Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior

Chapter 246 - 168: Cyan Bamboo Burying Bones, Sumeru Ring

"Let me see you off, sir."

"No need, I’m not that fragile."

After Zhang Yang left, Su Mu walked into the bamboo grove and didn’t come out until near dusk. Then, Su Mu solemnly closed the clinic’s door and turned to leave in the direction of the city gate.

In Wine Dust Lane, Su Mu staggered step by step. After only walking about thirty to fifty steps, he was already panting heavily and could only stop to lean against the wall of a house to catch his breath.

Although the bones in his body had mostly healed, the meridians that had been corroded by Yin Sha Qi had not recovered. Coupled with the self-operating Pill Force, every step Su Mu took was extremely difficult, and each lift and fall of the foot caused intense pain throughout his body.

"Looks like I need to take a cart."

Su Mu seemed somewhat helpless. When he saw a grandfather and grandson leading an ox cart coming his way, he waved at them. The two showed a puzzled expression as they approached.

"Sir, I want to go to Qingshui Town. Could you give me a ride?"

Su Mu took out two taels of silver.

The old man swallowed but shook his head, "We are also going back to Qingshui Town, it’s on the way. If the gentleman travels with us, just a few copper coins for the old man will be enough."

"Alright, thank you, sir."

Su Mu didn’t plan to stay in Qingyun City any longer. Qingyun City is the center of Qingyun County and a place where martial artists from the Jianghu gather.

His meridians were now mostly ruptured, nearly impossible to harness any power, making it unsuitable to stay in Qingyun City. Going to a small town like Qingshui Town for recovery was more reassuring, where the strongest are at most Eighth Grade.

Moo!

The old ox pulled the cart and mooed. Su Mu struggled to get onto the ox cart and left the city with the grandfather and grandson duo.

Meanwhile, outside the courtyard on North Yanque Street, Wu Lie repeatedly knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside.

"Looks like Xiaomu should have left Qingyun City."

Wu Lie felt somewhat helpless.

It’s been half a month since the event with Magistrate Tao on forging soldiers, but Su Mu had disappeared without a trace. He had sent people to Qingshui Town but found no sign of Su Mu. A few days ago, he finally learned Su Mu’s residence within the city, but there hadn’t been any movement for several days.

"Li Qiu once revealed that Magistrate Tao hoped Xiaomu would personally forge the weapons, but didn’t specify by name. If we can’t find Xiaomu in a few days, we will have to discuss with a few master craftsmen for a replacement."

Wu Lie began to consider letting some master craftsmen replace Su Mu in going to forge the weapons.

Back in Qingshui Town, Su Mu used some silver coins to buy an inconspicuous small courtyard. Once everything settled down, Su Mu looked at an ancient ring in his hand, engraved with a Cyan Bamboo pattern.

As Su Mu briefly twitched his lips, a faint Gold Force infused into the ring.

Dong!

A flash of Spiritual Light, and the Crimson Flame Spear appeared in his hand, but it fell instantly to the ground, making a heavy sound.

Su Mu smiled and shook his head. He felt like he was a child who had just learned to walk; trying to lift a Crimson Flame Spear weighing over three hundred jin was simply a fool’s dream.

This ring was the pharmacist’s last gift. The Sumeru Ring has its own small universe and half-zhang square storage space, capable of storing the folded Red Flame Spear. Before leaving, Su Mu had put many things inside it.

Su Mu then gingerly squatted down to store the Crimson Flame Spear back into the Sumeru Ring.

"Now, my entire Martial Arts repertoire is reduced to the Entry-Level Five Animals Qigong that I can perform..."

Su Mu staggered around the courtyard and practiced the Crane Play from the Five Animals Qigong. Each move brought excruciating pain, as if ripping his flesh and muscle, turning his face pale.

In a trance, the image of the boy in Dongbian Village five years ago, who gritted his teeth and diligently practiced the Five Animals Qigong, floated before Su Mu.

"A fortune may be spent, but it comes back, and from the beginning, I only had the Five Animals Qigong... Now it’s just starting over again."

After many years, the boy returned to the small town of Qingshui.

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