No hope for eternal life

Mu Changsheng also knew that if he had not accidentally discovered the spiritual mine and had not had the capital to practice, and if Yang Wuque had not been reluctant to let the Nine Transformations of the Physical Body be completely forgotten, he would not have passed the secret technique to him.

"Later." Bai Xuanyu continued: "Senior Yang Wuque has been teaching in the capital. Due to his fame, he has never lacked students. During this period, many cultivators in the Spiritualization Realm came to challenge him, but they were all easily defeated by him. There is even a legend that he once crossed the border and defeated a cultivator in the Tribulation Realm. At that time, he was the most famous in the Divine Wind Country. Until a hundred years ago, an accident suddenly happened."

"What accident?" Mu Changsheng was immediately perked up when he heard that. He knew that the real point was coming.

Bai Xuanyu turned and said with a heavy face: "It is rumored that when Senior Yang Wuque was in seclusion, his mana suddenly began to leak out. You can imagine how big a commotion it would be if a cultivator in the God Transformation Realm leaked his spiritual power. It is said that even His Majesty the King was alarmed. Moreover, the higher the realm of a cultivator, the stronger the control over himself. It is almost impossible for a cultivator in the God Transformation Realm to have his mana out of control, so the most common guess at that time was that Senior Yang Wuque had gone astray!"

"Has Mr. Yang really gone astray?" Mu Changsheng asked hurriedly. He had known for a long time that Yang Wuque had a hidden illness, but he didn't expect that he was actually possessed.

"I don't know. Perhaps no one knows the real story except His Majesty the King." Bai Xuanyu shook his head and said.

Afterwards, Bai Xuanyu said with a look of regret: "I only know that since then, Senior Yang Wuque closed his private school, declined all challenges and competitions, and quietly left the capital not long after. It was only in recent years that I heard that he settled in Qingliu Town, Qihua County."

Mu Changsheng's face was heavy. Although there was no clear explanation, judging from Yang Wuque's previous performance and words, the claim that he was possessed was very likely true. It was really a pity that a genius of this generation had fallen like this.

"Thank you, Brother Bai, for telling me." Mu Changsheng clasped his fists towards Bai Xuanyu and expressed his gratitude again.

"No problem." Bai Xuanyu returned the greeting with a fist, and said in a soothing tone: "The past is like smoke and cannot be retrieved. Brother Mu is now following the path of body refining and talismans like Senior Yang Wuque. He can be said to have learned the true teachings. I wish Brother Mu can be as dazzling as Senior Yang Wuque in the future."

"Brother Bai, thank you for your praise. I just happened to choose the two paths of body refining and talismans. I dare not say that I have inherited all the true teachings from you, so as not to disgrace your name." Mu Changsheng said quickly, waving his hands.

"Brother Mu is too modest." Bai Xuanyu said with a smile. He had been paying attention to Mu Changsheng from the very beginning, and he also admired Mu Changsheng's performance.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng took out the talisman pen, talisman liquid, talisman paper and other items, intending to start refining the talisman. Just as Bai Xuanyu said, the past cannot be brought back, and the present is more important.

"Brother Bai, I'm drawing talismans here, so I shouldn't disturb you, right?" Mu Changsheng asked as he took out the items for making talismans.

"Brother Mu, please do as you please." Bai Xuanyu said with a smile.

About two hours later, Bai Xuanyu had already recovered from his injuries and left. The pharmacist also found Mu Changsheng on time, checked his injuries, and after confirming that he had recovered, he let Mu Changsheng return to the spectator seats to wait for the next competition.

At this time, Mu Changsheng had already made hundreds of golden arrow talismans again, and he still had a lot of raw materials for making talismans. If there was any shortage, he could complete the refining in a short time.

"The list of the next round of competitions: Arena No. 1: Zhang Jiangfei vs. Mu Changsheng, Arena No. 2: Xu Ziyue vs. Qiu Du..."

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng participated in three more competitions in succession. His opponents were all less famous participating cultivators, and he defeated them all easily as expected.

"At this point in the competition, the twenty-five people present almost know each other well, and there is almost no suspense." Mu Changsheng thought to himself: "The only ones who really pose a major threat to me are Mu Xun, Bai Xuanyu, Guan Yunbei, Qiu Du, Han Tao, and Wang Yuanlong."

