"Let's trade."
Xiao Mu put away his fire.
"So, you're a friend with a fire mutation. No wonder you could kill a fierce ghost all by yourself. Did you eat a Flame Mutation Fruit, friend?"
The man in sunglasses gave Xiao Mu a glance and a wary look appeared on his face.
"Approximately."
Xiao Mu didn't elaborate. It made no difference to him whether the man considered him a fire mutant.
"Awesome!"
The man gave a thumbs-up, expressing sincere admiration.
Among mutants, those with power mutations are the strongest, particularly mutants with the power of lightning, fire, or electricity. They far outclass those with the power of three heads and six arms, Gigantification, or transmutations.
The man certainly knew how formidable a fire mutant could be. The third-ranked in the local Hero Ranking, King of Thunder, is a lightning mutant.
"Trade!"
Xiao Mu paid no attention to the man's praise and urged him to trade.
"I need to check the goods first!"
The man patted his suitcase, opened it to show Xiao Mu its contents – it was full of money.
"That's fine."
Xiao Mu took out the Energy Crystal.
The man pulled out an electronic scale and weighed the Energy Crystal. It was exactly four grams.
A smile of joy spread across the man's face as he passed the suitcase to Xiao Mu, "The money is here, please count it."
Xiao Mu counted roughly, confirmed that it was correct, and picked up the suitcase.
"Friend, you are a fire mutant, and you are strong enough to kill an iron corpse by yourself. It's quite impressive. Why not leave me a contact way? We might need to contact each other in the future."
After completing the transaction, the man in sunglasses asked for Xiao Mu's contact information.
"I don't need it."
Xiao Mu declined outright. He preferred to keep to himself, without getting too involved with others.
"What a pity."
The man looked regretful. "But individual power is too limited. It will be difficult to kill evil ghosts, zombies, even King Qingshan needs the help."
"Here's what I will do. I'll leave my contact information. Do not be quick to refuse, perhaps there will be times when you need help."
Saying that, the man handed a business card to Xiao Mu. To demonstrate sincerity, he even took off his sunglasses.
The man was in his thirties with a square face and a large mouth, giving others a feeling of straightforwardness and cheer.
His gesture of removing the sunglasses made Xiao Mu a bit less wary, so he accepted the man's business card.
The man's name was Wang Tong, and he was the general manager of a company called Qingshan Auto Repair.
In addition to that, the card also had his WeChat ID, QQ number, cell phone number, personal email address, and other contact methods.
"What kind of martial arts do you practice?"
After keeping the business card, Xiao Mu casually asked.
"Me?"
Wang Tong smiled, seeming slightly proud, "I was quite lucky. I got an incomplete copy of the 'Nine Yang Skill,' and also practice a palm technique called the 'Demon Suppression Palm.' How about you, friend? Did you eat a mutant Flame fruit?"
After introducing himself, Wang Tong turned his curious gaze to Xiao Mu.
"Almost."
Xiao Mu gave a noncommittal answer and offhandedly suggested, "Nine Yang Skill is quite good. It has a specific effect against evil absurdities. However, it's better to practice a type of internal energy that possesses the attribute of lightning."
King Qingshan from the local Hero Ranking practices a type of internal energy known as "Thunder Yang Divine Skill" with lightning attributes, so Xiao Mu knew that practicing internal energy with lightning attributes was a thing.
Wang Tong gave a bitter smile upon hearing this. "How easy is it to get the method to practice internal energy with lightning attribute? If I had it, my strength wouldn't be this pitiful."
However, Xiao Mu didn't intend to continue the konversation. "I have something else to do. Goodbye."
Without waiting for Wang Tong's response, he picked up his suitcase and headed out of the park.
Wang Tong caught up with Xiao Mu after a few steps and implored, "Friend, if you ever need help, please remember to contact me. Also, if you have any internal energy methods or martial art skills to sell, please consider me first. We can negotiate the price."
"Okay!"
Xiao Mu gave a noncommittal response, took his suitcase, and quickly walked away, leaving the park.
First of all, of course, it was purchasing ginseng. Xiao Mu didn't hesitate and spent all the 300,000 to buy ginseng. He bought fifteen 10-year-old ginseng roots.
He initially wanted to buy even better ones, but the price of ginseng skyrocketed after being aged for ten years. The price of a 20-year-old ginseng rose above 500,000.
The outrageous price made Xiao Mu, who was initially planning to buy better ginseng, abandon his desires on the spot.
The price was too high, making it a poor value for money. It's better to use 10-year-old ginseng directly.
After returning home, he started his upgrade plan immediately.
First, the 5-year old Energy Crystal obtained from the blood demon was consumed, slightly raising his strength.
Then, he consumed an energy point to mutate a ginseng and swallowed it completely. Xiao Mu's strength was finally elevated to the peak of the Spiritual Qi Realm, on the verge of ascending to the next realm.
As soon as the contents of "Xuanmen Zhenggang" were mutated and practiced a bit, he would be able to break into the next realm.
Without any delay, Xiao Mu took out the blank "Xuanmen Zhenggang" book and used the Mutation Technique on it.
A finger was placed on the book, and this time, there was only one option left — Strengthening.
The energy point consumption also doubled to two.
Without hesitation, Xiao Mu used two energy points to strengthen the "Xuanmen Zhenggang". At that moment, new content appeared in the book.
Xiao Mu placed a hand on the book. After a short while, the content disappeared from the book, leaving it blank once again.
Xiao Mu opened his eyes. This time, the content of "Xuanmen Zhenggang" was indeed about the cultivation of the next realm of Taoist Law — Spirit Communication Realm.
What is Spirit Communication Realm?
'Spirit Communication' implies that once one reaches this stage of cultivation, they will acquire the ability to communicate with spirits.
What is a spirit?
It refers to the soul.
To be precise, once Xiao Mu reaches this stage, he will have the ability to control ghosts.
Of course, the abilities of the Spirit Communication Realm are not limited to this. Controlling ghosts is merely the most fundamental ability.
This ability made Xiao Mu extremely happy. As long as he could control a ghost and then find a way to improve its strength and cultivate it into a Ghost Servant, the ghost could serve as a shield for him during fights, potentially making up for his lack of close-quarters combat prowess and eliminating the chance of being instantly killed by evil absurdities who managed to get close to him.
He sat cross-legged and began cultivating immediately.
After a short while...
Boom!
Xiao Mu's realm broke through the Spiritual Qi Realm and entered the Spirit Communication Realm.
If we say that the spiritual energy he had cultivated before was a scattered cluster, then the spiritual energy he cultivated now truly had a system and was no longer chaotic as before.
At the same time, Xiao Mu's entire temperament changed once again. He seemed to carry an aura of an otherworldly person who dwelled outside while being detached from worldly concerns.
Like he was out of the three realms and didn't belong to the five elements.
Xiao Mu stood up and contemplated for a while.
To control a ghost, he would need a secret manual for that. "Xuanmen Zhenggang" only dealt with the cultivation of Taoist Law, not controlling ghosts.
Thus, he went out to the Small Commodity Market again to look for old books.
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