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Ten days later.
In Xinyou District, within the Lu Ku family courtyard.
The six siblings of Wu Mountain sat silently in the living room, expressionless, the atmosphere frozen.
To varying degrees, their eyes all showed a trace of impatience, like prisoners awaiting their sentence.
It wasn’t until the sun set behind the mountains that they finally let out a long sigh of relief.
“Ha… he’s finally stuck!” Ai Ji couldn’t help but laugh.
“Even if he’s stuck, he has long been able to control six people at the same time,” Shi Xian said somberly.
Ai Ji, as if someone had squeezed his neck, suddenly stiffened on the spot with a gagging sound.
“We have no room to resist anymore,” Yu Lin said in a tone as if he was speaking from a jar.
“Worst comes to worst, we’ll just die together!” Ai Ji shouted.
Xu Rao didn’t speak, but his face was dark and gloomy.
“With the United Heart Rope’s restrictions on us, it’s almost impossible to die together,” Wu Ruo said, shaking her head lightly.
“What if we use someone else to do the killing?” Xu Rao said coldly.
“We don’t know his real identity,” Yu Lin said. “Plus, he seems to be able to sense an ambush in advance.”
“This is the end of us!” Ai Ji said with a defeatist look: “We still don’t know what he’s going to make us do.”
“It’s nothing but murder and arson,” Shi Xian said coolly.
“But what if he sends us to our deaths?”
“He also knows how to make pills and cultivate pills. What if he makes us test drugs?”
“Our lives are completely in his hands; he could do any sick and twisted thing!”
Thinking of all the terrible consequences that could be coming.
The room instantly fell silent.
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In the hollow behind the Low Hill Courtyard.
Chen Mu sat cross-legged atop a black cloud formed by the Five Ghosts Yin Spirit.
Muttering incantations, a strong repulsion force came from the earth.
The next instant, Chen Mu’s figure shot out at a height half a meter off the ground.
The wind whistled in his face, his gray short jacket flapped loudly, and his hair was blown into undulating waves.
Chen Mu couldn’t help but feel exhilarated: “Wuhu!”
He let the Five Ghosts carry him, flying in circles around the small hollow.
Now stopping abruptly, now ascending quickly, now turning sharply, now tumbling and rushing forward.
After flying for almost half an hour, he finally stopped, still not having had enough.
“I guess this counts as flying,” Chen Mu chuckled.
Although he could only fly up to five meters high and the speed was just a bit faster than a galloping horse, still slower than he could run himself.
But… he could fly!
The Five Ghosts Yin Spirit helped him take to the air.
The repulsion force from the Void Cloak Technique acted on the ground, replacing the force from his feet, pushing him forward.
“I wonder what secret technique Director Song uses,” Chen Mu couldn’t help but recall.
He had seen Song Wujie twice, and both times the other man was standing in the sky.
“I’d like that too…” Chen Mu said with longing on his face.
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Low Hill Courtyard.
After lunch, Chen Mu began to busy himself in the western courtyard.
The new Nightshade Seedlings had finished germinating and needed transplanting.
With his previous experience, Chen Mu had bought some extra seeds, and of the sixty seeds planted, fifty-five sprouted.
After transplanting, he estimated that about fifty plants would survive.
“Once all are ripe, I won’t have to worry about raw materials for Calming Pills for a year,” Chen Mu said, lying in a rocking chair and sipping satisfactorily on his iced tea.
Calming Pills are consumables and sell well.
This business was enough to support his cultivation for a long time.
“Caution and stability are the keys to longevity,” Chen Mu glanced at his United Heart Curse, more than halfway through the seventh rank.
“I wanted to advance to another rank. What a pity.”
After reaching the seventh rank, the experience from the United Heart Curse had halved.
Even with relentless effort for a day, he could only gain four or five hundred experience.
Compared to before, it suddenly seemed not as worthwhile.
“I can only practice a bit each day and rely on grinding,” Chen Mu shrugged.
He pulled up the gray wall to look at various categories.
