The First Marquis of Daxuan

Within ten days.

Su Mu looked at Qi Lingyun, who looked like a little pink dumpling, and couldn't help but sigh.

He said he would resolve the issue of Mao Jiu wanting to kill Qi Lingyun within ten days, but he has absolutely no clue how to do it now.

For him, the simplest solution would be to first send Qi Lingyun to Wugong Mountain and hand her over to Bai Tianzun's friend, and then have Mao Jiu kill Qi Lingyun.

In that way, he would fulfill his promise to Bai Tianzun without affecting Mao Jiu's mission.

As for whether Bai Tianzun's friends can protect Qi Lingyun, that's none of his business.

Anyway, his relationship with Qi Lingyun was just that of escorting her, so there was no need for him to put Mao Jiu at risk in order to protect Qi Lingyun.

However, Su Mu always felt that Qi Lingyun had some big secret, so he didn't want her to die at Mao Jiu's hands.

Even starting from Mao Jiu's point of view, killing Qi Lingyun is not a good option.

Once Cat Nine truly fulfills the mission given to it by Heaven, it will likely not be so easy for it to escape Heaven's control in the future.

They still don't understand what this so-called Heavenly Venerable's mission is all about, and accepting their fate like this is by no means a good choice.

"Those who can become Celestial Venerables are all exceptional individuals, one in ten thousand. Given their self-centered nature, they would never obey the commands of the Heavenly Dao."

As Su Mu watched Qi Lingyun wandering around and exploring, he thought to himself, "It's conceivable that anyone who becomes a Celestial Venerable will go through a process of resistance. I don't believe that among so many Celestial Venerables, none of them would want to solve this problem."

Becoming a Celestial Venerable is for the sake of freedom and ease, so how could one possibly be manipulated by others?
Over the years, has any Celestial Venerable truly succeeded in escaping their mission?

This question is difficult to answer.

As Mao Jiu said, the Celestial Venerable's mission is his greatest weakness, and he would not reveal it even to his parents and siblings. Outsiders would never know the details.

Given Ning Hongchen and his ilk's knowledge, they had never heard of the Heavenly Venerable's mission before Mao Jiu became a Heavenly Venerable, which shows how tight-lipped the Heavenly Venerable was.

Even if a celestial being truly solved the problem of their mission, they wouldn't publicize it so openly.

Moreover, Su Mu felt that this problem was probably beyond the ability of even a Celestial Venerable to solve.

"If so many Celestial Venerables can't solve this problem, can I really solve it?"

Su Mu sighed inwardly.

At this moment, Qi Lingyun skipped and hopped over to him.

"Uncle Su, I've found the Chaos Record."

She looked up, her face full of excitement, her eyes brimming with trust and reliance on Su Mu.

"found it?"

Su Mu temporarily shook off the thoughts in his mind and looked down at Qi Lingyun, "Where is it?"

He, Ning Hongchen, and Mao Jiu had all searched the area carefully, but they found no trace of the Chaos Record.

Su Mu felt at the time that Qi Lingyun might have a solution.

Later, he took Mao Jiu and Ning Hongchen to pick up Qi Lingyun, which led to Mao Jiu's awakening of his mission.

Su Mu forcefully stopped Mao Jiu, but Mao Jiu could not get close to Qi Lingyun at the moment.

As soon as it got close to Qi Lingyun, it couldn't help but want to kill her.

With no other option, Su Mu could only let Mao Jiu and Ning Hongchen leave first, and then they would all meet up at Wugong Mountain in ten days.

Su Mu himself brought Qi Lingyun to find the Chaos Diagram.

Su Mu had a gut feeling that if he wanted to resolve the offense caused by Mao Jiu, this Chaos Record might be able to help.

"It's right here, Uncle Su, come with me."

Qi Lingyun pulled Su Mu by the sleeve and led him to the front of a mountain wall.

Qi Lingyun raised her right hand high, holding the Celestial Relic above her head.

Just then, a ray of sunlight shone on the Celestial Venerable Relic.

In an instant, a beam of light shot out from the Celestial Venerable Relic and landed on the mountain wall.

Under the light, the mountain wall slowly turned translucent.

