High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 117 - 110: Five Honks, Top Scholar’s Honors!
If this is really the case.
The decapitation squad he risked so much to establish and the decapitation operation itself have both become a joke, somewhat ridiculous.
"But as long as the beast tide can end, it’s a great blessing!"
"Let’s go find Su Mu to confirm!"
Luo Cheng found Su Mu, and at that moment Professor Yuan Cheng was also nearby. He appeared a bit nervous, staring intently at the Fierce Beast Mountain Range under the night sky. He intended to do his best to kill fierce beasts as atonement for his mistakes.
"Su Mu, come here for a moment."
The two of them went to a place with no one around. Luo Cheng could no longer hold back, "Su Mu, tell me again about the two black cats from the research institute."
"Or do they have any special characteristics?"
Special characteristics?
"High spiritual intelligence?"
After hearing the answer, Luo Cheng suddenly grabbed Su Mu’s shoulders with both hands, his face unable to hide the joy, "That’s right, it’s the high spiritual intelligence!"
The Luo Cheng in front of him was unusually excited. Su Mu was slightly stunned. As the city lord, Luo Cheng must be most concerned about the beast tide. Luo Cheng’s reason for seeking him out was obviously not for gossip.
Considering the current anomaly of the Fierce Beast Mountain Range, a hypothesis surfaced in Su Mu’s mind.
"Luo City Lord, do you mean the King Beast?"
"Mm."
"Are the bodies of those two black cats still at the research institute?"
Su Mu shook his head, "I collected the black cats’ bodies into the space ring. I found this in the head of one of the black cats."
"This is a blood core, and it’s so large!" Luo Cheng’s eyes burst with a brilliant light, "Now I’m even more convinced. Su Mu, you’re the greatest contributor to ending this beast tide. Later, I’ll definitely apply for a commendation for you from the city!"
"What is a blood core?"
"This item is born only in fierce beasts above the sixth level. It is the crystallization of a fierce beast’s essence blood, similar to how our human sixth-level martial artists need the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top when progressing to the grandmaster path. This blood core is equivalent to the Qi Blood Flower among them."
"Tsk tsk, generally, the blood core inside a sixth-level fierce beast is only the size of a green date, but the one you have is two to three times larger."
"It truly is a King Beast. Not only did it condense a blood core early, but even the size of the blood core is extraordinary."
Having confirmed the King Beast was dead, Luo Cheng left in great excitement. After the beast tide, there were still many affairs he needed to manage as city lord.
At this moment, Su Mu couldn’t help but feel a bit uninterested. It seemed he wouldn’t have a satisfying evening.
"It’s a small thing that I can’t enjoy, but the end of the beast tide is a good thing."
With the beast tide already over, Su Mu quietly withdrew from the front lines. However, at this moment, only Su Mu and Luo Cheng were aware of this news. Everyone on the front lines, including Zhou Xie, Gong Wu, and Professor Yuan Cheng, were extremely tense.
Before long, Luo Cheng informed Gong Wu and Zhou Xie of the news. The two were equally excited upon learning of it, and Zhou Xie couldn’t help but become deeply interested in Su Mu.
"Who exactly is this Su Mu?"
He noticed that Luo Cheng and Gong Wu both treated Su Mu with an unusual attitude, not as elders toward juniors, but as equals, even with some respect.
At dawn, Luo Cheng and Gong Wu led the decapitation squad into and out of the Fierce Beast Mountain Range, and a heavy news surfaced on television, broadcast, internet and various channels.
"The beast tide at Linjiang Base has ended."
This beast tide came suddenly and ended just as suddenly. Only a very few people currently know the truth behind it. For ordinary citizens, sometimes knowing more doesn’t necessarily mean a good thing.
Therefore, the reasons behind the end of the beast tide naturally sparked heated discussions among Linjiang Base’s citizens, with all kinds of speculations and rumors spreading widely.
But no matter what, the people were exceedingly joyful.
...
"The beast tide has really ended!"
In East Village, everyone in the Jiang Family showed joy upon seeing the television report, each one breathing a sigh of relief. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
Miaomiao was no exception, but she was somewhat shocked inside. Last night, Su Mu had called home, mentioning that the beast tide was already over, but he told Miaomiao not to say anything yet.
At that time, Miaomiao was half-skeptical, never expecting that it’s now reported on television, proving everything to be true.
"The television reported that it was not officially confirmed by Luo City Lord until after six this morning. How did Su Mu know?" At this moment, Miaomiao felt a strong sense of curiosity within her.
As soon as the announcement of the end of the beast tide was made, the Jiang Family, and even East Village became lively. Village heads from several nearby villages gathered in East Village, intending to jointly organize a banquet for Su Mu to express their gratitude.
"No problem from East Village. Everyone in the village will participate!"
"No problem from Charcoal Village either. At least one person from each household will come, and all cattle and sheep in the village are at disposal."
"Our entire Reservoir Village will attend too. The village can offer fish, and it has cattle and sheep as well."
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"No problem from Golden Chicken Village either, plenty of chickens, ducks, and geese."
Usually, there are some petty squabbles and disputes among the villages over trivial matters, but in organizing a banquet for Su Mu, everything went smoothly and everyone was eager to contribute more.
