Two months have passed in the blink of an eye since the battle to destroy the demon outside Youshang County.
In that battle two months ago, the golden transformed monster was destroyed, along with the six major transformed monsters. An unknown number of monsters were killed, and only a handful of them escaped into the mountains.
After that battle, in the past two months, the entire Youzhou has become much peaceful. Although there are still monsters making troubles everywhere, they are basically small-scale troubles.
As for Chen Mu, in addition to receiving a reward from Emperor Longzheng, his position in Sitiantai was also promoted to the fourth rank Sichen, becoming the seventh Sichen in Sitiantai today.
As for the fact that he had only left Kyoto less than a month ago and had gone from fifth grade to fourth grade in the blink of an eye, Chen Mu had no idea how the headmaster Bai Ze, Wei Jing and others would react.
Now that the land is in chaos with monsters, even if his situation seems abnormal, he can only put it aside temporarily and focus on the monster chaos in various places in the Yuan Dynasty.
certainly.
After the demon chaos is over, when you return to Kyoto, you will inevitably be interrogated.
Therefore, Chen Mu also stepped up his efforts to search for clues about the demonic bird. He wanted to find this demonic bird as soon as possible, and then break through to the level of a third-level magician. At that time, he could ignore all interrogations.
Therefore, in the past two months, Chen Mu spent most of his time in the Youshang County mansion practicing martial arts. At the same time, he ordered Tianluo Diwang and various warriors in Youzhou to search for clues about the demon bird Ou Kuo.
also.
As a fourth-level magician, he directly let out the news that he needed the demon bird, making many sects in Youzhou aware of it.
Although the demon bird is rare and precious, its value is at most equivalent to a fourth-grade Taoist talisman. If it can gain the friendship of a fourth-grade magician, then naturally any sect is willing to see it.
As for the reason why Chen Mu is looking for this kind of monster bird, there is no need to explain, and no one will delve into it.
It's just that he seems to be unlucky.
I have been searching for two months and still have no clues.
…
County government.
In a courtyard somewhere.
The courtyard was very open, but it was quiet. Only Chen Mu stood quietly in the center of the courtyard.
It seems like he is just standing quietly, but if you look at it from a spiritual perspective, you can see that Chen Mu's body is surrounded by endless stars.
A large area of heaven and earth spiritual energy even formed a vortex, with Chen Mu as the center, continuously pouring into his body, tempering his body, and slowly warming the true energy in his body.
Now, he is only a thin line away from the fifth level of martial arts.
This line is as faint as a thin film and can be broken at any time!
The realm of martial arts is different from that of magicians. Each realm is an improvement of various properties, including martial arts will, the strength of true energy, and the strength of the physical body.
The body of a seventh-level warrior can be as hard as gold and iron, and the sixth-level warrior's body can be as hard as jade and gold. Moving up to fifth-level, even fourth-level, and third-level, there will be layers of transformation at each span.
A master like Yan Hanyu's body is as crystal clear as jade, unstained by dust, and generates its own fragrance. While it is almost perfect, its strength has also reached an unimaginable level.
If Chen Mu didn't use the magician's soul power, he might not be able to pierce even a layer of membrane with his physical body alone.
Chen Mu has never failed in his martial arts practice.
Now two months have passed, and although there has been little progress in searching for the demon bird Ou Kuo, he has made rapid progress in martial arts. As he expected, he has reached the threshold of the fifth level.
Chen Mu just stood quietly in the courtyard. Today, he no longer needs to assume any specific posture. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth controlled by his soul power alone far exceeds that.
These spiritual energy continuously flow into the body.
This caused his body to gradually approach a certain limit.
Then.
Click!
It sounded like something breaking.
Chen Mu felt a sudden change occur in his body. Some of the shackles in his heart seemed to be unlocked. First, it stopped beating briefly, and then when it started beating again, each heartbeat became far stronger and more powerful than before.
The blood all over the body was like slurry, rushing through the blood vessels like a big river.
In addition, along with the beating of the heart, a ray of true energy is brewing in it. This true energy is directly connected to the true energy possessed by oneself, making one's own true energy immediately stronger.
The changes haven't stopped yet.
After transformation, the heart is like a ball of flame. The hot essence in this flame is transmitted along the meridians and enters the spleen, causing the spleen to suddenly break through a certain limit.
The heart belongs to fire and the spleen belongs to earth. This is fire generating earth!
The spleen seemed to turn into a piece of solid earth, brewing wisps of true energy, which were transmitted along the meridians and entered the two lungs at once.
Lungs belong to gold!
The meaning of gold and yuan is growing, and the two lungs have also completed the transformation of their realm. Every breath seems to be able to take the initiative to breathe in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth without the control of soul power.
The brewed true energy is then guided along the meridians, towards the next organ among the five internal organs, which is the kidney. This is the metal that generates water. The meaning of water is condensed, which makes Chen Mu's body regain its flexibility from hardness.
at last.
The true energy extends to the liver, the last of the five internal organs suddenly penetrates, and a vitality brews from the body.
