Xu Mu parked the car in the parking lot at the foot of the mountain, and he and Ying Weiyang got out together.
As they approached the distant gate, Xu Mu used his perception to investigate and confirmed that this was indeed a reclusive family.
Many of the bodyguards were ancient martial artists, though their cultivation was quite low. Most were only at the Bright Force or Dark Force stage.
He took out his phone and called Shi Fumeng again. The woman on the other end asked him to wait a moment before hanging up.
“Xu Mu, you came over too quickly. I haven’t finished eating yet.”
Ying Weiyang patted her stomach from the side.
“Here, have a packet of spicy strips. Now keep your mouth shut.”
Xu Mu took a packet out of his storage space.
“What’s this?”
Ying Weiyang accepted it and skillfully tore open the packaging. After taking a bite, her eyes immediately lit up.
“It’s delicious!”
About five or six minutes later, a woman dressed in black sportswear emerged from the gate.
Xu Mu studied her. Her black hair was simply tied back, and she looked youthful and attractive—barely old enough to be considered an adult.
However, there seemed to be a trace of worry between her brows.
People who wore such expressions generally did not live very happy lives.
Xu Mu used the Eye of God to inspect the woman in the distance.
Name: Xie Lin
Identity: Daughter of the Xie family head; student at Yanzhao University
Favorability: 0
Destiny Level: 4 (maximum level: 10)
“Hello, are you Xu Mu?”
When Xie Lin spotted Xu Mu, she hurried over.
“That’s me.”
Xu Mu nodded. “Is Shi Fumeng all right?”
“She... is fine for now.”
Xie Lin hesitated slightly.
“What do you mean, ‘for now’?”
Xu Mu frowned faintly.
Ying Weiyang, who was eating with her mouth covered in oil, licked her fingers and said, “Sister Ye said that if you find someone injured, you should call the police. Why didn’t you call the police and instead ask Xu Mu to come?”
Hearing this, Xu Mu couldn’t help rubbing Ying Weiyang’s head.
He had been so worried about Shi Fumeng’s safety that he had forgotten to consider this point.
He hadn’t expected Ying Weiyang to be quite clever.
“That’s right. If Shi Fumeng was injured, why didn’t you call the police? Why did you contact me instead?”
Xu Mu looked at Xie Lin.
“Let me be honest with you. Since you’re the only contact in Shi Fumeng’s phone, you must be a very close friend of hers. So you should know that she’s an ancient martial artist, right?”
Xie Lin questioned him.
“That’s right.”
Xu Mu nodded.
“She was seriously injured. I was the one who saved her.”
Xie Lin briefly explained what had happened.
It turned out that she was the daughter of a concubine in this reclusive family. She had not even been granted the qualifications to cultivate.
Relying on her own efforts, she had managed to reach the mid-stage of Dark Force.
The previous night, while out jogging, she had discovered Shi Fumeng. Seeing that Shi Fumeng was around her own age and had suffered serious injuries, she had taken her home.
At first, she had intended to have the family’s private doctor give Shi Fumeng some basic treatment before sending her to the hospital.
However, her older sister had seen her, scolded her for bringing every stray person home, and ordered the bodyguards to throw Shi Fumeng out.
But before the bodyguards could even touch Shi Fumeng, they were sent flying.
The incident eventually alarmed Xie Lin’s father and grandfather.
After examining Shi Fumeng, her grandfather discovered that Shi Fumeng’s cultivation was above the Grandmaster level—stronger even than his own.
Everyone in the family immediately realized how serious the situation was.
They quickly bandaged and treated Shi Fumeng, only to discover that she seemed to have lost her memory and acted somewhat foolishly.
However, she treated Xie Lin well and only showed any warmth toward her. As a result, the family negotiated with Xie Lin.
They wanted Xie Lin to keep Shi Fumeng there and have her serve as the family’s enforcer.
They also told Xie Lin that whenever she was with Shi Fumeng, she had to bring along her eldest brother.
Their plan was to make Shi Fumeng accept her brother and consummate the relationship.
That way, even if Shi Fumeng recovered her memory in the future, she might still remain with the Xie family.
After hearing Xie Lin’s explanation, Xu Mu let out a cold laugh.
“They certainly have lofty ambitions.”
“But I didn’t want that,” Xie Lin said softly. “So I secretly hid her phone and used her fingerprint to unlock it. That’s how I found your number.”
“You’re a good person.”
Xu Mu smiled at Xie Lin. “Lead the way.”
“All right. Please follow me.”
