Dawn broke, dispelling the darkest moments of the night.
As the first morning light fell, what twinkled under it wasnāt the usual dew on the plants in the Yang Clanās mansion, but was crimson blotches.
This ray of sun witnessed a revolution of Gangluo City in the past ten years. The largest and most powerful Yang Clan of Gangluo City, in one night, was strewn with corpses and bathed in blood, leaving less than one hundred dependents shivering in the blood, with the rest running away. The old city master mansion was now blood-stained grounds.
Yet, one of the four big clans of Gangluo City, the Chu Clan, also disappeared without a trace. No one noticed when this clan left. It was as if they had evaporated into thin air, leaving only messy horse tracks that lead eastward.
Gangluo Cityās east side had two roads, one was northeast towards the Jia Region, and the other went towards Huiyan City, which was the road at where Chu Mu had robbed the Yang Clanās money.
On the way to the Jia Region, Chu Mu rode his Night Thunder Dream Beast along to constantly create messy horse printsā¦ā¦
āThat should be enough?ā Chu Mu turned around to look at the marks along the road and then looked up at the dense stormclouds.
Chu Mu originally only wanted to check when it would rain, but he unexpectedly noticed a fire red organism fly close by from Gangluo City.
The fire red organism slowly approached Chu Mu, and it fell in front of him.
Chu Mu recognized this organism. It was naturally Qing Mengerās Flame Bird, and the person on it was the gentle and moving Qing Menger.
Seeing Qing Menger, Chu Mu smiled and asked, āWhat is it?ā
āAre you leaving?ā Qing Mengerās gaze flickered. Before, Qing Menger had heard from Chu Mu that after he was done with the Yang Clan, he would leave. Thus, once the bloodbath ended, Qing Menger immediately headed towards the Chu Clan, only to find that everyone had left already, so she chased the horse prints east.
āEn, thereās still much to do.ā Chu Mu said.
Chu Mu had already heard some news of his father from Chu Tianheng and Chu Mu, but Chu Mu temporarily couldnāt go searching for his father, because Nightmare Palace had already sent him news to meet up with Princess Jinrou at the Jia Region.
To garner the most time for the Chu Clan to finish migrating, Chu Mu still couldnāt openly disobey the wishes of Nightmare Palace. Therefore, Chu Mu still had to go to the Jia Region to look after Princess Jinrou.
āThenā¦ā¦then weā¦ā¦how will I be able to find youā¦ā¦ā As she spoke, Qing Mengerās eyes already started tearing up. When there is a slight loss of control in emotions, tears will start falling.
āThereās no need. You can cultivate well in the Luo Region Sect, and the Gangluo City will become the city of the Qin Clanā¦ā¦ā Chu Mu looked at the poor Qing Menger. In reality, most of Chu Muās feelings for her were brotherly love and nothing more. As for the marriage, it seemed to have long since been disbanded, and only Qing Menger herself still cared about itā¦ā¦
As Chu Mu saw it, after the clan moved, he probably wouldnāt have anymore interactions with Qing Menger, unless she was willing to move with his own clan to the South Region.
āWhy is there no needā¦ā¦ā Qing Menger felt that Chu Mu didnāt care about her, and tears instantly slid down her cheek, as she looked awfully wronged.
āI wonāt stay here, if thereās a chance in the futureā¦ā¦letās leave that for the future.ā Chu Mu extended his hand and wiped the tears off of the pitiful girl.
Qing Menger looked teary eyed at Chu Mu and murmured, āI have something to tell youā¦ā¦ā
āMaybe next time, saying it now isnāt meaningful.ā Chu Mu shook his head and glanced at the flickering shadows within the forest.
Chu Mu had already disbanded all of the Nightmare Palaceās killers. These killers were Xia Guanghanās people, so Chu Mu didnāt wish for them to find out the direction of the Chu Clanās migration. Yet, if Qing Menger kept in contact with him now, once he struggled free from Xia Guanghan, Qing Menger could very likely become a target of Xia Guanghan.
Qing Menger looked dazed at Chu Mu. The Chu Mu four years later suddenly felt incomprehensibly foreign. Such unfamiliarity made it hard for her to stop her tears.
āI wanted to tell you since last timeā¦ā¦ā Qing Menger seemed to muster the courage, yet she then she remembered the embarrassing nature of her next sentence and lowered her head, unable to look at Chu Muās eyesā¦ā¦.
Finally, Qing Menger said what she wanted to say to Chu Mu. Once she said it, Qing Mengerās face was already bright red, tender and alluring.
Yet, when she rose her head and tried to take a peek at Chu Muās reaction, she stared dumbfoundedly.
