The First Marquis of Daxuan

Chapter 298 Jinshan (Please subscribe, collect, and recommend)
Xiangzhou, Jinshan Township.

Several Taiping commanders dressed in brocade and black robes were besieging a giant pangolin-like monster that was nearly two meters long.

The monster was covered in scales, had four limbs, and moved swiftly and ferociously.

A Taiping captain leaped up and swung his sword at the back of the monster's neck.

The knife hit the target directly, and it made a sound of metal clashing.

Amidst the flying sparks, the long sword actually broke into two pieces.

There was only a tiny white mark left on the back of the monster's neck, and there was no actual damage.

A second-level monster, comparable to a human warrior in the realm of rebirth!
A look of horror appeared on the face of a Taiping captain.

At this moment, the monster turned its head and swung its tail. With a snap, its tail lashed towards the Taiping Captain like a whip.

The Taiping Captain was only a warrior at the Blood Exchange Realm, and the long sword in his hand had already broken. Seeing the monster's tail coming with a bloody wind, he was frightened by the terrifying aura and didn't know how to react for a moment.

"Beast!"

At this moment, a cold voice was heard.

I saw a white streak like a rainbow piercing the sun, shooting from a distance.

It was actually a long knife that was thrown.

The long sword crossed a distance of a hundred feet at an incredible speed and arrived in the blink of an eye.

When the monster's tail was only an inch away from the Taiping Captain, the long sword pierced through the top of the monster's head with a "swish", penetrating the monster's entire head and nailing it to the ground.

After receiving this fatal blow, the monster's tail fell to the ground along with the body of Captain Taiping. It twitched a few times and gradually became motionless.

The Taiping captain who escaped death had a pale face and cold sweat on his forehead.

He staggered back a few steps, a look of shock in his eyes.

After taking a few deep breaths, he turned his head and saw a young man in his twenties walking slowly down the mountain road.

The man was also wearing a brocade and black shirt, but the words embroidered on his chest were embroidered with gold thread.

The most important thing is that there are five cloud patterns on his lapels!

The five cloud patterns represent five special achievements.

As people from the Taiping Division, they knew very well what special achievements meant.

This man has experienced death situations as many as five times, and he is still alive today!

They just encountered a second-level monster and were almost wiped out.

"Thank you sir for the rescue!"

The Taiping Commander bowed with a look of reverence and said.

He had already guessed the identity of the person who came. Who else could it be other than that genius of the time?
They had heard a long time ago that the genius of the time was now serving as the pacification envoy in Xiangzhou, but due to their low status, they had no chance to visit him.

Unexpectedly, I met you here today.

Su Mu waved his hand, then pulled out the long knife from the monster's body.

"Did Master Fu Qingzhu disappear nearby?"

Su Mu took a look at the monster, his eyes fell on several Taiping captains, and slowly asked, "Has this monster always been nearby, or did it appear recently?"

After the situation in Songjiang Prefecture was stabilized, Su Mu set out to complete the task assigned to him by Zhang Songtao, Marquis of Mingyi.

He first went to the Xiangzhou provincial capital and reviewed the first-hand files, and then followed the patrol route that Fu Qingzhu had taken before his disappearance and came here.

He happened to see several Taiping captains fighting with a monster, so he naturally took advantage of the situation to deal with the monster.

Since coming to Xiangzhou, the phrase Su Mu has heard most often is that there are few demons in Xiangzhou.

In Songjiang Prefecture, Yang Yunzhong's Taiping captains had only seen a few monsters in their entire lives.

This giant pangolin-like monster can even be regarded as the first wild monster Su Mu has seen in Xiangzhou.

Fu Qingzhu and others disappeared nearby, and then a monster appeared here. It's hard not to connect the two things together.

"Return to my lord."

The Taiping Commander calmed himself down and said, "No monsters have ever been found here before.

We were also ordered to search the vicinity, and then this monster suddenly appeared and attacked us.

This is the first time we have encountered it, too.”

Of course it was the first time, otherwise they wouldn’t have survived until now.

The Taiping Commander was only a warrior at the Blood Exchange Stage, and when he encountered a second-stage monster, he was in danger of death.

The Taiping Captain subconsciously glanced at the second-level monster and thought to himself, it is indeed worthy of that lord, it is much more powerful than the rumors say.

Even from a distance of hundreds of feet, a second-level monster can be killed by simply throwing a long sword.

They had no idea of ​​this adult's strength.

"It's the first time I've met ..."

Su Mu pondered and said, "Have you found any clues related to Master Fu Qingzhu?"

"No."

