Xiao Min had always been arrogant and despotic within Sheng Domain. How could she place importance on an ordinary girl when she dared to act as she'd always done in Sheng Domain?
In the beginning, she was curious about the Ghost King due to Mu Ting Er. Following that, it was his exquisite appearance, but that also didn't amount to everything. As a girl of the Xiao family, she understood clearly what she needed.
She wanted a person that would treat her wholeheartedly. Not only must he have outstanding looks, but he must also possess great power.
It was obvious that the Ghost King met her ideals.
At the start, she'd left Sheng Domain to escape her grandfather's arrangements. Who knew she would meet her ideal partner here? She really didn't know how such an outstanding man existed in this world. She must obtain him, even if it were by shady means. [Miki: I thought it was usually done by guys? Hmm~ XD Just kidding :P]
"This challenge is just a little childish to me, especially since it's to snatch a man." Mu Ru Yue didn't speak for a moment before she swept an icy gaze toward Xiao Min's arrogant and complacent face. "But since you are so interested, it will be bad if I don't accept it."
Xiao Min coldly smiled. Since this woman had the guts to accept the challenge, she would definitely teach her a lesson.
"Everyone present, listen." Xiao Min turned her head to look at the crowd. With a sneer on her face, she continued, "I am from the Xiao family of Sheng Domain. I will be going to duel with this girl, no matter if it is death or life after the battle."
The crowd discussed among themselves once they heard that it was a match that might lead to the death of one of them.
Xiao family of Sheng Domain? Where was that place? They hadn't heard about it before. However, there were some that did know a few rumours about the Xiao family of Sheng Domain and, thus, they told the others what kind of place it was.
Everyone took in a cold breath after hearing how formidable the Xiao family was…
Since the Xiao family was so strong, this girl should be powerful. Would the future Ghost King's wife be a match for her? Wouldn't it be seeking death if she were to duel with her?"
No matter what the others thought, Mu Ru Yue had already accepted this duel.
Xiao Min started her moves without any warning…
A long whip appeared in her hand. When she swung it, it instantly surged forth like a dragon toward Mu Ru Yue and curled around her wrist.
Mu Ru Yue slightly knitted her brows, but she still stayed expressionless. There was a faint cold ray of light in her eyes as her body burst forth with a powerful aura.
"Bitch!" Xiao Min bit her lips tightly as she swung the whip toward Mu Ru Yue's body.
Mu Ru Yue moved to the side, avoiding Xiao Min's next attack. When Xiao Min saw she could dodge her attack, her expression darkened and became more aggressive with her following strikes.
No matter what, Xiao Min was nurtured by the Xiao family. Since Mu Ru Yue had transmigrated for only a year, the disparity in strength was great. However, that distance could be complemented by pills…
Pill after pill entered her mouth, turning into strength as they slowly passed through her entire body.
When the crowd saw her popped pills into her mouth like candy, they were so jealous that their eyes almost reddened. More importantly, the pill worked the instant she consumed it, becoming a part of her strength.
Wasn't this effect a little too perverted?
Pills were precious items in the world, so who would be willing to eat them like candy as she did?
Xiao Min's expression changed slightly. She herself was unable to eat pills like candy, even with her power within the Xiao family. Yet, this girl was actually eating pills like candy before her.
How could this not be a blow to the prideful and arrogant Xiao Min?
"Bitch!" Xiao Min gritted her teeth tightly. Her whip was instantly covered in a layer of flame.
Hong!
The whip swung towards Mu Ru Yue. Countless flames danced all over the weapon as it mercilessly lashed out at the girl who made her grit her teeth in jealousy and hatred. Once she died, all of the pills in her ring would belong to her…
Currently, Xiao Min had a muddled mind due to her anger so she didn't even consider how Mu Ru Yue was able to possess so many pills.
Mu Ru Yue raised her sword to block Xiao Min's whip, but the instant Xiao Min's weapon collided with her sword, it abruptly burst forth with a strong explosive force that struck directly against her chest. Her face paled instantly and she coughed out a mouthful of blood.
"It seems that the young mistress of the Xiao family is a little stronger."
"She is from Sheng Domain after all. Her martial skills will be top rate. The wife of the Ghost King still isn't able to cover up this disparity in strength, even with the assistance of pills."
Everyone was currently discussing the fight, so they didn't pay the slightest notice to the changes happening to Mu Ru Yue.
At this moment, the spirit dormant inside the Alchemy Book roused itself. It was this Alchemy Book that Mu Ru Yue used to increase her alchemy skills, and it now gave out a faint light. Following that, the flames that had been emitted by Xiao Min were absorbed into her body. If it hadn't been for that, Mu Ru Yue wouldn't have gotten hurt and wouldn't have spat out blood.
The abnormality of the Alchemy Book made Mu Ru Yue slightly flabbergasted. She completely didn't understand what just happened…
Xiao Min's attack quickly appeared before her again.
Mu Ru Yue didn't make any movement this time as she wanted to understand what the Alchemy Book wanted to do. She freely allowed Xiao Min's flaming whip to strike her body.
A streak of blood appeared on her shoulder, but when the flame neared her body, it was absorbed by the Alchemy Book. After that, the flame transformed into energy within her dantian.
Could it be that since she was a flame attribute martial artist, she could absorb fire elements for her own usage via the Alchemy Book? If this was the case, didn't she now have a great cheating device?
Yet, Mu Ru Yue understood that it wasn't omnipotent. If the enemy was too strong, then she would have died under her opponent's blow before the Alchemy Book could react.
However, she didn't expect the Alchemy Book to have such a use. All along, she'd just treated the Alchemy book as just a book to increase the rate that her alchemy grew.
When Xiao Min saw that Mu Ru Yue didn't dodge nor hide from her blow, she sneered in contempt. Could it be that she was seeking her death? If she died, that would be for the best…
Thinking about that, Xiao Min's attack became even more violent. Each move desired Mu Ru Yue's life, but the person under attack didn't react at all. It was as though she didn't feel any pain. When everyone saw this, they were somewhat disturbed. Xiao Min's attacks were too venomous. It was obvious that she wanted to torture the girl before her to death.
…
At that instant, Mu Ru Yue's body emitted an aura. She had unexpectedly broke through under the crowd's gaze…
Houtian Seventh Stage!
What did a 16-year-old Houtian Seventh Stage practitioner imply?
Even Ye Tian Feng hadn't been able to break through to the Houtian Seventh Stage when he was sixteen…
"Is that all you've got?"
A cold voice slowly escaped from the young girl's lips.
Mu Ru Yue lifted her gaze and shot an icy glare towards the flabbergasted Xiao Min. She then immediately took out a pill and consumed it. The wounds on her body rapidly started to recover.
If it wasn't for her torn clothes, nobody would have believed she'd undergone torturous whippings.
"Or should I thank you for giving me the chance to break through?"
The young girl's lips curled up, but there was only coldness in her eyes.
Xiao Min shuddered violently as she stared in disbelief at Mu Ru Yue. This girl had used her attacks to make a breakthrough?
It was certain that if she hadn't had Xiao Min's help, Mu Ru Yue wouldn't have been able to make a breakthrough within two month's time, so she really needed to thank Xiao Min for this.
"You, you're not human!"
Xiao Min retreated two steps back in fear. Her lips quivered slightly as she quickly swung her whip at Mu Ru Yue, a trace of viciousness in her eyes.
This girl should just die!
However, before her whip could reach Mu Ru Yue, Mu Ru Yue's sword turned ablaze with flame.
Hong!
The whip in Xiao Min's hand was set on fire.
Xiao Min was indeed a talent to reach such a cultivation level at her tender age. But Mu Ru Yue could feel that her cultivation had been solely dependant upon pills. Her body's foundation wasn't so stable, and she didn't have sufficient battle experience.
It wasn't difficult to become a talent with the constant usage of pills and gentle nurturing from a young age. Pills could be consumed, but they shouldn't be overused. Otherwise, it would result in such an outcome…
Everyone was stunned as they didn't expect the sudden reversal. Mu Ru Yue, who they'd belittled, was now overwhelming the young mistress of the Xiao family, Xiao Min.
"Bitch, go and die!"
Xiao Min's eyes reddened as flames of anger burned in her eyes. She didn't care about anything else at this moment. She muttered indistinctly and the power within her body drastically increased.
