Want to sell the God-Confounding Miasma?
This isn’t trying to trap me, is it?!
“That won’t do,” Chen Mu flatly shook his head; he definitely couldn’t sell it.
What if he let Shang Huan sell it and caused a fire again?
“I bought it from someone else,” Chen Mu’s mind turned, and he had an idea.
“Who sold it? How come I haven’t heard about it?” Shang Huan didn’t believe him.
“Someone wearing a white mask, all secretive. I even thought it was a fake,” Chen Mu smirked inwardly.
“White mask? Was there also a black cloak?” Shang Huan’s mouth twitched, his scalp tingling.
“You know them?” Chen Mu feigned confusion.
“Gongsun Sheng, ah…” Shang Huan sighed dejectedly.
“They don’t go by Gongsun Sheng,” Chen Mu chuckled, continuing to tease Shang Huan.
“Not Gongsun Sheng?” Shang Huan’s heart leapt with joy.
Not that lunatic? Then I can copy it, right! Haha!
“They said their name was ‘Heavenly Lone Star’ Lu Zhishen, really odd,” Chen Mu said.
Shang Huan was suddenly stunned.
Another ‘Star’? They must be in cahoots. Then there’s no point copying it!
Chen Mu watched gleefully as Shang Huan’s expression changed.
Want to sell the God-Confounding Miasma?
I think you are daydreaming!
…
After sending Shang Huan away,
Chen Mu was in no hurry to dive into the underground secret chamber to cultivate.
Sitting in a rocking chair, he gleefully counted the White Jade Coins in his possession.
Bang!
A wooden cabinet appeared, and Chen Mu began to check the drawers one by one.
The cabinet came from Lu Ku’s Mustard Seed Talisman.
Lu Ku hadn’t asked for it back then; Chen Mu thought he meant to gift it, so he politely accepted it.
He had been absorbed in the United Heart Curse lately and hadn’t had the chance to look through it.
“Only one hundred and twenty-six White Jade Coins? That doesn’t quite match the prestige of being the eldest of the Wu Mountain Seven Brothers,” Chen Mu mockingly said to himself.
Then he poured out his own White Jade Coins to count them together.
“Five hundred and ninety-two? Not bad!” Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.
He was only a few White Jade Coins short of acquiring the Hundred Intentions Illusion Breaking Technique.
He still had four Mustard Seed Talismans, which he could sell for another hundred plus.
Moreover, the Spiritual Light Technique was about to reach Perfection.
Double happiness was knocking at his door!
…
He carefully stowed everything away.
Chen Mu continued to check the lower drawers.
Ores, medicinal materials, books, scripture scrolls- generally these were the items, nothing new.
It was a pity that his rank in the Pharmaceutical Technique wasn’t high enough; he only recognized a small portion of the precious medicinal materials he had acquired.
“Need to keep grinding the Pharmaceutical Technique.”
This skill was too useful. It was his main moneymaking method for now.
“Seems like the Scripture Transmission Institute has quite a few medicine books,” Chen Mu pondered.
“No need to grind specifically.”
“It’s quite nice to brush up on it while drinking tea and resting.”
He sorted the items into categories and placed them into the Five Ghosts Bag.
Chen Mu started to flip through various scripture scrolls.
Lu Ku seemed to have a particular fondness for collecting scrolls. The large bottom drawer of the cabinet was filled neatly with books.
Chen Mu flipped through them briefly.
There was the Shape Cultivation Technique, travel notes on mountains and rivers, secrets of ancient times, and the Perceptive secret technique.
“The Lesser Circulation of the Star River Spiritual Light?” “The Lesser Floating Cloud Daoist’s Illusion Breaking Technique?”
“A real spendthrift!”
The Spiritual Light Method from the Scripture Transmission Institute was the best, costing over five hundred White Jade.
The Illusion Breaking Technique might not be the best, but it was in the top five, nearly eight hundred White Jade.
No wonder there were only a hundred or so White Jade left.
Looking at it this way, could it be the Wu Mountain Seven Brothers weren’t that strapped for cash?
“What about the others?” A thought flashed through Chen Mu’s mind.
“Never mind…” Chen Mu shook his head immediately.
Besides, releasing either the Calming Pill, Hidden Qi Powder, or God-Confounding Miasma would earn him a fortune.
“Can’t always think about accepting other people’s gifts,” Chen Mu sighed.
The six of them were no philanthropists. It was best to keep interactions to a minimum.
“Hmm… Better to keep our distance and avoid dealings!”
