High-Martial World: System Arrives 30 Years Late-Chapter 142 - 129: Blood Sea Surges, Sea-crossing Golden Beam!
"Why?"
"There’s no why."
The elderly man’s eyes glowed as he looked at Su Mu. Su Mu had a strong determination, and the elder, who had seen many people in his life, seldom misjudged. This person was not lying.
Su Mu considered being a guardian more important than reaching the Martial Arts Peak. Or, he pursued martial arts to guard, which was a cause-and-effect relationship, a rare quality.
Satisfied with the answer, the elder’s serious demeanor dissipated, revealing a hint of a smile, and he waved at Su Mu.
"My name is Zhong Guoping. Su Mu, you may leave now."
"Alright, Chairman Zhong."
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"Chairman Zhong, you’re just letting Su Mu leave like that?"
"It’s fine; I’ll take responsibility for all consequences," the elder said calmly.
For a moment, Guan Wu was shocked. He didn’t understand what the two had discussed and why the chairman’s attitude towards Su Mu had changed so much.
"Then how do we assess Su Mu’s result in the Grandmaster Tower this time? Chairman, just now Elder Ning informed me that the ninth floor of the Grandmaster Tower has actually been triggered."
"So I retrieved the recording and, after slowing it down hundreds of times, indeed found this to be true," Guan Wu said gravely.
The two watched as, in the recording, there was a very brief moment when the ninth floor of the Grandmaster Tower displayed a faint golden light, but it was too fleeting and occurred simultaneously with the anomaly, making it unnoticed at the time.
"Su Mu himself denied passing the eighth floor, so let’s go with his statement, counting him as having passed the seventh floor and reached the eighth floor."
"Then reward him with another chance to enter the Grandmaster Tower."
"Another reward?" Guan Wu glanced at the Grandmaster Tower, which was sealed off in the distance.
"That’s right."
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"Chairman Zhong, what a powerful martial artist."
Su Mu had used his Insightful Eyes to observe Zhong Guoping, and he could see blood threads, but they were all semi-transparent, meaning that for the current Su Mu, they were unmatched.
As he walked out of the Martial Arts Association base, light and shadow intertwined, and the brilliant sunset light scattered the darkness on Su Mu.
Su Mu slightly raised his head and looked as the sunset light fell on his face, its distinct cheekbones exuding firmness.
"It’s time to advance to Fifth Level Martial Artist!"
Su Mu returned to Yangcheng City District and arrived at the Provincial Martial Arts Association Headquarters.
"I’d like to rent a gravity cultivation room."
"Sure, Mr. Su, you can rent it for free; please follow me."
While gravity cultivation rooms were rare in the city Martial Arts Association, they were quite common at the provincial level, becoming a more routine training facility.
The Three Cities Training chief’s medal was a seven-pointed golden medal, usable at the Guangshen Province Martial Arts Association Headquarters, treated equivalently to ordinary martial arts grandmasters, at least on the surface.
But actually, there were differences. An association staff led Su Mu, passing several empty gravity cultivation rooms, but eventually brought him to the oldest one.
"Mr. Su, here it is."
"Okay, thanks."
Su Mu thanked, calmly entering the gravity cultivation room, quickly discovering that the room’s quadruple gravity couldn’t be activated, with a maximum of only triple gravity.
"Triple gravity will suffice; let’s begin."
Su Mu took several deep breaths to eliminate all distractions from his mind before entering an introspection state.
Without hesitation, he began collapsing the bridges. And not just one, but five bridges together. During this process, Su Mu felt his strength slowly dissipating.
"Break to make, stronger after breaking!"
Su Mu’s face showed no panic, only determination.
Soon, all five qi blood bridges collapsed. Su Mu exhaled lightly, with fierce heat in his qi blood, and the heart at his chest roared intensely.
Then, he extracted the pure condensed blood, forming two blood threads far thicker and more solid than before, which began spiraling and intertwining, stabilizing and strengthening in the process.
Minutes later, the beginning of the bridge formed. At this moment, Su Mu’s qi and blood surged like a raging sea, and all he had to do was tame this massive wave.
In the giant wave, the five viscera were like solitary towers, but through the tempering of condensed blood, they were profoundly solid, awaiting connection by the qi blood bridges.
