LGHTNOVELBOOK 57: Fifth Senior Brother's Promise
Bai Heng also came over with several elders. He was stunned for a moment, gazing at Mu Chan for a long time. Only when called did he come back to his senses, holding her tightly in his arms. He smiled in realization, “……This reminds me of when I first saw you.”
“You remember wrong. I was pregnant with Tu’er then. I wasn’t this young,” Mu Chan chided.
Bai Heng smiled but didn’t continue the topic.
Speaking of Mu Tu, Mu Chan became angry. “Bring that unfilial son to me.”
“Let go of me!” Mu Tu was brought in with his hands bound, forced to kneel. His arrogance hadn’t diminished at all.
Seeing Mu Chan, his face paled slightly. He stammered, “I, I just couldn’t accept it. I didn’t know those demons were actually after the Mu family……”
“They approached me proactively, saying they’d help me get the Mu family head position. The payment was just some pills……”
The elders present couldn’t bear to listen anymore. How could someone be so foolish? Did he really think those cunning and treacherous demons would work for him! Instead, he was nearly tricked into destroying his family without even realizing it.
Regardless of the motive, daring to let demons into the family was unforgivable enough.
Although Mu Chan was smiling, her eyes were particularly cold. She saw Mu Tu break free from the servants, crying and clinging to her legs, full of remorse. “Mother, I didn’t mean to. Please forgive me, alright? I really didn’t mean to……”
“Tu’er, you’re Mother’s son. How could Mother blame you?” She sighed softly, her expression gentle. “Of course Mother forgives you.”
Mu Chan crouched down, cupping his face in her hands. “Look at you, crying like a little kitten. Don’t cry anymore.” Her warm palm gently wiped away the tears on his face.
“Mother, I knew you were the best to me……” Mu Tu was overwhelmed with emotion, but inwardly he was full of resentment. Those demon cultivators were really useless, unable to even kill this old woman, and nearly dragging him down with them.
As he was pondering his next move, a sudden intense pain shot through his face. Then his nose, eyes, and ears began to bleed. Mu Tu screamed, falling to the ground and wailing incessantly, “Mother, Mother, I was wrong!”
This sudden turn of events happened in just a brief moment, stunning everyone present.
Bai Heng came to his senses, his face showing reluctance. “……It’s my fault. I failed in my supervision and didn’t teach this child well.”
The tenderness on Mu Chan’s face vanished instantly. She sneered, “It has nothing to do with you. This child has been taught for so many years, yet he’s still as stupid as his father.”
She had never shown mercy to those who dared covet her position.
“Take this son away. I’ve already crippled his cultivation. Confine him in the family’s forbidden area to reflect. Without my order, no one is allowed to visit him.”
Mu Chan casually glanced at the pale-faced elders, her smile growing brighter. “Whoever dares to plead for him will share his punishment!”
“If I discover any family disciple secretly communicating with demons again, their fate will be worse than his.”
They had witnessed Mu Chan’s cruel methods before. This person was even more ruthless when it came to power, disregarding even close relatives. This was how she had overcome opposition and taken this position as an illegitimate daughter. This was why they only dared to act up when she was in seclusion.
The originally arrogant elders didn’t dare make a sound, cold sweat soaking their backs as they repeatedly nodded in agreement.
Going to the dungeon, Mu Chan casually took out some pills and fed them to the demon cultivators.
These mighty Nascent Soul stage demon cultivators perished in mere moments.
Chu Sang finally understood where Sixth Senior Brother learned his poison skills.
Remembering how her face had just been touched, she thought, “Hiss, my face seems a bit itchy……”
All in all, this Mu family trip finally came to an end. She even gained an extra 10 reward points, presumably for preventing Sixth Senior Brother’s descent into darkness as in the original story.
But there hadn’t been point rewards before. After some thought, she figured it must be thanks to this Suihui Pearl.
Unfortunately, Mu Chihuai had finally gone to the inheritance grounds but didn’t get anything good, just picking up a damaged pill formula and getting chased.
The young man was deflated, lying on the table.
Chu Sang also picked up the pill formula to look at it but couldn’t make out anything significant.
If they could piece together a complete formula, they might be able to gain some insights.
Chu Sang put down the formula and thought for a moment. Suddenly, she turned to look at Mu Chihuai and asked cheerfully, “By the way, Sixth Senior Brother, do you remember what that pill your father fed to the demons was called?”
“It was so impressive, able to make Nascent Soul stage demons lose their demonic power instantly. Can you refine it?”
“That was the Demon Trapping Pill. It doesn’t actually make demons lose their demonic power, but it can suppress their demonic energy for a short time,” Mu Chihuai lifted his head as if reviving on the spot. He blinked, “What do you want to do?”
He had a feeling his little junior sister was up to something again.
“I’m just a little girl. What bad intentions could I have?” Chu Sang said without blushing or her heart racing. “I’m simply curious.”
“Sixth Senior Brother, you’re so amazing. You must be able to refine it, right?” She looked at him expectantly, her eyes bright.
This flattery made Mu Chihuai a bit light-headed. He coughed lightly and turned his face away. “Of course…… However, this is an earth-grade pill. I still need to study it for a while. Refining it might take quite some time. I can give it to you in a few months.”
“There’s one more thing I should warn you about. Although earth-grade pills like the Demon Trapping Pill work on all realms, their effectiveness decreases as the target’s realm increases. They’re basically useless against Divine Transformation stage and above.”
That’s good enough, Chu Sang nodded.
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Although picking up a difficult-to-decipher damaged pill formula in the inheritance grounds was quite a loss, fortunately, the Mu family was still very generous to their own disciples. The first-place reward Mu Chihuai received was an ancient pill manual containing refining methods for earth-grade pills, including the Demon Trapping Pill.
He had been immersed in studying the pill manual during this time. Three months later, he broke through a bottleneck and reached mid Golden Core stage.
Seeing both Sixth Senior Brother and Seventh Senior Brother reach mid Golden Core stage, Chu Sang looked up sadly. Logically, the time since her breakthrough to Golden Core wasn’t much less than theirs. Moreover, they both had dual spirit roots, while she had a heaven spirit root. Her cultivation speed should have been even faster than theirs.
But her cultivation seemed frozen. Several months had passed without any increase.
She was certain there was no problem with her spiritual energy absorption. When she examined her dantian internally, she found that its capacity seemed to be several times larger than that of others.
Although this meant she was invincible among those of the same level, it would be much more difficult to advance.
Strange, she wasn’t a five element spirit root. How could she encounter this situation?
Chu Sang really couldn’t figure out the reason. Fortunately, there was still some consolation. Su Chen’an had promised earlier to forge a life-bound spiritual tool for her after she reached the Golden Core stage. Now it was time for him to fulfill that promise.
“What kind of life-bound spirit sword do you want?” Su Chen’an asked.