Warrior's Promise Novel - Chapter 12
Warrior’s Promise
Author: Baili Longxia© Webnovel
Chapter 1: The Awakening of Martial Souls
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
The story started in Sunnywood City, Skymoon Country.
In the mansion of the Sus, a ceremony of Martial Soul awakening was being held in a huge martial practice field.
An altar stood in the center of the martial practice field.
Many elders and disciples of the Sus were clustered in the field, watching the ceremony.
“Rank 2 Human Class Martial Soul!”
“Rank 3 Human Class Martial Soul!”
“Rank 3 Human Class Martial Soul!”
The elder hosting the ceremony continuously announced the ranks of the Su disciples’ awakened Martial Souls.
The level of the Martial Soul indicated the cultivating talent of martial artists. Both Rank 2 and Rank 3 Human Class Martial Soul were common Martial Souls and were considered mediocre.
Many people in the martial practice field fixed their eyes on two young men who were standing in the front row.
One was dressed in teal clothes, and the other one was wearing purple clothes. They were both quite handsome.
The young man in teal was called Su Mo, the young master of the Sus and the son of the Master of the Sus.
The young man in purple was the son of the First Elder of the Sus.
They both were seeded disciples with great talents among all inferiors, especially Su Mo.
The young master had accomplished Lv 9 Body Tempering Realm at the age of 15, and he was endowed with the highest talent among all inferiors.
Therefore, everyone looked forward to seeing what levels of Martial Souls they would awaken.
In the first row, Su Yu, dressed in purple clothes, glanced at Su Mo, who was next to him. He sneered and said, “You’re called the top genius of the entire Su clan. I hope that you can awaken a Martial Soul that is well worthy of your identity.”
The eyes of Su Yu were full of sarcasm. He had an extremely high talent, but Su Mo was spoken more highly of than him in the Su clan.
The so-called nickname of top genius made Su Mo so famous that he stole Su Yu’s honors.
As a result, Su Yu could only be second to him every time.
Su Yu was so furious, because even the lady he liked had a crush on Su Mo.
Now, his opportunity had finally arrived. As long as he could awaken a Martial Soul with a higher level than that of Su Mo, he would claim the title of first genius among the Sus.
However, Su Mo was unprovoked. He did not say anything, because he clearly knew Su Yu’s hostility toward him.
Then, the hosting elder exclaimed,
“Next up, Su Mo!”
Su Mo instantly strode onto the altar.
Right at this moment, all people fixed their eyes on him and the entire martial practice field immediately quietened. They were wondering what the level of Martial Soul Su Mo, the first genius of the Su clan, could awaken.
After entering the altar, Su Mo sat cross-legged with his eyes tightly closed.
Glowing runes emerged consecutively beneath the altar and entered into Su Mo’s body.
The surrounding disciples of the Sus started to whisper after Su Mo entered the altar.
“Can you guess which level of Martial Soul brother Su Mo can awaken?”
“As the young master, the level of his Martial Soul must be very high.”
“You’re right. He has accomplished Lv 9 Body Tempering Realm at less than 15 years old, so he’ll awaken a Martial Soul with an extremely high level.”
Amidst the disciples’ heated discussion, more and more sparkling runes floated above the altar and enveloped Su Mo’s body.
With his legs crossed and eyes closed, Su Mo started to breathe quickly, and roaring sounds gradually arose.
Everyone stopped breathing and stared closely at the altar.
Boom!
Finally, with a mighty booming sound, a dark shadow abruptly rose from his body.
This dark shadow was a huge vortex, inside which was a bottomless black hole, making people feel a chill.
At the same time, a yellow halo appeared above the shadow.
Ah!
All the Sus were instantly glassy-eyed.
“Why is there only one halo?”
“His Martial Soul is Rank 1 Human Class?”
“How is this possible?”
Everyone was stunned, and even Su Yu felt startled with his mouth agape.
He had not expected that Su Mo would only awaken a Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul.
The Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul was the lowest one and totally useless.
Seated on the altar with his legs crossed, Su Mo slowly opened his eyes. He was also dumbfounded when he saw his Martial Soul.
“Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul…” Su Mo murmured with a bitter smile on his lips. He had never thought that he would awaken a lowest rank Martial Soul.
After a while, everyone regained consciousness, and the martial practice field was suddenly in an uproar.
“Oh my, my eyes must be playing tricks on me. It’s a Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul, the totally useless one?”
“He awakened a useless Martial Soul. Crap, I can’t believe I anticipated for so long!”
“He isn’t a genius, but the most useless person in our clan!”
“…”
All the spectators were talking about the matter, and all the elders and inferiors of the Sus changed their view of Su Mo.
They used to look at him with respect and admiration, but now, they were looking at him with disappointment and contempt.
On the altar, Su Mo managed to slowly stand up with his fists clenched.
He looked around and saw their expressions. “What snobbish people they are!” Su Mo smiled satirically in his heart.
Previously, when he was considered to be highly talented, all of them showed their respect to him. Wherever he went, they all swarmed to him and kissed his ass.
Now, after he awakened a useless Martial Soul, they all instantly looked at him with contempt.
After a while, Su Mo took a deep breath and strode off the altar.
“Next one, Su Yu!” exclaimed the hosting elder.
Glancing at Su Mo, he shook his head secretly. The former genius was a genius no more!
Upon hearing this, Su Yu walked toward the altar with a prideful look.
When he passed by Su Mo, he coldly laughed and disdainfully said, “I used to regard you as my rival. But from now on, the rivalry is gone, and I’ll tread you under my foot forever!”
Su Yu felt extremely happy. Now that Su Mo had awakened the lowest rank Martial Soul, Su Mo would not even be eligible to lick his shoes.
Even if he awakened a bad Martial Soul, it would still be higher than Su Mo’s.
Su Yu strode onto the altar after saying these words.
Without responding to his provocation, Su Mo returned to the martial practice field and calmly observed the ceremony.
Standing in the martial practice field, he felt some disparaging eyes fixed upon him and saw the disdainful expressions of disciples around him.
Su Mo’s heart could not stop twitching. After all, the feeling of falling from heaven to hell was indeed torture.
Now, Su Yu sat on the altar cross-legged. The glowing runes emerged from the black alter and all entered his body.
The martial practice field quieted down again, and everyone looked forward to seeing his Martial Soul.
Su Mo had awakened a useless Martial Soul, so it was impossible that Su Yu would awaken another useless one.
Otherwise, the Sus would become a joke in Sunnywood City.
Howl!
As everyone was anticipating, a beast’s roar abruptly came out from Su Yu’s body.
A giant virtual shadow of a snake rose above the head of him, triumphantly.
There were five dazzling yellow halos around the python’s shadow.
The hosting elder was stunned at the sight of his Martial Soul. Then, he shouted excitedly, “Five halos! It’s a Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul —Iron-scaled Python.”
The Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul was the highest one in all of Sunnywood City. Finally, another genius had appeared in the Sus.
The entire martial practice field fell into silence at the sight of Su Yu’s Martial Soul.
Then, it was in an uproar again.
“Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul!”
“Haha! The top genius appeared in the Su clan.”
“Brother Su Yu turned out to be the first genius of our Su clan. Su Mo is nothing!”
“You’re right! Su Mo only has a useless Martial Soul. He can’t be compared with Su Yu!”
All disciples of the Sus looked at Su Yu with admiration.
On the altar, Su Yu saw that he awakened a Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul and heard the surprise and admiration from the crowd.
A thick of pride arose in his heart and felt that everything was beautiful. He was full of high spirits and thought that no one could rival him.
He arrogantly turned to Su Mo and looked at him with eyes full of sarcasm, as if to say, “I will always tread you under my foot from now on.”
After seeing Su Yu’s proud look and hearing the praise from the crowd, Su Mo sighed in his heart and left the martial practice field.
Chapter 2: The Previous and Present Lives
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
Su Mo went straight back to his yard after leaving the martial practice field.
Sitting on a stone bench, he moped over what happened at the awakening ceremony.
He was also surprised that he had such a low-rank Martial Soul.
“It’s been 14 years!” Su Mo murmured distractedly.
He was actually not born in this world and came from the Earth.
He had been a mercenary in the 21st century. To be exact, he was a king of mercenaries, a legendary hero in the field.
As an orphan, he had lived with his relatives since he was a child. At the age of 17, he decided to drop out of school and join the army.
After two years’ training, Su Mo was recruited into the strongest special forces in China for his excellent martial skills and soon became the top member of the special forces.
Within four years, Su Mo had successfully executed nearly 100 national military missions.
Su Mo had thought that he would devote his entire life to his motherland, to the army. But unfortunately, he had got discharged from the army for an accident and left the army dismally.
After returning home, he could not fit into normal society or find a job because he had no diploma, skills, or network.
Half sitting around for six months, Su Mo decided to embark on a new journey.
He enlisted several past comrades in arms and formed Dragon Soul, a small mercenary organization.
In the ensuing years, Su Mo and the Dragon Soul Mercenary Group travelled all over the world.
They were on the spot in all wars, including ones in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia.
The Dragon Soul Mercenary Group developed rapidly from its initial size of a few people into dozens, hundreds, and finally, thousands of people.
It went from an unknown small organization into a powerful mercenary army that ruled over a dark world.
Dragon Soul Mercenary had never failed its missions. For the right price, the organization could accomplish any mission, like destroying the army of a small country or overthrowing governments.
Last year, Dragon Soul Mercenary even defeated Blackblood Mercenary, which used to be the top mercenary organization in the world, thus becoming the new ruler of the mercenary field.
As the leader of Dragon Soul Mercenary, Su Mo was regarded as king of all mercenaries.
One could say that his name remained a taboo in the dark world. When he stomped his foot, the entire dark world would shake.
However, no one could keep his shoes dry if he always walked along the riverside. In the end, he was completely betrayed!
He was sold out by his most trusted brothers and died with his enemies in a trap.
After being in this world for 14 years, he was fully adapted and had almost completely forgotten his previous life.
He was greatly curious about this world, which was a very magical place that was completely different from Earth.
This continent was called Firmament and Continent and had a vast and unmeasurable landscape.
This world highly revered martial arts and believed in survival of the fittest. The strong were worshipped like kings, while the weak were crushed like ants.
If a person could achieve grand completion in cultivation, he would possess the most powerful skills and could travel to anywhere he wanted in the universe.
A powerful martial artist could access unlimited power, status, money and women.
In order to become a powerful martial artist, one needed to awaken his Martial Soul, absorb Spiritual Qi from the heaven and earth, fortify his body, and refine his genuine Qi.
There were countless types of Martial Souls with varying levels of strength.
They were divided into three classes, namely heaven, earth and human class, each of which was classified into nine ranks.
The higher a martial artist’s level of Martial Soul, the stronger his power and potential were, and the faster his ability to cultivate was.
After coming to this world, Su Mo had worked very hard to cultivate.
He did this because he wanted to explore this big and exciting world.
In his previous life, he had been a powerful man and ruled the whole world.
In this present life, he still wanted to be a strong man who could overlook others.
However, today’s Martial Soul awakening ceremony was a humbling slap to the face.
His dream was wonderful, but the reality was much too cruel.
Suddenly, a deep voice sounded at the door and brought him back to his senses.
“Mo’er.”
