Chapter 843 - 831: Perfection
Determined to leverage the Three Celebrations Scripture to enhance the Seven Emotions Curse, Chen Mu's life returned to its regular routine.
He spent his mornings steadfastly refining his Qi, and in the afternoons, he recited the Three Celebrations Scripture, interspersed with absorbing divine power to nourish his Heavenly Demon Body.
The Black Wind Demon was kept in check. Since it wasn't needed for now, there was no point in deploying it further, plus it conveniently helped desensitize the people of White Bird City.
Once the level of the Seven Emotions Curse is elevated, he will unleash the Black Wind Demon, surely garnering an abundance of emotional desires.
...
Time flowed.
More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye.
This afternoon, Chen Mu concluded his recitation of the Three Celebrations Scripture, and looked oddly at the gray stone gate.
Three Celebrations Scripture: 4973/10000;
"The White Bird Divine Weapon can also aid in improving the Three Celebrations Scripture?"
From novice stage to now, not even half a month had passed, and his experience had already reached nearly halfway.
Initially, he thought the rapid progress was due to his cultivation experience with the Rootless Scripture.
But the longer time went on, the more he felt something was not quite right.
Upon careful reflection, he discovered that the insights fed back from the stone gate partly originated from the scripture itself, and another part surprisingly came from the White Bird Divine Weapon.
"Could this possibly be right?"
While reciting the Three Celebrations Scripture, Chen Mu carefully monitored the White Bird Divine Weapon.
Soon, the gray stone began to faintly vibrate. But the movements were extremely subtle, undetectable unless Chen Mu was observing closely.
Meanwhile, some secret currents also flowed into his mind along with the Life and Death Seal.
These currents made his scripture recitation more flowing, and the truth contained within the passages appeared more vividly.
"Why does it feel as if the Three Celebrations Scripture's mysteries are inherently hidden within the White Bird Divine Weapon?" Chen Mu pondered.
Previously, he speculated that the divine weapon might be a Heavenly Demon Root Device.
In such a case, the divine weapon might indeed resemble the Heavenly Demon Bloodline, containing numerous Heavenly Demon Secret Teachings.
Among them is the mystery of the Three Celebrations Scripture, which would be understandable.
"The Rootless Scripture is merely a part revealed by the White Bird Divine Weapon, while the Three Celebrations Scripture is hidden deeper."
"Others cannot see it, but I can delve deeply into the divine weapon with the Life and Death Seal and penetrate its true intent with the gray stone gate."
"In this way, I can extract some of the secrets of the Three Celebrations Scripture from the White Bird Divine Weapon."
Chen Mu realized with a sudden understanding.
"With the assistance of the divine weapon, maybe in another ten or fifteen days, the Three Celebrations Scripture will reach its peak." He felt invigorated.
"It's just unfortunate that Three Paths City is so stingy, the Three Celebrations Scripture proficiency is already halfway through, yet they haven't given a single ounce of divine power." Chen Mu pouted silently.
In recent days, he attempted multiple times, but couldn't draw any divine power from Three Paths City.
Is it because the distance to Three Paths City is too far?
Or is it because the experience with the Three Celebrations Scripture isn't enough?
No, it's definitely because that Old Man Qin in Three Paths City is too miserly.
Chen Mu looked displeased.
Initially, he planned to reap the benefits from Three Paths City, but now it seems unlikely.
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Wuxiang City.
Inside the secret chamber of the City Lord Mansion.
Wei Wubing sat cross-legged on the meditation mat, a grayish stone about the size of a human head floated in front of him.
Several months had passed since the annihilation of Three Paths City. Ever since returning to Wuxiang City, he had been in the secret chamber, secluding himself.
At this moment, Wei Wubing formed seals with his hands, chanting complex curse commands, one after another, crimson rays emanated from his fingertips and flew into the gray divine weapon in front of him.
The gray stone trembled continuously, resembling a mosquito trapped in a spider's web, unable to fend off the infiltration of crimson rays despite its struggles.
Over time, the cracks that were already present on the divine weapon deepened further.
At a certain moment.
With a soft thud, the entire divine weapon shattered completely, transforming into dozens of walnut-sized stones.
"After months of permeation, finally cracked this Three Paths Divine Soldier to pieces." The large-eyed black mist buzzed and vibrated.
"Luckily, the divine weapon itself was already on the verge of fragmentation, otherwise, it would've taken much more effort." Wei Wubing nodded in satisfaction.
The divine soldier fragments can autonomously reassemble, but once it has reformed, even the weakest divine soldier can unleash an extremely high repulsion force.
To fuse two divine soldiers together, one must first break one of them.
"The Three Paths Divine Soldier is even stronger than I imagined, if all these fragments are completely fused, maybe it can even contend with Emperor Dragon City." The big eye inspected the divine soldier fragments suspended in mid-air, quite unexpectedly.
A smile unwittingly appeared on Wei Wubing's face.
Yet before the smile could fully unfold.
Whoosh!
Dozens of stones suddenly shot out in all directions like bullets.
