Chapter 813: Chapter 680: Grand Banquet, Fang Li Provokes
Chapter 813: Chapter 680: Grand Banquet, Fang Li Provokes
Since he reached the Soul Emperor level, Chu Mu was eager to take advantage of his momentum and used the Emperor-Level Wood Element Soul Crystal he had obtained from Sky Listener to directly strengthen the Demon Tree Warrior to the Soul Emperor level.
Chu Mu’s Soul Power was abundant, and as he had just broken through to Soul Emperor, this abundance had a special lasting effect, so Chu Mu’s consumption would not be so fast.
At the moment, Chu Mu still let Mo Ye guard him as he began to enhance the Demon Tree Warrior.
At the Soul Emperor level, Chu Mu’s Soul Sense was stronger. He could easily mobilize the energy inside the Wood-element Soul Crystal, and since the Demon Tree Warrior had a single attribute, the strengthening process was much easier.
Just before midnight, Chu Mu had injected all the energy from the Wood-Type Soul Crystal into the Demon Tree Warrior’s body. The Demon Tree Warrior’s body had also undergone a complete change, completely enveloped by the Fifth Grade Xuan Wood, with Ling Li Xuan Wood weapons growing from its shoulders, arms, and joints of its limbs!
The Demon Tree Warrior instinctively buried its roots into the ground. The strength of Wood-element Soul Pets could often be judged by their attack range. In the past, the reach of the Demon Tree Warrior’s roots was limited to about 500 meters around its feet.
After metamorphosing to the Emperor level, the Demon Tree Warrior’s roots had extended to more than a thousand meters and could even continue to grow longer. This effect allowed the Demon Tree Warrior to stand still and attack all creatures within a thousand meters during group battles!
“Another Emperor!” Looking at the imposing Demon Tree Warrior with an aura reminiscent of a tightly drawn crossbow, Chu Mu revealed a satisfied smile.
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The Great Chu Noble Family’s grand banquet had a dual purpose: on the surface, it was to welcome the arrival of the high-level experts and entertain them. In reality, it was also a trade fair for Soul Emperors.
The grand banquet took place between dusk and midnight. After midnight, ordinary guests would leave, and all Soul Emperors who were interested in trading would stay until midnight to participate in the rare Soul Emperor trade fair. Hence, Chu Mu would definitely attend this event.
Chu Tianren was a Soul Emperor, and naturally, he would also attend the grand banquet. Before attending, he had the maid carefully dress him up so that he would not look like a wandering man, but rather a man with a dashing demeanor and charming allure.
In Chu Tianren’s words, this was not for the Soul Emperors to see, but to show his more dazzling side in front of the beautiful women attending the grand banquet, hoping to make a few noble-looking and cold-hearted yet sexy and passionate women smitten.
Chu Mu had witnessed Chu Tianren’s flirtatiousness and couldn’t help but sigh.
As for dressing, Chu Mu usually valued neatness and simplicity. When it came to more solemn and formal occasions like the grand banquet, Chu Mu still maintained his usual style.
“Why not dress a little more dashing?” Chu Tianren raised an eyebrow and asked Chu Mu curiously.
“I tend to be individualistic.” Chu Mu replied indifferently.
“Haha, experts are always lonely. However, acting old-fashioned at your age, without a trace of youthful impulsiveness and arrogance, is not good. Youth is meant for being domineering and overbearing. If someone doesn’t please you, just step on them…” Chu Tianren laughed.
“I generally don’t cause trouble.” Chu Mu said.
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Chu Mu maintained his usual style, which seemed somewhat shabby to those magnificently dressed and lavish noble guests, especially the younger generation.
The younger generation had to dress very formally in such grand banquets, unlike the high-status Soul Emperors who didn’t need clothes to showcase their status. After all, the younger generation belonged to a younger category and had to follow their etiquette.
True to his individualistic nature, Chu Mu sat calmly in his own seat, quietly waiting for the arrival of the midnight Soul Emperor trade fair, completely ignoring the young men in their gorgeous outfits wandering through the circles of wealthy young ladies at the grand banquet.
Naturally, many familiar faces among the young generation had also come to this seldom-occurring grand banquet. These were either Chu Mu’s competitors from the World Decree or those he had heard about in World City.
“I wonder if that beautiful lady will appear tonight. If I could talk to her, I would be content,” a youth from the Origin Realm said with anticipation.
“Which beautiful lady are you talking about?” Qi Xin asked.
“The Little Princess of Nightmare Demon Palace. Many of the second-tier experts are present, and she’s also one of the top experts of the second tier. I think she may attend this banquet as well. I remember a few years ago when she led her team through our Origin Realm, challenging our youth experts. At that time, I was fortunate to witness her…” The youth from the Origin Realm spoke as if reminiscing.
Qi Xin looked exasperated, and asked, “How long have you been traveling outside?”
“Almost half a year, on and off. Why?” The youth from the Origin Realm answered.
“She disappeared. Her whereabouts have been unknown for six months, causing quite a stir in the major cities. There are even admirers who have formed teams to search for her…”
“What? Disappeared? How is that possible?” The youth was dismayed.
