Carrying several large packages of Foundation Establishment materials, Wang Wu tread fearfully through Jinxiu City, his entire demeanor resembling that of a startled bird.

He wasn't sure if Jin Ming would really let him go. If Jin Ming only pretended to forgive him but was secretly plotting against him, Wang Wu would be utterly defenseless!

Even if he were a Foundation Establishment cultivator now, let alone his current state, people could kill him at just a thought if they wished to.

Thus, Wang Wu lived in a state of heightened vigilance. But he detected nothing out of the ordinary, which only made his anxiety grow.

"According to their thinking, they'd expect me to flee Jinxiu City as soon as I get these things... so they must be laying in ambush near the city gates, stalking me quietly, waiting for me to leave before they strike!" Wang Wu murmured, with a glint in his eyes.

Soon after, he shook his head, "No, anyone could figure that out, and I'm not stupid enough to leave the city directly and give them a chance to chase after me! Therefore... they might have eyes all over the inns within Jinxiu City, planning to trap me when I least expect it... Damn it, I'm no turtle! Yes, that must be it. They must have predicted that someone as smart as me wouldn't easily leave the city and give them the chance!"

Wang Wu squinted, his entire demeanor radiating an abnormal excitement. A cold sneer then appeared on his face: "You're not good enough to challenge me, Wang Wu, in a battle of wits! Since you will have predicted this, then... I'll take another unexpected move – I'll leave the city directly!"

Coming to this conclusion, Wang Wu felt that he was so smart, startlingly so, that he even scared himself.

With no hesitation, he hoisted the Foundation Establishment materials and dashed straight out of Jinxiu City's east gate. Without stopping, he headed towards a mountain range to the east of the city.

Running at his full potential, his speed was incredibly fast.

A thousand li, to him, was nothing.

Wang Wu ran from noon until the sun set, covering nearly ten thousand li!

Upon finding a cave along a mountain cliff, he cautiously positioned himself a dozen feet inside, then rolled a giant rock to block the cave entrance, making it nearly invisible from outside.

After doing all this, Wang Wu collapsed to the ground.

His mind blank and overwhelmed, he burst into tears. "My dear brother, Du Fei, Lan'er... I failed you."

Amidst his crying, his expression suddenly contorted in rage: "Du Fei, Fang Lan, Fang Lu... and Jin Ming, I hate you all! I hate you to the bone! Remember, one day, I will recover everything I lost today, tenfold! Including you... Wang Wen, one day, I'll show you what kind of man your brother is!"

Wang Wu took a deep breath and then tremblingly unwrapped the packages: "Foundation Establishment... As long as I reach Foundation Establishment, I'll be a genuine cultivator, I can touch the sky in a single step!"

The materials were indeed real Foundation Establishment materials; Jin Ming hadn't tricked him.

Familiar with the Foundation Establishment materials, excitement finally showed on Wang Wu's face as he gritted his teeth, "Just wait, one day... I will return today's humiliation a hundredfold! Jin Ming, thank you for the Foundation Establishment materials... I will cultivate diligently and then... I'll come back to get my revenge!"

...

The third day.

Today was the day Chu Mo had agreed to visit the Jin family's head, Jin Dongnan, in the evening in Jinxiu City.

But at noontime in his room at Xiangfu Inn, Chu Mo was visited by some uninvited guests.

A knock on the door interrupted Chu Mo's silent cultivation.

As he opened the door, he saw five people standing outside. Four of them were arranged in a fan formation, guarding a young woman in her twenties as if surrounding a moon with stars.

Honestly, at first glance, Chu Mo couldn't tell that she was a woman.

Because from her attire to her mannerisms, she was completely like a handsome yet slightly feminine man. Her brows were like swords and her eyes like stars. Her fair skin and overall demeanor showed a sense of bravado. If Chu Mo hadn't glanced at her throat, he might have mistaken her for a somewhat overly handsome man.

The fleeting look from Chu Mo kindled a trace of displeasure in the young woman's eyes.

"Young Master Chu, I have long heard of your fame. I am Lu Tianqi, and I pay my respects to you." Lu Tianqi saluted Chu Mo with a slight theatrical flare in it.

Chu Mo was taken by surprise. He could clearly see that she was a female, yet she presented herself like a man, and her demeanor reminded him of the former leader of the Immortals, Shen Aobing. A sense of nostalgia flashed in his mind as he wondered how his friends were doing now.

Lu Tianqi's eyes darkened at Chu Mo's brief distraction. She glared at Chu Mo, her expression growing cold.

She was personally invited here on the insistence of her father, the head of the Lu Family--Lu Zheng. He had commanded her to persuade the mysterious Young Master Chu to visit the Lu family. But before doing so, it would be best to... subtly probe Chu Mo's background.

Lu Zheng trusted his beloved daughter to handle this task because, while Lu Tianqi was biologically a woman, nearly everything else about her was no different from a boy!

Her personality and the way she carried herself were filled with the grandeur normally associated with men.

However, Lu Zheng miscalculated this time. He didn't expect that his daughter would be so opposed to this "Young Master Chu".

A low-level, native warrior, he had somehow swindled his way into the recognition of both the Hong and Jin families, even her father was considering him to be a big shot. How was this not madness?

This was how Lu Tianqi thought about Chu Mo. Therefore, when she came to meet Chu Mo, she brought this disdainful emotion with her.

Chu Mo quickly rediscovered his focus, which lasted only a brief moment. He greeted Lu Tianqi with a salute: "Miss Lu, greetings."

The mention of 'Miss Lu' made the pupils of the four guards behind Lu Tianqi widen; their faces visibly twitched with suppressed laughter. The sight of Chu Mo brought a tinge of sympathy to their eyes.

It is well known that the thing Tianqi hated most since her childhood was being addressed as "Miss"!

People who knew Lu Tianqi usually address her as a "young master".

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