No hope for eternal life

Chapter 377 Coercion and inducement

Then, Mu Changsheng clasped his fists and said, "I have another request that you would like to make. I hope the Marshal can fulfill it."

"Oh, what is your request? Just tell me. I will definitely help if I can." Yuan Ming said generously. He thought highly of Mu Changsheng. Mu Changsheng had made outstanding achievements in this battle. Not only did he offer the secret art of battle formation, he also won the battle in front of the formation. On the battlefield, he even defeated an enemy legion and killed a team of ten people who had reached the state of incarnation.

"According to the regulations, killing a cultivator in the early stage of the God Transformation Realm will be rewarded with 20,000 military merits, killing a cultivator in the middle stage of the God Transformation Realm will be rewarded with 40,000 military merits, and killing a cultivator in the late stage of the God Transformation Realm will be rewarded with 60,000 military merits. Defeating a legion will be rewarded with 100,000 military merits. Together with the 200,000 military merits rewarded by the marshal, I have gained a total of 620,000 military merits in this battle. Therefore, I would like to use these 620,000 military merits to exchange for two god fruits. I hope the marshal can grant my wish." Mu Changsheng said respectfully.

Although the price of one God Fruit is 300,000 military merits, this kind of thing is destined to be scarce and cannot be bought with military merits. Mu Changsheng wants to use Yuan Ming's relationship to get two God Fruits.

"God fruit?" Yuan Ming frowned slightly and said with difficulty: "If it were anything else, it would be easy, but the God fruit only bears fruit once every hundred years. As far as I know, there is only one God fruit left. How about this, Your Majesty, I will give you that God fruit directly, and I won't charge you any military merits."

Yuan Ming's words were actually half true and half false. It was not that he really could not get the two divine fruits, but seeing that Mu Changsheng had risen too quickly, he was a little afraid. If Mu Changsheng got the two divine fruits, he would probably be able to reach the Tribulation Realm easily. Then he would be worried that he would not be able to suppress Mu Changsheng.

"Old fox." Mu Changsheng knew Yuan Ming's thoughts and cursed him in his heart, but he could only smile and said, "Thank you for your grace, Marshal. I am lucky to get a divine fruit."

"Don't worry, I will deliver the divine fruit to you within three days." Yuan Ming promised.

"I will not disturb the Marshal any more." Mu Changsheng said goodbye.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng went to the Military Merit Department to receive his deserved military merits. He now had 620,000 military merits in his hands, which was already a considerable number. He then went to the Quartermaster Department.

With Yuan Ming's obstruction, Mu Changsheng knew that it would be unlikely for him to obtain the God Fruit again, so if he wanted to break through quickly, he could only rely on the top-grade spirit core.

Compared to top-grade spirit stones, this world does not value top-grade spirit cores, so the price of top-grade spirit cores is much lower than that in the real world. One top-grade spirit core only requires one thousand points of war merit. Mu Changsheng only spent fifty thousand war merits to buy fifty top-grade spirit cores, which is enough to support him to break through to the peak of the God Transformation Realm.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng used 500,000 military merits to exchange for a full 10,000 top-grade spirit stones, which he would use when he crossed the tribulation.

Finally, Mu Changsheng used his remaining military merits and spirit stones to buy various spiritual materials, preparing to refine various sixth-grade talismans and formation plates after his cultivation level broke through.

Two days later, Yuan Ming delivered the divine fruit as promised, and Mu Changsheng immediately began his retreat to break through.

Seven days later, Mu Changsheng successfully broke through to the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

According to common sense, Mu Changsheng should continue to retreat, break through to the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm as soon as possible, and then overcome the tribulation to reach the Tribulation Crossing Realm.

But Mu Changsheng did not continue to retreat, but chose to come out.

Mu Changsheng knew that Yuan Ming and even the Northern Yuan Kingdom's Lord Yuan Ao were already wary of him. If he really broke through to the Tribulation Realm, it would only cause them to be even more wary of him. However, he had to break through for the sake of the mission, which created a contradiction.

During the days of seclusion, Mu Changsheng had not only been trying to break through, but had also been thinking about countermeasures. Now he had come up with a solution.

After coming out of retreat, Mu Changsheng found Yuan Ming again and proposed: "Since there are many tribulation-crossing monks in Nanliang, I am willing to eliminate the disaster for my Beiyuan. I also ask the Marshal to form a ten-man team for me to specialize in assassinating the tribulation-crossing monks in Nanliang."

