The First Marquis of Daxuan

The monster cat looked at Su Mu, its eyes rolling around.

"You are not qualified to make a deal with me."

After a long while, it uttered a few words, and then disappeared again in a flash.

Su Mu breathed a sigh of relief calmly, and a smile gradually appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Although he failed to subdue the monster cat as he wished, the opponent's retreat was considered a temporary victory.

This can happen once or twice, but not again or again. The monster cat is testing him this time. If it comes again next time, Su Mu will be sure to keep it by his side.

As long as you can trick the monster cat into staying by your side, even if it doesn't take action, it will be a deterrent.

With this kind of combat power, one shouldn't act lightly.

Just like the nuclear bomb in his previous life, its existence is a deterrent and it does not necessarily have to be used.

Throwing the messy thoughts out of his mind, Su Mu looked up at everyone.

"Don't just stand there, there's nothing exciting to watch. Hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Let's go home."

Su Mu spoke slowly.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into a somewhat suppressed cheer.

The Savage Continent is really not a place for humans to stay.

Although only a few months had passed since they had set out to conquer the Demon Court, to most people it felt like decades had passed.

The harsh environment of the Savage Continent requires resisting the invasion of demonic auras at all times. Everyone is extremely nervous and physically exhausted.

If they had not hidden in the blessed land for some time, they would have collapsed long ago.

Even so, they had already wanted to return to Daxuan.

It's just that no one dares to say it out loud.

Now that Su Mu had said it, they were suddenly filled with joy.

Chen Beixuan, Mingyi Hou Zhang Songtao and Jin Hou looked at each other.

Return to Daxuan now?

After a little thought, they understood Su Mu's plan.

Su Mu was ordered to go to the Demon Court, and now he has defeated the Demon Court army, severely damaging the Demon Lord of the Demon Court and Cen Feilong, the third person under the National Master, and won a great victory.

Even if they returned to Daxuan, Emperor Xuan would not be able to find any excuse to target them.

With only 10,000 troops, being able to achieve this level has already broken all records since the founding of Daxuan.

Even if Emperor Xuan tried to find fault with Su Mu, he could not find any fault with him.

With Su Mu's current merits, it is more than enough for him to be granted a title of nobility.

The three of them showed determination in their eyes at the same time. While they were still alive, they could escort Su Mu once more.

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Before the army set off, Chen Beixuan, Mingyi Hou Zhang Songtao and Jin Hou had already returned to Daxuan.

In their words, they returned to Daxuan early and mobilized their previous relationships to build momentum for Su Mu.

The greater the momentum, the more Emperor Xuan has to worry about the impact.

As long as Emperor Xuan doesn't dare to make any moves, then with Su Mu's merits, he will be safe in Daxuan.

Although Su Mu was worried about the safety of the three people, they had made up their minds and he could not do anything about it.

Fortunately, although the three are not in their prime, even if they only have less than 30% of their strength left, they are still among the world's top powerhouses.

The three of them together can generally handle the situation as long as they don't encounter a powerful person in the fusion realm under the command of Emperor Xuan.

In fact, the three of them had much more experience than Su Mu. They fell into the hands of Emperor Xuan before only because they were not prepared. Now that they knew the true face of Emperor Xuan, they would naturally not fall in the same place twice.

Chen Beixuan and the other two left not long ago.

While Su Mu's men were busy cleaning up the 100,000 corpses of monsters, Cen Feilong had already escaped back to the Monster Court.

It knelt before the Demon Lord, too ashamed to raise its head.

When he went there, he brought an army of 500,000, but one hundred thousand of them were killed by one sword, and another hundred thousand disappeared on the way back.

In the end, only 300,000 were brought back to the Demon Court.

This was the worst defeat the Demon Court had suffered since its founding.

Although the Demon Court had been defeated many times when attacking the Daxuan border before, it was a confrontation between two countries, and winning or losing was normal.

But this time, the only opponent it faced was Su Mu and the mere 10,000 human troops.

"This is not General Cen's fault."

A voice sounded, and it was Liang Jinglue, the national master of the Demon Court, who spoke.

"I also suffered a great loss at the hands of Su Mu last time. Su Mu is a bit weird, so it's not surprising that he can do anything.

For example, this time, we didn’t expect that he could control the Heavenly Fate Divine Weapon with his Infant Transformation cultivation.”

Liang Jinglue said slowly.

The demon lord nodded.

"The Divine Soldiers of Heaven are definitely not something you can handle."

