Chapter 701: A Place to Spread Ashes
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
There were about 30 families in Huang Ping Village, but it was much larger than An Li Village as the houses were spread out.
Mu Xiaoyun lived near the edge of the village in a house built from hay and earth. There were also two brick houses not far from her house.
Ye Mo followed to the door of the hay house, and a dark-skinned woman came out from that brick house. When she saw Mu Xiaoyun and Ye Mo, she was dazed when she saw a different Mu Xiaoyun.
"Aunty Yu!" Mu Xiaoyun called out. The middle-aged woman came back to her senses and said in shock, "Xiaoyun, you're this pretty when you wash your face clean! This is the first time I've seen a girl as pretty as you, Xiaoyun. But who is this?"
Mu Xiaoyun immediately said, "Aunty Yu, this is my husband Mo. He went out to do business and just came back, but he was robbed on the way back. I went to Ci Xi Town this time and happened to see him there."
"Oh, right! I wouldn't have even recognized Mr Mo if you didn't tell me. It's good you came back, Mr Mo. You don't know how much hardship Xiaoyun went through when you weren't at home. She fell from the roof so many times, sigh," Aunty Yu sighed.
Ye Mo felt confused - why did she fall from the roof? But he immediately realized - the house was a straw-bale house. If the hay eroded away, she would need to go up and replace it.
"Aunty Yu, my husband is back now, so I repay you the money I owe you," Mu Xiaoyun quickly said.
"No rush, no rush, you still haven't eaten yet. I'll get you something." Aunty Yu felt happy for the two.
Mu Xiaoyun quickly said, "Aunty Yu, don't. My husband took me to a restaurant, and there's still food at home too."
"Oh if that's the case, okay, then I won't disturb you two," Aunty Yu put on an understanding look.
Ye Mo understood what Mu Xiaoyun's words meant. He came back with her with nothing in his hands, and this Aunty Yu could tell he wasn't doing too well and gave him pitiful looks. Mu Xiaoyun noticed this and quickly said they went to a restaurant together to save his face.
Such an understanding woman! Ye Mo sighed. This woman was a wife any man would want on Earth. Mo Youshen was really lucky, yet he abandoned a wife like this and left.
The straw house was very simple. There were two rooms; an outer room with a stove and some simple daily items, and an inner room with a bed and nothing else.
The smell of some herbs came from the inside. Just when Ye Mo wanted to go see what herbs she was collecting, Mu Xiaoyun said, "Mo dear, rest for a while. I will go heat some water and make you something to eat." Mu Xiaoyun made Ye Mo sit down and started to cook.
Ye Mo sighed at the busy Mu Xiaoyun. Even if he was to leave, he would take her away from here and find a safe place for her to live.
Huang Ping Village was calm, but the Yu family and Liao Wei knew they were here. If he left, they would come to her looking for trouble.
But Ye Mo was quickly made to understand that the trouble was already there. Far away, he saw three men walk into the village. Ye Mo could tell that they were sent by Yu Yuyan.
Ye Mo got up and looked at Mu Xiaoyun, "When I did business outside, I bought some things for you, and now some guys came to bring it here. I'll go pick it up, wait for me."
Mu Xiaoyun was confused hearing this, but then she saw three strangers walking over and Ye Mo walk towards them. She looked worriedly at Ye Mo.
Ye Mo came up to the three and before they said anything, he took out a gold bar and said, "Don't disturb my wife. Listen, I found a gold cave, and there are lots of gold bricks just like this one there. As long as you agree not to enter my house, I can take you fellas there.
The three were shocked by the gold brick.
After a while, a man grabbed the gold brick and knocked on it. Then he uttered in shock, "Such pure gold!"
But Ye Mo put the gold brick back in his clothes.
"What are you waiting for? Hurry up and tell us where it is, quick!" one yellow-toothed man ushered desperately.
They could always kill this guy later and grab that Mu Xiaoyun after they got the gold.
Mu Xiaoyun saw that the three left quickly and heaved a sigh of relief. Her Mo babe had really bought her something! Although he hadn't been back, he had remembered her. Mu Xiaoyun felt sweet.
