Chapter 69

Xugui didn’t make Mu Yi wait too long . After a few breaths, he also moved .

“What else can you do?” Xugui said to Mu Yi .

He looked arrogant . Indeed, Mu Yi couldn’t do much more than what he had already done . Mu Yi remained silent . He didn’t respond . Talking was useless now .

He looked calm and serene on the outside, but his heart was pounding . The more time passed, the more danger Nian Nuer would be in . Apart from the five thunders charm and the copper lamp, what could he use to fight?

He regretted not having studied harder in the past . He realized he needed more knowledge in this moment but he hadn’t even been studying for a full six months . Mu Yi wasn’t bad at drawing magic symbols because he had traveled with the old Taoist Priest around the world . He had learned a lot from the old man .

His knowledge had limits though and Mu Yi only knew a few magic symbols . It was enough to defeat some ferocious ghosts but it didn’t seem to be enough to fight against Xugui . Mu Yi also only knew one magic symbol that utilized explosive attacks, the five thunders charm .

The five thunders charm looked extraordinary but actually, there was no magic symbol which was truly miraculous . They all had their uses and limits . It always depended on the enemy .

The copper lamp was a real precious treasure . It had even worked against the hoodlum . However, the best items would only work best in the hands of strong people . Even though Mu Yi could do great things with the copper lamp, he knew he wasn’t strong enough to fully utilize it . There were many more things he could do with it that he didn’t know .

Apart from the copper lamp, Mu Yi had the Ghost King Banner . When Xugui used it in the past, it was very powerful, but then Mu Yi had broken it when using the five thunders charm against Xugui . Mu Yi couldn’t control it completely since he only had it for such a short time .

If Mu Yi could use the Ghost King Banner, it wouldn’t matter because it was useless against human beings . He couldn’t use it against Xugui . Xugui was also the initial owner of the Ghost King Banner . He understood the Ghost King Banner better than Mu Yi .

Apart from the copper lamp, the Ghost King Banner and the magic symbols, Mu Yi was almost an ordinary person . He needed to learn more . He couldn’t only rely on external things . He needed to improve his strength .

Mu Yi felt a strange sensation in his body after thinking about all those things . It was more powerful than the one the other day . It was as if his blood had started boiling . His strength started to roll in waves . Something was going on .

Could this be the second difficulty? Mu Yi thought . He had a strange feeling about this . The second difficulty allowed a cultivator to improve the potential of their body . Mu Yi knew that . It was normal . The first difficulty was about mind strength, the second was about body strength .

It was just a concept for Mu Yi . The old Taoist Priest had died too early and he didn’t know anyone who could help him cultivate . Initially, Mu Yi had thought that the old man had told him lots of things before he died but actually he hadn’t .

What the old man had told him before dying could only fill one book .

Mu Yi had quickly realized after having started practicing cultivation, he needed to learn more on his own . He was still influenced by all the rules he had learned . He had lost the opportunity to walk on the same path as the old man .

To reach enlightenment, there were many different paths, but no matter what, he would have to overcome sheer precipices and overhanging rocks . He had to travel, learn and experience . That’s why Mu Yi had been so excited when he had seen the hoodlum’s scriptures .

After Mu Yi had reached the third step, he had started feeling better . He recognized that reaching the second difficulty would be hard . He didn’t understand how to . He constantly tried to understand what kind of strength he needed to absorb to reach the second difficulty .

Mu Yi understood better as time passed . He understood that external strength was external strength, and a person’s strength remained a person’s strength . Was that why the old Taoist Priest hadn’t been willing to transmit that much knowledge to him initially?

After all, knowing too much could distract someone . It was difficult to focus when there were many things to think about . Mu Yi wasn’t sure . If the old Taoist Priest hadn’t died, maybe he would have been able to help him .

Mu Yi finally managed to calm down . He wasn’t in a rush . Mu Yi had understood something at this critical point . There was no way Xugui could know that . Xugui was under the impression that Mu Yi had reached his limits .

He didn’t know what Mu Yi intended to do now . He was convinced that Mu Yi didn’t have a lot of five thunders charms . Maybe he had two more, but no more than two . Otherwise, he would have used them .

Xugui was confident that he could resist two more of the five thunders charms, however, a third one would be dangerous . He could die . Mu Yi didn’t have enough five thunders charms to defeat him . He would have used them without worrying if he did .

Xugui was afraid of the copper lamp though . A ferocious ghost’s soul had exploded and dispersed . He didn’t dare act recklessly due to that fact . He was also convinced that Mu Yi didn’t have that much mind strength left, otherwise, he wouldn’t just be standing there .

Xugui hesitated even though he had those kinds of thoughts .