Several Taiping captains shook their heads and said, "Sir, our captain is in Jinshan Township ahead. He knows more than us. Do you want to meet him?"

Jinshan Township is an area under the jurisdiction of Xiangzhou Prefecture.

This place is dozens of miles away from the capital of Xiangzhou, and the nearest big city is fifty miles away.

Su Mu hesitated for a moment and said, "Lead the way."

Those Taiping captains were delighted. It was an absolute honor for them to be able to travel with this gentleman.

…………

An hour later, Su Mu met the boss that the Taiping Duwei mentioned in Jinshan Township.

Taiping Colonel Meng Wanjun.

"Meet Su Zhenfu."

Meng Wanjun was the Taiping Captain under Fu Qingzhu. When Fu Qingzhu went to Songjiang Prefecture to support Su Mu, Meng Wanjun was also one of the entourage.

Su Mu had met him once before.

"Captain Meng, there is no need to be so polite."

Su Mu said, "I am here on the orders of Marquis Mingyi to investigate the disappearance of Master Fu Qingzhu.

Captain Meng, if you have any clues, please tell me about them."

"It's great that you are in charge of this matter, Su Zhenfu."

Hearing Su Mu's words, Meng Wanjun breathed a sigh of relief, "Master Fu has been missing for many days. We have limited ability and have not been able to find him. Now that you are here, Su Zhenfu, you will definitely be able to find Master Fu."

As Meng Wanjun spoke, he recounted everything he had investigated over the past few days.

In fact, it is no different from the files Su Mu saw in Xiangzhou Prefecture.

Meng Wanjun came here to investigate and reported all the information he found to the state government.

“That day, the department received a report from Jinshan Township that a villager had been bitten to death by a monster.

When Master Fu came to investigate, there was no news for several days. By the time we realized something was wrong and came looking for him, Master Fu and his men had already disappeared."

Meng Wanjun said, "The head of Jinshan Township said that Lord Fu and his men did come to the township, but they left that day."

"If a monster hurts someone, just send a few people over. Why did Master Fu come here in person?"

Su Mu asked in a deep voice.

Fu Qingzhu is the pacification envoy and also the right-hand man of Li Tingkui, the commander of Xiangzhou.

When Li Tingkui was not in Xiangzhou, Fu Qingzhu almost acted as the commander-in-chief.

It was just a monster causing trouble, he could just send a few Taiping captains to deal with it.

Or maybe there were other pacification envoys in Xiangzhou Prefecture. Logically speaking, there was no need for Fu Qingzhu to go out in person.

"I don't understand it either."

Meng Wanjun shook his head and said, "Under normal circumstances, Lord Fu rarely leaves the city, but that time, he happened to move."

Su Mu showed a thoughtful look on his face.

Perhaps, Fu Qingzhu received news that others didn't know, so he went out of the city in person.

However, it seems that no one else knows what this news is except Fu Qingzhu.

Fu Qingzhu's cultivation level was at the peak of the True Yuan Realm. When he left the city that day, he brought with him five Taiping lieutenants and a dozen Taiping commanders.

With such strength, it won't be a problem for him to dominate Xiangzhou.

What exactly is the reason that makes them disappear out of thin air?
"Have you found the monster that hurt people in Jinshan Township?"

Su Mu continued to ask.

"We did find a second-level monster in the mountains near Jinshan Township. I have already led people to kill it."

"In other words, Master Fu did not actually encounter that monster?"

Su Mu pondered.

With Fu Qingzhu's strength, if he really encountered a second-level monster, he would have definitely dealt with it long ago.

"Meng Tou'er, it's not just one monster. We just encountered a second-level monster. Fortunately, Su Zhenfu saved us."

The Taiping Commander who brought Su Mu back said in a low voice.

"There's another one?"

Meng Wanjun showed surprise on his face.

There are few monsters in Xiangzhou, and when two monsters appeared at once, Meng Wanjun also realized the problem.

"Su Zhenfu, could these monsters be related to the disappearance of Lord Fu and the others?"

Meng Wanjun said in a deep voice.

"It's hard to say right now."

Su Mu said slowly, "Captain Meng, you continue to lead the investigation while I walk around the village."

…………

Su Mu was walking on the streets of Jinshan Township. Although he was wearing brocade clothes and black shirt, passers-by just looked at him a few more times out of curiosity.

During this period, Meng Wanjun and others have been living in Jinshan Township, and the villagers have long been accustomed to the presence of these Taipingsi bigwigs.

Moreover, they could not tell any difference in the official uniforms of the Taiping Division, so naturally they did not know that Su Mu's official rank was higher than Meng Wanjun's.

They just thought that there was another young man taking up his shift at the Taiping Division.

