I Made The World Mutate

Having burned the evil ghost to death, Xiao Mu's face showed little joy.

The battle had been too dangerous. If he hadn't erected a golden light wall around the ancestral hall with his Dao Method Spiritual Energy in advance, he might be the one dead right now.

Picking up the Peach Wood Sword and glancing at it, Xiao Mu couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

The Peach Wood Sword had now turned completely black, burnt to charcoal by the Spiritual Fire.

Casually discarded the Peach Wood Sword, Xiao Mu felt a bit of regret, but fortunately, although there were losses, the gains were sizable, accumulating five energy points in one go.

At the spot where the evil ghost was killed, he conveniently found a large Energy Crystal.

Compared to the two Energy Crystals he had acquired before, this one was much larger. Xiao Mu estimated it could provide at least five years of bitter cultivation for himself.

Five years of bitter cultivation was equivalent to half an energy point.

Packing away the Energy Crystal, Xiao Mu proceeded to the ancestral hall. After the death of the evil ghost, he wanted to check the Blood Monument.

The Blood Monument had astonishingly transformed into a puddle of pus and blood, releasing an intense foul smell that made people want to vomit the moment they smelled it.

Xiao Mu, covering his mouth, retreated. This intense stench was truly unbearable.

Zhao Xuewen came forward quickly, and with an expression full of awe, asked Xiao Mu, "Mr. Mu, is the evil ghost gone?"

Xiao Mu nodded, and responded, "The evil ghost has been exorcised. Your family is safe now."

He paused for a moment before asking, "Mr. Zhao, about the payment you mentioned?"

"Payment?"

Zhao Xuewen quickly understood what Xiao Mu meant and hurriedly said, "I have prepared the money earlier, Master Mu. I understand that you guys don't want to expose your identities, so I've prepared it in cash. Please wait while I fetch it."

It didn't take long for Zhao Xuewen to return with a stack of cash wrapped in newspaper. He gave Xiao Mu an extra thousand for the taxi ride.

Xiao Mu took the cash and, after a brief glance, tucked it into his briefcase.

Zhao Xuewen reminded, "Master Mu, aren't you going to count it?"

Xiao Mu shook his head, "No need, I trust you."

"Um! Thank you, Master Mu!"

Zhao Xuewen, caught off guard, thanked Xiao Mu again, followed by an abrupt realization. He asked once more, "Master Mu, do you think there's any hope for my grandfather and father?"

Xiao Mu consoled, "Maybe there is hope, but I don't possess the ability yet. For now, you should dedicate new spirit tablets to them. When I become capable in the future, I will come to help you."

In truth, he wasn't sure whether they could be saved or not. As he saw it, there was little hope. The ghost was dead, how could they be saved?

However, Xiao Mu lied a little to comfort Zhao Xuewen.

"Thank you! Thank you, Master Mu!"

Out of gratitude, Zhao Xuewen continually expressed his thanks to Xiao Mu.

Xiao Mu did not linger any longer. After bidding farewell to Zhao Xuewen, he left the Zhao household.

Zhao Xuewen offered to drive him back, but Xiao Mu declined. Since Zhao Xuewen had matters to attend to, he didn't insist.

Xiao Mu hailed a taxi to head back.

It was already midnight. Halfway through, the western sky suddenly lit up, as though it had abruptly turned to daylight. It seemed as if the entire world had been illuminated.

Xiao Mu was startled and quickly turned his head to look.

The driver couldn't even resist stepping on the brake to see what was happening.

Immediately after, a massive explosion sound came from the west. The entire Earth shook a little as if an earthquake had occurred.

"Are we at war?"

The driver exclaimed in horror.

Xiao Mu didn't answer, the driver wasn't asking him. He turned his head toward the direction where the white light appeared.

The place was obviously not close, presumably at least hundreds of kilometers away.

A few hundred kilometers away, that should be General Mountain, right?

Suddenly something clicked in Xiao Mu's mind.

Had some accident occurred at General Mountain, forcing the relevant department to use powerful thermal weapons?

Before the World Mutation, General Mountain was only dozens of kilometers away. After the mutation, it turned into hundreds of kilometers.

General Mountain is an ancient tomb, said to contain the corpse of an ancient general.

Could it be that the accident at General Mountain was related to that ancient tomb?

On the journey back, Xiao Mu took out his cellphone and browsed various forums, deliberately paying attention to information related to General Mountain.

A piece of news on a local forum caught his attention. Although the post was quickly deleted, Xiao Mu still managed to see it.

The headline was shocking:

"Ancient corpse appears at General Mountain, relevant department uses thermal weapons to exterminate."

There were also pictures. The sneak shot was taken from a great distance, so the quality of the photo wasn't very clear.

In the photo, a black ancient corpse with a metallic sheen was attacking a group of soldiers, scattering them in all directions.

After closing the webpage, Xiao Mu's mind was unsettled for a long time. The world was becoming increasingly dangerous.

It seems that he needs to hurry up and improve himself, or else it would be difficult to survive in this chaotic world.

After sleeping on it, the next day Xiao Mu began planning how to enhance his strength.

Without hesitation, he used the energy crystal obtained from the green-skinned evil ghost; gaining five years of cultivation strength, his power was faintly improved.

Next, it was the allocation of the five energy points.

Having lost his Peach Wood Sword, his strength had dropped a notch.

Being a Daoist Cultivator, not having a handy weapon is unfeasible. Of course, the first thing he had to do was to get another Peach Wood Sword, which would cost one energy point.

He planned to use the remaining four energy points to enhance his own strength.

The first step was buying ginseng. However, he was surprised to find that the price of ginseng had increased. What previously cost ten thousand is now priced at twenty thousand.

The world was in turmoil and everyone was preparing to enhance their strength. Some people were hoarding expensive herbs like ginseng in hopes of mutating.

Of course, this specifically referred to high-quality, aged ginseng; subpar ginseng was still neglected.

He spent eighty thousand to buy four ginseng sticks. Using energy points to enhance them, he consumed them to improve his cultivation.

However, after using the third stick of ginseng, Xiao Mu chose to stop, and did not continue to use the fourth stick.

These three sticks of ginseng provided Xiao Mu with a total of thirty years of rigorous cultivation. Coupled with the previous energy crystal, he gained a total of thirty-five years of rigorous cultivation.

However, even with thirty-five years of rigorous cultivation, it still wasn't enough for him to break through the Spiritual Qi Realm and reach a higher realm.

Xiao Mu estimated that even if he used the fourth ginseng, it still wouldn't allow him to break through the Spiritual Qi Realm.

Furthermore, the contents of "Xuanmen Zhenggang" were incomplete. Currently, there were only two stages: Refining Qi Realm and Spiritual Qi Realm. Even if he broke through the Spiritual Qi Realm, without the following cultivation methods, he probably wouldn't be able to continue cultivating.

So Xiao Mu decided to keep this one energy point for other uses.

At this point, his cultivation had already reached the late stage of the Spiritual Qi Realm.

By reaching this level, apart from Dao Talismans, he could use another method - Spiritual Array.

Just like the golden circle he drew outside the Zhao Family's ancestral hall, but the golden circle was just a rough application of Dao Method Spiritual Energy.

The Spiritual Array, on the other hand, was a method of arranging Dao Method Spiritual Energy to enhance its power, providing effects such as trapping the enemy and attacking the enemy.