The voice belonged to a tall and solemn middle-aged man. He was Su Hong, the Master of the Sus.
Upon seeing Su Mo, Su Hong tried to comfort him, saying, “Stop thinking about your Martial Soul. You may have a weaker one, but if you try your hardest to cultivate, you’ll still become powerful one day.”
Su Mo gave him a bitter smile, thinking, “My Martial Soul isn’t just weaker. It’s the weakest one.”
“Don’t worry, Father. I’ll work harder!” he said, forcing a smile.
He knew that his father was comforting him.
Everyone knew that the level of one’s Martial Soul decided his future accomplishments. The stronger the Martial Soul one awakened, the further one would go in martial arts.
This was an indisputable law.
It was impossible for him to become powerful with his Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul.
“Good.” Su Hong nodded.
He took out a jade jar and handed it to Su Mo, saying, “This is a Qi Condensation Elixir that’ll help you break through your cultivation and enter the Qi Cultivation Realm.”
“Father…”
Su Mo felt his heart ache. After he awakened a Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul, he would be considered as a total failure to cultivate.
Qi Condensation Elixir was so priceless that the Sus could not have bought it for him, so Su Hong must have bought it with his own money.
Su Mo accepted this elixir, and the two chatted for a while before Su Hong left.
“What type of Martial Soul have I awakened?”
Su Mo was not in a haste to take the elixir after his father left. Instead, he sat cross-legged in his room and released his Martial Soul.
A dark vortex surrounded by a shining yellow halo suspended quietly above him.
“What special skills does it have? I’d better cultivate it for a while.”
Su Mo calmed his heart, used his mind to connect with the Martial Soul, and sensed the Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth
The black vortex began to slowly rotate, and the center of the vortex emitted a strong suction force.
Wisps of Spiritual Qi converged toward Su Mo and entered his body.
He was soon immersed in cultivating and drove his Martial Soul to continuously absorb the Spiritual Qi.
After a long time, Su Mo stopped.
He opened his eyes with a hint of surprise.
“My Martial Soul is Rank 1 Human Class, but its cultivating pace equals the speed of Rank 2 Human Class.”
Su Mo had met many martial artists whose Martial Souls were of the Rank 2 Human Class, and his Martial Soul was no worse than theirs.
This unexpected surprise greatly alleviated his depression.
After some pondering, Su Mo realized that this speed was probably related to the property of his Martial Soul.
His Martial Soul was a vortex which naturally had the property of suction.
Therefore, it was normal for his Martial Soul to absorb Spiritual Qi at a speed that equaled that of Rank 2 Human Class Martial Soul.
He took out the Qi Condensation Elixir his father had given to him and prepared to enter the Qi Cultivation Realm.
At the beginning of the martial arts journey, one must complete Lv 9 Body Tempering Realm. Then, one could awaken the Martial Soul to absorb Spiritual Qi, refine genuine Qi, and enter the Qi Cultivation Realm.
Only after entering the Qi Cultivation Realm would one be considered a true martial artist.
As soon as he swallowed the Qi Condensation Elixir, its effects immediately surged throughout his body.
Su Mo hurriedly ushered its powers into his elixir field and started to refine genuine Qi.
Time slowly passed. After four hours, Su Mo abruptly opened his eyes, and a sliver of light flashed in his eyes.
At this moment, a mass of vaporous genuine Qi had gathered in his elixir field.
The Qi Condensation Elixir was proven to be worthy and had helped him enter Lv 1 Qi Cultivation Realm.
Chapter 3: Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist
Translator: Transn Editor: Transn
The next morning, Su Mo got up early, freshened up, and headed into the Book Collection Pavilion.
The Book Collection Pavilion, a four-storey tower, was where the Sus stored scrolls of martial arts.
Before Su Mo had awakened his Martial Soul, he could only study the elementary martial arts on the first floor. Now that he had awakened his Martial Soul, and his cultivation was at Lv 1 Qi Cultivation Realm, he could choose cultivation skill and martial skill suited for him.
There were nine levels of cultivation skill and martial skill.
Each level was divided into three grades: Lower, Medium, and Upper.
Martial artists who used higher grade cultivation skill were naturally more powerful.
“Elder, I want to choose a scroll on the second floor,” Su Mo said, saluting the pavilion protector as he stepped into the Book Collection Pavilion.
“The second floor?”
The pavilion protector, a fat old man, said indifferently, “Su Mo, the second floor can only be accessed by those whose cultivation is at the Qi Cultivation Realm. No exceptions.”
“I know that, elder. My cultivation is at Lv 1 Qi Cultivation Realm,” Su Mo nodded and said.
“Lv 1 Qi Cultivation Realm?” The pavilion protector was stunned. Then, he said with a cold expression, “Su Mo, you just awakened your Martial Soul yesterday, and it was at Rank 1 Human Class. How could you be at the Qi Cultivation Realm so soon with that crappy Martial Soul? Even if you had a Rank 3 Human Class Martial Soul, it wouldn’t be possible. Are you kidding me?”
“Humph! You’ll see!”
Su Mo released an aura of Lv 1 Qi Cultivation Realm with a serious expression.
Then, he turned around and went up to the second floor of the Book Collection Pavilion, leaving the pavilion protector behind.
“He… he did it!”
The pavilion protector was stunned, but then he laughed disdainfully and said to himself, “The Master must have given him some precious elixir, but he still won’t be able to go much further with his crappy Martial Soul.”
Su Mo went to the second floor and saw rows of antique bookshelves, which were full of scrolls.
The Sus was one of two main clans in Sunnywood City, so they had many cultivation skills and martial skills. There were almost 100 scrolls on the second floor of the Book Collection Pavilion.
A tall young man was browsing the scrolls there.
“Su Mo!”
The young man was initially surprised to see Su Mo, but then he glared at him with complete disdain.
“Su Heng!” Su Mo glanced back at him.
Su Heng also awakened a Martial Soul yesterday. His Martial Soul was of Rank 4 Human Class Martial Soul, which was not as good as Su Yu’s, but a high rank nonetheless.
Since Su Heng was on the second floor, his cultivation must have also reached the Qi Cultivation Realm.
“Well, this is unexpected, Su Mo. I heard yesterday that the Master bought a ‘Qi Condensation Elixir’ from the Herbs Shop, which is probably what you used to increase your cultivation!”
Su Heng looked at Sumo and said disdainfully, “Otherwise, you wouldn’t even be able to reach the Qi Cultivation Realm with that crappy Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul.”
“It’s none of your business how I got this cultivation,” Su Mo said coldly. Then, he began to browse the manuals and ignored him.
Su Mo knew Su Heng very well.
When Su Mo was still considered the top genius of the Sus, Su Heng had fawned on him, and Su Mo had been very kind to him.
However, Su Heng now had a completely different attitude towards Su Mo.
“Humph! So much for being a genius. You’re nothing but a piece of trash!” Su Heng snorted and continued selecting his manuals.
Su Mo picked up a manual in the cultivation skill category and began reading it.
“Raging Fire Skill. Medium Lv 1 Cultivation Skill. The Genuine Qi cultivated through this method has extremely powerful fire power and has a very strong attack…”
Su Mo continued to browse after reading a few pages of this book.
He wanted to read a few more manuals to choose the most suitable cultivation skill.
All of the manuals on this floor were at Medium Lv 1. The manuals of Upper Lv 1 were only on the third floor.
However, those manuals were only available for those whose cultivation was at Lv 7 Qi Cultivation Realm.
“Huge Rock Skill. Medium Lv 1 cultivation skill. The Genuine Qi cultivated through this method is dense and has strong defense…”
“Clouds Skill. Medium Lv 1 cultivation skill. The Genuine Qi cultivated through this method is pure and has equally strong attack and defense…”
After reading several manuals, Su Mo selected Cloud Skill because of its pure genuine Qi and strong attack and defense.
After choosing a cultivation skill, it was time to choose a martial skill.
“Iron Fist. This fistplay is fierce and can easily crack open stones after practicing to the great Completion Realm… ”
“Flying Swordplay. This swordsmanship is ethereal, agile, and gorgeous…”
“Breeze Palm…”
“Infinite Push Hands…”
Su Mo was not satisfied with a dozen martial skills that he read.
“Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist?”
Su Mo’s eyes brightened when he saw the name of this manual. He could recognize that it was extraordinary.
He opened the manual excitedly. “Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist. Medium Lv 1 Martial Skill. The body is like the sea, and the fist is like a wave. The fist force has many levels, and each level is stronger than the previous one.”
“This is the one!” After reading for a moment, Su Mo nodded with satisfaction.
As he was about to leave with the two manuals, Su Heng suddenly blocked him.
“Su Mo, put down Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist,” Su Heng shouted arrogantly.
Su Mo glanced at him and asked, “Why should I?”
“I was thinking about taking that manual, and I’ve decided that I want it, so give it back to me!” Su Heng raised his chin and ordered.
“Give it back to you? It was never yours!”
Su Mo scoffed and said, “The book is mine now, so you’re not getting it.”
“Are you sure?” Su Heng’s eyes grew cold, and he said, “Su Mo, do you know what the consequences of angering me are?”
“What consequences?” Su Mo smiled and said, “I have no idea. Please tell me.”
“You’re a piece of trash, but you’re still so arrogant.” Su Heng shouted furiously, “Su Mo, I’ll say it again. Give it to me, kneel, and apologize, or I’ll break your legs.”
“Kneel and apologize, or you’ll break my legs?”
A cold light flashed in Su Mo’s eyes, and he said indifferently, “I’d like to see you try!”
“You’re courting death!”
Su Heng shouted, and his spirit of Lv 1 Qi Cultivation Realm exploded. A yellow light shone behind him, which meant that he was arousing his Martial Soul to attack.
“Stop it!”
At that moment, the pavilion protector said with an icy voice, “No fighting in the Book Collection Pavilion, or you’ll be banned for life!”
These words stopped Su Heng.
“Elder, I’m sorry. I won’t violate the rules,” Su Heng said hastily to the elder, stifling his anger.
Even though he wanted to teach Su Mo a lesson, Su Heng did not dare to violate the rules.
It would be a great loss if he was banned from the Book Collection Pavilion for life.
“Today is your lucky day. I won’t let you off next time,” Su Heng turned to Su Mo and snarled.
“Idiot!” Su Mo glanced at him and turned to leave.
“What did you say?”
Su Heng became furious again. He glared at the leaving Su Mo and gnashed his teeth in anger.
Since he had awakened a Rank 4 Human Class Martial Soul, his status had risen a lot in the Sus, and others were polite to him.
Today, he was insulted by this useless man with a crappy Martial Soul, and that drove him mad.
“Damn it, I’ll make you pay!”
Chapter 4: Pros and Cons
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Su Mo could not wait to begin cultivating as soon as he returned to his room.
Clouds Skill had five realms, and the higher the realm, the purer the genuine Qi it cultivated.
Also, a higher realm of cultivation skill meant stronger attack and faster cultivating.
Su Mo continued to cultivate over the next couple of days.
His dark vortex of a Martial Soul was rotating in the room, and plumes of Spiritual Qi twined around Su Mo. His cultivation was slowly increasing.
While Su Mo was cultivating, the news that he awakened a Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul spread all throughout Sunnywood City.
