In Case I Change My Preferences in the Future

Miyako Fuka regretted it deeply. If only she had known, she would not have acted so recklessly before.

The Shinto shrine her family belonged to served the Amamikage clan.

After Xu Mu had stunned everyone at the Martial Arts Ranking Tournament, she had watched the video and discussed him with her father. She had mentioned that she had met Xu Mu before and that the two of them had even chatted.

It had originally been nothing more than a simple conversation between father and daughter. Who could have known that her father would bring it up in front of the Amamikage clan?

In the end, they mistakenly believed that she and Xu Mu had a close relationship.

That was why Tsukuyomi had specifically assigned her this mission.

In the eyes of her shrine, Tsukuyomi was a great deity before whom everyone had to kneel.

Under normal circumstances, neither she nor even her father had the qualifications to meet her. Whenever Tsukuyomi issued an order, she would send an envoy.

But this time, Tsukuyomi had summoned her personally.

Miyako Fuka had no idea what to do. She could not defeat Xu Mu, nor could she threaten him in any way.

Yet if she returned empty-handed, it might not only be her who suffered. Her entire family could be targeted.

“I… No matter what, we could still be considered friends, right? After all, we have a common enemy.”

Miyako Fuka spoke to Xu Mu.

“Don’t try to act familiar with me. At most, we know each other. We’re not that close.”

Xu Mu folded his arms and looked at Miyako Fuka. “I can return the ring to you, but what can you offer in exchange? Or rather, what can Lady Tsukuyomi offer?”

“Xu Mu, I’m willing to provide you with three seventh-grade heavenly treasures. Would that be enough?”

Miyako Fuka spoke with a solemn expression.

“Holy crap! Big sis, seventh-grade heavenly treasures? In my family, those things are used to feed the dogs.”

Xu Mu took two Qi Sea Pills from his person. “These are seventh-grade Qi Sea Pills. I’ll give them to you. You can go back now.”

Miyako Fuka stared at the Qi Sea Pills that had been pressed into her hands. A clear, bewildered look appeared on her refined and otherworldly face.

Qi Sea Pills—and two of them at that. He had just given them to her?

“No! Take the pills back. I… I think we should have a proper talk.”

Miyako Fuka handed the pills back to Xu Mu.

Xu Mu did not stand on ceremony. After taking them, he led her into the living room of the villa.

“Sit down. Say what you have to say.”

No matter what, the woman standing before him was one of the female protagonists.

Besides, he and Miyako Fuka had no deep-seated grudge against each other.

“I’m curious. How did you get Lady Tsukuyomi’s spatial ring? She’s incredibly powerful. She’s a god on our side.”

Miyako Fuka voiced the question that had been troubling her.

“It was simple. At the time, we were on the Spirit-Dispersing Formation. My physical body was stronger than hers, so I took her ring. That’s all there was to it.”

Xu Mu shrugged.

“Impossible! Lady Tsukuyomi’s cultivation is above the third tier. She shed her mortal body long ago. How could your physique possibly surpass hers?”

“If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do. The fact remains that her ring is in my possession.”

Over the past few days, Xu Mu had already studied the cultivation techniques inside the ring.

He had also learned the two most powerful earth-grade techniques. As for the remaining items, he did not care for them.

He certainly had no intention of giving back the heavenly treasures. Returning the techniques and the shikigami talismans was already generous enough.

“All right. I’ll believe you for the time being.”

Miyako Fuka also explained why Tsukuyomi had sent her there.

Xu Mu nodded. “I see.”

“I’m begging you! She went out of her way to meet me this time. If I can’t complete the mission, my family will be destroyed.”

Miyako Fuka rose from the sofa again and bowed to Xu Mu at a ninety-degree angle.

“She went out of her way to meet you because she was afraid of losing face. She doesn’t want anyone else to know that her spatial ring was taken.”

Xu Mu looked at Miyako Fuka. “I can hand the ring over to you, but you and Mikazuri Koto must each agree to three conditions.”

“What conditions?”

“As for Mikazuri Koto, the only requirement is combat. If I ever need her to fight in the future, she must come.”

Xu Mu pointed at Miyako Fuka. “As for you, it won’t be limited to combat. Aside from asking you to die or to kill your family and friends, you must agree to anything I ask.”

“Why should I? That’s… unfair.”

Miyako Fuka clenched her fists tightly. If Xu Mu asked her to sleep with him, would she not lose her chastity?

“How is it unfair? Mikazuri Koto can help me in battle, while your cultivation is of no use to me. What’s wrong with collecting interest from you in other ways?”

Xu Mu waved a hand at Miyako Fuka. “You can leave if you don’t want to. I’m not forcing you.”

“You… If you ask me to do… that with you in the future, would I have to agree to that too?”

“Of course. I’m not interested in little girls, but what if my tastes change someday?”

Xu Mu smiled and spread his hands.

“You!”

Miyako Fuka’s brows drew together slightly. She had long since guessed that things would not be so simple.

She was now caught in a difficult dilemma. But she knew that if she called her father, he would certainly tell her that the bigger picture mattered more.

Her father had even hinted before that it would be wonderful if Miyako Fuka could marry someone like Xu Mu in the future.

Clearly, he did not consider becoming Xu Mu’s woman much of a sacrifice.

If she refused, the consequence would be the destruction of her entire family.

Miyako Fuka exhaled forcefully. Ultimately, all of this had happened because she had said that she knew Xu Mu.

If she had kept quiet, their small family would have remained an insignificant, transparent presence among the families governed by the Amamikage clan.

Unfortunately, a single sentence had pushed her into the spotlight.

“I agree, but I need to ask Lady Tsukuyomi first.”

After saying this, Miyako Fuka took out her phone and left the living room, heading into the courtyard.

Not long afterward, she returned. “Lady Tsukuyomi has agreed. Give me the ring.”

“No. I’ll give it to her personally.”

Xu Mu spoke calmly. “Just tell her to go to Qingqiu in three days and wait for me in the territory of the Nine-Tailed Fox clan. I’ll go find her.”

He had already decided to go to Qingqiu to carry out a mission, but his cultivation level was still relatively low.

That was why he planned to have Mikazuri Koto go there in a few days. If he needed someone to fight, she could help him.

Miyako Fuka nodded. “All right. Thank you.”

“You really should thank me. If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t return the ring to her.”

Xu Mu’s tone remained indifferent.

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Miyako Fuka suddenly stopped. She glanced back at Xu Mu, then left.

Xu Mu stretched lazily, wondering whether he should take Meng Wanyue and Dai Xingluo with him.

Unlike him, they needed actual combat experience to hone themselves and surpass their limits.

Relying solely on sparring and his pills would make their progress too slow.

At their current cultivation levels, it was still manageable. But once they reached the Mortal Transcendence and World-Breaking realms, they would have to rely on divine medicines if they wanted to advance.

And where in the world could one find so many divine medicines?

With that thought, Xu Mu decided to let Wei Jingzhi make the final call.

He knew very little about the Inner Realm, after all.

Xu Mu went to the underground illusory formation and called the three women out.

He merely mentioned the matter, and all three decided to go.

Xu Mu then drove them to Wei Jingzhi’s estate.

As usual, Wei Jingzhi was painting in the courtyard.

When he saw Xu Mu and the others arrive, he smiled and asked, “So, you’re planning to head over?”