Mu Fan accepted Shen Muyao’s gesture of goodwill, nodding before turning to Liu Yang and the others.
“Senior Brother Mu, we were wrong!
Please, be the bigger person and spare us!”
Seeing the situation, Liu Yang scrambled forward and slammed his forehead on the ground, all his earlier arrogance gone.
The others, seeing this, also looked at Mu Fan with pleading expressions.
However, Mu Fan felt not a shred of pity.
His gaze was exceptionally cold and detached.
“Cripple your cultivation and get out of the Taiqing Sect.”
The moment the words left his mouth, Liu Yang and the others turned ashen, their faces a mask of utter despair.
After experiencing so much, Mu Fan knew full well that to be in the Profound Sect, one had to abandon so-called pity.
Only then could one live a long life.
“What are you still waiting for?
Are you expecting me to help you?”
Seeing Mu Fan’s decisiveness, Shen Muyao couldn’t help but nod, a flash of admiration in her eyes.
She then turned her gaze toward the men.
Seeing Shen Muyao’s frigid expression, the men trembled.
Hesitantly, they raised their trembling hands, gritted their teeth, and slammed their palms into their own lower abdomens.
THUD!
THUD!
THUD!
With a series of muffled thuds, their Dantians were all shattered.
Years of arduous cultivation dissipated in an instant.
The men slowly rose, walking toward the sect gate with looks of utter despair.
Lu Xueqing, watching from the side, grew even more disgusted with Mu Fan.
‘He only managed to get out of this mess today because he was riding Shen Muyao’s coattails.’
‘But instead of using this opportunity to mend fences with his opponents, he acted like this.
How utterly foolish.’
“Hmph!
So stupid and useless.”
Lu Xueqing snorted coldly.
“Thank you for your help today.
I’m afraid this might bring you trouble as well.
Be careful of Feng Yuan.”
Once Liu Yang and his men were gone, Mu Fan finally took a deep breath, turned to Shen Muyao, and spoke.
Mu Fan’s concern was justified.
Feng Yuan’s talent may not have been exceptional before, but now that he had refined a Heaven-Mending Fruit, he could no longer be underestimated.
“Hee hee, I’m just repaying the favor for when you helped me suppress my Phoenix True Flame.
You don’t have to thank me.”
Shen Muyao blinked her lovely eyes, a sly look flashing within them.
She suddenly took a step closer to Mu Fan.
thank me properly?”
“Ahem, I’d better not.
And, uh…
you should probably get going.
That ‘auntie’ of yours must be getting anxious.”
The young woman’s sweet fragrance tickled his nose, and Mu Fan hastily pulled away, creating some distance between them.
He turned his head toward Lu Xueqing to forcibly change the subject.
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Having been inexplicably saddled with the title of “Auntie,” Lu Xueqing’s expression grew even more foul.
“Bwahahaha!
Alright, I’ll go find my ‘auntie.’ See you in three days, Brother Mu Fan!”
Shen Muyao burst into a fit of laughter, completely ignoring her public image.
She waved at Mu Fan, then dragged away Lu Xueqing, whose face was thunderous.
“That damned brat!
He actually called me ‘Auntie’!”
Fury was written all over Lu Xueqing’s currently aged-looking face.
“Well, it’s your own fault for disguising your face.
No wonder he called you that.”
Shen Muyao found it hilarious.
She had never seen Lu Xueqing so flustered.
“Yaoyao, you need to hurry up and break off the engagement.
I have a feeling there’s something strange about that Mu Fan.
It would be best to keep your distance.”
A moment later, Lu Xueqing collected herself and looked at Shen Muyao with a serious expression.
“Break it off?
I don’t see the rush.
I’ve never met anyone so interesting.”
Hearing this, Shen Muyao simply giggled, clearly disagreeing with Lu Xueqing.
“Sigh…
fine.
It’s your business, so I won’t interfere too much.
But no matter what, you must be cautious around Mu Fan.”
After a long silence, Lu Xueqing finally spoke.
“Don’t worry!”
Shen Muyao nodded emphatically.
She knew Lu Xueqing was looking out for her, but she trusted her own judgment of character more.
‘So far,’ she thought, ‘Mu Fan seems like a pretty good guy.’
‘At the very least, he doesn’t look at me the way the other disciples in the sect do, with those more or less filthy thoughts in their eyes.
It’s so distasteful.’
「Meanwhile」
After leaving Pill God Peak, Mu Fan went straight back to his residence.
Seeing that his master’s wife was out of danger, he could finally relax.
Afterward, Mu Fan returned to his room, sat cross-legged on his couch, and continued to refine the residual blood essence of the Demon Ancestor in his body.
Two days passed in a flash as he cultivated.
Mu Fan’s progress was immense.
His realm had fully stabilized at the fifth layer of the Spirit Absorption Realm, and he could feel faint signs of an impending breakthrough to the 6th Layer.
Now, with his physical strength alone, he could defeat a cultivator at the ninth layer of the Spirit Absorption Realm!
It was safe to say that Mu Fan now had nothing to fear from any cultivator below the Mortal Transcendence Realm. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
He could even hold his own against those in the Mortal Transcendence Realm for a time.
Of course, the principles of the Sword Dao within his Dantian had also grown considerably sharper.
WHOOSH!
Forcefully exhaling a breath of turbid air, Mu Fan felt the transformation his body was undergoing, from the inside out.
A look of delight spread across his face.
“As expected of the Demon Ancestor’s blood essence!
The way it enhances my physical strength is completely comprehensive!”
Mu Fan muttered to himself, ‘I have to finish refining this blood essence!’ The thought made him even more impatient.
“Hmm?”
Just as Mu Fan was about to get up, he suddenly sensed a subtle change occurring within his eyes.
‘This is…
the Eyes of Chaos!
The Innate Divine Ability of the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou!’
According to legend, when cultivated to mastery, the Eyes of Chaos were powerful enough to destroy heaven and earth, even capable of obliterating some of the Power of Rules that governed the world!
The thought filled Mu Fan with anticipation, and he immediately tried to activate the Eyes of Chaos.
If anyone else were present, they would have discovered that Mu Fan’s pupils had turned completely pitch-black, looking both strange and profound.
‘Hmm?
Just as I thought, it’s only a preliminary awakening.
It isn’t very useful.’
There were none of the offensive powers he had imagined.
Activating the Eyes of Chaos for now only allowed him to see farther and with greater clarity.
‘No, that’s not right!’
But when Mu Fan focused his gaze on a bird flying through the sky, he was startled by a realization.
In his vision, the bird’s movements had become incredibly slow.
‘So it can assist me in battle!’
So, the preliminarily awakened Eyes of Chaos weren’t useless after all!
“My strength has finally reached a respectable level.”
Sorting through his thoughts, Mu Fan murmured aloud.
At the very least, he was now barely worthy of his status as an Inner Sect Disciple.
“Master’s wife, please, you have to help me convince Senior Brother Mu.
I was so foolish back then…
that Feng Yuan tricked me, and I…
I gave myself to him.
He threatened me afterward, that’s why I did what I did!
I never intended to betray Senior Brother.”
Mu Fan’s ears twitched.
He heard a voice coming from the next room.
‘Ying Weiwei?
She actually dares to come back here!’
Mu Fan immediately stood and strode toward the adjacent room.
There, he saw Ying Weiwei putting on a show of remorse for his master’s wife, her face a mask of regret.