Her unkempt hair flew in the wind as Xiao Min laughed. "So what if you broke through? You still won't be my match!"
This time, Xiao Min really gave it her all.
It wouldn't be easy to break apart the Xiao family's forbidden technique. The price that she would pay was her soul undergoing torture of immeasurable pain for an entire month for forcefully increasing her power.
The current Xiao Min now possessed tyrannical power from using the forbidden technique. Even though she could only make a single attack after using this forbidden technique, this was already sufficient.
She would definitely kill her in one move!
"Die"
A tyrannical power stirred as countless flames gathered towards her body, oppressing Mu Ru Yue. Everyone was shocked at this moment.
This was the power the young mistress of the Xiao family possessed?
She was too powerful…
Hong!
That tyrannical flame struck mercilessly at Mu Ru Yue's chest, who was instantly slammed back. Her entire body smashed into the ground and she spat out another mouthful of blood.
"Haha! Bitch, you won't have a good outcome for fighting me."
Xiao Min laughed madly, but after witnessing the next moment, her laughter abruptly stopped. She widened her beautiful eyes in astonishment.
The young girl stood up from the ground, a trail of blood flowing out from her mouth. Her feet staggered a couple of times, but she was still able to stand.
Mu Ru Yue lifted her head to look at the astonished Xiao Min. With a slight smirk, she spoke coldly, void of any feeling, "Is that the extent of your power?"
Xiao Min's eyes slowly widened. When she saw the smirk on her opponent's face, she became a little dazed.
"How could this happen?"
Those words appeared in her mind the moment she collapsed.
Why was that girl still able to live after receiving an attack she'd cast with all her strength after using the forbidden technique? Why had she even done that just now? Wouldn't her soul now have to undergo torture for an entire month's time?
She slowly lost consciousness. No matter how remorseful she was…
Everyone on the street looked at Mu Ru Yue. If Xiao Min had shown herself to be very powerful, then Mu Ru Yue, who had been able to withstand that tyrannical attack and remain alive, was simply abnormal.
They had always thought that the final victor would end up as Xiao Min. Who knew that this would be the outcome…
"Mu Er!"
An anxious call was suddenly heard.
Following that, a purple figure soared through the air to land before Mu Ru Yue. The man had an exceptional appearance and a strong aura that could be seen from his charming eyes. However, it that moment, those sinisterly cold eyes were only filled with anxiousness.
"Mu Er, why did you accept the Xiao family's challenge?"
Mu Ru Yue glared at him. "Aren't you the cause for this?"
Ye Wu Chen's eyes dulled. His strong hands held her shoulders as he said with unprecedented seriousness, "Mu Er, you are not allowed to do such dangerous acts in the future. Perhaps she wasn't your match, but these big powers may have some life protecting methods. If someone bullies you, then just leave it to your husband. No matter if they are flies harassing you or girls delusional enough to want to break our bond, your husband will deal with all of them."
As he said that, guilt and self-blame filled his heart.
Perhaps he really shouldn't have let this woman off yesterday…
The man raised his hand to dust his purple clothes before turning his gaze toward the girl lying on the floor. His eyes instantly hardened, became cold and sinister. Traces of a tyrannical aura filled his surrounding.
Hong!
Ye Wu Chen's power struck at the girl lying on the floor.
"You actually touched a strand of her hair. Ben Wang will make you regret that for your entire life!"
Death? That would be too easy for a girl like her. He wanted her to live a life worse than death! Even more than killing her, such a prideful girl would suffer more if she were to become trash.
"Stop!"
An angry holler rang out. Ye Wu Chen, however, didn't halt his actions. Strong energy invaded Xiao Min's body, transforming into a hand that viciously crushed her dantian.
Crack!
A distinctly crisp sound echoed on this quiet street…
"Stinky brat, didn't this old man tell you to stop? Since you dared to hurt this old man's granddaughter, this old man will definitely give you a terrible death!"
A grey-robed elder stood in front of Xiao Min as he shouted.
The grey-robed elder glared at Wu Chen, his eyes threatening to rip Wu Chen apart. Raging fury burned in his gaze and his boundless killing intent surged forth as he shouted, "Since you dared to hurt my granddaughter, you must pay with your life. Not only you, but your parents, your wife, your offsprings — they will also pay the price!"
At this moment, a wail could be heard from a side.
"Elder, the young mistress… the young mistress used the forbidden technique and her dantian seems to have broken." Yin Huan looked at the grey-robed elder as she spoke, sobbing.
"What?"
The grey-robed elder was shocked. His attention instantly shifted away from Ye Wu Chen as he went to check Xiao Min's condition. Once he took a look, his anger reached the next level and his killing intent surged.
"Stinking brat, you're so vicious to have destroyed my granddaughter's dantian. How did my granddaughter offend you for you to treat such an innocent and weak girl in such a fashion?"
Ye Wu Chem smiled. A sneer was on his divinely handsome face as he said, "She hurt my wife. Don't you think that is an offense?"
"It must be your wife that provoked my granddaughter first!" The grey-robed elder's anger reached ten meters. If this man before him hadn't seemed so formidable, he would have already charged forth to cut him down.
"Elder." Yin Huan wiped her tears before lifting her head to look toward Ye Wu Chen. "This man is the one young mistress fancies. He kicked the young mistress out of the door for that woman and humiliated the young mistress. The young mistress bore the humiliation, but they still wouldn't let the young mistress go."
Mu Ru Yue saw the true face these people clearly.
No matter what words that were uttered from their mouths, they would still say that something black was white. Furthermore, the arrogant Xiao Min that had come knocking on the door herself had somehow become an innocent and weak girl. It was no wonder Xiao Min had such a personality.
The grey-robed elder sized Ye Wu Chen up.
It was undeniable that his granddaughter had a good eye. There wasn't any man as handsome as this guy. More importantly, his strength was truly strong. Otherwise, he himself wouldn't be standing on his toes to deal with him.
If he'd married his granddaughter earlier on, then perhaps he could have escaped this ordeal. It was such a pity…
"I can't deny that you indeed have the capital to attract girls toward you, but my granddaughter is from the Xiao family. Why didn't you just agree to marry her when she said she fancied you? It would have been fine if you had rejected her, but you also had to hurt her to such an extent. It can't be that you want to oppose my entire Xiao family, right?"
The grey-robed elder's face darkened, the fury in his heart nearly setting him on fire.
This was the first time in so many years that someone didn't place importance on his Xiao family.
Ye Wu Chen had never seen such a shameless old man. He felt it was a little funny that there were really such people that thought so highly about themselves when they actually amounted to nothing…
"Firstly, are you sure you can represent the Xiao family?" The man's lips curled up slightly. His handsome face was even more charming with that smile, yet, there was an icy coldness in his eyes that made people apprehensive. It was certain that his smile didn't reach his eyes.
"Secondly, Ben Wang won't allow her to stand there unscathed, even if it means opposing the entire Sheng Domain!"
Her man's words were so domineering and brazen, but a trace of warmth wrapped around Mu Ru Yue's heart.
So what if he were to oppose the entire Sheng Domain? He definitely wouldn't give her another chance! If she becomes a trash, then she would be vulnerable to beatings and may even be killed. Now she would never be able to make even the slightest commotion from now on.
This would be much more torturous than to just kill her.
She was currently lying there, unconscious. She most likely wouldn't feel any pain if he were to kill her with his blade. Since that was the case, how could he simply let her die so easily?
"Why? Why don't you mind opposing the entire Sheng Domain?" The grey-robed elder's entire body shuddered. He couldn't believe that this man didn't fear their Sheng Domain in the slightest.
The strength of Sheng Domain was unfathomable. The only power that was comparable to Sheng Domain was the Pill Assembly. Moreover, the Xiao family was the sole controller of Sheng Domain…
Ye Wu Chen didn't say anything as he just turned his head to look at the girl behind him. This man that previously had a domineering aura suddenly became filled with gentleness, his eyes holding boundless tenderness.
He didn't need to say anything to express his feeling…
The grey-robed elder suddenly realised that this man really didn't mind opposing the entire Sheng Domain for a woman. Was there really such a devoted man in this world?
