What a lucky world!

Chapter 36: Heavenly Secret List: I can update now...

The alternation of day and night is the most beautiful division of time, because every twelve hours brings new hope.

such as--

"Hey?"

"Lookout?"

"One hundred taels?"

Zhang Mu blinked his clear eyes and looked at the banknotes handed over by Wu Xiangui. He was a little unresponsive for a moment.

I was just forced to go and watch the fun.

Is that called looking out? That's called letting out the wind!
Zhang Mu looked at the banknotes in Wu Xiangui's hand, and countless thoughts emerged in his mind.

As long as he accepted these banknotes, he would consider himself to have participated in the robbery and murder of the Wang family in Qianyuan Wuzhai.

It is not innocent.

As the saying goes, innocence is not as important as money!

Brother Han, you’re a very nice person.

Zhang Mu quickly took the banknote and smiled sincerely, "Mr. Wu, please thank Brother Han for me."

"You can thank them yourself when you have the chance to escort them in the future." Wu Xiangui patted Zhang Mu's shoulder, "Don't make this public. It's hard to say where this money came from."

"I know, I know." Zhang Mu nodded repeatedly, then looked down at the banknote in his hand, and couldn't help feeling happy again.

Brother Bang, money really fell from the sky...

……

After leaving Wu Xiangui's house, Zhang Mu went to a money shop and exchanged all the 100-tael silver notes for cash. Then he absorbed the white vapor from the 100-tael silver notes, returned the silver, and exchanged it for five 20-tael silver notes.

Bank Clerk: ???
Can't I just exchange it for a banknote? Do I need to take out the silver and check it again?
Ignoring the look from the bank clerk, Zhang Mu returned to the escort agency happily after inhaling the white air.

Perhaps considering that the threat of the fox demon had not been eliminated and the outer city was crowded and diverse, Zhuang Xiaomeng did not let Zhang Mu go back to live, but tacitly allowed him to stay in the guest room courtyard.

The daily tasks of the escort agency mainly consist of two parts, one is transporting goods, and the other is guarding. Zhang Mu cannot leave the city for the former yet, and the latter is basically full, so he has free time before the next shift, which is just right for practice.

After returning to his residence, Zhang Mu closed the doors and windows, sat on the bed, and restarted the Tianji List.

After receiving a supplement of one hundred taels of silver, Zhang Mu chose to fight against the second place on the list without hesitation.

Second place, Li Fang, first-grade Tongmai realm.

Zhang Mu looked at the emerging shadow of Li Fang, and information about this person also emerged in his mind.

He was originally an apprentice in the county's forge. Because he damaged a precious piece of ore while forging, he was expelled from the forge and opened a small blacksmith shop in the outer city.

This Li Fang looks very gentle on weekdays, but unexpectedly, his weapon is actually the hammer he usually uses for forging iron!
The shadow solidified, and Li Fang immediately swung the sledgehammer towards Zhang Mu. Zhang Mu rushed forward with a fine steel sword in his hand.

But soon, Zhang Mu found himself at a disadvantage.

The sledgehammer is a blunt weapon, and the long sword in Zhang Mu's hand is a defensive attack, and is completely restrained by the sledgehammer.

The next moment, Zhang Mu no longer held back, activated the Broken Star Step, and fully activated his Zhenwu Fate, using a roaming method to fight against Li Fang.

As a result, the situation was reversed. Although the hammer method was powerful, it could not be compared with the sword method in terms of dexterity.

Coupled with Zhang Mu's Star-Breaking Steps and the induction of Zhenwu's destiny, Zhang Mu instantly took the initiative.

Zhang Mu, who had the initiative, used the human sword technique. The sword force suddenly became fierce and stabbed Li Fang's phantom several times in succession. The phantom's movements became slower and slower after being stabbed by the sword. Finally, the iron hammer fell to the ground and turned into light and dissipated.

Win!
After leaving the Tianji training ground, Zhang Mu looked at the Tianji list again.

The only one left on the Tianji list is Zheng Daniu, the top one.

Zheng Daniu is a butcher. He used to joke with Zhang Mu about marrying his daughter in the future. No one expected that he actually had the strength of a second-grade Tongmai.

But what Zhang Mu is thinking now is that if he beats Zheng Daniu, then the entire list will be completed.

What's next?
Refresh?

Anyway, I just topped up a hundred taels, or...

Want to die?
Just do it!

Zhang Mu looked directly at Zheng Daniu's name until the big black characters appeared behind it -

war!
……

In the Tianji training ground, Zheng Daniu's figure slowly emerged.

He held a sharp bone-cutting knife in his hand. As soon as the shadow solidified, Zheng Daniu rushed directly towards Zhang Mu.