"Oh, it's not like someone has thought of this idea before. But to assassinate a cultivator who is undergoing tribulation in Nanliang, one needs to go deep into the heart of Nanliang, and there is a high possibility that one will never come back." Yuan Ming reminded Mu Changsheng.

"Wealth and honor are achieved through risk. For the sake of Beiyuan, I will have no regrets even if I die." Mu Changsheng said passionately.

"Okay." Yuan Ming quickly agreed to Mu Changsheng's request. For him, if Mu Changsheng could really assassinate the Nanliang cultivator who was undergoing tribulation with the strength of a team of ten people, even if Mu Changsheng and the other ten Jindan cultivators all died in the battle, it would still be a profit. Moreover, out of fear of Mu Changsheng, Yuan Ming vaguely hoped that Mu Changsheng could really die in the territory of Nanliang.

"As long as you can kill a cultivator who is undergoing tribulation, it will be an unprecedented achievement. You will be rewarded with 500,000 military merits, and you will definitely have a seat as the Marshal of Beiyuan in the future." Yuan Ming encouraged, "You go back and wait. I will immediately arrange nine Divine Transformation cultivators to follow your command."

"Yes, I'll take my leave." Mu Changsheng achieved his goal and turned to leave.

Mu Changsheng did this not only to get out of Yuan Ming's sight and practice safely to achieve a breakthrough, but also because he really wanted to assassinate the Nanliang cultivator who was undergoing the tribulation, hoping to intensify the conflict between the two countries and trigger another war.

In less than an hour, the nine Jindan cultivators sent by Yuan Ming had arrived. Among these nine people, four were in the early Jindan stage, four were in the middle Jindan stage, and one was in the late Jindan stage.

"Greetings, Lord Chen." The nine people bowed one after another and brought the token bestowed by Yuan Ming himself. With this token, they can travel within the territories of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and make it easier to do things.

When Mu Changsheng saw that his nine subordinates had arrived, he immediately led everyone out of the military camp.

After getting away from the military camp, Mu Changsheng found an uninhabited place and suddenly used the God-Slaying Formation to trap nine people.

The nine people were immediately panicked, and the only one among them, a late-stage spirit cultivator, quickly asked, "Master Chen, what do you mean?"

Mu Changsheng was also in the God-Slaying Formation. He was surrounded by the power of thunder and lightning, ready to attack, and threatened: "If you want to survive, you must swear a great oath to be loyal to me forever."

Mu Changsheng knew what he was going to do next, and it was important to keep it secret. In order to keep it secret, he had to ensure that these people would not betray him. Fortunately, in this fantasy world, there was no method of practicing clones, and everyone was their original self, so there was no need to worry that the nine people in front of him would be clones, and the matter would not be leaked.

"What? You have no right to do what?" "I would rather die than be without freedom." The nine people protested. Swearing allegiance was equivalent to selling themselves into slavery, so they were naturally unwilling to do so.

"Do you think I can't kill you, or are you really not afraid of death anymore?" Mu Changsheng shouted coldly, and nine palm thunders flew out of his hand and hit the nine people respectively.

The nine people's strength had already been suppressed by the God-Slaying Formation. Facing Mu Changsheng's attack, they had no power to resist at all. They were struck by the palm lightning and vomited blood.

This was the case when Mu Changsheng was holding back, otherwise Mu Changsheng could have killed them all with one hand.

"Even if I kill all of you, I can tell the marshal that you died for the country. This is not a threat. Maybe there are some hard-headed people among you, but you can try and see if I dare to kill you." Mu Changsheng said lightly.

Mu Changsheng's attack and words quickly made the nine people realize the reality. One of the cultivators in the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm who was not strong-willed immediately gave in and said, "I am willing to swear allegiance to you, sir."

With someone taking the lead, the others also expressed their desire to survive.

In the end, I don’t know if it was the arrangement of the Dragon Palace Spirit, but all nine Divine Transformation cultivators were willing to swear a great oath and pledge allegiance to Mu Changsheng.

After subduing the nine people, Mu Changsheng first went to a nearby capital of a vassal state of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. Before going to assassinate the Southern Liang Tribulation Realm cultivator, he wanted to go into seclusion and break through to the Tribulation Realm.