The woman looked about the same age as Yong Tan, though she was a little shorter, standing at roughly 160 centimeters.
She appeared to weigh around 160 pounds and had a broad, solid build. Her arms were almost as thick as Yong Tan’s legs.
She wore earrings on both ears as well, each one adorned with a violet flame.
Xu Mu motioned for the people around him to stand. He walked outside the teahouse first, where he met Yong Tan coming toward him.
“You people are far too conspicuous. Let’s go outside the city to talk.”
With that, Xu Mu led the others toward the outskirts of the city.
Yong Tan glanced at the people beside him. After a brief pause, he said, “Let’s follow them.”
On a hillside outside the city.
Xu Mu and the others waited patiently. Before long, Yong Tan and his companions arrived as well.
Bai Shanh u was the first to remove the hood of her black robe. Her face was filled with excitement.
“Haoyu, Xiaosi, Tongtong…”
The White Tiger Clan members on the other side were overjoyed when they saw Bai Shanh u and immediately ran over.
“Princess! You came to rescue us?”
“I thought they were going to execute me…”
…
Bai Shanh u looked over the people before her. Some had been injured, and there were even wounds on their faces, but none of the injuries were life-threatening. They would recover after resting for a while.
“Xu Mu, I’ve brought the people you asked for. The one who captured them was a commander from one of our branches. With the help of Commander Ze Guan, we got him to release them all.”
Yong Tan walked over and spoke in Xu Mu’s direction.
Xu Mu lowered the hood of his black robe and smiled as he looked over the group, checking their identities.
His eyes first fell on the burly, middle-aged man. He had a square face and a bushy beard, most of which had already turned white.
This man was Ze Guan, the second-in-command of the branch.
His current filial piety value toward Xu Mu was -2.
Clearly, if Ze Guan had not known that Xu Mu’s side possessed the location of a Battlefield of the Gods, he would have attacked the moment he saw him.
As for the fat woman, her name was Ze Ting. She had completely inherited her father’s square face.
However, her filial piety value toward Xu Mu was the same as Yong Tan’s: 0.
The last person was a beautiful woman. Her hair was tied up, and she wore a long black dress.
Yong Tan’s expressive, peach-blossom eyes had clearly been inherited from this woman.
To become the concubine of a branch leader, she naturally had to be attractive.
She had a slender figure and wore a constant smile.
Her name was Su Yuewei. She had been born an ordinary member of the Nine Nether Clan’s branch. Because of her exceptional beauty and decent talent, she had caught Yong Tan’s father’s eye and become his concubine.
For someone of her original status, it had been a life-changing transformation.
But no one chose to stop moving forward. Even after becoming a concubine, she continued to cultivate diligently, striving to improve herself.
Ze Guan spoke up. “Xu Mu, now that these people have been handed over to you, where is the location of the Battlefield of the Gods?”
When Bai Shanh u heard this, her eyes filled with disbelief. So Xu Mu had used the location of a Battlefield of the Gods to exchange for the lives of her clansmen.
[Affection +10]
As the princess of the White Tiger Clan, she naturally understood the importance of a Battlefield of the Gods.
It could be said that if a third-rate race was lucky enough to find a Battlefield of the Gods and obtain the treasures within, it could rise to the level of a first-rate race over the following decades.
Divine artifacts, top-tier cultivation techniques, vast quantities of spirit stones, high-grade materials…
Every one of these things could raise the overall strength of a race.
Even the rare heavenly treasures they lacked could be purchased with spirit stones.
Xu Mu had actually taken the initiative to reveal the location to them, all for the sake of helping her.
“Now you shouldn’t need me to explain anymore, right? This is the reason they were willing to help me.”
Xu Mu turned around and smiled at Bai Shanh u.
Bai Shanh u lowered her head, unsure of what to say. Deep down, she knew very well that the lives of just a few of her clansmen could never compare with a Battlefield of the Gods.
But she would never say such a thing aloud. Otherwise, what would her clansmen think of her?
“You should go back.”
Xu Mu patted Bai Shanh u on the shoulder. “Oh, right. My friend’s name is An Linghui.”
“It’s her?”
Bai Shanh u frowned slightly. “I think I’ve heard about her. She disregarded her clansmen’s objections and resolutely married a member of the Yanhuang people.”
“She must be the person you heard about.”
Xu Mu finished speaking and turned back toward Yong Tan and the others. “Let’s go. I’ll take you there now.”
The several members of the Nine Nether Clan followed behind Xu Mu and Chen Xuan as they continued north.
The destination was not far away, only about an hour’s journey.
Bai Shanh u and the others stood where they were, watching Xu Mu and the others disappear into the distance.
After struggling with the decision for a long while, she finally called out, “Xu Mu, can I come with you?”
Xu Mu stopped and looked toward Chen Xuan. “Old Chen, what do you think?”
