Chapter 46: Chapter 36 The Beginning of Chaos i
Translator: 549690339
“Stay inside, I’ll go outside and see!”
Instructing Ye Yingying to take Little Ling’er and hide within the defensive array, Xu Mu stepped out of the house, casting a light body skill.
He propelled off his tiptoe!
A jump, and he was on the rooftop!
Xu Mu gazed into the distance.
The night was clear with scattered stars and breezes came in waves, rather pleasant.
But Xu Mu had no mood to appreciate this.
In his pupils reflected glimmers of fire and streaks of swords flying past.
The city had become a sea of blood and fire, cries for battle and the clash of swords constantly echoed.
“Was it the Chi Family’s doing? Or was it just them?”
Xu Mu recalled the warning from Chi Feiyan during the day.
As for the motive, it was self-explanatory.
To take a huge risk before their departure.
The most unfortunate were those families that had lost their foundation establishment stage members.
According to Chi Feiyan, out of the original seven foundation establishment families, only two or three still had members in the foundation establishment phase.
Unfortunately, she didn’t tell him which families they were.
He just hoped that it wasn’t the Luo Family!
Xu Mu prayed silently.
“Friend Xu!
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Lan Shijin also emerged from the house, manipulating her flying sword to land beside Xu Mu.
The sweet scent around her made Xu Mu involuntarily rub his nose.
“Do you know what’s happening, Friend Xu?”
Looking at the distant fires, Lan Shijin wore a worried expression.
She was 80% convinced that if the Clear River Sword Sect hadn’t been defeated, this wouldn’t have happened.
“It’s all for benefits! A few families just want to take one last opportunity before their departure!” Xu Mu sighed.
After tonight, even without the Soul Forging Sect, White Stone City would be completely desolate.
Not only did Xu Mu and Lan Shijin hear the commotion, but other residents of the slum area also heard it and hurried out to inspect.
Some had gleaming eyes, some looked astonished!
Some rushed back home, some stealthily hurried over.
The chaos in the city was both a peril and an opportunity.
It all depends on how you look at it!
“Friend Xu, I’m thinking we should leave together tomorrow!”
Lan Shijin hesitated before saying.
Given the current situation, there was no way to stay in White Stone City anymore.
After tonight, the entire city would descend into chaos. Leaving with Xu Mu at least meant protection from a foundation establishment cultivator.
“That’s great!” Xu Mu said happily.
“Why don’t you move over tonight? It’s a good idea to have each other’s back in case things get dangerous!”
The chaos had only just begun, and no one knew whether it would spread to the slums.
“Okay!”
Lan Shijin simply nodded her head.
Hesitation was unnecessary since they had made the decision to leave together.
Xu Mu told the three women and Little Ling’er to stay inside while he kept watch outside.
The city’s confusion was spreading as he anticipated. Apparently, in addition to the major families, many loose cultivators also joined, all the bold ones were indulging in this final frenzy.
Xu Mu also felt a strong urge to join, but considering his wife and daughter at home, he gave up the idea of taking risk.
“I wonder if Friend Su and Shopkeeper Tu are in danger?”
He didn’t know many people, these two were the only ones living in the city.
Su Qing should be prepared and if she had the Song family’s protection, her safety should be assured.
Shopkeeper Tu, an experienced old hand, should also be able to survive.
Of course, that was just his personal guess, no one knew the specifics.
While keeping watch outside, Xu Mu wasn’t idle. He had his system upgrade his fire-controlling skill.
Originally, he thought to wait until the tier three fire-controlling skill reached proficiency and naturally integrate it, thereby saving some luck value. But it looked like he couldn’t wait now.
Better to upgrade for safety’s sake!
Lest, in the end, he might die, but the points would still remain!
“Tier Three Fire-controlling Skill +10!”
“Tier Three Fire-controlling Skill +10!”
The three-tier Fire-controlling Skill, which was just on the brink of a breakthrough, quickly reached its maximum.
[Three-tier Fire-controlling skill proficient; 0/1600]!
[A fusion skill has been detected, would you like to proceed with merging?]
The icons for the two-tier Fire-controlling Skill and three-tier Fire-controlling Skill simultaneously light up.
“Merge!”
