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He found a corner and sat down. He spent sixty-five copper coins on a pot of tea, a plate of freshly fried peanuts, and a portion of sesame soft cake. It was enough to buy two kilograms of meat.
"The prices in Nanyang Prefecture are really high." Chen Mu shook his head and stuffed a piece of sesame cake into his mouth.
The soft, sweet and fragrant taste made Chen Mu's eyes light up, and he ate three pieces in a row before stopping. There were only eight pieces in a small plate, and he ate half of it before he was satisfied.
Thinking about the more than 10,000 taels of silver notes hidden in the Five Ghosts' Bag, Chen Mu sighed, thinking that the landlord had no surplus food.
"Hey, pack two sesame cakes for me. I'll take them away later!"
"okay!"
……
"Speaking of which, the Jinghong Gang is the largest gang in Nanyang Prefecture. All boats sailing up and down the Jinshui River must follow their instructions."
"But fortunately, the Jinghong Gang has strict rules and they do things for money. It is also because the Jinghong Gang has been constantly fighting against pirates that the transportation on the Jinshui River is guaranteed to be smooth."
"In the past, people only heard of them but had little contact with them because most of them made a living on the river."
“Now it’s very famous.”
An old man with a goatee sat on the wooden platform in the middle of the teahouse, talking excitedly about the hot news in Nanyang Prefecture.
"Three days ago, the leader of the Jinghong Gang, Jin Wuduanjin, challenged the leader of the Zhuyi Pavilion, Zhang, and won a great victory! He immediately became the second best expert in Nanyang Prefecture, second only to the commander of the prefectural army, Shangguan. He was the most famous at the time!"
"Speaking of the Zhuyi Pavilion, you may not be familiar with it. It is an underground force in Daliang, and its business is shady."
"I don't know who accepted the reward, but he dared to attack the White Tiger Hall Master Lin Que of the Jinghong Gang. This really angered the Gang Master Jin..."
The old man spoke incessantly and the people below listened with great interest.
Chen Mu slowly drank tea and ate peanuts, with his ears perked up to listen to the news.
Lin Que was killed, the Jinghong Gang caused trouble for the Zhuyi Pavilion, and the leader Jin Wuduan challenged Zhang Qinghe of the Zhuyi Pavilion to a duel, and won...
The more Chen Mu listened, the weirder his expression became. He sighed hypocritically, "Zhuyi Pavilion really has too much on its shoulders!"
"too difficult."
"I hope Pavilion Master Zhang recovers soon." Chen Mu gave his blessing without any sincerity.
"Except for the trouble with the bounty, am I safe for the time being?" Chen Mu was happy and stuffed all the sesame cakes into his mouth in one breath.
One word, sweet!
……
"That day, there was no wind on the river, but the sky was dark and cloudy. The two of them took a small boat and leapt across dozens of meters. It was like a thunderbolt from the sky, smashing onto the isolated island in the middle of the river with a loud bang!"
"Then the wind started to surge, sand and rocks flew everywhere, and wherever the two men passed, the mountains collapsed and the ground cracked, like a dragon turning over. The entire Jiangxin Island was shattered by the aftermath of the fight between the two men..."
Chen Mu's eyes twitched violently.
How come in the blink of an eye, I upgraded from martial arts to immortal heroes?
The mountains collapsed and the earth cracked, and the earth dragon turned over...
The other people in the teahouse were listening with great interest, but Chen Mu was extremely distracted.
A low conversation caught Chen Mu's attention.
"I heard something happened to the Red Boat." A fat businessman whispered to his companions while cracking melon seeds.
"I heard about it, too. All the people on the boat are gone." The equally wealthy companion whispered back, "The young master of the Lu family is a womanizer. He has been on almost all the red boats on the Jinshui River. This time he got on an unknown boat and is gone."
"Hiss... Could it be that someone is trying to kill me for money?"
"No, someone saw their ship at Changrui Wharf outside the city. According to that person, the ship looked weird. It's probably a ghost ship!"
"The red boats pick up passengers every day in Luohe River. Why did they go outside the city?"
"You will not live if you do your own evil."
"Indeed, ghost ships cannot enter Nanyang Prefecture."
Chen Mu frowned as he listened nearby.
He had been in Nanyang Prefecture for nearly five months and had never heard of any evil spirits causing trouble. He was almost forgetting about the ghosts.
When I heard the news about the strange red boat, I immediately thought of the strange long-haired woman: "You can't escape these ghost monsters anywhere."