"He's different from before," Mu Xiaoyun said to herself.
"Xiaoyun, where's your husband?" Aunty Yu brought over a bowl of dumplings and saw Mu Xiaoyun standing by her home by herself.
Mu Xiaoyun said with a face of bliss, "My husband went out and earned some money doing business, and he got someone to send some things back. He's picking up those things now. Aunty Yu, thank you for giving dumplings."
"Xiaoyun don't say that, it's good that your husband is capable, though. Sigh, a good girl like you was- All due to a bad mother-in-law! Sigh, let's not talk about this. By the way, what business did your husband do?" Aunty asked.
Just when she wanted to say something, more women came out chattering.
"Xiaoyun, your husband is rich now?"
"Xiaoyun, you're this pretty, how come you always covered your face with dirt?"
Those three men took Ye Mo to the exit of the village, where Ye Mo saw Liao Shan's two other bodyguards. It seemed that they had been waiting there.
The three men explained to Liao Shan what happened. Liao Shan heard this and looked rather in doubt. Ye Mo knew what he wanted to say, so he took out his gold brick and waved it, "Hurry up and come with me."
Then, Ye Mo turned and left.
Liao Shan's eyes lit up immediately when he saw that gold brick. This was the first time he had seen a gold brick that big. He followed Ye Mo quickly.
The remaining five also followed quickly.
Soon, they came to a barren place in the village.
"Mo, this is the gold cave you're talking about?" Mo Shan looked at this barren far-off place and frowned.
Ye Mo smiled, "This isn't a gold cave - it's the place where your bones will be buried. It's not a bad place, right? Pity that Liao Wei didn't come. To be honest, I really think it's troublesome to go out and kill him separately."
"You're asking to die!" One guard pulled out his sword and wanted to cut off Ye Mo's arm.
"F*ck you, you dared trick us? Cut off his arms first!" Liao Shan said.
Ye Mo sneered and threw five fireballs, and other than Liao Shan, all the men were burned to a crisp. However, the coins they had on them seemed to have grown wings as they flew into Ye Mo's hand.
Then, Ye Mo spoke slowly to Liao Shan, "Sorry, I was wrong. This isn't the place where your bones will be buried - it's the place where your ashes will be spread."
Liao Shan looked at the pile of ashes in terror and froze.
Chapter 702: Mu Xiaoyun’s Husband
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
"Do you know why I didn't kill you?" Ye Mo looked at Liao Shan and smiled.
"I- I-" Liao Shan's teeth chattered. He couldn't even speak properly.
There had been no heaven-shattering battle nor a bloody scene, but Liao Shan felt terror in his bones. He was a yellow level warrior of the Liao family and had even seen earth level masters fight more than once, but he had never seen such maniac means. He had merely waved his hand and a person turned to dust.
Such a powerful person had been beated and gotten quite heavy injuries. Who could be stronger than him? This was beyond his comprehension.
What shook him even more was that a chair suddenly appeared in the young man's hand and he sat down.
"Qianbei, if you have any questions, just ask, just ask." Liao Shan finally understood why Ye Mo hadn't killed him.
Although he couldn't be sure that he would survive if he answered, he knew that if he didn't, he would be turned to dust straight away.
If he had known that Ye Mo was this strong, he would have rather betrayed the Liao family than to go against Ye Mo.
"Tell me about the main sects of the magical continent. Which position is higher than a city lord's? And where is Taiyi sect? How do I get in?" Ye Mo asked.
When Liao Shan heard this, he started shaking even more, "You- you- you-
You're that man level one hidden sects are looking for."
The man level one hidden sects were looking for? Ye Mo realized that Jie Xun was hunting him indeed.
As though he realized that Ye Mo didn't know what it was, Liao Shan said, "There are three levels in the hidden sects' hierarchy, the highest is level one. If a searching order is given, then no matter where you are, people will come to find you. Only those from the three biggest sects can give a level one order, so those hunted are almost always caught."
Ye Mo sneered, "Answer the questions I asked before."
