Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Mu looked at the building nestled in the mountains and walked over.
When he arrived at the front courtyard, a disciple stopped him and questioned him.
"Who are you? What brings you here?"
Zhang Mu clasped his hands in greeting and replied, "My name is Zhang Mu, and I wish to become a disciple of the Qingyun Sect."
"Want to join our sect?"
The man was taken aback for a moment, then said, "Although our Qingyun Sect is not a major sect, we still have requirements for recruiting members. You must pass a test to see if you are qualified to join."
"Then I'll trouble you to lead the way, young man. I believe I should be able to meet the requirements."
Zhang Mu said confidently.
"Alright, judging from your dignified appearance, you're not someone who talks nonsense. Come with me."
The man nodded and led Zhang Mu into the Qingyun Sect.
The scene changes.
"Elder, this person wants to join our Qingyun Sect. I brought him here to test his aptitude."
Elder Fang Xiangming looked up at Zhang Mu. There were still some days before Qingyun Sect officially began recruiting disciples, but some people would come up the mountain in advance to personally pay their respects.
They will accept applicants as long as they pass the qualification test.
"I understand. You can go now. Boy, come forward."
Fang Xiangming spoke up.
The man bowed and took his leave, and Zhang Mu stepped forward upon hearing this.
"age?"
Eight years old.
"Eight years old?!"
Fang Xiangming suddenly looked up: "You look like you're eight years old! Don't lie to me. I can tell your bone age. If I find out it's fake, you can forget about joining the Qingyun Sect."
Zhang Mu's lips twitched, but I really am eight years old: "Elder, I'm not lying to you, I really am eight years old."
Fang Xiangming was clearly somewhat disbelieving, and stood up to begin groping Zhang Mu's body.
After a period of time.
"He really is eight years old!"
Fang Xiangming sighed, and he also discovered that Zhang Mu's strength actually included external force!
"A genius!"
He snapped out of his daze and his face lit up with joy.
"See? I didn't lie to you. Now we can continue the test."
Zhang Mu said helplessly.
"Yes, yes, you're not lying to me. Congratulations on joining our Qingyun Sect."
Fang Xiangming said with a smile.
"Huh? Aren't we still supposed to do a test?"
Zhang Mu was puzzled.
"What's the point of testing? If someone this age has such strength and you're not qualified, then no one else can even think about joining the Qingyun Sect."
Fang Xiangming waved his hand dismissively.
Thus, Zhang Mu easily joined the Qingyun Sect.
In his first year with the Qingyun Sect, the sect leader, Qingyunzi, learned that Zhang Mu was a genius.
So they took great care of him, giving him all sorts of private lessons and teaching him almost everything he knew about martial arts.
The following year, the sect leader stopped secretly giving Zhang Mu special training and directly accepted him as his personal disciple.
The disciples were clearly somewhat resentful that Zhang Mu, who had only been a member of the sect for two years, had become a personal disciple so easily.
Qingyunzi naturally ignored him, but Zhang Mu felt that if you have the strength, you should show it. They were not convinced, so let's have a fight in the arena.
At only ten years old, he was already a master of internal energy, stronger than some of the older disciples, not to mention he was proficient in various martial arts.
None of the disciples who participated in the martial arts competition could withstand three moves from Zhang Mu.
This silenced everyone, and the farce finally subsided.
In the fourth year, Zhang Mu's early martial arts training, combined with Qiu Jizi's previous instruction, allowed him to reach the Transformation Realm.
With such strength, he is more than qualified for the position of elder.
However, Zhang Mu didn't care about any of that. He only wanted to continuously improve his strength and reach the Celestial Realm before he turned eighteen!
If all else fails, we can always call in more players.
Over the years, Zhang Mu has also gone home to visit his parents every year.
He also figured out the system's other functions.
The plunder and copy functions can not only plunder talents, but also affect the martial arts skills mastered by others.
However, the copied martial arts techniques do not reach the level of the original practitioner, so one has to start practicing them from scratch.
But that's still very powerful, considering his system also has another function that amplifies performance by a hundredfold!
Together, they are like a tiger with wings!
Even the worst martial arts skills can be transformed into something spectacular with a little boost.
Therefore, he no longer confined himself to the Qingyun Sect.
He began to travel between various sects.
His formidable strength makes his challenge against the younger generation akin to a crushing defeat.
Zhang Mu's fame spread far and wide, and everyone in the martial arts world knew that a genius martial artist had appeared.
At the age of twelve, he had already reached the Transformation Realm! All the young disciples from various sects were thoroughly defeated.
This caused even the not-so-strong Qingyun Sect to become popular.
The number of people wanting to join the Qingyun Sect increases dozens of times every year; this is the terrifying effect of the celebrity effect.
Qingyunzi, the sect leader, couldn't stop smiling. Who wouldn't want their sect to flourish under their leadership?
In the sixth year, after two years of development, Qingyun Sect jumped directly from an unknown small sect to one of the top eight sects.
This is not because Qingyun Sect itself is very strong, but because its disciples have met the evaluation criteria, and there are as many as 100,000 disciples.
The overall strength of the Qingyun Sect consists of only one Innate Realm expert, Qingyunzi, eight Transformation Realm elders, and dozens of Inner Strength experts.
Of course, Zhang Mu, as Qingyunzi's personal disciple, has already reached the Innate Realm.
This speed of advancement terrified disciples from other sects.
To live in the same era as him is utterly disheartening; how could they possibly surpass such talent? They could only look up to him from afar!
Legends about Zhang Mu circulated widely in the martial arts world, with various modified versions circulating among the public.
The common people didn't care whether it was true or not; instead, they talked about it with great interest, making it a topic of conversation at the tea table.
Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and ten years have passed since Zhang Mu joined the Qingyun Sect. He can now be considered an adult.
Standing at a full 1.9 meters tall and with a handsome face, countless women fell in love at first sight and even declared that they would marry no one but him in this life!
"Phew...this day has finally come."
Zhang Mu exhaled a breath of stale air. Ten years! A full ten years! He traveled among various sects, copying and practicing almost all of their martial arts techniques.
This allowed his martial arts to reach another level, where all his skills were integrated and achieved a state of profound understanding.
He had already reached the peak of the Innate Realm, and he felt that he was just one opportunity away from breaking through to the Celestial Realm.
"Although I haven't reached the Celestial Realm, my current strength is enough to kill a few Innate Realm cultivators like slaughtering chickens and sheep!"
Zhang Mu grinned; this wasn't just him bragging.
Over the years, he has not only challenged disciples from other sects, but also their sect leaders.
Within just a few moves, all of them, who were at the Innate Realm, were defeated.
It's just that those sect leaders felt ashamed and blocked the news, which is why it didn't circulate in the martial arts world.
Otherwise, the topic of Zhang Mu would reach a new level.
"Judging by the time, those who besieged Qingyun Sect should arrive today."
Zhang Mu stood up and went to the front door to wait.
He planned to keep those people out of the sect, as he was strong enough to handle them.
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