Su Mu looked closely and saw a stone slab slowly floating out from the mountain wall.

That's right.

The Chaos Diagram that he, Ning Hongchen, and Mao Jiu couldn't find was actually hidden behind this stone wall.

Su Mu had no idea how Qi Lingyun had managed to do it.

All he knew was that Qi Lingyun showed no signs of spiritual energy fluctuation while doing all this.

No matter how you look at it, Qi Lingyun is just an ordinary person.

She could do all of this as if it were instinct, and those chaotic diagrams seemed to be a part of her body, which she could control instinctively.

The moment this thought crossed Su Mu's mind, he felt a chill.

Are Qi Lingyun and the Chaos Record one and the same?

How can a person be one with a stone slab?
Su Mu smiled bitterly to himself; he was now feeling extremely paranoid and suspicious.

If Bai Tianzun took Qi Lingyun as his disciple, then Qi Lingyun must have something special about him.

Cat Nine's Heavenly Venerable mission is to kill Qi Lingyun, which in itself proves that Qi Lingyun is no ordinary person.

Even so, we can't attribute everything to Qi Lingyun.

"It is unlikely that the Chaos Record and Qi Lingyun are one, but there must be some kind of relationship between them, as well as this Celestial Venerable Relic."

If we could find out Qi Lingyun's background, we might be able to understand why Heaven ordered Mao Jiu to kill her.

Su Mu thought to himself.

pat.

Just as Su Mu was pondering, Qi Lingyun had already reached out and grabbed the Chaos Diagram.

She ran up to Su Mu with a delighted expression and handed him the Chaos Diagram as if it were a treasure.

"Uncle Su, here you go."

She called out in a clear, innocent voice.

This little pink dumpling, no matter why Heaven made Mao Jiu kill her, I still think she shouldn't have died!
Su Mu thought to himself as he took the Chaos Diagram.

This Chaos Diagram is almost identical to the two that Su Mu had before.

The only difference lies in the direction of the lines on it.

Su Mu took out the other two stone slabs and tried to put them together.

It turned out that no matter how they tried to piece them together, the lines on the three stone slabs could not be aligned.

Left with no other choice, he could only put the three stone slabs away.

"Little Lingyun, can you still sense the positions of the other stone slabs?"

Su Mu looked at Qi Lingyun and asked.

“Uncle Su, I can only sense the unclaimed Chaos Record. If someone has put the Chaos Record into a storage ring, then I won’t be able to sense it.”

Qi Lingyun said seriously, "For example, Uncle Su, even if you put them away, I still can't sense them even when we're this close."

"It's alright, try to sense it first and see if you can sense anything else."

Su Mudao.

Qi Lingyun nodded, holding up the Celestial Venerable Relic and chanting incantations.

A moment later, the celestial relic began to emit colorful light.

The colorful light lingered in the air for a moment before pointing in one direction.

"Uncle Su, this direction is three thousand miles away."

Qi Lingyun spoke up.

Her face was deathly pale, and her forehead was covered with beads of sweat the size of soybeans.

She had barely finished speaking when she suddenly swayed and fell backward.

Su Mu was startled and swayed as he caught Qi Lingyun.

At this moment, Qi Lingyun had already closed her eyes and fainted.

Su Mu held Qi Lingyun and carefully channeled a stream of true essence into her body.

Seeing that Qi Lingyun's breathing gradually calmed down, Su Mu also breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that using the Celestial Venerable Relic to search for the Chaos Record is also a drain on this child."

If Qi Lingyun cultivates martial arts, then it will consume her true essence.

However, since Qi Lingyun is not practicing martial arts, this kind of consumption is depleting her life force.

Fortunately, Qi Lingyun is still young, and even if she is somewhat exhausted, her body can easily recover.

"Although Qi Lingyun is young, she is already old enough to practice martial arts. Why didn't Bai Tianzun teach her martial arts?"

Another question arose in Su Mu's mind.

Normally, the disciples of the Celestial Venerable would use various rare and precious materials to temper their bodies from a young age, and by the age of seven or eight, they would have already completed the body tempering process.

Some people can even reach the Core Formation stage at this age.

However, Qi Lingyun showed no signs of body tempering at all, which was very strange.