The demon lord spoke slowly, "It's a good thing that Su Mu is only in the Infant Realm. If he had been in the Fusion Realm and had the Heavenly Fate Divine Weapon in hand, he would have been able to exert the power of the Pseudo-Return to the Void Realm, and you wouldn't have been able to come back."

Cen Feilong was sweating all over and felt a sense of fear in his heart.

Su Mu's sword at that time almost took its life.

If it wasn't running fast...

"Demon-slaying sword——"

The Demon Lord had a gloomy expression on his face. This name was too targeted at their Demon Court.

If this sword had always been in Su Mu's hands, where would the face of the Demon Court be?
But Su Mu is now fully grown, and it would be difficult for other monsters to kill him unless they do it themselves.

It had previously fought with Chen Beixuan and has not yet recovered from its injuries.

Although it could kill Su Mu if it managed to make a move now, the problem was that once it left the Demon Court, it would most likely be ambushed by Daxuan's masters.

The reason why Daxuan dared to send out Su Mu's expeditionary army was because he saw that it was injured, right?

If it wasn't injured, would Daxuan have the courage to do this?
It even suspected that the reason why Daxuan sent Su Mu out was to lure it into action.

Who knows, the strong men of Daxuan are now ambushing around Su Mu. Once he attacks Su Mu, those strong men of Daxuan will take the opportunity to sneak attack him.

Daxuan definitely made a profit by exchanging Su Mu for his own life.

Therefore, it will never leave the demon court easily before its injuries recover.

"National Division."

The demon lord pondered for a moment, then slowly asked, "How is that person recovering?"

"Your Majesty wants him to kill Su Mu?"

Liang Jinglue, the Imperial Master of the Demon Court, showed a thoughtful look on his face and slowly said, "We have tried every possible way to treat him over the years, but the results have not been very good.

If I force myself to do it, I'm afraid it will only aggravate his injuries."

"It doesn't matter."

The Demon Lord said, “As long as you kill Su Mu and take the Demon Slayer Sword, you, the Imperial Master, will be able to break through to the Return to Void Realm.

When the time comes, you and I will join forces and be able to sweep across Daxuan easily.

As long as we occupy Daxuan, we will have enough resources to treat him."

"Your Excellency's words make sense." Liang Jinglue nodded and said, "If that's the case, then I'll go and ask him to help."

"Thank you, Imperial Master."

The demon lord said.

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Daxuan.

Longshan.

Longshan is only 600 miles away from the capital of Daxuanjing and is one of the most beautiful mountains in the world.

Shennong Herbal Sect is located on this Long Mountain.

Weapons and elixirs are essential items for warriors.

The Divine Weapon Pavilion and the Shennong Herb Sect, because they controlled weapons and elixirs respectively, became the most powerful forces in the world and were as wealthy as a country.

Compared with the detachment of the Sword Sect and the Tianxia Sect, the Divine Weapon Pavilion and the Shennong Herb Sect have close relations with the imperial court.

After all, whether it is weapons or elixirs, they all require resources and need to be sold, all of which are inseparable from the support of the court.

Therefore, these two major factions have always been vassals of the imperial court.

Back then, Daxuan established the Supervisory Department and divided the power of the Taiping Department. The main forces were the Divine Weapon Pavilion and the Shennong Herb Sect.

Now that the Divine Weapon Pavilion has rebelled against the imperial court, Emperor Xuan is furious and has uprooted all of the Divine Weapon Pavilion's sects and shops.

If the disciples of the Divine Weapon Pavilion had not been transferred quickly, his life would probably be in danger now.

The Divine Weapon Pavilion was uprooted by Emperor Xuan, and the territory and interests they left behind were naturally divided up by other forces under Emperor Xuan.

The Shennong Herb Sect received nearly 70% of the shops in the Divine Weapon Pavilion.

It was impossible for the Shennong Baicao Sect to continue using the shops of the Divine Weapon Pavilion to sell weapons after they took them over, as they did not know how to forge weapons.

All those shops were transformed into medicine shops of Shennong Baicao Sect.

In order to supply these shops with elixirs, the Shennong Herb Sect opened its doors and aggressively recruited outer disciples.

For the Shennong Herb Sect, recruiting outer disciples, teaching them some alchemy techniques, and then letting them refine low-end elixirs is a cost-effective thing to do.

Low-end elixirs do not require high-end skills, and refining them is basically physical work.

But they have huge sales and can bring huge wealth to the sect.

In comparison, supporting some outer disciples seemed easy.

On this day, a new group of outer disciples joined the Shennong Baicao Sect.

A true disciple of Shennong Baicao Sect is teaching them how to refine basic hemostatic pills.

“When it comes to alchemy, the most important thing is practice makes perfect.

