Chapter 26: Mu Family Accident, Taking Back the Cave
On the second day after the Mu family held a birthday banquet, all the members of the Mu family were still immersed in the celebration.
However, bad news suddenly came.
A Mu family elder who was at the ninth level of Qi Refining, several clan elites, and more than twenty hired independent cultivators were suddenly attacked while guarding a mine three hundred miles away from Nanshanfang.
The ninth-level Qi Refining elder died on the spot, and several elite cultivators of the Mu family were also not spared. Only a few hired cultivators managed to survive and fled to Nanshanfang to report the news.
Upon hearing the news, the entire Mu family was grief-stricken and furious.
The Mu family seldom suffered such a great loss. Nearly ten clan members were sacrificed at once, including an elder who was one of the best in the Qi Refining Realm. This was a significant weakening of the Mu family's strength.
And, most importantly, this mine accounts for almost one-third of the Mu family's income.
If the minerals are not recovered, the Mu family’s resources will be stretched in the future.
Just when several major families in Nanshanfang were waiting to see how the Mu family would fight back, the Mu family actually endured it in the end.
Mu Renjie, the foundation-building cultivator of the Mu family, had just announced that he would go into seclusion. Outsiders could not disturb him and messages could not be delivered. This matter needed to be put on hold and considered over time.
Outsiders naturally don't believe this explanation.
He just held a birthday party yesterday, and he went into seclusion the next day to practice? No one would believe it if they told others.
Moreover, under normal circumstances, if one encounters such a major event, even if he is really in seclusion, he will force himself to come out and take revenge first.
Obviously, this is the Mu family making excuses for themselves. In fact, they are just cowards.
The Mu family’s reaction caused an uproar among the top leaders of Nanshanfang.
Many people realized that the Mu family’s loss of mineral resources was a small matter, and there might be bigger troubles to come.
Although I don’t know what exactly it is yet.
But there are probably only two reasons why a family would remain indifferent to the death of a family member and would not take back their resources when they are taken away.
Either the family itself is strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and is extremely weak, and the foundation-building cultivator is not worthy of the name, a paper tiger, and has no strength to seek revenge; or they know that they have offended someone they should not have offended, and the enemy is too strong, far beyond their ability to deal with, so they have to swallow their anger.
The Mu family's cowardice, no matter how hard they try to hide it, will only make it more obvious.
At the beginning, it was only circulated within a few major foundation-building families, and ordinary middle and lower-level cultivators had no way of knowing it.
However, as time went on, many of the Mu family's properties outside were attacked, and members of the family died one after another. Mu Renjie was still in seclusion, and the Mu family had not organized a decent counterattack.
As a result, more and more news that was unfavorable to the Mu family began to spread.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the Mu family, which clearly had young and middle-aged foundation-building cultivators, replaced the 'Foundation-building Zhang family' and became the family with the weakest morale and the most precarious situation among the major foundation-building families.
The Zhang family's foundation-building cultivator is approaching the end of his life, and he only has a few more years to live.
Once the Zhang family's foundation-building leader dies, the Zhang family will fall apart.
But in the current situation, the Mu family is worse off than the Zhang family.
There are rumors that Mu Renjie used despicable means to gain the opportunity in order to build his foundation, and now his crime has been exposed, and he is being sought for revenge.
Moreover, the other party has a strong background and the Mu family cannot afford to offend him at all, so the Mu family and Mu Renjie can only swallow their suffering in silence and act like cowards.
……
Mu family.
The head of the family’s cave.
Mu Renjie, who looked to be about thirty years old, was sitting on a cushion. His face was pale, and his body was shrouded in black air. An evil aura filled the entire training room.
But this black gas did not come from the magic power inside Mu Renjie's body, but from a jade-like magic weapon floating in the air in front of him. It seemed to contain infinite energy, and there were wailing sounds coming from it.
Mu Renjie's magic power is still bright and upright, but after absorbing too much evil energy, his aura will no longer be as pure as before. The expression he reveals inadvertently will make people feel chilling and creepy.
hum~
The black energy and magic power were restrained, and the training room returned to calm. Mu Renjie slowly opened his eyes. He announced that he was in seclusion, which was naturally an excuse for him to avoid fighting.
Now, not only the outside world is speculating, but several elders within the Mu family are also speculating about his situation and are already very dissatisfied with him as the head of the family.
If he was not the only foundation-building cultivator in the Mu family, the elders would probably have forced him out of the position of family head and replaced him with someone more capable.
"You want to force me to join the evil camp? Don't even think about it! I, Mu Renjie, will never fall for your trick!"
"You use the Mu family to threaten me. But if I join the evil cultivation camp, it will be a catastrophic disaster for my Mu family!"
“Please be patient for now. When I refine the treasure and have the strength comparable to that of a fake Dan Zhenren, the Mu family will become unprecedentedly powerful because of me!”
"However, refining the treasure requires the purchase of a large amount of 'Soul-Calming Pills', which costs a lot of spirit stones. Under the current circumstances, it may not be easy to convince those old antiques in the family to concentrate their resources to supply me."
"Hmph... Anyone who refuses to obey will be killed!"
……
In the blink of an eye, several months passed.
The news that the Mu family was targeted by a mysterious force and suffered heavy losses spread in Nanshanfang. Xiao Changqing also learned the news from other basic talisman masters in Lingfu Pavilion while at work.
"The Mu family has been blocked, and the source of spiritual stones has been greatly reduced. Will they take back the cave where I live?"
Xiao Changqing muttered to himself.
To be honest, after living in the C-level cave for so long, he is somewhat accustomed to it.
After all, whether it is the concentration of spiritual energy, geographical location, or convenience for work, they are all very good.
If the Mu family took back the cave, he would not be able to afford to live in such a nice cave with his current income, and he would have to move to a Class D cave.
However, his cultivation has now reached the middle stage of Qi Refining, and he has also mastered the Changchun Gong at the great success level. Although the spiritual energy in the D-level cave is barely enough, its efficiency and speed will definitely be affected.
"It's only been less than a year, the Mu family shouldn't be so anxious, right?"
Xiao Changqing was thinking in his mind.
The improvement of a talisman master's skills is much slower than his cultivation.
It would take more than three years for a basic talisman master to progress to an advanced talisman master, even for a genius like Lu Qiu.
Xiao Changqing had been drawing cleaning talismans crazily over the past year. Even though he did not have a natural talent for talismans, his proficiency had eventually improved. Not long ago, he had advanced from minor proficiency to mastery.
The speed is much faster than initially expected.
I think two years will be enough to achieve great success.
Once the Cleansing Talisman is perfected, it can be equipped with a double-winged tiger hair brush and become an entry-level talisman master. Not only that, but he can also be considered a leader among entry-level magicians!
Then I will be able to repay the Mu family for giving me the cave.
He is a first-level talisman master, and he knows as many as twenty-seven kinds of entry-level talismans. Although he is not as bad as Talisman Master Lu Qiu, who several major foundation-building cultivators were vying to see but were unable to meet, he can at least become a guest of honor of several major foundation-building families and an object of their efforts to win over.
"I hope the Mu family can be more patient..."
Xiao Changqing muttered to himself.
just.
Some things will happen the more you don't want them to happen.
Early in the morning of that day, Xiao Changqing was about to go out to work.
The people from the Mu family caught him right in the act.
After a brief polite greeting, the Mu family cultivator stated his purpose and asked Xiao Changqing to move out and take back the cave...
I was delayed today by something, so the update is a bit late. I wish you all a happy Children's Day!
(End of this chapter)