Since then, the body has had a self-healing ability that far exceeds that of ordinary people. As long as the injury is not serious enough to damage the internal organs and spine, it can heal quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Just like Lin Yue.
He was bitten by a group of monster wolves and was covered in wounds, but after being rescued by Chen Mu, even in a coma, the wounds on his body quickly healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
However, this healing consumed a large amount of her physical energy and blood, so that her true energy was depleted in a short period of time. It took nearly six or seven days to replenish the energy, blood and true energy.
The heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys, the five internal organs, interact with each other and form a cycle in the body, continuously brewing the true essence, causing the true essence in Chen Mu's body to nearly double in a very short period of time.
The fifth level of martial arts.
Return to Yuan Realm!
Since then, Chen Mu's martial arts has finally reached the last state before inhumanity, which can be regarded as the watershed between the young generation and the masters in the world.
Before being a non-human, everyone can be regarded as the younger generation, but once they reach the fourth level and reach the non-human level, their age does not matter, and they will all be regarded as seniors.
Because looking at the world, among the fifth-grade warriors who can truly break through to the fourth-grade, there are only two or three out of ten.
Not all warriors are peerless geniuses like Lin Yue. As long as they don't fall, they will definitely reach the fourth rank or even become a grandmaster. After all, there are only a few people like Lin Yue in each era.
“Finally we’ve caught up one step further.”
When the changes in his body finally subsided, Chen Mu exhaled a breath of turbidity.
But he didn't show too much joy, because breaking through to the fifth level of martial arts was not a big change for him. At most, it made his body's endurance stronger, and he could fly faster when flying in the air.
Go faster and cover thousands of miles in one day.
The impact on actual combat effectiveness is minimal.
"If we wait a few more days and there are still no clues about Ou Hao, I'm afraid I'll have to change my obsession."
Chen Mu thought deeply in his heart.
Although that child's obsession is the strongest he has ever seen, and the soul power he can provide must be far more than any previous harvest, but if there is still no progress, then some changes have to be made. After all, now
He is already very close to the third level, and even the soul points provided by an ordinary dead soul are almost enough.
but.
Just when Chen Mu was thinking this.
An attendant appeared in the yard and saw Chen Mu standing there. He approached cautiously and said respectfully: "Master Si Chen, the Futian Sect invites you to be a guest in their sect."
"Futian Sect?"
Chen Mu turned around and looked.
It is impossible to say that he is completely uninterested in Futian Sect, one of the eight major sects. After all, this is one of the oldest sects among the eight major sects, and it is also the only one that has not given birth to a Martial Saint.
But it is one of the eight sects that has always been firmly seated in one of the positions.
The history of this sect is older than that of the Great Yuan Dynasty. It may even have a history dating back thousands of years and know more secrets of this world.
However, compared to these, what Chen Mu cares more about now is the demon bird Ou Kuo.
Without strength and realm, no matter how much you know, it is meaningless and may even bring danger. Chen Mu knows this very well, so even though he has read many secrets from the royal library, he instinctively thinks that this world is not simple, but he has never known it.
Then deliberately investigate more secrets.
Otherwise, as a magician, he can always find out more things.
While Chen Mu was thinking about this.
However, the attendant added in a low voice, "The people from the Futian Sect said that they have found clues to the demonic bird that you need, sir."
"oh?"
When Chen Mu heard this, he suddenly showed a hint of surprise, then chuckled and said: "It seems that I can't refuse this invitation, so let's go over and have a look."
After saying that, Chen Mu walked out of the courtyard. With a quick glance, he saw a familiar figure standing there in a hall of the county government, it was Lin Yue.
Whoosh!
Chen Mu took a few steps and appeared in the hall.
Lin Yue noticed the movement, turned her head, and saw Chen Mu approaching. Her eyes immediately turned, she bowed to Chen Mu and saluted, showing a timid and weak expression and said: "A civilian girl has met Lord Si Chen."
Chen Mu did not expect that the envoy sent by the Futian Sect was Lin Yue, the true successor. He looked at her and said, "The dignified true successor of the Futian Sect has also become a door-to-door messenger?"
Lin Yue smiled and said: "Master Si Chen is an immortal master in heaven. If you invite Master Si Chen to your home as a guest, how dare we Futian Sect be perfunctory? We naturally have to show sincerity."
Chen Mu raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh? So how deep is this sincerity?"
Lin Yue chuckled, then blinked her eyes, revealing a shy application, and said in a soft voice: "Then it depends on how much you want."
"It would be a shame if you don't go to work at Xingyue Sect."
Chen Mu replied silently.
If he hadn't reached the realm of a fourth-level magician and his soul power could already easily control the seven emotions and six desires, this time he would probably be tempted to have a wavering in his heart, making it difficult to control his desires.
Lin Yue was stunned for a moment, but soon thought of the meaning of 'going to work', couldn't help but burst out laughing, blinked and said: "If I were a disciple of Xingyue, I'm afraid Master Si Chen wouldn't even look at me.
Come on, Master Si Chen obviously likes an upright woman like Grandmaster Yan."
"Speaking of it, the peak master of our Futian Sect's Yuheng Peak is as famous as Grandmaster Yan."