Chapter 32 - Chapter 32: Chapter 23 Red Gold Sword i (1/2)
Chapter 32: Chapter 23 Red Gold Sword i
Translator: 549690339
After the Spring Festival, everyone’s life returned to normal.
The ice and snow melted, and the weather gradually warmed up.
On the eaves, a row of transparent icicles kept dripping.
The originally frozen ground began to melt away with the snow, becoming muddy and unbearable.
One day, Xu Mu brought his pills, left his home, and intended to sell them at the marketplace and pick up his custom-made magic sword along the way.
Unexpectedly, upon stepping out of his house, he ran into Jia An and Ma Rui, who were traveling together, as well as some neighbors from the alley.
“Friend Xu, are you also heading to enlist in the patrol team?” Ma Rui asked with a lewd smile.
“No!”
Xu Mu shook his head and said, “I’m going to sell the alchemies I’ve prepared!”
He had heard about the recruitment of the patrol team members from Su Qing a while ago.
But…
He looked at a few people and wondered, “I’ve heard that the recruitment demands are high. Are you all confident?”
To his knowledge, only those cultivators who were at least in the tier three of Qi cultivation and were proficient in fighting were recruited.
The neighbors in front of him had reached this level of cultivation, but their combat abilities were a bit lacking.
Although Jia An and the others often entered Baihe Forest, they mostly adopted the role of worker bees, with few opportunities for real fighting.
Only those cultivators who specialized in killing monster beasts could be considered proficient in combat.
“Don’t worry about that, Friend Xu. Big Bro Jia has smoothed things out. We just need to go there, sign up, and go through the motions!” Ma Rui said with excitement.
“Big Bro Jia?’
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Xu Mu looked at Jia An, plump and chin up high, wondering if he had heard wrong.
“Friend Xu, why don’t you join us? With me there, I assure you that you’ll get in the patrol team. By then, no one will dare to bully us!”
Jia An spoke boldly, full of confidence.
For a moment, Xu Mu thought he was hallucinating.
He recalled when he first arrived, Jia An was humble and cautious, eagerly treating him warmly due to a mere Qi Gathering Pill.
He suddenly remembered that when he left the Chi Family, Jia An had invited him to the marketplace for a drink.
At that time, Jia An had revealed a hint of ambition, but Xu Mu wasn’t impressed.
Later, Jia An invited him over several times, which Xu Mu tactfully refused using alchemy as the excuse, and Jia An stopped seeking him out thereafter.
Even Jia An’s wife, Li Moqing, hadn’t met Xu Mu for a long time, and he wasn’t sure what she was busy with.
Initially, he didn’t expect Jia An to stir up any storm, but surprisingly, he did make some headway.
One could tell from Ma Rui and the others’ expressions that they looked up to Jia An unreservedly.
However, even if they formed a small group, it would be hard for them to accomplish something major.
It’s not that Xu Mu was jealous; it was mainly that Jia An’s cultivation was too low.
At the tier three of Qi cultivation!
No matter how hard he tried, it would be useless!
He would be better off practicing diligently!
Of course, everyone had their own choices, and Xu Mu wouldn’t get presumptuous and decide for them.
He simply smiled, shook his head, and declined their invitation.
Upon Xu Mu’s refusal, Jia An’s face showed a slight hint of displeasure.
In the past, Jia An was just an ordinary loose cultivator, and Xu Mu was an alchemist, so Jia An had to win over him.
However, after all the operations over this period, he felt that he would soon rise to prominence. This led to him looking down on Xu Mu, the old cultivator.
He had long held a grudge against Xu Mu for repeatedly rejecting his good intentions.
Especially when Xu Mu ignored his achievements, it made him extremely upset.
Xu Mu might not have noticed, but inadvertently, he had indeed underestimated Jia An. In fact, there were hardly a few people from the whole shanty town who could win his regard.
It wasn’t that he was overly arrogant, but the facts spoke for themselves.
The cultivators in the shanty town, despite their hard work, may not be able to earn ten lower-grade Spirit Stones in a month.
As for him, if he wished, he could easily earn thousands of lower-grade Spirit Stones.
That’s a hundred times more than what ordinary loose cultivators earn!
Under such circumstances, even if he tried to be modest, he couldn’t help but exude some superiority.
Although Jia An was upset with Xu Mu, he didn’t show it completely. Instead, he laughed and said, “In that case, never mind. However, as we all live in the same alley, that’s destiny. If you have any trouble in the future, Xu, feel free to come and see me!”
“Thank you!”
Xu Mu politely thanked him with a bow of his hand.
The two groups parted ways at the entrance of the marketplace.
“Old Ma, follow him. See where he goes. Remember to stay far away and don’t let him notice you!”
Not long after leaving Xu Mu, Jia An suddenly stopped, his face grim as he said to Ma Rui.
“Big Bro Jia, what are you…”
“Don’t ask too many questions! Just go!”
“But, what about my enlistment for the patrol team…”
“Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, it won’t matter if we go a little later!”
“Alright then!”
Ma Rui nodded and pursued in the direction which Xu Mu had left from.
Meanwhile, Jia An continued to walk towards the recruitment station with his group.