The young master and the first genius of the Sus unexpectedly had a crappy Martial Soul!
This caused a stir in Sunnywood City, and many people treated him like a joke.
…
Five days later, Su Mo stopped cultivating.
“The level of my Martial Soul is so low that it’s slowing down my cultivating!” Su Mo sighed.
After five days of hard work, his cultivation had only increased marginally.
At this rate, it would take at least six months to enter Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm .
Luckily, he had cultivated Clouds Skill to the second level and purified and condensed a good amount of genuine Qi in five days.
“Time to cultivate my martial skill!”
Su Mo took out Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist and carefully read it.
After he fully understood all of the details, he closed the scroll and walked into the yard.
“The purpose of Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist is to regard the body as a raging sea and the fists as waves, each one stronger than the one before…”
With the key to this fistplay in mind, he practiced every gesture and motion according to the manual.
“Ho! Ho! Ho!”
He punched very slowly at first, but gradually moved faster and faster. In the end, his fists exploded like bombs and stirred up endless gusts of wind.
Another five days passed by.
The wind from his fist power was screaming, and the air was endlessly stirred.
“Ho!” Su Mo lifted up a shout and landed a punch on the stone bench ahead.
Bang!
The stone bench exploded with a rumbling sound, and its fragments flew everywhere.
“Hu!”
Su Mo took a deep breath and stood with his fists clenched.
“Not bad! I’ve achieved Minor Completion!” Su Mo could not stop smiling.
He was now able to punch with a fivefold fist force, but after reaching Completion Realm, his fist force would be ninefold.
Almost no one in Sunnywood City could reach the Minor Completion Realm of a Medium Lv 1 Martial Skill in only five days. Su Mo was able to do so because living two lives had given him very strong comprehension.
“Now, it’s time to enter Breezewind Mountain to try my luck.”
Su Mo whispered. Then, he packed up and set out.
Breezewind Mountain lay in a mountain range that covered about 49,000 square kilometers, and it was 15 kilometers away from Sunnywood City. It was lofty and densely covered in forests.
Since there were a lot of Spiritual Herbs there, many martial artists in Sunnywood City always went into the mountains to collect them.
However, opportunity always came with danger. Lots of martial artists were killed and eaten by the large number of demonic beasts that lived in the mountains.
In spite of the dangers, Su Mo had to take a chance. It was too hard for him to cultivate with his low-grade Martial Soul.
Su Mo was walking down a tree-lined path when he suddenly heard a burst of a giggles.
He turned around and was stunned by what he saw.
A boy and a girl were cuddling happily with each other under a pavilion beside a pond.
The girl was a true beauty. Tall and slim, she wore a purple dress over her fair skin, and her loose black hair was draped over her shoulders.
She was Liu Yushan, Su Mo’s childhood sweetheart and cousin.
Liu Yushan was the eldest daughter of the Liu clan, which was a small clan in Sunnywood City that depended upon the Sus.
Su Mo and Liu Yushan grew up together, so they were very close.
Their parents had wanted them to get engaged at the beginning of next year.
The young man with Liu Yushan was no other than Su Yu, the martial artist who replaced Su Mo as first genius of the Sus.
…
Su Mo made eye contact with them.
“Yushan, why are you two together?” Su Mo asked with a frown, walking toward them.
Liu Yushan turned her head away with an inexplicable glint in her eyes and said nothing.
Su Yu glanced at Su Mo and coldly smiled. “Su Mo, from now on, Yushan is mine. Leave her alone, or you will have to answer to me.”
“Yushan!” Su Mo ignored Su Yu and stared at Liu Yushan.
“Su Mo, did you hear what I said?” Su Yu’s eyes were cold, and he said, “A piece of trash like you doesn’t deserve her. Only I, a genius, am the best fit for Yushan.”
Liu Yushan nodded and said, “He’s right.”
“Why? Because of my Martial Soul?”
Although Su Mo was upset, he did not let himself get enraged and remained calm. He was a mercenary king during his past life and had gotten his fair share of women. If a girl did not like him, it did not bother him.
“Cousin, we don’t belong to the same kind of people anymore,” Liu Yushan nodded and said.
“Don’t belong to the same type of people anymore?” Su Mo muttered and smiled bitterly, thinking,
“Three days ago, I awakened a Rank 4 Human Class Martial Soul. We will only grow further apart as time goes on.” Liu Yushan said pridefully, “Su Yu, the genius of the Sus, is my ideal spouse. As for you, my cousin, you’re a good-for-nothing. The difference between you and him is extremely apparent.”
“Rank 4 Human Class Martial Soul?”
Su Mo was not surprised by her Martial Soul, because Liu Yushan was very talented.
“I see!” Su Mo nodded and said calmly. Everyone was entitled to a choice. Since she had chosen to abandon him, he would not try to change her mind.
Liu Yushan frowned at Su Mo’s placid face.
She had thought that he would be devastated and would beg desperately for her,
So his cool demeanor bothered her.
“Yushan, remember what you said today. I hope that you won’t regret it in the future!”
Su Mo took a deep breath as he said those words and left.
“Regret? How is that possible?” Liu Yushan laughed and shook her head.
…
After leaving the Sus, Su Mo sprinted straight toward Breezewind Mountain.
An hour later, he arrived at the foot of Breezewind Mountain.
Breezewind Mountain looked like a huge monster creeping on the ground, giving off a cold and ruthless aura.
Without hesitation, Su Mo sprang into the mountains.
Before long, Su Mo had run five kilometers into the forest, where the trees towered over him with thick trunks and completely blocked out all the sunlight.
“Howl!”
Then, a giant black wolf sprang out into Su Mo’s path.
“Evilwind Wolf, Class 1 Lv 1 Demonic Beast!”
Su Mo recognized it. A demonic beast at this level was as powerful as martial artists at Lv 1 Qi Cultivation Realm.
“Well, I’ll practice with you!”
Su Mo flew forward like a flying arrow and hit the Evilwind Wolf with his fist, which was covered with strong genuine Qi.
“Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist!”
“Howl!”
The Evilwind Wolf was enraged by Su Mo’s attack, roared, and pounced on him. Its sharp wolf claws split toward his head.
Bang!
The claws and fist clashed with a muffled sound.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Su Mo was stumbled back three steps, but the Evilwind Wolf was blown 10 meters away.
The Evilwind Wolf was quite powerful, but its rough force was no match for Su Mo’s martial arts.
“Haha! Let’s go again.”
As Su Mo moved forward and continually punched, the Evilwind Wolf retreated one step after another.
Soon, the flesh of the wolf was split into shreds, and several of its bones were broken.
The Evilwind Wolf would have been dead if it were not so tough.
“Howl!”
The seriously injured Evilwind Wolf roared and slunk away instead of attacking again.
Chapter 5: Rank 3 Human Class Martial Soul
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Su Mo was shocked that the Evilwind Wolf would suddenly run away.
Although low level demonic beasts were very unintelligent, they were still decisive in the face of danger.
Su Mo certainly would not have allowed it to escape because the demonic beast had a valuable Demonic Core.
With genuine Qi spewing out from under his feet, Su Mo rushed toward the Evilwind Wolf.
The Evilwind Wolf rushed into a small valley and then into a cave.
Su Mo stopped in front of the pitch black cave and did not rashly enter it.
After hesitating for a while, he still decided to rush in.
The cave was obviously the den of the Evilwind Wolf, so there would be no other dangers present.
As expected, after rushing into the cave, Su Mo saw only the injured Evilwind Wolf lying on the ground.
“What?”
At that moment, Su Mo saw a 5-inch-tall plant growing in a crevice not far from the Evilwind Wolf. The plant had eight green leaves surrounding a pale red fruit, which was only the size of a thumb but exuded a fruity fragrance.
“Is that… Purple Spirit Fruit?”
Su Mo stared at it and became excited.
Purple Spirit Fruit was a Medium Lv 1 Spirit Fruit, which could increase by one level the cultivation of martial artists who were below Lv 4 Qi Cultivation Realm.
However, judging by its color, the fruit was not yet fully ripe.
Nevertheless, eating this fruit would still increase Su Mo’s cultivation to Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm.
The Evilwind Wolf must have selected the cave as its den for the sake of eating Purple Spirit Fruit.
“Howl!”
Seeing Su Mo enter the cave, the injured Evilwind Wolf roared and bit toward the Purple Spirit Fruit.
“Damn it…”
Su Mo was rattled. If the Evilwind Wolf swallowed the Purple Spirit Fruit, all hope would be lost.
“Die!”
Su Mo roared and stepped suddenly. Genuine Qi spewed out from under his feet, propelling him over the Evilwind Wolf.
“Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist!”
After motivating his genuine Qi to the extreme, Su Mo heavily struck the head of the Evilwind Wolf with his fivefold fist force.
Bang!
With blood splashing and brains spraying, the Evilwind Wolf was blasted to pieces.
After killing the Evilwind Wolf, Su Mo was finally relieved.
Walking to the side of the corpse, Su Mo pulled a gray crystal, its Demonic Core, from the Evilwind Wolf’s skull.
The Demonic Core of a Class 1 Lv 1 Demonic Beast was at least worth 10 taels of silver.
Then, Su Mo plucked the Purple Spirit Fruit without hesitation.
Although the Purple Spirit Fruit was not ripe, Su Mo could not afford to wait. After all, a Medium Grade Purple Spirit Fruit was quite rare.
He sat down cross-legged and swallowed it.
The cave was secluded, so it was not dangerous to refine the fruit there.
As soon as the Purple Spirit Fruit was swallowed, its strong medicinal effects spread throughout Su Mo’s body.
Su Mo hastily held his breath and concentrated so he could transfer the effects flowing in his meridians into genuine Qi and guide them into his elixir field.
After a while, Su Mo’s elixir field bulged with abundant Qi.
“I’ve finally broken into the Late Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm!”
Su Mo exclaimed and nodded with satisfaction.
The Purple Spirit Fruit not only helped him reach Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm but also promoted him to the Late Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm.
Now, Su Mo’s genuine Qi was twice as dense as it was before.
He could obviously feel that his senses were more acute than before.
“I should stabilize my cultivation before leaving.”
Su Mo smiled and began cultivating again.
A black vortex Martial Soul rose from behind him and rotated slowly.
Then, something strange happened.
The dead Evilwind Wolf’s Blood Qi and energy were all sucked in by the vortex Martial Soul.
Moreover, an illusory Beast Soul floated up slowly from the corpse and was devoured by the vortex Martial Soul.
All of the Evilwind Wolf’s Blood Qi was transformed into a strong energy after entering Su Mo’s body.
Su Mo felt his Qi increase greatly and approach the peak of Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm.
“What is this…?”
Su Mo trembled in shock.
“Can a Martial Soul devour Blood Qi?”
“Can a Martial Soul devour Beast Souls?”
Su Mo had never heard of or seen such a Martial Soul.
In the midst of his marveling, something strange happened.
The vortex Martial Soul that had devoured the Beast Soul began vibrating and then exploded with yellow light.
Instead of having its previous yellow halo, it was now shining with two yellow halos.
The vortex Martial Soul now was twice as fast at abosrbing Spiritual Qi as before.
“What?”
Although Su Mo was usually a composed person, he was filled with excitement at that moment.
