Cultivating in Different Professions

In the forests on the outskirts of Daxing Mountain.

Two figures were tangled in a fierce battle.

Waves of energy blasted the surrounding trees, sending them swaying precariously.

BOOM!

A muffled thud echoed.

The two each retreated dozens of feet.

"Wu the Second, are you on something? I haven’t done a damn thing to you, so what’s the big idea, hounding me like this?"

The young man on the right, who looked to be in his twenties, shouted in exasperation.

Across from him stood a man in his thirties with a sallow, weathered face.

The man replied, his expression blank, "Xue Shan, you reap what you sow. Since you dared to assassinate a True Disciple of my Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect, you must face the consequences."

"Bullshit! Let’s not even talk about whether I did it or not. Even if I did, I’m an assassin. Get it? An assassin!"

Xue Shan roared in fury. "I get paid to do a job! If you’ve got the guts, go find the person who paid for it and get your revenge! What the hell are you doing chasing me?

When a knife kills someone, you don’t go after the one holding it, you go after the knife for revenge?

Have you lost your mind?"

Xue Shan was seething with rage.

Wu the Second frowned. He was never good with words and now found himself at a loss for how to refute Xue Shan’s argument.

Xue Shan had just called himself a blade in someone else’s hand. What more could he say?

"Tell me who paid your Golden Wind Tower to assassinate the True Disciple of my Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect, and I’ll let you go,"

Wu the Second said in a low voice.

"You tell me to talk, and I’m supposed to just talk? Don’t I have a reputation to uphold?"

Xue Shan scoffed, "Do you think Golden Wind Tower would break its thousand-year-old code of honor just for you?

If I were you, I’d go back and think hard about what kind of outrageous things your Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect has done. Think hard about all the enemies you’ve made.

Why didn’t someone hire us to assassinate anyone else?

Why insist on killing someone from your Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect?"

"This—"

Wu the Second was left speechless.

He thought for a moment, then suddenly lunged forward.

"I can’t out-talk you, but I can beat you to death."

Wu the Second threw a punch, his fist suddenly wreathed in scorching flames.

"Wu the Second, you just wait! This isn’t over!"

RUMBLE! An earthen wall shot up in front of Xue Shan, blocking Wu the Second’s attack.

He then darted away with nimble agility, clearly having no intention of getting entangled with Wu the Second.

"I’m in a hurry to find a rare treasure! I don’t have time for you! Just wait until I’m done, then you’ll see how I get my revenge!"

Xue Shan was incredibly fast and soon vanished into the dense forest.

"You can’t escape."

Wu the Second said in a booming voice, striding off in hot pursuit.

...

’This Four Symbols Rebirth Technique is just too damn difficult,’

Su Mu couldn’t help but sigh.

For days on end, he had spent nearly all his time cultivating the Four Symbols Rebirth Technique.

But even now, his system panel showed no change.

The Four Symbols Rebirth Technique had yet to appear on it.

This meant he hadn’t even reached a beginner’s level with the Four Symbols Rebirth Technique.

According to the system panel’s usual behavior, he needed to comprehend a Cultivation Technique before it would be registered.

Su Mu could almost feel the system panel’s disdainful gaze.

’So many days, and I still haven’t understood the Four Symbols Rebirth Technique?’

’It’s only natural for the world’s strongest Rebirth Technique to be a bit abstruse.’

’Shi Ji had it for decades and still couldn’t master it, either.’

Su Mu comforted himself.

Fortunately, he wasn’t in a hurry. He could take his time to comprehend it.

Over the past few days, he had visited the Gubao Elder under the guise of Jing Ke.

From the Gubao Elder, he learned that Wu Yiqi, the second-ranked True Disciple of the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect, had replaced Dai Jin as the Inspector of the Wuling Inspection Bureau.

However, instead of coming to Wuling City to assume his post, he had gone straight to Daxing Mountain to hunt down Xue Shan, the Young Master of Golden Wind Tower.

The reason was that he believed Xue Shan had assassinated Dai Jin and the others.

Just as Su Mu had initially expected, Golden Wind Tower was now taking the fall for him.

Internally, Golden Wind Tower naturally knew the person who acted was not Xue Shan, but the Silver-faced Killer, Jing Ke.

But Golden Wind Tower certainly wouldn’t bother explaining all this to that Wu Yiqi.

In fact, it would be useless even if they did explain. Whether it was Xue Shan or Jing Ke who made the move, it made no difference to Golden Wind Tower.

After all, both are assassins from Golden Wind Tower.

Besides, Golden Wind Tower already had so many enemies that they didn’t mind making one more. They had always been reckless, and the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect was far from the first major sect they had offended.

Even the Da Xuan Court had sent forces to exterminate them several times, but they could never be completely eradicated. Each time, Golden Wind Tower would rise from the ashes.

This gang of assassins kept their identities secret. Even the Da Xuan Court found it difficult to root them out, let alone the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect.

They weren’t afraid of the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect at all.

Now that Wu Yiqi had his sights set on Golden Wind Tower, he naturally wouldn’t have the mind to focus on the Taiping Bureau, allowing Su Mu to cultivate in peace.

’If Xue Shan manages to kill Wu Yiqi, I wonder if the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect will go crazy...’

As Su Mu pondered this, a thought suddenly crossed his mind.

Starting with Feng Zhengqian, a total of six True Disciples from the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect had already died in Wuling City.

If Wu Yiqi died too, that would make seven.

How many True Disciples did the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect even have in total?

’Wouldn’t it be better to just quietly focus on Alchemy? Why must you jump out to fight for power and profit? The Inspection Bureau... can you really handle it?’

Su Mu sneered inwardly.

If the Shennong Hundred Herbs Sect had just stuck to Alchemy, so many of their True Disciples wouldn’t have died.

It was all because they couldn’t stand being irrelevant and insisted on joining the Inspection Bureau.

A bunch of alchemists, insisting on provoking Taiping Capital Captains and Taiping Captains who risk their lives fighting demons every day. If they weren’t the ones to die, who would?

After a moment of thought, Su Mu took out the Li Fire Realm Map and began to study it.