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Chapter 276: The Map
Chapter 276: The Map
Bai Shi Yong and Bai Yuan Qing could only watch in shock as Hou Hao was pierced through by Chen Mu's Evil Exorcising Thunder Spear, flying over a hundred zhang away before falling to the ground. Their faces were filled with astonishment and disbelief.
Hou Hao was a Celestial Demon Sect Venerable, a figure on par with a Marrow Washing Grandmaster! Even the Seventh Rank Venerables of the Celestial Demon Sect, when it came to strength, could only be considered as having just stepped into the Grandmaster realm, not quite reaching the level of many renowned and established Grandmasters. But they were still of a different caliber, figures to be looked up to and revered.
Yet, this formidable expert couldn't even block a single move after Chen Mu drew his Spirit Armament!
"Who... who are you?" Bai Yuan Qing trembled, his eyes filled with disbelief.
A Thunder Dao Master as powerful as Chen Mu was a rare sight in the entire Cold Northern Path. They were all renowned and famous figures, but Chen Mu was completely unknown to Bai Yuan Qing!
This Thunder Dao Master seemed to have appeared out of thin air, and his formidable strength couldn't be that of an ordinary newly-ascended Grandmaster. The Evil Exorcising Thunder Spear he wielded was clearly a high-level Spirit Armament, imbued with immense power.
Chen Mu didn't respond. He turned his gaze to Bai Yuan Qing and Bai Shi Yong, his voice cold, "Aside from the two of you, who else from the Bai family has joined the Celestial Demon Sect?"
Bai Yuan Qing's forehead was drenched in cold sweat, his eyes filled with fear. But at this moment, in front of Chen Mu, he didn't dare move a muscle. The existence that could kill a Celestial Demon Sect Venerable with a single strike was someone he couldn't resist.
"Spare my life, Senior..." Bai Shi Yong's body trembled with cold sweat as he saw Bai Yuan Qing standing stiffly. He knelt down and pleaded, "Only my grandfather and I in the Bai family practiced the Celestial Demon Sect's secret technique. It was to prevent the Seven Mysteries Sect from finding out. The more people who practice it, the greater the risk of exposure. This was all my grandfather's idea. Please spare us..."
As Bai Yuan Qing listened to Bai Shi Yong's words, his heart, which had been filled with terror, now surged with anger.
"You, you bastard!"
It was clear that the Bai family wouldn't be able to pass this hurdle. As the instigator, Bai Shi Yong wouldn't survive, and Bai Yuan Qing was no exception. He even dared to beg Chen Mu for mercy, not out of fear of death but sheer stupidity. How could he have such a foolish grandson, and why had he favored this one the most?
Bai Yuan Qing's anger surged, and he raised his right hand, slapping Bai Shi Yong on the head. He intended to kill Bai Shi Yong.
Just then, a large group of Bai family members nearby witnessed this scene, their faces filled with shock. Bai Shi Yong's father, Bai Ying Sheng, and the others were especially confused, not understanding why Bai Yuan Qing wanted to kill Bai Shi Yong.
Plop!
Bai Shi Yong's eyes widened in horror as he rolled to the side, trying to dodge Bai Yuan Qing's palm strike. But he couldn't escape. Bai Yuan Qing's palm struck him, causing his brain to burst and his body to turn into a bloody mess.
Chen Mu watched this scene with cold eyes, not intervening.
After Bai Yuan Qing killed Bai Shi Yong, he seemed to descend into a state of madness. He let out a maniacal laugh, and his aged skin began to crack, revealing a body covered in fine red scales. His aura became terrifying as he charged towards Chen Mu.
Not far away, Bai Ying Sheng and the other Bai family members watched in shock as Bai Yuan Qing suddenly transformed into a demon.
However, Chen Mu didn't react much. After witnessing the mutual destruction of Bai Yuan Qing and Bai Shi Yong, he had lost interest and didn't feel the need to capture and interrogate anyone further. It seemed that practicing the Celestial Demon Sect's evil art had not only transformed Bai Yuan Qing's body but also corrupted his mind.
Boom!!!
Chen Mu faced the crazed Bai Yuan Qing, swinging his sleeve. As the sleeve fell, purple thunder rumbled and crashed down, enveloping Bai Yuan Qing completely. He couldn't even scream as his fine red scales shattered and exploded, his body turning into a mess of flesh and blood.