Everyone knew that the rank of one’s Martial Soul was determined at birth and unchangeable after awakening. This was an eternally immutable truth.
The cultivating talent of a martial artist was mainly determined by the level of their Martial Soul.
Su Mo’s Martial Soul had just broken the logic of this world.
His Martial Soul had progressed from Rank 1 Human Class to Rank 2 Human Class.
If he could devour enough Beast Souls, his Martial Soul level could even increase to Earth Class and Heaven Class.
“The Heaven Class! How exciting it would be!” Su Mo felt very excited.
“Haha, Haha!”
After a while, Su Mo calmed down but could not help laughing.
“Is this my luck as a time traveler?” he thought.
Since his awakening, Su Mo had felt depressed by the level of his Martial Soul.
He did not know about his Martial Soul’s special ability before.
However, this supernatural ability exceeded all of his expectations.
Su Mo’s excitement dispelled all of his depression.
“I’ll call you Devouring Martial Spirit from now on!” Su Mo said with a laugh.
After that, Su Mo quickly left the cave and could not wait to kill demonic beasts and devour Beast Souls.
Over the next two days, Su Mo crazily slaughtered more than 50 demonic beasts.
Among these beasts, 10 demonic beasts were Class 2 Lv 1, and the others were Class 1 Lv 1.
Having devoured the essence, blood and Beast Souls of all the demonic beasts, not only had Su Mo’s cultivation broken through to Lv 3 Qi Cultivation Realm, but also his Martial Soul had progressed to Rank 3 Human Class.
His fistplay had also greatly improved by killing those demonic beasts.
His Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist now had sixfold fist force, and its attack had greatly increased.
Su Mo sat cross-legged in the cave. The black Devouring Martial Spirit floated behind him with three dazzling yellow halos.
The surrounding Spiritual Qi was being absorbed into Su Mo’s body in torrents.
After his Martial Soul progressed to Rank 3 Human Class, it was ten times faster at absorbing Spiritual Qi than at Rank 1.
After a while, Su Mo opened his eyes.
“With my cultivation fully stabilized at Lv 3 Qi Cultivation Realm, I can kill stronger demonic beasts!”
Su Mo grinned exuberantly.
After the progression of his cultivation and Martial Soul, Su Mo had returned to the cave again. After all, his sharp increase in cultivation over the past two days needed to be well consolidated.
Pitter-patter, pitter-patter…
Footsteps suddenly sounded from outside the cave.
“Brother Wei Long, the Purple Spirit Fruit is in this cave, and it is probably almost ripe.”
“Be careful, I think there’s an Evilwind Wolf guarding it.”
“Hah! A mere Evilwind Wolf? I can kill it with a turn of my hand.”
Hearing the voices, Su Mo saw two tall young men stride into the cave.
Chapter 6: Killed in a Second
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The Qi given off by these two young men was not that strong.
The handsome young man in the front was at the Peak Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm, while the long-faced youth was just at the Early Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm.
When they saw Su Mo, their expressions changed.
They glared at the empty stalk without the Purple Spirit Fruit.
“Hey! Did you steal our Purple Spirit Fruit?” Wei Long, the handsome one, barked at Su Mo.
“Your Purple Spirit Fruit?”
“Spiritual Herbs grow naturally in the mountains, so they’re fair game. Why is it yours?” Su Mo sneered.
“Go to hell! How dare you steal our Spiritual Fruit!” shouted Wei Shan, the long-faced youth.
“We found the Purple Spirit Fruit 10 days ago and were just waiting for it to ripen! How dare you take it from us!”
“Why do you look so familiar?”
Wei Long suddenly said with a glint in his eye, “I remember. You are Su Mo, a piece of trash with a Martial Soul of the Rank 1 Human Class.”
“Oh, it’s you!” Wei Shan said scornfully.
“Are you two from the Weis?”
Su Mo saw on their clothes the symbol of the Weis, one of the two main clans in Sunnywood City.
The Weis and the Sus were equally matched as the two most powerful families in Sunnywood City, and they constantly contested and clashed.
“Exactly! Come on, give me the fruit!” Wei Shan arrogantly yelled.
“Forget it. I have already swallowed it,” said Su Mo indifferently.
“What?” Both men were instantly enraged.
Since they had waited for the Purple Spirit Fruit for over half a month, how could they not be angry that they got nothing in the end?
“Damn it! How dare you eat my fruit? Kneel to me and destroy your cultivation, or die!” Wei Long yelled in a rage.
“Kneel? Destroy my own cultivation?”
Su Mo was speechless. “Are they playing God? Maybe I was so nice after coming to this world that they think I can be easily bullied?”
“Crap! Brother Wei Long, let me kill this piece of trash.”
With an angry shout, Wei Shan punched toward Su Mo’s face, thinking that one punch would be enough to defeat him.
“Die for your arrogance!” Su Mo coldly said, and he slightly lifted up his palm and punched back.
Wei Shan sneered, “Do you want to play rough? How stupid! Go to hell!”
However, his smile froze in the very next second.
As they collided, Wei Shan felt a horrible power from Su Mo’s fist, like that of a monstrous wave.
“Ah!”
With a scream, Wei Shan was blasted against the wall of the cave and passed out.
“What? How can it be?”
Wei Long was shocked. He looked at Su Mo and said, “The Lv 3 Qi Cultivation Realm? Damn it! Aren’t you just a piece of trash with a Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul?”
“A piece of trash?”
With a cold laugh, Su Mo blocked their exit and strode toward Wei Long, saying, “How dare you to call me a piece of trash? Dumb-ass!”
Seeing Su Mo moving toward him, Wei Long frowned and yelled, “What do you want?”
“To kill you!” Su Mo laughed coldly.
“Kill me? How dare you! My father is one of the elders in the Weis. If you kill me, he will find you and kill you, wherever you go.”
Wei Long was quite confident and fearless.
“Idiot! No one will know that I killed you in this remote mountain.”
Ignoring Wei Long’s threat, Su Mo was preparing to kill him as he gathered genuine Qi in his fist.
Fear instantly appeared on Wei Long’s face. His cultivation was at the Peak Lv 2 Qi Cultivation Realm, only a little bit stronger than Wei Shan’s, so it was impossible for him to defeat Su Mo.
“Su Mo, don’t kill me… don’t kill me!”
“Give me a reason not to.”
“A reason… A reason…” Wei Long was anxious like a cat on hot bricks. Suddenly, his eyes brightened up and he said, “Look, I have a treasure map which can lead you to find treasure.”
“Treasure map? What treasure map? Show me first,” Su Mo said.
“I can give it to you if you promise you won’t kill me!” Wei Long was not stupid, so he wanted Su Mo to promise him first.
Su Mo scoffed at Wei Long’s words. He knew what he was thinking.
“Don’t want to give it to me? OK! I’ll kill you first and then find it on your body.”
“Here it is… Here it is!”
Wei Long was scared. He immediately took out a small piece of animal skin and gave it to Su Mo.
Su Mo checked it out. Indeed, it was an antique and simple map, obviously from long ages ago.
According to the map, there was treasure right in Breezewind Mountain.
“Su… Su Mo, I already gave you the treasure map. Can I leave now?” Wei Long asked nervously.
Hearing no response from Su Mo, Wei Long carefully walked toward the exit.
As soon as he was close to the cave entrance, Wei Long looked back with a trace of a viciousness at Su Mo. He was planning to bring some people back from outside the mountain to kill Su Mo.
“Boom!”
At that moment, Su Mo jumped up and punched him.
Wei Long was killed on the spot.
“I will never be merciful to my enemies!” Su Mo said flatly.
He had killed countless people in his previous life, but that was his first kill in this world.
Returning to the unconscious Wei Shan, Su Mo gave him another punch.
Wei Shan was completely killed.
After that, Su Mo took the map and decided to look for the treasure.
“Ah-ha!”
Su Mo stopped suddenly with a glint in his eyes. “If my Martial Soul can devour Beast Souls, can it also devour human Martial Souls?”
He walked back to the two bodies and released his Devouring Martial Spirit.
His Devouring Martial Spirit with three halos looked like a bottomless black hole. It spun two times faster than it had at Rank 1 Human Class and had extremely strong suction.
Wei Long and Wei Shan had just died. Their Blood Qi and Martial Souls, which had not yet disappeared, were immediately sucked up.
The Martial Soul of Wei Shan was a small green tree with two yellow halos. It was Rank 2 Human Class Martial Soul.
The Martial Soul of Wei Long was a bird with three halos. Obviously, it was Rank 3 Human Class Martial Soul.
As the two Martial Souls were instantly swallowed, Su Mo felt his own Martial Soul shake, and its three halos shone brighter.
However, his Devouring Martial Spirit did not progress out of Rank 3 Human Class.
“Haha! I was right! I can devour both Beast Souls and Martial Souls!”
Su Mo was overjoyed and surprised by his Devouring Martial Spirit once again.
The ability of his Devouring Martial Spirit was beyond imagination.
Not only did it have the ability to progress, but it also could devour others’ Martial Souls.
If Su Mo released his Martial Soul in a fight, his enemy’s Martial Soul would be out of their control and devoured by his.
“Well, time to find the treasure!”
Having enjoyed the surprise, Su Mo left the cave.
Chapter 7: Storage Ring
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In the mountains, Su Mo passed through the jungle, guided by his map.
He was extremely careful the entire time.
He was more than 25 kilometers deep into the Breezewind Mountain, and there were many Class 4 Lv 1 Demonic Beasts nearby, and even some at Class 5.
He might not beat a Class 4 Lv 1 Demonic Beasts with his current strength, let alone one at Class 5.
Therefore, he was constantly on the lookout.
Finally, after another perilous half hour, Su Mo arrived in an overgrown valley.
The valley had only one entrance and was surrounded by cliffs that were hundreds of meters high.
Full of thistles, thorns and bushes, it looked extremely desolation.
Su Mo stayed alert of his surroundings and prepared to escape at the first sign of danger.
Although treasures were important, nothing was more important than his life.
Su Mo saw that this exact valley was the place marked on the map.
He carefully scoured the surrounding environment and soon found a large crack on a rock wall.
It was a horizontal crack that was hundreds of meters long and looked like a huge, unfathomable mouth.
It was overgrown with weeds and not easily noticeable.
Su Mo frowned as he peered inside.
Worse than the small cave before, the crevice was gloomy, cold and full of unknown danger.
After hesitating for a while, Su Mo gritted his teeth and entered.
Since he had already come, he must find something.
Danger?
Su Mo had never been afraid of danger.
As he walked deeper into the crevice, his vision became dimmer and dimmer, until he was completely surrounded by darkness.
Su Mo used genuine Qi to improve his eyesight and continued walking.
After a moment, the pathway in the crevice began gradually sloping downward.
He estimated that he was about ten meters underground.
After walking further, Su Mo felt a cold breeze and heard the sound of running water.
Intrigued by this change, he quickened his pace.
Soon, Su Mo was suddenly met with a bright light. He saw a huge space, which was over five meters tall, over seven meters wide, and unfathomably long.
It was a secret underground world.
A river flowed through the space toward an unknown destination.
Fish swam in the river, and natural cobblestones on the bank gave off a fluorescent light, allowing Su Mo to see the whole underground world clearly.
A demolished stone room stood nearby.
