After receiving the reward from his master, Chen Mo took the pill and, after more than a day, his cultivation officially broke through to the Sixth Layer of the Divine Transformation Realm.
Afterward, he bid farewell to his junior brothers and sisters, taking the Leopard Gall Sword Pill, and headed to Yinlong Mountain to find Mu Jinyu, to avenge his junior brother!
And to complete the task assigned by his master, to retrieve the Nine Heavens Mystical Murder Sword Formation Map!
After half a day's journey, he finally arrived at the entrance of Yinlong Mountain. From afar, he could see a thin mist shrouding the peak of Yinlong Mountain.
However, strangely, this thin mist, which should have become clear upon closer inspection, remained opaque even as he reached the foot of the mountain, leaving him unable to discern the scenery within.
He hesitated but walked in, only to find himself instantly enveloped in thick fog, so dense that he couldn't see his hand in front of him; this scared him terribly, involuntarily shouting,
"Dragon King, where are you? I am Chen Mo, the chief disciple of Ye Wushuang, here to seek justice for the death of my junior brother Ye Chen..."
His voice echoed far and wide, but there was no response; likewise, Chen Mo could only hear his own heartbeat, with no sounds of insects or birds from within the mountain; it was as if this were a mountain of death!
Even Chen Mo, not the brightest, understood that he must have fallen into an Illusion Array.
And having no knowledge of formations, if no one led him out, he would be trapped and die within!
"Damn, I was too careless!"
Chen Mo cursed in his heart, deeming the Dragon King extraordinarily deceitful. Knowing that Ye Wushuang might come seeking revenge, he had laid such a trap, despicably vile!
"Sigh..."
As Chen Mo seethed inwardly, suddenly, a breeze arose, causing the fog before him to automatically scatter to both sides, revealing a clear path.
Seeing this, Chen Mo was overjoyed, knowing that Dragon King Hall must have heard what he had just said and made way for him to enter.
"Indeed, not many in the world dare to disregard the reputation of my master!"
Chen Mo joyfully muttered to himself and then stepped onto the path, walking straight forward.
Soon,
an open space came into view.
Standing there were two people.
One was Mu Jinyu, whom Chen Mo had been pondering over all this time and was very familiar with.
The other was Qiu Bai, who had risen to prominence suddenly; Chen Mo had also investigated him.
Feeling an immediate sense of alarm, Chen Mo maintained a poker face and addressed Mu Jinyu, "I am Chen Mo, the chief disciple of Ye Wushuang, greetings to the Dragon King."
"Hmm," Mu Jinyu, with his hands clasped behind his back, nodded slightly to Chen Mo, "You are here to avenge Ye Chen?"
Without waiting for Chen Mo to respond, he continued, talking to himself: "You must have investigated his death, right? If you're unclear, let me tell you again. He attempted to kill someone for their treasure, specifically targeting my friend's possession. I intervened, he refused to yield, dared to strike, and met his death by my hand, entirely at fault for his own demise. Yet you dare to seek revenge for him?"
By the end, his words were fierce!
With an aura of immense authority!
Mu Jinyu's black hair fluttered in the light breeze, his eyes fixed on Chen Mo, brilliance flashing within them like two sharp swords thrusting forth, which made Chen Mo's eyes painfully sting!
Chen Mo was terribly shocked, struggling to keep himself from tearing up, yet he was extremely astonished by Mu Jinyu's strength.
He is at most the Fourth Layer of the Divine Realm, isn't he? Even if there was a mistake, it would only be the Fifth Layer. How could there be such terrifying and oppressive power?
It seemed more dreadful than facing his own master directly!
Impossible, this New Dragon King couldn't possibly possess such strength!
That's it, he must be using the power of a formation to intimidate me; his true strength couldn't possibly be this formidable!
Chen Mo could not accept that Mu Jinyu had the strength of the Advanced Divine Realm, nor the boundless and vast oppressive power. He had never seen such pressure even from Li Zhexiong, ranked first on the Divine Rankings, so he concluded that Mu Jinyu was bluffing with the help of a formation's power!
Actually, he wasn't wrong. Mu Jinyu's strength hadn't reached the Advanced Divine Realm; he was still in the Sixth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm, comparable to both of them. However, unlike them, Mu Jinyu had undergone incredible transformations at the Land of Creation by Ruiyan Mountain!
Not only had his thin dragon blood been elevated to a terrifyingly high level, but with the help of the Mystical Little Tree, he had successfully cultivated the "Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art" and attained the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Body!
This was a powerful constitution possessed by the Five Ancient Emperors, a body of a great emperor, naturally boundless and terrifying!
Chen Mo, unaware of the incredible fortune Mu Jinyu had acquired in just a few days, convinced himself otherwise and adjusted his breath. Then he spoke in a neither overbearing nor servile manner,
"Dragon King, these words are mistaken. Although my junior brother is stubborn and indeed likes to act recklessly, if he makes a mistake, it shouldn't be for Dragon King Hall to handle, right? If you take him down, hand him over to our master, and he will surely discipline him well. It shouldn't be that the Dragon King, without discussion, directly becomes an assassin!"
After pausing, Chen Mo looked up at Mu Jinyu, not daring to meet his eyes, only gazing at his neck as he continued, "I believe if a similar situation occurred in Dragon King Hall, such as your senior brother encountering trouble, and someone else acted as an assassin without dealing with you, Dragon King, you would definitely seek justice for him, right?"
Mu Jinyu, initially wanting to refute what Chen Mo said, thought about how Ye Chen wanted to kill for treasures; should he not just subdue him and hand him over to Ye Wushuang for dealing with him? Would Ye Wushuang kill his own disciple? Impossible! Then how would he explain it to Zhu Yeqing?
Ye Wushuang himself failing to discipline, on what grounds did he ask for an explanation from him?
But hearing what Chen Mo said next, he was left without an answer. If Ruoxiang Man Hall was killed just like that, he definitely wouldn't say it wasn't Ruoxiang Man Hall's fault for its own errors, the death deserved, and he wouldn't seek revenge…
Would he act so morally upright?
Impossible!
The chaos was caused by Ruoxiang Man Hall itself, right? They indeed owed the common people, but in the end, they also never provided an explanation!
Taking a deep breath, Mu Jinyu shook his head, saying, "At this point, there's no use talking so much anymore. Let's speak with our swords."
"Fine, let's talk with our swords then!"
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, Chen Mo immediately agreed without any politeness, then suggested, "Let us talk with just our swords, without using anything external, how about that?"
Since he was convinced that the imposing air previously shown by Mu Jinyu was due to the formation, unless he pushed Mu Jinyu to fight with swords, letting the opponent use the Mountain Protection Array would leave no chance for him to survive!
Otherwise, why would he provoke Mu Jinyu?
"Fine." Mu Jinyu, noting Chen Mo's cultivation, also disdained using the Nine Heavens Mystical Murder Formation or the Dragon Bone Method Ring to kill him!
He agreed straightforwardly!
Chen Mo felt secretly delighted, preparing to make a move when...
Qiu Bai, who had been silently watching, suddenly spoke up, "Wait!"
"Hmm? What do you want?" Chen Mo responded with displeasure, turning to look at Qiu Bai.
With his hands behind his back, Qiu Bai said, "The Dragon King has already agreed to a duel with me. If I win, he will craft a furnace of elixirs for me. Your duel with him can wait for another day!"