blueteamnovel Chapter 306 - 304 Conspiracy
Chapter 306 - 304 Conspiracy
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Geng District Number 9, Tongtian Tower, the sixty-third floor, Chen Mu’s room.
The white walls radiated a warm luster, clearly not jade or stone, but some kind of bone or keratin.
The corners were rounded, not like they were pieced together but rather as if they were one whole.
Chen Mu took a meditation cushion out of the Five Ghosts Bag and placed it in front of the large floor-to-ceiling window, then sat down cross-legged and looked down over the entire Water Mansion.
The glittering ceiling of the sky, the yellow and white Tongtian Tower, the wide crisscrossing streets, the bustling crowd, and the occasional streaks of light and various flying kites that cut across the sky.
"What a wondrous world."
Watching a streak of emerald light zip over his head and straight into the distant Jinzhu Dojo.
Chen Mu’s face showed envy, "Although flying kites can also fly, compared to this Flying Escape Technique, they still lack a bit of flair."
"One day, I will be able to fly on my own!"
Chen Mu called up the grey wall, full of longing.
Writing: 8521/10000/Second Rank;
Drawing: 5967/10000/Second Rank;
Cooking: 8145/10000/Fifth Rank;
Pharmaceutical Technique: 7217/10000/Fifth Rank;
Five Ghosts Moving Mountain Curse: 7136/10000/Eighth Rank;
Shape-shifting Technique: 8372/10000/Fourth Rank;
Planting: 6933/10000/Third Rank;
United Heart Curse: 4502/10000/Ninth Rank;
Fire Cloud Curse: 4386/10000/Second Rank;
Manipulation: 6736/10000/First Rank;
Triple Yin Slaying Demon Technique: 4228/10000/Third Rank;@@@@
Truthful Listening Technique: 9006/10000/Fourth Rank;
Five Elements Qi Absorption Technique: 9181/10000/Second Rank;
"The Triple Yin Slaying Demon Technique is too noisy, can’t cultivate that."
"Manipulation requires going out to fly, can’t practice that either."
"If I could just slightly control the temperature, perhaps I could practice the Fire Cloud Curse."
"I just don’t know if there is any equipment in Tongtian Tower designed for flames," Chen Mu looked around the room.
In a former life, hotel apartments had fire alarm systems, "Better to ask later just to be safe."
Chen Mu stared at the grey wall, plotting.
"First max out the Second Rank of the Five Elements Qi Absorption Technique."
"Then start learning the Five Qi Primordial Technique while simultaneously cultivating the Truthful Listening Technique."
"Once the Truthful Listening Technique reaches the limit of Fourth Rank Perfection, I’ll start on the Fire Cloud Curse."
With a plan in place, Chen Mu completely closed himself in.
He closed his eyes and began to cultivate the Five Elements Qi Absorption Technique.
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Four days later.
Chen Mu opened his eyes, staring blankly out of the floor-to-ceiling window. He absentmindedly watched the flying kites in the sky for a while before snapping back to reality.
"Getting too immersed isn’t good either," Chen Mu clicked his tongue.
Watching the experience points slowly increase, that feeling was truly joyful.
But over time, it’s easy to develop a sense of unreality about time slipping away.
"This place is ultimately the domain of Heavenly River Water Mansion, we can’t let him make a noise."
The tall man sighed, "This guy is such a nuisance, how did he end up staying just above Mo Wuzhou’s room."
"Isn’t that perfect," Prefect Zhang chuckled, "We want to catch Mo Wuzhou by surprise, so we need to destroy the floors."
"The Water Mansion’s strongmen and Song Wujie will definitely come to investigate, and this guy can take the fall for us."
The tall, muscular man shook his head, "If Heavenly River Water Mansion gets involved, they will surely see through it."
Prefect Zhang’s eyes narrowed with a smile, "Of course, they will figure it out. But all we need is for him to delay them for a bit."
"Just enough to allow me to leave the Water Mansion’s Dragon Gate at leisure."
"The Prefect has considered everything," the tall man suddenly realized.
...
Inside Chen Mu’s room, after enjoying a full meal, he was in no rush to cultivate.
Instead, he took out the Heartless Bell that he hadn’t used in a long time.
A thread of mana followed the Primordial Talisman into his palm, and then into the Heartless Bell.
Clang!
A sound like that of a bronze bell echoed.
The blood in his body suddenly vibrated gently.
The relief of taking a brisk 3-kilometer walk and lightly sweating spread swiftly through his body.
Then, looking at the distant view through the floor-to-ceiling window, he felt refreshed and carefree.
"What a fine thing," Chen Mu said, fondly fidgeting with it.
With the intervention of mana, the Heartless Bell’s soul-stirring and spirit-capturing capabilities were still ineffective on him.
But its ability to vibrate the blood and relieve fatigue from long sitting began to take effect.
"This is way more reliable than any massage chair."
Chen Mu chuckled and put it away.
...
In the following days, Chen Mu began to attempt to understand the Five Qi Primordial Technique.
Similar to the Qi Absorbing Technique, this too was a foundational talisman.
Different elixirs, due to their need for various aggregation methods, gave rise to different aggregation techniques, such as the Golden Bead Talisman required for the Fasting Pill.
"No wonder alchemy makes money, the barriers are truly high!"
To absorb the components of elixir pills, one needs the component talisman.
To aggregate raw materials into an elixir pill, one needs the aggregation talisman.
To control the alchemy furnace, you also need different talismans corresponding to the different states.
A simple Fasting Pill involves five kinds of talismans, what about other, more complex elixirs?
And even if one mastered them all, the success rate of alchemy still remains an issue.
"To grasp a variety of talismans requires exceptional talent."
"To increase the success rate of alchemy, one needs a lot of financial resources to practice."
"I lack talent and resources."
"Can an ordinary person like me really perform alchemy?"
Thinking of this dim future, Chen Mu couldn’t help feeling disheartened.
"Three months of hard training and I’ve only mastered two talismans."
"Look at Mo Wuzhou; he only took half a year!"
"Even though I’ve worked so hard..."
Chen Mu shook his head with a wide grin, "I can’t compare, just can’t compare."
"Ha ha!"