Given Bai Tianzun's status and wealth, surely he couldn't possibly be unable to provide even some rare and precious materials for body tempering?

Qi Lingyun's situation seems more like that Bai Tianzun deliberately prevented her from cultivating.

Qi Lingyun herself said that Bai Tianzun had only taught her to read and write, and had never taught her any martial arts knowledge.

"Could it be that Venerable Bai Tian is worried about what might happen after Qi Lingyun starts practicing martial arts?"

Su Mu carried Qi Lingyun, and clouds rose beneath his feet as he flew towards the direction Qi Lingyun had indicated before she fainted.

"Your Majesty has reservations during the day, but I do not."

Su Mu thought to himself, "I want to see what terrible things will happen after Qi Lingyun starts practicing martial arts!"

…………

A day later, Su Mu brought Qi Lingyun to a city.

They settled down in a restaurant, and Su Mu casually ordered some food.

Qi Lingyun seemed to have little contact with people. Ever since entering the city, she had been curiously looking around, but her little hand was always clutching the hem of Su Mu's clothes.

After a night's sleep, Qi Lingyun seemed to have recovered.

But Su Mu knew that it would take at least several months to make up for the previous losses.

She probably won't be able to continue activating the Celestial Relic during this period.

Even without this problem, it would be virtually impossible to find all nine pieces of the Chaos Diagram within ten days and then glean from them the method to resolve the Celestial Venerable's mission.

Su Mu can only try his best now, and he has no idea whether he can save Qi Lingyun in the end.

"Little Lingyun, do you want to learn martial arts?"

After the food was served, Su Mu casually picked a few dishes to taste, then looked at Qi Lingyun who was enjoying her meal.

"May I?"

Qi Lingyun looked up from her rice bowl, her face full of surprise, and asked, "Can I really practice martial arts?"
My master said before that my body was too weak and not suitable for martial arts, so he never taught me martial arts.

"Martial arts are about strengthening the body and improving health. How can you say that someone with a weak body can't practice martial arts?"

Su Mu shook his head and said, "Besides, there are many ways to improve a weak body."

"I am willing."

Qi Lingyun nodded rapidly, like a chick pecking at rice.

"Alright, after we finish eating, I will begin teaching you martial arts."

Su Mu said, "Now I will first explain to you the basic knowledge of martial arts."

Martial arts begin with body tempering: skin, flesh, tendons, bones…

Qi Lingyun ate her rice while listening to Su Mu's voice.

She is naturally intelligent and has a remarkable memory.

She could remember anything Su Mu said after hearing it only once.

After the meal, Su Mu didn't rush on his journey. Instead, he found an inn to stay at. That very day, Su Mu began to teach Qi Lingyun the true methods of martial arts cultivation.

This pass was quite significant, as it completely surprised Su Mu.

What Su Mu passed on to Qi Lingyun was the Fubo Saber Technique, which he had first practiced.

Even with the help of the system panel, it took him nearly a year to master the Fubo Blade Technique.

Where is Qi Lingyun?

One attempt to get started, three attempts to achieve minor success, and ten attempts to achieve major success.

After practicing it thirty times, her Fubo sword technique was perfected.

It only took four hours from beginning to end!

In four hours, he had mastered the Fubo Saber Technique to perfection and had even touched the threshold of the Fubo Saber Stance.

This is no longer just rapid cultivation!

Su Mu was somewhat skeptical. He didn't even bother to look for the next piece of the Chaos Chart, and instead stayed at the inn for another day.

On this day, Su Mu began to teach Qi Lingyun how to temper her body.

It was the same Golden Scale Tempering Technique that he had practiced before.

Given Su Mu's current status, obtaining the necessary medicines for skin tempering would be a piece of cake.

At first, he was worried that Qi Lingyun's delicate skin wouldn't be able to withstand the hardship of skin tempering.

result……

After spending a whole day, Qi Lingyun had already cultivated the Golden Scale Tempering Technique to the minor completion level.

While this speed cannot compare to the cultivation of martial arts techniques, it is still astonishing.

Su Mu frowned as he looked at Qi Lingyun.

"Uncle Su, is it because I've been cultivating incorrectly?"

