42 Training (3)

Chapter 42- Training (3)

'Hmm. I'm starting to feel tired.' Su Mu thought, slashing the hundreds of icicles that were coming towards him with his sword, which had a hazy blue glow around it.

At a distance, Hu Jiao'er held her sword, patiently looking at Su Mu as the latter was almost done destroying all the icicles.

'A chance.' Noticing the slight opening in his stance, Hu Jiao'er charged towards him, condensing her True Qi within her sword before slashing it towards Su Mu.

Su Mu looked at her from the corner of his eyes and smiled, blocking her sword with his own and pinning it to the ground.

"Your balance was off. And that opening was bait to lure you in, so be careful of that next time. For now, you're out." After saying that, Su Mu gave Hu Jiao'er a forehead flick.

With Hu Jiao'er out of their little game, Su Mu glanced at Su Yan, who was flying through the air, looking for any chance to land a hit on him, but soon, his eyes drifted towards his right.

'Mei'er?' Su Mu thought, glancing at the arrow that was aimed at him from the side. 'No, the trajectory is too simple, and the speed is slow, so it's likely that she has already changed her position. So it's a bait, huh? I guess I'll play along, it'll make it easier to track Mei'er.'

Su Mu looked at the arrow that approached him before kicking the ground, and soon, he appeared several hundred meters up in the air.

While keeping an eye on Su Yan, Su Mu looked around and smiled.

"Found you." Su Mu smiled, looking in the distance as his eyes made contact with Hu Mei'er, who was pulling a bow's string with three arrows directly aimed at him.

'I messed up. But since Big Sis has already retired, I will put all of her remaining True Qi into these arrows.' After being discovered, Hu Mei'er unintentionally launched her attack as three arrows made out of Hu Jiao'er's True Qi made their way towards Su Mu at a very high speed.

'The moment he counterattacks or dodges those arrows, I will be able to land a clean hit on him.' At a distance from Su Mu, Su Yan looked at him with a frown on her beautiful face while preparing her True Qi to attack at any moment.

"Now this is a bit tricky." Su Mu smiled.

'If my body was a bit more used to fighting, I would've easily created a similar attack to counter these arrows, but by the time I neutralise them, Su Yan would most likely land a hit on me. Oh, how much have these three improved in just a month?'

"I guess I will raise the level by a bit."

Then, Su Mu condensed a bit of Sword Qi into his sword, and rotated his body once, throwing the sword directly towards Hu Mei'er as it went through the arrows, destroying them in the process.

'Su Yan, it's not good to be distracted.' While thinking that, Su Mu activated the Second Step of his favourite movement technique, Seven Divine Steps.

Unlike the first step, which allowed him to travel long distances while continuously increasing his speed, the second step allowed him to travel short distances almost instantly, and if his opponent wasn't paying attention to him, it'd appear as if he had disappeared.

"Huh?" Hu Mei'er, surprised by the sudden attack that destroyed all of her arrows, decided to change her location as she jumped through several trees, finally landing on a branch far away from her original position.

Shwoo!*

A chill ran down her spine as Su Mu's sword implanted itself in the tree next to her, cutting through it in a single slide.

'He knew exactly where I would stop since I had only a limited amount of Yuan Qi left.' While Hu Mei'er used her sister's True Qi to form her bow and arrows, she would use her Yuan Qi to move around and change positions, as Hu Jiao'er didn't have an unlimited supply of True Qi, she had to use it sparingly.

Hu Mei'er looked at the sword before it turned to dust, bewildered as she knew that Su Mu had been going easy on them, but she never expected the gap to be this wide after facing him for almost a month.

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'Where did he go? I only looked at the attack he aimed at Little Sister Mei'er for a split second, but he disappeared instantly.' On the other side of the battlefield, Su Yan looked at the place Su Mu was a moment ago.

Suddenly, Su Yan felt Su Mu's hand placed on her back, making her sigh as she realised something.

The three of them had lost, again.

"Su Yan, being worried about your companions is admirable, but you shouldn't leave your blind spot open." Su Mu chuckled.

Turning around, Su Yan gently grabbed his hand, wrapping his whole body in her True Qi, allowing him to levitate along with her.

"The ability to fly is very good." Su Mu commented with a smile.

"Then why are you suppressing your cultivation base from increasing?" Su Yan asked, looking at Hu Mei'er, who was moving towards Hu Jiao'er.

"I told you that I have something I must do before reaching the True Element Realm. And if I were to simply raise my cultivation, how am I supposed to train my body? This training is as useful to me as it is to you guys." Su Mu replied. "But honestly, you three have improved a lot, even going so far that it forced me to use the Second Step of the Seven Divine Steps."

"I see, so that's how you disappeared all of a sudden." Su Yan nodded. She knew what the Seven Divine Steps were, as Su Mu had already told her about them during their time at the Heaven's Cave Inheritance.

"No. I disappeared because your focus wasn't on me, but on the sword that I threw towards Mei'er. You can ask Jiao'er, she was able to follow my movements while watching us fight." Su Mu corrected her.

"But if I had used my Divine Sense, I could've easily followed your movements even without my eyes, right?" Su Yan asked.

After Su Mu had invited her to train with them, Su Yan had already broken through to the 1st Stage of the Immortal Ascension Realm, giving her the ability to use her Divine Sense and Knowledge Sea.

