Chapter 534

"Husband, what's wrong?"

Hua Hua Baobao keenly sensed her husband's anomaly and asked with concern.

"I... I'm fine."

Su Donglai took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and squeezed a smile at his wife, but the astonishment, incredulity, and even a trace of indescribable loss and frustration in the depths of his eyes could not be completely hidden.

He had just broken through the Earth Altar realm "Passing the Divine Bridge," feeling that his cultivation had greatly improved, finally narrowing the distance with some young geniuses of the same age, and he was full of ambition.

But this letter...

Chen Mu, Heavenly Palace realm?

Killing two great Demonic Path Heavenly Palace elders?

That young man who once secretly helped him in White Cloud City to win a beautiful wife, now actually stands at a height he needs to look up to, and even finds it difficult to reach in his lifetime?

Hua Hua Baobao was clever, seeing his expression, and glimpsing the words "Chen Mu" and "Heavenly Palace" vaguely on the letter in his hand, she understood most of it instantly.

She gently held Su Donglai's slightly cold hand and said softly: "Father often said that Young Master Chen is a rare genius in the world. Such a person is a star born to be looked up to."

"We just need to be down-to-earth and walk our own path. If we insist on comparing our light with the stars, we will only burn our eyes and disturb our minds."

Feeling the warmth and understanding from his wife's palm, Su Donglai's heart trembled, and the waves in his eyes slowly subsided.

He held Hua Hua Baobao's hand back tightly and nodded heavily: "I understand."

Yes, he understood.

Compared with monsters like Chen Mu, there is no benefit other than looking for trouble and breeding inner demons.

The road of martial arts is ultimately a contest with oneself.

Chen Mu is Chen Mu, and he, Su Donglai, is Su Donglai.

Being lucky enough to be born in the same era as such a star and witness its light might also be a kind of luck.

Thinking through this, Su Donglai's heart suddenly opened up, that trace of frustration dissipated invisibly, replaced by a more calm firmness.

He carefully put away the letter and put on a relaxed smile: "Let's go, Hua Baobao, let's continue walking and see if the flowers in the garden have bloomed."

Southeast Path, a prosperous prefecture city.

Hero Tower.

The lobby on the first floor was noisy.

Dozens of martial artists were sitting around more than a dozen tables, drinking wine in large bowls, eating meat in large mouthfuls, and discussing the most sensational topic recently with spittle flying.

Chen Mu broke through the Heavenly Palace and killed the Demonic Path elder.

"If you ask me, Inspector Chen must have obtained the inheritance of an ancient great power! Otherwise, how could he progress so fast?"

"Fart! It's clearly that Inspector Chen is gifted and has superb insight! You haven't heard of his deeds in the South Mountain Path, Jiangnan Path, and Southeast Path. Which time was it not winning by weakness, crossing borders to kill enemies? Such a person, what's strange about breaking through the Heavenly Palace?"

"That's right, Inspector Chen is the model of our Righteous Path! Killing the Demonic Sect elder is gratifying! Should float a big white!"

"Come, come, come, celebrate for Inspector Chen! Cheers!"

"..."

Just as everyone was in high spirits, drinking and drinking, an old man wearing an old cloak and a full face of sideburns walked in from the open door of the Hero Tower, head down.

He originally wanted to find a corner seat to sit down, but the noisy discussion in the lobby, especially words like "Chen Mu," "Heavenly Palace realm," and "Killing Demonic Path Elder," pierced into his ears like needles.

The old man's footsteps stopped abruptly, and he suddenly raised his head!

Under the shadow of the cloak, a pair of originally turbid eyes suddenly erupted with terrifying ferocity and incredulity.

Swish~

His figure flashed like a ghost, instantly crossing a distance of several zhang, appearing beside a wine table, reaching out a hand that was withered like a chicken claw but contained terrifying power, and grabbed one of the martial artists who was talking with spittle flying from his seat.

Almost lifting him to the height of looking at himself, his voice was hoarse and dry, carrying irrepressible excitement and violence.

"What did you just say? That Chen Mu of the Zhenwu Division... broke through the Heavenly Palace realm? And killed the Heavenly Palace elder of the Demonic Path?!"

The grabbed martial artist was only at the Innate cultivation, scared out of his wits by this sudden attack and the old man's terrifying aura, his face pale, stuttering.

"Yes... yes... senior... the world... has spread... Chen Mu, Inspector Chen, broke through the Heavenly Palace realm, at Soul-Falling Gorge, fighting two with one, killed two Heavenly Palace realm elders of the Blood Refining Sect and Blood Demon Sect..."

Plop!

The old man was like being drained of all his strength, his hand loosened, the martial artist fell to the ground, not caring about the pain, rolling and crawling to hide aside.

The old man was unaware, standing still, his face changing between green, white, red, and purple as if a dye shop had been opened.

Shock, jealousy, resentment, incredulity, and a trace of fear seeping into the marrow, various emotions crazily intertwined in his eyes.

"How could it be... how could it be like this..."

He roared silently in his heart, "That Earth Altar realm kid... how is it possible! How is it possible to step into the Heavenly Palace realm so quickly!?"

This old man was none other than Gao Gao Xingde, who chased Chen Mu a few years ago, then was seriously injured by the "Giant Gate Star," and after luckily escaping, had been hiding his name and hiding in a remote place to heal his wounds!

He spent several years, using up all his collections, to barely recover seventy percent of his injuries, feeling that his strength had recovered most of it, and was about to come out of the mountain, one to investigate Chen Mu's whereabouts, settle old grudges, and two to see if he could get some benefits in the chaotic situation of the Great War between Righteous and Demonic factions.

But he never expected that the first news he heard when he stepped into the city was that Chen Mu, whom he regarded as prey and thought he could catch at will, had already stepped into the Heavenly Palace realm of the same rank as him!

And as soon as he broke through, he made an astonishing battle record of killing two martial artists of the same rank.

What does this mean?

It means that Chen Mu not only caught up with him in cultivation, but his true combat power was probably far above his "old" Heavenly Palace early stage, which had not yet fully recovered from serious injuries.

A cold despair and monstrous hatred instantly drowned Gao Gao Xingde.

He seemed to have seen how ridiculous and small his thoughts of revenge and seizing opportunities were in front of Chen Mu's current light and strength.

"No... I don't believe it... it must be a rumor... or he used external force, formations..."

Gao Gao Xingde's eyes were gloomy, whispering to comfort himself, but his trembling fingers and chaotic aura betrayed the stormy waves in his heart.

Suddenly turning around, ignoring the suspicious people in the lobby, like a bereaved dog, staggering out of the Hero Tower, disappearing into the bustling crowd outside.

He just wanted to leave here as soon as possible, find a place with no one, and digest this terrifying news that was enough to make his Dao heart collapse.

In the Hero Tower, after a brief silence, more enthusiastic discussion erupted again.

Everyone talked about the old man who appeared and left suddenly, looking like a madman, but soon, the topic returned to the radiant "Chen Mu."

From south to north, from east to west, the name Chen Mu, like a clap of thunder, exploded under the sky shrouded in the clouds of the Great War between Righteous and Demonic factions.

Whether it was amazement, worship, suspicion, jealousy, or fear and hatred like Gao Gao Xingde, it could not change one fact.

An unprecedentedly dazzling new star had already risen fiercely in the martial arts starry sky, and its light was destined to illuminate an era!