Several dried bones lay outside the stone room. Their owner had obviously been dead for a long time.
“Has the treasure been taken by others?”
Su Mo walked over slowly and entered the stone room.
With a length and width of less than five meters, the room was quite small, and half of it had collapsed.
There was nothing inside except for two skeletons in the center.
Thinking that the treasure had already been taken, Su Mo was inevitably a little disappointed.
“Hmm?”
Then, he was suddenly astonished.
He found that one of the skeletons had not decayed and gave off a light gold hue.
“Why is the skeleton light gold?”
Su Mo was puzzled.
This was indeed the skeleton of a human martial artist, but he had never heard of a light gold skeleton.
“What? Is that…”
Su Mo noticed an antique and simple ring on the left hand of the golden skeleton.
“Is that a storage ring?”
Su Mo excitedly snatched up the ring.
A storage ring was a treasure capable of storing objects in its own space, so it was quite precious.
No one in all of Sunnywood City had a storage ring. Common martial artists stored objects in storage pouches, which were of a lower grade than rings.
After taking a deep breath, Su Mo applied genuine Qi to the ring.
In the next moment, his awareness entered a dusky space.
The space was not big. It had a length, width and height of about five meters.
Several scrolls, a long bright sword and a pile of milk white crystals were piled in the corner of the space.
With a single thought, the long sword appeared in Su Mo’s hand, instantly giving off a sword sound when injected with genuine Qi.
Swish! Swish!
The long sword emitted a sword ray to the wall one meter away and cut through the hard stone wall.
“What?”
Su Mo was quite surprised. He had not expected the sword to be so strong and to be able to cut through the stone wall so easily.
“Spirit-slayer, Medium Lv 3!”
Su Mo saw several obvious small characters etched on the hilt of the sword.
“It’s a weapon of Medium Lv 3?”
Su Mo was immediately overjoyed.
There were no Upper Lv 2 weapons at all in Sunnywood City, so a Medium Lv 3 weapon was extremely precious.
“‘Spirit-slayer’ must be the name of the sword.”
After a while, Su Mo put the long sword back in the storage ring and took out several scrolls.
There were four scrolls in total, including Divine Wind Swordplay, Elephants Strength Skill, Shadow Steps, and Primordial Qi Manual.
Su Mo opened Elephants Strength Skill gently and read it.
Elephants Strength Skill, Upper Lv 5 Body Refining Skill, with a total of 15 levels. After grasping the manual, one’s body would become strong like an Archean Fierce Beast with the strength of 10,000 elephants.
It enhanced strength from the first level to the third level!
It tempered bones from the fourth level to the sixth level!
It fortified the body from the seventh level to the ninth level!
It intensified extraordinary power from the tenth level to the twelfth level!
It amplified Panorama from the thirteenth level to the fifteenth level!
As he read the contents of the book, Su Mo was shocked once again.
Upper Lv 5 Cultivation Skill?
Body Refining Skill?
Elephants Strength?
What was the force of Elephants Strength? The force of over ten thousand elephants?
The “elephant” here was not a normal Demonic Elephant but a Post-archean Elephant.
An adult Post-archean Elephant had a huge force of more than 10,000 kilograms even without cultivating.
How powerful was the force of over 10,000 Post-archean Elephants?
Fifty million kilograms?
Several billion kilograms?
Su Mo suddenly felt overwhelmed by all this information.
“It’s an Upper Lv 5 Cultivation Skill! Not to mention, it’s a Body Refining Skill!”
Su Mo was overjoyed. This treasure hunt was truly worth it!
He knew that Sunnywood City had no book about Lv 3 Cultivation Skill, let alone Lv 5 Cultivation Skill.
As one of the two big families in Sunnywood City, the Sus’ supreme grade cultivation skill was just Medium Lv 2, which was a Secret Clan Manual, so ordinary members could not cultivate it.
Now, he had an Upper Lv 5 Cultivation Skill, and it was even a Body Refining Skill.
Body Refining Skill was more precious than Qi Cultivation Skill because of its rarity.
It was the true skill of fortifying one’s body. The Body Tempering Realm before the Qi Cultivation Realm could only exercise the body.
The Sus had only two Body Refining Skills, but the young disciples seldom cultivated them because it was slow-cultivating and time-consuming.
Instead, their first target was to improve their cultivation and increase strength.
Elephants Strength Skill was even more precious than the Spirit-slayer Sword.
“Huff!”
Taking a deep breath, Su Mo looked at the other three scrolls.
Compared to Spirit-slayer Sword and Elephants Strength Skill, the other three manuals were more ordinary.
The three scrolls were all Lower Lv 3, and they were respectively on swordsmanship, footwork, and cultivation.
Although not as good as Elephants Strength Skill, the three scrolls were still much better than those of the Sus.
These were exactly all that Su Mo needed.
He did not know what the remaining milk white crystals were, but judging from their strong Spiritual Qi, he knew they were precious.
After a while, Su Mo calmed down and put away the other manuals, leaving only Elephants Strength Skill.
He carefully read the formulas and key points and memorized them.
The underground world was safe and quiet, so he sat down cross-legged, released his Martial Soul, and started cultivating.
Elephants Strength Skill was a mysterious cultivation skill that quenched the body with the Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth or one’s own genuine Qi.
Su Mo’s genuine Qi became an elephant-shaped rune, entering and quenching his body.
After an hour, he suddenly opened his eyes in shock.
“This cultivation method requires so much genuine Qi!”
After cultivating for two hours, Su Mo’s genuine Qi was almost completely consumed.
Next, Su Mo could only use his Martial Soul to absorb Spiritual Qi from heaven and earth to quench his body.
All the absorbed Spiritual Qi became runes and entered his body.
Su Mo’s body absorbed Spiritual Qi runes crazily like a bottomless pit.
How time flew!
Su Mo kept cultivating for eight days, during which he caught fish to sate his hunger.
On the sixth day, Su Mo succeeded in cultivating the first realm of Elephants Strength Skill.
After this success, his body became much more powerful. The force of his fist alone was more than the force of three tigers, which was stronger than that of a martial artist at Lv 3 Qi Cultivation Realm.
A martial artist at the Qi Cultivation Realm could increase his force by that of one tiger by increasing a realm of cultivation.
The force of one tiger was about 250 kilograms, making the force of three about 750 kilograms.
Su Mo felt that his force was almost 1000 kilograms, the force of four tigers.
His strength advanced rapidly after cultivating for a few days, which encouraged him to try to complete the cultivation method.
If he could grasp more than 10 realms of the cultivation skill, he would be invincible in Skymoon Country, let alone Sunnywood City.
However, he obviously felt that cultivating the second realm would be ten times slower than cultivating the first realm.
It had only taken six days to cultivate the first realm, but it would take at least two months to completely cultivate the second realm.
Therefore, after two days of cultivating, Su Mo stopped.
After being here for ten days, it was time to go back.
After Su Mo’s genuine Qi completely recovered, he buried the golden skeleton, left the underground world, and ran like the wind back to Sunnywood City.
The golden skeleton gave Su Mo an opportunity through its storage ring, so Su Mo repaid it by laying it to rest.
On his way back, Su Mo suddenly thought of something.
Cultivating Elephants Strength Skill needed a great deal of Spiritual Qi, and more Spiritual Qi would be required in future cultivating.
If he kept cultivating with this skill, all the Spiritual Qi absorbed by his Martial Soul would be used up.
His genuine Qi would not increase, and his cultivation would not improve.
If Qi Refining and Body Cultivation were conducted at the same time, the cultivation of both aspects would be greatly slowed down.
“Should I give up Qi Refining and focus on Body Cultivation?”
Su Mo immediately rejected this idea.
Carrying out Qi Refining and Body Cultivation at the same time was probably difficult for others, but it would be no problem for him, because he could upgrade his Martial Soul.
As long as the level of his Martial Soul improved, so would the speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi, so that cultivation could be enhanced quickly as well.
His Martial Soul was now of Rank 3 Human Class, and its speed of absorbing Spiritual Qi was ten times faster than that of Rank 1 Human Class.
If his Martial Soul upgraded a few ranks, his cultivating would certainly accelerate greatly.
Therefore, Qi Refining and Body Cultivation could only enhance his strength, and they would have little effect on his cultivating speed.
“Haha! It seems like I’ll have to kill more in the future!”
Su Mo smiled bitterly, thinking that only killing could help him devour both Beast and Martial Souls!
Chapter 8: Worse than Trash
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The martial practice field of the Sus, Sunnywood City.
Dozens of inferior Su disciples were gathered on the large martial practice field.
A middle-aged man in a gray robe sat in the center of the field, describing his martial arts experience to the inferiors.
He was Su Tai, the Fourth Elder of the Sus.
The inferiors present had all recently awakened their Martial Souls.
They had just reached the Qi Cultivation Realm and lacked cultivation experiences, so the Sus arranged for elders to speak to them.
As one of the three major clans in the city, the Sus had many more inferior disciples than the ones present. Some of the older disciples had awakened their Martial Souls two years ago, even reaching Lv 7 or 8 Qi Cultivation Realm.
Those disciples with high cultivations would not attend these lectures.
After returning, Su Mo spotted the Fourth Elder in the field and walked over to him.
“Su Mo, all the other disciples who awakened their Martial Souls with you arrived a long time ago. Why are you only showing up now?”
The Fourth Elder paused his lesson and sullenly asked the unhurried Su Mo.
It was a great honor to attend a lecture given by him, and all the other disciples came early to wait for him, yet Su Mo’s late arrival showed that he had no respect for the elder.
Many of the disciples smirked to see Su Mo get into trouble.
Su Mo never expected the Fourth Elder to scold him for being late, since elders’ lectures were completely optional.
“Fourth Elder, I just returned from an expedition,” Su Mo respectfully replied.
“Expedition?”
The Fourth Elder smirked and said, “With your crappy Martial Soul? You won’t achieve anything great in your lifetime. You have nothing to experience!”
Su Mo’s expression instantly became cold, and he huffed, “Fourth Elder, I respect you because you’re an elder, but you should know that an elder without good qualities isn’t worthy of respect!”
“What? Are you saying I’m unworthy of respect?”
The Fourth Elder was fuming. How dare a useless fool, a piece of trash provoke him?
“Doesn’t calling me trash as an elder make you unworthy of respect?”
Su Mo was also infuriated. Ever since he awakened his Martial Soul, not only did inferior disciples despise him, now even elders treated him with contempt.
Did they all think he could be easily bullied?
It seemed that he should not keep a low profile in the future!
“How dare you!”
The Fourth Elder shouted in rage. “Am I wrong? Aren’t you trash and a useless fool with your Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul? Is there anyone else in the city with such a crappy martial soul?”
“That’s right! You’re nothing but trash! You’re a disgrace to our clan!”
One of the disciples yelled.
Su Mo turned his head and saw that it was Su Heng who had spoken.
With Su Heng’s words, other disciples followed suit.
“Right! Rank 1 Human Class! You’re a good-for-nothing!”
“That’s right! Shame on you!”
“…”
Su Heng laughed as many disciples echoed him. He looked at Su Mo and said, “Su Mo, so many people are calling you trash and a good-for-nothing. Do you know your place?”
The Fourth Elder laughed and said with a sneer, “Su Mo, I told you so!”
