Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In the Mu Family…
“Grandpa, Grandpa, is the Virtual Realm master who fought on Muguang Mountain really from the South Continent?” In the yard, a youth jumped up and down excitedly.
“Yes!” Mu Feng nodded firmly.
Back then, he had assumed that this person wouldn’t make his move.
After all, he was much more superior than Qiu Honghai from the Honghai Sacred Ground.
Unexpectedly, this man had still stood up for the people of the South Continent.
He was very happy!
But at the same time, he was also very unhappy.
This Virtual Realm master should have remained hidden!
It was a bad time for him to attack now.
“Grandpa, Grandpa, is he really an ancestor of the Xia Family?”
“I don’t know,” Mu Feng frowned.
There were signs that this person might be related to the Xia Family, but there wasn’t any solid proof.
If they were from the Xia Family, why didn’t they cultivate at the Xia Family’s home? Instead, they headed to the imperial palace of the State of Great Xia?
“Who cares who he is? As long as he is a Virtual Realm Master from the South Continent.”
“Qingfeng, please help me out with something. Go to the Xia Family and ask them about their relationship to this master in the Virtual Realm. Also, tell the Xia Family that there is a mole from the Honghai Sacred Ground among them. Remember, don’t draw attention to yourself. Quietly find the elder of the Xia Family and report the matter to him.”
“What? A mole?”
“Yes! I noticed it the other time Qiu Shuzhen accidentally said too much in the hall. In addition, the Hong Family was also betrayed by a mole and was easily defeated. However, the mole in the Hong Family has already been killed by Wu Ma and Baizu,” Mu Feng said.
When Mu Qingfeng heard this, he was dumbfounded.
“They… how did they… do this?”
“Since ancient times, there has been no shortage of bastards who are willing to betray their own people in return for riches. But they have underestimated the people of Zhongzhou. They have never respected the South Continent people.”
After staying for two days in Baishan City, Li Mu was familiar with every nook and cranny of the city.
If the South Continent people in Baishan City were living like this, he could only imagine how they were living like elsewhere.
In the private library of the City Lord’s mansion, Li Mu quickly browsed through the books.
“Why isn’t it here? In the Tianma City case file, it suggests that there is a record about the demon in Baishan City.”
After two days, he still couldn’t find any useful information.
“Could there be a secret room in the City Lord’s mansion that hides important records?”
Li Mu’s heart skipped a beat.
Sure enough, the more Li Mu stared at the portrait on the wall of the secret room, the more familiar it became.
“Isn’t this the ancient clothing of the South Continent’s royal family? Why is this portrait hanging here?”
Looking at the alter in front of the portrait, it seemed to have been worshipped for quite a while.
“There is something fishy about the City Lord!” Stroking his chin, Li Mu said to himself.
He had heard of the City Lord of Baishan City before.
He was a true and blue citizen of Zhongzhou.
It was just that at certain times, he showed special care towards the South Continent people.
Why would he worship this person from the South Continent?
Could they have been his master?
Forget it!
It was still more important to find the demon’s body.
In the night, Li Mu continued rummaging through the belongings in the City Lord’s mansion and even used the domain to search for it, but he still couldn’t find anything about the demon’s body.
He had initially thought that he could find the location of the demon’s remains in one night and leave quickly.
Sigh!
However, through this, Li Mu had discovered a lot of secrets.
The City Lord could possibly be a South Continent person, or a senior South Continent spy lurking in the Honghai Sacred Ground.
After searching for a while more, Li Mu had no choice but to give up. He had turned over the contents of the secret room several times, but still, he could not find any records related to the demon.
“Forget it! The location of the demon’s body was originally meant to be kept a secret anyway. If everyone knew where it was, it’s possible that people with ulterior motives might try to release the demon.”
Now, at least no one would know where the demon was.
“Would the Honghai Sacred Ground have such records?” Li Mu thought to himself.
However, he could only push this thought to the back of his mind.
He still wasn’t sure of the situation in the Honghai Sacred Ground.
Back at Zhou Hua’s house, Li Mu continued to teach sword fighting to Amu.
“Sir, thank you for teaching me,” After A’mu finished with his practice, he bowed to Li Mu upon his sister’s reminder.
“Why are you thanking me? I’m very bored, so I just taught you a set of ordinary swordsmanship,” Li Mu said nonchalantly as he waved his hand.
If the head of the Qingcheng Faction had heard his words, he would definitely spit blood.
No matter how undesirable the Matsukaze swordsmanship was, it was still a set of first-class swordsmanship.
Many swordsmen could only dream of learning this set of swordsmanship.
A’mu stuck out his tongue.
Obviously, he didn’t believe what Li Mu just said.
Especially that this set of swordsmanship was ordinary.
“Sir, I want to teach this set of swordsmanship to my sister.”
“Do whatever you want!”
“Thank you, sir!” A’mu said as he jumped up.
Then, he walked over to Zhou Hua and broke off a branch to teach her.
Whoosh!
The yard was filled with sounds of countless tree branches flying through the sky.
Although they were just branches, they contained a trace of sword qi.
It could definitely cause some damage.
“If A’fei has this set of swordsmanship, maybe he would have been back by now,” Zhou Hua said sadly after she had learned the swordsmanship set.
The two siblings stood in the courtyard and didn’t speak.
After a while, Zhou Hua came to her senses. “Sir is a very capable person. A’mu, you have a lot to learn from him,” she said to A’mu.
Then, she packed her things up and left.
Li Mu knew that Zhou Hua had gone to find Xiaoqing again.
The next day, Li Mu left Baishan City.
In the ancestral hall of Honghai Sacred Ground, several elders angrily stared at each other.
“If the witnesses are telling the truth, then the sword qi from the nine heavens and the use of thunder and lightning and thunder must mean that this is the work of a master in the Virtual World.”
In Muguang Mountain, all the disciples and elders from the Sacred Ground had been killed.
Those who were alive were all from the South Continent.
“What if the witnesses are just exaggerating?”
“If they can kill a powerful master that is halfway to the Virtual Realm, Wu Ma, and Baizu, it is likely that they are a master from the Virtual Realm.”
In the ancestral hall, Qiu Shuzhen watched as the three elders continued arguing.
He was sure that the attacker was a master at the Virtual Realm.
It was just that some elders didn’t want to believe it.
Perhaps, it would paralyze the Qiu Family if they actually said so.
Or maybe, it was time to start bowing down to that Virtual Realm master from the South Continent.
They should escape quickly if the Sacred Ground got into conflict with that Virtual Realm master.
“Sectmaster, the matter has been investigated. The sword wound on the body of Muguang Mountain’s disciple is the same as that on the body of the Clan Nangong Elders. The wounds both have traces of lightning strikes,” a disciple said as he walked through the door.
This newly promoted disciple of Honghai Sacred Ground was also one of the candidates in the running for the position of the new Sectmaster.
But this selection for the new Sectmaster was just a ruse.
As long as Qiu Shuzhen didn’t give up his power, he would always remain as the Sectmaster.
So the disciple could only remain as a loyal follower.
“Huh? So Clan Nangong was killed by an ancestor of the Xia Family?” The two elders stopped arguing and looked at him.
Qiu Shuzhen glanced at the three elders.
They were just putting on a pretense.
They already knew what had happened a long time ago.
“Yes!” The disciple affirmed.
“So, there is something fishy about Elder Mu? Back then, he went to investigate the master of the Virtual Realm that appeared in the South Continent as well as the death of the Clan Nangong Elders. What an ingrate!”