Eternal Life by Dual Cultivation

Chapter 487: Chapter 271: Mu Xinlan: Sister Yunxiu, You Wouldn’t Want...

Mu Xinlan’s beautiful eyes narrowed, a half-smile playing on her lips. "I remember you were only at the Peak of the Golden Core Master realm when you last left the family. Who would have thought you’d become a Nascent Soul True Monarch in just a few years? It seems the opportunity you found was quite extraordinary..."

Mu Yunxiu didn’t want to waste any more time with her and asked calmly:

"I’m just here to see them. What do you want?"

The slender hand hidden in her sleeve was already gripping a Talisman Seal. The vast, dragon-like blood energy in her body began to surge and churn, giving rise to an invisible pressure.

Mu Yunxiu didn’t want to have a falling out, but of course, if it really came to blows, she wasn’t afraid of her.

With her formidable Physique, she was practically invincible in close combat against others at her level.

"Do you have to be like this? I just wanted to talk with you."

Mu Xinlan gave a helpless smile and wisely took a step back.

’This Body Cultivator’s temperament is so straightforward. She explodes at the slightest provocation. I was hoping to tease her a bit, but it looks like I’ll have to get straight to the point.’

"You want to take them away? I have no objection. However, my sisters and I want to go with you as well. That’s not too much to ask, is it?"

Mu Xinlan transmitted via Divine Thought.

"And if I refuse?"

Mu Yunxiu’s gaze turned cold, and the aura around her continued to intensify.

"Then... perhaps it won’t be long before those two old dogs from the Taiqing Divine Dynasty get wind of this!"

Mu Xinlan laughed. "I admit I can’t beat you if you go all out, but I’m more than capable of escaping with my life. Do you want to put that to the test?

Yunxiu, you don’t want to be hunted by the Taiqing Divine Dynasty, do you?"

Mu Yunxiu was silent for several breaths before responding, "Does it have to be this way? We have no quarrel with each other. Why must you do this?"

Mu Xinlan’s expression turned cold as she said through gritted teeth, "What other choice do I have? You get to take them to accompany the Child of Destiny, with a promising future on the Great Dao ahead of you. Meanwhile, I’m stuck in this godforsaken place with an uncertain fate. Who knows when I’ll be thrown onto a battlefield as cannon fodder?

If you were in my shoes, what would you do? My qualifications aren’t any worse than yours, are they? Why should you be the one to get such an opportunity?"

"...How did you know I would return? And you didn’t seem to want to join in the beginning. Why did you force your way in later?"

Mu Yunxiu frowned and fell silent, concentrating her senses on her surroundings.

Mu Xinlan hadn’t been on the initial list of clan women selected. It wasn’t that she wasn’t qualified; rather, she had accumulated enough merit and contributions to the family to have the right to refuse an arrangement from the higher-ups, though she could only do so once.

"It was the current Patriarch’s arrangement, of course!"

Mu Xinlan replied via Divine Thought, "All the clan women who are outstanding in character and appearance, and who were unwilling to be targeted by the Taiqing Divine Dynasty, have been brought here."

Mu Tianxiong hadn’t made any special effort to hide what he was doing. Given the importance of the Child of Destiny, the Taiqing Divine Dynasty had no reason to question his actions, so the plan was never shut down.

"That’s a lot of people. It might be difficult to make arrangements for them all in the future!" Mu Yunxiu finally said after a moment of silence.

Mu Xinlan’s face broke into a smile. "It doesn’t matter. As long as we can escape this hellhole of a Mu Family, it’s fine. For any woman he doesn’t take a fancy to, if she can’t become his Dao Companion, she can at least be a Maid, right?"

Mu Yunxiu weighed her options for a moment and finally nodded. "Alright then. What’s your plan?"

Mu Xinlan said, "This Daoist Temple is an Ancient Pocket World Spiritual Treasure. We just need to take the whole thing with us!"

...

「In the Mu Family’s Ancestral Hall.」

Lu Qingyang and Lu Yunlong had already left. Mu Tianxiong remained seated on his meditation cushion, drinking. In the dim candlelight, his listless, decadent silhouette was cast upon the wall, flickering and swaying.

"Patriarch..."

A shadowy figure emerged silently, reporting in a hoarse voice, "The Little Qiankun Realm has just vanished, its whereabouts unknown."

Mu Tianxiong’s expression remained unchanged. "What about the lookouts we had watching it?"

"As you instructed, the unreliable ones were dealt with long ago. Those who remain are all our own people!"

"Alright. You are dismissed. Remember, lock down the news at all costs!"

"Yes!"

The shadowy figure vanished in a flash.

Satisfied, Mu Tianxiong raised his Dark Gold Gourd and took a long, hearty swig. He was in a better mood than he had been in a very long time.

’It doesn’t matter what the clansmen out there think of me. I’ve secured a sliver of hope for the Mu Family’s survival. Now, I’ll be able to face my ancestors when I die.’