Qing Menger looked on as she saw Chu Mu had long since rode away on his Night Thunder Dream Beast. A sour feeling welled up in her heart, and the tears in her eyes couldnāt help but drip down her face in heated trailsā¦ā¦
This moment was like four years ago again, when she hesitated and didnāt speak, wanting to find a better moment to tell him. Yet, in a moment, this person disappeared completely from her lifeā¦ā¦
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On the empty roads, Chu Mu sat alone on his Night Thunder Dream Beast, running towards the Jia Region. With a low emotional quotient, he didnāt notice that the girl he left behind already had a face covered in tearsā¦ā¦
Four years of killing made Chu Mu distinctly slower in such thoughts. Yet, even if Chu Mu noticed, he would at most have given a promise to Qing Menger- a meaningless promise. Rather than that, it would be better to think of such problems in the future when they meet again. Then, there wouldnāt be that many restraintsā¦ā¦
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Gangluo City was in the northeast part of Luo Region. Passing through a few cities and finally reaching the regional boundary meant the arrival of the Jia Region.
After running for an entire night, Chu My also felt tired, so he randomly picked a little city and landed.
As usual, when night fell, Chu Mu fed his soul power to his White Nightmare, and immediately he felt white flames appear on his bodyā¦ā¦
Chu Mu furrowed his brows. The spontaneous ignition of the white soul flames meant that the White Nightmareās power had increased another stage, and it also meant that Chu Mu would have to withstand the burning pain of the white soul flames as it grewā¦ā¦
Such pain was completely unbearable to the normal person, as dying probably felt better. Yet, with years of training, Chu Muās soul was, to some degree, resistant to white soul flames already, so the pain was somewhat weakened.
āSixth phase fifth stageā¦ā¦ā When the white flames slowly died down, Chu Mu smiled bitterly. If it were at the sixth phase fifth stage, Chu Mu would have to feed most of his soul power to it againā¦ā¦
When Chu Mu hit seventh remembrance spirit teacher, he could gradually use forty percent of his soul power. However, once the White Nightmare grew, he would only be able to use thirty percent.
Helplessly shaking his head, Chu Mu could only close his eyes and continue to cultivate to let his soul power recover swiftlyā¦ā¦
Yet, what made Chu Mu happy was, just as his soul power was moderately recovered, he suddenly felt a relaxation throughout his body as his remembrance also increased!!
āIāve advanced!ā Chu Mu felt joy. He didnāt think that after he exterminated Yang Clan, he would reach the eighth remembrance spirit teacher!
A soul pet trainerās real power was mostly concentrated on the soul pets they controlled, and their personal cultivation level was second. In reality, many soul pet abilities were affected by the soul pet trainersā level, receiving certain boosts.
For example, the power of Mo Xieās Evil Stare was decided by Mo Xieās own mental strength. However, it also accounted for Chu Muās soul remembrance. If the opponentās soul remembrance were lower than Chu Muās, Evil Stare would definitely work very well against their soul pet. The same was true vice versa- if the opponentās remembrance was higher than Chu Muās, then Mo Xieās Evil Stare would be less effective.
Chu Mu also had the soul technique Chong Mei, which allowed Chu Mu to copy his own soul petās ability. The copied abilityās power was also decided by Chu Muās soul remembrance and technique level!
Eighth remembrance spirit teacher, when looking through all of the Luo Region, was still considered top tier. In fact, amongst the younger generation, there were very little people with a remembrance as high as Chu Mu.
Chu Muās cultivation speed was very fast, especially in the four years where he signed the pact with White Nightmare. The White Nightmare constantly ate at Chu Muās soul power. Once Chu Mu didnāt have enough, it would eat Chu Muās soul. This way, Chu Mu was constantly spurred on, completely excavating all his potential in training. Reaching the eighth remembrance spirit teacher at the age of eighteen was rare, even in Nightmare Palace.
āTwo more remembrances. Though my increases in power have been getting slower and slower, Iām certain Iāll get to spirit masterā¦ā¦ā Chu Mu smiled and said confidently.
Once he reached spirit master, Chu Mu would be able to summon three soul pets. With three soul pets, he would no longer be at a disadvantage against other spirit teachers.
More importantly, once he reached spirit master, Chu Mu would finally be able to summon the terrifying monarch ranked white nightmare that he had been feeding for the past four years!
According to Chu Muās estimation, the monarch rank white nightmareās fighting strength was even higher than the unmutated Mo Xie, and the White Nightmare would possibly be at the seventh phase at that time.
Once the seventh phase monarch rank was summoned, Chu Muās power might no longer be restricted to the younger generation. Many soul pet trainers would no longer be his match.
Also, Chu Muās spatial ring still had a Hidden Dragon Egg. If Chu Mu didnāt guess incorrectly, it was also at the monarch rank. Once he reached spirit master, Chu Mu could start training the offspring of the powerful Empyrean Cyan Hidden Dragon.
Reaching the eighth remembrance, as the remembrance went up, Chu Muās perception increased as well. At that moment, Chu Mu also released his remembrance to see just how far he could perceive nowā¦ā¦
Chu Mu originally just wanted to test out his stronger remembrance, yet he suddenly noticed a tiny energy ripple that came from above the house, seemingly to sneakily approach his room!!