"Good heavens! Boy, do you want to provoke me?" The middle-aged man's two short eyebrows shot up instantly, a cold gleam appearing in his eyes, "Don't want to buy from me, huh? Well, I'll lay down the law right here. If you dare set foot in this square, I'll make sure you bleed five steps!"

"Oh?" Chu Mo's face broke into a somewhat amused expression, "You'll make me bleed five steps?" He was about to step forward.

But Lin Yu grabbed him tightly and whispered into Chu Mo's ear, "He's just trash, but the people behind him are incredibly powerful... Don't provoke them! Otherwise, you're really done for!"

Then, with a smile plastered across his face, Lin Yu apologized profusely to the middle-aged man, "I'm so sorry, truly sorry. I'll buy it, this friend of mine has been bull-headed since childhood. He doesn't understand, you are generous... Please don't lower yourself to his level!"

As he spoke, he took out a storage bag from his body and handed it over to the middle-aged fat man.

This time, the middle-aged fat man opened the storage bag and after carefully inspecting it, he finally nodded his head in satisfaction, and casually threw out two jade slips, "Take these. Today I am in a good mood, otherwise... Humph!"

With that, he twisted his plump body and walked away.

Only when the fat man had walked far did several people gather around. A girl about eighteen or nineteen frowned at Chu Mo, "Why don't you understand? You almost got your friend into trouble, do you realize that?"

An old man around seventy also stroked his beard, nodding, "Young man, being hot-headed can lead to losses!"

A woman in her sixties also squeezed in, shaking her head at Chu Mo, "Such a fine-looking fellow, just a bit foolish. It's lucky you have a good friend!"

Chu Mo stared blankly at the people around him, suddenly feeling that this group...was somewhat off-kilter?

"Let's go, let's go..." Lin Yu tugged at Chu Mo, whispering secretly, "We'll talk later!"

Afterward, with a gentle and courteous smile, Lin Yu bowed to the people. They all politely returned the gesture. Lin Yu then pulled Chu Mo along deeper into the square.

After walking out a few dozen miles and leaving people behind in a wide radius, they finally stopped.

"What in the world is going on?" Chu Mo wore a bitter smile, "Besides, brother, we don't know each other, so why do you go to such lengths to help me?"

"At home, one relies on parents; outside, on friends!" Lin Yu waved grandly, "Just a small amount of money..."

Chu Mo noticed that Lin Yu's last few words were somewhat strained, his eyes blinking continually. Clearly, more than three thousand top-grade immortal crystals were no small amount of money for Lin Yu. But Chu Mo was starting to get a sense of his character, who seemed to be the type of person who was naively generous in the eyes of others.

"Haha, since that's the case, then don't worry. I will surely make that obese man kneel on the ground and beg for your forgiveness with a hundred, a thousand times the immortal crystals," Chu Mo said.

"My brother..." Lin Yu, frightened like a cat with its fur standing on end, looked around nervously and then patted his chest, "Big brother, I'm begging you here, don't scare people like that in the future. You could really scare someone to death!"

Chu Mo chuckled and shook his head, "Alright, I won't say that again, but tell me, what exactly is going on here?"

Lin Yu motioned for Chu Mo to sit on the square, which at midday was warm under the blazing sun, making the blue stones of the pavement surprisingly comfortable to sit on.

"This Daoist Sect, no one knows their origin. There's a saying that the leader of this sect is actually a descendant of an Ancient Sect, possessing supreme divine abilities!" Saying this, he raised the two jade slips in his hand and then tossed one to Chu Mo, "Just like these Nine Word Mantras!"

"Two hundred years ago, the leader of the Daoist Sect established the Daoist Sect here, but at that time, this place was far from as splendid as it is today. It was rather dilapidated! There were only a few small Daoist temples, hardly seeing a few people," Lin Yu continued.

Chu Mo nodded inwardly, thinking that such a scenario was more typical.

"What happened later?" Chu Mo asked, wanting to know who exactly the head of the Daoist Sect was and why they were selling the Nine Word Mantra so freely. He had just scanned the jade slip with his divine sense, and the Nine Word Mantra in it was exactly the same as the one he possessed!

That is to say, this sect was selling this peerless saint art... like it was mere cabbage!

It was simply outrageous!

"Later, the head of the Daoist Sect and his eight major disciples began to widely recruit disciples. However, at first, not many people believed them, thinking it was just a makeshift group," Lin Yu's eyes showed a hint of admiration: "But those eight disciples were truly formidable, only taking about a decade and a half to teach the Seventy-two Great Abilities!"

"The Seventy-two Great Abilities?" Chu Mo's expression was peculiar, "What kind of abilities were they?"

Lin Yu was somewhat upset by Chu Mo's slightly mocking tone, but by now he had grown somewhat accustomed to this "Little Black Chu's" style, matching his name, this guy had quite the sharp tongue.

"These Seventy-two Great Abilities, in just a few years, each grasped one of the nine words from the Nine Word Mantra, and their cultivation levels advanced at an incredible pace! From nobodies at the beginning to great cultivators at the Ascension stage, they only took a few years!" Lin Yu's eyes were filled with longing: "Just a few years! Brother, can you grasp that feeling? Even the descendants of great clans in the Heavenly Realm couldn't cultivate faster, right?"

"A few years... from nobodies to Ascension stage cultivators?" Chu Mo frowned tightly; he instinctively felt that something here... seemed to carry a hint of the Demon Clan!

Because normally, even for the Heavenly Geniuses from those great clans in the Heavenly Realm, to advance from nobodies to the Ascension phase in just a few years... wouldn't be so easy! It would require countless resources to nurture them!

The type of resource consumption, to this point, Chu Mo had not yet sensed any power from the Immortal Realm capable of such.

"Yes, in just a few years! From ordinary youths with no foundation to great Ascension stage cultivators!" Lin Yu said, "Nowadays, the head of the Daoist Sect and the eight great disciples have already stopped appearing in public. Many people say they have ascended to the Heavenly Realm long ago. Even among the Seventy-two Great Abilities, more than half have ascended to the Heavenly Realm. Those who are left are just to maintain the normal operations of the Daoist Sect. Otherwise, they would have ascended and left as well."

Chu Mo nodded, then said, "And then the Daoist Sect became famous? Then they began to sell the Nine Word Mantra in large quantities?"

Lin Yu nodded: "And that's not all!"

"Hmm?" Chu Mo looked at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu spoke seriously, "Actually, the Nine Word Mantra... is just a cover; really, many people clearly understand that in their entire lives... they may never comprehend even one of them. But why do people still spend a lot of money to buy it? The problem... lies right in this square!"

Chu Mo frowned, then silently activated the Technique of Energy Observation, took a glance at the square, and immediately, a chill went through his heart.

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