Li Mu and Tan Li talked in the room for more than an hour, gaining a better understanding of the martial arts tournament.

The Martial Arts Tournament is not a single power, but an organization jointly elected by all sects and forces.

It exists independently of the sects, yet it has intricate connections with all the major sects.

The rules and regulations of the martial arts association are formulated and followed by everyone, and its main purpose is to promote the development of martial arts.

It provides opportunities for cultivators to learn and exchange ideas, serves as a place for various sects and cultivators to exchange goods and make trade, mediates conflicts among martial artists, and helps martial artists resolve grudges with the secular world.

The biggest principle of the martial arts tournament is to be as fair and impartial as possible, without favoring any side.

The Martial Arts Association has had dozens of presidents. The current president, Xiang Tianhong, has been in charge of the association for decades. He possesses extraordinary strength and an extremely strong personality.

His ability to stop the fighting with a single sentence is a testament to his strength. Previously, there were those who refused to listen to advice and disobeyed the rules, all of whom were forcefully suppressed.

According to Tan Li's account, this is roughly Li Mu's understanding of the martial arts tournament.

Judging from his conflict with Huo Huanyu, he scoffed at the martial arts association's promise of fairness, impartiality, and neutrality.

Huo Huanyu attacked himself and Cheng Daoyuan twice, but no one stood up to uphold justice.

On the contrary, when it came time for them to retaliate, they began to stop them. From this point of view, it can hardly be considered fair.

At that time, he turned against Fei Yu and kicked him hard because he couldn't stand this favoritism.

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When Li Mu and Lao Tan returned to the room, Cheng Daoyuan was meditating. Upon seeing the two of them, he looked excited.

Tan Li saw that Cheng Daoyuan's blood energy value had increased, but his aura was still unstable, which meant that he had just advanced to the Heavenly Realm.

He was clear-headed; this was Li Mu's doing again, and he knew of Li Mu's extraordinary abilities.

This guy is like a machine for creating Heavenly Realm warriors. I won't say much about himself, but he's produced another Heavenly Realm expert.

This strengthened his resolve to follow Li Mu. After all, there was no more monk Liaoyin in the world, so cultivation was possible anywhere.

With Li Mu, the alchemist, guaranteeing it, the path of cultivation should be much simpler from now on.

After exchanging pleasantries, the three began to analyze the current situation and their options after the martial arts tournament.

After this analysis and arrangement, it was already quite late, so Cheng Daoyuan went directly to Tan Li's room.

He will go into seclusion at Juxianlou until the end of the meeting, ostensibly to heal his injuries, a decision made by the three of them.

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While Li Mu and his two companions were discussing their next move, several other people in Huo Huanyu's room were also discussing how to deal with Li Mu.

They not only had to deal with Li, but also with the Cheng family of Xishan, and even included Tan Li in their plans.

The suggestion to include Tan Li was made by Elder Lü Xu of Shizhong Temple. This man had lost face in front of Tan Li, and the murder of Qiao Dan were the reasons why he wanted to cause trouble for Tan Li. Moreover, he had already informed Abbot Shi Zhongtian about the murder of Qiao Dan.

There were other sects and martial arts schools in the room. Most of these people were attendees of the Heavenly Master Dao Yi Conference that morning, and they were brought here by the Heavenly Thunder Sect to show their support.

Surprisingly, among those who supported the Heavenly Thunder Sect was a Daoist nun from the Cihangzhai sect, Master Huiming.

Logically, the young nun from Cihangzhai, having received the benefits of Li Mu's elixir, shouldn't have come here. However, her thoughts were somewhat distorted; she felt that what Li Mu had given her wasn't enough, and she wanted more.

The Thunder God Sect still wields considerable influence, attracting support from more than ten sects in a short period of time.

Huo Huanyu didn't have high demands on these people who came to support him. He only needed to surround them and prevent them from leaving when Li Mu tried to retreat. The rest was up to the Tianlei Sect to handle.

The room, which had more than 20 people, was a bit crowded. After some discussion, they decided on a plan to ambush and kill Li Mu.

These people came to support the sect, seemingly for the sake of its reputation, the dignity of martial arts, and to unite as one, but in reality, they were all after their own interests.

