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Translator: Silavin
“You’re back?” At night, when Chu Mo returned home, he heard a gentle and pleasant voice. It was Chen Xiwei. She was just placing dishes on the table.
Seeing Chu Mo return, she immediately called out, “Quickly sit down, we can eat now.”
Chu Mo responded, then washed his hands and sat at the dining table.
Chen Xiwei served Chu Mo a bowl of rice and casually asked, “When I came back, I didn’t see you. Where did you go during this time?”
“Where else can I go? Just wandering around the base or reading books at the academy.” Chu Mo said with a smile.
Hearing this answer, Chen Xiwei nodded and didn’t say more.
The two ate from their bowls without talking. For a moment, the entire house fell into silence.
After who knows how long, Chen Xiwei suddenly spoke, “In this academy’s hunting trial, I was ambushed by Martial Artists from Changfeng Base and got severely injured. I nearly died!”
As she said this, Chen Xiwei’s eyes stared intently at Chu Mo, as if wanting to see any abnormal reactions from him.
But to her disappointment, Chu Mo only showed a hint of surprise and shock. He then asked with concern, “You’re okay?”
“I’m fine.” Chen Xiwei didn’t see any abnormality on Chu Mo’s face, but she still persisted, continuing, “At the critical moment, a mysterious person appeared to save me and even left me a lot of Ferocious Beast Materials, allowing me to get first place in this trial!”
“Then I must congratulate you. Winning first place, the academy must have rewarded many goodies, right?” Chu Mo offered his congratulations with a smile.
Chen Xiwei nodded. She originally wanted to say something more to probe, but seeing Chu Mo’s smile, she didn’t know how to bring it up at the moment.
But right then, Chu Mo put down his bowl and said, “I’m full. Today I’ll trouble you with washing the dishes, I’ll head back to my room first.”
With that, he got up to return to his room.
“Wait…” Chen Xiwei suddenly called out to Chu Mo.
Chu Mo turned his head, showing a look of bewilderment.
“During the trial at Mount Dashu this time, I originally wanted to find a Two-Headed Python. I wanted to slay one, and bring its gallbladder to you. But for some reason, when I went, the Two-Headed Python there was already dead, its gallbladder and heart gone.”
At this point, she paused, then continued, “But don’t worry, I’ll keep thinking of ways and will definitely find a method to make up for your lacking Cultivation Talent and Physique!”
Chu Mo nodded. “Thank you for your hard work. Actually, there’s no need to rush. Just let nature take its course.”
After saying that, he walked into his room and closed the door.
In the dining room, looking at Chu Mo’s tightly shut door, Chen Xiwei sighed.
She had always suspected that the person who saved her was Chu Mo. Although this matter was too bizarre, for some reason, she always held onto this speculation in her heart. Her question earlier was a probe, to see if Chu Mo would reveal any flaws.
Unfortunately, she didn’t sense any abnormality in his answer.
“Could it be… iIt really wasn’t him?”
…
In the room, thinking of what Chen Xiwei said in the dining room, Chu Mo couldn’t help but frown.
[Could she have discovered something?] Chu Mo was a bit hesitant.
Actually, whether he hid his strength or not wasn’t very important. Telling Chen Xiwei was fine too. It was just that Chu Mo didn’t know how to explain to her how he got so strong..
[Forget it, let fate run its course!] Chu Mo silently thought.
Throwing these chaotic thoughts out of his mind, Chu Mo was just about to take out a bottle of Level 2 Ferocious Beast Blood, drink it, and begin cultivating.
However, as soon as he opened his storage bag, Chu Mo saw an oval-shaped egg inside, about the size of a basketball.
It was the Ferocious Beast Egg he obtained from Su Xiaoxiao!
Sensing the aura within the Ferocious Beast Egg, still the same as when he first obtained it, he held it in his hand, still warm and smooth to the touch.
[According to the rumors, this Ferocious Beast Egg is a defective product that can’t hatch, but Su Xiaoxiao firmly said that wasn’t the case. Could there be some mystery to this Ferocious Beast Egg?] Thinking of this, Chu Mo’s eyes flashed with interest.
Ever since obtaining the Ferocious Beast Egg, he hadn’t carefully studied it yet. It just so happened that he was free now, so he decided to see if there was anything abnormal about this Ferocious Beast Egg.
However, no matter what methods Chu Mo could think of to try, such as infusing his own energy into it, smearing it with his blood, cutting and carving it with blades, drowning and burning it, there was still no reaction.
“I guess this reaction makes sense. If it was really that easy to get a reaction out of this Egg, it wouldn’t have ended up in my hands!”
Chu Mo gave up his research. He put the pet egg back into his storage bag, then took out a bottle of Level 2 Ferocious Beast Blood and downed it in one gulp.
Afterwards, he focused his mind, practicing the Spiritual Energy Body Tempering Technique, and began cultivating.
…
Just as Chu Mo was cultivating, on Luyang Base’s inner city district, inside a detached villa.
“Master, we’ve discovered Chu Mo’s whereabouts!” A servant reported with trepidation.
In front of him, hearing this news, Zhou Cheng immediately stood up and asked, “He appeared? Where is he now?”
“At home!” The servant answered.
“Very good!” A cold gleam flashed through Zhou Cheng’s eyes as he said in a deep voice, “Have people closely monitor him. As soon as Chu Mo leaves his home, immediately send someone to report to me. I want to personally take action to kill him!”
“Yes.” The servant nodded and respectfully withdrew.
After he left, Zhou Cheng couldn’t help but take a deep breath.
[It has been over a month! Over a month since I had Ke Nian bring Chu Mo back to me. Over this month, Ke Nian had not been sighted, not even once! At that time, I believed Ke Nian bungled the task. Who knew that a few days later, I would receive news of his death.]
Zhou Cheng knew his plan had been exposed and Ke Nian got killed by Chu Mo!
He believes Chu Mo must have obtained the Treasure of Heaven and Earth. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him, a waste who couldn’t cultivate, to have the strength to slay Ke Nian.
After learning of this, Zhou Cheng planned to personally take action, but he had discovered that Chu Mo had already disappeared.
Zhou Cheng didn’t give up though. He had his subordinates secretly monitor Chu Mo’s house.
Heaven do not betray his persistent efforts. After such a long time, Chu Mo’s whereabouts were finally found.
“After running for a month, you finally show yourself!” Zhou Cheng said viciously.
Thinking of how Chu Mo killed his son and even snatched his opportunity, it made Zhou Cheng livid. [It is fortunate that after I kill you, my opportunity would return back to me! By that time, I might even have hope of becoming a Martial Master or even Grandmaster!]
As for whether he could slay Chu Mo, he had no worries about that at all. An Early-Stage Martial Artist and Late-Stage Martial Artist were completely different.
Although Chu Mo could kill Ke Nian a month ago, it was impossible for him to grow to the point of being able to contend against Zhou Cheng in just a month’s time!
Therefore, Chu Mo’s death was certain!
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