back …" Li Wei's face was filled with excitement.
"Yes." Chu Mu let out a slight smile and nodded his head. He felt a small warmth: "Your cultivation is about to reach the peak of the sixth phase. Not bad, it seems that after a while, you will be able to break through to the seventh phase and become an inner disciple."
"Senior Brother, even if I break through to Stage Seven, I will still be your sword maid." Li Wei blurted out. After saying that, her face turned red.
"Haha … Good." Chu Mu immediately laughed out loud and immediately said, "Help me get a set of clean clothes, I want to take a hot bath."
"Yes, Senior Brother." Li Wei nodded and quickly turned around. She only felt her cheeks burning. She was so embarrassed. How could she say something like that? For a moment, Li Wei's heart was in a mess.
In the Empty Realm of Qinglan, Chu Mu did not take a bath at all. First of all, when his cultivation broke through to Stage Nine, his body would be purified once and his body would become much more transparent. Second of all, there was no condition to do so.
Now that he was taking a hot bath and flowing through his body, especially in such a late winter time, this feeling was really comfortable and refreshing. After taking a bath, Chu Mu soaked his body in a big bucket full of hot water. Soaking in it, his whole body was indescribably comfortable.
After soaking for a full hour, the water was cold. Chu Mu then got up, dressed and went to the second floor.
Li Wei's heart had already calmed down. When she saw Chu Mu, she quickly said, "Senior Brother, Sister Luo came to see you just now."
"Sister Luo?" Chu Mu's eyes flashed with a touch of doubt, and then he immediately understood. "Did she say why she was looking for me?"
"She didn't say anything. She just left when she saw that you were not back yet." Li Wei said.
"Well, I'm going to rest today. If someone is looking for me, if it's not important, reject them all." Chu Mu nodded and said.
"Okay, Senior Brother." Li Wei quickly nodded and agreed. She was sincerely happy to be able to do something for her senior brother.
Li Wei went downstairs. Chu Mu lay on the bed and covered himself with the quilt. He did not think about anything and slowly fell into a deep sleep. He began to rest and recover from the depths of his soul.
This sleep, Chu Mu slept for a very long time. He slept until the next dawn when he woke up naturally. He only felt that he was full of energy and refreshed. Everything around him seemed to have become clearer and even his soul seemed to have become stronger.
Waving his fists, kicking his legs and twisting his body, the bones all over his body made a crackling sound like beans being fried. He tried his best to stretch his body. Not long after, Chu Mu felt that the blood in his body was flowing as if it was about to boil. The chill that had attacked him in the morning had also faded a lot.
This time, most of the harvest in Qinglan's Empty Realm was handed over to the Sword Faction. He only kept a small part for himself. Although there was not much left, it was the real essence of what he had.
A Yellow Level Supreme Sword Qi Technique, a Yellow Level Upper Sword Qi Technique, a complete high-level sword technique, a pseudo-sword, three stones that contained pure spiritual energy, two Red Blood Fruits, and the most important Qinglan Divine Fruit.
Qingfeng Sword Faction naturally knew that the disciples must have their own collection, but they did not ask the disciples to hand it all over. For the Sword Faction, the many spiritual medicines that the disciples had handed over had already surpassed the harvest of any previous trip to Qinglan Empty Realm. It was several times more than the previous harvest, which made the higher-ups very happy.
They did not know that Chu Mu's harvest was so rich. Otherwise, they would have been tempted.
"Yao Ri's cultivation is at the Qi Transformation Realm. According to Elder Luo's estimation, he may break through to Dacheng within five years. By then, he will be even stronger. In addition, in the entire Qinglan Sword Faction, there are swordsmen who are stronger than Yao Ri, just like the two Supreme Elders who guard the entrance of Qingfeng Cave. " Chu Mu walked to the balcony and said to himself, "Within ten years, I want to challenge the Qinglan Sword Faction. It seems that it will not be easy. At least, my cultivation must reach the Qi Transformation Realm or even Dacheng."
The words that Chu Mu said in front of the elders of the three factions were not said in a moment of anger, nor was it a joke. It was a kind of sharpness that came from the heart, a manifestation of the anger in his heart.
Regardless of whether it was a swordsman or a swordsman, the sharpness should be restrained when it needed to be restrained and shown when it needed to be shown. Under the circumstances at that time, Chu Mu was the focus of attention and was targeted again and again. His heart was already very angry. If he did not show it and just kept suppressing it, it would not be good for him. Therefore, it was not only a kind of vent, but also a kind of spur to himself.
Within ten years, he wanted to challenge the Qinglan Sword Faction!
Walking to the balcony, he breathed in the cold air and looked at the still dim scenery. Chu Mu slowly glanced around and then withdrew his gaze. He sat down cross-legged, took out the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual, and carefully read it.
"Now that my sword qi cultivation has reached the peak of the ninth stage, I will reach the tenth stage if I have another breakthrough. But before that, I will first change to the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual to make the sword qi purer and more vigorous, "he said secretly. With the help of a little light, Chu Mu carefully read the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual.
They were both Shangyuan Sword Qi Manuals, so to some extent, there were similarities. Therefore, Chu Mu did not seem to have too much difficulty. The Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual was naturally more exquisite and profound than the Zhongyuan Sword Qi Manual. Even with Chu Mu's understanding, he only began to understand after reading it three times.
He carefully read it from the beginning a few times and gradually understood the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual thoroughly.
Compared to the Zhongyuan Sword Qi Manual, the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual had two more stages, a total of seven stages.
Moreover, the Shangyuan Sword Qi that was cultivated from the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual was not only purer and more vigorous than the Zhongyuan Sword Qi Manual, but when cultivated to the seventh stage of the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual, the Xiantian Sword Qi would automatically condense within the body.
"Xiantian Sword Qi!" Chu Mu was slightly excited. He had already seen the power of Xiantian Sword Qi. It was very powerful. If he could condense Xiantian Sword Qi before the Qi Transformation Stage, it would be another trump card.
After completely comprehending it, he put away the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual and Li Wei brought out the freshly made steaming hot breakfast.
"Xiao Wei, I will be away for a few days," Chu Mu said as he ate.
"Ah, senior brother just came back and you are leaving again?" Li Wei's small face wrinkled as she said reluctantly.
"I am going to the training room in the main hall to cultivate the Sword Qi Manual," Chu Mu said.
"Alright, I will wait for senior brother's return." Li Wei immediately smiled. She was going to cultivate the Sword Qi Manual instead of leaving again.
This was one of the differences between the elite disciples and the inner disciples of the three colleges. When the inner disciples changed to the Sword Qi Manual, they completed it in their own pavilions, but when the elite disciples changed to the Sword Qi Manual, they had specially prepared training rooms.
The training rooms were behind the main hall. They were made of extremely hard black rock, comparable in hardness to the Hundred Tempered Swords. Because of the high cost of constructing such training rooms, the Qingfeng Sword Sect had only built two of them.
After Chu Mu expressed his intentions to the Elder, he entered one of the training rooms. The heavy stone door slowly closed behind him.
The training room was not large, only about thirty square meters. There were four luminous pearls embedded in the ceiling, illuminating the entire room, but not blinding. It was as bright as day.
The room was empty except for a prayer mat in the middle. Chu Mu looked around, then walked to the prayer mat and sat down cross-legged. He cleared his mind of distracting thoughts and recalled the chants of the Shangyuan Sword Qi Manual.
Then, he began to dissipate the Zhongyuan Sword Qi in his body …