High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 134 - 124: Rumors of the Grandmaster Tower, Melting Furnace Body Refining Technique

Chapter 134: Chapter 124: Rumors of the Grandmaster Tower, Melting Furnace Body Refining Technique

"This thing originated from the Zhejiang Province Martial Arts Association. I want you to help me look into it more specifically." Su Mu took out a black box.

Huangfu Xue opened it, then immediately closed the box and accepted it.

"This is simple, leave it to me."

"I want to ask you to help me beat someone up. If you encounter someone named Lin Langtian in the preliminary or selection rounds, just beat him to a pulp for me, at least leave him half-dead."

"Is this Lin Langtian... from that Lin family?" Su Mu asked.

"That’s right, anyway, I hate this guy. If you meet him, remember to give him a good thrashing," Huangfu Xue said bluntly.

"Alright, I’ll try my best."

"Let’s eat first, let’s eat," Huangfu Xue was slightly surprised, not expecting Su Mu to agree so quickly, without even asking about Lin Langtian’s strength.

Could it be that Su Mu also had a grudge against the Lin family?

"You were able to defeat Tantai Yan, so you should be able to handle him. If you can’t, that’s fine, just do your best. But if you can, there’s no need to hit him too hard, just beating him up a bit for me to vent is good enough," Huangfu Xue couldn’t help but remind.

"Got it."

Soon, the table was filled with delicious dishes, "Su Mu, have a taste, these are all famous dishes from Zhejiang Province, and nowhere else makes them as authentically as we do."

The two chatted as they ate, and soon Huangfu Xue brought up the bets with Shi Hao and Xu Zhi, "In the first round of assessments, we bet on the number of people passing, and in the end, Shi Hao won."

"The second time, we bet on who would be the runner-up. I bet on you, Xu Zhi bet on Cui Jian, and Shi Hao, with his good luck, bet on everyone else besides you two. Then you defeated Tantai Yan, so Shi Hao won again."

"Just now, I contacted the two of them and we decided to bet again, on whether you will choose to go to the Grandmaster Tower before the preliminary round."

Huangfu Xue didn’t directly reveal the choice of the three this time, but looked towards Su Mu.

"Su Mu, you have to let me win once."

Su Mu heard Huangfu Xue’s unwillingness to lose and was surprised there had been two such bets before; Huangfu Xue was very straightforward without hiding anything.

Su Mu was indifferent; he also knew most people favored Tantai Yan. Even Su Mu himself went into the fight with a challenging mindset and thought the chances of winning were slim, perhaps less than ten percent, when Tantai Yan used that cage technique.

"I plan to go to the Grandmaster Tower next."

"Great, that’s more like it, so this time I’ve won. The other two thought you’d at least wait until advancing to the sixth level before going to the Grandmaster Tower," Huangfu Xue smiled, feeling pleased.

"There are quite a few fun places in Zhejiang, want to walk around later?"

"Next time."

Su Mu shook his head and politely declined.

"As you wish, next time you can bring your family and friends; it’s more fun with more people. After you finish eating, wait for a bit. Since you’re here in Zhejiang, you shouldn’t return empty-handed. I’ll give you some local specialties."

...

Yangcheng, the capital city of Guangshen Province, although South Mountain City has shown signs of overtaking it in recent years, Yangcheng is still the provincial capital of Guangshen Province.

On a private jet heading to Yangcheng, an elderly man with the appearance of a butler was reading materials in his hand. Beside him sat a young man sipping red wine, looking leisurely.

"As for martial arts families, this time your opponents include the Sikong family, led by Sikong Ba, whose martial arts cultivation is at the sixth level middle stage. However, his spear momentum reached minor success over two years ago, and he practices the Sikong family’s Overbearing Spear Technique. Next is Sikong River, who practices the Void Clarity Sword Technique, and his sword momentum also reached minor success. Besides, Sikong Lei, Sikong Ming, and others are quite formidable..."

"In terms of schools, there’s Saint Martial University... This time, there’s also someone from the Tantai family at South China Martial Arts University; Tantai Yan is a spiritual talented person and not to be underestimated. Her spirit purity back then exceeded the admission standards of Saint Martial University significantly."

"In terms of the Martial Arts Association, there are..."