Xu Mu did not hesitate.
A large stream of information began to collide and eventually merged in his mind, evolving into a completely new three-tier skill.
[Fusion complete!]
[Please provide a new name for your skill!]
“Three-tier Fire-controlling Skill!”
Xu Mu decided to keep the original name.
However, the newly fused ‘Three-tier Fire-controlling Skill’ is clearly much more powerful than the original.
Once the naming was done, a new icon immediately appeared on the system panel.
[Three-tier Fire-controlling Skill Master; 6217/6400]!
Because of the promotion through fusion, it dropped straight from Grandmaster level to Master level.
But the power was only ever stronger, not weaker, than it was before.
However, Xu Mu didn’t stop there and continued to add points to the Fire-controlling Skill, elevating it to the Grandmaster Realm in one go.
A massive influx of experience made his mind feel momentarily dizzy, and he recovered after a brief pause.
Simultaneously, the golden flame symbol in between his eyebrows split into three interconnected ones, resembling a lotus flower, and then swiftly faded.
Xu Mu didn’t notice this anomaly on his forehead. Still, he felt that the original flame sensation had suddenly expanded multiple times, already covering a radius of a hundred zhang. It’s similar to the divine intent range of the Foundation Establishment Stage, just not as clear.
The system interface at this moment had changed to:
[Three-tier Fire-controlling Skill Grandmaster; o/i.28w]!
Xu Mu spread out his five fingers, and a blood-red flame appeared with a “poof”, burning non-stop in his palm as if it were a thick blood.
“The essence of the flame has indeed changed!” Xu Mu exclaimed internally.
The flame he originally released was orange-red, ordinary fire. Most tier two and three Fire Skills unleash this kind of flame.
But what he was releasing now was a Spiritual Fire!
Upon entering the second form, the “Compression Flameball” adopted this colour.
The third form turned black!
The fourth form, blue!
As for the fifth and sixth, he didn’t know yet.
With the fire entering the second form, whether it’s attack power, cohesion, or compression, all have undergone a qualitative change. One could say that his strength had greatly increased.
He didn’t need anybody to tell him these; he had realized all of it during his breakthrough.
The only thing he doesn’t know yet is the specific power.
He only knows it’s stronger than before, but how much stronger can only be known after testing.
“I wonder if 1 could kill someone at the Foundation Establishment Stage with a compressed fireball now?”
The difference between the Foundation Establishment Stage and Qi Cultivation Stage is like night and day.
Not only does spiritual power in the body transform into a purer True Yuan, rendering magic artifacts more powerful, but it also gives birth to True Flame and Divine Intent. The former can be used for Alchemy and refining weapons; the latter allows the cultivator to employ multiple magic artifacts. Even their physical condition far exceeds that of the Qi Cultivation Stage.
In a nutshell, it’s an all-round upgrade!
A cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage who had Divine Intent could easily detect any movement within a radius of a hundred zhang and was almost impossible to ambush.
Even if Xu Mu could condense a fireball powerful enough to kill his opponent, he wouldn’t have the chance to throw it at the enemy.
Hence, this thought could only remain a nice idea.
Probably, it would never be realized!
But against someone at the Qi Cultivation Stage, he should be able to wreak havoc.
The increase in strength gave him a tremendous amount of confidence. Watching the increasingly chaotic marketplace in the distance, he felt much calmer.
After leveling up the Fire-controlling Skill, he still had over a thousand Luck Value points left, so he continued to add points, this time to the Light Body Skill.
However, unlike the Fire-controlling Skill, the Light Body Skill was far from a breakthrough, so Xu Mu could only add points little by little.
While he was sitting on the roof, observing the situation far away and improving his skills, Li Moqing from the neighbouring house, quietly slipped out and headed for the marketplace.
“Has this woman gone mad?”
Seeing the departing Li Moqing, Xu Mu felt very surprised.
Even if you want to take advantage, you have to consider your own abilities first!
A Qi Cultivation third-layer like you, isn’t this sheer suicide?!
Xu Mu was somewhat speechless.
But he didn’t pay much attention.
Whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with him.
As time trickled by, Li Moqing soon quietly returned from outside. Behind her was a youth who had been made invisible..
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