Chapter 329 - 202: Infinite True Essence

Chapter 329: Chapter 202: Infinite True Essence

Shi Ziran said, his face alight with a pleasant surprise.

"What is this?"

Su Mu asked curiously.

The Jade Pendant seemed to be of good quality, but that was all.

"This is the Yin Yang Pendant!"

Shi Ziran said seriously, "It was the token of love between the Sect Leader and the Saintess back in the day!"

Su Mu’s expression turned strange.

He knew, of course, which Sect Leader and Saintess Shi Ziran was talking about.

The Sect Leader and Saintess of the Fragrance Sect had been dead for over a decade. Besides, even if they were still alive, their token of love held no value for Su Mu.

Noticing Su Mu’s unconvinced expression, Shi Ziran quickly added, "My Lord, do you remember the True Essence Technique I told you about?"

Su Mu’s heart stirred. "Is this related to the True Essence Technique?"

"That’s right. The Sect Leader obtained that True Essence Technique back then. He failed to cultivate it, so he hid the Cultivation Technique inside the Yin Yang Pendant and used it as a token of love for the Saintess,"

Shi Ziran explained.

"Oh? How do I see the True Essence Technique?"

His interest piqued, Su Mu took the black Jade Pendant and examined it closely.

After studying it for a long while, he couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

There were no words on the Jade Pendant.

Su Mu was even tempted to smash it to see if anything was hidden inside.

"There are two parts to the Yin Yang Pendant—a yin and a yang.

When the two parts unite, the Cultivation Technique appears."

Shi Ziran continued, "This piece is just the Yin Pendant. You can’t get the True Essence Technique with it alone.

Both the Yin and Yang Pendants must be brought together for the Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth to be revealed."

"The Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth?"

Su Mu murmured thoughtfully.

"Correct. The True Essence Technique I mentioned is the Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth,"

Shi Ziran said, "My Lord, you might not be aware, but when a Martial Artist cultivates to the True Essence Realm, they face a choice.

Before the True Essence Realm, everyone focuses on Quenching Body, so the path is the same. But starting from the True Essence Realm, a thousand great paths open up.

Cultivating a different True Essence Technique means taking a different path.

This is because True Essence has elemental attributes. Cultivating fire-attribute True Essence is one path, while cultivating water-attribute True Essence is another.

But the Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth is different. The True Essence it cultivates contains all attributes, which is why it’s called ’Unlimited’."

A thoughtful look appeared on Su Mu’s face. He could understand the concept of True Essence attributes.

"Then this Yin Pendant is useless by itself,"

Su Mu said.

"Yes. Sha Tongtian only had this Yin Pendant, so even if he wracked his brain, he would never have obtained the Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth."

Shi Ziran sneered, "Treasures belong to the virtuous. That father and son from the Sha Family were indulging in wishful thinking!"

"They couldn’t get it, but neither can we,"

Su Mu said, "Don’t tell me you know where the Yang Pendant is?"

"I do."

Shi Ziran stated seriously, "Not only do I know where the Yang Pendant is, I also know how to get it!

My Lord, this is heaven itself delivering the Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth right to you!

It is destined by the heavens that this Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth belongs to you!"

"Uncle Shi, don’t get so excited yet."

Su Mu chuckled, at a loss for words. ’Why does Shi Ziran seem even more excited than I am?’

"First, tell me, where is the Yang Pendant?"

Su Mu asked calmly. "And how do we get it?"

"My Lord, if you trust me, leave this matter to me. I guarantee I will get the Yang Pendant for you."

Shi Ziran said earnestly, "You can rest assured, My Lord. This matter will absolutely not violate the rules of the Taiping Bureau."

"Alright."

Su Mu pondered for a moment. ’Shi Ziran wouldn’t try to harm me.’

Even if Shi Ziran failed to get the Yang Pendant in the end, it would be no loss to him.

At worst, he would just have to find another True Essence Technique to cultivate.

He didn’t have a True Essence Technique on hand anyway; he’d have to look for one regardless.

"My Lord, when do we set off for Wuling?"

Shi Ziran asked, a sense of urgency in his voice.

"The Yang Pendant is in Wuling?"

Su Mu realized.

"Forgive this old servant for wanting to keep you in suspense."

Shi Ziran said noncommittally.

"If the Demon Court doesn’t launch a counterattack, we’ll set off tomorrow morning,"

Su Mu said after a moment of thought.

...

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Silver-faced Killer (Concurrent), Fifth-Grade Taiping Captain]

[Points: 15,000]

[Realm: Rebirth Realm (11x Blood Exchange, Body Tempering Extreme Realm)]

[Divine Techniques: Indestructible Golden Body, Blood Body]

[Cultivation Technique: Four Symbols Rebirth Technique (Cyan Dragon Body (Great Achievement), White Tiger Body (Perfection), Black Tortoise Body (Perfection), Vermilion Bird Body (Perfection))...]

