They set out early in the morning, but they still hadn't made it out of Seven Stars Forest by sunset. However, they were already fifty kilometers away from Silver Fir City, so they decided to travel at night. Moreover, Lin Muyu and Tang Xiaoxi's cultivation had improved so much that Qu Chu wasn't worried about encountering spirit beasts that were too strong. Even if he didn't take action himself, the spirit beasts on the outskirts of Seven Stars Forest could be taken care of by the two juniors.
… …
Along the way, Lin Muyu had been silently practicing the Demon Sonorous Fist on horseback. He would either circulate his energy, catch his breath, or punch at the trees in the distance. He did not waste any time along the way. The speed and strength of every punch of the Demon Sonorous Fist grew stronger and stronger. Naturally, the power was also increasing. Seeing this, Qu Chu secretly praised Lin Muyu in his heart. This kid was indeed a rare genius. To be able to master the Thunder Strike Slash, Green Rock Armor, and Demon Sonorous Fist in such a short period of time, how powerful would he be in the future?
They arrived at Silver Fir City late at night. When the three of them arrived at the city gates, a guard dressed in red robes had already walked up to restrain Tang Xiaoxi's mount. He smiled respectfully, "Congratulations on your success, Princess Xi. You've broken through the human realm and stepped into the first level of the earth realm!"
Tang Xiaoxi smiled slightly, "Thank you. Let's enter the city and stay at the courier house tonight. We'll depart tomorrow morning and return to the imperial capital. I haven't been back in a long time."
"Yes!"
The guard raised his head to look at Lin Muyu and said in surprise, "This kid looks very familiar …"
Lin Muyu said, "I'm a worker at Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop."
"I see. You must be that Lin Muyu who refined a first grade medicine?"
"Yes."
"Ha." The guard laughed dryly for some reason and said, "Tomorrow is the day when the younger generation of Cathaya City's alchemy world will fight for the pardon writ. The young city lord, Hua Wan, is determined to win it, but since you've returned tonight, I'm sure there will be an exciting fight tomorrow. Princess Xi, would you like to watch?"
Tang Xiaoxi couldn't resist the temptation and looked back at Qu Chu. Qu Chu smiled helplessly, "Fine, fine. We'll leave after watching the fight tomorrow morning. Plus, Princess Xi is the envoy this time. She should be the one to personally issue the pardon."
"Yes, thank you, Qu."
… …
And so, Tang Xiaoxi seemed to be purposely avoiding him. After Lin Muyu sent Tang Xiaoxi and Qu Chu back to the courier house, he rode back to Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop. When he pushed open the door, he saw Chu Yao standing under a tree in the distance, light swirling around her. She was cultivating her martial soul, the Purple Marten. The Purple Marten was very cute and was very similar to Tang Xiaoxi's martial soul, the Red Fox, but it was much weaker. The Red Fox was a second grade martial soul, while the Purple Marten was a fifth grade martial soul. It was the difference between a commoner's martial soul and a noble's.
"Sister Chu Yao!" Lin Muyu called out softly.
Immediately, Chu Yao opened her beautiful eyes and jumped forward in joy, hugging him with open arms. "Yu, you've returned safely! Hmph, Senior Brother Wang Ying said that you might not be able to return. Quickly, let me see! "
She intimately pulled Lin Muyu's arm and looked at him. He seemed to have become stronger, and the flow of True Qi on the surface of his body was also much more vigorous than before. The biggest change was the expression in his eyes. Confidence and calmness showed that his strength had increased.
"Sister Chu Yao, I have a martial soul." Lin Muyu smiled.
Chu Yao said excitedly, "Oh, what kind of martial soul?"
Lin Muyu muttered softly, and immediately, the Azure Gourd came out of his body. He said with some embarrassment, "Azure Gourd, a tenth grade martial soul, but it's still very easy to cultivate."
"Oh …" Chu Yao hurriedly comforted him, "It's okay, a tenth grade martial soul is still a martial soul. It will help your cultivation progress. It's good, it's good. At most, I'll represent Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop in the competition for the Special Pardon Order tomorrow. In any case, I've already cultivated to rank 21."
"Wow, Sister Chu Yao's cultivation speed is quite fast. I remember that you just broke through rank 19 to rank 20 last time."
"That's right!" Chu Yao stuck out her full chest and said with a confident smile, "I'm currently the person with the highest cultivation in the entire Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop. Yu, do you think I can beat Hua Wan?"
"It's a bit difficult." Lin Muyu touched his nose and said honestly.
Chu Yao smiled and lightly patted his shoulder, saying, "Hmph, can't you have a bit of confidence in your Senior Sister? Alright, you must be starving since you came back so late. I'll go make you something to eat. Yesterday, I went into the mountains to gather herbs and caught two wild rabbits. I left half for you. Hmph hmph, that glutton Luo Kai, if it wasn't for me, he would definitely eat the other half! "
Lin Muyu couldn't help but smile. Her heart felt warm. She didn't know when, but she actually felt like she had returned home.
The night passed quickly. Chu Feng, Wang Ying, Luo Kai, and the others all came to see Lin Muyu when they heard that she had returned. Chu Yao was the last to leave Lin Muyu's room. As soon as Chu Yao left, Lin Muyu immediately sat cross-legged on the bed to cultivate the true qi within her body. In this world, the levels of strength were measured by the intensity of one's strength. The more vigorous and pure one's true qi was, the higher one's level of strength would be. She couldn't slack off.
