High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 327 - 276: Threefold Mind, 1,000-Zhang Dragon
The next day, the dormitory door was knocked on.
"Leader Su, Mu Feng reporting in to you!"
"Leader Su!"
Outside the door, Mu Feng and a dark-skinned man stood at the entrance. After respectfully calling out, they performed a military salute.
Su Mu nodded slightly, his gaze falling on the dark-skinned man beside Mu Feng.
"It’s you."
Su Mu recognized this person, as it was he who had reminded him of the "Cyan Lotus Martial Seed" in the War Zone Musashi Hall.
"Leader, he’s my brother, Mu Hu. Have you met before?" Mu Feng couldn’t help but ask out of curiosity.
"Yes, your brother helped me a great deal back then, and I still have to thank him."
Helped a great deal?
Thank him?!
Mu Hu swallowed hard, cold sweat dripping from his forehead. Who would have thought that the ’pretty boy with connections’ he once saw would now be a Three-Star General Level figure and a peerless warrior on the General Star List?
But this couldn’t be entirely his fault, could it? After all, Leader Su looked even more delicate than a woman, with skin so fair that it would make women jealous.
Mu Hu didn’t know that this was caused by the Fixed Star Body Refining Technique, nor did he understand the terrifying power hidden beneath such delicate-looking skin.
He stole a glance at Su Mu and was surprised to find that Su Mu now seemed even more like a ’pretty boy’ than he remembered, with a jade-like glow faintly emanating from his body.
In short, because of this, he had once set up Leader Su, causing Su Mu to waste a million battle merits on a useless "Cyan Lotus Martial Seed"...
Thinking of this, Mu Hu’s face turned pale, "Leader, you’re joking."
Mu Feng gave her brother a hard wink, but Mu Hu was trembling all over and didn’t dare make a sound in front of Su Mu.
Just as Mu Feng was about to speak, Mu Hu shivered all over and quickly spoke up.
"Leader Su, I have to return to training, you go ahead!"
With that, Mu Hu left as if fleeing, afraid that Su Mu would seek retribution later.
Mu Feng was stunned, completely taken aback. Before coming, her brother had insisted on meeting Leader Su, eager to witness Leader Su’s sword momentum.
Why did he suddenly change his mind?
Su Mu noticed that Mu Hu seemed to be quite afraid of him, which puzzled him, but he didn’t pay it much attention and didn’t bother to keep him. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"Mu Feng, good timing. Can you do something for me? Go and exchange for some Spirit Marrow, let’s start with thirty thousand jin."
"What, how much... thirty thousand jin?!"
Mu Feng was directly stunned, standing dumbfounded in place. Five to six jin of Spirit Marrow was enough for a Fourth Level Martial Artist to complete the Five Viscera Refinement.
Thirty thousand jin of Spirit Marrow, even for a Martial Arts Grandmaster to squander, would take years to consume.
"Leader, you’re now at General Level and a member of the General Star List, you can exchange for cultivation resources better than Spirit Marrow."
"Oh, go on." Su Mu became interested; he would consider better resources if available.
"Above General Level, you can start exchanging for Seventh Level Spirit Marrow Pills. The Spiritual Qi in Spirit Marrow is difficult to digest directly, even for Martial Arts Grandmasters, they can’t take in too much at once. But after being refined with spiritual medicine into Spirit Marrow Pills, they become easier to absorb."
"How much Spiritual Qi does one Spirit Marrow Pill contain compared to Spirit Marrow?"
"Equivalent to twenty jin, but the time to digest twenty jin of Spirit Marrow is enough to digest several Spirit Marrow Pills."
"How much Spirit Marrow can be exchanged for with the battle merits for one Spirit Marrow Pill?" Su Mu asked again.
"About twenty-five jin."
To Mu Feng, with the war imminent, time was the most important factor, hence her suggestion.
Upon hearing this, Su Mu calmly shook his head, "Help me exchange for Spirit Marrow."
"Okay."
Su Mu could roughly guess Mu Feng’s intention, which was well-meant, but he didn’t lack time.
For normal martial artists, with abundant resources, using an extra quarter to save several times the amount of time is undoubtedly worth it, especially when enhancing before a major battle.
Because normal martial artists have low energy absorption efficiency, and not only is it slow, but their flesh’s capacity is too low.
Take the last tub of Spirit Marrow, where a Sixth Level Martial Artist, or even a Martial Arts Grandmaster, would need at least several months, if not longer, to digest completely.
Because the Qi and Blood and energy that the flesh of a Martial Arts Grandmaster can hold is limited, after reaching the limit, they need to release it before continuing to absorb more.
This process is too time-consuming.
However, Su Mu only took several hours to devour a whole tub of Spirit Marrow and even added ten Grandmaster-level Blood Cores.
Neither speed nor capacity was a problem for Su Mu. The Fixed Star Body Refining Technique allowed him to absorb energy far more efficiently than martial artists of the same level, and during body transformations, the speed was even more terrifying.
Additionally, Fire Breathing and Water Breathing could further amplify this, turning Su Mu into an energy-devouring black hole.
In short, compared to saving time, the bigger issue Su Mu faced was running out of Spirit Marrow.
"If there were sufficient Spirit Marrow support, the second transformation wouldn’t be far away."
Su Mu quickly returned to the Cultivation Room, taking out the Blood Soldier he had obtained in a transaction.