Perhaps this man wouldn't even frown if he were to conquer the world for her…
The grey-robed elder's expression darkened.
How could his granddaughter stand it if the man she loved scraped her cultivation for another girl? How much pain would she suffer when she regained consciousness?
Yet, the old man knew that this young man possessed tyrannical strength. If he were to fight against him, it would only result in them being seriously wounded. He wouldn't be able to avenge her…
"Stinking brat, I'll temporarily let you go today, but I definitely won't spare your life the next time we meet!" The killing intent from the grey-robed elder didn't decrease in the slightest, but his grandeur was still much lower than Ye Wu Chen's.
"When did Ben Wang allow you to leave this place?"
Ye Wu Chen's divine face darkened when he saw the grey-robed elder carry Xiao Min along with him as he left. Wu Chen lifted his hand slightly and a bolt of black flames surged toward the grey-robed elder.
There was a sinister and cold aura emitting from the dark flames that made the surrounding audience feel a chill.
The grey-robed elder hastily moved away in a flash as he didn't want to fight Ye Wu Chen. He quickened his steps to leave. Ye Wu Chen initially wanted to pursue and kill that old man, but at this moment there was a powerful aura gradually heading toward them, the distance close. It made him halt his steps, an unprecedented seriousness displayed on his face.
"Wu Chen, what's wrong?" Mu Ru Yue felt something was wrong with Ye Wu Chen. Her long, shapely brows knitted slightly with indistinct worry in her eyes.
Ye Wu Chen turned around as he walked toward Mu Ru Yue. With a charming smile, he lifted his hand to caress the young girl's face. There was a trace of reluctance on his divine expression.
"Mu Er, it seems that I will have to leave in a moment."
"Wu Chen." Mu Ru Yue's heart tightened as she gripped Ye Wu Chen's hand tightly, a trace of unease within her. It seemed as though Ye Wu Chen was to face some danger…
"Mu Er, you agreed to marry me a few days ago. I had been preparing ever since to give you a grand wedding ceremony. I am nearly done with it already, but I need to leave for a period of time. We will arrange the wedding ceremony properly once I'm done with that, alright?"
Mu Ru Yue raised her head to focus on his handsome face. She gradually nodded. "Alright, I will wait for you here. I just want you to return safely, no matter what happens."
She didn't question him in the end.
Since she chose to marry him, she would trust him with all her heart.
Ye Wu Chen lowered his head slightly to place a fleeting kiss at the corner of her lips. He didn't mind in the slightest that they were in public. He released Mu Ru Yue and looked gently toward her, reluctance in his posture.
"Mu Er, you must wait for my return. Once I've settled the matters at hand, I will return to your side."
He would definitely return safely, no matter what happens…
Ye Wu Chen turned around and, after giving one last look toward Mu Ru Yue, disappeared from the street. Soon, he reappeared near a mountain forest. At the same time, in the open sky, a man was standing in midair before him…
The man looked around twenty years old. His appearance was swordlike and he had honey-coloured skin that radiated light from the sun. He was well built, the slightly closed black robe exposing well-defined muscle. Nobody would have been able to imagine that this twenty-year-old man was actually the sect leader of the sinister Saintess Sect.
The Saintess Sect had been established for at least twenty years after all. Even if he'd started it in his youth, he should at least be a forty- to fifty-year-old middle-aged man. After all, shouldn't it be impossible for him to have established the powerful Saintess Sect when he was born?
Yet, just from that man's appearance, he indeed looked to be twenty years old….
The only flaw in his appearance was a horizontal scar across the left side of his face. It mercilessly destroyed his beauty. If not for that, this man would have been exceptionally handsome.
"I didn't think that I had left behind a bad seedling after so many years." The man lowered his head slightly and, with a ruthless smile, continued, "You also killed two of my subordinates. If I had known about this earlier, I would have killed you then to prevent future disasters."
"It's a pity you didn't."
Ye Wu Chen's face was unprecedentedly sinister and cold. His entire body gave off a malevolent, hair-raising aura. Following his words, the other man raised his head and laughed. His laughter was dramatic and brazen, and seemed to shake the entire forest.
"Brat, your mother had previously betrayed me and now you even killed my subordinates. Do you think I will let you off? I know you wanted to attract my attention towards you to give temporary safety to your fiancee. You and your parents are so devoted to love. It's a pity that I must obtain your fiancee. My power will make a rapid improvement after having a Yin-Yang exchange with her. However, I will kill you before that so you won't have to suffer from such a sight."
The maliciousness in Ye Wu Chen's icy expression deepened. "I will have to see if you have that capability. Ben Wang will definitely not let you touch a single hair on her head!" "
"So you went behind her back to meet with me?" The man obviously knew of Ye Wu Chen's motives. His lips curled up slightly and he gave a ruthless chuckle. "I will send you to hell soon enough."
His greatest entertainment in life was to break up couples. Within the Saintess Sect, there were many youthful girls that were abducted by him, stolen away from their fiances. After he had sexual intercourse with them, however, the majority of them would forget about their past and would wholeheartedly pursue him.
Yet, his greatest quirk was not using anything twice. It was the same with women.
Ye Wu Chen looked coldly at the man before him. His only fear within the Saintess Sect was this sect leader of the Saintess Sect. However….
"You don't have the ability to kill Ben Wang yet."
There was someone waiting for him at home, so even though the man he was now blocking was dangerous, he would definitely return to her side…
"Mistress." Li Lu looked timidly at Mu Ru Yue, who had a terrible expression. He didn't dare to say what he wanted to say.
Mu Ru Yue retracted her thoughts. Her gaze slightly darkened. "Li Lu, assemble all of the members of the Massacre The Heavens Sect now. We will commence Hell Training."
"Ah?" Li Lu was stunned. "Isn't there still half a month before that?"
"No! We will start now!"
She had already promised she'd fight alongside him and reach the peak of the world. But right now, he still needed to face many matters on his own. If powerful opponents appeared every time, then she would only be a burden for him…
Perhaps it would seem to others that she was a talent by becoming a sixteen-year-old Houtian Seventh Stage Martial practitioner, but to her this wasn't sufficient. Such cultivation was only capable for fighting against other youths, never with those genuine experts.
She needed to become much stronger.
Only then would she have the qualifications to fight alongside him.
"Wu Chen, I don't know what you are settling and I don't know what is happening, but you promised you will surely return…"
Mu Ru Yue raised her head to look at the clouds far above her. Her unease gradually settled down.
Since he had promised, she believed that he would surely return to her…
The days of Hell Training was naturally tough, but she had already experienced it once before. Compared to the other members of the Massacre The Heaven Sect, she was able to adapt the quickest.
Everyone was covered in injuries everyday. In addition, they were adding weights when they ran and were always a little tired. At the same time, everyone could feel that their body's rate of absorbing energy was much quicker. Their power was slowly becoming stronger…
Mu Ru Yue would always think about Ye Wu Chen when she returned to Mu residence every night. If it wasn't for her current matter, she wouldn't have known that the fool who pretended to an idiot and kept her in the dark had already held an extremely important place in her heart.
This man had done too many things for her…
However, she didn't have the right to face matters with him due to her insufficient strength. If she were to blindly stay by his side, then she would only become his burden.
Moreover, this continent was the same as the cultivation world of Hua Xia. The strong were respected while the weak were stepped upon. She wanted to become strong in order to move alongside him.
It was due to this thought that Mu Ru Yue put in more effort and worked herself harder than she'd ever done in her previous life. How could everyone else fall behind when they saw such a young girl possessed with such determination and perseverance? Everyone gritted their teeth and pushed on.
This was the first step in improving their strength so they definitely wouldn't give up!
"Mistress! Mistress! I've broken through! I didn't know we could break through with such a training method."
The members of the Massacre The Heavens Sect had broken through within two months. Sixth Stage Martial practitioners broke through to the Seventh Stage. There were now a total of thirty Seventh Stage Martial practitioners and also eight people within the Eighth Stage. Even though the Eight Stage and Ninth Stage members hadn't yet made a breakthrough, all of them felt a great difference from their original selves two months ago.
No matter if it were their defensive or offensive might, they'd obviously made remarkable improvements in each.
Who could have known what they'd experienced this two months?
It really was hell training!