…
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“This is a good thing indeed,” Chen Mu put away the cabinet and took out a black gourd from the Five Ghosts Bag.
The Fire Cloud Gourd, a magic artifact used by Lu Ku.
It could collect and nurture fire seeds, strengthening them. When facing enemies, it could be released to burn everything.
“I’ve got another source for barbecuing,” Chen Mu thought happily.
Exotic Beast Meat was really not easy to cook. When dealing with higher-rank Exotic Beast Meat, it was difficult to even cook it through properly.
“I need to take a trip to the Heavenly River Water Mansion when I get a chance,” Chen Mu pondered to himself.
He hadn’t come across much Exotic Beast Meat before, which made him lack effective cooking techniques.
With the big reputation of the Eight Treasures Tower, they must have plenty, hehe…
…
Xinyou District.
Lu Ku’s residence.
Six people were gathered together, chatting casually, the atmosphere quite relaxed.
“So Gongsun Sheng really doesn’t plan to do anything to us?” Ai Ji still couldn’t quite believe it.
“Maybe he just looks down on you,” Shi Xian said coldly.
“What right does he have to look down on me?” Ai Ji was indignant.
“Because he can kill all six of us at any time,” Xu Rao glanced at Ai Ji and said coldly with implied anger.
“This is fine. We don’t interfere with each other, and everything stays the same,” Yu Lin chuckled happily.
“We should focus on cultivating,” Lu Ku said calmly. “We can’t always place our hopes on others.”
“If we all reach Perfection in the Spiritual Light, even if Gongsun Sheng wants us to do something, it wouldn’t be dangerous,” he added.
The other five nodded in agreement.
“Alright, let’s stop talking about him and instead talk about…”
Bang!
Lu Ku was interrupted before he could finish.
A figure suddenly crashed into the yard, kicking up a cloud of dust that rolled and spread in all directions.
Mo Wuzhou was clad in grey clothes, his face stiff and his eyes calm.
He still felt shaken when he recalled the incident that had occurred a month ago.
If his loved ones had actually been tortured and killed, Mo Wuzhou felt he would go insane!
“Are you the seven brothers of Wu Mountain?” he asked.
Although he didn’t understand why they had turned against him halfway, these people were clear about his relationships.
This time they had turned against him, what about next time…
Killing intent rose in Mo Wuzhou’s heart. “You were involved in Lin Su’s affair, weren’t you?” he asked.
Lu Ku stood up and bowed: “Is that Brother Mo in person?”
“We were indeed involved,” came the reply.
“Very well!” Mo Wuzhou said calmly.
Beneath his clothes, his skin glowed faintly golden as a torrent of powerful energy surged within him.
“I don’t deserve Brother Mo’s praise,” Lu Ku said modestly.
Mo Wuzhou: “…”
Am I praising you?
“It’s our duty to do tasks for Brother Mo,” Lu Ku said with a composed smile.
“What’s more, we didn’t do anything. We simply informed Mr. Gongsun of Lin Su’s plan ahead of time.”
“Had it not been for Mr. Gongsun’s timely notification and Brother Mo’s strategic planning, Lin Su’s conspiracy would not have been unveiled, leading to his downfall and disgrace.”
Mo Wuzhou: “…”
Wait a minute, what are you talking about?
Who is Mr. Gongsun?
Strategic planning? Do I have such capabilities?!
…
After a good while and several probing conversations,
Mo Wuzhou finally had a rough idea of what had happened.
He looked at the six siblings from Wu Mountain in bewilderment.
After all this, they were “on his side”?
And there was Gongsun Sheng. How did he suddenly become such a “right-hand man”?
“This is really…”
“Go find Gongsun Sheng, I want to see him,” Mo Wuzhou said, coughing lightly.
Lu Ku looked peculiarly at Mo Wuzhou. Your confidant, why don’t you just find him yourself?
“Um… he’s recently moved, and I can’t find him!” Mo Wuzhou could hardly help admiring his own quick-wittedness.
“We don’t know where he is either,” Lu Ku said helplessly.
Mo Wuzhou: “…”
Your “confidant” is harder to find than yourself?
“However, Mr. Gongsun visits a certain… friend every month to deliver Calming Pills,” Lu Ku said cautiously.
“Which day is that? I haven’t seen him in a long time either; it’d be good to visit,” Mo Wuzhou chuckled.
This Gongsun Sheng dared to use his name. What if he was plotting something?
And these seven siblings from Wu Mountain were indeed part of the incident with Lin Su.
Without meeting this person, he would not be at ease.
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