You should be grateful to the sect for providing you with medicinal materials and giving you the opportunity to practice."

The true disciple said loudly, "If you want to become a great alchemist, you have to put in enough effort. If you can't do it right the first time, try ten times, or a hundred times.

I’m not afraid to tell you that when I first started, I had to refine ten hemostatic pills every day until my alchemy skills reached perfection!

Don't underestimate this hemostatic pill. When you have refined 10,000 of them, you will find that your alchemy skills have become extremely solid.

At that time, you will be able to learn advanced alchemy techniques with half the effort!"

The outer disciples in the audience were all excited after hearing this.

"Uncle Master, do we have a chance to become a true disciple of the Shennong Baicao Sect like you?"

An outer disciple said loudly.

"of course."

The true disciple smiled encouragingly, "When you have refined 10,000 Hemostatic Pills, you can learn how to refine Qi-Restoring Pills. When you have refined 10,000 Qi-Restoring Pills, you will have the opportunity to learn how to refine Zhenyuan Pills.

If you can learn how to refine the Zhenyuan Pill, you can be promoted to an inner disciple.

In our Shennong Herb Sect, no matter who you are, as long as you work hard enough, you can have a bright future.

I look forward to the day when you can become the true disciple of our sect."

Seeing the excitement on the faces of those outer disciples, the true disciple had a flash of deep disdain in his eyes.

If Shennong Baicao Sect was not expanding now, how could these people be qualified to join Shennong Baicao Sect?
Even if they are lucky enough to join the Shennong Herb Sect now, they will be destined to be outer disciples for the rest of their lives.

With their qualifications, they will never be able to become high-level alchemists in their lifetime.

Still want to become a true disciple?

Just dream.

Your destiny is to work hard as slaves and earn money for the sect, so as to make the most of the opportunities the sect has given you.

"The sect has laid out the path for you. How far you can go is up to you."

The true disciple pressed his hands down, and after all the outer disciples had quieted down, he slowly spoke.

"Here, I will set a standard for you. Anyone who can refine 10,000 hemostatic pills, or anyone who can refine a hemostatic pill of perfect quality, can learn how to refine the Qi-restoring pill, and so on."

Most of those outer disciples had no idea what perfect quality elixirs meant, and they were all full of energy and ambition.

They even felt that perhaps within a few days, they would be able to refine hemostatic pills of perfect quality, and then learn how to refine the next pill. After a few months, they would become inner disciples, and after a few years, they would become true disciples. Their future would be bright.

Only the true disciple on the stage and the few inner disciples following behind him had a look of disdain on their faces.

It is not easy to refine a pill of perfect quality, even the lowest-end hemostatic pill.

It is no exaggeration to say that even among the true disciples of Shennong Herbal Sect, there are not many who can refine hemostatic pills of perfect quality.

If there really is an outer disciple who can refine hemostatic pills of perfect quality, then he is definitely a rare alchemy genius, and the elders in the sect will come in person to recruit him as a disciple.

They did not think that there would be such a genius among these outer disciples.

After saying this, the true disciple turned around and left with a few inner disciples.

Soon servants came in, assigned accommodation to the outer disciples, and took them to familiarize themselves with the location of the alchemy room, how to obtain herbs, how to hand in the hemostatic pills they had refined, and even how to eat and use the toilet, etc.

After the whole process, it was completely dark.

After having their first dinner at Shennong Baicao Sect, they returned to their respective residences.

The outer disciples lived in large dormitories, with eight people in one room.

Fortunately, these outer disciples did not come from good backgrounds, so not many people complained.

In the room of an outer sect disciple, there was a constant sound of turning over.

Almost everyone was so excited that they had trouble falling asleep.

I don't know how long it took before the room gradually became quiet.

The person sleeping on the far left suddenly opened his eyes.

The man was wearing coarse linen clothes, had a dark yellow complexion and an ordinary face.

No matter how you look at it, he is just an inconspicuous country boy.

This person was none other than Su Mu, who had sneaked into the Shennong Baicao Sect in disguise.

He left the main force behind and sneaked back to Daxuan first.

Originally, he wanted to sneak into the Shennong Baicao Sect and steal the sect's alchemy techniques.

After several attempts, he did not find the most profound alchemy technique of the Shennong Herbal Sect, which is the "Shennong Herbal Classic".

In desperation, he had to change his mindset and first sneak into the Shennong Herbal Sect, and then find a chance to find out the whereabouts of "Shennong Herbal Classic".

That’s why he disguised himself and joined the Shennong Herbal Sect. (End of this chapter)