No hope for eternal life

"Hualla." At the critical moment, Fu Tianxing instantly pulled out a soft sword from his waist and chopped it towards Mu Changsheng's head. As a hidden weapon practitioner, he naturally knew his weakness in close combat. In order to make up for this shortcoming, he practiced swordsmanship very hard.

"Sword?" Mu Changsheng was startled by the long sword that Fu Tianxing suddenly pulled out, and quickly raised his left arm to block the opponent's sword.

To Mu Changsheng's surprise, the sword was not powerful and he blocked it very easily. But before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head.

It turned out that after Fu Tianxing's soft sword was blocked by Mu Changsheng's left arm, it bent due to its soft nature, and the tip of the sword pierced the back of Mu Changsheng's head.

At the same time, the intense pain made Mu Changsheng react immediately. He decisively grabbed Fu Tianxing's soft sword with his left hand, and wrapped the soft sword around his left hand several times to ensure that the opponent could not easily pull the sword away. Then he raised his right arm and was ready to hit Fu Tianxing.

Upon seeing this, Fu Tianxing immediately and decisively chose to drop his sword and retreat, avoiding the punch that was extremely fatal to him.

After Fu Tianxing dodged, he did not choose to use hidden weapons again. The sword he just stabbed had already hit, but it still failed to completely break Mu Changsheng's physical defense. This made him completely face up to the reality.

So, Fu Tianxing said directly to the referee beside him: "I give up." Now even his soft sword has been disarmed by Mu Changsheng, so there is no point in holding on.

"Mu Changsheng wins." The referee announced immediately.

Mu Changsheng took the opportunity to throw the soft sword back to Fu Tianxing, clasped his fists and said: "Thank you for letting me."

Fu Tianxing also taught Mu Changsheng a lesson. Even a cultivator who is not good at close combat may have close combat methods. If Mu Changsheng had not used a spirit-summoning talisman to bless himself in advance, the sword just now would probably have seriously injured him and caused him to lose.

Mu Changsheng had to admit that this victory was somewhat due to luck.

After stepping off the stage, Mu Changsheng accepted the treatment from the pharmacist again. This time, Mu Changsheng took the initiative to tell the pharmacist: "I used a talisman to strengthen myself, which has some side effects of weakness. I need to rest for at least three hours."

"No problem." The pharmacist agreed immediately and asked the cultivator beside him to take note of it. He then arranged for Mu Changsheng to compete again three hours later.

After giving the instructions, Mu Changsheng turned his attention to Mu Xun's arena. The fight over there had not yet ended. Mu Xun and Bai Xuanyu on the arena were fighting fiercely in close combat.

At the beginning of the competition, Bai Xuanyu originally planned to use the formation to deal with Mu Xun. However, Mu Xun's secret technique could also steal the power of his formation. The remaining formation power could not stop Mu Xun's black sword at all. This made Bai Xuanyu completely give up using the formation and had to fight Mu Xun in close combat with a folding fan.

Thanks to this, Mu Changsheng finally had an accurate judgment on Bai Xuanyu's physical body. Bai Xuanyu's physical body realm might have reached the realm of iron bone perfection. Mu Changsheng had to use a spirit-summoning talisman to be able to match it.

"Let's go." The pharmacist said to Mu Changsheng. He had already treated Mu Changsheng's wound and was going to take Mu Changsheng back to the lounge.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng quickly asked the pharmacist: "Can I not go to the lounge for a while? I want to go out and buy something."

After several rounds of competition, Mu Changsheng had consumed a lot of his golden arrow talismans. There were still twenty-one competitions to go, so it was likely that they would not be enough, so he wanted to replenish some more.

"Okay, but you only have three hours. After three hours, I will see you in the lounge and check your injuries." The pharmacist said seriously. This was also his task.

"I understand." Mu Changsheng nodded in response. He just needed to go out and buy some raw materials for making talismans, which wouldn't take much time.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng took a last look in the direction of Mu Xun's arena and left the fighting arena. The battle between Mu Xun and Bai Xuanyu was evenly matched. It depended on who would be the better one in the end. He could only cheer for Mu Xun in his heart.