"Notably, there’s someone named Su Mu worth noting this time. The materials indicate he’s from Shenjiang Martial Arts University..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Langtian sneered, "Uncle Mo, are you getting senile? There’s no need to mention every Tom, Dick, and Harry. Shenjiang City Martial Arts University? I’m not interested in recognizing such a nobody from a non-mainstream university."

"Young master, this..."

"Enough, I don’t want to repeat myself. Tell me, how far is it to Yangcheng?"

"Young master, it’s 330 kilometers away, and we should arrive in about twenty minutes."

"How many floors has Sikong Ba reached recently in the Grandmaster Tower?"

"He recently attempted the eighth floor a month and a half ago but failed."

The Grandmaster Tower has nine floors in total. Above the sixth floor, starting at the seventh floor, it partially touches the Grandmaster Realm. There’s a well-known saying in the martial artist circle:

Passing the eighth floor implies there is a slim chance of advancing to Great Grandmaster in the future, and reaching the top of the ninth floor, there is a considerable likelihood of advancing to Great Grandmaster!

Twenty years ago, Huangfu Tian famously reached the top of the ninth floor on his first attempt with a sixth-level initial stage cultivation, shaking the entire South China Region.

"Hmph, it seems those three additional years of cultivation do have some use after all."

...

Before leaving Zhejiang Province, Su Mu attempted to bring up Lin Langtian’s information, only to be met with the same access-denied message as he had with Tantai Yan and Huangfu Xue.

"I’ll first head to Gaoshan City."

With only a day of coordinate transmission left, he planned to use up the limit today so that he could draw another super-ability before entering the Grandmaster Tower.

Gaoshan City is closer to Zhejiang Province compared to Shenjiang City. This time, Su Mu only used coordinate transmission five times to reach there. In his meditation world, he acquired an additional 32 spatial rune fragments, bringing the count of complete space runes to five.

"Ultimately, I should be able to gather ten complete spatial runes; let’s see if they’ll be useful."

Gaoshan City Martial Arts Association Headquarters.

Su Mu presented his Three Cities Chief Medal, and amid some commotion, the Martial Arts Association staff led him to Musashi Hall, where he headed all the way to the top floor.

To be honest, Su Mu felt that his current sword technique was sufficient. He still hadn’t reached the fullest potential of the Surging Waves Saber Technique and the Sword Nurturing Technique. The school’s Musashi Hall also had a "Furious Wave-breaking Saber," so his interest in a Grandmaster-level blade technique wasn’t particularly strong.

All until Su Mu saw a martial arts classic on the top floor titled "Melting Furnace Body Refining Technique."

"Body Refining?"

Instantly, Su Mu thought of his training camp experience. Due to insufficient physical strength, he couldn’t fully use the Secret of Power, or his fight against Tantai Yan wouldn’t have been so challenging.

The first three pages of the classic could be directly browsed, and after going over them, Su Mu’s eyes lit up as he decided.

"This is it."

Su Mu took the classic and quickly completed the exchange procedures, leaving the Gaoshan City Martial Arts Association staff puzzled.

"I don’t understand, I heard this Su Mu uses a blade, why wouldn’t he exchange for a blade technique, and instead go for this less sought-after body refining technique?"

The Martial Arts Association staff were puzzled, but Su Mu didn’t feel the need to explain anything.

After the trip to Gaoshan City, Su Mu precisely used up the remaining transmission attempts and arrived in Yangcheng. Now, in his meditation world, he possessed eleven complete space runes. The eleven runes formed a piece, causing ordinary people to get a headache at a glance due to its complexity and cryptic nature.

Yangcheng, an international metropolis ranking among the top five economically in Huaxia, hosts the headquarters for both the Provincial and South China Region Martial Arts Associations. However, the two generally operate independently from one another.

The South China Martial Arts Association has an entire campus and over a dozen skyscrapers downtown as its headquarters. Additionally, it maintains a vast area of land as a base in the suburb of Yangcheng City.

This trip’s goal for Su Mu was the suburban base, where the only Grandmaster Tower in Guangshen Province was located, but he needed to go to the headquarters for an appointment first.

Su Mu scheduled entry for the Grandmaster Tower for the next day and also rented a cultivation room to start cultivating blade qi.

At midnight, coordinate transmission expired.

Su Mu opened his eyes, full of expectation. He waved a hand, and a small mountain of spirit stones appeared in the cultivation room.

This time, he intended to invest fifty thousand upper-grade spirit stones, equivalent to five million lower-grade spirit stones, to draw a super-ability.