The next day.
Su Mu woke up early, filled with anticipation, because an important character was about to appear today.
Near midday, Su Mu used a jade token to send a message to Luo Haicheng, asking to borrow a few lackeys.
Luo Haicheng replied, “Who are we killing?”
Su Mu fell silent for a moment and replied, “Not assassins, just ordinary lackeys.”
Within the Heavenly Ascension Holy Land, there was such a tradition. Every personal disciple could establish their own team and select those willing to support them. These people could be outer disciples, inner disciples, or even personal disciples. After graduating from the Holy Land, this team would become their foundation.
Therefore, every talented genius with potential would already have the outline of their own faction while cultivating in the Holy Land.
Su Mu could naturally choose not to do this. He only needed to go back and inherit the family business. However, this was the Holy Land, and people from the Immortal Su Clan could not enter.
In order to maintain order within the Holy Land, outsiders were not allowed to enter or leave except during special periods. Moreover, Su Mu had only arrived yesterday and had no one under his command, so he could only borrow people from Luo Haicheng.
Today, he was going to cause trouble for Chen Shu.
In the original novel, after Chen Shu utterly defeated Su Mu at the ceremony, Su Mu brought his good brother Luo Haicheng along with a large group of people to Chen Shu’s door the next day.
As for why he had to bring so many people, do not ask. Ask, and the answer was presence.
If you could gang up, why fight one-on-one?
Faced with everyone’s provocation, Chen Shu advanced and retreated with restraint, hiding in his cave dwelling and luring them to challenge him one by one, eventually holding out until others intervened.
When the incident spread, Chen Shu’s reputation soared.
Su Mu had thought about it all night. The Disciple Acceptance Ceremony plotline had already gone off course. Now that he had become a personal disciple, he had to find a way to make some corrections.
So he thought of this plot.
Two important characters would appear in this plot.
Su Mu was full of anticipation.
Not long after he put away the jade token, Luo Haicheng arrived with a large group of people. At a glance, there were at least a dozen of them.
“How about it? Enough people? If not, I can call more,” Luo Haicheng said smugly, clearly pleased to be able to help Su Mu.
“That’s enough, that’s enough,” Su Mu quickly raised his hand to stop him. Following the original scale would do. He only prayed that nothing else would deviate.
While counting the people, his gaze drifted toward the direction of the mountain foot, anticipating the appearance of that figure. Follow the newest chapters on g.com.
“By the way, what are we doing today?” Luo Haicheng asked in confusion.
“Oh, we’re going to mess with Chen Shu,” Su Mu replied. His veteran actor instincts instantly returned, and anger appeared on his face. “That kid actually tried to flirt with Jingrou right in front of me yesterday and even spoke ill of me before my master. Today, I have to teach him a proper lesson.”
Luo Haicheng’s eyes lit up at once, and he leaned closer. “Let me tell you, there’s an external trial coming up soon. You can send word home and directly find people…” He then made a throat-slitting gesture.
Su Mu was shocked and hurriedly stopped him. “I’m going to deal with him using my own strength. Only then will Jingrou see my good side.”
What a joke. That was the Chosen One. How could he be taken out by a few random people?
Even if he were really killed, the plotline would completely collapse. It might even force a restart.
Just thinking about such an absurd possibility, and the chance of having to act it out a third time, scared Su Mu so much that he waved his hands repeatedly.
At that moment, a lively, bouncing figure appeared not far away.
Su Mu’s eyes instantly lit up.
She’s here.
Meng Xiaoxiao.
The girl wore a light green dress and hopped over, a sweet and pure smile on her face. “Hello, senior brother. May I ask if this is Senior Brother Su Mu’s cave dwelling?”
Luo Haicheng became alert and spoke first. “Who are you?”
“Sorry, senior brother. I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Meng Xiaoxiao, an inner disciple of Mistveil Peak. I’m here today to pledge myself to Senior Brother Su Mu.”
“What? Pledge yourself to Su Mu?” Even Luo Haicheng’s expression turned strange as his gaze moved back and forth between Su Mu and Meng Xiaoxiao.
Su Mu felt speechless. “What kind of look is that? That’s very rude. What’s wrong with me? Can’t someone admire my imposing presence and come to pledge themselves?”
“Sure, sure, of course,” Luo Haicheng said, holding back laughter.
Although he and Su Mu were close, honestly speaking, pledging oneself to Su Mu was not a particularly good choice. On one hand, Su Mu was backed by the Immortal Su Clan and would not care much about building a faction within the Holy Land. On the other hand, Su Mu’s reputation as the Cold Jade Fairy’s simp had already spread far and wide. Yet someone still saw value in him.
“Hello, Senior Brother Su. I’m here to pledge myself to you,” Meng Xiaoxiao said with a giggle, bowing to Su Mu. She looked like a slightly naive and adorable girl.
Su Mu immediately threw his head back and laughed loudly, stepping forward to pat the girl on the shoulder. “Not bad, not bad. From now on, you’ll follow me. I guarantee you’ll eat well and drink well.” You are reading on novelping dot com, the official source.
This behavior did not arouse suspicion. Instead, it made people feel that it was very much “Su Mu.”
Su Mu was also excited inside.
She’s here. The first important character, Meng Xiaoxiao.
This girl was also one of the female leads of Divine Abyss Continent. On the surface, she appeared cute and innocent with a hint of charm. In reality, she was a sweet-faced, dark-hearted girl, with more schemes than anyone else.
Moreover, behind her stood the Meng family. Yes, this “Meng.” Although they were not one of the ten great immortal clans, they were still a powerful hidden family that controlled the peculiar Heavenly Dao rule of dreams.
Because it was too niche, many people did not understand this ability.
Su Mu, however, knew very well that cultivators of the Dream Dao would experience a qualitative leap in combat strength after becoming immortals, directly rivaling mainstream Great Dao paths and even surpassing them in the strange and eerie aspects.
Most importantly, her identity was that of a spy sent by Chen Shu.
“Very good,” Su Mu said happily as he patted Meng Xiaoxiao on the shoulder. “Since you’re one of my people now, you’ll work for me from now on. We happen to have a job today. Let me see what you’re capable of.”
With that, Su Mu waved his hand and prepared to lead everyone out.
“Alright, Brother Mu,” the girl said sweetly, her eyes full of youthful admiration.
The sudden form of address made Su Mu stumble slightly, but he did not think much of it.
She was a scheming loli. This had to be one of her tricks to toy with people’s hearts.
Yes, it must be that.
The group set out in great numbers and quickly arrived in front of Chen Shu’s cave dwelling. As for how they found it, that was thanks to the people Luo Haicheng brought.
Among the dozen or so people, most were outer disciples. After asking around, they quickly found the place.
“Open up. Open up.”
Su Mu suddenly thought of an odd phrase in his mind.
The lackeys took turns striking the cave’s restriction, causing the entire small mountain to tremble slightly.
After a moment, the cave door opened. Chen Shu came out with dark circles under his eyes, looking somewhat haggard.
“It’s you. You again?” Chen Shu immediately spotted the arrogantly postured Su Mu in the crowd. His eyes turned red as he clenched his fists.
“Haha, that’s right. It’s me,” Su Mu laughed loudly and stepped forward. “Kid, I haven’t settled the score with you for insulting me yesterday. You actually dared to speak ill of me in front of Jingrou. I see you already have a path to death.”