Breakthrough to the Mid-Stage Body Tempering Realm!

By the Qingyun Sect's Spirit Spring Water pool.

Zhang Mu had been keeping watch near the Spirit Spring Water pool.

Over the past two days of observation, he had learned that Chen Huai'an liked to leave last. This was the best opportunity to take him down.

"What's going on? Has that bastard stopped hauling water? Has he finished today's task?" Half a day had passed, yet Zhang Mu had not seen any sign of Chen Huai'an. Disciples coming to fetch water had arrived one after another, and he was starting to get restless.

Among the servant disciples, only a very small number did not need to complete tasks every day. Most of them had to carry out servant duties.

Zhang Mu was at the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm and was one of the sect's key trainees, but even so, he still had to work on tasks for half the day. If he failed to complete his servant duties, he would also be punished.

Over the past few days, he had wasted far too much time tracking and investigating Chen Huai'an.

Whether Chen Huai'an had any secrets or not, he had to settle things with him today.

Inside the Purple-Skinned Gourd space.

"The medicinal power of this Bone Tempering Pill is truly too overbearing. I haven't even fully refined it yet, and it has already pushed me to the fourth level of the mid-stage Body Tempering Realm. Once I completely refine all this medicinal power, I should be able to break through to the fifth level of the Body Tempering Realm. I might even reach the sixth level." Chen Huai'an had never imagined that the top-grade Bone Tempering Pill would be so potent.

Once Chen Huai'an had fully refined the Bone Tempering Pill's medicinal power, the bones throughout his body had been thoroughly tempered, and a great deal of impurities had been expelled from within him.

His body felt much lighter, and his cultivation had also broken through to the fifth level of the mid-stage Body Tempering Realm.

It had only been a little over a month since he joined the sect, yet his cultivation had already reached the fifth level of the mid-stage Body Tempering Realm. Before long, he would be able to break through to the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm.

His cultivation speed might not have been monstrous, but it was still faster than that of some outer disciples.

"I can't put this off any longer. I need to haul water. I still haven't finished today's task." When Chen Huai'an emerged from the space, it was nearly dark, and he still had a large vat of water left to fill.

When he returned to the dining hall this time, Steward Wu would probably give him trouble again.

However, having broken through to the fifth level of the mid-stage Body Tempering Realm, Chen Huai'an was in an excellent mood and did not care at all.

Before long, he would be able to enter the outer sect and become an outer disciple. Their chances of meeting would grow fewer by the day.

"Kid, you disappeared for half the day. Where did you hide off to slack around?" The moment Zhang Mu saw Chen Huai'an coming to the Spirit Spring Water pool to fetch water, he flew into a rage.

That bastard had gone somewhere to loaf around, making him wait half the day and causing him to fail to finish his servant task for the day.

"Who are you? Whether I slacked off or not is none of your damn business. You're really sticking your nose where it doesn't belong." Chen Huai'an rolled his eyes. Who did this guy think he was? Steward Wu did not care, yet some random passerby had come looking to pick a fight with him. There was clearly something wrong with him.

"Kid, watch how you talk to me. You're asking for a beating." Zhang Mu was already full of pent-up rage, ready to explode at the slightest spark.

This guy had obviously come looking for trouble, so Chen Huai'an had no reason to indulge him.

Besides, Chen Huai'an had just broken through to the fifth level of the mid-stage Body Tempering Realm. Among the servant disciples, he was not among the very strongest, but his strength was still above average. As long as he was not particularly unlucky and encountered a servant disciple at the peak of the late-stage Body Tempering Realm, he had the strength to fight.

And this guy before him was perfect for testing his skills. He also wanted to see what this fellow had been waiting here to do.

"You're Chen Huai'an, aren't you? Tell me, were Zhang Long and Zhang Hu's deaths connected to you?" Zhang Mu cultivated the Aura-Observing Art. He swept his gaze over Chen Huai'an and saw that the boy's blood and vitality were not particularly strong. He should have only just broken through to the first level of the Body Tempering Realm. Killing someone like him would be as easy as crushing an ant.

So before making his move, he wanted to clear up the doubts in his heart. Were Zhang Hu's disappearance and Zhang Long's death related to Chen Huai'an?

Chen Huai'an had never met Zhang Mu before, but when he heard the man mention Zhang Long and Zhang Hu, he immediately knew that this person was from the Zhang Family.

More than half a month had already passed, yet the Zhang Family's people were truly like lingering ghosts, still determined to come and cause him trouble.

This man was very strong. He was most likely the Zhang Mu Liu Qiaogui had mentioned.

For him to block Chen Huai'an here today, he had clearly come prepared.

His strength was definitely above Chen Huai'an's. Chen Huai'an's only advantage was that the other party did not know his true cultivation and still believed he had only broken through to the first level of the Body Tempering Realm. But he was now at the fifth level of the Body Tempering Realm. Once they fought, with his current cultivation, he could seriously injure the other man in a single blow.

"What are you talking about? I have no idea." To lower the other party's guard, Chen Huai'an deliberately played dumb.

Since someone from the Zhang Family had dared to come looking for trouble, he had already developed the intent to kill.

There was no one around here. Since the other party wanted to kill him, there was no reason for him to hold back. He would simply kill him first.

Within the Qingyun Sect, it was not truly a world where the strong could simply prey on the weak and kill at will. Under certain rules, evidence still mattered.

Silencing someone forever and disposing of the body was the best way to resolve matters.

Such things were not unheard of on Servant Peak.

Not only had they happened, Chen Huai'an himself had done it before.

What he was thinking now was how to close the distance between them so that he could kill the man in one strike.

"You don't know? You're pretending ignorance when you know perfectly well. I'm not one of those useless fools from the Law Enforcement Hall. Zhang Hu's disappearance and Zhang Long's miserable death are definitely connected to you. Tell me who's backing you, and I'll let you die quickly." Zhang Mu spoke coldly.

This guy was stubborn to the end. Zhang Mu no longer intended to waste words with him and directly locked Chen Huai'an in place with his aura.

Zhang Mu still wanted to pry some information from him, but Chen Huai'an gave him no chance. He turned and ran, causing Zhang Mu to roar, "Kid, trying to run? Do you think you can escape?"

Zhang Mu leaped into the air like a great roc spreading its wings, his clawed hand reaching for Chen Huai'an's back.

Bang!

Just as Zhang Mu lunged at Chen Huai'an to intercept him, Chen Huai'an seemed to have eyes in the back of his head. He suddenly spun around and drove a fist straight into the other man's chest.

Zhang Mu's claw had only just touched Chen Huai'an when he was sent flying backward.

Terrifying force rampaged through Zhang Mu's body, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Damn it! You're not at the first level of the Body Tempering Realm. You have the strength of the late-stage Body Tempering Realm!" Zhang Mu's pupils dilated, his face filled with terror. He had never imagined that the person before him had cultivation equal to his own and possessed the strength of the late-stage Body Tempering Realm.

Was this guy a monster? If he remembered correctly, this fellow had entered the sect alongside Zhang Long. How long had it been? Only a little over a month, yet his cultivation had already broken through to the late stage of the Body Tempering Realm. Even outer disciples did not cultivate at such a terrifying speed.

Perhaps only those genius disciples of the inner sect possessed such frightening cultivation speed.

Zhang Mu had already harbored some doubts, but after witnessing Chen Huai'an's sudden burst of strength, all the questions in his heart were instantly answered.

Zhang Hu and Zhang Long's deaths were both connected to Chen Huai'an.