Boiling Blood Triple

After completing the registration, Shen Mu left the Firewood Gang headquarters.

First, he went to a butcher shop run by the Money Gang to purchase twenty catties of beast meat, then proceeded to a liquor shop to buy fifty catties of strong spirits.

Ever since he recovered his strength using Origin Mulberry Wine, it had become a necessity for his cultivation.

Carrying his large bundles, Shen Mu headed straight toward the direction of the city gates.

However, before he had walked more than a few steps, he saw a group of gang members dressed in Money Gang attire walking toward him down the street.

The commoners along the way hurriedly dodged, fearing they might provoke these people.

Shen Mu stood to one side with the crowd, feeling a bit curious; what on earth had happened to the Money Gang to cause them to mobilize so many members at once?

At this moment, Shen Mu saw Wan Shunkang walking in the middle of the group. His face was bruised, his head was swollen with lumps, and he no longer possessed the suave air he had displayed at the city gate earlier.

Seeing the other man's appearance, Shen Mu's expression turned somewhat strange.

It had only been half an hour; what could have possibly happened to this guy?

Watching Wan Shunkang's disheveled state, the onlookers who had stepped aside couldn't help but be amused, and they all began to whisper among themselves.

"Isn't that the third young master of the Money Gang's second boss? Why is he walking down the street with a pig's head?"

"Haha, if you hadn't said it, I almost wouldn't have recognized that guy as Wan Shunkang. It's truly retribution; this guy spends his days wandering the streets hitting on decent women, he must have finally gotten what was coming to him."

"Heh heh, you all don't know, but half an hour ago at the city gate, this guy bought a Dragon Blood Carp. Who knew he'd be robbed by a mysterious martial artist halfway? He was so furious that he went to find experts within the gang to settle the score..."

"Dragon Blood Carp? Haha, he truly deserves it!"

"During this period, our Cloud Dragon County is full of wandering martial artists from outside. These guys have long heard of the Dragon Blood Carp. With Wan Shunkang carrying it through the streets, how could he not get robbed?"

"Come to think of it, I've lived in Cloud Dragon County for so many years and have never actually tasted Dragon Blood Carp. Has anyone here ever eaten it?"

"Over twenty years ago, thanks to my grandfather, I drank half a cup of blood wine made from Dragon Blood Carp. Tsk tsk, my body felt incredibly feverish. My grandfather was afraid I couldn't handle the potency, so he hurriedly took me to the Fragrant Shadow Pavilion to cool off..."

"Haha, I think it was your grandfather who was feeling a second spring."

"Tsk, so you're saying the blood of this Dragon Blood Carp has aphrodisiac effects?"

"Isn't that obvious? Dragons are naturally lustful, and the Dragon Blood Carp evolved precisely because it drank dragon blood. And then you drank the blood of the carp..."

"Damn it, when I have money in the future, I'm definitely going to buy a Dragon Blood Carp to have a taste."

"Heh heh, I think you have some unspeakable hidden trouble, don't you, brother?"

"Hahaha..."

Listening to the chatter of the passersby, Shen Mu couldn't help but be secretly amused.

So, the Dragon Blood Carp that Wan Shunkang bought was snatched away?

Shen Mu chuckled silently.

At the same time, he gained a rough understanding of the chaos currently plaguing the city.

Ever since rumors spread through the martial arts world that Gu Yunfan possessed a copy of the Extreme Profound Scripture and was fleeing through Cloud Province, causing numerous martial artists from all directions to converge here, the order in Cloud Province had undoubtedly become precarious.

And this was just a small place like Cloud Dragon County; if martial artists here dared to commit robbery in broad daylight, then other parts of Cloud Province were likely no better.

Extreme Profound Scripture... I wonder where Gu Yunfan is hiding in Cloud Province...

In this era without the internet, information was often passed down through word of mouth.

No one knew what kind of embellishments were added to the news as it traveled.

Shen Mu shook his head. Once the Money Gang members had moved far away and order on the street had returned to normal, he continued along the street toward the city gates.

