Pieces of burnt ash could be seen on the ground. There was also a corpse that had been cut in half at the waist. Organs and intestines mixed with blood and body fluids flowed all over the ground. However, if one looked closely, they would discover that the cut was very smooth.
In the long and narrow eyes of the masked man, there was unconcealable shock and disbelief. There were also traces of fear and unwillingness, as well as a touch of dead ash. It appeared very complicated when mixed together.
Chu Mu leaped over the two halves of the corpse. Like a gust of wind, he arrived at the edge of the cliff. He paused and lowered his head to look at the bottom of the cliff. There were wisps of clouds spiraling around it. It was bottomless. Just now, Xiao Qianfeng had fallen from this place. At this moment, there was no trace of him.
Standing at the edge of the cliff, a gust of wind blew over and blew onto Chu Mu's body, causing his black hair to flutter in the wind and his tattered clothes to flutter. The wind caused the clouds in the cliff to fluctuate and surge, as if a terrifying enormous monster was swallowing and spitting at the bottom of the cliff.
Chu Mu seemed to have become a statue. However, there were thousands of thoughts in his mind. No one had expected that his journey with Xiao Qianfeng would end like this.
"Xiao Qianfeng, I believe that you won't die just like this. I will wait for our next meeting." Withdrawing his gaze, the depth in his eyes was restrained. His gaze became clear again, and there was also a trace of expectation. Immediately, a burst of anger erupted in Chu Mu's heart and filled his chest. If it weren't for this masked man, he would still be traveling with Xiao Qianfeng to the Li Province Sword Academy.
In a flash, Chu Mu appeared in front of the masked man's upper body like a gust of wind. Looking at the man's eyes that were filled with a complicated expression, he lightly flicked the fake Clear Wind Sword and directly lifted the black cloth, revealing a horse face with sunken cheeks.
This was an unfamiliar face, so Chu Mu couldn't tell anything from it. He squatted down and searched through this fellow's clothes, finding a few things. Then, he kicked the two halves of the guy's body and sent it flying down the cliff, leaving only a pool of blood. Even if someone who knew the truth saw it, they wouldn't know who left the blood behind.
There were a total of two bottles of medicinal pills. One bottle contained Great Blood Clotting Pills, and the other bottle contained Great Qi Recovery Pills. Other than that, there was nothing else that could prove his identity.
"Other than the Qinglan Sword Sect, I can't think of anyone else who would send a Qi Transformation Realm expert to kill me." Chu Mu took out a few large Qi Recovery Pills and threw them into his mouth. He put away the rest and stood up. As for the damage to his meridians caused by using the Xiantian Sword Qi, he could only slowly recover in the future. His eyes turned to Qinglan Mountain, as if he could see through the void with a trace of murderous intent. "However, you would never have thought that this Qi Transformation Realm cultivator would not only fail to kill me, but also die under my sword. Within ten years, I will fulfill my promise and challenge the Qinglan Sword Sect. Those who deserve to die will not be spared! "
Chu Mu's tone had a kind of absolute determination. It was full of the sharpness and sharpness of a sword, showing his unparalleled determination.
He picked up the fake sword of the Qi Transformation Realm expert. In the low-grade sword sect, not every Qi Transformation Realm expert had a real sword to use. Only those at the elder level could have it. He walked to the bag he had thrown far away, opened it, and took out new clothes to change into, and tidied up a little. However, his black hair was a little curly because of the attack of the fiery red Xiantian Sword Qi. It looked a little strange.
"Fortunately, this time, I didn't go with Eldest Senior Brother. Otherwise, there would be unnecessary deaths and injuries. However, I don't know if the Qinglan Sword Sect sent other Qi Transformation Realm experts to deal with Eldest Senior Brother other than me and Xiao Qianfeng. " With the two fake swords on his back and the fake Clear Wind Sword in his left hand, he put the bag on his back again. This time, he was alone and didn't have any companions. Carrying a bit of worry for Li Yi's group, Chu Mu started walking again.
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After a period of time, Chu Mu left the cliff area. He walked a little further and walked into a wide road.
Remote roads often seemed quiet and there were very few people walking on them. However, once he reached the main road, there were more people walking on it. Not long after Chu Mu walked onto the main road, he encountered a carriage coming from the opposite direction. It stirred up a cloud of dust as it sped away.
This was an unrelated person. Chu Mu only glanced at it from afar and didn't pay it any attention.
Not long after, another sound came from not far behind him. According to Chu Mu's senses, it was about a few dozen meters behind him. There were exactly five people.
Sure enough, not long after, the sound behind him gradually became louder, indicating that the people behind him were gradually catching up. Chu Mu's ears moved slightly, and he judged the walking posture and movements of the five people behind him based on his Listening Sword. It was said that the perfected Listening Sword could clearly and accurately reproduce the source of the sound. However, the current Chu Mu was still unable to do this.
Because he was using Listening Sword, Chu Mu's speed was not fast. Not long after, the five people surpassed Chu Mu. Chu Mu could clearly feel that their gazes stayed on him for a few breaths of time. Chu Mu could even feel that there was a sharp gaze that stayed on his hand and the fake sword on his back for the longest time.