Wei Wubing's expression changed, immediately employing a secret technique to forcibly seize more than ten fragments in front of him.
The large eye beside him buzzed with a fierce vibration.
In the corner of the secret chamber, jet-black shadows abruptly emerged, resembling rapidly closing sawtooth buds, enveloping more than ten stone fragments.
The rapid response by the man and the eye still resulted in a small portion of stone smashing against the wall, disappearing instantly as if droplets falling into water.
Wei Wubing suddenly leaped up, his palm striking forward like lightning, causing three walls to shatter with a loud crash.
But the Divine Soldier fragments that drilled into the walls had already vanished without a trace.
"Where's the Divine Soldier?"
"Where did my Divine Soldier go?!"
After painstakingly splitting the Divine Soldier, half of it inexplicably escaped!
Wei Wubing's face turned an iron gray at once.
Was it a contingency left by Old Man Qin?
Didn't I already kill Qin Yisheng?
Could it be that Old Man Qin secretly groomed another successor?
Damned Old Man Qin!
...
"Old Man Qin is really stingy!"
Chen Mu looked at the entries on the gray stone gate, visibly displeased.
Three Celebrations Scripture: Maximum;
In about a month, with the aid of the White Bird Divine Soldier, he easily maxed out the "Three Celebrations Scripture".
Yet despite this, he still couldn't attract even a trace of Divine Power from Three Paths City.
Chen Mu turned to another column on the gray stone gate.
Seven Emotions Curse: 7233/10000/Fifth Rank;
"Good thing the 'Three Celebrations Scripture' can enhance the Seven Emotions Curse." He felt a bit happier.
In one month, the Seven Emotions Curse increased by nearly four thousand experience points, with over a thousand coming from the White Bird Divine Soldier, and the remaining three thousand all resulting from the Perfection of the "Three Celebrations Scripture".
At this point, the coverage of the Seven Emotions Curse obviously expanded outwards, and when it reaches the sixth rank, it might cover the entire city.
"So, I still need to keep reciting the scriptures."
Chen Mu immediately took out the "One Heart Scripture" that he had prepared long ago.
This scripture hails from Wuxiang City, and among the secret agents previously discovered in White Bird City, many were from Wuxiang City, which is a large city comparable to Three Paths City.
"Three Paths City is stingy, surely this Wuxiang City won't be so miserly."
"After all, it's an ambitious new city expanding aggressively. If they aren't willing to spare any Divine Power, who would help them seize cities and territories?"
"This time not only can I enhance the Seven Emotions Curse, but perhaps I might also earn a lot of Divine Power for free!"
Chen Mu chuckled to himself and immediately started chanting.
...
The next morning, at dawn.
Outside the wooden house, Chen Mu walked around the Divine Soldier Stone with an incredulous expression.
"Where did these Divine Soldier fragments come from?"
Early in the morning, he was about to start Qi Refinement when he noticed more than a dozen walnut-sized chunks of rock beside the Divine Soldier Stone.
They were gray and dull, holding faint silver star points within, strongly resembling the halved White Bird Divine Soldier from before.
Chen Mu immediately understood that these were indeed Divine Soldier fragments.
"Is Wuxiang City really this generous?"
"I just started on the One Heart Scripture and they immediately sent me Divine Soldier fragments?"
Chen Mu was filled with odd feelings.
Until high noon, after repeated probing, he had a guess in his heart.
"It's not Wuxiang City, but it's related to Three Paths City."
Chen Mu summoned the gray stone gate and looked at the "Three Celebrations Scripture" that had just reached Perfection yesterday.
He could faintly feel the connection between the "Three Celebrations Scripture" and the Divine Soldier fragments.
"So the elusive ancestor of the Qin Family finally kicked the bucket." Chen Mu realized suddenly.
Only then would the Three Paths City Divine Soldier shatter and disperse.
"Even without the stimulation of the Seven Emotions Curse, that Qin Yisheng, General Qin, would probably cry his heart out now."
Chen Mu raised an eyebrow and smirked unkindly.
Previously, Three Paths City coveted the White Bird Divine Soldier and caused him trouble multiple times; he still remembered that clearly.
"So, the reason the White Bird Divine Soldier came to me was because I perfected the Rootless Scripture?"
Chen Mu suddenly realized.
The Three Paths City Divine Soldier fragments wouldn't have come uninvited; it's most likely related to the "Three Celebrations Scripture" he just perfected.
Recalling how he obtained the White Bird Divine Soldier—
It's obvious that when the scripture reaches Perfection, a secret connection is established with the Divine Soldier.
Back then, the White Bird Divine Soldier came because he first perfected the "Rootless Scripture".
At that time, he had mistakenly blamed Xu Gui for choosing the wrong path, which led to encountering the Divine Soldier and subsequently triggering an attack by Deputy City Lord Qin Yue.
In the end, it turned out to be his own responsibility all along.
"I've wronged Xu Gui."
Chen Mu looked at the more than ten unexpected Divine Soldier fragments in front of him and laughed heartily.