Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior

Chapter 389 - 229: The Legend Ends, Fate Unbroken! (Part 3)

Su Mu’s eyes narrowed slightly. After seeing Li Zhihe, Su Mu felt most of his doubts dissipate, realizing that from the beginning of the battle in Changfeng City, Wang Xuantian had been preparing an escape route.

The head of the Changfeng County Magistrate Gong Ming hanging from the city gate was an overt scheme.

The body of a person who could evade the Great Yan Dynasty’s protective destiny and kill a court official was a great accomplishment. No one would easily let it be destroyed; instead, they would choose to send Wang Xuantian’s body to Qingzhou after the battle.

For this reason, during the battle, the Lin Family siblings and Shangguan Ke all expressed their wish to preserve the body.

As for why Su Mu thought Wang Xuantian didn’t intend to actually borrow someone else’s hand to kill, it was because Tao Xingzheng came from a prominent family, possessing the means to retaliate. Being someone from the Liu Family, Wang Xuantian would surely be aware of this.

Therefore, Wang Xuantian’s words transmitted before his death seemed to want to drag Tao Xingzheng down with him, but were actually meant to confuse Su Mu.

"Those words were mostly to disturb and confuse my mind... then Wang Xuantian took the opportunity to use some ’fake death’ technique."

Su Mu had once read in ancient texts left by a pharmacist that peculiar martial arts existed in the world, such as the ’Turtle Breath Technique,’ which could create the phenomenon of brief breath cessation and no pulse, mimicking death.

As for why Wang Xuantian’s heart was shattered by a punch yet he was still alive, Su Mu couldn’t understand, only vaguely feeling it might be related to the demon technique and physique Wang Xuantian cultivated.

"Moreover, those words successfully diverted Tao Xingzheng’s attention."

Su Mu’s eyes flickered, after Wang Xuantian revealed the matter of the short blade, he ventured alone into Changfeng City. Naturally, Tao Xingzheng’s attention would be diverted, and so would the Lin Family siblings’.

Thus, no one paid attention to Wang Xuantian’s fake death anymore.

But in Su Mu’s view, this matter was extremely dangerous and highly risky. No matter how Wang Xuantian feigned his death, his injuries were severe, and if either himself or Shangguan Ke were among the escorting team, the severely wounded Wang Xuantian would likely not escape disaster.

However, once Su Mu learned of Tao Xingzheng’s actions and obtained the short blade, he left, also developing a killing intent toward Tao Xingzheng.

Coincidentally, the newly minted golden order recipient, Shangguan Ke, happened to meet his family in the city. Su Mu knew Shangguan Ke’s family too, it was Shangguan Qing from Hongmen Martial Arts Hall, whom Wei Ming and Xie Li once planned to use to coerce Shangguan Miao.

Ultimately, Wang Xuantian’s body was escorted by the Cyan Cloud Army and Canghe Army. However, ordinary Seventh-Grade Martial Artists were no different from ants before Wang Xuantian, even severely injured.

"Shangguan Ke’s matter should be just a coincidence... this time Wang Xuantian’s destiny indeed spared him, truly a person with great fortune."

...

The sky was just turning light, and the streets of Baihe Town were already bustling with vendors setting up stalls early. The air in Baihe Town, flanked by mountains on both sides, was filled with a thin mist.

"Sir, would you like to buy something?"

The Rice Hat Wanderer paused at the outside of a smithy, approached by a dark-skinned woman, dressed as if she were in her late teens, who smiled and asked. Behind her, on the forging platform, a man in his twenties, with a bare upper body, was vigorously wielding a forging hammer.

"I’ll take one of your best knives and swords."

"Please wait, Sir, I’ll fetch them right away!" The woman called out, "Er Gou, go get the best knife and sword!"

Soon, the reticent man brought over a knife and a sword.

Su Mu drew the long sword, and its cold gleam appeared suddenly. The blade faintly emitted a deep cyan glow, like a pool of spring water.

"Good sword, an excellent Hundred-Forged Elite Soldier."

"You have a discerning eye, Sir!"

Upon hearing this, the reticent man referred to as Er Gou’s eyes lit up. Since being guided by an expert last time, Er Gou had dedicated himself to forging, leading to today’s breakthrough.

Now, the smithy’s business was thriving; even the bigshots from White Jade Commerce Association had personally come to the shop to reserve blades.

"Er Gou, what do you think of the Forging Workshop?"

Er Gou wiped the sweat from his forehead, his eyes bursting with longing: "Sir, do you mean the Forging Workshop in Qingyun City? That’s naturally the best place for blacksmiths in the Three Counties!" He rubbed his hands eagerly, "There, the four master craftsmen are all capable of forging Treasure Artifacts, especially Master Su, who reportedly crafted a Half-Step Seventh-Grade Treasure Artifact that caused a phenomenon at under twenty years old..."

The Rice Hat Wanderer chuckled softly and took out a letter from his chest: "If you want to go to the Forging Workshop in the future, hold this letter... you have talent in forging, and you may achieve considerable success later."

The woman beside him instinctively wanted to speak, but remembering the two previous instances of expert guidance, she ultimately bit her lip.

"Sir, this..." Er Gou looked at the letter handed to him in confusion, and when his gaze fell upon the two forceful characters on the envelope, he was thunderstruck.

Bang!

The forging hammer he held fell heavily to the ground.

On the still-wet ink envelope were the two boldly inscribed characters: Su Mu.