“I’ll listen to Brother Mu.”
Chen Xuan did not mind either way.
Xu Mu thought for a moment before saying to Bai Shanh u, “With your cultivation level, you could easily die. If you’re not afraid of death, you can come along.”
Upon hearing this, Bai Shanh u barely hesitated before turning to the two elders beside her.
“Elders, take them back.”
“But, Princess, with your cultivation level…”
“If you don’t enter the tiger’s den, how will you obtain the tiger cub? We live in the Inner World, where danger lurks everywhere. None of us knows whether we’ll still be alive tomorrow.”
After saying this, Bai Shanh u caught up with Xu Mu in the distance.
“Maybe I’ll find some kind of treasure.”
The two elders exchanged glances but ultimately said nothing more.
Bai Shanh u hurried after Xu Mu. “Don’t worry. I’m not afraid of death, and I won’t cause you any trouble.”
“Good.”
Xu Mu nodded. If they encountered a real crisis, he would save her if he could.
After all, doing so would allow him to gain justice points.
“I know the An Linghui you mentioned earlier. Back then, when the four major races threatened us, disagreements also emerged within our own race. Among them, the surrender faction of the Vermilion Bird Clan held the upper hand.”
Bai Shanh u recounted what she knew.
The four major races had targeted the Four Directions Clan precisely because they had grown too close to the Yanhuang people.
Thus, the surrender faction within their race had wanted to sever ties with the Yanhuang people. They believed that if they cut themselves off from them, the four major races would let them go.
During that period, An Linghui had even taken the initiative to marry a member of the Yanhuang people. Because of this, her parents had severed all ties with her.
However, the facts proved that the surrender faction had been wrong.
Even after cutting ties with the Yanhuang people, the four major races had not spared them.
“Don’t make us sound so bad. You challenged our authority back then and threatened the interests of the four major races.”
Ze Guan glanced indifferently at Bai Shanh u. “The world has always been like this. It has never changed.”
“We never intended to…”
“Enough.”
Xu Mu interrupted Bai Shanh u. “Arguing over this is pointless. You were all acting for the sake of your respective races. They were simply stronger.”
“Heh! Brother Xu Mu is right.”
Su Yuewei chuckled softly. “What justice is there in this world? There is only strength.”
“All right, enough talking. We’ve arrived.”
Xu Mu stopped and pointed ahead. “What is that place?”
s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
agon king storylines. At the start, I obtained the "Ultimate Lackey System" - the more I act as a lackey, the stronger I become. What else could I do? I chose to become the personal henchman of the ultimate villain, Su Muwan. I provoke all sorts of chosen ones, snatch away their opportunities, and commit every evil deed imaginable. You ask who's behind me? Hmph! You're not worthy of knowing my lady's name! ...... ....... I am Su Muwan, the eldest daughter of the Su family. Since childhood, I've possessed extraordinary talent in martial arts, which led to my arrogant and domineering personality in my past life. I was even foolish enough to repeatedly challenge those favored by heaven, ultimately resulting in a tragic death. In this life, I must behave and absolutely cannot walk the same path again!! However... SLAP!! "So you're the Dragon King, huh?!" When I saw my little lackey swagger over and viciously slap the Dragon King who was hiding his identity, I felt my heart sink. Su Muwan's suspended heart finally died as she watched Qin Luo, her utterly loyal lackey, standing before her. She fainted on the spot from shock. Heaven is determined to destroy me!! (Pure love 1v1, light-hearted, no angst, single female lead, villain, reincarnation, lackey)
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
nd fell into a coma while saving his younger sister from an out-of-control car. He became a vegetable. No one knew that his consciousness had crossed into a world of cultivation. Over the course of sixty years, he began as the lowest kind of mine slave, struggling to survive amid mountains of corpses and seas of blood. By sheer chance, he eventually obtained the complete memories of a fallen Immortal King. Alchemy, medicine, formations, feng shui, physiognomy, artifact forging… Every great inheritance of the cultivation world was now his. But when he opened his eyes again, he discovered that ten full years had passed in the modern world. To pay for his treatment, his father had sold the family’s shop and house, leaving himself covered in lasting injuries and illness. His mother had cared for him day and night, and more than half of her hair had already turned white. His younger sister, who had been only fifteen back then, was now twenty-five. To help repay the family’s debts, she had been forced to lower her head and put on a smiling face in places of glittering lights and endless revelry. Only then did Chen Xuan understand that what he had lost was not merely ten years. He had lost the life his entire family was meant to have. The good news was that he had brought back the memories of an Immortal King’s entire lifetime. The bad news was that his soul had returned alone—his cultivation had not come with him. Spiritual energy was scarce, resources were depleted, and the modern world still had firearms, surveillance, capital, and laws. If he wanted to protect his family, break free from everyone’s control, and become truly invincible beneath the heavens, he would have to start all over again.
