Divine Valor Realm! Chen Mo's Martial Path

Hequ County, Outer City, Slum District, before dawn...

A full moon hung high, and the stars shone brilliantly. With no clouds to block them, even without lamps, people could vaguely make out their surroundings by starlight alone.

At the Black Market entrance, two blade-wielding guards watched the brazen robbery taking place not far away. After exchanging a glance, both averted their eyes and pretended not to see it.

As the Black Market's managers, they should have intervened if they witnessed an open robbery within their sight.

After all, if they did not even deal with this, who would still be willing to come to the Black Market?

The two of them had originally intended to do something. That robber was simply too arrogant—he was practically guarding the Black Market's entrance and robbing people at the door. He was giving them no face at all!

But then they watched two Inner Strength Realm martial artists traveling together get casually knocked down with one punch each. They immediately gave up on the idea of stepping forward to scold or interfere, instead standing rooted to the spot.

The person practically blocking the entrance to rob people was Chen Mo.

It was not really his fault. The people who came to the Black Market were simply too crafty; if he stayed too far away, they could easily escape.

The robbery efficiency was too low.

Helpless, he could only block the entrance.

With just one punch, he knocked out a man who had not even walked a hundred meters from the Black Market. Chen Mo glanced at the two utterly indifferent guards in the distance, quickly searched the man, and left at a brisk pace.

"Sixty taels. This bow isn't bad either... I'll take it all."

Chen Mo had wandered through the Black Market without finding anything he liked. He did not linger and came straight out to wait outside it.

Once he had "found the right method," his efficiency surged. After knocking out more than a dozen people in succession, he had gained over seven hundred taels of silver, three cultivation manuals, six sabers, two swords, and a bow.

The haul was not bad. The people who came to the Black Market really were wealthy.

"That will do for tonight." Chen Mo did not kill them all.

Let them recover. He could come again next time.

The next day, he put on a mask, found a pawnshop, and pawned everything except the silver, gaining another two hundred taels. He had earned nearly a thousand taels in one night. This deal was truly no loss.

In any case, none of the people who went to the Black Market could be too clean. Chen Mo felt no psychological burden whatsoever.

After buying a great deal of jerky, Chen Mo returned to his residence in the Inner City.

The most dangerous place was the safest place. The whole point was to hide in the lamp's shadow.

After climbing over the wall and entering the house, he discovered obvious signs that it had been searched. Even the cellar had been inspected.

Unfortunately, the intruder did not know that Chen Mo had dug another hole beneath his bed. It was around three meters underground and covered five square meters. After checking the entrance and confirming that no one had opened it, he went directly inside.

He would live here from now on. It should still be quite safe.

Within the County Town, things unfolded just as expected. The Fan Family could never withstand the Guo Family and Yu Family's joint assault on its own.

Yet the Fan Family was unwilling to surrender without a fight, and its resistance was extremely fierce.

Both sides suffered losses.

No one knew what agreement the Guo Family and Yu Family had reached. They were actually both willing to strike the Fan Family at any cost.

Just as the Fan Family was about to lose, the authorities could no longer hold back and finally intervened, standing on the Fan Family's side. It was like sending charcoal in the snow, as they still desperately wanted to maintain stability within the county.

The increasingly fierce conflict among the Three Great Families, which had seemed on the verge of producing a result, immediately died down after the authorities joined in. Everything appeared ready to return to how it had been before.

Under such circumstances, news spread that Lei Ming, School Master of the Fierce Tiger Martial Arts School, had met with the Yu Family's Family Head, drawing widespread attention.

Many people guessed that the Fierce Tiger Martial Arts School might change its stance and join this reshuffling battle among the county's top powers.

If the Fierce Tiger Martial Arts School's stance had loosened, would the True Martial Arts School change as well?

Everyone's attention gathered upon the authorities, the Martial Arts Schools, and the Three Great Families.

Chen Mo, who had once become a hot topic of discussion, now received no attention at all, as though everyone had forgotten him.

Chen Mo was quite pleased by this. This was precisely the effect he wanted.

The higher one's profile, the faster one died.

That night, within the underground space, Chen Mo took a deep breath. Around him lay the remaining two-plus jin of Exotic Beast Jerky, plenty of pork and beef jerky, a large amount of purchased food, and a bucket of hot water that might be needed later.

"Let's begin~"

After the Evergreen Turtle Breath Technique reached Minor Accomplishment, this would be Chen Mo's sixth Epiphany with it. He had a strong feeling that the technique's level was about to advance. Having remained in the Divine Strength Realm for over a month, he was finally about to break through.

From the Divine Strength Realm to the Divine Valor Realm, his body would undergo another transformation.

Therefore, the necessary preparations naturally had to be made.

