"Finally gone." Vice commander Wu Ya looked up at the sky and muttered in a voice that only he could hear.
A red-crowned crane was flying in the sky, flapping its wings at an extremely fast speed. Against the countless streams of air, it quickly left the mining area and headed towards the Black Dragon Mountain where the Great Kun Void Realm was located.
The half year period of being ranked on the Bronze Sword Roll had ended. What Chu Mu did not know was that he had already been included in the death list for the trip to the Heaven Wasteland Palace.
However, the elders did not take all of the red-crowned cranes away. Otherwise, it would be troublesome for Chu Mu to return.
The Heavenly Origin Sword Qi circulated within his body and was released outside his body to form a protective sword Qi. It blocked off the powerful air currents caused by the red-crowned cranes flying at high speed and was unable to form any obstruction to his body.
Chu Mu sat steadily on the back of the red-crowned crane. His eyes flashed as he looked at the small dark red sword in his hand.
He could faintly see two characters on the blade of the small dark red sword. Two extremely ancient characters. After staring at it for a long time, Chu Mu was certain that he could not recognize the two characters.
On one hand, he had never learned such characters. On the other hand, the two characters were faintly discernible and were difficult to see clearly.
As he looked, Chu Mu suddenly took out the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token. There were also two extremely ancient characters on it that he could not recognize. Looking here and there, Chu Mu felt that the two characters on the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token that he could not recognize were similar to the two characters on the small dark red sword.
"Perhaps, they are characters from the same time period …" Chu Mu thought to himself.
Thinking of this, Chu Mu could not help but feel somewhat excited.
He did not know what kind of secret the small dark red sword contained, but the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token was a rare treasure. Its value was immeasurable. Just the Heaven Wasteland Sword Record that was sealed within it was enough to tempt even an Origin Realm expert, not to mention the other value of the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token itself.
If the characters on the small dark red sword were really from the same time period as the characters on the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token, it meant that the origin of the small dark red sword was not ordinary. Even if it could not be compared to the Heaven Wasteland Sword Token, it should not be inferior by much.
Thinking of this, Chu Mu couldn't wait to unravel the secret of the dark red sword.
"Due to the absorption of blood, the words on the dark red dagger became faintly discernible. Does this mean that as long as it absorbs enough blood, the two words will appear clearly?" Chu Mu still stared at the dark red little sword as though he could see through it after putting away the [Infinite Wasteland Sword Token], "Could it be that, as long as this dark red little sword absorbs enough blood, the secret it contains will appear?"
Chu Mu recalled that the crimson sword had easily pierced through the hard shell of the Spirit-Eater King. This was enough to show that the crimson sword's sharpness surpassed that of a top-grade sword.
As of now, even if the secret of the dark red dagger had not been uncovered, its terrifying sharpness alone was enough to make it a trump card that could surprise and kill a target.
Chu Mu couldn't help but feel lucky that he had practiced swordsmanship back on Earth. He had also practiced some methods of shooting hidden weapons. Although he didn't have much success, he was still quite proficient in it.
After putting away the dark red small sword, a milky white bead appeared in Chu Mu's hand. It was about the size of a ping pong ball. Once the bead appeared, the surrounding Spirit Aura was immediately absorbed and quickly purified. The Spirit Aura within a thirty meter radius became incomparably dense.
"As expected of the King Level Spirit Devouring Orb of the Spirit-Eater King. Its range has reached thirty meters, and the purity and density of the Spirit Qi has increased by thirty percent."
The effects of the Spirit Devouring Orb could not be stacked. With the King Level Spirit Devouring Orb, the High Level Spirit Devouring Orb would not be of much help to Chu Mu in his training.
Once he used the King Level Spirit Devouring Orb to train the Heaven Origin Sword Qi, Chu Mu was confident that the time needed to break through to the Qi Hai Realm would be greatly reduced.
… …
"What? Chu Mu is back? " One of the elders of the Inner Palace Ninth Academy stood up abruptly. His face was full of shock, but it quickly turned into a look of ecstasy, "Where is he now?"
Soon, not only did the elder of the Ninth Academy know about Chu Mu's return, the other elders also knew about it. Then, the Headmaster and the Inner Palace Headmaster knew about it.
"Good, this is really good." The Head Elder stroked his long beard and laughed heartily. He was sincerely happy. One could see that his hand was slightly trembling as he stroked his long beard. It was obvious that he was very excited.
Originally, they all thought that Chu Mu had died in the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace. Because he didn't appear until they left, Chu Mu was included in the death list.
If it was a normal Bronze Sword Ranking student who had died, they wouldn't feel so sorry. However, they had done their research on Chu Mu. They knew about his background and progress. Only then did they know that he was a genius in the Way of the Sword, and his future was limitless.
Death was a great loss to the Great Kun Sword Palace.
"Tell Chu Mu to come see me," the Inner Palace Headmaster ordered. Immediately, the Inner Palace Headmaster, Duanmu Xingkong, sent a deacon to Astral-9 to find Chu Mu.
Everything had changed. Chu Mu stood in front of his Heaven Level Sword Tower and took out his identity token, but he couldn't enter. He knew that the Heaven Level Sword Tower no longer belonged to him. It had become someone else's.