This Jinshan Township looks somewhat similar to the outer city of Wuling City.

There isn't even a decent street here.

It was beyond Su Mu's expectation that there were such poor places in Xiangzhou, especially near the provincial capital.

While observing the situation in Jinshan Township, Su Mu devoted some of his attention to calling up the system panel.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Position: Weaponsmith (concurrently), Silver-faced Assassin (concurrently), Viscount (Victor), Pacification Envoy (Fourth Rank)]

[Points: 180000 points]

[Realm: True Yuan Realm]

[Magic Powers: Immortal Golden Body, Bloody Body, Giant Body]

[Kung Fu: Qiankun Infinite True Essence Technique (Great Mastery)...]

[Martial Arts: Thunder Artistic Conception (Great Success/+), Gen Mountain Artistic Conception (Great Success/+), Kan Water Artistic Conception (Perfect), Qian Heaven Artistic Conception (Perfect), Xun Wind Artistic Conception (Perfect), Li Fire Artistic Conception (Perfect), Archery (Perfect)]

[Vision: Fire Wind Cauldron, Deduction +]

[Skill: Heavenly Artifact Refining Method (Beginner)]

On the system panel, the number of points has accumulated to 180,000 points.

One hundred and eighty thousand points can elevate the Zhenlei state of mind to perfection, and can also elevate the Genshan state of mind to perfection.

You can also deduce a vision.

However, Su Mu did not choose any of these three options. He kept the points and did not move them. He wanted to accumulate enough points to upgrade the Qiankun Wuliang Zhenyuan Jue to the perfect level.

The Art of Infinite True Essence of the Universe requires a full one million points from great success to perfection.

If I could have the help of Zhenyuan Dan or Yangyuan Dan, I could reduce some of the points required.

However, the last time he bought a large amount of Yang Yuan Dan from Shennong Baicao Sect, Wu Yiqi told him that now Shennong Baicao Sect is also out of stock and he cannot buy Yang Yuan Dan even if he has money.

As for the Zhenyuan Pill, it was something that could not be bought even with money. Su Mu had accumulated some merits and could exchange them for some Zhenyuan Pills.

However, a few, or even dozens of Zhenyuan Pills, will not have much effect.

It would be better to save the merit points to exchange for other things.

"Once I have found out the truth about Fu Qingzhu's disappearance, I will go to Yingling Cave to practice. I don't know what's going on there, so I need to keep some points for backup."

Su Mu said to himself.

He also had the Mingxin Yucui, the reward from the academy competition, and he planned to use it when he got to the Yingling Cave.

As for that martial art, Su Mu had been busy these days and had not had time to practice it.

At this moment, there was no clue in the investigation of the case, so Su Mu simply found a tea stall on the corner of the street and sat down. Then, hiding under his clothes, he took out the martial arts rewarded by the Bailu Academy in Songjiang Prefecture from his space ring.

"The imperial court is really generous. It's just a college competition, but they are willing to reward a unique skill."

Su Mu flipped through the secret book and said to himself.

There are actually many different schools of martial arts in the world.

Among them, the most popular and the one with the largest number of practitioners is naturally the martial arts of the original eight meridians.

These eight martial arts have a clear advancement path from martial arts to artistic conception, and then to visions, so they are regarded as the orthodox martial arts.

In addition to these, there are actually some unconventional martial arts, such as kendo and magic.

If these martial arts are practiced well, they can also have a unique artistic conception.

These are actually all considered to be in the realm of martial arts.

In addition to these, there are some martial arts that are called special skills.

After practicing a special skill, one can often possess abilities similar to physical supernatural powers. Even if one practices it to the extreme, one will not be able to produce artistic conception, let alone strange visions.

However, the strange abilities it has cultivated can be extremely powerful at times.

Unusual skills have always been much more valuable than ordinary martial arts. Even in the Taiping Division, the merits required to exchange for a unique skill are very astonishing.

The most important thing is that it is extremely difficult to practice special skills, and after practicing them, they may not necessarily directly improve combat effectiveness, so there are very few people who practice them.

Su Mu was considered knowledgeable, but he had never met anyone who practiced extraordinary skills.

Even the geniuses of the time like Dongfang Liuyun were unable to master these extraordinary skills.

It may not be because they lack talent, but it may be because they don’t want to waste time on stunts.

After all, wouldn’t it be better to have that time to comprehend the artistic conception or even the vision?
"This unique skill is quite interesting. If I can master it, it may help me find Fu Qingzhu and the others."

Su Mu said to himself.

On the cover of the secret book, there were some large characters written in a flamboyant style.

The source of Qi.

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