"Yes, yes," Liao Shan quickly said.
…
Half an hour later, Ye Mo finally understood what was going on. The rulers of the magical continent were the hidden sects. Each of these sects controlled one or many cities and these cities provided resources and fresh blood for the sects. The bigger the sect, the more cities it could control. Small towns and cities also had to provide resources to the big cities to survive.
When a sect got strong to a certain extent, it could devour another sect as long as it was stronger than the other sect.
Many small sects and powerful people either controlled smaller areas or had become subordinates of a stronger entity.
Hang Shui was a public city and wasn't ruled by anyone. Many powerful entities had their business and commercial land there. This place was also the place with the densest population. The land there was also absurdly priced.
Not everyone could get into the inner hidden sects. People outside only had a chance when these sects looked for disciples in Hang Shui. Once you became a disciple of an inner hidden sects, you could go to the people from the sect in Hang Shui. It was impossible to find the sect on your own.
If someone got a disciple card, then they could just get in without being tested. The card was usually given to a powerful group or person when they mad a huge contribution to the sect.
Ye Mo also understood why the Liao family had given the card to Yu Yuyan. Although the Liao family had the card, no one in the family had enough talent. Although the requirements were lower than for a normal entry, the person still had to have some talent.
Liao Wei had happened to like Yu Yuyan and her talent wasn't enough to get in through the normal entry, but it was enough with the card. So, the Liao and Yu family got together and decided to give the card to Yu Yuyan, with the condition that she had to marry Liao Wei.
But Yu Yuyan had taken the card and then broken the deal.
After that, Ye Mo couldn't get anything more out of Liao Shan, so he burned him down too.
Ye Mo had gotten 33 gold coins, 250 silver coins and more than 500 bronze coins from killing six people.
Ye Mo didn't know how much it was worth. Still, most of the gold coins came from Liao Shan, so it was probably worth something.
With this money, Ye Mo was no longer in a rush to exchange his gold bricks for coins.
Ye Mo took out two big sacks and placed the food and water he had prepared inside. Then, he went back to Huang Ping Village.
Although the three golden scripts were on Ye Mo, he didn't dare take them out. Who knew what phenomena they could cause when they were together! If they revealed where he was, he was over.
…
Quite a lot of people had come over and asked Mu Xiaoyun about all sorts of things, but her mind was somewhere else. She stood at the door, constantly looking to see if Ye Mo was back. She was deeply worried that he would leave her there alone again.
"Xiaoyun, is that your husband coming back?" a woman saw Ye Mo carrying two bags from afar.
"En!" Mu Xiaoyun also saw Ye Mo, so she quickly rushed out to help him carry the things.
All the men and women who had come over wanted to see how much wealth her husband had brought. But when they saw Ye Mo's scarred face and compared it to Mu Xiaoyun's pretty face, they felt she could do better.
Luckily, these thoughts were gone the moment they saw what Ye Mo had brought. He gave the bags to Mu Xiaoyun and because she had been receiving a lot of help from the villagers, she gave plenty of desserts and famous wines away. Everyone who came got a share.
Some people couldn't help to start eating on the spot. The stuff Ye Mo had brought were from the outside and many people hadn't seen them before - they tasted great.
"You can have this too, see if it's enough." Ye Mo gave the money bag to Mu Xiaoyun. He didn't know how much things where worth there and he didn't know how much she owed. If it wasn't enough, he would exchange a gold brick.
When Mu Xiaoyun opened the bag, tens of gold coins mixed with hundreds of silver coins immediately flashed in front of everyone's eyes. It was the first time they saw so many gold coins. A strong healthy rural young person wouldn't be able to earn a gold coin in a year, not even if he was lucky. He would need two years or more at least.
Yet, Ye Mo had so many and casually gave them all to Mu Xiaoyun. No one there no longer thought Ye Mo wasn't a match for Mu Xiaoyun.
Mu Xiaoyun's eyes turned red. She had thought her husband's business money was all gone, yet he had brought back so much money.
Mu Xiaoyun soon repaid her debt with this money. However, the money in the bag was almost untouched.