Pale golden blood wove into a web, constantly extracting the Golden Essence Qi contained within.
On the sea of consciousness, like a galaxy, a Crystal Human Form trembled slightly, endlessly enhancing and purifying spiritual power.
Then Su Mu slowly closed his eyes, alternating between Water Breathing and Fire Breathing, and the surrounding Spiritual Qi was inhaled into his lungs like a whale, continuously converting into essence blood.
After leaving the Giant Ruins, having fully mastered the Crystal Visualization Technique, Su Mu’s spiritual power had grown strong enough to practice complete multi-tasking.
This feeling was quite subtle, as if he had split into several avatars at the same time, with each avatar focused on practicing a different cultivation technique.
Currently, the limit is to divide into three streams of consciousness.
Every minute and every second, Su Mu’s strength was rapidly increasing.
Not far away, on a table lay "Cyan Lotus Martial Seed" quietly.
The walls were densely covered with paper, and if someone approached, they would find that all the walls were filled with information on the Overlord Blade Saint Martial Hall, the Sima family, and their intricate relationships.
Additionally, there was a small part about Ye Wanqing and the Ye Family’s information.
But if looked at more carefully, one would be horrified to discover...
Underneath this information, there was even information about the Overlord Blade Martial Saint and Qingfeng Martial Saint.
...
On the way to the Battlefield Logistics Department with Su Mu’s General Star Order, Mu Feng continued to mutter, like calculating something.
"Killing a Sixth-Level Fierce Beast yields about a thousand battle merits, the same as exchanging for a pound of Spirit Marrow."
"Leader Su is currently a General Star, enjoying a fifty percent discount on exchanges."
"Thirty thousand pounds of Spirit Marrow would require fifteen million battle merits, solely relying on killing fierce beasts would need fifteen thousand Sixth-Level kills, which is equivalent to suppressing a small beast tide single-handedly?!"
"Previously, the leader was rewarded five million upon promotion to Colonel, ten million upon entering the General Level, but General Star won’t receive extra merit rewards, so this is exactly fifteen million."
"To convert all merits into Spirit Marrow... the leader is too extravagant!"
Mu Feng couldn’t help but complain in his heart, and soon, the Logistics Department arrived.
"Hello, I want to exchange for thirty thousand pounds of Spirit Marrow."
"How much? Thirty thousand pounds?"
"Thirty thousand pounds of Spirit Marrow?!"
As expected, the Logistics Department was in an uproar, and the few lieutenants responsible for exchanges were stunned on the spot, their minds buzzing, and after coming back to their senses, they showed irritation, thinking Mu Feng was here to cause trouble.
Until Mu Feng pulled out a Three-Star shining golden token and waved it.
For a moment, the place fell silent.
"Please wait a moment, thirty thousand pounds of Spirit Marrow is not a small amount... To fetch this amount of the Spirit Marrow inventory, I need to report this."
One person quickly left the Logistics Department, and the remaining few looked at each other. They had never seen anyone exchange for thirty thousand pounds of Spirit Marrow at once as extravagantly as this in all their time at the Logistics Department.
They also speculated that the one who left probably needed to check the Spirit Marrow stock for the day, not because the Southern War Zone would lack Spirit Marrow, but each logistics sub-department has a limited daily stock.
"Is it some leader rewarding the troops?" Someone speculated curiously.
Mu Feng shook his head.
Soon, the logistics lieutenant returned, "The exchange can proceed now, you can now swipe the token."
Without thinking much, Mu Feng immediately tapped it.
Soon, an extraordinarily long string of numbers appeared, as fifteen million gigantic battle merits were deducted, it seemed as if the number didn’t change at all.
For a moment, everyone present had their pupils shrink fiercely, their heads went blank, hardly daring to believe the battle merits before their eyes,
735671599...
"Could this be a display error?"
"Six, seven, eight,...nine, nine-digit merits?!"
At this moment, even Mu Feng was completely stunned, and she finally realized why Leader Su mentioned wanting to exchange thirty thousand pounds of Spirit Marrow so casually, without even blinking.
...
"Su Mu, a reporter from the Imperial Capital Huaxia Headquarters wishes to conduct a solo interview with you."
"Let her come."
In the car, Bai Ji was very excited; she was finally going to meet Su Mu, who was like a benefactor to her, someone her achievements owe much to.
"Reporter Bai, please wait a moment, Leader Su is currently cultivating."
Soon, the door to the Cultivation Room opened.
The first thing that met her eyes was a pair of deep, starry eyes, seeing these eyes made Bai Ji’s scalp tingle, her body trembled uncontrollably.
Bai Ji’s martial talent was not outstanding, but she naturally possessed a unique ability, able to see things others couldn’t as a child, a power she needed to witness in close proximity.
She wasn’t sure how to describe this ability precisely, but the stronger and more special a martial artist was, the more bizarre phenomena she would see.
On Ye Wanqing, Bai Ji saw snake-like mist entwining a dragon.
At this moment, in a daze, she saw from Su Mu a mass of incomparably thick and black fog, unfurling as if to cover the firmament.
Bai Ji slightly lifted her head.
Encountering wind and clouds, the sky-covering black mist soared to the heavens, transforming into a thousand-hundred-zhang long dragon.
The next second, the dragon opened its eyes, and its majesty was unviewable directly.
"Hello, Reporter Bai; I’m Su Mu."
"Shall we make a deal?"