The onlookers, including Bai Ying Sheng, were shocked. Most of them had cultivated to the Five Viscera Realm and could sense the terrifying power in Chen Mu's strike, as well as the even more terrifying pressure from earlier... Could this person be a Marrow Washing Grandmaster?!
"Who else is from the Bai family?"
After eliminating Bai Yuan Qing, Chen Mu turned his gaze to Bai Ying Sheng and the others.
Bai Ying Sheng and the others were still processing what had just happened when they heard Chen Mu's cold question. Finally, someone reacted, "B-Bai Ying Wu, we've met the Grandmaster."
"Bai Ying Sheng greets the Grandmaster..."
The high-ranking members of Emerald Rock Manor knelt before Chen Mu, afraid to move. Their minds were in disarray, replaying the horrifying scene they had just witnessed, still struggling to believe it.
Bai Yuan Qing had killed Bai Shi Yong, and just now, he had transformed into a demon. Could it be that the Bai family's elder had been possessed by a demon? And what about that even more terrifying demonic aura they had sensed earlier?
"Where is the treasury of Emerald Rock Manor?" Chen Mu asked, looking at Bai Ying Sheng and the others.
At this moment, Chen Mu could clearly sense that Bai Ying Sheng and the other second-generation members of the Bai family did not have mixed demonic energy and had not practiced the Celestial Demon Sect's evil art.
However, Chen Mu was no longer interested in dealing with the Bai family and Emerald Rock Manor. Even if Bai Ying Sheng and the others didn't know that Bai Yuan Qing and Bai Shi Yong had practiced the Celestial Demon Sect's evil art, they were still aware of Bai Shi Yong's casual killing of maids and servants. Chen Mu didn't think much of it, and according to his intelligence, eliminating this branch of the Bai family wasn't a significant loss. He just needed to confirm the location of Emerald Rock Manor's treasury to save some time.
"This..."
Bai Ying Sheng and the others looked at Chen Mu, their faces changing. Although they still didn't understand what was happening, they were unsure if the Bai family had been invaded by demons. But the stranger before them clearly didn't have good intentions.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Chen Mu, however, seemed to have lost interest in talking. Almost as soon as Bai Ying Sheng and the others hesitated, he raised his hand, and the people nearby were crushed by the power of heaven and earth, turning into powder without any resistance!
Everyone was shocked, and Bai Ying Sheng and the others, who were kneeling, felt the power of heaven and earth around them intensify, making it difficult to struggle.
"My patience is limited."
Chen Mu wasted no time with unnecessary words and spoke directly.
As they witnessed several people beside them explode into a bloody mess, Bai Ying Sheng and the others' eyes were filled with shock and terror. Finally, they reacted, and for a moment, they trembled.
"I, I know..."
Someone responded quickly, their voice frantic as they spoke.
"I know too, and I also know where the secret vault is..."
A young third-generation member of the Bai family, like Bai Shi Yong, spoke with a tense and fearful tone.
Finally, Chen Mu lowered his hand, his voice indifferent as he said,
"Wait here."
Swish.
As his words fell, he was bathed in thunderous light, and his figure flickered as he strode towards the distance. After two or three steps, he had already reached a hundred zhang away, amidst the collapsed and ruined buildings.
There, the body of Hou Hao, a seventh-rank venerable of the Celestial Demon Sect, lay amidst the rubble. Many of the Bai family's guards and servants had gathered nearby, all with shocked expressions, unsure of what had just transpired.
However.
In a 6-1-9-1-book-1-bar-1-look-no-mistake version!
As Chen Mu approached, the sound of thunder and footsteps reverberated, and a terrifying pressure filled the heavens and earth. The thick heavenly and earthly power suddenly became oppressive, causing those nearby to feel suffocated. Their horrified gazes turned towards Chen Mu.
Chen Mu walked step by step towards Hou Hao's body until he reached the front of the corpse. The numerous Bai family servants gathered nearby were all crushed to the ground, some even prostrating themselves, feeling the terrifying aura emanating from Chen Mu. For a moment, they dared not even breathe, regardless of their cultivation realm. Even those with lower cultivation levels could clearly sense Chen Mu's terror.
The pressure was overwhelming, far surpassing the power of the Bai family's five-organ realm experts by several dozen times. Especially now, someone had roughly identified the body with a shattered chest, pierced through by a strike, as a demon from the Celestial Demon Sect, and at least a sixth-rank or higher, possibly a seventh-rank venerable!
