Cultivating in Different Professions

Chapter 182: Chapter 130: Slay

Hu Guangshao was right. He, Feng Zhengqian, was the man who would one day lead the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect. He couldn’t allow any stain on his reputation.

He had given that woman the chance to become the Sect Master’s Wife of the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect, a position second to only one person and above all others.

But the woman didn’t know how to appreciate it. She even dared to curse him!

In that case, she couldn’t blame him for being ruthless!

SMACK!

Feng Zhengqian shoved an Elixir into Hu Guangshao’s mouth.

Hu Guangshao choked and coughed, but the Elixir was already down his throat.

”This is the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect’s Leopard Embryo Muscle-Enhancing Pill. I’m the only one in the world who has the antidote.

”If I die, you’ll be joining me. And you’ll experience the most painful death imaginable!”

Feng Zhengqian was no fool. Having been tricked once, he wasn’t about to let Hu Guangshao go that easily.

Hu Guangshao could control the Corpse Demons. Su Mu and Luo Anning could hold them back for now, but once those two were dead, he knew he’d be no match for the creatures.

Still, Hu Guangshao’s offer was tempting, which was why he had fed him the poison.

”Kill them, and I might consider letting you live!”

Feng Zhengqian said coldly.

”As you wish!”

Hu Guangshao scrambled to his feet, a vicious glint in his eyes. He let out a cold laugh and pulled a large, round bone ocarina from his robes.

CRACK!

Hu Guangshao had just raised the bone ocarina to his lips, but before he could play a single note, a sudden gust of wind swept past, and the ocarina shattered in his hands.

”Have you two mistaken the situation?”

Su Mu’s voice rang out. The two men looked up and saw that the Corpse Demons that had been pursuing them were all lying motionless on the ground.

Su Mu approached them, Thunder Shocking Saber in hand, with a weary Luo Anning trailing behind him.

”At this distance, did you really think I couldn’t hear you?”

Su Mu said slowly, ”You two seem to have one thing wrong. Your survival has nothing to do with your own abilities.

”It’s only because I haven’t killed you yet.

”Discussing how to kill me right in front of me... I’m amazed you even thought of it.”

”Su Mu, don’t get cocky! We haven’t lost yet!”

Hu Guangshao shouted, letting out a sharp, piercing shriek.

But as the pitch was still climbing, it suddenly cut off.

SHHNK!

A flash of white light streaked past, and a thin red line appeared on Hu Guangshao’s throat.

Hu Guangshao’s eyes widened, filled with disbelief and despair.

The next moment, blood sprayed from his neck as he collapsed backward.

He twitched twice on the ground and then went still.

”I—”

Feng Zhengqian fell to the ground with a thud. A puddle of pale yellow liquid spread out from under him.

”Captain Su, it’s a misunderstanding! It’s all a misunderstanding! You can’t kill me! I’m a True Disciple of the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect! The Taiping Bureau and my sect have a cooperation agreement. If you kill me, neither the Taiping Bureau nor the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect will let you off!”

Feng Zhengqian’s voice trembled. ”Let me go, and we can just pretend none of this ever happened. What do you say?”

SHHNK!

The only response he received was the flash of a saber, which effortlessly sliced his throat.

Luo Anning opened her mouth to speak but ultimately did nothing to stop him.

’Scum like that really deserves to die.’

’But with Feng Zhengqian dead—’

”Senior Brother Su, he’s dead. What are we going to do about our mission?”

Luo Anning asked, a hint of regret in her voice.

”The Daxing Mountains are fraught with danger. We were unlucky enough to run into Corpse Demons, and Envoy Feng unfortunately fell at their hands. We were negligent in our duty to protect him, but that’s the extent of it.”

Su Mu said calmly, ”However, we discovered that the Hu Family was secretly raising and controlling Corpse Demons. At best, our merits and demerits will cancel each other out.

”Frankly, we were supposed to rendezvous with the other Capital Captains from the Bureau at the supply point. It was Feng Zhengqian who insisted on not going. With just the two of us, this was all we could manage.

”And who could have predicted there was a traitor in our group? Besides, didn’t we kill all the Corpse Demons afterward? We avenged Feng Zhengqian.

”The Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect should be thanking us, if anything.”

Luo Anning blinked. ’Why does that story sound so familiar?’

