Chapter 213: Chapter 182: Recruitment_1

The purpose of these major powerhouses coming here was simple, they wanted to recruit Xu Mu.

In fact, since he defeated Gu Jianyi, knowing that he did not have any significant support behind him, some people started throwing olive branches at him. However, the conditions they offered were too low, so he immediately rejected them.

After he defeated Bai Yingwu, even more people tried to win him over, and the Shang Family was just one of them, not the only one.

However, the compensation proposed by Shang Lian at that time was indeed the highest. Not only did he offer a talented daughter to marry, but he was also willing to bear 30% of the resources needed for advancing to the Golden Pill stage.

While 30% might seem small, it actually represented a massive amount of resources once you calculated it all out.

Nevertheless, this was still not up to Xu Mu’s expectations.

The offers from the major factions who visited this time also did not meet his expectations.

In fact, the offers from some families were even lower than what Shang Lian had proposed the day before. Only the Cao Family and the Shang Family were able to match, willing to marry their talented daughters to him and provide 4.0% of the resources. The only downside was that Xu Mu would have to marry into their family.

If the price was right, marrying into a family could be manageable. Unfortunately, they weren’t offering enough.

“Thank you all for your generous affections, but I’ll have to think about it for a few more days!” Xu Mu laughed.

Those who came were shrewd, instantly catching the meaning behind Xu Mu’s words.

“Friend Xu, don’t mind me for being blunt, but there’s a high chance you’ll face Lu Baiyu or Qu Qingdream in tomorrow’s competition. You don’t really think you can win, do you?”

The representative from the Cao Family had a gentle expression, but inside, he was filled with sarcasm.

“The competition has not begun yet, everything is still possible, right?”

Xu Mu laughed.

“Then we wish Friend Xu all the best, may victory be yours!”

Seeing Xu Mu’s firm attitude, the others did not persuade further. Perhaps failing once might enlighten him, making him aware of his own worth.

Shortly after the factions left, just as Xu Mu was about to rest, Shang YaoYao sent him a message.

“I heard from Sister Luo that many people want to recruit you?”

“Yes.”

“And they want to marry their daughters to you?”

“Yes.”

“Did you agree?”

“I need to rest, I have a competition tomorrow, goodbye!”

“Wait, what do you mean? Can’t you explain…”

Xu Mu quickly kept the communication jade, he was not in the mood to talk with her.

“I should cut off contact with her in the future, it would be troublesome if the Cao Family found out!”

What Xu Mu hated the most was trouble. This was a serious deviation from his original intention, he came here to find treasures, not for romance.

“Darn jerk!”

Elsewhere, Shang YaoYao was so angry that she nearly threw her communication jade.

This jerk actually abandoned her after using her. It hasn’t been long since they last met, and he already disregarded her completely!

And he even thought of marrying other women, it’s simply unforgivable!!

Wait, what does him marrying other women have to do with me?

Shang YaoYao snapped out of her thoughts, wondering why she was so annoyed.

Once this competition is over, she won’t have anything to do with him.

Whether it’s to avoid suspicion or for other reasons.

No, he was nurtured by me, if he is going to pledge allegiance to anyone, it should be me. If others snatch him away, it would be as if they are stealing my peaches.

She had never made a losing deal in her life, and this time would be no exception.

She must find a way to secure him!

Early Morning.

Lonely Sword Peak.

Chirp Chirp!

A brilliantly feathered spirit bird was perched on a tree branch, tweeting. The noise woke Xu Mu from his sleep, he slowly opened his eyes, heaved a stale breath, and got up.

He walked out of his room and took a deep breath. The rich spiritual energy entered his lungs with every breath. It was easily refined under the operation of his spiritual power.

By the time he had cultivated his martial method to the Grandmaster stage, he had already activated the auto cultivation feature. Even when he reached the Transcendent stage, his cultivating speed would far exceed that of regular cultivators, even if he did nothing.

Otherwise, with his physical talent, he wouldn’t have been able to achieve Perfection in Qi Cultivation so quickly.

Although Shang YaoYao provided him with resources, it was still far less than what same-level disciples received. If Xu Mu hadn’t cultivated his martial method to the Transcendent stage early on, he wouldn’t have been able to keep up.

