Xu Mu, on the other hand, let out a bitter smile and sighed helplessly, "So what? I still lost."
Earlier, the crowd of onlookers had witnessed such a tense and exciting battle, everyone had fallen silent, and at this moment, seeing Xu Mu lose, there was an outcry.
That's right, Xu Mu had already lost, after repeatedly catalysing the extremely high-level magic weapon, at this point, the wood attribute spiritual energy in his body, which had just recovered quite a bit, had already been depleted.
If he fought any longer, he was bound to lose.
Seeing this, Xue Ning smiled faintly and said, "Winning or losing within the clan, is it that important?"
Xu Mu looked at Xue Ning's smile and froze, then nodded his head in uncertainty, not knowing what the other party meant.
Suddenly, Xu Mu saw the white handkerchief and couldn't help but ask curiously, "This magic weapon of yours, is it really just an Extreme Grade Magic Weapon?
According to the description of the Green Nimbus Mirror, all magical artefacts illuminated by its green light would surely lose all their spiritual power, so how could this handkerchief be an exception?
Unless it simply wasn't a magical weapon.
The smile on Xue Ning's face had disappeared at this point, and she faintly explained, "This jade handkerchief is indeed a magic weapon, no doubt, but it is the one my master helped me refine, and although your green light is strange, it cannot break my jade handkerchief.
Xu Mu nodded at his words, feeling that not only did he have a master, but others also had a backer, a magic weapon that the real master helped to refine, the power was naturally incomparable."Uncle Hu, announce the results!" Seeing that Xu Mu didn't say anything, Xue Ning turned her head and rushed over to the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator on the side and said.
"Hehe, I wouldn't dare, Senior Sister Xue really is deeply loved by the sect master!"The Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator he called Uncle Hu smiled at the situation and loudly announced to the crowd that the winner of this competition was Xue Ning.
But even though Xu Mu had lost and didn't even get a rank, the disciples around him didn't dare to underestimate him, since he was able to force even Senior Sister Xue Ning to such a point, he had already been recognised as an expert.
Xu Mu didn't care about these fake names and was walking straight towards the bottom of the ring when he heard Xue Ning say behind him, "In three years, I hope you can participate in the Sect Grand Competition.
"Sect Grand Competition?" Xu Mu smiled helplessly at his words and didn't reply as he walked straight down the ring.
Xue Ning frowned at Xu Mu's back and finally left as well.
After leaving the ring, Shi Yu naturally came over to chat some more, but she also quickly realised that Xu Mu didn't have the enthusiasm to chat to herself.
The uninformed Shi Yu thought that Xu Mu was not too happy about losing the competition and hastily comforted her, "All right, you only lost to Senior Sister Xue, but she is an expert who has a chance of winning the championship, you are already very good!
Xu Mu smiled bitterly and slowly said, "Shi Yu, thank you!"When he said that, Shi Yu's pretty face couldn't help but blush, and then she pouted, "We're all from the same village, of course we have to help each other out!What are you talking about, thank you!"
"Well, I'll go back to Red Flame Peak to cultivate first, I'll come back to you later!"Xu Mu nodded, his complexion regaining its calm.
"Good!" Seeing that Xu Mu's intention to leave was firm, Shi Yu didn't hold back and nodded.
Not long after, Xu Mu returned to Red Flame Peak. This time, because he came back via the mountain path, he didn't run into the Red Flame Peak's outer disciples, which saved him a lot of time in dispatching this group of guys.
Returning to the cave, Xu Mu was about to return to his own cave when he saw the lotus pond and the small pavilion not far away, so he suddenly changed his route and went straight to the small pavilion.
Alone on the fence, looking at his own silhouette vaguely reflected in the water, Xu Mu sighed slowly.
"Do you really think you're some kind of genius? Don't be naive Xu Mu, in three years, you'll still only be at this current cultivation level."Of course, the reflection in the lotus pool did not react to his words, but just looked at him calmly, and Xu Mu also looked at the other party out of his mind.
As he watched, Xu Mu suddenly saw his own self in the pool slowly reveal a mocking smile and said to him, "Xu Mu, as long as you are willing, you can be a genius anytime you want!"
"What?" Xu Mu was shocked by his words and quickly looked around, wondering who was talking to him.
"Don't look, it's me! I'm you, don't you recognise yourself?" the figure in the pool said, waving his hand at Xu Mu.
"What did you mean by those words just now?" asked Xu Mu, confused.
The silhouette in the pool water smiled and said, "It's very simple, you see, Master Teacher will provide you with Spirit Pills to cultivate every day, and as for which technique you actually use to cultivate, it's not like he knows."
"As long as you continue to cultivate the Withered Tree Spring Technique and other techniques to deal with Master Teacher, it's very possible that we can even build the Foundation with these cultivation resources!"Xu Mu hastily shook her head at his words, "No!No, Master Teacher has treated me so well, how can I betray him!"
Unexpectedly, the silhouette in the water erupted at his words, "Don't be stupid! Xu Mu, Liu Yan is only deciding your life for his own selfish reasons, do you want to endure the blank stares of so many people from now on?"
"And Shi Yu, you don't have enough cultivation, do you think she'll still like you?Don't be silly, this is a world of the strong!"
"Enough!" Xu Mu shouted explosively, condensing a ball of fire attribute spiritual energy in his hand and smashing it at the silhouette with a "boom", the silhouette instantly exploded into countless white steam surrounding Xu Mu.
A voice full of temptation emerged from the mist: "Come on! Listen to me! Are you willing to stay at the fourth level of qigong practice for the rest of your life?"
Seeing this, Xu Mu took out all the magic weapons in his storage bag, casually copied an item, and smashed it in the direction of the voice coming from the mist.When he heard a "pop" sound, Xu Mu did not hit anything, the object he threw out fell into the pool water and actually spread out slowly, like a lotus leaf.
Xu Mu then realised that he had actually thrown out the last of his mother's sugar cookies.
"Don't!" As soon as he saw that this sugar cake was about to sink, Xu Mu didn't care and jumped into the pool water, grabbing the sugar cake in his hands.
The cold sensation came, Xu Mu felt a jolt, and the voice that had just lingered in his ears actually disappeared in an instant, but his attention was already completely focused on this matter.
"Whew! So close!" Xu Mu returned to the shore and used his spiritual energy to dry the water on the sugar cake, only to find that the sugar cake was completely deformed, so he couldn't help but sigh helplessly.
It was definitely not possible to eat this sugar cake again, but Xu Mu would never throw it away.
After staring at the sugar cake for a few moments, Xu Mu put it back into his storage bag and froze as he looked at the miserable scene in the cave.
"What did I just do?" Xu Mu's eyes were lost in thought as he froze in place, muttering to himself.It was only after a long time that Xu Mu tidied up the cave, and quite a few of the small fish that had been mistakenly blown up by his fire-attributed spiritual power were also transferred to the Western Heaven by him.
It was only then that he remembered that the situation he had just been in was exactly the same as what was described in the canonical books as going into a fire, only to a lesser extent.