’Did Senior Brother Su overhear what Hu Guangshao said?’

’How come I never thought to explain it that way?’

’A failed mission is a failed mission, simple as that.’

Seeing Luo Anning’s bewildered expression, Su Mu smiled to himself. ’See? You’re learning. This is how the world really works.’

”Let’s go. We’ll head back to the city first and report that the Hu Family was secretly raising Corpse Demons.”

Su Mu expertly searched the bodies of Feng Zhengqian and Hu Guangshao, pocketing everything he found before speaking to Luo Anning.

Just then, the mournful sound of an ocarina suddenly echoed again from the depths of the cave.

Heavy footsteps resounded from all the tunnels, as if countless Corpse Demons were stirring within the cave.

”Let’s go!”

Su Mu closed his eyes to sense his surroundings for a moment, then snapped them open and darted in a specific direction.

Luo Anning followed close behind.

A short while later, their surroundings suddenly brightened.

They were finally out of the cave!

A look of surprise flashed across Luo Anning’s face. The tunnels inside the cave were a complex, spiderweb-like maze.

If it had been up to her, she never would have been able to find the right way out.

But throughout their escape, Su Mu hadn’t taken a single wrong turn.

”Senior Brother Su, is this the power of the Xun Wind Realm?”

Luo Anning asked thoughtfully.

Back in the cave, she had seen with her own eyes Su Mu using the Xun Wind Realm while attacking the Corpse Demons.

After a moment’s thought, she understood how Su Mu had been able to navigate the tunnels so accurately.

’The wind.’

’He was following the direction of the wind.’

”Junior Sister Luo is exceptionally sharp.”

Su Mu said with a smile. ’As long as conspiracies and schemes aren’t involved, Luo Anning is quite clever.’

”Compared to you, I feel like a fool.”

Luo Anning shook her head. ’The Kan Water Realm and the Xun Wind Realm... what kind of prodigious insight would it take to master two different Realms at such a young age?’

’Everyone calls me a genius, but I’ve trained hard for over a decade with constant access to the Kan Water Realm Map, and I’ve still only just barely grasped the Kan Water Realm.’

’As for mastering a second Realm... I don’t have much confidence I could ever do it.’

’There’s no comparison. The gap is just too wide.’

Luo Anning was now completely content with her status as his ”junior sister.”

”Oh! It’s such a shame!”

After a moment of gloom, Luo Anning suddenly exclaimed.

”You have the insight and the aptitude! You should be practicing the Nine-Turn Blood Transformation Technique! How could you just settle for a common Blood Exchange Technique?

”You’re wasting your talent!”

Luo Anning said earnestly, ”This won’t do at all. I have to help you get a Blood Strengthening Pill!

”Even with a Blood Strengthening Pill, you won’t be able to achieve a ten-times blood exchange anymore, but a nine-times blood exchange should be enough to compensate for my oversight and your rash decision.”

Luo Anning had always assumed Su Mu practiced the common Seven Times Blood Exchange Technique. She thought he had used his Body Tempering Limit physique to break through to an eight-times blood exchange, the same level she was at now.

Su Mu didn’t recall ever telling her which Blood Exchange Technique he practiced, so he wasn’t sure why she assumed it was the Seven Times Blood Exchange Technique.

However, Su Mu had no intention of correcting her misunderstanding.

”Even though Feng Zhengqian is dead, we still have the Spiritual Medicine we found. This might be the Profound Pearl Grass, so a Blood Strengthening Pill isn’t entirely out of the question,” Su Mu said with a smile.

What Luo Anning didn’t know was that if he were to obtain a Blood Strengthening Pill, Su Mu wouldn’t just reach a nine-times blood exchange as she imagined.

He would achieve an unprecedented eleven-times blood exchange!

A mere ten-times blood exchange required no external aids; Su Mu had already achieved that through his own efforts.

From deep within the cave, the roars of Corpse Demons could still be faintly heard.

They had already slain one batch of Corpse Demons, but there was no telling how many more still lurked in the cave.

”These are also opportunities to get the Blood Strengthening Pill.”

Su Mu said, ”We need to be quick. Otherwise, once the Hu Family finds out, they’re sure to destroy the evidence.”

With that said, the two dared not delay any longer. Their figures flickered as they sped off in the direction of Wuling City.