Looking at the eyes of admiration from the villagers, for the first time in a long time Mu Xiaoyun felt happy and blissful.
Chapter 703: Same Bed
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
While Mu Xiaoyun was organizing things, Ye Mo was looking at all the herbs Mu Xiaoyun had gathered. The more he looked, the more shocked he was. There were many precious herbs and even three spirit herbs! Ming Jie Grass, Man Tian Grass, and Double Leaf Mushroom. Double Leaf Mushroom was the main ingredient for making the great essence increasing pill. The great essence increasing pill was the pill needed at the chi gathering tertiary stage, but it was even effective at the foundation establishment state's primary stage.
Yet he saw this spirit herb here! Ye Mo's heart was burning with fire - this small world was indeed worth the trip. But after Mu Xiaoyun gathered these herbs, only the medical properties remained and not the spiritual properties.
Still, Mu Xiaoyun being able to ensure the herbs kept their medical properties already meant that she understood herbs.
It seemed Ye Mo would have to ask where she got these from so that he could go scavenge a bit.
In the meantime, Mu Xiaoyun had organized her things and came up to Ye Mo, saying, "Mo babe, I have prepared water, will you be taking a shower?"
Ye Mo pointed at the herbs, "Xiaoyun, did you collect these?"
Mu Xiaoyun nodded, "Yes, but my dad just taught me some ordinary knowledge, so I didn't dare treat the sick. Hence, I gather the herbs and sell them, barely making ends meet with mother-in-law."
"Your dad is a doctor?" Ye Mo subconsciously asked.
"Yeah, didn't you know that?" Mu Xiaoyun asked Ye Mo strangely.
Ye Mo laughed awkwardly. Although he wanted to tell her that he wasn't her husband already, his wounds hadn't healed yet, and it's not like he could kill her.
"Then, I'll go take a shower now." Ye Mo changed the topic.
Mu Xiaoyun didn't mind, and she immediately followed after him. When she saw Ye Mo look at her, her face blushed, and she said, "Mo babe, I will help you wash up."
"Huh?" Ye Mo looked at Mu Xiaoyun and asked, "Um, did you always help me wash in the past too?"
Mu Xiaoyun shook her head, "I was very scared of you before, and we didn't get a proper wedding either, so, so I didn't. But now that you're back, and I only have you, those ceremonies aren't important."
Ye Mo finally understood. Mo Yousheng didn't even have a wedding with Mu Xiaoyun before he left the place. It seemed that Mo Yousheng was also very strict, so Mu Xiaoyun was pretty scared of him.
His character was different to Mo Yousheng's, which made Mu Xiaoyun feel closer to him. Ye Mo rubbed his head and smiled, "It's fine, I can wash myself. Wait for me outside."
"Mo babe, I'm yours both in life and death, do you not like me? I don't care about your, your-" Mu Xiaoyun almost cried.
Ye Mo waved his hand, "No, I'm really just used to washing myself."
Although Ye Mo rejected her in a nice way, Mu Xiaoyun's mood was still down.
It was much easier to wash himself with a few dirt removal and clear water spells, but Ye Mo didn't want to disappoint Mu Xiaoyun, so he took a bath now that she had prepared it.
There was only one bed in the room, so Ye Mo was thinking about how to sleep at night.
"Mo dear, you can go to bed, I'll help you." Mu Xiaoyun quickly came over.
When she saw Ye Mo look at the bed in difficulty, she immediately knew what Ye Mo was thinking and quickly said, "Mo babe, I've been sleeping in the log room anyway, so you can sleep ahead, while I will go there."
Ye Mo's spirit sense scanned the log room, and he became speechless. The room was completely dark and wet. How could someone sleep there?
"That place is too wet, you can't sleep there." Ye Mo shook his head.
"No, ever since mother-in-law passed, I haven't changed the grass on the roof yet, so that's why it's like that-" Mu Xiaoyun suddenly stopped. She realized something: her Mo dear had never thought about visiting his mother's grave after he came back yet, this wasn't too right.