A seventh-rank venerable was an incredibly formidable existence, comparable to a marrow-washing master. For these cultivators, even those who had reached the bone-forging realm, it was a terrifying figure to behold. So, the one who had killed this seventh-rank venerable from the Celestial Demon Sect was undoubtedly even more formidable.
Whether it was the oppressive pressure from Chen Mu, the overwhelming heavenly and earthly power, or the shock of seeing Hou Hao, a seventh-rank venerable, die before their eyes, everyone nearby was prostrated on the ground, not daring to move or even stand up.
Chen Mu walked up to Hou Hao's body and extended a finger, releasing a bolt of thunderous light that pierced through Hou Hao's skull, shattering the scales on his head and penetrating it.
Seeing that Hou Hao's body still showed no reaction, Chen Mu finally lowered his hand and turned his gaze to Hou Hao's body, giving it a cursory examination. However, he didn't find anything significant.
But as Chen Mu's hand passed over the cavity in Hou Hao's chest, pierced by the evil-exorcising thunder spear, he suddenly sensed an unusual ripple from within the flesh and blood. His eyebrows twitched slightly, and he gestured with his right hand, summoning the evil-exorcising thunder spear back into his hand. Then, he slashed it towards Hou Hao's chest.
The evil-exorcising thunder spear emitted strands of thunderous light, concentrated at its sharp tip, without diffusing its power. With Chen Mu's control, the spear easily tore through Hou Hao's scales, slicing his right chest horizontally and slowly cutting into his flesh.
As the spear cut about ten centimeters deep, Chen Mu felt a void beneath the spear's slash.
Zzzz!
He immediately retracted his power, and the purple thunderous light quickly dissipated.
The evil-exorcising thunder spear had sliced open Hou Hao's right chest, revealing a strange sac-like object. Once it was cut open, something hidden within was exposed.
First, there was a small roll of peculiar demon skin, pale yellow in color. Chen Mu casually picked it up, unrolled it, and examined it closely. He saw various patterns and textures on it, resembling a map. However, he couldn't find any region on the map of the eleven states of Cold Northern Path that matched it.
Chen Mu was now a six-organ realm expert, with abundant qi and blood, keen senses, and a photographic memory. Previously, at the Seven Mysteries Sect, he had memorized all the maps of the eleven states of Cold Northern Path. Although those maps might not have been highly detailed, they could still identify areas down to the county and township level. If he couldn't find a corresponding region, it was highly unlikely to be a map of Cold Northern Path.
As far as Chen Mu knew, the Grand Xuan Dynasty's ninety-nine states had a vast territory. Beyond the borders lay either the boundless and perilous outer sea or the remote and desolate wilderness, inhabited primarily by foreign tribes or evil sects like the Celestial Demon Sect.
Of course, these areas were considered desolate compared to the common folk. Most regions in the wilderness beyond the borders were unsuitable for farming or herding, with scarce resources for survival. Thus, even during the Grand Xuan Dynasty's heyday, there was no further expansion.
However, due to the desolation, the wilderness beyond the borders was rarely visited, making it richer in heavenly and earthly spirit beasts and resources deep within the earth's veins. There were also unique places in the wilderness called 'Great Wilderness,' where heavenly and earthly power surged like tides, and even marrow-washing masters faced mortal danger. These areas were even more abundant in resources.
The resources of the Seven Mysteries Sect came partly from various sources within the Crystal State and partly from the exploration of regions like the 'Great Wilderness' by grandmasters, who would provide the sect with unnecessary resources they acquired.
Hou Hao was a seventh-rank venerable, stronger than some figures on the Gale Wind Rankings. He was slightly stronger than first-tier grandmasters and weaker than second-tier grandmasters, making him a formidable figure. If it weren't for his current advancement to the six-organ realm and the power of the evil-exorcising thunder spear, it would have been difficult for Chen Mu to defeat him.
A figure like Hou Hao, who had deliberately hidden something on his body, and the material used was clearly extraordinary, at least made from the skin of a sixth-rank or higher demon beast, was not an ordinary map of the borderlands. The patterns drawn on it were intricate and bizarre, resembling a multi-layered environment or a constantly changing region. Therefore, Chen Mu deduced that this map likely depicted a 'Great Wilderness.'
Although Chen Mu had no immediate plans to explore the Great Wilderness and didn't intend to venture far from the Crystal State before becoming a grandmaster, having a map of the Great Wilderness would still be useful. If nothing else, he could sell it to other grandmasters in exchange for valuable resources.
(End of Chapter)
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