Writing: 6656/10000/Second Rank;
Drawing: 5967/10000/Second Rank;
Cooking: 8870/10000/Fourth Rank;
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Alchemical Technique: 5057/10000/Fifth Rank;
Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Curse: 9721/10000/Seventh Rank;
Shape-shifting Technique: 6137/10000/Fourth Rank;
Planting: 1803/10000/Third Rank;
Hundred Intentions Spirit Light Technique: 7618/10000;
Void Cloak Technique: 5/10000/Second Rank;
United Heart Curse: 5696/10000/Seventh Rank;
“The Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Curse is also close to advancing,” Chen Mu said with a gratified smile.
The Five Ghosts Bag had been with him for several years, saving his life and turning the tables on countless occasions.
“Spiritual Light Technique is still progressing steadily. But it only needs another month and a half to reach perfection.”
“The United Heart Curse still requires a bit more effort.”
“Let’s break through the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain first,” Chen Mu decided.
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Seven days later.
Behind Low Hill, in a small hollow.
“Five Ghosts Possession!”
With a low shout, five clusters of black smoke emerged around Chen Mu and swiftly burrowed into his body.
He bloated up like an inflatable balloon, his height suddenly growing to two and a half meters.
His muscles surged and swelled, even drawing lines like steel cables beneath his skin.
His skin quickly turned indigo, with wisps of silver thread faintly visible beneath.
An invisible force began to manifest, causing his hair to flutter involuntarily, as though drifting in water.
Chen Mu tentatively waved at a long boulder a hundred meters away.
Bang!
The stone was instantly shattered by the invisible force.
Feeling a superhuman strength coursing through him, Chen Mu felt he could easily tear apart the Perceptive Spirit Light.
He had to resist the urge to roar skyward, to release this surge of power.
At the same time, a mad desire for destruction and devouring rose wildly in his mind.
“Ha!”
With a low shout, Chen Mu dispersed the secret technique.
The Five Ghosts reemerged as he deflated like a leaking balloon, shrinking back to the robust young man of one meter eighty.
“Huff… that was really freaky, huh…” Chen Mu supported himself on his knees, panting heavily. His body suddenly felt extremely weak, as if with the departure of the Five Ghosts, they had taken away his vital energy as well.
Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Curse: 21/10000/Eighth Rank;
With intentional focus on the cultivation time, the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Curse quickly advanced.
Five Ghosts Possession is the secret technique comprehended after the breakthrough to the Eighth Rank.
It allows the Five Ghosts Yin Spirit to merge into the body, exponentially amplifying physical strength.
He had already felt that power, thinking one punch could kill his current self.
And he could also execute an enhanced version of Qi Forbidden Hundred Miles.
But the side effects…
Chen Mu gave a wry smile.
Just looking at his current weakened state made it obvious.
“The key is that it easily drives one mad.” He wouldn’t forget the crazy desire to destroy just a moment ago.
Even stronger than the devouring desire when using the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain.
“It’s another trump card anyway,” Chen Mu shook his head.
This was all because he had cultivated the Cloud Mirage Spirit Armor Technique, and his physique had transformed towards that of the Ghosts.
If a common person were to use the Five Ghosts Possession Technique, Chen Mu wasn’t sure if they would survive.
Even when he used it, lasting for two minutes was the limit.
Any longer, and even if his body held up, he felt he might go insane.
“When I reach perfection at the Eighth Rank, I wonder if I can extend the duration,” Chen Mu pondered silently.
Allocate a bit more time to Five Ghosts Moving Mountain?
Chen Mu immediately shook his head.
It’s good enough to gain experience through daily usage.
Just like this time, without purposely cultivating it, the Five Ghosts Moving Mountain gradually filled up.
It always gave him the unexpected delight of finding a hundred bucks in a jacket he never wore.
“Tomorrow, it seems the Ling Boat will arrive.”
“This upgrade to Five Ghosts Moving Mountain is inseparable from my daily accumulated hard work and diligent practice.”
“Rewarding myself by listening to a tune wouldn’t be too excessive, right?”
“Hmm! That’s settled then!”