"So fast!" Zhang Mu was shocked, but fortunately, his Zhenwu fate perception allowed him to sense Zheng Daniu's movements first. He stepped back with the Broken Star Steps and avoided Zheng Daniu's sharp knife.

Zhang Mu held the fine steel sword, used his wrist as the axis, drew a circle with the tip of the sword, and readjusted his stance of the Renyuan sword technique.

Zheng Daniu attacked again, and the sharp knife chopped, stomped, picked, and stabbed as if he was cutting prey. Zhang Mu also exerted all his abilities. For a while, the sound of weapons clashing was endless, and he barely blocked Zheng Daniu's attack.

As time went by, Zhang Mu gradually developed more wounds on his body, but under Zhang Mu's deliberate control, these wounds were not fatal. And in the fight, Zhang Mu also found benefits.

His mastery of the Renyuan Sword Technique seemed to be more proficient, and he was showing signs of taking the fourth step in the Broken Star Step.

Zhang Mu soon understood the reason.

After all, practicing on your own can never compare to such a high-intensity confrontation.

This is like a sparring partner!
Although it is not as exaggerated as deduction, it also has the effect of deduction.

The feeling was not obvious before because the battle ended too quickly. This time, after fighting with Zheng Daniu for a long time, the feeling became clearer.

Thinking of this, Zhang Mu became even more excited.

It doesn’t matter, no one will die in the Tianji Ranking anyway!
come!

……

“Ding”, “Ding”, “Ding”, “Ding”…

The sound of swords and knives was endless, and Zhang Mu was already out of breath.

Even though the combination of Broken Star Step + Human Yuan Sword Technique + Zhenwu Fate blocked Zheng Daniu's attack and even left scars on him, but...

There is not enough internal energy!
The Qi-inducing technique can increase the total amount of internal energy by half a percent, but this half a percent depends on the base number.

If Zhang Mu has opened up all twelve meridians now, the total amount of internal energy will be astonishing, so half of it is naturally not a small amount, but he is only at the first level now.

But looking at Zheng Daniu who was covered in wounds, Zhang Mu was really unwilling to give up.

Zhang Mu took three consecutive steps of the Broken Star Step and temporarily avoided Zheng Daniu's attack. A hint of determination flashed in his eyes.

Anyway, I won’t really die!

The next moment, Zhang Mu met Zheng Daniu again, and the Renyuan sword technique was launched, and the fight started again. After a moment, Zhang Mu seized an opportunity, gave up defense, and stabbed Zheng Daniu directly with his sword.

Zheng Daniu swung the sword in his hand, blocking Zhang Mu's sword directly. The sharp knife rushed forward and stabbed at the flaw where Zhang Mu gave up defense. Zhang Mu took the Broken Star Step and slightly moved to the side, allowing the sharp knife to directly pierce Zhang Mu's right chest.

A sharp pain came from his soul, but Zhang Mu gritted his teeth and endured it. He grabbed Zheng Daniu's hand holding the sharp knife with one hand, and rotated the long sword half a circle in the other hand. He held the sword with the backhand, and the tip of the long sword was aimed at Zheng Daniu's throat. Zhang Mu stabbed it hard.

"puff!"

The long sword pierced Zheng Daniu's throat, and Zheng Daniu's eyes suddenly opened wide, as if still.

The next moment, Zheng Daniu's shadow turned into light and dissipated. Zhang Mu fell down on the training ground. He looked down at his chest and let out a long sigh.

Fortunately, it happened in the Tianji List. If it happened in reality, he and Zheng Daniu would probably have been the same person.

but……

Won!

Zhang Mu directly withdrew from the training ground and returned to the Tianji space.

At this time, the name at the top of the list slowly blurred and finally turned into Zhang Mu. At the same time, a colorful air flew out from the list and hit Zhang Mu's mind.

Then, a white light flew out from the name of Zheng Daniu, who was squeezed to second place, and the white light condensed into a dice.

"Hmm?" Zhang Mu looked at the dice. "Reward for winning a higher-level challenge?"

Zhang Mu was stunned for a moment, then looked at the dice. The dice immediately began to spin and finally landed on "five".

"Not bad." Zhang Mu was quite satisfied, but...

What is this for?

Immediately afterwards, the Tianji List told Zhang Mu the answer.

The dice was washed and turned into a white light, falling into the tortoise shell pattern on the Tianji List, and then the word "five" appeared on the tortoise shell.

Five turtle points!

Winning a cross-level challenge can earn you turtle points!
Great!
However, just when Zhang Mu was still happy about having a new channel to obtain Turtle Shell Points, there was another change on the Tianji Ranking!

(End of this chapter)