Chapter 107: New Card: Soul-Enhancing Card!

Chen Mu's eyes turned cold; his figure flickered as he rushed toward the southeast.

The man skimming low to the ground fled straight toward the southeast.

Swoosh!

The "Cloud-Stepping Step" was pushed to its limit—one step a hundred zhang.

One step, two steps, three steps…

When he took the ninth step, Chen Mu stopped.

Two steps ahead, a river five meters wide flowed from north to south, winding endlessly.

The man skimming low to the ground had leapt into the water just two breaths ago!

Once he entered the water, both the "Listen to the Wind" skill and "Wolf Sniffs the Moon" became useless.

"…"

The river kept flowing, racing far away, vanishing into the mountains and forests.

Tracking was impossible!

"Huh~"

Chen Mu took a deep breath and turned away.

The news will likely leak.

Good—Chen Mu was planning to leave Nan Yun Prefecture anyway.

Sun Jindong was dead; his mind was clear—he could now travel to other Dao Domains and assume his post as Inspector!

Of course, overseeing a single prefecture's Town Martial Office was merely incidental.

Finding all the scattered "Sword Gear" was the main goal!

The "Duan Tianhe Sword Scripture" left behind by "Duan Tianhe Sword Sovereign" pointed the way to the "Sword Gear."

Once all the "Sword Gear" were assembled, even Fang Yuanfu at his peak could be slain head-on by Chen Mu!

"Fang Yuanfu spoke the 'Duan Tianhe Technique' via True Qi voice—the hidden person likely didn't hear."

"If this person doesn't recognize Duan Tianhe True Qi, he won't know the 'Duan Tianhe Sword Scripture' is on me!"

Chen Mu pondered as he walked.

Compared to retaliation from the Han South Fang family, exposure of the "Duan Tianhe Sword Scripture" would be the real trouble.

A Second Stage Innate cultivator like Chen Mu, carrying a supreme True Art—such news spreading would be no different from a child walking through a crowded market with gold.

Countless people would rush forward, chasing and surrounding him!

Of course.

If it truly came to exposure, the solution was simple.

Hand over the "Duan Tianhe Sword Scripture" to Zhao Fuzhou.

Chen Mu had learned Zhao Fuzhou's patronage through the "Hero Hall."

Central State Dragon Court, Headquarters of the Town Martial Office, one of the Five Grand Pacifiers—a Ten Thousand Forms Realm expert!

Surrendering the "Duan Tianhe Sword Scripture" to gain protection from a Ten Thousand Forms Realm expert would be sufficient.

But if he did this, he could never obtain the "Sword Gear" or "Sword Soul" left by "Duan Tianhe Sword Sovereign."

Zhao Fuzhou's master was an ancient monster who had lived nearly four hundred years—a contemporary of "Duan Tianhe Sword Sovereign."

Even if he didn't know "Duan Tianhe Sword Sovereign" personally, he must have heard of him.

How could he not know the supreme techniques of "Duan Tianhe Sword Sovereign"?

…

"Huh~~"

Chen Mu took a deep breath, steadied his emotions, and calmed his mind.

Overthinking was useless—just maintain a calm heart.

One step a hundred zhang, he returned to the site of Fang Yuanfu's death, searched his body, and found a bamboo sliver and several silver notes.

The bamboo sliver was strange, glowing faintly, and felt springy to the touch.

"Heart-Matched Bamboo?"

Chen Mu recalled a communication device.

The Great Zhou realm had nineteen Dao Domains—vast territory.

To maintain stability across such vast lands, communication was key.

The wonder-item "Heart-Matched Bamboo" was one such tool.

This bamboo was cut into pieces, scattered far apart; within a thousand li, triggering it with True Qi allowed users to leave written messages that others would receive.

Another wonder-item, "Voice-Transmitting Stone," enabled voice communication within five hundred li when activated by True Qi.

The highest-grade communication tool was a specially forged treasure called the "Ten Thousand Li Sky-Link Mirror."

