Sowing Discord

Xu Mu released a tiny gu worm, sending it burrowing into Xiao Qiao’s head.

The gu worm immediately crawled toward the mass of energy and began devouring it. In just a few seconds, the soybean-sized mass of energy vanished completely.

Xu Mu then raised his hand. A faint golden speck flew out of Xiao Qiao’s nostril and landed in his palm.

Zhong Ci, standing nearby, noticed the golden speck and couldn’t help asking, “Xu Mu, what did you just do?”

Xiao Gui immediately turned around and glared at Xu Mu menacingly.

“I know a little about medicine. After my treatment, the mark in her mind should be gone.”

Xu Mu smiled.

[Affection +50]

When Zhong Ci heard this, her face lit up with joy, and tears began to well in her eyes. “Really? Xu Mu, thank you!”

[Affection +20]

Xiao Qiao was still skeptical. After all, she hadn’t felt anything just now. But since Xu Mu had said it, he probably wasn’t lying to her.

“Wife, don’t listen to his nonsense. I heard about the Thousand-Skinned Woman’s mark a long time ago. It’s incredibly difficult to remove, and the slightest mistake could destroy the entire brain. How could he possibly dispel it in such a short time?”

Xiao Gui immediately spoke up.

“Hahaha! Xu Mu, you really underestimated me. Remove my mark? Give you another hundred years, and you still wouldn’t be able to break it.”

Yue Menglong threw her head back and laughed from a distance.

“Is that so? Then let’s make a bet. I’ll break your mark right now. From this day forward, whenever you see me, you’ll have to call me Dad. If you don’t, you’ll be struck by lightning and won’t live past three days.”

Xu Mu pointed at Yue Menglong.

“Hehe, are you really that confident?”

Yue Menglong stood with her hands behind her back and gave a faint laugh.

“You’ve put your hands behind your back and already started testing it, haven’t you?”

Xu Mu shrugged. “You really are shameless.”

The smile gradually faded from Yue Menglong’s face. She brought her hands in front of her, and crimson flames erupted across them.

Clearly, she hadn’t merely triggered the pain. She had made the mark fully detonate.

Yet Xiao Qiao’s head remained completely unharmed.

Not to mention a little girl like her—even an eighth- or ninth-tier expert would not survive an explosion originating inside the brain.

This brat had actually removed her mark.

Seeing Yue Menglong’s expression, Zhong Ci immediately realized that Xu Mu had succeeded.

[Affection +20]

The way Xiao Qiao looked at Xu Mu changed as well. Even her father had been unable to deal with something that Xu Mu had removed simply by touching her head.

Xiao Gui’s expression became unbearably ugly. Xu Mu was clearly trash who hadn’t even reached the World-Breaking level, yet he had humiliated Xiao Gui again and again, grinding his dignity into the dirt in front of his wife and daughter.

“I know you hate me because I stole your spotlight. But right now, we should stand together against our common enemy. You won’t object, will you?”

Xu Mu looked at Xiao Gui.

Xiao Gui said nothing, merely giving a slight nod. Even with Xiao Qiao’s mark removed, they still couldn’t escape.

The people standing opposite them were no ordinary opponents.

“Hate you? I’m having trouble understanding your conversation.”

Yue Menglong stroked her small chin thoughtfully. “Xiao Gui, aren’t you and Xu Mu brothers?”

“Of course not!”

Xiao Gui answered without hesitation.

“Hahaha! How interesting. Xu Mu, you’re quite something!”

Yue Menglong suddenly burst out laughing. “Xiao Gui, we’ve both been fooled by Xu Mu. I kidnapped your daughter to use her as leverage against Xu Mu!”

“Before this, I sent people to investigate who was close to Xu Mu. Then I obtained photos of you and your daughter. I see it now—Xu Mu must have removed the marks from them and deliberately had them send your photos to me.”

Yue Menglong continued, “I wanted to kill Xu Mu, not you. But this shameless bastard dragged you into it!”

“Shut up! You’re still trying to drive a wedge between us at a time like this. Do you really think we’re that stupid?”

Zhong Ci snarled at Yue Menglong.

Xiao Gui merely furrowed his brows slightly. He hadn’t provoked Everlasting during this period, yet Yue Menglong had suddenly kidnapped his daughter. It was indeed rather unusual.

But his wife was still furious, so there was no way he could say that aloud.

“Hahaha! Yue Menglong, your attempt to sow discord is rather clumsy. Since I’m your true target, why have you been trying to get Xiao Gui’s Boundary Flame from the beginning until now?”

Xu Mu laughed and shrugged.

Xiao Gui gave a slight nod after hearing that. What Xu Mu said made sense.

Perhaps Yue Menglong had learned that he possessed a high-grade Boundary Flame and had kidnapped his daughter for that reason.

Not long ago, he had publicly used it at an ancient ruin. It was only natural for the people from Everlasting to come sniffing around.

“Yue Menglong, let me show you a more advanced way to sow discord.”

Xu Mu suddenly turned toward the two people beside her. “The two of you should have marks in your heads as well. But now that she knows I can remove them, she definitely won’t give me the chance. The moment I touch your heads, she’ll make you die, won’t she?”

Hua Ming and the Deputy Sect Master exchanged glances but said nothing.

Of course, they had marks in their heads—and theirs were larger and contained even more power than the others’.

After all, they were eighth- and ninth-tier experts. If the energy were too weak, it wouldn’t be enough to kill them both.

“So this time, all you two need to do is show us some mercy. Once we escape, you can come find me, and I’ll remove the marks in your heads for free.”

Xu Mu smiled at the two of them.

Upon hearing this, Yue Menglong’s heterochromatic eyes narrowed into slits.

Xu Mu was truly despicable. His talent for sowing discord was indeed formidable.

With just those words, he had instantly created a rift between her and the Painted Skin Sect Masters.

The key was that Yue Menglong didn’t dare turn against them openly. If she did, the two of them might even attack her.

Of course, she could control their marks and kill them.

But then this battle would become a one-against-many fight.

Her cultivation had yet to recover to the ninth tier, so she couldn’t suppress them with ease.

Furthermore, she desperately needed the Painted Skin organization to gather information for her. Just as they had done this time, they had located Xiao Gui and his daughter in an extremely short period.

Without these two Sect Masters, the Painted Skin organization would be crippled.

“Hahaha! As expected of Brother Mu. With just a few words, he’s already made them suspicious of each other.”

Chen Xuan couldn’t help giving a thumbs-up.

Fu Jinyu, standing beside him, had been staring at Yue Menglong’s eyes the entire time. They were unmistakably the eyes of his own race. Clearly, she had killed quite a few members of the Heavenly Demon Tribe.

“My lord! I’ve followed you for so many years. Do you still not trust me?”

Hua Ming suddenly cupped her fists toward Yue Menglong.

The Deputy Sect Master on the other side did the same. “My loyalty to you is as clear as the sun and moon. I’ve kept every task you entrusted to me in my heart. Surely you know that after all these years.”

“Good. I trust you.”

Yue Menglong chuckled. “This matter is easy to resolve. As long as we kill Xu Mu, everything will be fine. Attack!”

Boom!

Hua Ming immediately unleashed her power and charged toward Xu Mu.

“Looks like we’ll have to fight after all.”

Xu Mu smiled and rolled his wrists.

“Then let me be the first to find out just how powerful the ninth rank really is!”

Fu Jinyu charged forward.