Because these five people were already in front of Chu Mu, Chu Mu could naturally see them. There were four men and one woman, and they all had swords on their backs. Judging from their backs and their side profile, they were not too old nor too young. They were probably in their twenties. Through the Qi Observation Technique, Chu Mu also found that their sword qi cultivation was only at the ninth stage, while some were at the tenth stage. The most powerful one, according to Chu Mu's judgment, should be at the middle of the tenth stage.
"It seems that they are scattered swordsmen." Chu Mu secretly said. In their twenties, they were only at the ninth or tenth stage of sword qi cultivation. Only a group of scattered swordsmen. Otherwise, if they were disciples of a sword faction, they should not be at this level.
At the same time that Chu Mu made a judgment on them, their discussion also turned to Chu Mu's side, and they whispered.
"That swordsman just now was so young. I guess he was only seventeen or eighteen years old."
"Well, at most twenty years old, much younger than us. But his cultivation, I used Qi Observation Technique and found that he was at the early tenth stage, just a little bit worse than me. "
"What! He is so young and has the early tenth stage of sword qi cultivation. That is much more powerful than us. It seems that he should be a disciple of a sword faction. "
"I really envy him. A disciple of a sword faction is really extraordinary. But he actually has three swords on him. That is really strange."
"Everyone, as a tenth stage disciple of a sword faction, his identity is definitely not bad. Maybe he has some secret manuals or pills on him. And I just noticed that the swords in his hands and on his body are not ordinary swords. They seem to be three pseudo swords. "
"What! Pseudo swords! "
"Yes, they are pseudo swords. I was lucky enough to see them before. He is only one person, and his cultivation is at the early tenth stage. Should we … "
"No, a sword faction disciple is not ordinary. If we can't kill him, I am afraid that in the future, he will take revenge."
"Well, there is no need to say more. Some things just need to be thought about."
Gradually, they went further and further away.
Little did they know that their whispers were clearly transmitted to Chu Mu's ears. Fortunately, they did not make up their minds to make a move on Chu Mu. Otherwise, they would only add to the five dead souls under Chu Mu's sword.
For Chu Mu, these five people were just passing by. They were unable to leave any trace in his heart.
While walking, he used [Listening Sword] to listen to the sounds coming from all around. The sound of the wind blowing, the footsteps of people walking, the sound of sand and stones being blown, the sound of leaves swaying in the wind, etc. The sounds of the whole world were intertwined with each other. In Chu Mu's ears, they were clearly separated.
While walking, Chu Mu's eyes naturally closed. It was like a person who was tired to a certain extent, unable to control himself.
In a split second, the world in front of his eyes disappeared under the closed eyelids, returning to darkness. It was as if everything had fallen into a deep sleep, returning to silence.
After that, another exciting scene appeared. Chu Mu's ears became more sensitive. His hearing increased greatly in an instant, as if he had swept away layers of obstacles. The whole world, in another form, was displayed in Chu Mu's ears. He listened to the world.
Chu Mu's footsteps unconsciously came to a stop. He stood motionless by the side of the road. His aura had completely stilled, as if he had become a statue.
The wind continued to blow, causing the leaves to rustle. It blew the dust on the road into the air. It blew the grass on the side of the road up and down like waves. It blew Chu Mu's black hair and clothes, but it did not move Chu Mu's body, nor did it move Chu Mu's mind.
Time passed bit by bit. The sun that was emitting warm light gradually set in the west, turning into a blazing fireball. The red afterglow scattered across the earth, leaving behind a residual heat. Chu Mu's body seemed to be covered in a layer of red gauze, but his body was nailed to the ground like a nail. His body was as straight as a sword pointing to the sky.
Occasionally, people would pass by and look at Chu Mu in surprise. They pointed at him, not understanding just what was going on with Chu Mu.
However, ordinary people were in awe of swordsmen. They did not dare to disturb Chu Mu. As for the swordsmen passing by, almost all of them were swordsmen. Therefore, when they used the Aura Observation Technique to look at Chu Mu, they either could not see through Chu Mu's cultivation, or they could see that Chu Mu was at the early tenth stage. They knew that Chu Mu was definitely a disciple of some sword faction.
Even if he was only a disciple of a low grade sword faction, it was still not an existence that swordsmen like them could contend against. Therefore, in order to avoid trouble, they did not go near Chu Mu or even disturb Chu Mu. However, there were always exceptions. There were two middle-aged swordsmen with gloomy looks who came from afar. They followed the crowd's line of sight and fell on Chu Mu's body.
When some of the swordsmen saw these two gloomy middle-aged swordsmen, their expressions changed. A hint of fear flashed through their eyes, and they quickly retreated.
"Early tenth stage cultivation? It seems that he is a disciple of some sword faction. It seems that he has entered a state of cultivation. " One of them said to himself. Soon after, he sneered: "It seems that he is a rookie who has just left the sword faction to gain experience. He actually entered a state of cultivation in this kind of place. He is really reckless."
"Boss, I will take the opportunity to kill this guy. I believe that he must have a lot of good things on him." The other person said. He turned into a sharp arrow and shot toward Chu Mu. He pulled out his sword in mid-air. A clanging sound rang out. The sharp sword was mixed with a snow-white Sword Light. It was fierce and murderous. The wind whistled.