Xie Lin nodded and took the lead.
After all, she was considered one of the family head’s daughters. The security guards at the entrance had nothing to say about her bringing the two of them home.
“Xu Mu, do you have any more? I want to eat some more.”
Ying Weiyang tugged at Xu Mu’s sleeve as she walked beside him.
Xu Mu took out another large packet of spicy strips and handed it to her.
Once they entered through the gate, a vehicle shed could be seen not far away. Row after row of electric scooters were parked inside, apparently provided for visitors to get around.
A reclusive family that occupied an entire mountain would be wasting an enormous amount of time if ordinary people had no vehicles.
Ying Weiyang still didn’t know how to ride a two-wheeled vehicle, so Xu Mu took her along as they followed Xie Lin to the mountainside.
There were several villas and a large paved area there. Stone railings had been built along the edge of the cliff, making the place look like a scenic attraction.
“Xie Lin! How dare you bring unrelated outsiders in here again?”
A woman who appeared to be in her twenties frowned at them from a distance.
Xu Mu looked at her. She had permed hair and wore large earrings.
“Sis, this is Shi Fumeng’s friend.”
Xie Lin forced a smile at the woman in the distance.
“What?”
When Xie Jing heard this, there was no anger in her eyes. Instead, a sinister look appeared in them.
She strode over, pointed at Xie Lin, and shouted, “Are you trying to get yourself killed? You’re the one who called them here? Have you forgotten? Grandpa said that no one is allowed to mention that woman!”
Bang!
The moment she finished speaking, she kicked Xie Lin in the stomach, infusing the strike with Dark Force.
Xie Lin was sent flying two meters backward.
But suddenly, she felt that the air behind her had grown unusually dense. It was as if she had landed on a thick cushion, and she eventually settled lightly onto the ground.
“Are you all right?”
Xu Mu stepped forward and pulled Xie Lin to her feet.
His earlier guess had been proven correct. This woman truly did not have an easy life in her own family.
“I’m... fine.”
Xie Lin lowered her head, staring at the ground to hide the humiliation on her face.
Being struck in front of outsiders at her age—and in her own home—was a severe blow to her dignity.
“This has nothing to do with her. My friend Shi Fumeng disappeared somewhere nearby, and I came here looking for her on my own.”
Xu Mu released Xie Lin’s hand and looked toward Xie Jing.
“Where is Shi Fumeng? I’m taking her with me.”
“What are you supposed to be? You think you can come to the Xie family and take someone away? You’ve got a death wish!”
Xie Jing gave a cold snort.
“Xie Lin, get them out of here! Otherwise, I’ll throw you out too!”
Xie Lin clenched her teeth and remained silent.
“You’re afraid of her?” Xu Mu asked with a faint smile.
“She’s the daughter of the principal wife, and she’s already reached the peak of Dark Force.”
Xie Lin spoke softly. “I’ve only just reached the mid-stage of Dark Force.”
“You’ve given me two reasons. So which one is it? Are you afraid of her because she’s the daughter of the principal wife, or because she’s stronger than you?”
Xu Mu continued questioning her.
“Because... she’s stronger than me!”
“Then that makes things simple.”
Xu Mu took out the useless pills he had prepared earlier and stuffed them into Xie Lin’s mouth. “Swallow them. Then you’ll become stronger.”
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!
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!
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.
rowess are unmatched, commanding a million-strong army! Yet, the Emperor wants to depose him for the sake of a false prince? Hold on, are you throwing me into some female-oriented romance plot? How can I tolerate this? With a grand wave of his hand—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! Slander the Emperor? Very well, all of you shall die! ... The False Prince: "Although I am not the biological son, Father and Mother love me more. The throne should be mine!" The Female Lead: "Qin Xiao, you are the Emperor, and I am a commoner. If you wish to marry me, you must abdicate. Otherwise, you will never have me!" The Empress: "After we divorce, you must give me half the empire!" The Transmigrator Consort: "You worthless Emperor, why should I kneel to you? All men are equal—I advise you to be kind!" The Great General: "The enemy general is my childhood sweetheart. For her sake, I willingly abandon the frontier defenses!" The Retired Emperor: "Although Yu'er was adopted, I prefer him. Qin Xiao, you should abdicate and let him become Emperor!" ... Very well! So this is how you want to play? Facing this twisted world of female-oriented tropes, Qin Xiao grins and raises his hand to unleash—the Nine Clan Extraction Technique! I am the Emperor. Why would I bother reasoning with you? Seal the gates! Leave none alive!