...
As Luo Cheng announced the end of the beast tide, surrounded by journalists from major television stations.
Inside the cultivation room, Su Mu slowly exhaled, finishing a night’s cultivation.
Then, he initiated coordinate transmission.
To avoid drawing attention, Su Mu set the teleportation location to be beside the village pond.
"Mom, look quickly, Dad’s back." Xiaoyue rubbed her eyes; she seemed to have seen her father appear out of thin air just now.
Upon hearing this, Miaomiao thought her daughter was joking.
If Su Mu had returned, the village would be abuzz, and she hadn’t heard any commotion. At that moment, a voice came from behind.
"Miaomiao, is Xiaoyue fishing? Let me see your catch."
"Su Mu, when did you come back? The drive from the Fierce Beast Mountain Range to the village takes several hours, doesn’t it?" Miaomiao looked shocked.
As Su Mu returned, East Village indeed erupted as Miaomiao had predicted. By that day, the villagers started setting up the awnings for the feast.
Since people from several villages would come, an estimated thousand people, they’d need to set up over a hundred tables, stretching the awnings from the village entrance to the end.
That evening, the family of the elder brother-in-law also returned, and the old man sarcastically remarked, "Why are you back now?"
"Dad, Mom, we’re here to help."
On the day of the banquet, firecrackers crackled at the village entrance and outside the Jiang Family, drums resounded, and the village elder, Old Xiao, invited a lion dance troupe to celebrate.
The main seat of the banquet was set inside the Jiang Family’s room, where Su Mu’s family of three, the old man, and Xiaoyue’s grandmother were invited to join, along with some other veteran village elders.
The brother-in-law’s family sat at the secondary seat in the courtyard. The brother-in-law had drunk quite a bit, walking around toasting the village elders, which made Miaomiao roll her eyes.
Her brother’s intentions were way too obvious.
Midway through the banquet, a long train of car honks echoed from the village entrance.
"Honk———"
The sound echoed across East Village, reverberating in the mountains, deafening.
"What’s happening?"
"Could someone else be coming to congratulate?"
At the village entrance of East Village, many villagers attending the banquet witnessed a shocking and unforgettable scene.
On the narrow road leading to the village entrance, a long line of black cars approached slowly, resembling a Flood Dragon perched on the earth.
Looking ahead, it was a uniform fleet of brand-new black luxury sedans, exuding an indescribable grandeur in the sunlight.
The car convoy was arranged neatly, led by an extended luxury sedan with Huaxia flags fluttering in the wind on the sides of its hood and windows.
"Honk———"
As the car convoy moved, the honking sound rang out again.
The convoy had many vehicles, but at this moment, the honking was uniform, like one single sound.
The leading extended luxury car stopped at the village entrance, the ones behind it lined up, and when people saw the license plate of the leading car, their pupils shrank violently as they swallowed hard.
"Guang X00002?"
A chef serving the dishes stumbled at the sight of this license plate, almost falling to the ground.
"This is a city car, Guang X00002, no doubt about it. I saw online this plate belongs to the Shenjiang City Martial Arts Association Headquarters; it’s the Martial Arts Association President’s official car!"
"What, is this car the Martial Arts Association Headquarters President’s official car from our Shenjiang City?"
"The President of the Martial Arts Association Headquarters coming here personally, what’s going on?"
Everyone stood up at once; the biggest official most had ever seen was a village chief, some had seen directors from the Linjiang Base.
But compared to the big figure in front of them, those were petty cases.
The President of the Shenjiang City Martial Arts Association Headquarters, second only to the Mayor in power, holds a position at this level, requiring one to be a Martial Arts Grandmaster.
"Honk———"
The continuous honking conveyed an awe-inspiring grandness.
More and more people were drawn to the village entrance, and everyone was eagerly anticipating, but nobody knew what was really happening.
"Honk———"
"Honk———"
The long honking continued for two more times, adding to the previous three, making it a total of five honks.
"Five honks, I understand, could it be the village has produced the city’s martial arts champion?!"
"The city’s martial arts champion? Are you crazy? This year’s exam ended long ago. If someone had become a champion, the village would have celebrated already, and not just the village, but the whole town would have come!"
"Anyway, five honks mean there’s someone equivalent to the city champion!"
Amid the heated discussions, the door of the extended luxury car was opened by the co-driver, and a spirited elder, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, stepped out energetically.
The elder was tall, with well-defined features, his imposing eyes exuded authority, and every gesture radiated a powerful aura.
Beside him stood a few others, who appeared respectful and somewhat incredulous.
"Look quickly, isn’t the person beside him the new City Lord Luo of Linjiang Base?"
"Then by your logic, the other two must be Gong Wu, the Martial Arts Association Branch President, and Zhou Xie from the Armed Department?"
Standing next to the elder, Zhou Xie couldn’t hide his astonishment at this moment, finally realizing who Su Mu really was.
After getting out of the car, the elder’s gaze quickly fell on someone within the crowd, and a smile appeared on his face.
He marched forward with tiger-like strides, his deep voice resonating from his mouth.
"Is this the village of Su Mu, the chief of the Three Cities Joint Training Camp of Shenjiang, Qianhai, and Gaoshan?"
