Chapter 147: It's Been a Year, He Couldn't Possibly Come!_4
"I have a Taoist couple..." Yan Wuxin said, "but because of a sect mission, I needed to come and gain some experience. The Fengyue Sect is quite generous; it will open several treasured cultivation grounds for us to explore. While testing us, they will definitely provide some benefits to the many cultivators attending.
"Of course, most are probably here to catch a glimpse of the true face of Gu Witch.
"Speaking of real competition, our cultivation level surely can't compare with those in the Golden Core Realm, let alone the Nascent Soul Realm..."
Yan Wuxin sighed, "That Gu Witch is indeed one of the top Heavenly Prides of the Fengyue Sect. She's not even a hundred years old, yet it's said she has already achieved Divinity Transformation. Honestly, considering her age, those who are a match for her among the countless sects of the Nine Provinces can be counted on two hands, and most of them are already spoken for.
"The Fengyue Sect doesn't look at cultivation level but at temperament.
"It's different from the serious way our Qianzhou Sects go about seeking partners. Look at Dantai Shaoyu; he is a standout from the Qianyuan Sword Sect, but the Qianyuan Sword Sect is proud. Previously, when they were seeking partners, they wanted to recruit some exceptional disciples from other sects or some Loose Cultivators with great potential. They set the starting requirement at the Golden Core Realm, or even the Nascent Soul Realm.
"In any case, they won't consider anyone beneath their level; their standards are incredibly high.
"The Fengyue Sect is somewhat more down-to-earth. Even if you don't pass the test, if a disciple of the Fengyue Sect takes a fancy to you, it's possible to..."
Wang Mu nodded. That was just Mu Hongyuan's way.
When he first met her, he was but a greenhorn who had only been out of training for a few years, barely a third-rate contender. At that time, Mu Hongyuan was already a top-tier practitioner of the Demon Path in Jianghu, ranked among the elite.
And yet, things still turned out that way…
"I would still prefer to focus on stabilizing my cultivation..." Wang Mu said.
He felt that going there could lead to trouble.
Now that his emotional ties with Mu Hongyuan were severed, Wang Mu was momentarily without a plan, and it was easy to see through him when he interacted with Mu Hongyuan. The pressure was too great.
Moreover, with the emotional connection broken, he feared that Mu Hongyuan might not be as easy to deal with as Miss You.
Miss You might threaten to harm him, but it's not certain she would actually do it.
But if Mu Hongyuan said she was going to harm him, it likely meant she really would.
Previously, in Heavenly Fragrance Valley, he narrowly escaped disaster by leveraging the Heart Imprint Divine Lotus. This time, it was he who had severed the bond.
Especially since he had just rekindled his feelings with Miss You, and only with her.
If Mu Hongyuan found out about this, she would probably really try to kill me.
There's a saying: It's not scarcity I fear, but uneven distribution.
When he originally severed all his romantic ties, though it seemed extremely dangerous, it resulted in a curious state of balance for him back then.
Because everyone's emotional ties were severed… everyone was on equal footing… and that, grudgingly, became acceptable.
However, now that he had only rekindled feelings with Miss You, should others find out, the balance would be broken.
Things would become complicated.
Especially since Miss You still hasn't given me that Intestine-breaking Flower. The flower's effects, and the correct method of use, were most likely disclosed by Mo Xilan.
Now that flower was with Miss You.
Wang Mu knew that under these circumstances, things were different.
If he went to the Fengyue Sect and encountered Mu Hongyuan, and she discovered this…
All right then! If I can't have what I want, and someone else gets it, then let everything be destroyed!
It's purely asking for trouble; if he went, he could only resign himself to whatever happened.
As is commonly known, once balance is disrupted, restoring stability is not easy.
As for Brother Qin… Watching the Divine Pond attract affinities. If she could really unite with the demoness of the Fengyue Sect, a union between women… Wang Mu felt that would be a beautiful tale…
Even if it's not as he imagined. After all, she's a woman; what could the Fengyue Sect possibly do to her?
Of course, with Mu Hongyuan's reputation for following through and being ruthlessly decisive, if he didn't go to the Fengyue Sect within the time she specified, she might just directly finish off Brother Qin.
"That's also true; you are now the last hope of the Sword Sect's Sky Sword Peak." Yan Wuxin smiled, "If you really went, and instead of your Taoist Heart being tempered, you were led astray into the Fengyue Sect, that would be a grave sin."
"Besides, we wanted to ask you something else..."
"What is it?"
Yan Wuxin and Ye Ge exchanged glances, then shared their backstory.
"Dongfang Mu?" Wang Mu blinked in surprise. Why were they asking about this? Logically, not many people should know this name now…
It was fine within the Sword Sect, due to reasons related to Anle Village. But in the other major Continents, only some older Great Cultivators might know.
Had these two not asked, Wang Mu would have almost forgotten about the time he transformed into Dongfang Mu and smashed the Mechanical Man at the Sword Sect.
Unexpectedly… it had spread…
"I'm not too clear on the details... I wasn't within the sect at that time," Wang Mu said.
"Then, Brother Wang, you missed quite a spectacle," Ye Ge said. "I recently visited the Tianji Sect and heard their disciples say that the Ancient Sage is still among the living. It's just a pity that he seems unable to cultivate—his strength remains as it was a thousand years ago, comparable to my current Qi Cultivation Peak.
"But just at the mere Qi Cultivation Peak, with a single punch, he shattered the Mechanical Man that no Qi Refining disciple of the Sword Sect had managed to break in a hundred years.
"Such a mythic figure, if he could cultivate, might effortlessly shatter the void and achieve Ascension in broad daylight."
"That is indeed unfortunate," Wang Mu nodded.
"Ye Ge and I just tried this Mechanical Man..." Yan Wuxin said. "It's truly outrageous. I feel that even with my current Foundation Establishment Peak strength, I'd be unlikely to shatter it... How could someone at a mere Qi Refining Realm achieve this?"
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