{A/N- Divine Sense and Knowledge Sea will be explained properly when Su Mu reaches the Immortal Ascension Realm.}

"Indeed, that's why I told you to not use your Divine Sense. Even I have my limits. The attack I used on Mei'er took a lot of Sword Qi, not to mention the amount it took for the Seven Divine Steps. After all, there is so much a 5th Stage Separation and Reunion Realm Cultivator like me can do." Su Mu smiled.

"A Separation and Reunion Realm Cultivator that can fight against an Immortal Ascension Realm Cultivator. You would become the public enemy if this were to be known." Su Yan giggled.

"If I were to become like that, what will you do?"

"I will follow you to the depths of hell, then." Su Yan said with sincerity apparent in her words, making Su Mu smile.

"As someone who was born in the Monster Race Era, and fought for the Human Race's Era, I have already seen what hell can be like, so I'd never show you something like that."

Su Yan wasn't sure about what to say, so Su Mu continued.

"But I'm sure Mei'er and Jiao'er have already figured out that the Sibilings Divine Art that they have is not from the Heaven's Cave Inheritance. Honestly, I am impressed that they figured it out so quickly." Su Mu commented.

"It's not difficult when you're not even trying to hide your abilities from them." Su Yan replied.

"What's the point of having strength if I were to hide it from my loved ones? I wouldn't go through the trouble to hide my strength unless it'll cause me unnecessary trouble, or if it's something entertaining." Su Mu said.

"So, do you plan on telling Little Sister Mei'er and Jiao'er about your reincarnation?" Su Yan asked, a bit sad that the secret they shared wouldn't be something that was special for just the two of them.

Ever since hearing his secret, Su Yan has always treasured that memory as the trust Su Mu had placed in her.

Looking at her, Su Mu chuckled. "As my women, they have the right to know. But there is something that only you would know about me in this life."

"And what would that be?" Su Yan asked.

"My name. Even if I go by Su Mu now, the only one who knows my real name is you, Su Yan, and it will always remain that way. Even within the 3000 Worlds, no one is aware of someone known as Xiang Chen, as my previous self was erased from existence, a possible exchange for my reincarnation. It's our little secret, alright?" Su Mu explained with a smile.

'To have your name erased from history, from the memories of those who he once held dear.' It was something Su Yan couldn't even begin to understand. Although Su Yan knew that he had said this to make her feel special, she couldn't help but think about what Su Mu must have gone through.

Knowing what she was thinking about, Su Mu squeezed her hand a bit, snapping Su Yan out of her thoughts.

"Even if it's a bit sad, all the memories that are important to me are fresh within my heart. And right now, what matters to me the most is right here with me." Su Mu said with a smile, causing Su Yan to blush a little.

What he said wasn't a lie. Apart from the fame and wealth he had built throughout his life, which was something he can gain even in this life, the only thing that he considered a loss was that he couldn't go and find the places he and his friends spent their time in. After all, he was the one who nagged the Phoenix Empress to create a separate Mini-Universe World for him to spend his free time in.

"Let's go down. Little Sister Mei'er is back." Su Yan changed the topic, comprising herself as the blush on her face disappeared, replaced by her usual cold and aloof expression. Soon, the two of them landed in front of the Hu Sisters.

'I wanted to tease her a bit, but alas, she will feel bad if it were to damage the Elder Sister's image she has been building in front of Jiao'er and Mei'er.' Su Mu thought, shaking his head as he decided to tease Su Yan when they were alone.

"We completely lost." Hu Jiao'er stated, looking at Su Mu and Su Yan.

"Su Mu, how did you know exactly where I will stop after changing my position?" Hu Mei'er asked, raising her hand in a cute manner.

"Because I have been fighting you guys for over a month, so while it's hard to predict the strategy you come up with, predicting your individual movements is easy." Su Mu explained.

The four of them walked back to the wooden houses they have been living in. But unlike a month ago, wooden houses around this place have grown in number as they now had enough space for more than seven individuals.

And thanks to the Qi Gathering Array Su Mu had placed around these wooden houses, the cultivation environment here was way better than the High Heaven Pavilion.

"Master."

"Master, is there anything we can do?"

Just as the group approached the houses, Du Yi Shuang and Lan Chu Die came to greet them.

When Su Mu called Su Yan over, he also ordered his two servants to join them, and ever since then, everything here was handled by Lan Chu Die and Du Yi Shuang.

"Hm." Su Mu looked around. "Did Senior Sister Xia leave?"

"She left after Treasurer Meng came to get her. She said that she will visit again as soon as she has time, Master." Lan Chu Die explained.

Su Mu understood why Meng Wuya did that, so he just nodded and turned towards Du Yi Shuang.

"Shuang'er, go prepare a change of clothes for me."

"Very well, Master." Du Yi Shuang nodded and went inside Su Mu's wooden house.

"We will go and change as well." Hu Mei'er said as she left along with Hu Jiao'er.

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A/N-

A series of regular chapters? Have I finally reached enlightenment? Would be a dream come true if I could update a chapter regularly.

First time writing a fight scene, so I made it short, idk.

Anyway, Mc will leave for the journey to the Soul Warming Lotus in the next chapter. Finally, I can write stuff outside the High heaven pavilion for a few chapters.