No one knew that he had already maximized all his skills in the first year he joined the Sect. The next nine years was simply a waiting game for him.

The reason was he didn’t want others to treat him as if he was a freak. Otherwise, his cultivation level would have already surpassed Shang YaoYao.

Xu Mu stretched his body and gazed at the distant mountains, each one shrouded in mist, divine birds chirping, and from time to time, streaks of light flew past, like a celestial paradise among the clouds.

Thump! Thump!

“Junior brother, it’s time to set off!”

Li Heng’s voice came from outside the courtyard.

“Coming!”

Xu Mu pushed the door open to leave the courtyard, where Li Heng and Luo Qingchen were standing at the entrance.

Seeing Xu Mu come out, Luo Qingchen took out a Yellow Dragon Pill and passed it to him.

“Eat this today, so it won’t affect your performance!”

“Thanks, senior sister!”

Without any hesitation, Xu Mu took the pill and swallowed it.

After taking the pill and bidding farewell to Big Bull and Er Niu, the three of them flew to the Qingyun Palace on their swords. On their way, they met a few disciples they had just become acquainted with the day before, and they formed a group to travel together.

Among them was Qi Yue, who seemed to be deliberately waiting for him on the road.

“Senior brother Xu, how confident are you today?” Qi Yue asked.

“That would depend on who the opponent is!” Xu Mu laughed.

“What if the opponent is Qu Qingdream?”

Obviously, everyone knew that today’s competition was bound to be influenced by the sects. They would not allow Qu Qingdream and Lu Baiyu to compete against each other.

So, Qi Yue didn’t plan to mention the other disciple at all.

“Full confidence!”

Xu Mu joked half-heartedly.

“Really or jokingly? Her sonic divine skill is especially restraining to your soul power!”

Qi Yue stated bluntly.

After many years together, Qi Yue knew Xu Mu didn’t care about his soul power deficit.

“Of course it’s true.”

“What about Lu Baiyu?”

“Full confidence!”

Why do you even have me ask!

Qi Yue grumbled inwardly, feeling that Xu Mu was messing around with him again.

Soon after, the crowd arrived at the venue.

The Qingyun Palace today was even more bustling than ever. Almost everyone who could come was present, and wherever you looked, there were people.

Looking up, the Sect Master of Tianhe Sect, the Grand Elder, the heads of the five big families, the City Lord of Sky River City, and the ancestors of the top ten Golden Pill sects were all big names in the Tianhe Sect region.

Among them, there were two different areas, each occupied by two groups of people dressed completely differently from the rest.

One group was adorned with a large plum blossom pattern on their clothes, and the other was embroidered with spiritual snake patterns.

The reason for the attention was not only because of their distinct attire, but also their imposing presence, giving off an air of superiority.

Aside from facing the Tianhe Sect’s group, it seemed as though they didn’t put anyone else into consideration.

“I didn’t expect even the Plum Blossom Sect and Spirit Snake Valley to send people all the way here to watch the match!” Li Heng exclaimed in surprise.

So, it was true!

Hearing Li Heng’s words, Xu Mu also confirmed his suspicion.

The Plum Blossom Sect and Spirit Snake Valley are on par with the Tianhe Sect, they are major sects of the Nascent Soul level, but due to the distance, ordinary cultivators rarely come into contact with them.

“They didn’t come to watch the match, they have other things to attend to. Watching the match is just incidental!” Qi Yue explained on the side.

“What matters?” Li Heng inquired curiously.

“Marriage alliance!”

“Marriage alliance?”

The matter was straightforward; the three sects planned to deepen their cooperation by arranging marriages between their disciples.

However, such things had little to do with them. The headache was for the sect higher-ups. The chosen candidates for the marital alliances were to be picked from the Foundation Establishment stage disciples, and they had to be direct disciples.

To the likes of Xu Mu and Qi Yue, even if they wanted to, the other party would not consider them.

Just as they were chatting, the competition list was announced.

Lu Baiyu versus Shen Zhong!

Xu Mu versus Qu Qingdream!

“Anotherwoman! Sigh!”