Time passed, and the weather gradually warmed.
The Patrol Institute's interrogations spread ever wider. While on duty at the Scripture Hall, Chen Mu heard people complaining about it several times.
At first, he had been rather nervous, but gradually, he relaxed.
Perhaps the Sun Clan truly was unwilling to let it go, but the people handling matters at the Patrol Institute did not care. They only cared about raking in White Jade Coins.
Thus, Chen Mu continued steadily working as a Collator. He worked one day out of every three, spending the rest of his ample free time holed up in his bamboo building residence, practicing methods and refining pills.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye. On the veranda of the bamboo building residence, Chen Mu lay in a rocking chair, listening to the wind chimes tinkling beside his ears as he unfolded the Gray Wall.
Yellow Springs General Outline: 7112/10000/tier 5; Alchemy (Tongxi Baizhang Pill): 8280/10000;
During this time, he had put considerable effort into the Yellow Springs General Outline.
The results were quite impressive. Judging by the experience value, he should be able to rise another level in two more months.
"This upgrade seems a little different." Chen Mu rubbed his belly thoughtfully.
With every layer of the Yellow Springs General Outline he practiced, a strange Secret Aperture would be opened within his body.
The Secret Apertures contained black dharma power, which could activate Five Ghosts Possession and cast the Hundred Mile Qi Seal.
The previous four had been located between his brows, at his chest, below his navel, and at his lower back.
Yet the Secret Aperture produced by the fifth layer seemed to have opened deep within his abdomen.
And... it seemed to have gained a faint sense of affinity with