They started by tying metal plates on their bodies as they ran. They increased the number of metal plates from one to fifty over the course of two months and they weren't allowed to remove them. Perhaps this couldn't be considered hell training, as what followed was the true nightmare…
They needed to fight against a strong magical beast with their bare fists and weren't allowed to use any weapons. Sometimes they had to even fight a horde of magical beasts without weapons. They were also prohibited from using pills and had to just use their raw strength to deal with the horde of magical beasts.
How many times had they escaped from the clutches of death these last two months? It was great that everyone was able to persist. What she had said at the start of training came true.
They would be able to release their potential when they experienced high-risk situations.
Their potentials would be stimulated after facing death time after time.
Hence, the aura around the members of the Massacre The Heavens Sect underwent drastic changes after two months. Some of them even gave off a murderous and grim aura.
They were now the genuine Massacre The Heaven's Combat Squad.
Li Lu didn't participate in the training.
The Mu residence needed to be taken care of so Mu Ru Yue had let Li Lu investigate for news about Ye Wu Chen. There hadn't been any news of him for these past two months.
Just as Mu Ru Yue stepped into the Mu residence, Li Lu ran hastily out. Once he looked at Mu Ru Yue, he excitedly went forth to greet her.
"Mistress, you've returned. It's wonderful since I was just about to look for you."
Examining Li Lu's expression, Mu Ru Yue's heart shuddered as she anxiously asked, "Is this news about Wu Chen?"
Li Lu faced Mu Ru Yue and shook his head gently.
Mu Ru Yue grew melancholic once again…
"Mistress, there isn't any news about Ghost King, but there is still great news. I have come to let you know that there have been rumours constantly surfacing about how the Saintess Sect seemed to have offended an expert. A few of its sect branches were destroyed by that expert. From these rumours, the expert wore a silver mask. Nobody has seen his true appearance."
Silver mask?
Could it be Wu Chen?
Mu Ru Yue's heart gradually relaxed. She could wholeheartedly focus on improving her powers if nothing had happened to him. Once she had accomplished that, she would be able to face this ordeal together with him. She didn't want to be his burden…
Li Lu obviously didn't notice the change in Mu Ru Yue's expression as he continued, "Mistress, don't you think this is great news? Wasn't the Saintess Sect so overpowering before? Now its branch sect has been destroyed by someone. According to the rumours, the sect leader was furious. I really don't know who is doing this, but it's so satisfying. Haha!"
Even though he hadn't seen the two experts from the Saintess Sect, he'd heard that they were very powerful. But so what if it was the Saintess Sect? Wasn't it currently being destroyed by someone?
As he thought about this, Li Lu had the urge to raise his head and laugh.
A loving couple walked down the street of Phoenix City at this moment. They attracted everyone's attention to them.
The madam's appearance was exceptional. Every hand gesture she made was elegant and natural. She wore golden-yellow silk clothing that fluttered in the breeze, giving her a noble and beautiful look.
The golden-yellow colour complemented her very well.
A green-clothed man was by her side. His appearance was perfected like a sculpture. His grey eyes looked tenderly at the beautiful madam beside him. That gentleness could only have appeared if he loved her to her bones from the bottom of his heart.
The two seemed so harmonious that it seemed like nobody would ever be able to break their relationship.
"Yu Er, we will be meeting our daughter soon."
Their long-lost daughter that they'd thought of for so many years…
"Hubby." Madam Sheng Yue held Xiao Tian Yu's hand tightly. Her own jade-like hand couldn't help but tremble. She suppressed her nervousness and slowly smiled. "Let's help avenge our daughter before going over to meet her. I've heard that our daughter had been bullied terribly by the Mu family all these years."
Madam Sheng Yue was filled with anger after listening to the investigations about her daughter's past.
Their Xiao family's daughter, the genuine main branch young mistress, had been bullied by a family clan to such an extent that they almost forced her to her death. If it wasn't for their daughter's tenacious life force, she would have perhaps gone to see the King of Hell already.
The heavens only know how stirred up her heart had been when she read such news.
That damnable Mu family had the guts to touch her precious daughter. She would make them regret all they had previously done!
"Just a puny little Mu family." Xiao Tian Yu smiled coldly. With a trace of frost in his grey eyes, he continued, "There is also that so-called Crown Prince Jing that didn't even place importance on my, Xiao Tian Yu's daughter. He really thinks highly of himself! More importantly, there is also that girl Mu Ting Er that was always seeking trouble for our daughter. How can I let her go? I already can't wait to announce the news of our daughter in order to make those people repent!"
When he said that last word, a distinct killing intent surged from his eyes.
Madam Sheng Yue held Xiao Tian Yu's hand and sighed. "Qing Qing initially wanted to come with us. She kept thinking about her elder sister Ru Yue during this period of time. After knowing that Yue Er is our biological daughter, she kept wanting us to bring Yue Er home. But that girl is about to undergo the innate test within the next few days so it is better for her to prepare well for it."
Thinking about how excited that girl had been after discovering Yue Er was her elder sister by blood, Madam Sheng Yue couldn't help but chuckle. Now she had a son and two daughters. She was extremely satisfied with her life already.
"Yu Er, let's go and visit this family where our daughter has lived these past fifteen years. I wonder what kind of repayment they will give to our Xiao family."
Xiao Tian Yu chuckled coldly, his smile chilling.
The guards that followed behind them shuddered with fear.
They knew that the young head and young madam were extremely enraged this time around. Someone was going to be in trouble…
"What did you say?"
When Mu Qing heard the report from his subordinate in the main hall of the Mu family, his heart instantly chilled as he hastily stood up. "People from Sheng Domain are coming here? Can it be due to that matter where that bitch Mu Ru Yue beat the young mistress of the Xiao family? Mu Ru Yue already isn't my Mu family's daughter anymore. Why did they come here to seek repayment then?"
Mu Qing became apprehensive as he said with a little unease, "Quickly invite the lord of the Xiao family in. No! I will personally go and greet them."
What kind of place was Sheng Domain? Mu Qing had heard about it, but didn't personally associate with them.
This was because they were a preeminent powerhouse that would never associate with ordinary people. Despite this, it was even the head of the Xiao family coming here at this moment.
Thus, Mu Qing didn't dare to slight them. Just as he stood up, however, an elegant voice was heard from outside. "It is unnecessary, we have already entered."
A couple with a group of guards following behind them entered.
These two were experts. They also possessed extraordinary strength…
Mu Qing calmed his heart and hastily went forth to greet them. "Has the lord and lady come regarding the young mistress of the Xiao family?"
Madam Sheng Yue and Xiao Tian Yu were stunned. Could it be that he already knew their purpose in coming here? But they hadn't publicized this information and only the two of them knew of it.
Furthermore, if Mu Qing knew that Mu Ru Yue was the daughter of the Xiao family, he shouldn't have such an expression.
"The head of the Mu family knows the purpose of why my husband and I came here?" Madam Sheng Yue had her brows raised as she asked indifferently.
"Of course I know." Mu Qing tried his best to look as humble as possible as he said respectfully, "Recently, there was a young mistress of the Xiao family that came to our Kingdom of Xi Yue. She had said that she was the daughter of Madam Sheng Yue. Since she fancied Lord Ghost King, she got into a conflict with my unfilial daughter. As a result, she was hurt by my unfilial daughter. Haven't the Lord and Madam come for that?"
Mu Qing looked curiously at the couple. Could it be that he had guessed wrongly? They weren't here as a payback for Mu Ru Yue beating up the young mistress of the Xiao family?
"My daughter?" Madam Sheng Yue lifted her brows. "I also don't know what unfilial daughter you are talking about…"
Mu Qing only knew they were from the Xiao family. After hearing Madam Sheng Yue's words, he immediately guessed her identity. He couldn't help but be astonished and his eyes widened as he clarified, "You… you are Madam Sheng Yue from the Xiao family of Sheng Domain?"
Mu Qing still had some understanding of Sheng Domain, even though he wasn't from there.
This Madam Sheng Yue undeniably held the most prestigious status in Sheng Domain. Her power to rally supporters was simply unparalleled. For the sacred spirit spring, who wouldn't move to obey her orders?
"You think someone would be daring enough to impersonate me?" Madam Sheng Yue's expression gradually darkened. "Immediately clarify what you said earlier!"
