“Relax, Daoist friend. With this Daoist here, there’s nothing to be afraid of.”
Mu Chen offered words of comfort.
His reassurance fell on deaf ears, deemed by Si Mu as the naive bravado of youth.
“Brother Daoist, perhaps you have encountered True Person Realm cultivators on Longhu Mountain, but they were ultimately your own. They wouldn’t go all out against you. You simply don’t know how powerful a True Person Realm at the Eighth or Ninth level can be when they unleash their full power!”
“Not even I, not even this Daoist, could withstand it!”
“Leave now, before they arrive, before I change my mind about covering your retreat!”
Si Mu’s heartfelt advice left Mu Chen utterly speechless.
You simply don’t know how powerful a True Person Realm at the Eighth or Ninth level can be
Not even I, not even this Daoist, could withstand it
Mu Chen understood every word, but together they formed a nonsensical sentence.
Is it polite for a True Person at the Seventh level to say that?
“You’re just showing off without the power to back it up. Shut your mouth for this Daoist and just watch me work!”
Mu Chen glared at Si Mu, who was about to retort, but then they saw dozens of bandits emerging from the dense forest.
They were mounted on horses, torches held high, each one clad in rags, radiating a savage aura of wildness.
Leading the pack was a thin woman draped in a black cloak.
“I’ve seen those who run away, but never those who come back to die… Did your head take a dip in the water?”
Wang Po craned her neck, her gaze fixed on Si Mu. Then she grinned, “Or maybe this is your trump card, you think he can… Wait, you! What a twist of fate, you stinking Daoist!”
The moment she noticed Mu Chen, she barely paid him any mind. But upon sensing his aura, her words became almost venomous.
“The soul-fixing nails on that family, it was you, you female bandit, who hammered them in…”
“It’s not Wang Wangwang who’s playing games with this Daoist, but you…”
Mu Chen clicked his tongue in amazement. He sensed Wang Wangwang’s aura emanating from Wang Po and also perceived her unique physique.
She was an anomaly!
Anomalies referred to various congenital physiological abnormalities!
In modern medicine, cases of pupil adhesion and deformation are known as double pupils in the world of zombies!
In the previous life, those with a congenital malformation in rib development were called 骈肋 in the world of zombies!
In the world of zombies, such individuals were born with an affinity for the Dao.
For example, the Hegemon of Chu in the world of zombies was a double-pupil practitioner, a master of the great halberd who subdued the dragon. He was one of the few who achieved the Dao through martial arts, breaking through ten thousand armies with a single man!
The saying goes, an extraordinary individual must have an extraordinary appearance!
When his senior brother taught him about “anomalous individuals”, he was stunned. He even went so far as to fantasize, what if the patients with kidney stones from his past life were to transmigrate to the world of zombies, would they directly become Dan Cultivating True Persons?
Would schizophrenic patients directly achieve the Refinement of Spirit and Return to the Void?
Now it seemed that there was a possibility.
After all, Wang Po had set a precedent!
She was a type of anomaly known as Siamese twins in previous life medicine, belonging to a type of cultivation physique in the world of zombies called “double-soul spirit body”.
Two souls in one body, their cultivation could nourish each other. If both were on the path of cultivation, it was equivalent to having double cultivation speed!
There were other benefits as well.
For example, Mu Chen once tried to sever Wang Wangwang’s three souls and seven spirits, but he saw them vanish without a trace, one of the benefits being - since they were one from birth, if one died, the other could summon back their three souls and seven spirits.
It was equivalent to a fixed-point teleportation array, a lifeline, where even if the body perished, the soul could still transmigrate to the ghost path.
On the other side, Si Mu was stunned as he listened to the exchange between Mu Chen and Wang Po!
They… they know each other? And they have a grudge???
How can a young kid like that have made enemies with such a heavyweight, and still be alive?!!!
How… how is that even possible??
Before he could ponder further, Wang Po’s next words nearly knocked his jaw off!
“My brother is a Ninth level Dan Cultivating True Person, with fourteen copper armor corpse slaves under his command, plus a Ninth level copper armor corpse he raised himself, all of them were dealt with by you. I acknowledge your abilities. If you wanted to kill me, I wouldn’t stand a chance…”
“But… dare you?”
Wang Po’s eyes locked onto Mu Chen, her smile sinister.
Her words, calm yet tinged with madness, sent shivers down Si Mu’s spine!
Dan Cultivating True Person at the Ninth level?
With fourteen copper armor corpse slaves??
Raised a Ninth level copper armor corpse???
This freakishly extravagant lineup, capable of obliterating at least half of the Daoist sects… all killed by Mu Chen alone?!!!
Is he capable of that?????
Seeing her bravado, Mu Chen couldn’t help but feel a surge of interest, “Give this Daoist a reason not to kill you.”
Wang Po, brimming with confidence, her demeanor exuding control, spoke in a low, menacing voice, “With my nurturing, my brother has ascended to the Crimson Robe. He’s already leading a large force towards Renjia Town. If you kill me, you guess what, my brother might take a step further…”
“Then guess, will Lin Jiu and the Ren family of Renjia Town survive when my brother arrives?”
Her teasing words echoed through the forest.
The bandits following behind Wang Po burst into gleeful laughter.
They seemed to have the situation completely under control.
Si Mu’s pupils constricted, his cold sweat dripping!
Crimson Robe… that’s a monstrous entity on par with a Grand Master of the Righteous Way!
Such a monstrous being reaching Renjia Town… will my senior brother survive???
Only Mu Chen remained unfazed, even a hint of amusement on his face.
“Then guess, what realm is this Daoist who killed your brother?”
A radiant golden light emanated from Mu Chen, bathing the entire valley in an ethereal glow.
Under everyone’s watchful eyes, a phantom, a golden-tinged ‘Mu Chen’, slowly emerged from Mu Chen’s body…