Ch 56: The Second Genghis Khan

Chu Mo stood in mid-air until the other figure had completely disappeared, then slowly descended. Finally, his body suddenly shuddered, and cold sweat soaked his clothes.

“What’s wrong, Benefactor?!” Sun Chuanting, who had landed next to Chu Mo, hadn’t even expressed his gratitude when he noticed that Chu Mo’s condition was somewhat off.

“Just touched the limit!” Chu Mo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. When he fought at his peak earlier, he had almost a tenfold increase in luck, which had reached the upper limit. Once it exceeded tenfold, even the gods couldn’t save him.

The reason he could still fight before was mainly due to the countless Demonic Cultist blood seeds, coupled with the Martial Ancestor Method’s tempering of his physique, making his body’s carrying capacity too strong. So it didn’t damage the foundation, and he could recover after a few days of rest.

“Then,” Sun Chuanting was stunned for a moment, his face showing nervousness, and he reacted, “Since we are at a disadvantage, do we need to press the attack?”

Sun Chuanting had experienced too many battles. So he knew in his heart that although his side was at a disadvantage, pursuing now would give the other side the illusion that his side was stronger, which would prevent the other side from turning around and launching a counterattack.

“No need for that!” Chu Mo’s complexion gradually became rosy, and soon no trace of injury could be seen on the surface. He caressed the black orb, gazing into the distance, “That guy won’t live long!”

According to the Qi Observation Method, this black orb was the core of the Black Emperor’s lifeblood, where he refined Huang Taiji into his own avatar.

However, Chu Mo knew in his heart that this didn’t mean he had really solved the Black Emperor. Because even at the end, if the complete erosion was successful, the other party’s status bar would only indicate Black Emperor’s Avatar!

The real Black Emperor should still be lurking in that cave in Changbai Mountain!

Chu Mo’s eyes narrowed inexplicably. The next time we meet, it should be you, right—

Dorgon.

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Jinzhou City.

Inside the Governor-General’s Residence.

Sun Chuanting sat respectfully in front of Chu Mo. Even now, when he recalled everything that had happened before, he still felt a strong sense of trance and unreality.

After hesitating again and again, Sun Chuanting finally gritted his teeth and began to describe the various problems and situations of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

In the end, he said with a wry smile, “I really hope that you can break this curse! But…”

Sun Chuanting didn’t continue, he really felt that the chances were very low.

“I understand what you mean!” Chu Mo raised his eyebrows, his expression subtle, “But I am not in the Celestial Phenomenon Realm now.”

“Ah?!” Sun Chuanting’s eyelids twitched.

“What?” Zu DaShou, who was serving tea on the side, was also dumbfounded, suspecting that he had misheard.

The standard of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm is that the aura can stir the celestial phenomena! You were like that before, do you believe it yourself when you say you weren’t?!

Chu Mo didn’t say much, and continued to sip his tea. He was only at the peak of the Heaven and Earth Realm now… The power of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm was due to his foundation being far beyond that of his peers, coupled with the nearly tenfold increase in luck, which gave him that level of combat power.

Sun Chuanting’s eyes flickered, but he was still very tactful and didn’t ask about the specific situation of Chu Mo’s realm. Instead, he asked, “Mr. Zhang, may I ask, are you willing to go to Yanjing?”

Zu DaShou’s body tensed subconsciously, and he only felt his scalp tingling. No, is Sun Chuanting this kind of audacious person? Sun Chuanting’s emotional intelligence, he felt, was comparable to that of Emperor Chongzhen!

Huang Taiji just said that this person has a feud with the Ming imperial family. His parents both died because of this… But you’re good! You’re rubbing salt in his wounds, aren’t you?!

“Oh?” Chu Mo said noncommittally, “If you really dare, I have no objections!”

“After all, you possess the ultimate truths of the Myriad Qi, Yongle, and Martial Ancestor Methods in one body!” Sun Chuanting said with a wry smile, “If I hadn’t never heard of reincarnation, I would have suspected that you were Emperor Taizu and Emperor Chengzhu reincarnated!”