Su Mo walked up to Su Heng and said, “Su Heng, you call me a piece of trash and a good-for-nothing, but let me ask you this: if you find out you’re not as good as me, what does that make you?”
“I’m not as good as you? Haha! This is the funniest joke I’ve ever heard.” Su Heng sneered.
Not as good as Su Mo?
He had to be joking.
Su Mo’s eyes glinted coldly, and he said with a smile, “Su Heng, I’m issuing you a challenge. Do you dare to accept it?”
His words silenced everyone.
They all looked at Su Mo in disbelief.
Su Mo actually challenged Su Heng?
Su Heng was also stunned. After he awakened a Martial Soul of the Rank 4 Human Class, his position in the clan rose greatly, and he was awarded many family resources, which allowed him to reach Lv 3 Qi Cultivation Realm.
Yet, this good-for-nothing Su Mo still dared to challenge him?
The Fourth Elder was the first to respond. He said to Su Heng in a hurry, “Since he wants to challenge you, you should teach him a lesson.”
Su Mo’s earlier provocation had angered him. As an elder, he could not directly punish his inferior, but luckily, Su Mo presented the opportunity himself.
“Haha! Don’t worry, Fourth Elder! I definitely won’t disappoint you!”
Su Heng smiled and walked towards Su Mo, his eyes flickering with malice.
Ever since Su Mo provoked him in the Book Collection Pavilion, he had been looking for an opportunity to teach him a lesson!
This unexpected challenge greatly excited him.
“Su Mo, how many moves of mine can you endure? Three? Or just one?”
Now that he was about to beat up Su Mo, he was in a very good mood.
Su Mo lifted his index finger and shook it.
“Haha! You’re quite self-aware! At least, you’re aware that you can only endure one move.” Su Heng chuckled.
“No! I mean I only need one move to deal with you,” Su Mo shook his head and said calmly.
Su Mo was not being cocky. Even without using genuine Qi, his physical strength was far more powerful than that of a martial artist of Level 3 Qi Cultivation Realm, rivaling the power of a martial artist of Level 4.
“One Move!”
Everyone was shocked by Su Mo’s words and thought he was a retard.
Even between martial artists of the same level, it was rare for one to defeat the other with one move. Never mind Su Mo, whose cultivation was much lower than Su Heng’s.
Defeating Su Heng with one move! They really had no idea if Su Mo was conceited or idiotic!
“Defeat me with one move?”
Su Heng became unpleasant. He did not think a piece of trash like Su Mo would dare look down on him like this.
“If I don’t cripple you today, my name won’t be Su Heng!”
Boom!
With a roar, Su Heng immediately released his Martial Soul, and four yellow halos shined behind him.
Rank 4 Human Class Martial Soul!
Su Heng’s Martial Soul was a majestic goshawk with sharp eyes.
After he released his Martial Soul, Su Heng’s aura rose sharply.
His cultivation completely exploded.
“Die, Su Mo!”
Su Heng roared and was the first to strike, clawing at Su Mo’s chest.
Su Heng used his strongest skill so he could defeat Su Mo in one move and let Su Mo know the distance between them.
He also wanted Su Mo to know what a joke his earlier pride was!
Su Mo raised his hand and punched Su Heng’s claw.
This was a regular punch without using Martial Soul or Genuine Qi.
Su Heng sneered. This good-for-nothing was so arrogant that he wanted to stop him with a punch? Impossible!
“I’ll break you!”
Genuine Qi swiftly spewed from Su Heng’s hand, and his five fingers turned to silver spears. He wanted to break Su Mo’s fist.
What happened next was completely unexpected.
When his claw hit Su Mo’s fist, Su Heng felt a strong force that pushed his hand away and hit his chest.
Bang!
The fist squarely landed on Su Heng’s chest. A raging force surged from Su Mo’s fist, fracturing his chest with the sound of cracking bones. Su Heng was thrown about six meters away and crashed on the ground, spewing blood.
The audience was completely silent. All eyes were frozen on him.
Su Mo defeated Su Heng with a single punch?
The Fourth Elder looked at Su Heng, who was lying on the ground in a daze.
“How could it be… How could it be?”
Su Heng was unable to accept the outcome and roared angrily with a twisted expression. However, just after he finished shouting, he was spitting blood again.
“You called me a piece trash and a good-for-nothing every time you opened your mouth, but this piece of trash just defeated you with a single punch. Doesn’t that make you worse than trash?”
Su Mo said mockingly, walking to Su Heng and looking down on him.
“You… ” Su Heng looked livid, ashamed, and resentful.
“And you, Fourth Elder. Do you still think I’m useless now? I’ve defeated your prodigy, Su Heng, whom you thought highly of. What is he now?”
Su Mo looked at the Fourth Elder.
“You only won through sheer luck. You have nothing to be smug about!”
The Fourth Elder’s expression was unpleasant. “The year-end clan meeting is in two months. When that time comes, you’ll realize the true abilities of the outstanding talents in our clan. You’re nothing compared to them!”
“Through sheer luck?” Su Mo said with a smile, “I am quite lucky. Perhaps “through sheer luck”, I can achieve a high ranking in the clan meeting.”
At that, he turned around and left.
Chapter 9: Purple Gold Pavilion
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Purple Gold Pavilion
In the yard, Su Mo kept swinging his fist with sharp whistling sounds and layes of fist shadows.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Amidst constant resounding collisions, Su Mo immersed himself in his fistplay.
He pictured himself as the sea, the genuine Qi as the water, and his fist force as great waves dashing against the rocks and constantly gushing.
After a long time, he stopped, wiped sweat off his forehead, and sat down in the yard.
Su Mo had made rapid progress in cultivating Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist. He had already achieved the Great Completion Realm in just two days.
In Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist, threefold fist force was a sign of crossing the threshold, fivefold fist force was a sign of Minor Completion, and sevenfold fist force was a sign of Great Completion. Now that he had achieved sevenfold fist force, he was not far from achieving ninefold fist force, which was a sign of the Completion Realm.
With his strength and physical force nowadays, Su Mo was not afraid of martial artists at Lv 4 Qi Cultivation Realm at all.
He did not rush to cultivate the scrolls in the storage ring, because it was more urgent to improve his cultivation.
“I have to find a way to increase the rank of my Martial Soul,” Su Mo murmured to himself.
He was now performing both Qi Cultivation and Body Refining at the same time. He needed a great amount of Spiritual Qi for Elephants Strength Skill, but his Rank 3 Human Class Martial Soul did not absorb Spiritual Qi quickly enough.
The only way to improve the rank of a Martial Soul was to devour Beast Souls and other Martial Souls.
Devouring Martial Souls was not practical for now, since he could not kill people in the city, so he had to devour Beast Souls.
In addition to hunting for Beast Souls, he could also buy them with gold from any big shop in Sunnywood City.
However, they were not cheap. The higher the rank of demonic beast, the pricier its Beast Soul was.
As far as Su Mo knew, the Beast Soul of a demonic beast with Lv 3 or 4 Qi Cultivation Realm usually cost over one kilogram of gold each.
After pondering for a while, he had an idea and walked to the Master Mansion.
“Haha! Mo’er, you came just in time. I have something to ask you.”
In the Master Mansion, Su Hong smiled at his son and asked, “Is it true that you beat Su Heng with just one move the other day?”
“Yes.” Su Mo nodded.
“Haha! Good, you proved yourself to be my son.”
After hearing his son confirm it personally, Su Hong was very satisfied. He knew that Su Mo might have encountered some miracles, but he did not inquire about them and just said encouragingly, “Mo’er, just keep trying. Even though your Martial Soul doesn’t have a high rank, you may still reach the Spiritual Martial Realm one day.”
“Yes, Father.”
“Alright. Why are you here?”
“I have a favor to ask. Please help me,” Su Mo answered earnestly.
Su Hong was a little bit surprised by Su Mo’s seriousness and said, “Mo’er, I’m your father, not a stranger. Tell me what you want, and as long as I can do it, I will never decline.”
“Father, I need 500 kilograms of gold,” Su Mo said.
He looked at his father nervously, for fear of refusal.
500 kilograms of gold was not a small sum. Usually, the income of the entire Su family for a whole year was only 5,000 kilograms of gold, so 500 kilograms of gold was more than the Sus’ monthly income.
If Su Mo was still regarded as a genius, it would not be difficult to get him 500 kilograms of gold.
However, with his Martial Soul, he was regarded as a piece of trash. Even if Su Hong managed to get him the gold, he would be under a lot of pressure from the family.
Su Mo had asked for such a large quantity of gold because he wanted to buy a lot of Beast Souls. As long as he could get enough Beast Souls, the rank of his Martial Soul would soar, and along with it, his cultivation speed.
Su Hong was surprised. He stared at his son to make sure he was not kidding, but after a while, he nodded and said, “Wait here. I’ll be back in a minute.”
Then, he left.
He did not ask Su Mo why he asked for so much because he trusted his son.
Su Mo waited in silence, and soon, Su Hong returned.
“Here are the gold tickets for 500 kilograms of gold. Take them!” Su Hong passed Su Mo several gold tickets.
Holding the tickets, Su Mo took a deep breath and said, “Father, I won’t let you down in the clan meeting in 2 months.”
…
Su Mo headed toward the marketplace.
After an hour, he stood at the door of a big store. It had a gilded tablet with bold script that read: Purple Gold Pavilion.
Purple Gold Pavilion was a three-storey tower covering over 100 acres. It was the biggest store in the entire city. As long as you had enough money, you could get any cultivation skill, elixir, weapon, or anything else related to cultivation.
It was said that Purple Gold Pavilion had powerful connections, belonged to a major chamber, and had branches in many cities in Skymoon Country.
It held so much power in Sunnywood City that even the Sus and the Weis dared not to get in trouble with it.
“How can I help you?” asked a young and beautiful maid reverently as Su Mo entered the pavilion.
“I want to buy some Beast Souls,” Su Mo answered.
“You want to buy Beast Souls? Come with me!”
Su Mo soon followed her to a counter that specialized in Beast Souls, where there stood an old man in gray. He smiled and asked, “Could you tell me what rank of Beast Souls you want to buy?”
“How much Beast Souls of Middle Lv 1 cost?” Su Mo asked.
A Beast Soul of Middle Lv 1 was of Class 4 Lv 1, Class 5 Lv 1, or Class 6 Lv 1.
“Class 4 Lv 1 Beast Souls cost one and a half kilograms of gold each, Class 5 Lv 1 Beast Souls are two and a half kilograms, and Class 6 Lv 1 Beast Souls are five kilograms,” the old man answered.
“I’ll take 200 Class 5 Lv 1 Beast Souls,” Su Mo said after some quick consideration.
He had devoured a lot of Beast Souls in Breezewind Mountain, so he knew that Beast Souls of higher rank were more effective.
While the prices of Beast Souls doubled with each one level, his Martial Soul was only at Rank 3, so Class 5 Lv 1 Beast Souls were enough for him.
“What?”
The old man was so astonished, so he checked again:”Are you sure you are taking 200 Class 5 Lv 1 Beast Souls?”
“Yes, is there a problem?” Su Mo asked.
“I can’t call the shots for such a grand deal. I need to inform the leader of Pavilion. Please wait a moment!” the old man answered and rushed into the backyard of Purple Gold Pavilion.