As expected, at this occasion, the Little Princess was the center of attention for all the youths. However, thinking about the things Qian Qin told him, Chu Mu couldn’t help but sigh.
Missing for nearly half a year, and still no news, Chu Mu couldn’t help but worry.
“Last month, I took down four heads of Eight-winged Sky Demon Worms, and now I’ve been promoted to the thousand-person leader of the Soul Master Legion. If those demon worms dare to invade again next month, I’ll rip them apart!” Qi Xin spoke up.
Qi Xin and the young man’s topic soon shifted from Princess Jinrou to the invasion of the demon worms.
Two months ago, the demon worms were already eager to take action, and the experts gathered in Wogu Domain by humans had already had some friction with the demon worms. Of course, most of them were from the younger generation, showing off their skills.
Chu Mu remembered that officials from the World’s Contest Organizers had also come forward two months ago, hoping that he could become the leader of the younger generation and fight back against the demon worms’ initial attacks.
Chu Mu’s fame is now very high. With him making the call, countless young admirers would willingly join this battle, and the massive youth legion indeed needed a figure to serve as the spiritual leader.
However, Chu Mu had no interest in this and continued his calm cultivation.
As for who would replace the spiritual leader of the younger generation, Chu Mu was not clear.
“So it’s you.” Qi Xin noticed Chu Mu, slowly walked over, and showed a smug smile.
Qin Xin was now the leader of the thousand-person Soul Master youth legion, and he had accumulated many victories during these two months, making him quite famous among the younger generation.
Qi Xin still remembered the confrontation with Chu Mu in the Great Chu Noble Family’s mountain peak battlefield half a year ago. At that time, he had only used one of his sub pets, but ended up losing to Chu Mu. Seeing Chu Mu at this grand banquet, he naturally wanted to show off.
Regarding such people, Chu Mu chose to ignore them and looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the main seat.
It was not someone from the Chu Family at the main seat, but Realm Lord Lu Zideng of the Origin Realm.
Lu Zideng was welcoming Soul Emperor-level experts with a smile on his face. Not far from him were Fang Li and Zheng Kuang, who were smirking with insincere expressions and whispering something.
Chu Tianren had warned Chu Mu that someone was tracking him recently, which could probably be Lu Zideng and the others. They guessed that the person who had robbed their treasure might be with Chu Mu, and if they knew Chu Tianren and Chu Mu’s residence, they would probably suspect Chu Mu.
A moonlight magic stone worth 50,000 spirits had been stolen just like that. Anyone wouldn’t be able to swallow their anger. It seemed these guys wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge on Chu Mu.
Sure enough, not long after, Fang Li slowly walked towards Chu Mu’s location.
An ugly Fang Li was accompanied by a fairly charming woman who was probably his wife. However, she was rudely asked to stand aside by Fang Li, who then walked straight to Chu Mu’s face.
“If I’m not mistaken, you must be the famous Soul Hall Chu Chen?” Fang Li said.
“Yeah,” Chu Mu didn’t think it was strange. He was the only young man in the entire World Realm who had an Emperor-level soul pet.
“I wonder if this piece of paper is from Young Master Chu’s hand?” Fang Li held the piece of paper in his hand and said with a smirk.
Chu Mu glanced at him and then at Fang Li.
“No,” Chu Mu calmly and without blinking, lied.
Soul Emperors often had open and covert struggles, but forces would also pay attention to having concrete evidence. Chu Mu’s capture of the main nest peak was a scheming move, and if they wanted to seek justice, Chu Mu would be at a disadvantage. Chu Mu naturally would not admit to this.
Fang Li sneered in his heart. Everyone knew that Soul Hall Chu Chen had a Nine-Tailed Sin Fox Lord. The mini little fox that Fang Li saw must have been the avatar of the Seven Sins Fox. On top of that, only Soul Hall Chu Chen has an Emperor Fox among the many Soul Emperors. So who else could be responsible for the Main Nest Peak incident but Chu Chen?
“Everyone knows the truth; your cunning is superior, and we have nothing to say. But the Moonlight Magic Stone is what we spent a long time searching for, and you used underhanded means to rob it from us forcefully,” Fang Li stared at Chu Mu, seeing Chu Mu’s face unchanged, he became even more furious, but still maintained a pleasant demeanor, “According to what you wrote on the piece of paper, you should give me the space ring you previously agreed to, and each of our parties would get 25,000 spirits. With that, let’s call it even, and we won’t pursue it further…”
Chu Mu stared at Fang Li and said, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Fang Li saw Chu Mu being so ignorant, a touch of fierce cruelty flashed in his eyes, and he said, “Don’t think that with Soul Hall backing you, we don’t dare to touch you. I advise you to hand over what you owe, or else don’t blame us for being rude. With just one quasi-Emperor, do you really think you can measure up to us?”
Chu Mu lazily raised his eyelids, then picked up a bunch of grapes, and even fed the adorable and greedy Little Mo Xie grapes right in front of Fang Li.
Now, Chu Mu had much more than just an Emperor. Even with just one Fang Li, Chu Mu wouldn’t need to pay attention to him. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, welcome to Qidian () to vote for recommendation votes and month votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)