Chapter 38: Mastery
Chapter 38: Mastery
Indeed, Wei Lun was killed by Chen Mu.
Including the entire courtyard of guards and servants, all fell to his hands.
It had been five months since Chen Yue went to the Inner City to train, but in reality, it took even longer for him to achieve perfection in the cultivation of the Gale Swordsmanship and Blazing Wind Blade Technique.
During this time, his strength had grown exponentially.
His system panel was now incredibly rich.
Martial Arts: Gale Swordsmanship (Perfection), Blazing Wind Blade Technique (Perfection), Spiritwind Sword Technique (Mastery)
Experience: 1125
Having mastered both the Gale and Blazing Wind blade techniques, he could now simultaneously unleash the 'Gale-Blazing' dual aura. Due to the compatibility between the Gale and Blazing Wind techniques, he could execute them seamlessly.
As for the Spiritwind Sword Technique, it was a sword art from the Xun Wind lineage that he discovered later. Although it was a sword technique, it didn't matter to him whether it was a sword or a blade, as his system panel ensured he was proficient with any weapon.
Moreover, the Spiritwind Sword Technique was an extremely secretive skill of Chen Mu's, used to kill Wei Lun and a guard. No one could have guessed that he possessed such a skill.
After personally examining the wounds, Min Baoyi defined the attacker as a powerful swordsman. His sword technique had not yet reached the aura level, but his physique was exceptionally robust, at least at the level of Muscle Mastery. Such a physique, stronger than his skills, usually indicated a person with a significant background.
After all, one could continuously improve their physique with money. With a few thousand taels of silver, even those with average talent could cultivate a Muscle Mastery physique. However, this was not something small households could afford.
But because of this, Min Baoyi's judgment was completely off.
Bullish Muscle Cultivation Method (Mastery)
Experience: 243
Chen Mu's Muscle Cultivation Method had only reached the level of Mastery, still falling short of perfection.
However, by perfecting all three Skin Tempering Techniques, his Steel Copper Skin made him incredibly formidable in Muscle Cultivation. Even at the level of Muscle Mastery, when unleashing his full power, he could rival those at the Muscle Perfection stage!
This was the reason for Min Baoyi's misjudgment.
In reality, with Chen Mu's current skills and techniques, even against someone like Min Baoyi, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage. Once he unleashed the Second Level Aura, winning the battle wouldn't be difficult.
With this newfound strength and confidence, Chen Mu became more active. The cultivation of his Muscle and Skin Tempering Techniques had consumed a lot of his silver, leaving him financially strained. Thus, he directly resorted to robbery.
In this world, what was the fastest way to make money? Of course, it was to rob.
Such incidents were frequent, occurring almost daily, making it challenging to keep track. The City Guard received similar reports daily but rarely investigated unless the victims were influential families who could pressure the City Guard to take action.
As the Senior Patrol Officer of the City Guard, Chen Mu was intimately familiar with the Nine Streets. He easily found suitable targets, like Wei Lun.
It wasn't solely because Wei Lun was a notorious criminal.
Chen Mu disliked pretense and didn't bother justifying his robberies as some noble cause. He targeted Wei Lun primarily because he had no complex background or connections. Once dead, there would be no further complications.
Min Baoyi's subsequent reaction to the incident was largely in line with his initial assessment. Regarding the unfortunate girl who had narrowly escaped the worst the night before, he didn't have much to say about her. After all, his home was not a shelter, and he had no intention of casually bringing people into his household; one old servant and one maid were enough.
Killing Wei Lun, his guards, and his way, without untying his ropes, was to prevent him from running amok. As long as he was left in the house, the City Guard would naturally discover him the next day. Liu Song and Li Tie had returned home, and Chen Mu felt no particular turmoil about it. There was no need for the girl to recognize him or feel obligated to repay him in the future.
This was the way of the Outer City.
Commoners lived in constant fear for their lives.
Even wealthy families trembled with anxiety, hiring numerous guards and martial artists to protect against powerful intruders who might rob and kill.
Only in the Inner City could one find true peace. Not only did the city lord's guards patrol day and night, but the guards of the major families also kept a watchful eye over their own streets and alleys. With numerous martial academies and martial artists around, any incident would be swiftly dealt with.
Take Tang Quan as an example.
A master of Muscle Mastery and Aura, he was no less formidable than Min Baoyi. Despite escaping to the Outer City after committing a crime, he was eventually forcibly captured.
In the 16th chapter of the 19th book, there's not a single mistake!
Even if Chen Mu hadn't been there that day, and the girl had lived a little longer by chance, she would have eventually met her end.
"Hmm..."
Chen Mu thought for a moment, then took out twenty gold leaves from the pile of silver, placing them in a small pouch. He reburied the remaining gold leaves and nearly two hundred taels of silver under the floor tiles.
He then used a box to cover the floor tiles and placed thirty to forty taels of loose silver ingots and lumps inside.
Silver was heavy.
Wealthy individuals typically didn't carry silver on their person; instead, they carried gold leaves, each worth about ten taels of silver. Twenty of these leaves were worth two hundred taels, and even their servants carried only a dozen or so taels for daily expenses.
Chen Yue, currently in the Inner City studying at the Yu Family Martial Academy through Xu Hongyu's connections, had her daily needs and medicinal powders provided by the academy. Still, she needed some silver money for emergencies, such as purchasing high-quality ligament and bone injury medicine if she accidentally strained her muscles during training.
Chen Mu had previously sent several dozen taels of silver to Chen Yue through a messenger.
At that time, he was still relatively poor, but now he was slightly more affluent. He planned to personally visit the Inner City to deliver the twenty gold leaves to Chen Yue, ensuring she wouldn't be in a tight spot.
Although two hundred taels of silver seemed like a substantial amount, it was not significant for Chen Yue, considering the Yu Family Martial Academy only accepted students from the Yu family's direct lineage or influential external forces like Min Baoyi, or extremely wealthy families. For them, a few hundred taels of silver were a mere drop in the bucket.
Thus, he wasn't concerned about the money causing any trouble for Chen Yue.
After a quick tidy-up,
Chen Mu changed into civilian clothing, keeping the patrol saber by his side. He then left for the Inner City with the gold leaves.
It had been nearly five months since he last visited her in the Inner City. By now, the young maid's resentment towards him likely flowed like a mighty river, unending.
(End of Chapter)
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