Noticing Su Mu's expression, Qi Lingyun said somewhat nervously.

"No."

Su Mu shook his head.

It's not just wrong, Qi Lingyun's cultivation is practically perfect!
She avoided almost all the problems related to cultivation, which was like—

Su Mu looked Qi Lingyun up and down. He had actually checked her out while she was unconscious.

Qi Lingyun's bone structure cannot be faked; she is indeed a seven or eight-year-old girl.

Moreover, the strength of her soul did not seem to be that of an old monster who had possessed and been reborn.

She is clearly just a seven or eight-year-old girl, so why does her cultivation seem like she has already cultivated once and is now cultivating all over again?

Could it be that there really are such geniuses in the world, who can master any technique and instantly achieve a higher level of skill?
Although Su Mu has the system panel to help him, making his cultivation speed seem very fast, each improvement actually requires a long period of accumulation and involves unimaginable pain for ordinary people.

He could hardly imagine what it would feel like to master a martial art in just a few hours.

It's even harder to imagine what it feels like to have mastered the Skin Tempering Technique to a minor level in less than a day.

Given Qi Lingyun's cultivation speed, if given the cultivation technique, she could probably complete body tempering in a few days, blood exchange in a few more days, and true essence replenishment in a few more days...

Within a year, Qi Lingyun will likely become a powerful being in the Heavenly Fate Realm.

An eight or nine-year-old Heavenly Fate Realm expert—just thinking about it is terrifying.

Could this be the reason why Bai Tianzun refused to teach Qi Lingyun martial arts?
"That's not right either. Even if Qi Lingyun really has no bottlenecks and cultivates all the way to the Heavenly Fate Realm, she still wouldn't be a threat to Bai Tianzun."

Su Mu pondered to himself.

Isn't it an honor to have trained the youngest disciple in history to reach the Heavenly Fate Realm?
Could it be that Bai Tianzun would be jealous of her?
"Lingyun, do you sense anything is wrong?"

Su Mu didn't think Bai Tianzun would be so narrow-minded, so the problem probably still lay with Qi Lingyun.

He looked at Qi Lingyun and asked.

"There's nothing wrong with it."

Qi Lingyun said, "I just feel that the skin-tempering process is not as painful as Uncle Su described."

I feel like there are lots of little bugs biting my skin, it's itchy, but it passes if I just bear with it.

I can feel that my skin is firmer than before.

She waved her little fist and showed Su Mu the skin on her arm.

"Other than that?"

Su Mu pressed for an answer.

"besides?"

Qi Lingyun looked thoughtful and slowly replied, "I feel energetic all over."

That's all.

She shook her head blankly.

Su Mu's face showed a thoughtful expression. He was alive because Qi Lingyun's cultivation level was still too low.

Let her practice some more and see.

Su Mu calculated the time. There were still eight days left until the ten-day deadline. At his speed, it would only take him one day to reach Wugong Mountain.

In other words, he has seven days left.

Let's give it a try and see how far Qi Lingyun can go in seven days!
Su Mu made up his mind.

If these seven days are used to search for the Chaos Records, perhaps one or two pieces can be found, but the fundamental problem cannot be solved.

Since that's the case, why not use this time for Qi Lingyun to cultivate?

Of course, Su Mu did not expect Qi Lingyun to cultivate to a high enough level to contend with Mao Jiu.

Even if Qi Lingyun's talent is extraordinary, and she really manages to cultivate to the Heavenly Fate Realm in seven days, she still won't be able to compete with Mao Jiu.

Cat Nine is the Celestial Venerable.

Even now, Su Mu can no longer beat Mao Jiu.

However, if Qi Lingyun could truly cultivate to a certain level, Su Mu had come up with a way that might resolve the conflict between her and Mao Jiu.

"Lingyun, are you afraid of hard work?"

Su Mu asked in a deep voice.

"Not afraid!"

Qi Lingyun's voice was crisp and authentic.

"Alright, let's continue our cultivation!"

Su Mu said in a deep voice.

…………

For the next few days, Su Mu and Qi Lingyun hardly left their house.

Su Mu's storage space is filled with abundant rare and precious materials, so he doesn't need to worry about not having enough cultivation resources.