Video calls across ten thousand li!

The "Heart-Matched Bamboo" on Fang Yuanfu's person was clearly a Fang family member's communication device.

Since it wasn't from the same bamboo stalk, Chen Mu took it and crushed it immediately.

As for the card, he had already retrieved it.

A new card: Soul-Enhancing Card!

As the name suggests, using this card increases spiritual power.

Chen Mu pulled it out and used it immediately—the card turned into a stream of light, then sank into his third eye.

The next instant, a cool, refreshing sensation surged into his heart and lingered in his mind.

His entire soul felt nourished in an instant.

How much exactly it increased, Chen Mu couldn't describe—it had risen by a huge margin!

"Good."

Feeling the strengthening of his soul, Chen Mu nodded in satisfaction.

This Soul-Enhancing Card was undoubtedly more potent than the Qi-Enhancing Card!

The curly-haired man who came with Fang Yuanfu, the card Chen Mu picked up from his corpse, was a Qi-Enhancing Card—eight and a half months of Qi.

But his sword was excellent—a One Low-Grade Spirit Weapon.

The man who rescued Sun Jindong earlier also wielded a flame sword of One Low-Grade Spirit Weapon.

Chen Mu naturally wouldn't let these spoils go to waste.

He returned to check each corpse, retrieving silver notes, pills, several jade tablets, a short knife, and numerous throwing darts.

He left the corpses where they lay, letting wild beasts deal with them once night fell.

……

He changed clothes and returned to Wulong Fucheng.

Chen Mu wrote a letter, instructing his gang members to deliver it to the Town Martial Office in the Inner City, to Zhao Fuzhou.

The letter's content was simple: he hoped Zhao Fuzhou would accept the "Big Knife Gang."

Chen Mu was leaving; the identity "Guan Tong" must be officially erased.

With the "Big Knife Gang" unified in the East District, if left unchecked, chaos would surely return, causing countless deaths and innocent casualties.

If the Town Martial Office took over, disaster would be averted.

The letter was sent.

Chen Mu returned home, packed some belongings, then swiftly left the city, heading for "Ba Jian Mountain."

Di Chunlei had mentioned that the remains of "Duan Tianhe, the Sword Sovereign" were scattered and discarded in a corner of the cave.

Since he had obtained the "Duan Tianhe Sword Scripture" and been guided toward the "Sword Armor," Duan Tianhe was essentially his master.

Chen Mu was now the heir of "Duan Tianhe, the Sword Sovereign!"

Burying the remains of "Duan Tianhe, the Sword Sovereign" was necessary.

The only concern was that people were lurking around and inside the cave at the foot of "Ba Jian Mountain."

Shi Shi Kuangsheng, Wei Dongliang, and Huang Keqin hadn't left Nanyun yet.

The facts confirmed it.

When Chen Mu arrived at "Ba Jian Mountain," he indeed found three groups hiding near the cave.

Among them, six were Innate Realm cultivators.

Forcing entry was clearly impossible.

"…Got it!"

After a brief thought, Chen Mu devised a plan.

He took out an Invisibility Card and activated it!

An invisible energy field enveloped his entire body, and Chen Mu vanished completely.

A mountain breeze blew at the foot of "Ba Jian Mountain."

Chen Mu moved his form, blending into the wind, drifting silently into the empty cave.

He located Duan Tianhe's silvery-white bones, seized them from afar, and stored them in his palm-space.

The entire process was utterly silent.

His departure was the same—he drifted away with the mountain breeze.

Maintaining his invisibility, once far from "Ba Jian Mountain," Chen Mu reappeared.

He didn't rush to find a spot to dig a grave.

Carrying Duan Tianhe's bones, Chen Mu traveled eastward, leaving Nanyun Prefecture.

Once news of Sun Jindong and Fang Yuanfu's deaths spread, escaping would become difficult.

Yet.

Strangely, Chen Mu had traveled swiftly for three full days, completely exiting the Prefecture Region, yet found no one pursuing him.

"What's going on?"