Chapter 73: The Jianghu Is Not Just About Fighting and Killing
In the universe, an interstellar spaceship carrying hundreds of people travels through space, resembling a beam of light at a terrifying speed.
The interstellar spaceship of the Mystic God Temple is the most advanced spacecraft, and also the safest in the O'Brian Republic. As a Holy Land of Cultivation, no force dares to attack the Mystic God Temple's spaceship, not even the Empire's fleet.
After all, although the Mystic God Temple has trained many powerful cultivators for the Republic, it has not directly participated in the war between the Republic and the Empire so far. If the Mystic God Temple's spaceship were attacked, it would be tantamount to declaring war on the Mystic God Temple, which the Empire finds unnecessary.
Therefore, in the universe, the Mystic God Temple's interstellar spacecraft is relatively very safe.
Inside the spaceship, Xu Mo and Zero sit together, looking out at outer space. Across from them are seated Lowell, Hudson, Augustus, and others; Xu Mo's group from this generation are essentially all here, with Lowell being a tag-along.
Many people around glance towards them; these top talents have clearly formed a small group.
And this small group is centered around Xu Mo, not only because of his power but also due to his personality. He is willing to interact and communicate with others, sometimes even sparring, inadvertently forming a small group.
Moreover, Xu Mo and Zero are the top two recognized in the past two generations, and as a couple, this phenomenon seems quite normal.
"What are you chatting about?" At this moment, a figure comes over; it's Matthew, who ranked second in the points list upon entering the Mystic God Temple, strong in combat between Augustus and Hudson.
Matthew, too, is good at socializing and has a warm personality. He gets along well with Hudson.
"Not much, just thinking about this trip to Capital Star. I wonder if the headquarters is simply gathering us together for cultivation," Hudson said.
"Lowell, do you know any inside information?" Matthew looked at Lowell with a smile, sitting beside Hudson.
"No idea," Lowell shook his head. Although he is the son of the Governor of Chloe Star, the Mystic God Temple doesn't really interact with government departments and is completely independent.
Matthew nodded slightly, smiling: "Once we're at Capital Star, talents like Xu Mo, Augustus, Lowell — you all will probably shine even brighter, while those of us in between may fade into obscurity."
"Your words include me as well," Hudson said, his ranking behind Matthew.
"Sorry, sorry," Matthew laughed. "But to be honest, back in our generation, at the Ten Temple Alliance, our rankings were pretty average. Now gathered here are all of the Mystic God Temple's ultimate transcendent individuals; whether immediate combat power or potential, we'll probably be in the back rows."
Hudson nodded; he agreed with this. With the gathering of transcendent individuals from the Ten Temples, their combat power rankings are definitely beyond one hundred, perhaps even further.
Only those top talents with immense potential, even if starting late, can catch up through cultivation, like Xu Mo and Augustus, undoubtedly belong to this category.
As for Lowell, it's still unclear how much potential he has, since in his battle against Xu Mo, he was entirely overpowered.
One can only say that Xu Mo is too strong, becoming stronger every so often.
Such an individual, even upon arriving at Capital Star, will certainly be very dazzling.
Xu Mo didn't pay much attention to Matthew. While Matthew is very polite and has always wanted to get closer to him, during his initial time at the Mystic God Temple, he has a poor impression of Matthew, always feeling that this person is somewhat scheming, quite similar to him.
After a month of navigation, Mystic God Temple's interstellar spaceship finally arrived at Capital Star.
As the capital of the O'Brian Republic, Capital Star is highly regulated, with a breathtaking space station visible from outer space, stationed with extremely formidable forces.
But when the Mystic God Temple's starship arrived, Capital Star gave it a direct pass, not even performing a routine check, giving the highest level of courtesy to the Mystic God Temple.
Traveling from Chloe Star to Capital Star took just one month, revealing the incredible speed of Mystic God Temple's spacecraft, many times faster than the Chiyou.
After all, the Chiyou is an 'old' warship.
Xu Mo thought, to create a transport fleet, the Blue Star Technology Group must first improve the fleet's speed, as the starship's engine technology is the most core technology of a warship.
The headquarters of Mystic God Temple stands in the central area of Capital Star. It is said that when this Mystic God Temple was founded, it was very small, equivalent only to the scale of an ordinary martial arts hall, but today the headquarters resembles a technology city, sprawling across a vast area, the entire region belonging to Mystic God Temple.
In one area, many starships are parked, and when the Chloe Star Mystic God Temple arrived, six other Mystic God Temples had already reached first, with the last two on their way.
Headquarters members came to greet them; this time, besides the students, many elder-level figures accompanied them, with Cleo in charge of Xu Mo's generation also along.
"Welcome," the headquarters welcoming team came forward, shaking hands with each elder, saying, "Thank you all for your hard work."
"We're all family," the elder from Chloe Star Mystic God Temple said with a smile.
"Come, everything is already arranged," the welcoming person said, leading the group forward, with many turning back as if searching for something.
Soon, Xu Mo felt gazes fall on him and Zero.
Although more than just Xu Mo's generation came from Chloe Star Mystic God Temple, unquestionably the most attention-grabbing transcendent individuals from other Mystic God Temples are Zero and Xu Mo.
