Elder Mu couldn’t make sense of it.
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t understand why his prized son-in-law had suddenly gone mad……
Especially considering that as the Mu Family’s son-in-law, Yun Muchen underwent psychological assessments every month.
Those psychological assessments always proved his mindset to be stable, with normal utilitarian value.
Yet now, Yun Muchen was suddenly targeting the Mu Family members present for slaughter.
Elder Mu couldn’t understand. Could it be that Yun Muchen was some kind of two-faced actor?
Outwardly obedient and loyal to the Mu Family, but in reality… secretly colluding with the Outsiders, harboring treacherous intentions?
Something was off. He trusted his own judgment.
He knew exactly what kind of person Yun Muchen was.
Just a small player obsessed with wealth and glory, a bit scheming but not enough to deceive his eyes.
This guy must have been used by someone.
Probably possessed!
With decades of experience, Elder Mu saw through the truth at a glance.
But then…
“Pfft!”
Yun Muchen had transformed into a killing god, slaying anyone who stood in his way.
In an instant, he was before Elder Mu, raising his claw to pierce Elder Mu’s chest.
“Young Master Yun, are you crazy?!”
The guards on both sides rushed to attack, grappling with Yun Muchen.
“Get lost!” Yun Muchen’s eyes were bloodshot with rage. “Let me kill that old bastard!”
Old bastard?! Elder Mu felt his blood pressure spike.
At a birthday celebration, people are supposed to wish longevity like a Kunpeng, yet before the banquet was even over, he was being called an old bastard?
Regardless of why Yun Muchen had gone mad, Elder Mu had firmly recorded this grudge.
“Beat him, knock him out,” Elder Mu growled through gritted teeth.
*
Elsewhere, inside another Mu Family courtyard, the renowned Master Li Shenshao frowned deeply.
Whenever the Master frowned, it meant the situation was far from simple.
“Impossible! My talisman has been broken… This is bad!”
Master Li Shenshao quickly slaughtered a chicken to collect blood and immediately began a ritual.
He took out a complicated compass, placed it on the table, and poured the chicken’s blood into it before shaking it vigorously.
From the compass came the voice of Yun Muchen in the moment:
“Kill! Hahaha! Kill all the Mu Family people!”
“This is bad, really bad!” Li Shenshao hurriedly called over a Daoist Child. “Bring the platform, draw the sword!”
The Daoist Child presented a Sword Case with both hands. Li Shenshao slapped it open, drawing out the Peachwood Sword.
His bright yellow Taoist Robe fluttered as he moved, setting up the Dao Table with the Sanqing Statue. The candles flickered before the altar.
Li Shenshao muttered incantations: “Qingqing Lingling, within the heart the fire spirit. Right gaze to Nan Dou, left to the Seven Stars. Taishang transforms the Sanqing, swift as the sacred decree!! Pardoning!!!”
In an instant, divine might descended. Li Shenshao’s mind linked successfully with Yun Muchen and his cousin.
The power of the Sanqing, driving away evil and misfortune, seemed to restore a flicker of clarity to his cousin’s spirit.
But it was only momentary before plunging deeper into collapse!
“Pfft—”
Li Shenshao spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot, while a mighty voice echoed in his ears:
[When the Sanqing see me, they kneel three times and kowtow; no kowtow, no sleep at night. Who do you think you are? You dare meddle in my affairs?]
Li Shenshao was horrified.
His Sanqing Mantra… had been broken!
This Sanqing Mantra summoned Yu Qing Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, and Taiqing Daode Tianzun — the combined power of the three holy Sanqing.
Yet it had been shattered!
And that guy had the gall to boast… that even the Sanqing must kneel before him?
What kind of Evil Cultivator was this? How could the Daoist Practice of this Evil Cultivator be so profound?
Li Shenshao pressed his fingers to his chest, swallowing blood: “Sir… if your Dao Heart is already so powerful, truly a transcendent, then why resort to such Evil Cultivator methods that harm others and damage your own Virtue?”
[Don’t preach to me about kindness without suffering yourself. If you really save that pair of despicable mother and son, you’ll be the one with the greatest lack of Virtue. When you go to hell, even the lowest demons will pry open your skull to see how much nonsense is inside.]
“?” Li Shenshao was frightened and confused. “Please enlighten me, Elder. I am only doing what must be done. I don’t see where I am wrong.”
[Stop talking nonsense. Doing what must be done? You know exactly how many coins you took. I’m too lazy to expose you.]
Li Shenshao’s face flushed with shame.
He retorted unwillingly, “You came for money as well, using forbidden arts to kill and extort! At least I have not harmed others.”
[Cut the crap. If you save that pair of wretches today, all their future sins will count against you too. Your eight lifetimes of accumulated Virtue will be wasted.]
“I don’t understand,” Li Shenshao still objected.
To him, he was saving lives, doing righteous deeds.
While the other side was using Evil Cultivator methods to harm people!
No matter what… he was using forbidden arts!
What good can come from practicing evil arts?
[Enough. You insist on stepping up today, huh? Then prepare your coffin.]
“No no no!” Li Shenshao immediately panicked. “I didn’t mean that. It’s just rare to meet a fellow cultivator, especially a superior one like you. I want to understand clearly to open my heart and mind.”
[No matter what you do, your mind won’t clear up. Each day you’ll grow more frustrated and angry, more restless. So I’ll do you a favor and free you.]
“I was wrong! I was wrong! I was wrong!” Li Shenshao knelt quickly, banging his head three times. “I don’t want to die! I absolutely don’t want to keep fighting! It was disrespectful of me to offend you. I only want to know what grievous sins that mother and son have committed…”
[They don’t like fox-eared little lolis, and they don’t like fox-eared tall, leggy big sisters.]
“?”
[They must be exterminated!]
“???”
Li Shenshao had been a little confused before; now he was utterly bewildered.
*
He even doubted whether he and the Elder existed in the same dimension.
[In short, if you dare to intervene again, let your Daoist Child collect your remains.]
Li Shenshao gritted his teeth.
The other’s strength was clearly far beyond his. If he dared act again, the other would surely carry out his threat.
But Li Shenshao still didn’t understand.
What exactly had that mother and son done wrong?
“If you don’t explain clearly, even if it means death and destruction, I will never stand idly by!” Li Shenshao said stubbornly. “Otherwise, if my Dao Heart cannot be clear and bright, my Dao will forever be stuck here!”
[You serious?]
“I’m absolutely serious!”
[Fine, then you’ll experience it yourself…]
Li Shenshao’s body swayed as the scene abruptly shifted, plunging him into a dream.
*
A brief Dream of Golden Millet, experienced in the first person.
All the pain, humiliation, and rage endured by the parties over the years were relayed to Li Shenshao in full.
After experiencing it, Li Shenshao gasped for air.
He suddenly rushed into the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver:
“I’m going to kill those two beasts! Ahhh! I’ll tear them apart with my own hands! Don’t stop me! Don’t stop me ahhh—!!!”
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