"At the moment, there is no problem in making the top ten. It depends on whether I can make it to the top three." Mu Changsheng thought to himself. Although he didn't think highly of the rewards for the top three, it would be good to get some more spirit stone rewards. Rewards like the imperial spiritual armor could also be sold in exchange for spirit stones.

"The list of the next round of competitions is: Arena No. 1: Mu Xun vs. Mu Changsheng, Arena No. 2: Xue Song vs. Bai Xuanyu..." the county lieutenant announced again.

Mu Changsheng grinned when he heard this, and said to Mu Xun beside him: "Walking?"

Mu Xun also smiled, nodded and said, "Let's go."

Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun both wanted to have a serious sparring match with each other, and now was the best opportunity.

Afterwards, they both went on stage together.

"It's going to be a good show." Most of the people in the audience focused their eyes on the stage where Mu Changsheng and the other man were. Mu Changsheng and the other man had always performed very well, and they all wanted to see who would be better.

On the ring, after the referee checked Mu Changsheng's talisman, he quickly gave the order: "The competition begins."

After the competition started, Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun both stood still and were not in a hurry to take action.

Mu Xun spoke first, reminding: "I won't hold back this time."

"Just go for it with all your strength." Mu Changsheng said with a smile, then he took out a spirit-summoning talisman and activated it instantly.

Seeing that Mu Changsheng had used the spirit-summoning talisman, Mu Xun did not waste any time. He gently stepped on the ground with his right foot and used the secret technique of returning to the earth. Vibrant spiritual power surged up from under the earth, transmitted through his feet, and reached his limbs and body, which also allowed him to temporarily improve his cultivation.

Mu Changsheng had already released his spiritual consciousness to scatter and be on guard. He could sense the surge of spiritual power underground. He also understood that Mu Xun had used the secret technique that could temporarily improve his cultivation, so he was not surprised.

Mu Changsheng used the spirit-summoning talisman to temporarily improve his cultivation, but this was only secondary. Improving his physical body was the most important thing. With Mu Xun's ability to steal the spiritual power of spells, his talismans, like Bai Xuanyu's formation, were destined to be ineffective.

Therefore, Mu Changsheng walked steadily towards Mu Xun, intending to engage in close combat with Mu Xun using physical means.

On the other side, Mu Xun also walked slowly towards Mu Changsheng with a sword in hand. Given Mu Changsheng's physical body, it would be difficult for him to use long-range sword energy to attack in an effective way, so he chose to get close to him, just like the first time the two of them sparred in the past.

At the beginning, Mu Changsheng and Mu Xun walked towards each other slowly, then they each started to speed up, and finally, their collision began!

"Whoosh." Mu Xun slashed at Mu Changsheng with the black sword, but Mu Changsheng dodged it by turning sideways. The black sword cut through the air, making a whistling sound.

Immediately afterwards, Mu Changsheng turned sideways and swept his leg to attack Mu Xun's lower body, but Mu Xun dodged it by jumping high.

After jumping high into the air, Mu Xun immediately accelerated in a handstand position, tightly grasping the black sword in both hands, with the tip of the sword piercing straight at Mu Changsheng's crown.

After Mu Changsheng sensed this scene with his spiritual consciousness, he quickly jumped up and dodged Mu Xun's full-strength stab. When he was about to counterattack, he found that Mu Xun turned gracefully in the air, changing the sword stab into a sword slash, and slashed towards him from bottom to top.

Seeing this, Mu Changsheng quickly kicked with his right lower body, trying to step on Mu Xun's black sword under his feet in order to control the opponent's weapon.

Unexpectedly, Mu Xun changed his sword moves again, changing the upward slash into a horizontal chop, hitting Mu Changsheng's left leg.

The sword was so powerful that the defense of Mu Changsheng's left leg was immediately cut, and blood flowed out.

However, Mu Changsheng didn't care about the injury on his left leg at this moment. He clamped Mu Xun's black sword tightly with his legs in time. Just when Mu Xun wanted to pull out the black sword, Mu Changsheng's fists had already hit Mu Xun's head from both sides.