Cultivating in Different Professions

Chapter 344: Chapter 210: Cyan Dragon

”Hm? He avoided it? A coincidence?”

Tushan Hanyu’s fox-like face wore a thoughtful, human-like expression, and a light glinted in her pupils.

”I heard that back at Hujue Pass, that crawler once helped Su Mu.

It later disappeared without a trace. Could it be that it really made some sort of pact with Su Mu?”

Tushan Hanyu murmured to herself.

The demon leader who had fled back in a panic was stunned for a moment. He asked doubtfully, ”Lord Tushan, are you saying my brother was eaten by that crawler?”

”More than likely.”

Tushan Hanyu said, ”News came from Lv Lake. On the day of your incident, no one left the Da Xuan Envoy.

Aside from that crawler, I can’t think of any other possibility.

If it were some other demon not under the Demon Court’s control, there would be no need to attack you so furtively.”

”Then what should we do?”

The demon leader said in a panic, ”That crawler is a Tier Five Demon. Unless the Grand General or the Saint Venerable personally intervenes, there’s no way we could be its match—”

”Fight? Of course we can’t win by fighting.”

Tushan Hanyu said in a low voice, ”But this isn’t about fighting to the death right now.

It would be one thing if we didn’t know of its existence, but now that I do, it’s no longer a problem.”

”What do you plan to do, Lord Tushan?”

the demon leader asked curiously.

”That crawler has always had the pipe dream of transforming into a dragon.”

Tushan Hanyu said confidently, ”I will use the blood of a dragon-type demon to lure it away from the Da Xuan Envoy.

Without it, I’d like to see what the Da Xuan Envoy can do then!”

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「The Da Xuan Envoy.」

Lv Lake was completely exasperated.

It now suspected that Su Mu was just wandering around randomly.

He changed direction every two or three days, like a headless fly.

On several occasions, they were on the verge of walking right into a trap set by Lord Tushan. But then, as if he could predict the future, Su Mu would change direction, just barely skirting the edge of the danger zone.

Lv Lake was even beginning to suspect that Su Mu deliberately avoided the traps because he knew where they were.

Lv Lake no longer knew if it should even report their position to Lord Tushan. It figured Lord Tushan might start thinking that it, Lv Lake, was colluding with Su Mu.

Otherwise, how could Su Mu be so lucky as to avoid the traps every single time?

This time, it was the same story.

If they had gone just a few more miles, they would have fallen into one of Lord Tushan’s traps.

But Su Mu had stopped again.

Watching everyone make camp, light fires, and cook, Lv Lake could only squat off to the side in frustration, drawing circles on the ground.

Su Mu couldn’t care less what Lv Lake was thinking.

Ao Qing was constantly patrolling the perimeter of the Da Xuan Envoy’s camp. With its strength as a Tier Five Demon, it naturally had no trouble spotting the ambushing demons.

Ao Qing was practically the first line of defense for the Da Xuan Envoy.

No demon could get close to the Da Xuan Envoy without being discovered by Ao Qing.

And the fate of any demon discovered by Ao Qing was to become its food.

Su Mu sat cross-legged before the bonfire. He appeared to be staring at the flames, but in reality, he had summoned his system panel.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Status: Deputy Envoy (Temp), Silver-faced Killer (Part-time), Taiping Captain (Fifth Rank)]

[Points: 30,000]

[Realm: Rebirth Realm (11x Blood Exchange, Body Tempering Extreme Realm)]

[Divine Techniques: Indestructible Golden Body, Blood Body]

[Cultivation Technique: Four Symbols Rebirth Technique (Cyan Dragon Body (Major Accomplishment/+), White Tiger Body (Perfection), Black Tortoise Body (Perfection), Vermilion Bird Body (Perfection))...]

[Martial Arts: Thunder Shock Realm (Minor Accomplishment), Li Fire Realm (Perfection), Kan Water Realm (Major Accomplishment), Xun Wind Realm (Major Accomplishment), Gen Mountain Realm (Major Accomplishment), Archery (Perfection)]

Seeing the plus sign [+] after the Cyan Dragon Body, Su Mu couldn’t help but smile.

’Finally, thirty thousand Points.’

Ever since entering the wildlands, he had diligently fulfilled his duties as the Deputy Envoy.

Fortunately, hard work paid off.

His efforts had yielded the rewards they deserved.

By protecting the envoy’s safety, he earned performance-based Points from his status every day.

Sometimes it was three to five hundred, other times two to three thousand.

In particular, when he had previously slain those flying demons, he had earned six thousand Points in a single day.

It was because of his hard work that he had already saved up thirty thousand Points before even reaching the Demon Court.

Just as he’d thought, if he performed well in a temporary role, the rewards would be immense.

With uncapped performance bonuses, the gains could exceed his wildest imagination as long as he did a good job.

’Thirty thousand Points. My Cyan Dragon Body can finally reach Perfection.’

’Once the Cyan Dragon Body is at Perfection, the Four Symbols Rebirth Technique will be complete.’

Su Mu thought to himself.

Perfecting the Four Symbols Rebirth Technique meant he would achieve the Four Symbols Divine Body, possessing the traits of all four Divine Bodies at once.

Most importantly, once the Four Symbols Divine Body was formed, he would be a Martial Artist at Nascent Soul Realm Perfection and could attempt to break through to the True Essence Realm.

The True Essence Realm and the Rebirth Realm were two different worlds entirely. Only by becoming a True Essence Realm Martial Artist could one truly be called an expert.

’Tonight’s the night.’

Without hesitation, Su Mu chose to upgrade.

HUMMM!

With a soft hum, a visible ripple of energy spread out from around Su Mu.

In an instant, the phantom of a Cyan Dragon rose from his body.

RUMBLE.

A sound like a great river rushing filled the envoy’s camp.

The huge commotion immediately drew everyone’s attention.

When they looked over, they saw what appeared to be a Cyan Dragon coiled around Su Mu.

The Cyan Dragon was a deep azure color, with a pair of dragon horns on its head, exuding a vast and ancient aura.