Chapter 238: The Walking Mumu

Chapter 238: Chapter 238: The Walking Mumu

This also included skin tone, hair texture, and color—for instance, changing from dark skin to fair, or from raven-black hair to golden blonde or silver-gray.

It even extended to minute details like mimicking voices, fine-tuning one’s physical silhouette, simulating the texture of clothing, and disguising bodily details such as fingerprints and gait—all things that had to be mastered at this stage.

As long as he mastered all of the above, Jiang Xu felt that the Thousand-Faced Illusion Body would be effective enough.

Although these were all superficial disguises, Jiang Xu’s Concealing Breath Spell was sufficient to prevent others from seeing through them with Magic or Divine Sense.

His gains during this period of seclusion weren’t limited to just the Thousand-Faced Illusion Body.

Jiang Xu looked at the small tree beside him.

After a month, Mumu had grown from a freshly sprouted seedling, no bigger than a bean sprout, into a small sapling.

The small sapling’s trunk was about an inch thick, a healthy, vibrant green. Its surface was smooth and delicate, as if enveloped in a faint, fluorescent glow.

At the top of the trunk, several tender leaves had unfurled. Each leaf looked as if it were carved from green jade, its veins clearly visible. The edges of the leaves curled slightly, resembling vibrant jade butterflies resting on the branches.

Bathed in Spiritual Qi, these leaves could automatically absorb the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, continuously providing the entire tree with the energy it needed to grow.

What was particularly striking was its root system. After a month of taking root and developing, Mumu’s roots had plunged deep into the ground, spreading out like a complex and intricate network to draw upon the Spiritual Qi and nutrients hidden underground.

Mumu had now reached Tier One Lower Grade, equivalent to a Qi Cultivation Cultivator Early Stage, and possessed some combat capability.

Its roots, deep underground, could burst forth from the soil, pierce a target’s body, and drain them of all their blood.

Jiang Xu had specifically tested this on wild rabbits.

Besides its combat power, its ability to gather Spiritual Qi was also remarkable. Cultivating next to the small tree was almost as effective as using a Spirit Gathering Array.

Furthermore, it had increased the perfection of his Cangmu Skill by another 1%!

[Cangmu Skill (Perfect 7/100%) +: 800/800]

Perhaps if Mumu reached Tier Two in the future, the Cangmu Skill would see another significant increase, becoming his first Skill to reach 100% perfection.

Over the past month, Jiang Xu had frequently applied the Wood Spirit Acceleration Technique to Mumu. Each time he used it, Mumu would grow a little taller.

Otherwise, if it had relied solely on its own Cultivation, judging by its growth rate back in the cave at the Demon Communication Workshop, it would have taken at least half a year to a full year to reach its current size.

"Mumu, get up!"

At Jiang Xu’s command, the roots of the small tree in front of him began to tremble slightly. A powerful surge of life force welled up from beneath the ground, gathering in the rootlets that delved deep into the soil.

As the power converged, the roots began to contract and expand rhythmically, as if accumulating enough strength to break free from their bonds.

Amidst a faint tremor, the sapling’s entire root system gradually pulled itself free from the compact soil, which crumbled and fell away from the roots.

Even more astonishingly, the roots didn’t simply spread apart. Instead, they rapidly reformed as if guided by an invisible force.

As if alive, they intertwined and merged, forming two "legs" made of roots in the blink of an eye. These two "legs" were agile and strong, supporting Mumu’s entire trunk as it stood steadily on the ground.

Then, Mumu took its "first step." The two root-legs moved forward alternately, each step steady and powerful, as it slowly walked toward Jiang Xu.

Seeing this, Jiang Xu nodded in satisfaction.

The first time he had seen Mumu transform like this, he had been quite startled and amazed.

Although he had seen Mumu walk before, back then it couldn’t move on two "legs" like it could now.

This ability of Mumu’s made Jiang Xu all the more curious about its origins.

Moreover, Jiang Xu hadn’t used his Divine Sense to command Mumu; he had spoken aloud.

This meant that Mumu could now understand his words. Such intelligence was rare even among Spirit Beasts, let alone one that had been "born" so recently.

Jiang Xu stroked Mumu’s green leaves, and Mumu swayed its body, seeming quite happy.

After spending a moment with it, Jiang Xu put Mumu back into the Spirit Beast Bag.

"Brother Zong, I’m out of seclusion! There’s been a development with Young Master Ghost!"

Zong Ziqi’s and Jiang Xu’s rooms were in separate locations.

Jiang Xu knocked on Zong Ziqi’s door.

"A development?" Zong Ziqi came out from inside. "He’s out?"

"That’s right. It seems my guess was correct. The pressure really got to him, and he couldn’t hold out any longer. He looked to be in a hurry, though, so his guard probably hasn’t dropped yet."

"What should we do? Go after him directly?"

Jiang Xu thought for a moment.

’This is the first time Young Master Ghost has gone out. He’s probably on high alert and might even set a trap for us.’ He then said aloud:

"No rush. We’ll set out in a week!"

...

「One week later.」

Young Master Ghost was on a battlefield, collecting souls.

As he collected them, he remained secretly vigilant.

But despite his wariness, he still found nothing out of the ordinary.

’Am I really being too paranoid?’

Young Master Ghost couldn’t help but doubt himself.

All the intelligence reports indicated that Young Master Yellow Springs’s death was indeed due to his own foolishness. There had been no news of the Thunder Knight, and even the Profound Origin Sect had accepted his death as fact.

’For me to be shadowboxing with an enemy that isn’t here... isn’t that a bit foolish?’

’Maybe I really was wrong about this?’

After collecting the last soul, Young Master Ghost scanned his surroundings one more time. His doubts unresolved and a trace of self-suspicion lingering in his heart, he took a step, preparing to leave the battlefield laden with sorrow.

The very instant he was about to turn and leave, an intense sense of crisis shot through his entire body like a bolt of lightning. It was as if the very air between Heaven and Earth had frozen, and an indescribable, oppressive, and murderous aura enveloped the entire space.

Suddenly, a dazzling flash of golden light erupted from the distance. Like a meteor streaking across the night sky, it closed in on Young Master Ghost in an instant.

The light contained an endless Sword Intent, sharp and majestic, as if a supreme sword god were passing judgment on Young Master Ghost through an invisible blade.

Young Master Ghost felt the hairs on his body stand on end. A chill shot down his spine, and it seemed as if every pore on his body clamped shut in that instant.

He instinctively sensed a lethally powerful Sword Qi lock onto him. Not only was the force powerful enough to destroy anything in its path, but more terrifyingly, the boundless Sword Intent it contained struck unprecedented fear and despair deep into his soul.