Su Mo could do nothing but wait.
Soon, the old man rushed back and told Su Mo, “The leader of Pavilion would like to meet you.”
“Show me the way,” Su Mo said.
In the backyard of Purple Gold Pavilion, there was a small house. Su Mo followed the old man into a side hall.
He was stunned when he got inside.
There was an extraordinarily stunning woman sitting in the hall.
She looked like she was in her late 20s, with refined facial features on her charming face, and her skin was snow-white. She wore a tight leather skirt that fit her curvy body perfectly.
This was an enchanting beauty with peerless charm!
She was the leader of Pavilion, Luo Huan.
Chapter 10: Luo Huan
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Luo Huan
“Young Master Su, welcome to Purple Gold Pavilion.”
Luo Huan smiled coyly, giving off an air of seduction. Even the sound of her voice held a hint of charm.
Su Mo quickly regained his composure while secretly scolding himself for losing focus and almost being captivated by her.
However, this woman was truly exceptional. He had rarely seen anyone like her, even in his past life.
“Please take a seat, Young Master Su.”
Luo Huan arched her thin brow slightly and could not help but feel impressed by Su Mo.
She was very confident about her looks. Any man who saw her was often rendered speechless or would have a lewd expression on his face.
Meanwhile, this 14-year-old young man was only slightly stunned before regaining his composure.
“Thank you, Her Excellency.”
Su Mo sat down, confused by the fact that she knew his name.
However, Su Mo soon realized that he was now “well-known”.
“Ha ha! Don’t be so formal. My last name is Luo, and I’m a couple of years older than you, so you can call me Sister Luo,” Luo Huan said with an unwavering and charismatic smile.
Um!
Su Mo was dumbfounded, and then immediately nodded his head.
Luo Huan continued, “I heard that Young Master Su wants to purchase 200 Class 5 Lv 1 Beast Souls, but our pavilion only has 150. Would Young Master Su be willing to have the remaining 50 replaced by Beast Souls of other levels?”
“Class 4 Lv 1 Beast Souls would be fine!” said Su Mo.
He did not mind that Class 4 were less effective because he could simply take more.
“Yes, Young Master!” Luo Huan nodded, took out a gray pouch, and handed it to him.
“Here are 150 Class 5 Lv 1 Beast Souls, and 85 Class 4 Lv 1 Beast Souls. That’ll be 500 kilograms of gold. Also, this storage pouch is a gift from me to you.”
Su Mo was shocked by her generosity.
This storage pouch was definitely not cheap. Even the cheapest pouches cost over 35 kilograms of gold.
“Ha ha! Thank you so much, Sister Luo!”
Su Mo did not object and accepted the storage pouch.
After buying the Beast Souls, Su Mo immediately said his goodbyes and left.
“My Lady? I heard that young master Su only has a Martial Soul of Rank 1 Human Class, why are you…?” asked a frowning old woman, who appeared silently in the hall.
“Aunt Xu, Su Mo isn’t as simple as he seems. I can feel that he has incredibly strong Qi blood, much stronger than that of other martial artists of his level.”
…
While Su Mo was out purchasing Beast Souls in Purple Gold Pavilion, there was a meeting going on in the Su meeting hall.
“First Elder, why have you called this meeting?”
asked Su Hong, who was seated at the head of the table and eyeing the First Elder.
“Master, I heard from the Accounting Department that you took out 500 kilograms of gold today. What were you planning on using this money for?”
The First Elder Su Yue, a grumpy middle-aged man in his 40s, interrogated Master Su Hong as soon as the meeting began.
As the First Elder of the Sus, Su Yue was second only to the Master in power and status.
He was also the only person in the Sus who had the nerve to speak to Su Hong in this manner.
“These 500 kilograms of gold were funds for Su Mo to purchase resources for his cultivation,” admitted Su Hong frankly.
“What!?” The First Elder was shocked.
All the elders were also completely shocked!
“Su Hong, are you insane?”
The First Elder came to his senses, sprung to his feet, and roared, “Su Hong, how dare you use 500 kilograms of gold to cultivate your failed son! As the Master, what right do you have to spend that much gold on your own son? The Sus doesn’t consist of only your family. I won’t allow it!”
“That’s true. Su Mo is a failure. We shouldn’t waste so much on raising him!” agreed the Fourth Elder, Su Tai.
“Exactly, Master. It’s so selfish of you to care only about your own son!”
“How could you waste so much gold on raising your degenerate son?”
“…”
All the other elders spoke to echo the First Elder.
“Are you all done talking?”
Su Hong waited for everyone to quiet down and scanned the room of elders coldly. “I’ve already spent the 500 kilograms of gold. This issue is over. If there’s nothing else to discuss, let’s end this meeting!”
“What? It’s all been spent already?”
Everyone was stunned.
The First Elder’s countenance hardened.
His son, Su Yu, had awakened a Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul and was regarded as the first genius in the Sus, yet all his monthly cultivating expenses barely exceeded 50 kilograms of gold.
Yet, a piece of trash like Su Mo somehow managed to use up over 500 kilograms.
…
After successfully buying his Beast Souls, Su Mo was extremely excited and impatiently ran home.
He was eager to see what level his Martial Soul would advance to after devouring these Beast Souls.
“It should be enough to advance to Rank 6 Human Class!” thought Su Mo.
“Ha ha! Little lady, with me, you’ll feel like a goddess every day.”
“Get out of my way!”
“Damn, don’t flatter yourself. It’s an honor to be selected by me.”
Suddenly, Su Mo heard a ruckus and saw three young men ahead of him surrounding a maid in blue.
She was extremely pretty, with a stunning face, pale skin, and willowy figure.
The leader of the young men was about 16 or 17 years old and sickly pale, and he was staring lewdly at the maid.
The maid was terrified but could not escape, since she was surrounded.
“Ha ha! You have nowhere to run!”
The young man cackled perversely and reached out to grab her hand.
BAM!
Suddenly, a palm reached out and cast away his hand.
“Damn it, what nuisance has the nerve to interfere with my business?” the young man yelled angrily.
He turned around to see who it was, and immediately chortled, “Wow! Look who it is, the top ‘genius’ of the Sus!”
The young man heavily emphasized the word “genius” with a jeering expression on his face.
It was indeed Su Mo.
“Come here, Qingqing!”
Su Mo gestured for the maid to stand behind him.
This maid in blue also belonged to the Sus and was called Su Qingqing. Although Su Mo was not close to her, he still knew who she was.
He could not bear to watch the inferiors of the Sus being bullied without doing something.
“Brother Su Mo!”
As soon as Su Qingqing saw Su Mo, she hurriedly hid behind him like he was her savior.
“Only you, Wei Lin, would be so shameless to harass women in broad daylight!” chuckled Su Mo at the perverted young man.
The young man’s name was Wei Lin. He was the second son of the Master of the Weis.
He was notorious in Sunnywood City for using his clan’s power as an excuse to commit all kinds of atrocious deeds.
Countless women had been violated by him.
“How dare such a piece of trash like you interfere with my business. You must be tired of living!” said Wei Lin in a wild and boasting tone.
“Are you calling me a piece of trash?” Su Mo’s expression hardened. He was instantly enraged by the title.
“That’s right. You have a Rank 1 Human Class Martial Soul. That makes you a piece of trash!” scoffed Wei Lin.
“You have two choices: One, give Su Qingqing to me, kneel and bow your head to me in repentance, and call me grandfather three times, so that I will let you go. Two, I’ll shatter all your limbs, then take Su Qingqing with me.”
Wei Lin was determined to have Su Qingqing today. He had pined for her beauty for a long time, and he was not willing to give up his opportunity to have her.
Although Su Qingqing belonged to the Su clan, she was only a common inferior, and her parents had little status in the clan. Even if Wei Lin forced himself on her, there would be few consequences.
“Kneel and bow my head in repentance? Call you grandfather three times?”
Su Mo’s eyes flashed with rage. “Are all members of the Wei clan the same? Both Wei Long and Wei Lin love to make people bow down to them!”
“I’m giving you the span of three breaths to disappear from my sight, or you’ll have to deal with the consequences,” said Su Mo coldly.
He was not at all scared of these three people.
Aside from Wei Lin, who was at Lv 4 Qi Cultivation Realm, the other two with him were both at Lv 3.
“What?”
Wei Lin was shocked and then scoffed, “Deal with the consequences? How dare a piece of trash like you say such bold things to me!”
“You two, attack him! Don’t beat him to death. Just break his limbs,” ordered Wei Lin.
“Ha ha, don’t worry young master. Leave it to us!”
His two companions cackled and rushed toward Su Mo.
Chapter 11: Rank 5 Human Class
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Wei Lin’s two lackeys rushed at Su Mo without hesitation.
However, they were thrown back much faster.
Bang! Bang!
With two crashes, the men flew back and fell to the ground heavily with painful screams.
“Wei Lin, do you really think these two degenerates can break my limbs?” Su Mo said with a disdainful smile.
“You…!”
Wei Lin had not expected that Su Mo could defeat them in merely a second, so he felt very angry.
“Humph! You’re at Lv 3 Qi Cultivation Realm. No wonder you’re so arrogant.”
Wei Lin laughed at him and threatened. “But your strength is nothing compared to mine. Today, I’ll not only break your limbs but also destroy your cultivation and make you a truly useless piece of trash.”
“Ho!”
As Wei Lin shouted out loud, he fully released his Lv 4 Qi Cultivation, and his Martial Soul rose up behind him, bathed in yellow light.
His Martial Soul was a demonic wolf of Rank 3 Human Class, so it had three yellow halos.
His talent was only average, but he was older and had awakened his Martial Soul last year, so he was able to reach Lv 4 Qi cultivation Realm.
…
The commotion had already attracted many spectators.
They all burst into a discussion since the two were both “well-known”.
“He’s Su Mo, the young master of the Sus. He’ll get a really bad beating today for insulting Wei Lin, the second son of the Weis!”
“Yeah! He might be capable of defeating those two subordinates, but he can’t defeat Wei Lin.”
“…”
Standing behind Su Mo, Su Qingqing instantly became pale after seeing Wei Lin releasing all his spirit.
She was only a normal girl who had not awakened her Martial Soul, so Wei Lin’s menacing aura made her very nervous.
“Brother Su Mo, I shouldn’t have gotten you involved. It’s best if you leave! Don’t worry about me,” Su Qingqing said to Su Mo hastily.
Su Mo smiled and said, “Qingqing, relax. He’s all bark and no bite.”
“Hum! Su Mo, you’re so arrogant and ignorant.”
Wei Lin punched toward Su Mo’s lower abdomen, shouting, “Go to hell!”
He intended to destroy Su Mo’s elixir field first.
“You’re asking to die!”
At the same time, Su Mo punched toward Su Heng’s fist, channeling his genuine Qi and sevenfold fist force coupled with the strength of his body.
“Ninefold Ocean Wave Fist!”
Bang!
The two fists crashed into each other, releasing a blast wave around. Su Mo stood in place, while Wei Lin was knocked back and exposed his vulnerable torso.
Dong!
Su Mo seized this opportunity to quickly rushed forward and punched toward Wei Lin’s lower abdomen.
“You piece of trash! How dare you?”