Mu Qing was so scared that he trembled. He didn't dare to lie and told her what had happened on that day.
"Not long ago, a lady from the Xiao family came to the Kingdom of Zi Yue, saying that she was your honorable daughter. She came for a scenic tour and for some reasons took a fancy to the Ghost King Ye Wu Chen of the Kingdom of Zi Yue. She challenged my unfilial daughter Mu Ru Yue for Ye Wu Chen, and became severely wounded by that damnable Mu Ru Yue.
"Madam Sheng Yue, Mu Ru Yue is no longer a daughter of my Mu family. You can do whatever you want to her. I won't say a word even if you kill her. However, I hope Madam would be merciful and let my Mu family's innocent people off. They are different from that bitch Mu Ru Yue as they wouldn't do such stupid acts."
Madam Sheng Yue became enraged on hearing Mu Qing calling Mu Ru Yue a bitch and saying she was stupid.
But she had gotten the gist of what had happened from Mu Qing's words…
It was no wonder why Xiao Min had been carried back with only half her life two months ago. Moreover, that old man had dared to lie to her. He had just said that his granddaughter had fancied a man but was hindered by another girl. Not only had she scrapped his granddaughter's cultivation, she had also said she would annihilate the entire Xiao family.
Didn't that old man know his own personality? It was obviously Xiao Min's fault for being wounded. Could the forbidden technique of the Xiao family be used so casually? It was already a blessing she was still alive.
He wanted the Xiao family to avenge him? He was simply dreaming!
Why should she clean up Xiao Min's mess? That arrogant and despotic girl probably wanted to snatch someone else's man and got taught a lesson instead.
At that time, she had been unhappy. If it weren't for the fact that she was an elder, she would have already mercilessly taught Xiao Min a lesson in order to let her know the immensity of heaven and earth.
Who knew that the man Xiao Min wanted to snatch was her precious daughter's man?"
If she had known about this, she would have personally dealt with Xiao Min at the Xiao family.
When Mu Qing saw that Madam Sheng Yue was greatly shocked, he thought Madam Sheng Yue was angered due to Mu Ru Yue beating Xiao Min. He inwardly scolded Mu Ru Yue in his heart.
That girl only knew how to stir up trouble from morning to night!
"Madam Sheng Yue, don't worry. I will definitely take revenge and wipe out the grudge for your daughter. I will dispatch people to call that bitch Mu Ru Yue here for Madam to punish. If Madam doesn't want to dirty your hands, I can also arrange for someone to settle her on behalf of Madam. This time, I, Mu Qing, will definitely place righteousness before family. Someone—"
A jade hand viciously slapped his face before he could finish his order.
Mu Qing was literally sent flying from that slap. The table was flipped over and after an instant, boiling tea landed on his head, almost scalding a layer of skin.
Mu Qing was stunned as he didn't know what he had said wrongly that invoked Madam Sheng Yue's rage.
"Yu Er, calm down. Don't hurt your body due to anger." Xiao Tian Yu continuously helped Madam sheng Yue to quell her pent up anger. His eyes frosted over when he looked at Mu Qing.
"Somebody come!" After Madam Sheng Yue had gradually calmed down, she glared furiously at Mu Qing. "Bind up everyone from the Mu family and also capture the two daughters of Mu Qing, Mu Ting Er and Mu Yi Xue! Oh that's right, invite Mu Ru Yue over. Just tell her that I, Madam Sheng Yue, wish to meet her. Remember to politely invite her over. Nobody is allowed to be rude to her. If not, you can just scram!"
The former were captured and the latter was invited. The treatment between the two was completely different.
Madam Sheng Yue originally wanted to meet Mu Ru Yue personally, but who knew that the matter with Xiao Min would arise? It made her so incredibly enraged, so much that, she wanted to settle all matters here.
Moreover, she also didn't know if Yue Er was hurt or not…
Xiao Min had activated the forbidden spell of the Xiao family, and that attack would have been extremely dangerous. If Yue Er had been hurt by her, she would definitely chop that damnable Xiao Min into countless pieces!
Mu Qing realised that he was really doomed this time. He was completely clueless about what was happening and why.
Shouldn't those large powers be more protective of their members? Why was Madam Sheng Yue so courteous to Mu Ru Yue after she had injured the young mistress of the Xiao family?
What was going on?
Furthermore, Yue Er seemed to be associated with this Madam Sheng Yue judging from her words…
"Head of the Mu family, I want to ask you something." Madam Sheng Yue's eyes narrowed dangerously and she smiled coldly, "Did someone pass you a girl sixteen years ago? Could you tell me where that girl is now?"
Mu Qing trembled and looked in astonishment at Madam Sheng Yue. His eyes darted around before saying, "She is dead. That girl has already died…"
"Haha!" Madam Sheng Yue raised her head and laughed. She no longer kept her elegant posture. "Died? Mu Qing, do you know what will happen to you if you lie to me? With just a word from me, you will be consigned to eternal damnation!"
"Really…she is really dead. "
Cold sweat slowly formed on Mu Qing's forehead. He still wanted to prevaricate as there were only a few people who knew of what had happened that year.
Madam Sheng Yue coldly chuckled. If she hadn't thoroughly investigated everything to the smallest detail, she may have believed this man. It was a pity for him that she already knew everything…
"Mu Qing, stop your final struggles. I know that the girl is Mu Ru Yue. It was precisely because she was not your daughter that you mercilessly mistreated her and didn't mind forcing her to her death."
No biological father would treat their daughter so ruthlessly. Everything he had done was due to Mu Ru Yue not being his daughter and, more importantly, her inability to cultivate. Hence, Mu Qing had always wished for her death.
He had only suppressed the impulse to strangle Mu Ru Yue to death because he didn't want to be the murderer of his daughter.
"No matter if it is you or Xiao Min, I won't let you off!" Madam Sheng Yue walked deliberately towards Mu Qing. With an ice-cold smile, she continued, "That's right, regarding Mu Yi Xue and Mu Ting Er, Yue Er has been treated very well by them all these years. How do you think I should repay them?"
Mu Qing had seemed to guess what was going on. He looked in disbelief at the beauty whose smile was as cold as ice. He felt as if a blade had been placed against his neck.
Fear…
Mu Qing felt unprecedented fear at this moment…
"Father!"
"Daddy!"
Two voices called from outside.
Mu Ting Er and Mu Yi Xue, both of whom were bound like caterpillars, were tossed in front of Mu Qing.
His two daughters that initially had flower and jade-like appearances already looked inhuman. Their previously glossy hair had turned dry and messy. Their faces looked yellowish and were thin and weak. It was obvious that they were experiencing an inhumane life.
Moreover, everything was caused by that bitch Mu Ru Yue!
Mu Qing boiled in hatred but what could he do? Even if it wasn't Madam Sheng Yue, he still wasn't able to deal with that girl.
'Who are you?! Who allowed you to barge into my Mu family?!" Mu Yi Xue shouted crazily towards Madam Sheng Yue, as her inhumanly thin and weak body shuddered slightly.
Madam Sheng Yue coldly chuckled. "You dare to shout at me? How shall I treat you? Should I disfigure you or toss you into a horde of magical beasts? I think the latter would suit you better. With your current appearance, there wouldn't be any difference if your face were disfigured. "
Mu Yi Xue shuddered violently and, with fear-filled eyes, she exclaimed, "No!"
"Look at yourself. I only scared you a little and you have already shrieked. I haven't thought about how to deal with you. Could it be that you want me to feed you to those vicious magical beasts? It's a pity that those beasts would be too lazy to eat you as the two of you don't have any flesh."
Mu Yi Xue really hoped she could lose consciousness as that would be better than being tortured mentally or physically by her.
"Daddy, who are these people? Why have they come to our Mu family?"
Mu Qing's fear was similar to Mu Yi Xue's, but he forcefully stabilized his emotions and performed introductions "They are from the Xiao family of Sheng Domain. That person is Madam Sheng Yue."
Xiao family of Sheng Domain?
Mu Ting Er couldn't help but scuttle backwards after hearing that.
She remembered that Xiao Min was from the Xiao family of Sheng Domain. It was due to her coaxing, that Xiao Min had gone to seek the Ghost King and Mu Ru Yue. Following that, after Xiao Min had been defeated by Mu Ru Yue, the Ghost King had scrapped her cultivation.