[Martial Arts: Li Fire Realm (Great Achievement), Kan Water Realm (Great Achievement), Xun Wind Realm (Great Achievement), Gen Mountain Realm (Great Achievement), Archery (Perfection)]

Late that night, Su Mu sat cross-legged in his room, his eyes fixed on the system panel before him.

Fifteen thousand Points.

He was still fifteen thousand Points short of raising his Cyan Dragon Body to the Perfection Realm.

With his current identity, he only needed half a month to accumulate 15,000 Points.

’I’ll be able to reach the Perfect Rebirth Realm before I get back to Wuling City,’

Su Mu thought to himself. ’Once I’m back in Wuling, if Shi Ziran can really get the Yang Pendant, I’ll have the Unlimited True Essence Technique of Heaven and Earth.

I can start cultivating immediately then, and I won’t have to bother looking for other True Essence Techniques.’

With a cultivation at the True Essence Realm, plus his merits from this recent campaign, it would be unreasonable for the Taiping Bureau not to promote him to Governor.

’A True Essence Realm cultivation isn’t low. I can take it a bit slower and use my Points on my Realms of intent.’

Su Mu planned in his mind.

As his cultivation had improved, his comprehension of these realms of intent had also progressed.

Advancing the Li Fire Realm from Great Achievement to Perfection required 50,000 Points.

The Kan Water Realm, 70,000 Points.

The Xun Wind Realm and Gen Mountain Realm had also decreased from the original 100,000 Points required to the current 90,000 Points.

To bring all four realms to Perfection would require 300,000 Points.

This was an enormous number.

In his current identity as a Fifth-Grade Taiping Captain, he could only earn a thousand Points per day.

That was 30,000 a month. It would take ten months to save up 300,000 Points.

For any other Martial Artist, spending ten months to cultivate four realms of intent to Perfection would be a dream come true.

But for Su Mu, this speed was still a bit too slow.

Spending ten months putting all his Points into his realms of intent meant his cultivation level would not increase for ten months.

Da Xuan was fraught with danger. Having his cultivation stagnate for ten months was unacceptable to Su Mu.

Therefore, he wouldn’t spend all his Points on the realms of intent.

His cultivation and realms of intent had to advance side-by-side.

In that case, ten months would definitely not be enough to cultivate all four realms of intent to Perfection.

’And that’s just for four realms. What if there are more? The rate of Point accumulation is still too slow.’

Su Mu sighed internally.

He was almost tempted to let Jing Ke re-emerge in the Jianghu to earn some extra cash.

’If only I could get another identity,’

Su Mu mused. ’Preferably one like the temporary Commander-in-Chief from before, the kind with no upper limit on Points.’

’But opportunities like that are rare.’

This time, when the Demon Court attacked Hujue Pass, Hujue Pass already had its own Commander-in-Chief, so it wasn’t Su Mu’s turn to be the temporary Commander-in-Chief.

Perhaps after he became a Marquis, he would have the authority to temporarily take command of a city’s defenses during an attack by the Demon Court.

However, he was still a long way from becoming a Marquis.

’No rush. Take it slow,’

Su Mu told himself. He lay down and fell asleep shortly after.

...

The next day, Su Mu accepted the silver notes from Zhang Wangyue. He, along with Shi Ziran, Xu Chongyuan, and Zhong Guizheng, packed their bags and were just about to set off on the road back to Wuling.

Suddenly, a person came rushing over.

"Captain Su, wait a moment!"

Su Mu turned at the sound of the voice and saw that the person hurrying over was another Governor from Hujue Pass.

Hujue Pass was an important fortress in the Border Region. Its Taiping Bureau had one Commander-in-Chief and four Governors.

Besides Zhang Wangyue, Hujue Pass had three other Governors.

"Lord Li, is something the matter?"

Su Mu cupped his fists toward the Governor, whose surname was Li, and asked.

"Captain Su, I’m afraid you can’t return to Wuling for the time being,"

the Governor named Li said.

The expressions of Shi Ziran, Xu Chongyuan, and Zhong Guizheng changed simultaneously.

Su Mu also frowned slightly. "Lord Li, what is the meaning of this?"

"Please, don’t misunderstand. It’s not that we at the Hujue Pass Taiping Bureau are trying to forcibly detain Captain Su,"

the Governor named Li quickly explained.

Zhang Wangyue also breathed a sigh of relief. He had truly thought Yang Changfeng had lost his mind.

"There is an order from the imperial court, appointing Captain Su as the Deputy Envoy of a diplomatic mission, to accompany the envoy group to the Demon Court!"

the Governor named Li continued.