No hope for eternal life

After only two hours of practice, Mu Changsheng suddenly opened his eyes, unable to conceal the joy in his eyes, and murmured: "It is true that when you plant flowers with care, they do not bloom, but when you plant willows by accident, they grow into shade."

As Mu Changsheng spoke, he couldn't help but clench his fists. His cultivation had not made a breakthrough, but his physical body, after being injured, had suddenly broken through to the realm of Iron Bone Perfection!

"The secret art of the nine transformations of the physical body said that getting injured is also a process of physical cultivation. It really is true." Mu Changsheng said to himself. In the past, he had completed physical breakthroughs in medicinal baths, so he had always been skeptical about this sentence. But now he completely believed it.

Mu Changsheng used his spiritual sense to look inward. Not only did his bones appear as tough as white jade, but the blood in his body began to surge, and even the injuries he had suffered before healed a little faster.

Mu Changsheng calmed himself down, suppressed his excitement, and regulated the qi and blood in his body. After they had calmed down, he began to meditate and practice again. Now that his physical body has completed a breakthrough, it would be even more perfect if his cultivation realm could also break through.

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One day later, the pharmacist came back on time and checked Mu Changsheng's injuries. To his surprise, Mu Changsheng's recovery was better than he expected, so good that he hardly looked like a man who had been seriously injured yesterday.

"You can go and take part in the competition." The pharmacist said to Mu Changsheng.

"Thank you." Mu Changsheng nodded and thanked him, then walked out of the lounge.

Arriving at the martial arts arena outside the lounge, Mu Changsheng took a deep breath and felt refreshed. Although he failed to make a breakthrough as he wished this time, he felt that it would be soon. After the county examination for the Foundation Establishment Realm, there would still be at least half a month's time gap before the county examination. He was absolutely sure that he could complete the breakthrough before the county examination. By then, it would be his time to really show his skills. The current county examination was just a small test for him.

Seeing Mu Changsheng coming back, Mu Xun quickly came over and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

"Thanks to you, not only have my injuries healed, but my body has also achieved a breakthrough because of this injury." Mu Changsheng said with a smile. There was no need to hide this, as it would soon be discovered after he appeared on the field to fight with others.

"Awesome." Mu Xun praised sincerely, and the guilt in his heart for injuring Mu Changsheng was alleviated a little.

"What's the situation on the field?" Mu Changsheng asked. He hadn't watched any games for a day and didn't know how many competitions he had missed.

"Qiu Du lost to Han Tao, and then to Wang Yuanlong, and Han Tao lost to Guan Yunbei. Now among the 25 people on the field, only Guan Yunbei and I remain undefeated." Mu Xun said concisely. He also knew that those people would be Mu Changsheng's strong opponents.

Mu Changsheng nodded repeatedly, then sighed and said: "It seems that the first place is between you and Guan Yunbei."

"Not necessarily." Mu Xun shook his head, pointed his finger at the center of the fighting arena, and said: "If Guan Yunbei loses to Bai Xuanyu, the situation may be more complicated."

Mu Changsheng looked in the direction of Mu Xun's finger and found that a competition between Bai Xuanyu and Guan Yunbei was taking place on the No. 3 ring.

"Well, they are very evenly matched." Mu Changsheng looked for a while and made his judgment.

On the ring, Guan Yunbei took advantage of his understanding of the sword intent and was extremely aggressive, taking the initiative, while Bai Xuanyu was both offensive and defensive, his defense was flawless and his attack was extremely threatening. After all, Guan Yunbei was not a physical cultivator, and once he was hit by a punch from Bai Xuanyu, the outcome would most likely be decided.

In the end, it turned out that Bai Xuanyu was the smartest one and decided the outcome with just one punch, and Guan Yunbei was defeated for the first time.

Just as Mu Xun said, now that Guan Yunbei has been defeated, Bai Xuanyu and Guan Yunbei have both lost a game. Once Mu Xun accidentally loses to Guan Yunbei or someone else, all three of them will lose a game. It may be necessary for the three of them to compete for the first place together. The situation will indeed become much more complicated.

However, all of this requires a prerequisite, that is, Bai Xuanyu and Guan Yunbei must defeat Mu Changsheng in order to maintain a record of only losing one game.

"I won't lose to you easily." Mu Changsheng said secretly in his heart, because he had long been determined to be in the top three, especially after his physical body broke through, the idea of ​​competing for the top three became even stronger.

A moment later, the county lieutenant announced the list of the next round of competition: "...Ring No. 4: Mu Changsheng vs. Wang Yuanlong, Ring No. 5: Zhang Tu vs. Xu Yourong."

"I'm facing Wang Yuanlong." Mu Changsheng felt a headache. It's not that he didn't have confidence in winning, but when facing Wang Yuanlong, it would be difficult to hide the breakthrough of his physical body.

If he were facing a weaker opponent, Mu Changsheng could still use talismans to forcibly defeat his opponent and hide his trump card. If he were facing Bai Xuanyu or Guan Yunbei directly, the situation would be even better, and he could catch the opponent off guard. Unfortunately, many things often go against one's wishes.

On the stage, Mu Changsheng and Wang Yuanlong stood opposite each other. The referee checked Mu Changsheng's talisman as usual before announcing the start of the competition: "The competition begins."

As soon as the announcement of the start of the competition was made, Mu Changsheng took out a spirit-summoning talisman and activated it instantly. Even Qiu Du, whose body was as strong as iron, was defeated by Wang Yuanlong's sword. He would definitely not save this spirit-summoning talisman, otherwise, if he lost, his top three targets would be in danger.

On the other side, Wang Yuanlong saw that Mu Changsheng had used the blessing talisman on himself from the very beginning, so he was not in a hurry to attack. Although he was good at close combat, it was well known that blessing talismans were time-limited. His strategy was to delay as much time as possible. If he could delay until Mu Changsheng's blessing talisman became ineffective, his chances of winning would be greater.

When Mu Changsheng saw Wang Yuanlong holding two swords in both hands but standing there motionless, he roughly guessed his opponent's plan: "Since you are unwilling to move, then I will do it."

So, Mu Changsheng accelerated instantly and crashed into Wang Yuanlong like a cannonball.

Seeing this, Wang Yuanlong also moved, but he moved in the opposite direction of Mu Changsheng. Obviously, he was still trying to delay time.

"It's a good idea, but unfortunately, you are destined to fail to achieve your goal." Mu Changsheng said secretly in his heart, because one of his summoning talismans can last for nearly half an hour. If he wants, he can use two summoning talismans continuously without interruption. The only price is that the subsequent period of weakness will be prolonged.

Moreover, Mu Changsheng did not think that Wang Yuanlong could hold on until he used the second summoning talisman.

After a chase that lasted for a while, Mu Changsheng finally forced Wang Yuanlong to a corner of the ring, and Wang Yuanlong finally had to choose to accept the challenge.

Wang Yuanlong's two swords were extremely fast. He first slashed with his right sword, but Mu Changsheng dodged it by leaning sideways. Then, his left sword hit Mu Changsheng's waist, forcing Mu Changsheng to stretch out his hand to block it.

"Ta." Mu Changsheng had just blocked Wang Yuanlong's left-hand knife when the opponent's right knife had already fallen back and chopped again, hitting Mu Changsheng's abdomen.

Wang Yuanlong should have been delighted that his attack was successful, but his expression was one of shock, because his blade could not break Mu Changsheng's physical defense, but only scratched a layer of his skin. The opponent's physical defense was much stronger than he expected!

"Not good." Wang Yuanlong realized that something was wrong instantly and wanted to retreat temporarily, stay away from Mu Changsheng, and make other plans.