What Su Mu needed to do was construct a sea-crossing golden beam on this giant wave, constructing the strongest martial arts foundation uniquely belonging to him!
By the next morning, a qi blood bridge spanned the raging sea of qi and blood, connected to the heart in an instant.
Su Mu trembled all over, his inner qi and blood surged, showing potential for greater leaps.
Boom.
His internal qi and blood resonated, Su Mu’s aura surged rapidly, and within the roiling sea of qi and blood, the final qi blood bridge stood like a heaven-supporting jade pillar—unshaken by the mighty blood waves.
With the connection to the heart, the qi blood bridge formed a backbone, allowing Su Mu to unleash fully.
By noon, the second qi blood bridge connected to the lungs. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
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Earlier, Elder Lin, Sikong River, and Zhou Yun left at the same time.
Elder Lin hurried away to report today’s events and Su Mu’s information to his young master and family, recognizing Su Mu as formidable and not to be underestimated.
Sikong River quickly arrived at the Martial Arts Association Headquarters with the intent of challenging Su Mu once he showed up, believing Su Mu to be very strong.
But he waited for days, receiving a call from his family only to leave with his sister later, but that’s a story for another time.
"Such a powerful figure, surely to cross paths in the selection meeting."
The evening of the Grandmaster Tower’s anomaly, Zhong Guoping investigated Su Mu thoroughly before the provincial Martial Arts Association convened an emergency meeting, with remote participation from those unable to attend in person.
The urgency of the meeting stirred many to wonder what major event had occurred.
In the conference room, Zhong Guoping’s fingers tapped on the table repeatedly, a moment later speaking in a deep voice, "Now that everyone is here, let’s start the meeting."
"In this instance of First Level Sequence candidate special batch application, I propose adding one more person."
"It is this individual."
The projector displayed Su Mu’s detailed personal information.
"Oh, he triggered Martial Saint’s Will inside the stone lion at Shenjiang City Martial Arts Association? The last was Huangfu Tian, I recall?"
"The Tower of Power, ruined, yet causing the Grandmaster Tower’s anomaly, suspected of stepping into the ninth layer, though he denies passing the eighth layer."
"Fourth Level Peak with nearly ten thousand calories of qi and blood?!"
For a moment, even among the senior members of Guangshen Province Martial Arts Association, there was surprise and buzzing discussion.
But amidst this were those expressing doubt, namely Vice President Lin, from the martial arts family Lin Heng.
"As Chairman Zhong mentioned, Su Mu’s performance is adequate, but he has a shortfall. At 33, he is a Fourth Level Martial Artist—this cannot be overlooked."
"Also, he advanced from martial artist status after just one Bone Tempering; his potential is questionable."
"Correct, with only three special batch slots for Guangshen Province, consideration must be very careful. This person’s display in the selection meeting needs to be observed at least."
One of the three vice presidents, Sikong Lin, also voiced his opinion, marking the shared interests of martial arts families in Guangshen Province, despite past contention among them.
Previously, the special batch qualifications were almost monopolized by martial arts families or Saint Martial University’s celestial prides.
Zhong Guoping frowned slightly, understanding their approach was to delay proceedings which they had valid points for—leaving Zhong Guoping unable to refute.
The process moved to a vote, unsurprisingly resulting in six votes in favor and seven against out of thirteen senior member votes.
The proposal addition was not approved.
Zhong Guoping sighed internally; awaiting the selection meeting would be beyond the deadline for the list submission—a blatant and irrefutable plot he was helpless against.
After the meeting, he drafted a letter to the South China Governor’s Mansion, stamping it with his personal seal.
This letter acted as a personal recommendation.
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Meanwhile, soon after the meeting ended, Su Mu completed the fourth reconstruction of the qi blood bridge in the cultivation room, initiating the operation of a solid qi blood bridge connected to the liver.
Once again, Su Mu’s qi and blood breached new levels of advancement, shortly thereafter exhaling lightly with shock as five thousand drops of condensed blood were insufficient for final bridge construction.
Su Mu underestimated the immense consumption required, but this brought surprise, knowing greater consumption meant stronger foundations. Instantly, he retrieved Spirit Marrow from the Space Ring.
"Only the last kidney remains; on to my next pursuit!"
He planned to continue relentlessly, aiming for the leap to Fifth Level Martial Artist.
