Fang Xinwu! Su Mo Returns to the Martial Arts School! Xie Baolin's Astonishing Cultivation Talent...

Qingshan Town, on a wide, bustling street.

"Su Mo, I'll only charge you eighteen copper coins this time to haul the nine Green Wolves with my ox cart."

Su Mo had come to Qingshan Town again, and once more had villagers use an ox cart to haul the nine Green Wolves into town for him. It had cost him eighteen copper coins in all.

After paying the cart fare, Su Mo dragged the nine Green Wolves to the side to sell them.

"Whoa, that hunter's back to sell Green Wolves again—and nine of them this time!"

"That's terrifying!"

"Can't be helped. Guande Martial Arts School charges too much for tuition. A lot of the disciples can't afford to renew their lodging, so they have to leave the school. If they want to keep practicing, they have to go home and scrape together the money."

The other hunters selling their game nearby were all startled to see Su Mo trading Green Wolf Meat for money again. They still remembered how he'd brought three Green Wolves to sell last time.

But this time, he'd gone even further, bringing nine Green Wolves to sell. The hunters also knew that Su Mo had joined Guande Martial Arts School to learn martial arts, and couldn't help but marvel at it.

"Young hunter, Green Wolf Meat goes for thirty copper coins a jin. How about I buy it all?"

With nine Green Wolves laid out for sale at the side of the street, they were impossible to miss. Before long, a wealthy household from Qingshan Town took an interest in Su Mo's nine Green Wolves.

The man even offered thirty copper coins per jin.

That was the going rate for Green Wolf Meat.

However, before this wealthy buyer stood a group of young people dressed in fine clothes, and he treated them with great deference.

"Sure."

Su Mo readily agreed.

But when he saw the finely dressed young people, he was a little surprised.

"Young Master Fang, I'll pick out a few good Green Wolves for you later and have them sent over."

The wealthy buyer had his steward pay, then turned to one of the young men in fine clothes and spoke with ingratiating respect.

"Mm."

The young man nodded. He wasn't particularly interested in Green Wolf Meat, but when he saw Su Mo, he looked surprised.

"Aren't you Yue Haofeng's junior fellow disciple? You managed to hunt so many Green Wolves? Where did you find them?"

This young man was Young Master Fang, Fang Xinwu, whom Su Mo and the others had once encountered at Tianxiang Tower. He was someone Yue Haofeng had once been told to give way to the moment he saw him. Word was, he was now a disciple of a major sect in Anyuan County Town.

He was no weakling, either; he had reached the Meridian Opening Realm.

"I hunted the Green Wolves in Qingliang Mountain."

Su Mo took the money from the wealthy buyer's steward. He had sold the nine Green Wolves for thirty-five taels and one qian. With this money, he could keep training at Guande Martial Arts School for quite a while.

Counting the money in his hand, Su Mo answered Fang Xinwu's question.

"Qingliang Mountain?"

"Young Master Fang, I heard that the government's wanted Fire Worship Cult heretic once fled into Qingliang Mountain."

Fang Xinwu's eyes shifted as he listened. He hadn't expected a casual question to reveal that the Green Wolves had come from Qingliang Mountain.

A young man beside him spoke in a low voice. He, too, was one of Qingshan Town's rising talents.

Fang Xinwu hadn't known much about Qingliang Mountain, that remote place, but lately it had become well known in Qingshan Town and even throughout Anyuan County Town.

The wanted Fire Worship Cult heretic, who had a government bounty on his head, had fled into Qingliang Mountain after killing many Meridian Opening Realm experts.

He had relied on a Mysterious Body Refining Technique to withstand attacks from several top experts in the Meridian Opening Realm. Even when faced with a powerhouse in the Tendon Changing Realm, he had been able to leave without a care. The astonishing power of his body-refining technique had drawn the attention of many Martial Artists.

The government of Anyuan County Town wanted to capture the Fire Worship Cult heretic, but many local sects wanted the Mysterious Body Refining Technique he possessed.

As a disciple of a major sect in Anyuan County Town, Fang Xinwu knew all about it. He was even considering joining forces with Qingshan Town's rising talents to enter Qingliang Mountain, kill the Fire Worship Cult heretic, and seize the Mysterious Body Refining Technique.

If Fang Xinwu obtained this technique, his strength would increase by leaps and bounds. He might even become invincible in defense among those of the same realm.

Su Mo knew nothing about any of this. Even if he had, he wouldn't be entering Qingliang Mountain again anytime soon. He wasn't confident he could handle Chou Jinping, the wanted Fire Worship Cult heretic, if he ran into him.

Once he became stronger, if Chou Jinping was still in Qingliang Mountain, Su Mo would definitely go back in.

After collecting thirty-five taels, Su Mo soon returned to Guande Martial Arts School.

"Have you heard? Su Mo's back at the school!"

Many of the disciples were surprised by Su Mo's return. After all, he had always been well known at the school. In looks, bearing, and grace, he was among the very best of his generation.

But Su Mo was a hunter, and many disciples knew that. He had started training too late. Even though he had become a Martial Artist, neither the school's senior staff nor the influential figures outside it had thought to invest in him.

Instead, those people had provided martial arts support to Su Mo's roommate, Xie Baolin, and the neighboring students Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao.

They believed the three had exceptional talent and could go far in martial arts. They were all younger than Su Mo, with better physiques and greater potential.

So Su Mo's departure a few days ago hadn't seemed strange.

But no one had expected him to return to Guande Martial Arts School after only a few days, and pay three months' lodging and medicine fees in one go. Many disciples were astonished.

Even after becoming a Martial Artist, it was difficult to come up with dozens of taels of silver in such a short time. For most, it was simply impossible.

Ordinary Martial Artists could work as guards or join a courier escort to deliver goods. But Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists, especially those in the early or middle stages, generally weren't paid very well. Five taels of silver a month was already considered a generous wage.

After all, although Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists were far stronger than ordinary people, they were also the most common kind.

Only after reaching the Meridian Opening Realm would they truly attract the attention of influential figures.

"Su Mo, you're back."

Xie Baolin was delighted to see Su Mo return. Even Ye Zongsheng and Sha Pengxiao from next door came over, both greeting him with happy smiles.

After all, they had always gotten along well.

When Su Mo returned, he didn't see Senior Brother Yue Haofeng.

Xie Baolin told him that because of trouble at home, Yue Haofeng wouldn't be coming to the school for a while.

It seemed something serious had happened to Senior Brother Yue Haofeng's family.

"Baolin, have you reached the middle stage of the Body Tempering Realm?"

To Su Mo's surprise, after not seeing him for a while, Xie Baolin had advanced from the peak of the early Body Tempering Realm to the middle stage. His cultivation speed was unbelievably fast.

No wonder the school's senior staff valued Xie Baolin's martial arts talent so highly.

His talent was in no way inferior to that of Zhang Hai and Li Goudan, whom the Black Eagle Sect had selected. But he certainly couldn't compare to Zhang Qian, who had awakened some kind of special physique and possessed such astonishing talent and natural aptitude that it beggared belief.

Those born with a special physique and bloodline were all exceptional geniuses without exception.

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