They made history at Chloe Star Mystic God Temple, being the only ones from there to secure first place and two of the top three spots at the Ten Temple Alliance, surpassing the demon-level individuals from Capital Star Mystic God Temple.
In this context, when mentioning Chloe Star Mystic God Temple, the emblematic figures are unquestionably Zero and Xu Mo.
Other transcendent individuals from Chloe Star Mystic God Temple also sensed this; their gazes similarly fell on Zero and Xu Mo, even those who entered the Mystic God Temple earlier were outshone by them.
The Mystic God Temple headquarters is enormous, with different regions. The headquarters staff first took the group to their arranged accommodations, then toured them around and sent maps of the Mystic God Temple to all members.
Xu Mo and Zero were together, holding each other on the bed, with Zero feeling a bit nervous. Facing each other, Xu Mo looked at the flawless face close at hand and lightly kissed her forehead.
"It's been a while since I held you like this," Xu Mo said. "Have you missed it?"
Zero's eyelashes fluttered, her gaze seemed somewhat evasive, but she still nodded lightly.
"The Demoness can get shy too?" Xu Mo lightly said, seeing Zero's bashful look.
"Bang." Xu Mo was directly kicked off the bed.
"I..." Xu Mo was just about to curse, but saw Zero sitting up and looking at him with a smile.
"I have a foul mouth."
Xu Mo seemed a little deflated, climbed back onto the bed, and rubbed Zero's head, saying, "Be gentle."
"How can a demoness be gentle?" Zero replied.
"It's the title we had when we first met after all." Xu Mo said, "I haven't asked you about your cultivation in the Mystic God Temple these past couple of years, how has it been?"
"Decent." Zero nodded lightly.
"I fear that after coming here, many idle people might provoke you, don't pay any attention to them," Xu Mo said, as Zero had broken Capital Star's monopoly and claimed first place at the Ten Temple Alliance, potentially becoming a focus in the headquarters of the Mystic God Temple.
Zero nodded, "Aren't you here too?"
"Yes." Xu Mo smiled, hugging Zero, saying, "Let's lie down and rest for a while. I haven't rested with you for so long, let's relax today."
Zero didn't refuse and allowed Xu Mo to hug her as they lay down quietly to rest.
The ships from the nine large Mystic God Temples gradually arrived, and the headquarters became increasingly lively, with more people.
After Xu Mo and Zero arrived here, they had not gone out; instead, they snugly stayed together, occasionally connecting to instruments for cultivation.
At this moment, Xu Mo's communicator vibrated.
"Junior Brother." Xu Mo spoke, it was Lowell.
"Senior Brother Xu Mo, how come I haven't seen you? There are quite a few people who want to 'meet' you now," Lowell said.
Back at the Ten Temple Alliance, Xu Mo defeated many people, especially those from Capital Star, and now, quite a few might be thinking about him.
"Busy cultivating, haven't gone out," Xu Mo responded.
"Care to come out for a stroll?" Lowell asked, "Otherwise, those guys might think you're deliberately avoiding them, Senior Brother."
Such voices had already started within the Mystic God Temple, but Lowell knew exactly how strong Xu Mo's combat power was.
"Alright, where are you?" Xu Mo asked, thereafter heading out with Zero.
In one of the halls of the Mystic God Temple, there were quite a few people, all members of various large Mystic God Temples, gathered together chatting leisurely.
As soon as Xu Mo and Zero arrived, they instantly drew many gazes, with quite a few people whispering as they looked at them.
In one direction, a group of people eyed Xu Mo and Zero with slightly narrowed eyes.
"Zero, Xu Mo?" someone sitting on a sofa chair asked softly, holding a cup.
"Yes," someone next to them replied.
"Good looks and good figure, and I didn't expect such strong combat power," the person said, taking a sip of tea, their gaze falling on Zero, this group of people from Willton's Divine Temple.
During Xu Mo's Ten Temple Alliance cohort, Willton's Divine Temple fared the worst.
Xu Mo's perception was extremely sharp, hearing the voices, he squinted his eyes and glanced over there, briefly meeting their gaze, before looking away.
At this moment, another group approached Xu Mo, and immediately many people made way.
"People from the Capital Star Ao Temple," Lowell said quietly to Xu Mo as he walked up beside him.
As that group approached, Xu Mo also stepped forward, directly extending his hand with a smile, saying, "Pleasure to meet you."
The person was momentarily stunned by Xu Mo's courtesy, and then also extended their hand to shake Xu Mo's, looking at him with some surprise, saying, "You know me?"
"Ah..." Xu Mo said, "A genius from Capital Star, of course I know, I've been hearing about you."
The other person opened their mouth, somewhat nonplussed.
"Pleasure to meet you," Xu Mo stretched out his hand and smiled at the person beside him, even leaving Lowell with a bewildered look at Xu Mo.
The people from the Capital Star Ao Temple finally realized, Xu Mo didn't actually know them, he was just throwing "pleasure to meet you" around at everyone he met.
"Now that I've come to Capital Star for cultivation, I hope my senior brothers and junior brothers can look out for me." After shaking hands with each of them, Xu Mo said very politely, leaving everyone in a baffled state.
Xu Mo looked at everyone with a radiant smile, thinking: The martial world doesn't just involve fights, it's about social interactions.