For Su Mu, providing training for a Body Tempering Realm martial artist was a piece of cake.

However, in these few days, Su Mu has witnessed the birth of a genius.

Compared to Qi Lingyun, what right did Su Mu have to tarnish the word "genius" among the geniuses he had seen before, including himself?

In just three days, Qi Lingyun had transformed from an ordinary person into a martial artist at the Blood Exchange Realm.

Moreover, she easily achieved a nine-fold blood transfusion.

After reaching the Blood Exchange Realm, Qi Lingyun's cultivation speed not only did not slow down, but became faster and faster. After staying in the Blood Exchange Realm for a day, she broke through to the True Essence Realm.

She successfully formed her core after only half a day in the True Essence Realm.

For Qi Lingyun, martial arts cultivation was as simple as eating and drinking.

No, it's simpler than eating and drinking!
She has no bottlenecks; she can immediately comprehend any martial arts technique that Su Mu teaches her.

Once she grasped the concept, she was able to immediately begin cultivating, and her cultivation level advanced by leaps and bounds.

Martial arts seemed to be something she was born with; she had simply forgotten it before, but now that she remembered it, she could do it naturally.

This is similar to someone who has learned to ride a bicycle. Even if they haven't ridden one for many years, as long as you give them a bicycle, they can ride it immediately.

This is the feeling that Qi Lingyun gave Su Mu.

Core formation, body integration...

After reaching the Integration Realm, Qi Lingyun's cultivation speed finally slowed down.

She sat cross-legged with her eyes closed.

If you look closely, you'll notice that there's a gap of several inches between her body and the bed frame.

She was floating in mid-air.

"It's the sixth day."

Su Mu glanced at the sky outside the window.

There's only one day left. It looks like Qi Lingyun should be able to reach the Returning to Emptiness Realm by tomorrow.

"In just seven days, he went from an ordinary person to a Void Returning Realm expert. Although he didn't reach the Heavenly Fate Realm, this speed is absolutely unprecedented and will never be repeated."

Su Mu's heart was in turmoil.

He would never have believed such a thing could happen if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.

While there are geniuses on the path of martial arts, it is impossible to defy common sense.

Whether it's tempering the body or accumulating true essence, both require time.

Even true geniuses need this kind of painstaking, painstaking work.

Take Su Mu as an example. He relies on the system panel to improve his cultivation level, which compresses the cultivation process into an instant. His body and memory have actually undergone a long period of cultivation.

But Qi Lingyun seems to have completely skipped this process.

Su Mu's expression was somewhat complicated.

Qi Lingyun's existence fundamentally violates the most basic principles.

In her case, all the rules seemed to lose their effect.

"Could this uncontrollability be the reason why Heaven wants Mao Jiu to kill her?"

Su Mu thought to himself.

Qi Lingyun remained immersed in cultivation, and Su Mu had no idea whether Qi Lingyun had awakened anything yet.

"Perhaps I'm overthinking it. Qi Lingyun isn't some kind of superhuman who has reversed aging; she simply has extraordinary talent..."

Su Mu thought to himself.

suddenly.

His expression shifted.

The next moment, the Celestial Relic that he had stored in his storage space suddenly appeared out of thin air.

Su Mu's expression changed.

What kind of power is this that can take things out of his storage space?

He reached out and grabbed at the Heavenly Relic.

Before his palm could even touch the Heavenly Venerable Relic, it suddenly emitted a seven-colored light.

The seven-colored light blocked Su Mu's palm.

The next moment, it flew towards Qi Lingyun with a whoosh.

boom!
The Celestial Relic instantly disappeared into Qi Lingyun's lower abdomen, and immediately afterward, a powerful aura surged up from Qi Lingyun's body.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Lingyun's cultivation had already reached the Returning Void Realm, and it was still rapidly climbing.

Mid-stage Returning to Void Realm, High-stage Returning to Void Realm, Perfect Returning to Void Realm...

Early stage of Heavenly Profound Realm, Middle stage of Heavenly Profound Realm, High stage of Heavenly Profound Realm, Perfect stage of Heavenly Profound Realm...

By dawn on the seventh day, Qi Lingyun was already standing on the threshold of the Heavenly Fate Realm. (End of Chapter)