Now, everything was ready, and his location was very safe. With a thought, Chen Mo directly used an Epiphany on the Evergreen Turtle Breath Technique.

Countless cultivation insights continuously poured into his mind. Who knew how long passed before the technique naturally advanced to Great Accomplishment.

The instant the Epiphany ended, Chen Mo felt as if his entire body were being violently compressed. Every muscle, every bone, and every inch of skin trembled without cease. The accompanying pain nearly made him cry out.

Transformation!

A transformation far more intense than when he had broken from the Inner Strength Realm into the Divine Strength Realm!

After the pain came waves of warmth that covered his entire body. Warm and soothing, they strengthened his body at a speed visible to the naked eye, making Chen Mo feel as if he had been reborn from the flames.

His skin became taut and resilient. His Streamlined muscles resembled Ancient Greek sculpture. His strength and explosiveness were visibly formidable, while an incomparably powerful sense of strength surged forth, far surpassing what he had possessed in the Divine Strength Realm.

The entire transformation lasted roughly five minutes before intense hunger and weakness interrupted it. Chen Mo immediately began wolfing down Exotic Beast Jerky. Only then did the condition improve, allowing the transformation to continue.

"My digestive ability has improved enormously. The Exotic Beast Jerky I eat is digested in mere seconds and transformed into Pure energy. The efficiency has increased severalfold!"

Feeling the changes in his body, Chen Mo looked exhilarated.

The Divine Valor Realm—he had finally reached it!

Only after Chen Mo ate all the Exotic Beast Jerky did the weakness in his body nearly disappear. Then he listlessly finished the food and meals, and even ate one jin of ordinary jerky before he finally felt full.

His appetite had grown again... He truly was a bottomless pit.

Yet that feeling of fullness was fading at a perceptible speed. Chen Mo knew that his body's transformation was still continuing, only not as intensely as before.

Even though the transformation was not yet complete, Chen Mo clenched his fist. That Vast power was no illusion. Compared to before, he had become much stronger. His strength had likely increased by nearly fifty percent, and it was now approaching ten thousand jin!

Martial artists below the Divine Strength Realm probably could not withstand a full-force punch from him.

It was not just his strength. After roughly testing his skin's defensive power, he found that it had also increased considerably.

Having reached the Divine Valor Realm, even without practicing a Body Hardening Cultivation Technique, ordinary blades and swords could hardly injure him. Not to mention that Chen Mo had "cultivated" the Silver Armor Technique to Perfect Accomplishment—his flesh and skin had already reached the point of being Invulnerable to blades and spears.

Ordinary Divine Strength Realm martial artists wielding standard blades would likely be unable to break his defense.

Beyond that, Divine Valor Realm martial artists possessed extremely impressive recovery and endurance. Chen Mo had already become a Humanoid fierce beast.

"With my current strength, there should be no opponents for me in Hequ County, right?" Chen Mo let out a long breath.

In less than three months since crossing into this world, relying on his own "effort," "diligence," and "talent," he had gone from a Sickly person with only a few years left to live to a Divine Valor Realm martial artist. He still had more than a hundred years of Lifespan remaining, so there was no need to panic.

Thinking of his Lifespan, Chen Mo moved his thoughts. Panel!

[Chen Mo]

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 15/205

Aptitude: Latent Dragon in the Abyss

Skills: Archery (Perfect Accomplishment), Tracking (Initiation), Culinary Arts (Initiation), Excavation (Proficient)

Cultivation Techniques: Evergreen Turtle Breath Technique (Great Accomplishment), Fierce Tiger Fist (Perfect Accomplishment), Flying Swallow Steps (Initiation), Wind Slaying Blade (Initiation), Silver Armor Technique (Perfect Accomplishment), Qi Concealing Art (Initiation)

Realm: Body Tempering (Divine Valor Realm)

Enlightenment Count: 0

When the Evergreen Turtle Breath Technique had previously risen from Proficient to Minor Accomplishment, his Lifespan had increased by twenty years. This time, advancing to Great Accomplishment directly added another twenty-five years. His Lifespan upper limit had now reached a terrifying 205 years old.

One had to know that even ordinary Body Tempering Realm martial artists with longer lives generally did not exceed one hundred years old. Chen Mo had a full half more than them.

After all, those martial artists primarily cultivated killing techniques, not Health Cultivation Techniques.

As their strength increased, many of those killing-focused techniques not only failed to increase Lifespan, but actually reduced it.

In this regard, Chen Mo, who sought Longevity, had resisted short-term temptation and consistently treated a Health Cultivation Technique as his Main cultivation.

As for the Health Cultivation Technique's weakness in combat, he made up for it through other techniques.

Facts proved that the path he had taken was correct.

The Martial Path was not merely about seeking strength, but also seeking Longevity!

This was Chen Mo's Martial Path... the Longevity Martial Path!