An hour later, Mu Changsheng bought the raw materials and returned to the audience seats. At this time, Mu Xun had also returned to his seat. The battle had obviously ended long ago.

"You won again?" Mu Changsheng asked.

"Well, it was a narrow victory." Mu Xun nodded.

Mu Changsheng gave Mu Xun a thumbs up and praised him, "You are amazing. I'll go to the lounge first."

"Wait a moment." Mu Xun stopped Mu Changsheng and reminded him, "Bai Xuanyu also has the means to temporarily improve his body and cultivation. Don't forget this when you compete with him."

Upon hearing this, Mu Changsheng couldn't help but thank him again: "Thank you very much." Mu Xun really provided him with a lot of useful information.

……

Afterwards, in the lounge, Mu Changsheng met Bai Xuanyu. It seemed that the other party was also injured in the previous battle with Mu Xun.

When Bai Xuanyu saw Mu Changsheng, he nodded and then asked, "Brother Mu and Mu Xun are from the same hometown?"

During the first round of the martial arts test, everyone's hometown was reported, and Bai Xuanyu paid special attention to this.

Mu Changsheng nodded and said truthfully: "Yes, and we are neighbors."

"Excuse me for asking, but are you all disciples of Senior Yang Wuque?" Bai Xuanyu asked again.

"No, Mr. Yang only taught us some secret techniques, but he did not agree to accept us as his disciples." Mu Changsheng still spoke truthfully. He was not surprised that Bai Xuanyu knew Yang Wuque, because Yang Wuque was the "guardian god" of Qingliu Town and was very famous in the entire Qihua County.

Bai Xuanyu felt somewhat relieved after hearing this, and clasped his fists in thanks, "So that's how it is. Thank you, Brother Mu, for telling me."

Bai Xuanyu was defeated by Mu Xun's sword, and he couldn't help but feel a little unwilling. Now that he knew that everything was related to Yang Wuque, he felt a little better. He couldn't help but sigh and said: "He is worthy of being the number one prodigy in the past. Two students he casually instructed can perform so well."

Hearing this, Mu Changsheng immediately realized that Bai Xuanyu had misunderstood that Mu Xun's swordsmanship was taught by Yang Wuque. However, since this matter was related to Mu Xun's secret, he did not need to correct him. Instead, he asked with great curiosity: "The number one prodigy? Was Mr. Yang the number one prodigy of the Divine Wind Country?"

When Bai Xuanyu saw Mu Changsheng asking this question, he knew that Mu Changsheng didn’t know about Yang Wuque’s past deeds, so he explained: “He is more than just the number one prodigy of Shenfeng Country! In the past, Senior Yang Wuque was still in the Nascent Soul Realm. He walked out of our Shenfeng Country and participated in the Number One Prodigy Conference held by Shenhu Country. In the end, he won the first place in the Nascent Soul Realm and returned. The whole country was excited. He is the number one prodigy in the countries surrounding us!”

Bai Xuanyu was so excited that he said, "Do you know how big the territory of the Divine Guardian Nation plus our five southeastern countries is? It is almost a quarter of the entire Tianshuang Realm. Yang Wuque has won the title of the number one prodigy of the Divine Guardian Nation, and he is not far from being the number one prodigy of the Tianshuang Realm. He is a true legend."

"What happened next?" Mu Changsheng continued to ask. He could guess that something must have happened later that caused Yang Wuque to run to their remote Qingliu Town.

“Later, not long after, Senior Yang Wuque naturally stepped into the Spirit Transformation Realm. The ruler of our Shenfeng Kingdom personally invited him to serve as an official in the court, but he refused. A few years later, he opened a private school in the capital of our Shenfeng Kingdom. At the beginning, countless children from famous families went to study, but they found that he only taught ancient texts and classics, and never taught secret techniques.” Bai Xuanyu said with a strange expression, obviously not quite understanding Yang Wuque's approach.

"Normal." Mu Changsheng said secretly. He understood Yang Wuque's approach very well. In fact, it was not for the purpose of testing his character or anything like that. Instead, Yang Wuque had lofty ideals and wanted to educate the world with the principles in the book. It was a pity that this ideal was indeed too lofty and it was naturally difficult for the world to understand.