Wei Lin was very shocked, but he did not have enough time to dodge it. In a hurry, he tried to use his left arm to block the attack.
Crack! Pop!
After the sounds of breaking bones followed a sound similar to that of popping a balloon.
Wei Lin’s arm was snapped by the powerful force, and his bare bones exposed.
Even though his arm had blocked Su Mo’s fist, his elixir field was shattered.
“You… you destroyed my elixir field?”
Wei Lin became numb shock, then he instantly started to scream.
“Since you want to destroy mine, you run the risk of having yours destroyed. Get used to being a useless waste!” Su Mo said coldly.
He would never hold back against such dirtbags.
Wei Lin was at Lv 4 Qi Cultivation Realm, but he had indulged so much in wine and women that his genuine Qi was weak. Therefore, he was barely better than Su Heng, who was at Lv 3 Qi cultivation Realm.
After saying those words, Su Mo pulled the shell-shocked Su Qingqing away, leaving the stunned crowd behind.
…
In the mansion of the Sus—
After coming back to the mansion, Su Mo went to his room.
He took out his storage pouch and poured out over 200 gray crystals.
These were Soul Crystals, which were used to contain Beast Souls.
Since the beasts’ level were too low, the Beast Souls had lost their consciousness after death.
If not contained in the Soul Crystals, Beast Souls would vanish in a very short time.
Su Mo released his Martial Soul, a dark vortex, floating behind him with three shining yellow halos.
Crack!
Su Mo crushed two Class 4 Lv 1 Soul Crystals, and the Beast Souls instantly floated out.
He hurriedly channeled his Devouring Martial Spirit, which immediately produced a strong suction and devoured the two Beast Souls.
His Devouring Martial Spirit did not change after devouring two Beast Souls, so he continued to crush the crystals.
Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!
10 Beast Souls!
20 Beast Souls!
40 Beast Souls!
As he devoured the 60th Class 4 Lv 1 Beast Soul, the Devouring Martial Soul abruptly trembled, and the fourth yellow halo burst out.
Rank 4 Human Class Martial Soul!
Su Mo felt excited and continued devouring.
When he finished all Class 4 Lv 1 Beast Souls, he started to devour Class 5 Lv 1 Beast Souls.
He could clearly feel that these Beast Souls were more powerful than those before.
10 Beast Souls!
30 Beast Souls!
50 Beast Souls!
100 Beast Souls!
140 Beast Souls!
Even after he devoured the 140th Beast Soul, he was depressed to find that his Martial Soul had still not progressed.
The higher the level of his Martial Soul, the harder it was to progress.
“I hope the last 10 Beast Souls won’t disappoint me.”
Crack! Crack! Crack!
After he crushed and devoured the last 10 all at once, his Devouring Martial Soul finally changed.
Another yellow halo appeared again.
Five yellow halos. It was Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul!
He was overjoyed and immediately used his Martial Soul to absorb the aura from heaven and earth with all his strength.
Strands of aura quickly convered to him and entered his body.
After his Martial Soul leveled up, it absorbed aura 10 times faster than it did at Rank 3 Human Class.
After a long time, he stood up in high spirits.
“Su Yu, you’re called the first genius of the Sus, and you have a Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul, right? Just wait until I crush you in the clan meeting.”
Su Mo smiled. “Also, Liu Yushan, you’ll know how stupid your choice was.”
Then, he went to the clan armory and picked out a steel long sword.
He needed to practice swordsmanship.
He could not use the Spirit-slayer Sword often because its level was too high.
He knew that it was not smart to show off his wealth.
He would cultivate not only Divine Wind Swordplay but also Shadow Steps and Primordial Qi Manual.
These three manuals were Lower Lv 3 Cultivation Skills. His strength would greatly increase when he had successfully cultivated them.
Divine Wind Swordplay belonged to the Wind System and had four moves.
The first move was Gale Blade.
The second move was Separating Remnant Clouds.
The third move was Wind Roaring in the Sky.
The fourth move was Divine Wind Kill.
Each move was harder to practice, and more powerful than the one before.
The key point of Divine Wind Swordplay was speed. The moves must be fast beyond the limits.
Shadow Steps was a profound footwork. When he reached its Great Completion, he could move shadowless.
As to Primordial Qi Manual, a cultivation skill, the practicer could cultivate Primordial Genuine Qi, which was 10 times more powerful than the genuine Qi in Clouds Skill.
In the following days, he practiced swordsmanship and movement in daytime and cultivated Primordial Qi at night. As a result, his strength was stably improving.
One day, he was practicing swordplay in the yard.
The water-like sword radiance formed a shining sword curtain, and the unstoppable sword Qi sliced the air into pieces.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Right at that moment, someone began knocking furiously on his door.
Su Mo frowned and thought, “This man isn’t knocking on my door, he’s pounding on it, like he wants to smash it to pieces.”
“Who is it?”
Su Mo opened his door with a cold face.
Chapter 12: The Punitive Visit
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Su Mo opened the door.
A middle-aged man in his 40s stood behind the door with a face of indifference.
He was Su Tai, the Fourth Elder of the Sus.
“What do you want, Fourth Elder?” Su Mo asked coldly.
“Humph! Su Mo, you’d better go to the meeting hall at once.”
Su Tai smirked with a hint of gloating in his eyes.
“The meeting hall? What for?”
Su Mo felt confused.
Su Tai impatiently scolded, “Stop with all the questions! You’ll know when you get there.”
“Humph!” Su Mo grunted and walked toward the meeting hall.
“Loser, you shouldn’t be so arrogant. I can’t wait to see you be punished today.”
Su Tai sneered and followed closely behind.
In the meeting hall—
Su Hong sat in dignity in the seat of honor.
Beneath him, several elders and junior disciples of the Sus were sitting to his left.
On the right were two middle-aged men and three young men of the Weis, all of them fuming with an accusatory look.
“Why hasn’t Su Mo arrived yet?”
A middle-aged man of the Weis wearing a brocade robe asked sullenly.
“Haha! Our Fourth Elder has already informed him. He’ll be here any minute,” said an elder of the Sus with a conciliatory smile.
“Su Mo hurt my son. How will you punish him?” Another middle-aged man asked.
He was Wei Wankong, the Master of the Weis.
“Ah…”
The present elders of the Sus remained speechless. They all wanted to say that the Weis could punish Su Mo however they liked, but they did not dare to speak before Su Hong.
Nobody wanted to talk first and infuriate Su Hong.
“Su Hong, your son hurt my son and destroyed my son’s cultivation. If you don’t do something about it, the Weis will never forget this,” said Wei Wankong, who coldly scanned the room and fixed his eyes on Su Hong.
“Since Su Mo had evil intentions and hurt your son, we should let you punish him at will.”
The First Elder replied before Su Hong could.
His eyes were full of gloating.
“How dare you?”
Su Hong abruptly shouted and looked at him. “First Elder, are you the Master? Can you make decisions for the Sus?”
“You…!”
The First Elder was furious but could not refute him, and his expression suddenly became stony.
“Master Wei, we don’t clearly know about the incident and can’t make a decision until my son is here,” Su Hong said to Wei Wankong.
“Humph! I’m looking forward to a satisfactory result.” Wei Wankong sneered.
“It will definitely meet your demands!” The Sus’ elders showed fake beaming faces.
While some of them cursed Su Mo inwardly.
“Why did that piece of trash choose to hurt Wei Lin, out of all people?”
“That loser just got us into deep water! “
None of the elders were willing to offend the Weis. While the Sus and Weis were regarded as the two largest clans, the latter was more powerful than the former.
The Weis had ruled over Sunnywood City for over 200 years, so they had a profound background.
However, the Sus only rose into prominence in the past few decades, so their background was less profound than the Weis’.
The Weis sneered at the desperate Su elders, their faces full of contempt.
Everyone waited in silence.
The atmosphere in the hall was very grim.
After a while, footsteps sounded outside of the door.
Su Mo and the Fourth Elder entered the hall.
“Su Mo, do you confess your crime?”
The First Elder suddenly yelled as soon as Su Mo entered the hall.
“Confess my crime?” With a glint in his eyes, Su Mo asked, “First Elder, what have I done wrong? Why should I confess?”
“You maliciously mutilated the second son of Master Wei. You’re the scum of our clan and have embarrassed us greatly. What do you have to say for yourself?”
The First Elder, with his determined gaze and unstoppable aura, wanted to fix the crime on Su Mo.
“Su Mo, describe to us how you hurt Master Wei’s second son.” Su Tai, the Fourth Elder, also ordered.
The other elders also echoed him. Now that the First Elder had taken the lead, they did not hold back.
Now, all the elders of the Sus were on the First Elder’s side.
The first elder not only was as powerful as Su Hong, but also, more importantly, he had a genius son.
Su Yu had a Rank 5 Human Class Martial Soul, and as the first genius of the Sus, he would rule the clan someday.
All of the Weis only watched silently.
“Maliciously? Scum?”
Su Mo laughed and indifferently asked, “Elders, as soon as I entered the hall, you said I’m malicious, called me a scum, and want my confession. How are you so sure that I’m guilty since you know nothing?”
Glancing at the Wei clan, Su Mo realized that the Weis came here!
“How dare you to quibble?” The First Elder yelled, and his looked extremely gloomy.
Su Mo’s eyes grew cold. He sneered and said, “First Elder, you asked me to confess before hearing my explanation. Am I guilty just because you say I am? Is everything I said quibbling? Are you an elder of the Sus or the Weis?”
“You…!”
The First Elder was incensed. He did not expect Su Mo to be so sharp-witted.
“It’s enough, Mo’er. Tell us about it in detail.”
Su Hong said as he glared at the First Elder with narrowed and piercing eyes.
“Alright!”
Su Mo immediately gave them a specific description of what had happened.
However, he did not mention Su Qingqing by name and only explained that Wei Lin wanted to abduct a girl.
Su Qingqing was just a common inferior in the Sus, and he did not want to get her in trouble.
“Humph!”
As soon as Su Mo finished speaking, Wei Wankong burst out shouting, “Douchebag, you hurt my son, and you deserve to die, period.”
“That’s right. You’re so mean! Death sentence!”
“You should have known that you would die for provoking the Weis.”
The Weis all started to yell one by one.
“Wei Lin attempted to break my limbs and destroy my elixir field, so I was forced to maim him.”
Su Mo ignored the Weis and instead asked indifferently, “Elders, in your opinion, was it criminal of me to defend myself against someone who wanted to destroy me?”
“Outside of the mansion, all disciples of our clan can only be bullied by others, and if we fight back, we’ll be criminals. Am I right?”
His brilliant words made all the elders sullen and silent.
“Master Wei, it’s pretty clear that your son wanted to break my son’s limbs and destroy his elixir field, so he had to defend himself. Your son brought the trouble to himself.”
“It’s impossible!”
Wei Wankong shouted loudly with a cold expression. “My son’s misfortune is all your son’s fault. If you don’t let me handle this little piece of sh*t, you’ll face the wrath of the Weis!”
“Humph! Destroying scumbag like your son is doing everyone a favor!” Su Mo disdainfully responded.
“Fu*ker, go to hell!”
Wei Wankong screamed angrily, suddenly stood up and flew toward Su Mo.
A bleak aura of killing desire radiated from his body and enveloped the entire hall.
