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He climbed over the back wall of a house and entered.
"After going around in circles, I'm back to the original destination." Chen Mu sighed.
"It's a pity that all my pots and stoves are used up."
Black smoke billowed, and the courtyard covered with fallen leaves suddenly became clean.
He pushed the door open and casually removed the spider web hanging in the air.
"We just filled the cellar with grain and bacon, and I don't know who will get the benefits." The black smoke continued to sweep.
The room, which was full of dust and cobwebs, was quickly cleaned and tidy.
Opening the doors and windows for ventilation, Chen Mu sat at the square table with a frown on his face.
"Nanyang Prefecture is becoming increasingly chaotic."
"I'll leave Nanyang after buying another batch of Zu Ming Fu from Jie Jia tonight."
With four or five Youpo masters coming, he always felt that the new neighbor had some big plans.
The leaders of the Jinghong Gang were not necessarily masters of Youpo. That square-faced man actually used them as servants.
"I can't afford to offend you, I can't afford to offend you..."
……
evening.
Chen Mu baked a pie with a weird look on his face.
Just now, the White Jade Toad had mastered the shape-shifting technique.
A palm-sized piece of spirit energy appeared on the inside and outside of his thighs, and there were four pieces of wandering spirit energy on his legs.
The joy of accident!
The depression of being forced to leave home disappeared.
"Just wait for me. When I have mastered the Armor Soul, I will ask you to collect the rent!" Chen Mu thought happily.
After a careful count, he found that there were already quite a few wandering souls on his body.
The total area almost covers one twentieth of the whole body.
"It's a little small, but... there is hope for Jiapo." Chen Mu thought with relief.
……
On the square table, two large plates with a diameter as long as a forearm were placed in the center.
A plate of braised beef and pork head, a plate of blanched Chinese cabbage, and a small bowl of chili sauce in the middle.
Next to it was a flat bamboo basket filled with grilled fresh meat pies piled up like a small mountain.
Jie Jia followed the secret sign left by Chen Mu and came over. He was a little dazed when he saw the rough dinner on the table.
"I wanted to get something good. Unfortunately, the environment doesn't allow it, so I'll just have to make do with what I have." Chen Mu shrugged.
"A group of strong men came to the opposite door, and I had to leave."
Jie Jia nodded: "You really can't beat them."
Chen Mu rolled his eyes and said nothing.
"Have a meal!"
The room immediately became quiet.
The two men's physical fitness was nothing short of freakish. The food was enough to feed five or six ordinary people. However, the two men seemed to be slow but were actually fast, finishing it all in a short time.
"Give me some more Zuming Talisman." Chen Mu hesitated for a while before speaking.
"You really don't need to run." Jie Jia glanced at Chen Mu helplessly.
Chen Mu shook his head and said cautiously: "Let's go to Lijiang City to hide."
There's no need to rush into danger.
He has the proficiency and will master Jiapo sooner or later.
There are still some other scenery to see later, such as the opening of the Heaven Gate and the sight of Changsheng.
Until then, save your life.
"I'll give you the Qingfeng Powder and the blue pill formula. See how many talismans you can give me at once."
Jie Jia raised his eyebrows: "You don't plan to come back?"
"Something's not going right. I feel like Nanyang City might be in chaos in the future," Chen Mu said worriedly.
Just as Jie Jia was about to speak, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the inner city. Then he stood up and walked out of the room.
Chen Mu couldn't help but follow him into the yard and look in the direction Jie Jia was looking.
From afar, only a few flickering lights could be seen on the inner city walls.
"What are you looking at?" Chen Mu stared at the dark city wall in the distance, confused.
Jie Jia had a blank expression on his face. He glanced at Chen Mu with his bright yellow eyes and said, "It's already getting chaotic."
Chen Mu was stunned, his face full of astonishment: "No way?!"
"Are you going to do it so soon?"
He immediately jumped onto the beam and looked towards the inner city with wide eyes: "I can't see anything."
Jie Jia stood beside him, looked up at the sky in the distance, and suddenly took out a stack of Taoist talismans from his sleeve and handed them to Chen Mu.
The Taoist talismans weighed heavily on the hand, there were at least twenty of them.
"Put the Zuming Talisman in your pocket and don't go out tonight."
"What do you mean?" Chen Mu grabbed Zu Ming Fu and suddenly had a bad feeling.
Jie Jia glanced back at the sky and said calmly, "Nothing, just a group of ghosts floating in the sky."
Chen Mu: “…”
"Don't even think about running." Jie Jia said calmly, "There are more outside the city."
Chen Mu: “…”
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 121 Recruitment
Chen Mu sat on the roof, holding forty-one Zuming talismans in his pocket, and felt anxious until dawn.
He stared at the inner city for a whole night and didn't see a single ghost. But the faint chilly feeling couldn't be deceived.
It was not until the sun was high in the sky that the scorching heat at noon dispelled the chill.
Only then did Chen Mu jump off the roof.
He walked to the door, paused, and withdrew his hand that was about to open the door.
"hold on."
The entire Nanyang City was eerily quiet.
For three consecutive days, Chen Mu stayed at home and worked hard to improve his proficiency.
The Heavenly Serpent's Shape Training Technique made rapid progress, and his Shape Changing Technique also broke through the second level, allowing him to adjust his height, weight, and body shape.
But this still couldn't make Chen Mu happy for long.
No matter how he changed his face and height, the ghost monsters didn't recognize his face. As long as he was alive, they would bite him.
……
At noon on the fourth day.
The sound of gongs came from the street.
Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief, and the little paper man immediately floated to the top of the wall, where he saw two soldiers dressed in black.
The other party had a long sword hanging from his waist and a gong in his hand. He struck it once and shouted twice.
The general idea is that Shangguan Ji was so unscrupulous that he brought evil spirits to the Nanyang city, causing a cholera outbreak, which led to the fall of the inner city.
Chao Tianwang of Liangyue Prefecture happened to pass by here, and seeing the injustice, he drew his sword to help, drove away Shangguan Ji, and saved the people of the whole city.
Now King Chao is recruiting soldiers. If one person serves in the army, the whole family will receive salary. The resettlement allowance is extremely generous and is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Chen Mu listened carefully. The rest were all praising Chao Tianwang's martial arts and character, while at the same time belittling Shangguan Ji in various ways.
"Is it the Chao Tianwang who massacred Liangyue City?"
"Shangguan Ji? Haha... This King Chao is probably the one who actually brought the ghosts into the city." Chen Mu felt a chill in his heart.
"Isn't there an evil-repelling mirror in the city?" Chen Mu was puzzled.
"Could this be how Liangyue Mansion was destroyed?" Chen Mu felt horrified.
Only one tenth of the inner city remains, and it has become food for ghosts. He couldn't help but get goose bumps all over his body.
"How cruel!"
……
In the evening, at Jian'an Gate in the south of the city, Chen Mu stood in the shadow of the city wall.
Looking up, the sunset glow was hanging in the sky, bright red as blood.
There was no soldier patrolling the city walls. The city gates were wide open, but no one dared to go out.
The city gate, which was the busiest place in the past, is now silent.
Chen Mu looked down from the battlements of the city wall.
Within a few hundred meters outside the city, hundreds of corpses were lying scattered around.
These dead people had dry bodies and terrified faces, which was extremely terrifying.
At this moment, the Zu Ming Fu on his chest felt slightly hot, and Chen Mu couldn't help but feel creepy.