Zu DaShou also realized this belatedly, his face solemn, and countless thoughts surged in his mind.

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Indeed, according to the power that the other party had displayed before. Either the person in front of him was a reincarnation of Emperor Taizu or Emperor Chengzhu… Then he certainly had no reason to harm the Great Ming!

Or someone deliberately taught him these cultivation methods… Someone who could teach these cultivation methods! That must be a senior expert of the imperial family! Even if it was for the sake of his master, he shouldn’t do anything rebellious against the Zhu Ming Dynasty, right?!

Thinking about it this way, all of Sun Chuanting’s actions could be understood.

“I just want to ask, how many collections of books and records are there in the Forbidden City of Yanjing! Cultivation Methods?” Chu Mo asked.

“You shouldn’t be interested in the imperial family’s supreme secret manuals!” Sun Chuanting said respectfully, “However, the original version of the Yongle Encyclopedia, and some… Yuan, or even pre-Song dynasty cultivation methods collected and passed down by Emperor Taizu! You should be interested in taking a look?”

“Song Dynasty?” Chu Mo fell into deep thought.

“The Song Dynasty’s cultivation methods are known as Confucian-Taoist Methods!” Sun Chuanting realized that he had finally touched on a topic that Chu Mo was interested in, and he was overjoyed. He quickly said, “It is said that this method involves realms above the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, and has the effect of refining the soul! The great powers of the Confucian Song Dynasty could determine the fate of the world with a single word, delineate mountains and rivers, determine feng shui, let their divine souls leave their bodies, travel the stars, and stroll through the sun and moon.”

“Interesting!” Chu Mo’s eyes lit up, feeling that this trip was worth it, and he had asked the right questions.

Obviously, compared to the Demon Qing, who were suspected of having cleared the cultivation methods on a conceptual level after the Black Emperor entered the Central Plains through the hands of the demon race, this era had many more remaining cultivation methods. Even the Yuan and Song dynasties had them…

The meaning of cultivation methods to Chu Mo was completely different from their meaning to others.

“Wait!” Suddenly thinking of something, Chu Mo frowned, “Are there people in this era cultivating Confucian-Taoist Methods?”

“…Very few!” Sun Chuanting was a little confused, “Why are you asking this? The great powers of the pre-Song dynasty were omnipotent, but the world has changed after all! Strengthening the body is the right path.”

“To be honest with you, the Confucian-Taoist Academy of the Imperial Academy is still researching… But they haven’t made any progress since Emperor Taizu’s time! To this day, His Majesty has already decided to cut off the Confucian-Taoist Academy of the Imperial Academy.”

“…Oh!” Chu Mo nodded slightly knowingly, then stood up, “Since that’s the case, let’s go!”

“? Go where?” Sun Chuanting was stunned.

“Yanjing!” Chu Mo glanced at him with some confusion.

“Ah? Now… But, but!” Sun Chuanting didn’t expect Chu Mo to come up with this, and was now somewhat incoherent, “We just repelled Huang Taiji, what if he launches a counterattack… And the Demonic Khan…”

“Huang Taiji won’t live for more than three days!” Chu Mo said very calmly, but his words were very certain, “As for the Demonic Khan! Don’t worry… He hates the demon race more than he hates us! Moreover, that guy’s ultimate goal isn’t Ming…”

“Hmm?” Sun Chuanting frowned, belatedly realizing that Huang Taiji seemed to have said before that the person in front of him was colluding with the Demonic Khan?!

He thought this was just a divisive tactic before, but now that he thought about it… However, considering that the Butcher and that person appeared on the nursery rhyme at the same time, it was normal for them to have a connection!

“I would like to hear the details!” Zu DaShou also spoke.

“That Demonic Khan,” Chu Mo raised his eyebrows and said faintly, “He only wants to gnaw on soft bones.”

“North Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, West Asia… Then, following the path that Genghis Khan once took, he will go west…”