"What happened?" Chu Mu didn't understand what was going on.
Logically speaking, he was only going to complete the compulsory duty of the Sword Mansion, so the Sword Mansion should have kept his ownership of the Sword Tower. The Sword Mansion would only take back the Sword Tower if he died.
Could it be that he had left the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace too late, and the elders of the Sword Palace had determined that he was dead?
At this time, a deacon from the Sword Palace came to invite Chu Mu to see the Inner Palace Headmaster, Duanmu Xingkong. Chu Mu thought for a moment before following. He had to at least understand the situation in front of him.
"The First Elder and the others came back with the news of your death, which made me very sad and distressed." Duanmu Xingkong stood up as soon as he saw Chu Mu and said directly, "However, you didn't die and came back in the end. I am very happy."
The three tens showed Duanmu Xingkong's concern for Chu Mu.
"Thank you for your concern, Headmaster." Chu Mu saluted with his sword.
"No matter what, you've finally returned, and you've even completed your mission." Duanmu Xingkong had already learned about the mining area before Chu Mu's arrival. He knew that Chu Mu had returned to the mining area not long after the First Elder and the others had left. He had been guarding the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace for half a year before leaving.
"This was my mission." Chu Mu replied, but his mind was racing. If Duanmu Xingkong asked him why he had left the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace later than the other students, what excuse should he make up? Chu Mu didn't intend to tell the truth. Otherwise, it would be too shocking.
"Anyway, it's good that you're back." Duanmu Xingkong didn't ask Chu Mu what had happened in the Underground Palace that made him leave later than the others. "However, I thought you died in the Underground Palace, so your ranking on the Bronze Sword List and the right to live in the Heaven Level Sword Tower have been canceled."
Chu Mu was not surprised. Since he was judged to be dead, it was reasonable to cancel his ranking on the Bronze Sword List and the right to live in the Heaven Level Sword Tower.
"You can find a Yellow Level Sword Tower to live in first, and then challenge." Duanmu Xingkong said, "In view of my wrong judgment, you have the right to directly challenge the Heaven Level Sword Tower, instead of the Profound Level Sword Tower."
Chu Mu nodded. In this way, he would save some time.
As for whether he could succeed in directly challenging the Heaven Level Sword Tower, Chu Mu had no doubt. Now he was much stronger than before, and one sword move was enough to kill him.
As for the difficulty of challenging the Bronze Sword List and the Heaven Level Sword Tower, in Chu Mu's eyes, there was no difference.
Next, after Duanmu Xingkong ordered his subordinates to spread the news, he chatted with Chu Mu for a while, mainly about the guarding task in the Desolate Mining Area, and occasionally mentioned the things in the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace.
However, the things Duanmu Xingkong asked about the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace were very simple, and Chu Mu could easily answer without any fabrications.
Duanmu Xingkong thought that Chu Mu's memory of the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace was strangely vague like the other returning students, but in fact, Chu Mu's memory was not vague at all.
But neither Duanmu Xingkong nor Chu Mu realized this, which made Duanmu Xingkong miss a good opportunity to really understand the Heaven Wasteland Earth Palace.
"You're practicing the Nine Transformations of Tianyuan Sword Qi, right? Your Sword Qi cultivation has reached the Completion of Qi Transformation, close to the peak." Duanmu Xingkong changed the topic to Chu Mu's cultivation, "I'll give you a suggestion. After reaching the peak of Qi Transformation, don't rush to break through to the Qi Hai Realm, but practice your Sword Qi first. It's best if you can practice the Nine Transformations of Tianyuan to the Completion of the Ninth Transformation. In this way, your foundation will be more stable, and it will be easier to stabilize your cultivation after breaking through to the Qi Hai Realm. By the way, which transformation have you practiced the Nine Transformations of Tianyuan to? Six or seven? "
"The Eighth Transformation," Chu Mu answered.
"The Eighth Transformation." Duanmu Xingkong was slightly surprised, and then he smiled, "Good, good, good, the Eighth Transformation. Compared with other swordsmen who practice the Nine Transformations of Tianyuan, your progress is much better than theirs. But remember, don't be complacent. It's much more difficult to break through from the Eighth Transformation to the Ninth Transformation. "
"Yes." Chu Mu nodded. He naturally knew that the difficulty of breaking through from the eighth revolution to the ninth revolution was many times higher than the difficulty of breaking through from the seventh revolution to the eighth revolution. This was because the eighth revolution was still within the Qi Transformation realm, but the ninth revolution was within the Qi Sea realm.
The difficulty of breaking through from the Eighth Transformation to the Ninth Transformation was similar to breaking through from the Qi Transformation Realm to the Qi Hai Realm.
"Well, you can go back now. You can challenge me at any time," Duanmu Xingkong waved his hand and said.
"Goodbye." Chu Mu stood up and saluted with his sword. He turned around and left for Astral-9. According to his previous plan, he randomly chose an empty Huang Level Sword Tower. After all, it was already evening, and the challenge could wait until tomorrow. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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