High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 107 - 103: Martial Arts Family, Demon Sect Traces

Chapter 107: Chapter 103: Martial Arts Family, Demon Sect Traces

The former Linjiang Martial Arts Association President, now the Linjiang Base City Lord, Luo Cheng, was buried in paperwork in his office when a document caught his attention.

It was submitted by the newly appointed head of the Armed Department, Zhou Xie.

The Armed Department is usually stationed around the Fierce Beast Mountain Range, primarily responsible for the security of Linjiang Base. The Fierce Beast Mountain Range and the Hunting Teams generally fall under the Armed Department’s management as well.

Zhou Xie’s document indicated some recent anomalies in the Fierce Beast Mountain Range, including reports from old hunters in the Hunting Teams who heard beast roars at night that they’ve never heard before. Some have also encountered large fierce beast footprints in recent days.

There are also reports from the Hunting Teams of signs of restlessness among the fierce beasts in the mountain range.

"Beast Tide?"

These two words suddenly popped into Luo Cheng’s mind, but Linjiang Base hasn’t experienced a beast tide in a long time. He had only heard about a beast tide in Linjiang from his father’s generation when he was young.

"A beast tide of first and second level fierce beasts?"

If it were the previous Luo Cheng, he wouldn’t have paid attention to it, but now, as the City Lord, he needs to be responsible for Linjiang Base. He immediately used his City Lord authority to pull up information related to the beast tide.

He quickly discovered some top-secret information he was previously unaware of.

Luo Cheng’s face grew somewhat solemn.

"Today, Zhou Xie sent people along with the Hunting Team deep into the mountain range to investigate."

"I hope it’s not... what I’m thinking."

Luo Cheng quickly pressed the intercom phone, "Xiaozhang, please help me contact Martial Arts Association President Gong Wu and have him come to the City Lord’s Mansion as soon as possible."

Then he immediately contacted Zhou Xie, "Do you have enough manpower there, do you need additional personnel... I will closely monitor this matter, please report to me immediately if you have any updates."

"Then you can start evacuating the people living at the foot of the mountain range."

"But until the situation is confirmed, I don’t want this to cause unnecessary panic."

"Okay, I understand."

...

"Counting the days, there are only a few days left until the Training Camp ends!"

Miaomiao couldn’t help but feel a bit excited at the thought.

The library isn’t usually busy, especially after the City Lord Luo took office and Director Luo stopped causing trouble, Miaomiao’s work became much more leisurely.

Linjiang Base is a small place, with a slow pace, making life more comfortable than in big cities.

With the weekend approaching, Miaomiao plans to take Xiaoyue to her grandma’s house for a couple of days.

This is also one of the benefits of being close to her old home. Now, Miaomiao takes her daughter to her parents’ house once a month, and Xiaoyue loves her grandparents’ house. Every time they visit, her grandparents would make a lot of delicious food.

There’s also Dahuang there. Not long ago, Dahuang had a litter of little pups, and upon learning this, Xiaoyue insisted on going back to see them.

"Luo Mei, you don’t need to accompany us this weekend. You should also enjoy a pleasant weekend."

Yesterday, Miaomiao noticed Gong Yan visiting the library to see Luo Mei. The two are childhood friends, and Miaomiao could tell from their expressions that Gong Yan has feelings for Luo Mei, though Luo Mei seems unaware of it.

Later, Miaomiao chatted with Gong Yan, who candidly admitted it.

"I’ll try to get Luo Mei to visit home this weekend. You take your chance."

"Thank you, Sister Miaomiao!"

Thinking back, Miaomiao smiled knowingly, reminiscing about herself and Su Mu back in the day, though back then, their roles were reversed. Su Mu was focused entirely on training.

But in reality, both were pursuing each other; Su Mu simply didn’t express it initially.

"Xiaoyue, let’s go home."

...

At dusk the next day, Tantai Yan woke up and found Su Mu before leaving.

"Congratulations on becoming the chief."

"It was just luck."

Su Mu organized his thoughts, ready to say something when Tantai Yan spoke first.

"I will defeat you in the preselection... and then, is this considered revenge?"

Tantai Yan uttered these harsh words in a soft voice, her face showing a mix of excitement and anticipation.

At this moment, Su Mu felt something different about Tantai Yan, but naturally, he wouldn’t back down from a challenge, "Alright, see you at the preselection. I’ll still give it my all."

"Okay, see you then!"

Tantai Yan wasn’t the first to leave among the thirty people; Cui Jian and You Ming left the day the training ended, along with a few others who chose to leave.

After meeting Tantai Yan, Su Mu headed towards the cafeteria.

Shi Hao, Xu Zhi, and Huangfu Xue had been waiting for a while. Huangfu Xue waved, "Su Mu, over here."

Even a day later, the trio still looked at Su Mu with a touch of awe.

"These two are leaving tonight. I have to finish writing a few reports and will leave tomorrow morning. What about you?" Shi Hao, who felt a headache just thinking about the reports, asked.

"I plan to stay the full ten days."

Su Mu’s response didn’t surprise the trio, as they all knew Su Mu was a cultivation fanatic. Over the past two days, they had also deduced Su Mu’s self-punishing mental training, and they greatly admired him for it.