If it hadn't been for her, that wouldn't have happened. Thus, even though she was jealous and hated Mu Ru Yue's power, she had been worried that the Xiao family would come after her for this matter. Could it be that they had come to her Mu family to avenge Xiao Min?
"This young miss seems to have something to say," said Madam Sheng Yue with a cold smile. She had caught the expressions in Mu Ting Er's eyes.
Mu Ting Er's face instantly paled, as she gritted her teeth and said, "Madam, please clarify as I don't have anything to say."
"Is that so?" Madam Sheng Yue looked at Mu Ting Er with a smile that was not a smile. "Husband, she isn't willing to tell us. What shall we do? Didn't Qing Qing say that she wanted a toy? How about we bring her back as a toy for Qing Qing to play after we break her limbs, cut out her tongue, and dig out her eyes?"
Xiao Tian Yu embraced her and said with a tender gaze, "Whatever Yu Er says."
Madam Sheng Yue smirked and shifted her gaze back to Mu Ting Er. "Tell us what you want to say. Hehe! If you miss this chance, you will become my daughter's toy. My daughter chopped her other toy into eight large pieces so I need to find another one for her."
Mu Ting Er had never been as frightened before as she was today.
The woman's words viciously struck her head and made her shudder…
"Madam, it is my fault as I made young mistress Xiao curious about the Ghost King from my words. But I didn't expect that she would be bullied to that extent by Mu Ru Yue. I only had good intentions."
Mu Ting Er's tear filled face looked so pitiful that it would normally attract tender affection towards her.
But Madam Sheng Yue's expression slowly darkened instead after hearing her words.
"Ting Er?!" Mu Qing's expression changed drastically, but it was obvious that it was already too late to stop her speech.
If Mu Ru Yue was Madam Sheng Yue's daughter, the outcome would be unimaginable…
"I didn't expect you to tell me everything just by scaring you. My daughter doesn't even dare to kill anyone so don't even mention having a weird fetish." Madam Sheng Yue smiled slightly, but her beautiful eyes was ice-cold. "So it was your doing that made Xiao Min want to snatch Yue Er's man. Your man didn't want you so you were jealous that Yue Er has a man who was devoted to only her. You also envied her fiance's perfections and outstandingness. Tell me, how should I punish the entire Mu family?"
When Madam Sheng Yue had dispatched people to search for her daughter's location, she had naturally also investigated her matters over all these years. It, of course, contained the information of how the Ghost King had abandoned his pretence for his beloved and fought against the experts of the Saintess Sect.
This made her, as Mu Ru Yue's mother, happy that her daughter had found such a good partner.
Furthermore, her husband and she would have only each other for their entire lives. Her daughter's husband definitely must also have only her daughter in his life. No matter what, this Ghost King had fit the criteria.
How could Madam Sheng Yue not be enraged when such a matter had occurred in the two months when she was wholeheartedly cleaning up the family? She had known that Xiao Min was despotic, but she hadn't expected that she would try to steal someone else's fiance.
Suddenly, there was the sound of footsteps coming over.
Feeling that familiar aura, Madam Sheng Yue's body stiffened slightly. She turned around and a familiar face entered her sight.
Yue Er seemed to have grown a little taller after a few months…
Madam Sheng Yue's eyes reddened. Just as she wanted to say something, she swallowed her words back into her throat. She didn't know what she should say and just looked at Mu Ru Yue with reddened eyes.
"Madam!"
Mu Ru Yue's face brightened as she smiled, hastening her steps to stand before Madam Sheng Yue. "What brings you here?"
Madam Sheng Yue's voice was slightly choked with sobs and and her eyes brimmed with tears. "Yue Er, why are you so distant with me after not seeing me for just a few months? You previously didn't call me this."
She really wanted to look at her daughter's appearance to the finest detail. Her daughter that had been away from her for so many years…
"Foster mother." Mu Ru Yue smiled. No matter what happened with Xiao Min, Madam Sheng Yue at least treated her with genuine love.
Madam Sheng Yue could no longer bear with it as she wailed and hugged Mu Ru Yue. It was as though she were reliving all of her fears and worries that had accumulated over the years in this one moment.
The daughter that she thought was impossible to reunite with was standing before her now.
This feeling was really great…
"Yue Er, my Yue Er, mother has missed you so much. I've really, really missed you a lot.
"Erm…" Mu Ru Yue was slightly confused. "We seemed to have been separated for only a few months."
Madam Sheng Yue just hugged Mu Ru Yue tightly. It made her incredibly jubilant that she could get back what she had lost for so long.
"Mother—"
Madam Sheng Yue interrupted Mu Ru Yue's word.
"Yue Er, do you still remember those words I had previously said to you? That I once had a biological daughter who went missing and that I have been searching for her location all these years? Now, I have found out that you are my biological daughter."
Her words were like a thunder, causing Mu Ru Yue's body to stiffen.
Madam Sheng Yue was her blood related mother? How was this possible?
Yet, this warmth was just so genuine. It was as though she'd returned to Hua Xia, to a family filled with memories and emotions…
"Is… is this the truth?" Mu Ru Yue's voice trembled slightly.
Madam Sheng Yue released the young girl in her embrace as she looked meticulously over Mu Ru Yue's appearance.
How much had her precious daughter suffered all these years? She'd even nearly lost her life and was humiliated by slag men and girls. How could this not break her heart as a mother?
Now, Madam Sheng Yue finally understood why she had kept thinking about this young girl before.
She was her biological daughter…
This made her feel as though she'd regained a treasure.
"Yue Er, you are the daughter mother has searched bitterly for. My daughter had actually returned to my side earlier, but mother just didn't know. You suffered so much all these years. Mother will definitely not let anyone hurt you after you return home."
Due to all of this excitement, Madam Sheng Yue was slightly choked up with tears flowed down her beautiful eyes.
She raised her hand to cover her face, allowing her tears to seep through the gaps of her fingers…
Mu Ru Yue pursed her lips as she looked at the stirred Madam Sheng Yue. She still hadn't gotten her head around this matter.
"Yue Er." Xiao Tian Yu walked forward to embrace Mu Ru Yue's shoulders and used his large hand to caress her head. With a smile on his handsome face, he continued, "Come home with mother and father. We have searched for you all these years. Your elder brother and younger sister are waiting for your return at home."
'Home?'
Mu Ru Yue lifted her head to look at this man's handsome appearance.
She wasn't the Mu Ru Yue of this world and was just a lingering soul from another world. Yet, why did their words resonate with so much warmth to her? Why was she so reluctant to lose the warmth of his large hand?
"Father, mother."
Mu Ru Yue leaped into Madam Sheng Yue's embrace and hugged her tightly, her voice quivering slightly.
Let her be selfish for just this moment.
She didn't want to give up this warmth…
Xiao Tian Yu's expression became gentle as he looked upon the sobbing mother and daughter. He tightly embraced these two people, whom he would love his entire life, from behind.
One was his one and only wife in this life, the other his long lost daughter…
"No! This is impossible!"
Mu Yi Xue yelled out with an extremely crazed expression, exclaiming, "How can that bitch Mu Ru Yue be the daughter of Madam Sheng Yue? This Madam Sheng Yue must be a fake. She must have been called over by Mu Ru Yue to deceive the world!"
Mu Qing's heart chilled after hearing Mu Yi Xue's words.
Usually, he didn't mind if she was out of control and arrogant, but weren't the people before them from the Xiao family of Sheng Domain? The status of Madam Sheng Yue was extremely noble. If someone were to impersonate her, it would quickly enter the ears of the Xiao family. Hence, there really wouldn't be anyone that would dare to impersonate Madam Sheng Yue in this world.
Wasn't Mu Yi Xue seeking her own death through her words?
"What did you say?"
Xiao Tian Yu's expression darkened, a layer of killing intent displayed on his handsome face. He turned his head toward the crazed Mu Yi Xue with a ruthless smile.
He lifted his hand lightly… A sharp wind unknowingly arose and struck toward Mu Yi Xue. She was sent flying backwards and struck against a wall, blood instantly gushing from the back of her head.
A jade appeared in Xiao Tian Yu's hand.
It was the jade that symbolised the young head of the Xiao family.