"You're my wife, don't you want to sleep with me?" Ye Mo suddenly asked. If she didn't want to, he wouldn't mind sleeping outside.
"No, no, I'm willing, of course I am!" Mu Xiaoyun's face was red with excitement. She didn't think her husband would say this.
Ye Mo breathed a sigh of relief, "Then sleep with me." He could use the spirit stone even if he was on the bed anyway.
…
Mu Xiaoyun waited for Ye Mo to take off his clothes before blowing out the candle and taking off her clothes as well.
Ye Mo didn't dare scan her. They were alone on the same bed. Mu Xiaoyun wasn't Yu Yuyan. Even if Yu Yuyan slept next to him naked, he wouldn't think about anything with just a clear mind spirit spell, but Mu Xiaoyun was too lovable. Should he even think about using a clear mind spirit spell?
Before Ye Mo could keep thinking, a warm, nice smelling body squeezed into his arms. Mu Xiaoyun's body was very soft, but Ye Mo could clearly feel her shaking.
"What are you scared of?" Ye Mo felt pity for her and held her coarse hands, but he didn't really know how to comfort her.
When her hand was held, Mu Xiaoyun could no longer keep the softness and weakness in her heart. She hugged Ye Mo tightly and cried out as though trying to release all the hardship she had gone through these past years.
Ye Mo subconsciously hugged Mu Xiaoyun too and cursed Mo Yousheng for being a bastard, but he immediately felt wrong. He couldn't do that to Mu Xiaoyun. There was a deep sense of guilt in his heart. He felt like he was betraying Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue. He subconsciously loosened his hands but didn't have the courage to push her away and make her cry by herself.
Ye Mo was getting pretty scared that Mu Xiaoyun would ask him to take her right then and there or crawl over and do something herself. Meanwhile, his immunity to Mu Xiaoyun couldn't get any lower.
Luckily, the thing Ye Mo worried about didn't happen. Mu Xiaoyun didn't do anything. It was as though to her, it was the happiest thing to be in her husband's arms. Even though Ye Mo let go of her, she hugged Ye Mo.
Ye Mo calmed down and didn't think about anything. He started running his meridian cycles and found that even without spirit stones, his chi was recovering much faster than at the Yu estate.
After some time, he fell asleep.
When Ye Mo woke up again, it was already daytime. He looked down at Mu Xiaoyun, her underclothes were a complete mess, revealing two cheeky white rabbits. A fire rose from Ye Mo's belly, he felt his throat dry, and he subconsciously grabbed those soft things.
An indescribable feeling and aroma went into Ye Mo's nose. He couldn't resist it anymore and squeezed them. It felt very good and bouncy.
Mu Xiaoyun moaned in her dreams and moved closer to Ye Mo.
'What am I doing?' Ye Mo woke up and was immediately going to pull his hands away, but he then saw Mu Xiaoyun open her eyes.
'She's awake?' Ye Mo quickly pulled his hands away awkwardly. Mu Xiaoyun subconsciously blinked her pretty eyes and immediately understood what was going on. Her face was red, she suddenly felt like she really liked how her husband was acting now.
Mu Xiaoyun grabbed Ye Mo's hand and put it on her chest and said quietly, "Mo babe, although we can't be like other couples, I like this too."
Ye Mo grabbed the ball of snowy white but was confused. What did that mean?
Mu Xiaoyun's face was getting more and more red, and even her neck was red. This was the first time Ye Mo saw a traditional woman like Mu Xiaoyun have that enticing look. Those watery eyes almost made Ye Mo forget that Mu Xiaoyun had no relationship to him.
This wasn't right - Ye Mo stopped his hand - he had a wife, how could he do this? The reason why Mu Xiaoyun did this was because she thought he was her husband. Wasn't he taking advantage of her?
Ye Mo just thought about that when his lower body was accidentally touched by Mu Xiaoyun's hand, after which he clearly felt her shake, and she grabbed it.
Soon though, she pulled her hand away and didn't move anymore, but Ye Mo could see her ruddy face become pale. She started to shake, much more than before, and Ye Mo also felt her body become stiff.