Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior

Chapter 249 169: Mysterious Purple Shirt, Inference of the Five-Animal Exercise! (Part 3)

"Thank you, Master, for the reminder."

Very soon, the old carpenter walked out of the house at the end of Spring Rain Street with a smile on his face. This Young Master Lin had moved to the town a few days ago. Although his attire did not seem luxurious, his speech and demeanor exuded an extraordinary presence, and his generosity earned the old carpenter's deep respect.

This Young Master Lin was, of course, Su Mu.

After the old carpenter left the courtyard, Su Mu examined the wheelchair the old carpenter had brought, then smiled and sat down to try it out. It moved and turned smoothly, with fine workmanship.

"The master's craftsmanship is excellent."

Su Mu had designed a wheelchair for himself based on those from his previous life. Since he had returned to Qingshui Town, he planned to visit Master Zhou at Bailu Mountain someday. Otherwise, in his current state, it would take a long time to walk there on foot.

"Is it unrest?"

Su Mu knew a bit about recent events in the town; it seemed that there was warfare to the northwest, and many refugees had arrived in the town lately.

As for hiring an instructor from the Iron Fist Martial Arts Hall to guard the house for him, Su Mu decided against it. Although his meridians were severed and his mobility was limited, he was not someone ordinary people could bully.

However, speaking of which, the Iron Fist Martial Arts Hall actually had some ties with Su Mu. After Su Mu killed Black Tiger Zhou Heng and Zhao Xuan, the Black Tiger Gang fell apart, and the Iron Fist Martial Arts Hall seized the opportunity to establish itself in Qingshui Town. Over the next two or three years, it developed and expanded.

Today, the Iron Fist Martial Arts Hall and the Cangying Gang are the two major powers in Qingshui Town. Although they have not yet reached the former influence and status of the Black Tiger Gang, they have replaced the Black Tiger Gang's position.

As for their conduct, Su Mu heard that the Iron Fist Martial Arts Hall behaves much better than the Black Tiger Gang. At least, they do not oppress the people wantonly, which is one of the reasons the Martial Arts Hall could establish itself quickly.

Pushing the wheelchair out of the courtyard, Su Mu wandered around the town before returning to the courtyard to cultivate the Five Animals Qigong. In recent days, he realized that with his current situation, hoping to achieve the Fourth-Time Yijin and enter the Twelfth Realm Little Vajra was not realistic.

Images of the pharmacist's complex expression when mentioning the Little Vajra Realm flashed before Su Mu's eyes. Su Mu had already noticed but did not inquire further.

It seems now the pharmacist had foreseen today's predicament long ago.

Currently, his meridians were severed. Forget about further refining them; even mobilizing a trace of power caused immense pain. Moreover, he had tried; in his current state, he could mobilize less than one percent of his peak power.

If he forcefully activated the Jade Bone State, he could barely mobilize one-twentieth of his power, but the cost was significant.

So, the path to the Fourth-Time Yijin leading to the Little Vajra was cut off. What lay before Su Mu was only the Fifth Refining Force or the Fifth Bone Forging.

"Even with the Jade Bone Pill, Bone Forging requires power for catalysis. Without it, a Jade Bone Pill's medicinal power would take months to digest."

Su Mu's eyes flickered. In reality, a Jade Bone Pill's accumulated medicinal power might exacerbate his internal injuries.

But even ignoring these, at this rate, hoping to achieve the Fifth Bone Forging with the Jade Bone Pill would take twenty or thirty years, maybe even decades.

This world's Su Mu was only seventeen years old. Asking him to spend decades, or even longer, to grind through the Fifth Bone Forging was something Su Mu couldn't do.

"Xiaoyue is still waiting for me!"

With Yijin unreachable and Bone Forging challenging, the only thing left for Su Mu was to break through the Pill Force and achieve the Fifth Refining Force.

This is why Su Mu started inferring the Five Animals Qigong. He had a hunch that the Five Animals Qigong could help him escape his predicament. Moreover, if he could elevate the Five Animals Qigong to the Entry Level, the power within him would become more abundant, facilitating the achievement of the Fifth Refining Force.

So lately, Su Mu endured pain but found joy in it. After all, he couldn't control his power well, and the more abundant the power, the more pain coursed through his body.

After lunch, after practicing the Five Animals Qigong once, Su Mu was drenched in sweat. He lay quietly on the wheelchair with his eyes closed, continuing to infer the Five Animals Qigong while multitasking.

...

The setting sun dipped into a somber sky, dyeing the cobblestone path of Spring Rain Lane a rusty color.

A gaunt, ragged little beggar staggered in the cold wind, fleeing. Behind, came the muffled sound of boots crushing snow and sinister laughter carried on the wind, "Little bastard, keep running, let's see which rat hole you'll crawl into!"

The residents of Spring Rain Street and Lane witnessed this scene, showing sympathy on their faces, but they closed their doors and windows with a 'bang bang', which sounded like the drums of death. These people belonged to the Cangying Gang; they couldn't afford to offend them.

Listening to the approaching footsteps behind him, the little beggar's face turned pale as he looked around frantically, praying desperately for someone to rescue him, but he only saw doors closing tightly.

"I don't want to die. Help me, someone, please save me!"

Terrified to the extreme, the little beggar stumbled and was tripped by an upturned cobblestone, falling to the ground.

"Creak—"

An old wooden door was blown ajar by the cold wind. The little beggar didn't care about the bleeding from his face, got up, and scrambled inside, curling up and shivering behind a door, listening to the approaching footsteps and sinister laughter outside.

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