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The next morning, Chu Yao knocked on the door early in the morning. After breakfast, all the disciples of the Hundred Spirits Medicine Shop went to the venue for the special pardon writ contest. Chu Feng also followed. Ever since Chu Yao had broken through to the second level of the human realm, he had placed great expectations on this granddaughter of his. Perhaps Chu Yao would be able to emerge victorious in this contest?
Silver Fir City was known as the alchemy capital of the empire. There had once been two alchemy god level masters in Silver Fir City, but that was a matter of several thousand years ago. Even so, the citizens of Silver Fir City were still diligently pursuing the art of alchemy. The younger generation also wanted to diligently practice alchemy and reclaim the glory of their ancestors.
The arena was set up in the drill ground of the city lord's mansion. According to the laws of the empire, every city lord had the right to train a certain number of prefecture soldiers. During non-war times, the prefecture soldiers would be used to eliminate bandits, and during times of war, they would have to join the imperial army. The city lord of Silver Fir City, Hua Tian, had trained a total of nearly two thousand prefecture soldiers. This was already the limit of this small city with a population of fifty thousand.
The drill ground wasn't big, but it was already overcrowded with citizens who had come to watch the contest. As for the nobles within the city, they had been arranged to sit in the prominent stands.
Lin Muyu looked into the distance. As expected, Tang Xiaoxi and Qu Chu were both sitting in the master's seats with Hua Tian.
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The format of the contest was very simple. Challenge!
Moreover, only the top ten alchemy halls of the Medicinal Ceremony had the right to send someone to challenge. The young city lord, Hua Wan, was holding a thin sword and wearing a white robe as he stood on the arena. He was the recipient of the Special Pardon Order from the previous Medicinal Ceremony, and this time, he was the arena lord. His face was filled with pride as he looked at the crowd below the arena. The corner of his mouth rose as he smiled and said, "This junior is Hua Wan, and I am fortunate enough to be the holder of the Special Pardon Order from the previous Medicinal Ceremony. I am here to welcome the challenges of the young alchemists. Whoever can defeat me will be able to take away the Special Pardon Order from my hands.
As soon as he finished speaking, a young man in blue clothes jumped onto the arena with an iron sword in hand. His body was light, and it seemed that his cultivation wasn't low. He cupped his fists and smiled, "Sir Hua, I am Dong Lun of the Azure Sky Medicine Shop. Please enlighten me!"
Hua Wan smiled, "So it's Dong Lun. Come!"
He put his hands behind his back and actually carried his sword on his back. He waved his left hand lightly, and a silver shield of air appeared in his palm. He dared to fight his opponent without using a weapon?
Luo Kai was shocked, "Isn't this young city lord a little too arrogant? He's challenging Dong Lun bare-handed? I heard that Dong Lun is already a rank 24 battle spirit. "
Wang Ying sneered, "Don't you see the air shield in Hua Wan's left hand? He can already condense an air shield. This means that he's already broken through rank 29 and stepped into the first level of the Earth Realm! "
"What?"
Luo Kai couldn't help but click his tongue, "What a terrifying Hua Wan. Who in the younger generation of Cathaya City can be his match?"
… …
On the arena, Dong Lun had already made his move. With a shout, the image of a golden arrow appeared on his blade and shot forward. Wang Ying immediately cried out in surprise, "Grade eight martial spirit, Cloud Piercing Arrow!"
The speed of the Cloud Piercing Arrow was very fast, but it was not faster than Hua Wan's speed. The Qi Shield in his left palm abruptly met the Cloud Piercing Arrow, forcibly smashing it into pieces. Hua Wan's palms had already been trained to the point where they were almost impervious to swords and spears. Just like that, he used his bare hands to block the opponent's iron sword. With a "Keng" sound, sparks splashed out. Then, with one hand, he used his middle finger to clamp down on Dong Lun's iron sword.
"Hua!"
Under the collision of air currents, Dong Lun's cultivation was far inferior to his opponent's. He was pushed back repeatedly, but Hua Wan didn't show any mercy and stabbed the broken sword into Dong Lun's shoulder.
Blood splattered everywhere as Dong Lun retreated a dozen steps. He fell to one knee and panted heavily, "I … I lost!"
In just a single exchange, Dong Lun had lost!
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Hua Wan's tyrannical aura was so overwhelming that Wang Ying, Luo Kai, and the other Hundred Spirits Apothecary disciples were all dumbfounded. They almost didn't dare to breathe too loudly. To them, Hua Wan was an expert that they couldn't challenge, an existence that they couldn't even look at.
Chu Yao bit her lip, her shoulders trembling slightly. Perhaps it was because of Hua Wan's strength, or perhaps because he was too cruel.
"Sister Chu Yao, are you alright?" Lin Muyu asked in concern.
"I'm fine. Hua Wan was too ruthless."
"Mn, yeah …"
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In the end, a few people who went up to challenge Hua Wan all failed. One of them had his arm pierced, and another had his leg broken by Hua Wan's Thunder Hammer Martial Spirit. In any case, none of the losers came out unscathed. This seemed to make Hua Wan, who was on the stage, even more proud. He had already regarded this battle for the Special Pardon Order as an enjoyment.
On the side, a mercenary wearing broken armor raised the corner of his mouth and sneered, "I heard that City Lord Hua Tian spent a lot of money to buy a 3000-year-old Thunder Spirit Stone from a wandering merchant two days ago. It seems that the Young City Lord has already refined the power of the Spirit Stone. Otherwise, how could he have broken through to the first layer of the Earth Realm, level 33, so quickly!"
When he said level 33, Lin Muyu clearly saw a trace of surprise flash across Chu Yao's face.
The disparity was too great. Chu Yao was level 21, but Hua Wan was already level 33.
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