Chapter 123 - Chapter 123: Chapter 111: Seeking Refuge in the Outer Sea_i (1/2)
Chapter 123: Chapter 111: Seeking Refuge in the Outer Sea_i
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Outer Sea
Misty Morning Island
In the midst of thick fog, a beam of lightning cut across the void, stopping suddenly, hovering above the sea level.
“Finally, I’ve arrived! That just about killed me!”
Upon confirming that he had completely left the Cang Ming Ocean Territory on his sea chart and entered the tumultuous Outer Sea region, Xu Mu finally exhaled in relief.
Once bitten, twice shy!
Ever since he was almost captured by the Luo Family using the Lu Ling Jue, Xu Mu found it hard to trust anything.
An influential power at the Nascent Soul Stage, who knows what tricks they might have up their sleeves.
So after he left Illusional Sea City, instead of returning to Pursuing Wind City he headed straight for the Outer Sea, planning to lay low overseas first.
If he were captured later, he would choose to detonate his soul and die rather than involve his family.
“But it seems like I won’t be able to keep the promise I made to Luan’er!”
Xu Mu sighed.
Originally, he wanted to accompany her to find her elder sister after selling the pills this time.
But now, it seems like it would take years before he could go back.
The question of whether he will ever have a chance to return is still up in the air.
The world is too dangerous!
He used to think that the Cang Ming Ocean Territory was a peaceful and quiet place, but now he realizes that peace and tranquility are based on obeying the rules here.
In essence, the overall structure of the Cang Ming Ocean Territory isn’t much different from the Tianhe Sect, but because of its higher hierarchy, the bottom layer appears to be more relaxed and free.
But once you reach the upper levels, where huge benefits are involved, the Cang Ming Ocean Territory and the Tianhe Sect are pretty much the same. It’s human nature!
If it weren’t for these rules and regulations, the three major forces might have been overturned long ago!
The lower classes are destined to be exploited. If you don’t want to be exploited, you have to face great risks.
Be it in his past life or this one.
This has never changed!
Even if he was lucky enough not to meet Mu Yunwan this time, next time he might meet Ma Yunwan or Niu Yunwan.
The profit from the Stay Age Pill might not be significant to the big shots, but the small ones won’t misdchance!
From Mu Yunwan’s memory, he learned that she was the person in charge of selling pills in the Illusional Sea City. Although it was only a nominal title, she still received a sizeable portion of the profits.
Xu Mu selling pills in Illusional Sea City was like snatching food from a tiger’s mouth!
He was marked from the beginning when he started to sell, it was just that his whereabouts were not discovered at first.
As for the claim by Mu Yunwan that his method was insignificant, it was merely her boasting.
In fact, in the end, she was only suspicious of Xu Mu and did not have any solid evidence.
So she made a tentative move, pressuring him to sign a contract, otherwise, she would have directly captured him.
If Xu Mu had revealed his identity with the Four Seas Immortal Palace and quoted Nangong Suyi’s name back then, he might have been able to resolve this crisis in some other way.
But Xu Mu was too adamant about keeping his real identity secret, he didn’t even consider this path and chose instead to fight directly.
Mu Yunwan herself was not that strong a cultivator. If she didn’t use outside force, Xu Mu was 90% confident he could kill her.
Unfortunately, he messed with the wrong person!
With the presence of a Nascent Soul power like Mu Yuchan, it didn’t matter whether Xu Mu was in the Foundation Establishment Stage or even an ordinary Golden Core Stage, all he could do was kneel in defeat.
In this aspect, his loss wasn’t unjust!
It was just plain bad luck.
“Whatever the case may be, I got a harsh lesson from society this time.”
“After surviving this calamity —”
“I need to be more cautious!”
As for giving up selling pills, that’s not happening!
“However, before the next operation, I should study a secret skill to conceal my traces, one so good that even a Nascent Soul cultivator can’t track me down!” This top-level secret skill was hard to come by, or else Xu Mu would have found it long ago.