From any perspective, Li Mu is the weaker party; all they need to do is talk a good game to gain the friendship of the Thunder God Sect.

Moreover, Li Mu has some medicinal pills on him. As long as the Heavenly Thunder Sect deals with Li Mu, they can easily get a share of the spoils without lifting a finger.

It has to be said that, no matter where you are, there are always snobbish people who flatter the powerful and belittle the weak.

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Similarly, in the martial arts tournament, several people were sitting in the room of the president, Xiang Tianhong, including Zuo Yunsheng, Fan Deng, and Chu Wei.

"Anyone who causes trouble again will be killed without mercy!"

Xiang Tianhong's words defined the nature of the conflict between Huo Huanyu and Li Mu: during the meeting, any further provocations and disturbances would not be tolerated.

"Who is this Li Mu?" Xiang Tianhong asked.

After Xiang Tianhong finished asking, Vanden immediately stood up and replied:

"President, according to our investigation, on the surface, Li Mu's personal information is extremely simple; he is just a rich young man from Jiangcheng."

This person was almost killed by a low-level martial artist from the Chen family of Yanjing a few months ago. After being resurrected, he quickly gained strength comparable to the Heavenly Realm.

Previously, this person had taken out two kinds of pills, known as the Breakthrough Pill and the Beauty Pill. After Cheng Daoyuan was injured, he took out a healing pill.

This person's cultivation level increased rapidly in a short period of time, which is probably largely due to elixirs. What's puzzling is that it's unknown what kind of elixirs can make someone's strength increase so quickly.

As for his conflict with Huo Huanyu, it was largely due to the disappearance of Li Mu's illegitimate son with Huo Huanyu.

Cheng Daoyuan's involvement may be related to the recent business cooperation between the two companies.

Of course, Cheng Daoyuan is known for his straightforward personality, and it's possible he simply wanted to say a few fair words.

After Vanden finished speaking, the entire room fell into a state where you could hear a pin drop.

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Xiang Tianhong frowned slightly, and after a brief moment of thought, spoke again:

"Later, Vanden will bring healing medicine under the pretext of helping Cheng Daoyuan treat his injuries, and go to see this Li Mu."

It would be best to ask him for all kinds of pills, not too many, just one of each kind is enough. The pills won't be free; the settlement will be made afterward based on the highest price at the auction.

"I'd like to see just how many kinds of pills this kid can produce."

After Vanden and the others left, Xiang Tianhong fell into deep thought once again.

Previously, he had sensed an aura of someone breaking through from the Earth Realm to the Heaven Realm, and the direction was precisely in the direction of Li Mu's residence.

He is now beginning to suspect that Li Mu forcibly took some kind of magical pill to break through in order to deal with Huo Huanyu.

A pill that can allow someone to break through to a higher level at any time—how precious that is! If I could possess such a pill, I might even be able to advance further.

Given Li Mu's age and the length of time he has been involved in martial arts, it is impossible for him to refine pills. So, who is hiding behind him?

Since this person can refine pills that allow others to break through at any time, how advanced is this person's research on alchemy, and what is their cultivation level?

Finally, he considered whether or not to protect Li Mu.

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When Vanden arrived at Li Mu's room, Li Mu was meditating and cultivating.

Vanden handed two doses of wound medicine to Li Mu, explained his purpose, asked for the pills, and promised to purchase them for trial use by the Martial Arts Association.

Li Mu only took out one Qi-boosting pill and one Rejuvenation Pill and handed them to Fan Deng. These were the same pills that Li Mu had revealed here.

As for the beauty pill, Li Mu said there were only two available, and if Vanden wanted to try it, he could only take one from the auction items.

The types of pills that Li Mu carried included Qi-tonifying pills, enhanced Qi-tonifying pills, Qi-tonifying pills, Life-giving pills, Beauty pills, Clearing Rain pills, and Rejuvenating pills.

These pills can actually be taken out. Let alone the pills, even if the pill formulas were given out for people to study, no one can refine them without the pill formulas.

Because of the Martial Arts Association's protection of the Thunder God Sect, Li Mu was already somewhat disgusted by it. In addition, since Fan Deng came to ask for medicine on behalf of the Martial Arts Association without making any promises, he felt no need to take it all out.