By the time he returned to Emerald Cloud Valley, it was already noon.

Shen Mu specifically sought out Luo Tao to speak with him about the rules within the valley.

This guy acted without thinking, and since it was now the season for the Origin Mulberry to ripen, Shen Mu was worried that if he discovered thieves, he would rush forward to engage them in battle.

It wasn't worth risking his life for such a meager salary.

After finishing this, Shen Mu headed straight toward his Bamboo Shed.

After simply curing the beast meat, Shen Mu sat cross-legged on his bed and began to mobilize the abundant blood energy within his body to assault the third level of Boiling Blood.

"Store the primordial energy, enter the Tiantu point, pierce the Xuanji, invert the stars, strengthen the blood and qi, open the mysterious gate, charge the Yuque, traverse the Lingtai..."

Shen Mu circulated his body-tempering technique, guiding the blood energy within his body to converge.

Until the blood energy inside him converged into a blood dragon flowing incessantly, Shen Mu drove this blood dragon to charge toward the barrier of the third level of Boiling Blood.

"Break!"

Shen Mu let out a low roar in his heart.

"Crack~"

Accompanied by a muffled sound from within his body, Shen Mu successfully ascended to the next level.

The blood energy exploded within him, sweeping out in all directions. His flesh and blood, like parched earth meeting a sweet rain, greedily absorbed this surge of energy.

"Boiling Blood, Third Level!"

Shen Mu opened his eyes, a power more than twice as formidable as the second stage of the Boiling Blood Stage now surging through his entire body.

Scarlet sweat vapor seeped from his pores, billowing incessantly across the surface of his skin.

Having undergone months of body tempering, Shen Mu was naturally no stranger to this sight.

At the same time, he understood that this anomaly appearing during the Boiling Blood Stage was likely the body's way of purging toxins.

"Finally, the third stage of the Boiling Blood Stage."

Shen Mu could not help but look pleased.

Once he advanced one more stage, he would be able to become a core member of the Firewood Gang and simultaneously gain the opportunity to choose a different post.

However, he also understood that the cultivation level he displayed to the outside world must remain at the second stage of the Boiling Blood Stage.

"Advancing to the fourth stage of the Boiling Blood Stage requires digesting forty catties of unranked beast meat. With the digestion speed of the Martial Dao Tree, I can probably complete the digestion in two months."

"By then, I can reveal my cultivation at the third stage of the Boiling Blood Stage, and after completing the registration, advance to the fourth stage in one go."

"But since the cultivation I show to the outside will still only be the third stage, I can conveniently continue to stay in Emerald Cloud Valley to nurture the blood energy needed to assault the fifth stage."

"In any case, I am not lacking in cultivation resources for now, so there is no need to rush into becoming a core member and choosing a new post..."

"I hope I can cultivate the Army-Breaking Saber Technique to perfection before leaving Emerald Cloud Valley..."

After forming a rough plan for the future, Shen Mu took down the Moon Embroidery hanging on the wall, walked out of the Bamboo Shed, and once again began practicing the Army-Breaking Saber Technique.

By the time the sun set, Shen Mu had finished practicing the Army-Breaking Saber Technique once more; he was already panting like thunder and lay down on the grass to rest.

"Advancing to the third stage of the Boiling Blood Stage finally allows me to perform the Army-Breaking Saber Technique in its entirety. This will allow me to accelerate the accumulation of the scarlet mist on the branches of the Martial Dao Tree quite a bit."

Shen Mu immersed his mind to check the changes in the Martial Dao Tree, his heart filled with joy.

Through these two months of practicing the Army-Breaking Saber Technique, he had gained a clearer understanding of the changes in the branches of the Martial Dao Tree.

The branches of the Martial Dao Tree governed martial arts.

Every time he practiced the Army-Breaking Saber Technique, a wisp of scarlet mist would emerge on the branches.

From this, it was evident that the more he practiced the Army-Breaking Saber Technique, the faster the scarlet mist would spread across the branches.