The three of them instinctively felt they couldn’t do it if they were in his place.

Back when Shi Hao and Xu Zhi initially lost to Huangfu Xue, they both lost interest in becoming the leader. In this aspect, Su Mu was far superior to them.

"Su Mu, if you come to Zhejiang Province in the future, you can look for me; I’m quite familiar with Zhejiang Province." Huangfu Xue handed over a small, restricted boat-shaped token engraved with the name "Huangfu."

Su Mu accepted the token, his eyes shining slightly. He had heard of the existence of Martial Arts Families, and it seemed that Huangfu Xue was indeed from the Huangfu Family.

"Let’s exchange contact information."

Soon, the three of them exchanged business cards. Su Mu didn’t have a card, so he took out paper and pen on the spot and wrote down his phone number.

"Xu Zhi and I work in the military in Guangshen Province. You’re welcome to visit us anytime, and maybe we could spar then?"

"Sure."

"Come, let’s also congratulate Su Mu on winning the leader position!", Huangfu Xue took out a jar of wine. Su Mu’s eyes lit up; the wine jar was very antique, almost identical to the wine jars from ancient times in his previous life.

"Haha, we’re indulging in Su Mu’s good fortune. The daughter red from Zhejiang Province is famous, and it’s quite rare these days. It’s said to be a custom that dates back to before the Fierce Beast mutations, over a thousand years ago."

"It’s said that when a household’s daughter cries for the first time when she’s born, her father will use spirit rice from three acres of field to brew three jars of daughter red, carefully sealing and burying it under the osmanthus tree in the backyard. When the daughter gets married, this wine is given as a dowry gift."

"How old is this jar?" Xu Zhi rubbed his hands together.

"It’s at least a hundred years old."

When the wine jar was opened, a rich aroma of wine burst forth, filling the entire cafeteria.

...

"After using Condensed Blood to refine the Five Viscera previously, it was no longer possible to proceed with further refinement."

"The second time rebuilding the Qi Blood Bridge can only use ordinary qi and blood; only by the third time can we use Condensed Blood again!"

Su Mu learned from past experiences and clarified his thoughts.

Recently everyone called him a genius, a monster, but Su Mu himself didn’t think so. He knew clearly that he was not a genius, and that reaching this point had not been easy.

Therefore, he didn’t intend to miss any chance to solidify his foundation, even if it was only a slight improvement, he would go all out.

The more solid the foundation, the easier the breakthroughs would be later, and the farther one could walk down the path of a Martial Artist!

Sharpening the axe doesn’t delay the work of chopping firewood.

"Continue cultivating!"

With the Spirit Marrow and Gravity Cultivation Room, the speed of rebuilding the Qi Blood Bridge was astonishing. This time Su Mu’s rebuilding speed was even faster.

The first time rebuilding, Su Mu spent six days on the first bridge.

But now he only spent three days. This time, the Qi Blood Bridge was more solid than before, the bridge surface wider, and the qi and blood flow speed increased.

At the same time, the qi and blood within Su Mu’s body became restless again, with both the Qi Blood Value and Qi Blood Purity advancing further and breaking through to a new level.

On the sixth day, the Qi Blood Bridge leading to the liver was successfully rebuilt for the second time.

"Only two days left, I really wish time could slow down!"

After battling with Tantai Yan, Tantai Yan was unconscious for almost two days, and Su Mu didn’t fare well either, if not for the precious healing elixir provided by Huangfu Xue for his internal injuries.

In those two days, Su Mu couldn’t even fully recover, for which he was grateful to Huangfu Xue and the others.

Just as Su Mu was planning to continue his cultivation, a soldier pressed the emergency contact button in the cultivation room.

Su Mu was puzzled; it was the first time someone interrupted his cultivation.

"Hello, Mr. Su, Captain Shi Hao called you not long ago."

"Alright, take me there."

Su Mu went to a military facility and picked up the phone that had been forwarded to him.

"Su Mu, just this evening, or rather it should be said yesterday evening now, in short, a beast tide occurred at Linjiang Base. Xu Zhi and I have tasks at hand, and Huangfu Xue has returned to Zhejiang Province, so none of us can go. I thought it was necessary to inform you."

"Alright, I understand. Thank you for letting me know."

After hanging up the phone, Su Mu took a few deep breaths, his eyes betrayed a hint of worry and doubt he couldn’t control. He had never heard of a beast tide at Linjiang Base.

And for Shi Hao to specially call him, it meant the matter was unusual.

Immediately, he thought of the Demon Sect, perhaps they were behind it, and a strong murderous intent surged within him.

"I need to complete the procedures to leave the Training Camp and then leave immediately."

"Mr. Su, please follow me, Captain Shi Hao has already applied for your departure in advance, the vehicle is ready, you can leave at any time."

"Alright, thank you."

Su Mu covered his eyes and quickly left the military base where the Training Camp was located in an armored vehicle.

"Mr. Su, you can apply for a special aircraft service. This is your privilege as the current leader of the Three Cities Joint Training Camp, but it will take a while, the fastest being about two hours."

"No need, thank you."

After getting off the armored vehicle, Su Mu walked quickly into a dark street.

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