Chapter 6 Someone Came to Report an Injustice? (1/2)

Chapter 6 – Someone Came to Report an Injustice?

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In the crowd of people, the county commander had a gloomy look on his face.

He had originally prepared all sorts of plans to assassinate Li Mu, but he never expected that Li Mu would hide away in the County Administrative Hall and not come out at all. Although the Bloodmoon Gang was strong and even had a number of officials in their ranks, there were still many risks if they were to break into the County Administrative Hall and try to kill off a ninth-grade county magistrate.

Because of this, their only choice was to wait for an opportunity to present itself. But from the way things were going, it seemed that Li Mu was going to hide away in the rear county hall for an indeterminate amount of time. Just when would he finally come out?

“I have to find some way to lure Li Mu out.”

Zheng Longxing thought to himself. He was already impatient.

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Time passed, a day at a time.

Soon, half a month flashed by.

Within the training room in the rear section of the County Administrative Hall, Li Mu was punching his fists into a slab of granite as tall as he was.

Bang!

It was difficult for even swords or sabers to mar this slab of granite. But, these punches were actually cracking it apart, causing chips to fly everywhere.

This strength was simply superhuman.

“I wonder just how strong my fist is?”

Li Mu said with satisfaction as he blew off the stone dust from his hands.

In these past days he had been cultivating the True Martial Fist during the daytime and now he finally managed to perfectly display the opening static stance.

At the same time, Li Mu was just barely able to display the first style of the True Martial Fist – Sky Charging Hammer. Even so, his movements lacked the necessary charm, and after every time he attempted it his muscles would feel as if they were being torn apart. If he were to forcefully use this move, it would lead to him tearing apart his muscles and even wounding his organs.

Li Mu tried several times but eventually gave up.

Currently, he had a much clearer understanding towards the True Martial Fist and Xiantian Arts.

The True Martial Fist seemed to be a body technique that could temper the human body.

Every move and every style had a mysterious function of strengthening the body.

In this past half month, Li Mu tried his best to practice the opening stance and first style of the True Martial Fist, Sky Charging Hammer. During this time he also discovered that his skin and flesh had become much harder and more resilient. Even when he used sharp stones to cut across his skin, they still wouldn’t break open the surface and would only leave behind faint marks.

As for the function of the Xiantian Arts, that was completely opposite to the True Martial Fist.

The Xiantian Arts could heal internal wounds and strengthen the mind.

During the night, Li Mu would cultivate the Xiantian Arts.

This sort of breathing technique energized Li Mu’s mind and spirit. Even if he didn’t sleep all night he would still be as exuberant and cognizant as if he had slept for the entire night. Not just that, but his senses had been sharpened. His hearing and vision became much more sensitive and even his reaction rate was greatly enhanced.

And, the Xiantian Arts had an incredible regenerative effect. Li Mu had suffered internal wounds and tore his muscles several times when training in the True Martial Fist, but all that damage had been repaired using the Xiantian Arts.

When cultivating the Xiantian Arts, through the strange breathing rhythm and inner mantra, one could draw in the spiritual energy of the heavens and earth to enter the body and cleanse the organs. The impurities would be discharged through every breath, and this was similar to the legendary techniques of purifying the body and mind. Over time, Li Mu’s physique also changed little by little, and there was a feeling similar to being reborn.

Faintly, Li Mu also understand the intentions of that old conman.

The Xiantian Arts and True Martial Fist represented the inner and outer body, each complementing the other. They were able to change a person’s physique.

Li Mu had lived for 14 years in the polluted environment of Earth and breathed in the dirty air there. The things he had also included all sorts of unhealthy substances that left behind many internal injuries and impurities within him. By training in these two cultivation methods, he could gradually restore himself to his most primal and natural Xiantian state. Only like this would he be able to step onto the road of interstellar martial arts in the future and fight with the peerless proud sons of heaven that existed in the various stars all around.

What left Li Mu feeling a little sad was that whether it was the Xiantian Arts or True Martial Fist, neither of them seemed to possess much actual combat strength?

“Kuh…” Li Mu couldn’t help but cough and spit out phlegm.

This phlegm was filled with traces of red blood and black dirt.

This was not the first time this had occurred.

When Li Mu first started coughing up bloody phlegm, he had been frightened, thinking he had developed some incurable sickness.

It was afterwards that he slowly came to realize this was all because the Xiantian Arts were cleansing his internal organs and eliminating the impurities and internal wounds he had accumulated over time. It was only because the Xiantian Arts were strengthening and cleansing his lungs that such a dire phenomenon occurred.

“I’ve already hidden myself away in the administrative center for over 20 days. It’s about time to go out and breathe some fresh air.”

As Li Mu coughed, he began to move.

He was originally an active youth that loved going out and exploring lively situations. If it weren’t for him being scared that those hooligans from the Bloodmoon Gang would try to assassinate him then he would have long since gone out for a stroll around the city.

Now, with his strength having increased a bit, he was also a bit more confident in himself. Thinking it over, Li Mu decided to go and venture outside the County Administrative Hall to walk around.

The old conman had once said that when it came to cultivating martial arts, the most taboo action was to remain in deep seclusion and hide away from reality. Sometimes, cultivating diligently in seclusion for an entire year was worth less than sparring with others. Sometimes, fighting someone in a life or death battle might be better than 10 years of hard work.

Li Mu certainly didn’t want to engage in random life or death battles, but going out to see the wider world was also good.

Since he came to this new world, he should at least try to integrate himself into it.

As Li Mu was thinking this, before he could summon his two young attendants –

Boom! Boom! Boom!

From the great front doors of the County Administrative Hall, a loud rumbling boom rang out like thunder, echoing through the entire hall.

The young attendant Qing Feng ran up, panting, “Young Master, someone has struck the injustice drum to report a complaint…”

Li Mu’s eyes brightened.

“Injustice drum…that means someone came to report a complaint…”

Li Mu began to recall movies and television shows from Earth where the county magistrate would preside over cases in the court hall.

Hahaha!

Li Mu began wildly laugh inwardly.

This was perfect. He could take this chance to display his abilities as a county magistrate. After a brief act he could then relax.

Hehe, thinking about it, he had seen many serial dramas that had situations like this with people reporting injustices. Now, all that knowledge could be put to use.