After that embarrassing incident, Mu Chen began training his body with determination.
At the very least, he needed to build some strength.
Su Youwei had only been watching from the sidelines at first, but Mu Chen dragged her into the training as well.
She was speechless.
Her exasperated gaze made Mu Chen sweat, but it was just running.
There was no intense training involved.
They were both still growing.
Overtraining would have negative effects on their development.
They were as poor as could be, so naturally they could not afford expensive Genesis Beast meat.
Their training methods were quite primitive.
Every time they ran, Mu Chen got an eyeful.
The wind brushed against Su Youwei’s figure, accentuating her still-developing curves.
Su Youwei was not blind.
She noticed, of course, but could only glare at him with reddened cheeks.
‘So this was why he had asked me to run together.
He had ulterior motives.’ ‘Scoundrel.’ She quickened her pace, intending to teach Mu Chen a lesson.
“Catch me if you can!” Mu Chen stuck out his tongue and left Su Youwei behind.
After becoming a teenager, his mindset had become a bit more childish.
Mu Chen did not mind this change.
In fact, he quite enjoyed it.
The nine-to-six grind of his past life had worn down his edges.
Life had been like a beast of burden.
If he still had that same mindset, transmigrating would have been pointless.
Seeing the distance grow, Su Youwei did not chase as desperately.
But a smile appeared on her face.
Before, because of her grandfather, she could not be happy.
She had been constantly worried but did not know what to do.
She had no money to take her grandfather to see a doctor.
Mu Chen, who had barged into their lives, had changed so much for them.
…
Night fell.
The cool moonlight poured down like a waterfall, coating the earth with a layer of silver frost.
Mu Chen held the Ancestral Stone in his hand.
Strands of moonlight converged toward it.
The ancient stone talisman began to emit a faint glow.
Mu Chen felt a wave of dizziness, and in the next moment, he found himself in a pitch-black space.
There was no light.
The cold, silent atmosphere made him wrap his arms around himself.
He did not panic.
After thinking for a moment, he realized this must be the space inside the Ancestral Stone.
His eyes brightened.
He had thought he was forgetting something.
He had forgotten about the tenant inside the Ancestral Stone.
This space could be used to practice martial arts, but he had not learned any Yuan Techniques yet, so there was nothing to practice.
“Not coming out yet?” He scanned the area but sensed nothing unusual.
He thought to himself that this Celestial Marten could really hide.
His Divine Soul cultivation was not high enough, so he could not sense it.
“Still not coming out?
This world is not Tianxuan Continent.
You can’t go back anymore.” Mu Chen thought for a moment and decided to try scaring him.
“I don’t know who you are, but you must have felt it too.
This is not the world you know.” “The stone talisman is mine now.
As a tenant, shouldn’t you pay some rent?” …
“Fine, Marten will come out.
I don’t know how you sensed me.” An exasperated voice echoed in the dark space.
Mu Chen let out a breath of relief.
It was indeed there.
A black mouse the size of a palm appeared before Mu Chen.
Its lively little eyes were filled with panic.
Clearly, what Mu Chen had said earlier had frightened it.
Anyone would react the same way upon hearing such news.
“I thought it was something special, but it’s just a black mouse.” Mu Chen pretended not to recognize the Celestial Marten.
After all, in this form, the little marten really did look no different from a mouse.
Its body was slightly longer than an ordinary mouse.
This was not the Celestial Marten’s true form, but it looked so much like a mouse that Mu Chen had nothing to say.
“Damn you!
You are the mouse!
Marten is a noble Celestial Marten.
You ignorant bumpkin!
I’m no mouse!” The little marten was furious, glaring at Mu Chen as it spoke in human tongue.
“Alright, whether you are a Celestial Marten or a mouse, you have lived in the stone talisman for so long.
Is it not time to pay rent?” Mu Chen smiled.
The Celestial Marten should have quite a few good things.
He was rather interested.
“Oh ho, turning the tables on me?
You ask me for things?
Do you know that Marten is the master of this stone talisman?” The little marten’s eyes sparkled with contempt as it crossed its little paws over its chest.
“Are you sure?” Mu Chen slightly manipulated the Ancestral Stone.
Though the Ancestral Stone Spirit had not recovered yet, it still sent a repelling force toward the weakened little marten.
This discovery made the little marten’s expression change.
It had not expected this brat to actually be able to expel him.
“Cough, I was the former master of the stone talisman.
It is yours now.” The little marten knew it had to bow to circumstances.
It did not even have a body, just a spirit.
If it got kicked out, it would be finished.
Mu Chen smiled but said nothing.
The little marten had only been a possessor before, while he was now the controller.
The difference was huge.
“Kid, you said this is not Tianxuan Continent.
Tell me more.” The little marten was already convinced, but still could not believe it had ended up in another world.
“Little Marten, what was your cultivation before?” Mu Chen asked.
The little marten was a bit uncomfortable with being called “Little Marten,” but now was not the time to care about that.
It needed to learn about its current situation from Mu Chen.
“Peak Profound Death Stage.
Not far from the Samsara Stage either.
If not for that incident, Marten would be a Samsara Stage expert by now.” The little marten said proudly when speaking of its cultivation, but its expression darkened when mentioning the ambush.
Though being a black mouse made it hard to tell.
Back then, it had been so full of pride.
It was a super genius of the Heavenly Demon Marten Tribe, with a pure and powerful bloodline, and still young.
Many old-timers had not reached its level.
“Profound Death Stage…
In this world, that is roughly equivalent to a late stage Heavenly Sun Stage expert.” Mu Chen said.
The laws of the Heavenly Genesis World were stronger than those of the Tianxuan Continent, so a late-stage Heavenly Sun Stage expert should be somewhat stronger than a late-stage Profound Death Stage expert.
That was Mu Chen’s guess.
Then, Mu Chen explained the cultivation stages of this world and made a rough comparison for the little marten.
The little marten did not speak, processing all this information.
“Heh, interesting.
Marten never expected to come to a world like this.” After initially accepting it, the little marten let out a curious laugh.
According to Mu Chen, this world was much stronger than the Tianxuan Continent.
The strongest experts in its world, the Ancestor Stage experts, did not even rank here.
But that was not its main concern.
Right now, it was just a spirit.
It was no different from a lonely ghost.
If it were still in the Tianxuan Continent, it had ways to recover its body.
But in this unfamiliar place, recovering its body seemed far off.
“Don’t worry, Little Marten.
Big brother will help you recover your body someday.” Mu Chen shamelessly took advantage of the situation.
“What level are you at?
You dare to be Marten’s big brother?” The little marten directly refused.
No way.
Absolutely not.
(End of Chapter)