He looked coldly at the pale Mu Yi Xue with killing intent on his face and said, "Look carefully at this. We are not imposters of the Xiao family. We, the Xiao family, do not impersonate people, yet, there is someone else that had impersonated being a life saver…"
Xiao Tian Yu turned his head toward Mu Ting Er and saw that her body visibly shudder.
"It is such a pity that the head of the Mu family was kept in the dark all these years. If it wasn't for us searching for our daughter, we wouldn't have investigated these matters. The so-called life saver from the past was just someone that had created a scene and acted accordingly in order to give his daughter a good future."
The man's lips curled up into a smile, but Mu Ting Er's body shuddered instead.
An intense feeling of fear permeated her heart…
Mu Qing's body stiffened as he looked with disbelief at the daughter he'd dearly doted upon for so many years. "Mu Ting Er, what is going on?"
He gritted his teeth, his voice filled with intense hatred.
Mu Qing had indeed done things that wasn't good, but he was a rare, filial son that respected and loved his mother dearly. They had gone on a scenic trip and met with mountain bandits around sixteen years ago. If it wasn't for Mu Ting Er's blood related father who helped them, his mother would have died at that time.
It was precisely due to this that he'd doted upon and loved Ting Er.
It was also due to this incident that after his mother returned to the manor, her mentality became unstable due to the excess scare and fright. She had sustained this for two years before passing away.
Who knew that all of that was just Mu Ting Er's act?
It was laughable that for such a daughter he'd given Mu Ru Yue up and abandoned the chance to be associated with the Xiao family of Sheng Domain. How could he not loathe her?
"Mu Ting Er, give me an explanation!"
Mu Qing clenched his fists tightly, the vein at his temple bulging out slightly.
"Father.' Mu Ting Er's body shuddered before she bit her lip and looked at Mu Qing pitifully. "Father, I didn't. I really didn't. This is…"
"Are you trying to say that it is the Xiao family who are lying or had investigated wrongly?"
A mocking smile slowly appeared on Mu Qing's face. With a hate-filled gaze, he said word by word, "The Xiao family is not as simple as you think! They don't need to speak this kind of lie, nor would they investigate wrongly. Mu Ting Er, it is all you, this bitch's fault that I fell to this stage today."
This was right, it was all due to this bitch.
If it wasn't for her, Mu Ru Yue would have already married Ye Tian Feng and wouldn't hate him to his bones. The Xiao family would have also thanked him for helping them raise their daughter for sixteen years.
But now, everything was ruined due to Mu Ting Er!
Pa!
A crisp slap struck viciously on Mu Ting Er's yellowish and thin face. But Mu Qing wasn't appeased so he lifted his leg to kick her a couple of times. It was as though he were relieving his anger on her.
The pitiful Mu Ting Er didn't have any chance of fighting back and could only grit her teeth and bear Mu Qing's oppressive beating.
She hadn't legitimately gained her identity as the young mistress of the Mu family, so did she have to return it today? She couldn't stand it. Mu Ru Yue leaped to become the daughter of Madam Sheng Yue while she had to suffer such mistreatment.
"Mu Ru Yue, I won't let you off even if I become a ghost!"
Mu Ting Er shouted with fury at Mu Ru Yue. Her heart was filled with a hatred that made her body shudder. She just wanted to shred to pieces the young girl in Madam Sheng Yue's embrace.
Why?
Why was Mu Ru Yue so fortunate?
First, she had gotten rid of her trash physique. She then gained the acknowledgement of Grandmaster Wu Yu of the Qing Yun Sect. The publicly recognised idiot Ghost King became so outstanding. And now, she became the young mistress of the main branch of the Xiao family of Sheng Domain.
What about her?
She was dumped by her beloved man and tortured by him for what she said to Xiao Min. Currently, she'd even lost her sole identity.
She really couldn't stand it!
"Become a ghost?"
Madam Sheng Yue laughed. Her laugh looked extremely beautiful and elegant, but it sent Mu Ting Er's heart trembling instead. She looked with astonishment at this Madam Sheng Yue who displayed a wide smile
"I initially wanted to give you a quick death, but I won't give you any chances since you said that. I will make it so that you can't even become a ghost! There is a method in the Xiao family that can forcefully extract the soul of the person and use a kind of flame to burn it. The soul will then be completely destroyed. Do you think you still can become a ghost after that?"
Mu Ting Er's face paled to the point where it didn't have a trace of blood. Her eyes gradually widened with fear as she shrieked with all her might, "No! I don't want that!"
"You don't want? Why should I listen? I am a very superstitious person. You won't let my daughter off even if you become a ghost? In that case, I won't give you the chance to become a ghost. I want to see how you will harm my daughter then!"
Madam Sheng Yue's face had a layer of frost as she looked coldly at the vigorously shivering Mu Ting Er.
At this moment, Mu Ting Er truly regretted it. If she'd known about this, she wouldn't have said anything. It was really a pity that even if she regretted it, she couldn't salvage anything from it.
"Hubby, I've heard that there is something called rumours in the outside world. Even though rumours aren't scary, I don't want rumours to spread. If not, some calculative people would definitely spread that my daughter killed her own father. Thus, I want you to dispatch people to lock these three up in a cage and parade them through the street in order to let the people know all of the mistakes they had done these past years. We will also let them know that Mu Ru Yue is our Xiao family's daughter."
Madam Sheng Yue's face was like ice, and she gave a cold smile.
The light in Mu Qing's eyes gradually dimmed as he'd lost his final chance…
"Yu Er, don't worry. Leave this to me. I won't let anyone bully our daughter." Xiao Tian Yu looked at his beloved woman and said this tenderly.
Yet, he wasn't as gentle toward others.
"Didn't you hear the Madam's instructions? Why aren't you tying all of them up then? Lock them in a cage and parade them through the streets. Spread the news to everybody about what they had done to my daughter all these years."
"Understood, young head and Madam!"
The crowd acknowledged their order and pulled up those three before them.
Mu Qing was resigned to his fate, but his daughters weren't satisfied with such treatment so they struggled against the hold of these people. Yet, they still wasn't able to escape the fate of being paraded in the streets, no matter how much they struggled.
Regret?
If there was a medicine to treat their regret, then what use would the police be of then?
When Mu Ru Yue saw the father and daughter trio being dragged away, a mocking smile appeared on her face.
The outcome of the Mu family was a little out of her expectations, but the punishment dealt by Madam Sheng Yue was satisfying. She wouldn't need to personally punish them then…
The streets were busy as people people pointed at a passing prisoner cart. Everyone's eyes were filled with clear ridicule.
"We already knew how terrible the head of the Mu family treated his biological daughter. I didn't expect that she wasn't even his biological daughter. It's no wonder why he was so cruel."
"Even if she wasn't his daughter, anyone would still love a tender and cute baby girl, right? It's just that the Mu family was so inhumane. One of the younger sisters snatched the eldest sister's fiance and the father helped in it, even allowing them to have a relationship without marriage."
"The treatment between those two who weren't even his daughters is just so different. Mu Qing is really merciless and ruthless. There is also Mu Yi Xue. She planned to ruined her elder sister's chastity due to fancying the Ghost King. Those two daughters aren't any good."
"Mu Ru Yue initially wasn't a trash but was poisoned by Mu Ting Er when she was young. She regained her ability to cultivate due to an expert's help in detoxifying her. Mu Ting Er was already so venomous at such a tender age. Of course she would still be a harbinger of disaster when she grew up. It's no wonder why His Highness The Crown Prince didn't want her in the end."
"Don't just speak such depressing things. Even though Mu Ru Yue was tricked, good things happened to her after she suffered. Not only did she get a good partner in life, she also reunited with her parents. Moreover, she is now the young mistress of the main branch of such a powerful family. On the other hand, Mu Ting Er and Mu Yi Xue have such a terrible end. As expected, the heavens are always watching. One will get retribution for what one does."
These words of mockery were like sharp thorns that pierced the hearts of the father and daughter trio.
How great had they previously been? They have now become prisoners today.
Satisfaction?
That's right, they weren't satisfied at all…
"What nonsense are you all saying?" Mu Yi Xue lifted her head and shouted, "Even if Mu Ru Yue wasn't my father's daughter, father is still her foster father. Isn't a person who abandons someone that nurtured her for sixteen years inhumane?!