Fortunately, Nanyang Prefecture has magical instruments to protect it.
Chen Mu lost interest in listening any further, so he left Xinyuan Tea House with the packaged sesame cake.
……
Shanglinfang, Chen’s House, under the pavilion on the west side.
Chen Mu placed the gray wall in front of him and concentrated on practicing.
Your proficiency level will increase by one to five points after each practice.
Bits and pieces of insights about the Blue-Eyed Golden Ape Lian flooded into his mind.
Chen Mu's eyes were dull as he practiced tirelessly over and over again.
Chen Mu didn't stop until he felt a slight pain in his lungs.
In the next half month, he went out every five days to buy food, drink tea and listen to news. The rest of the time was devoted to the Green-eyed Golden Ape's practice of shape-shifting.
……
In the evening, in the study on the second floor, Chen Mu opened the window and sat at the desk.
Chen Mu picked up the warm milk tea and paired it with imitation sesame soft cake, and sat comfortably on the recliner, watching the boats on the Luohe River in the distance to relax his mind.
It is customary to call up the gray wall calculation proficiency.
Green-eyed Golden Ape Shape Training Technique: 4140/10000/First Level;
He put aside all other skills and focused on hunting the Green-Eyed Golden Ape. In just half a month, he had finished nearly half of it.
"It is true!" Chen Mu couldn't help but clench his fist.
It is difficult for the Blue-Eyed Golden Ape to practice the Shape-Shaping Technique, but the proficiency is increased quickly!
"The Red Falcon Form Training Technique has significantly transformed the body. The Hidden Blade and the Iron Lotus Seed also strengthen the body."
"The stronger your body is, the more endurance you can put in, and the more times you can practice every day."
"The body has a solid foundation, so it's easy to reach a new level. I only need to spend a little effort to refine the parts that I haven't trained before."
"The difficulty of training is reduced, the number of training times is increased, and the proficiency will naturally increase quickly!"
The future gradually became clearer, but Chen Mu couldn't be happy.
"Compared to the children of aristocratic families, I'm still far behind." Chen Mu shook his head in frustration.
"The innate bloodline is strong, and the cultivation will improve by leaps and bounds."
"The family has a strong heritage, and he has been taking secret medicine to accelerate his health since he was a child."
"There are also complete forms of training techniques that have been passed down from generation to generation."
The more Chen Mu thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt.
"These legitimate children of aristocratic families are simply God's favorites."
"They have bloodlines, secret medicines, and inheritance."
"what do I have?"
"I only have a small level of proficiency."
Chen Mu let out a long sigh.
"Fairness is always relative." Chen Mu had to comfort himself.
"But sweat won't lie!" Chen Mu tried another way to cheer himself up.
"I am a child of aristocratic families and I am born into a privileged family, but I will never give up."
Chen Mu quickly put away the gray wall in front of him and secretly warned himself.
"These external things will only disturb my mind."
Then solemnly establish your life creed.
"People can only rely on themselves!"
"I will rely on my firm will, unremitting efforts, and every drop of sweat to reach the top step by step!"
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 69 White Ape
June 640, th year of Daliang.
The weather was clear. Chen Mu bent his knees slightly, raised his hands to the sky, narrowed his eyes, and exhaled slowly and long.
The next moment, a wave of heat suddenly radiated from his body.
Muscles throughout the body twitch in small areas and expand at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just three breaths, Chen Mu changed from a tall and thin figure to a sturdy figure with inverted triangle legs like pillars.
The next moment, the ferocious body shrank rapidly.
It was as if an invisible force was compressing him inwards. After a while, Chen Mu turned back into his tall and thin self.
It is only slightly stronger than at the beginning.
After a long while, Chen Mu took a deep breath and stood up.
"It's done!"
After working hard for more than a month, the Jade-Eyed Golden Ape had mastered the Body Shape Technique and had completely transformed his body.
After losing weight again from that huge body, Chen Mu felt even stronger all over.
This is the wonder of the body shape training, it truly transforms the body's microstructure. The muscle fibers do not grow much thicker, but the strength increases exponentially, and the agility increases instead of decreasing.
"With the Red Falcon's great foundation in the Shape Training Technique, the Blue-Eyed Golden Ape's Shape Training Technique will be smooth sailing."
"Once you reach the peak of your practice, with the help of proficiency, you will be able to travel with your soul in no time."