Mu Yi Xue was in a sorry state as her hair was let down and lay unkempt on her shoulders. She looked just like a crazy woman.
The crowd burst into laughter.
You have all done so many things to her during these sixteen years. You had beaten, scolded, even nearly forced her death. Lastly, you even planned to ruin her chastity.
What right did you have to make her pity you then?
She was already lenient on behalf of those sixteen years to not chop you up blade after blade.
Mu Yi Xue's nails sunk deeply into her palm. She bit her pale white lip tightly and droplets of blood entered her mouth. What else could she do other than loathe Mu Ru Yue?
'Mu Ru Yue, if I gain another life, I will cut you into countless pieces!'
While Mu Yi Xue gritted her teeth in hatred, the people beneath the prisoner cart mercilessly threw rocks toward the three of them…
Central region.
Flowers were in abundance and blossomed like a brocade.
Inside a mountain valley was a man in white robes and with white hair sitting within its white flowers.
His snow white robe fluttered in the breeze and carried a flowery scent with it. This scene was so beautiful that it didn't seem real. The man was like an exiled immortal, and his white robes couldn't be stained with the dirt of the mundane world.
He possessed a beauty that could make any gender gasp when they looked at him.
If Mu Ru Yue were here, she would have recognised this man. It was Bai Ze, the one who had pulled her into a dimension without cause or reason as he said those illogical words.
Even his brows were white. While this made him looked eccentric, it was also really good looking…
Suddenly, the man opened his eyes and shifted his gaze toward another set of clouds. He sighed gently. "His memories have already started to recover. The central region will no longer be peaceful…"
Saintess Sect.
A foot stepped into the sect towards the clamouring sounds…
It was a man. He wore a silver robe with an enormous silver dragon embroidered on it. It looked amazing beneath the moonlight. The man had a silver mask on his face, making it impossible to see his appearance. When this man stepped in from outside, however, he made people feel a pressure that was so great that they were unable to breathe.
Nobility…
That's right. This man radiated nobility and elegance. Such a domineering nobility was incomparable to other nobles.
Furthermore, this man possessed a pair of alluring purple eyes…
The colour seemed like the most prestigious colour in the world. It enhanced his appearance to the point where he was breathtaking.
No wind blew, yet that man's silver robe fluttered slightly. When the purple eyes swept across the crowd, the formless pressure from him made a couple of the people pale and kneel to the ground before him.
"You are finally here!"
A low and hoarse voice was heard from before him.
The sect leader of the Saintess Sect walked hastily over with the support of a bunch of girls. His carving-like handsome face displayed a cold smile. It looked even more sinister with the scar on his left face.
This smile could have made anyone tremble with fear.
The silver robed man, however, stayed emotionless. It was as though he wasn't stirred up at all by the sight of the other man.
"Who on earth are you? Why do you constantly go against my Saintess Sect?" When the sect leader lifted his head to look at the purple-eyed man, he asked "Are you Ghost King Ye Wu Chen?"
He'd fought against Ye Wu Chen two month ago. Who could have known that the crafty Ye Wu Chen would flee? He'd escaped without a trace despite his pursuit.
How could he be satisfied if he couldn't kill Ye Wu Chen?
Recently, his subordinates had suggested capturing Mu Ru Yue to threaten Ye Wu Chen, but he restricted them as he didn't like to use such despicable, unmanly acts. Ye Wu Chen probably knew he didn't like to use a girl to threaten him so he'd fought against him.
Yet, his subordinate then suggested a great idea, which was to release news that he desired to capture that girl.
Ye Wu Chen could be counted as a love fanatic, just like his father. Even if he knew that these rumours couldn't be so easily believed, he'd still brought the people of his Ghost Manor here…
Ye Wu Chen was then injured in that fight while his own Saintess Sect had lost many of its elites. After that battle, there wasn't any trace of Ye Wu Chen until this man appeared.
This man's appearance resulted in the destruction of the branch sects of the Saintess Sect and now he was here threatening his life.
He suspected that this man was Ye Wu Chen!
Yet, Ye Wu Chen clearly hadn't possessed such tyrannical strength.
More importantly, a person's appearance could be changed easily with pills, including their hair. However, the sole thing that pills hadn't yet achieved in changing were the eyes.
Ye Wu Chen's eyes had been black, but this man's was undeniably purple…
Thus, even if he were the sect leader of the Saintess Sect, he didn't know who this man was and why he hated him to such an extent. Must he force him to his death every time? Had he killed his parents or snatched his woman, thus resulting in him becoming his nemesis?
The sect leader truly grieved. While his opponent wanted to kill him, he didn't even know the reason…
A strong aura burst forth before him and the sect leader hastily used his own aura to resist.
Hong!
He retreated a couple steps back from the shock wave of the aura collision, then parted his lips to cough out a mouthful of blood.
"Sect leader!"
The crowd's expression changed greatly as they called out anxiously.
The sect leader waved his hand and gritted his teeth as he ordered, "Quickly retreat!"
It wouldn't be too late for a gentleman to exact his revenge, even if he had to wait ten years. He would always have the chance to seek revenge if he didn't die…
The silver robed man raised his hand slightly, and a black ray of light struck toward the sect leader's chest. The sect leader chose not to resist against it and instead, welcomed it, spreading his defenses wide.
The sect leader rapidly retreated backward, borrowing the force of that black light. Taking advantage of this moment, his hand landed on a golden lion to the side. With a push of his palm's wind, the golden lion moved. At the same time, a stone door opened behind it. He sniggered coldly at the silver robed man before entering the stone wall, destroying the key to opening the secret pathway as he left—that Golden Lion!
The silver robed man looked at the tightly shut stone door, but didn't pursue the sect leader. He instead used those that were abandoned by the sect leader as targets to vent his anger…
A bloodbath occurred within the Saintess Sect, creating a human hell…
Night.
The moon was like water as it gave off a faint light. The young girl within a room had her eyes closed tightly, her eyelashes trembling slightly. It was obvious that she felt extremely uneasy.
The young girl's skin was wonderfully smooth and radiant. It looked devastatingly beautiful beneath the moonlight.
Yet, who was there to see a silver robed figure enter through the room's window to stand before the young girl's bed…
He focused wholeheartedly on the young girl who was sleeping soundly. He touched his bare face and couldn't help but laugh bitterly. Following that, he replaced the silver mask, covering his visage.
The instant he placed the mask back on his face, the young girl abruptly opened her cold eyes. She leapt up from her bed and mercilessly pierced two of her fingers toward the throat of the man standing before her bed.
But she stopped once she neared the man's throat…
"Wu Chen? No, you are not Wu Chen. Who are you?"
The elation on the young girl's face faded gradually as she lifted her head to look at the man before her, stressing each syllable as she asked her question.
She had seen Wu Chen's silver mask before so she had misidentified this man as Wu Chen. But Wu Chen didn't have purple eyes, and even the aura between this man and Wu Chen was different…
This man wasn't Ye Wu Chen.
The man extended his hand as though wanting to caress the young girl's face. Yet, he immediately put down his hand the moment he was about to touch her. A trace of bitterness and reluctance flashed past his eyes.
He gave the young girl a last deep look before wordlessly turning his body to leave the room…
Mu Ru Yue's heart palpitated slightly.
Initially, Bai Ze had deep pain in his eyes when he looked at her. Although she didn't know why she felt a slight twinge of discomfort when she saw the pain in his eyes, it had only been up to that extent.
Yet, when she saw this man's pain, her heart felt as if it had been violently pierced by something.
She lifted her head to look in the direction where the man had disappeared and slightly pursed her lips.
Wu Chen, was that actually you?
If it was, then why didn't you want to meet me?
She was destined to have a sleepless night tonight.
Once the man left the Mu residence, he nearly toppled over from the pain. He used his hand to gently caress the silver mask on his face. With pain-filled purple eyes, he muttered, "This power has returned once again…"
The power rampaging all over his body was uncontrollable. Even he didn't know what was going on.
Intense pain made the man break out in a cold sweat. He raised his head to yell out…
At that moment, countless black flames shot out from his body, completely burning down the surrounding trees. Following that, serenity returned, leaving the man gasping violently for air…