The Difficulty of Cooperation Between Xianling and Nan

Xu Mu looked at the woman, maintaining a vigilant posture.

He smiled and said, "Because I think you are beautiful."

Before Xianling Nan could speak, Fu Jinyu walked over and gripped Xu Mu's shoulder tightly.

Xu Mu smiled and looked at Fu Jinyu, "Of course, Sister Empress is definitely more beautiful."

In truth, the two women before him belonged to completely different types, but Xu Mu just preferred them bigger.

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Hearing this, Fu Jinyu finally let go of Xu Mu's shoulder.

Beside them, Nalan Shisan smiled, "Xu Mu, I don't understand. Why is it that when you save them, you rely on cultivation techniques, but when you save me, you spend spirit stones?"

"We'll talk about that later."

Xu Mu turned to look at Xianling Nan, "Now that we have left the ruins, you should run quickly."

"Run? You just saved me purely to save me, not because you wanted me to follow you?"

Xianling Nan raised her willow-like eyebrows in slight surprise.

"No, I just said it. I saved you because you are beautiful. If those people had bought you at the auction, you should know what your fate would be."

Xu Mu flashed a smile at Xianling Nan, "But I already have a wife."

"You are quite an interesting person."

The smile on Xianling Nan's face gradually disappeared. "My name is Xianling Nan. My surname is Xianling, and my given name is Nan."

"I'll remember you. Hurry up and leave. From the number of people at the auction just now, it's clear that many of them want to harm you."

As Xu Mu spoke, he took out a pill from his pocket and handed it to Fu Jinyu. "Sister Empress, by a stroke of luck recently, I obtained some grade-eight and grade-nine heavenly treasures. I specially refined this for you."

He was definitely taking it out on purpose in front of Xianling Nan and Nalan Shisan.

No matter what, both of them were female leads, especially Xianling Nan, who was level ten.

What Xu Mu wanted was to make them envious, to let them know that hanging out with him meant getting great treasures.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Nalan Shisan and Xianling Nan both stared at the pill in Xu Mu's hand.

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Fu Jinyu looked delighted, but then asked uncertainly, "Something this precious, is it really okay?"

"It was saved just for you. Hurry up and eat it."

Xu Mu grabbed Fu Jinyu's hand and placed the pill in her palm.

Fu Jinyu didn't stand on ceremony and swallowed the pill in one bite.

In an instant, a violent surge of power erupted within Fu Jinyu's body.

The power within her was released uncontrollably, causing her black robe to flutter wildly.

Beside her, Nalan Shisan and Xianling Nan's eyes suddenly widened perfectly round.

They could clearly feel that Fu Jinyu's power was continuously rising.

It should be known that Fu Jinyu was currently at the late stage of the Mortal Shedding realm. For her power to surge so drastically at this realm was enough to prove the immense strength of this pill.

Finally, the power radiating from Fu Jinyu slowly dissipated and completely integrated into her body.

Fu Jinyu was stunned. It was precisely because of Xu Mu that she had entered the late stage of the Mortal Shedding realm in the first place.

How long had it been? And now, again because of Xu Mu, she had reached the peak level of the late stage.

This was the Mortal Shedding realm!

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Fu Jinyu stared at Xu Mu with her unique Heavenly Demon race eyes. "Could there be a divine medicine in this pill of yours?"

"Who cares what treasures are in it? You have to protect me, so of course I need to improve your strength."

Xu Mu said with a smile.

Beside them, Nalan Shisan was practically crying with envy. She immediately grabbed Xu Mu's arm. "Do you have any more of this pill? As long as you give me one, I'll protect you too, forever!"

She had seen the pill's effects with her own eyes just now.

As someone at the perfect stage of the Mortal Shedding realm, if she had a few of those, she might be able to forcibly break through to the Realm Breaking stage.

Realm Breaking and Mortal Shedding were two completely different existences.

Xianling Nan also looked at Xu Mu in disbelief at this moment. She didn't understand why Xu Mu wouldn't keep such a precious pill to improve himself, but instead chose to elevate an outsider.

"You shouldn't be from the Heavenly Demon race, right?"

Xianling Nan asked with a frown.

"Of course not, I am a descendant of Yanhuang."

Xu Mu deactivated the illusion array on his body.

"You are a descendant of Yanhuang, yet you gave such a precious pill to a Heavenly Demon? I can't understand it."

Xianling Nan shook her head.

Xu Mu smiled and explained, "Because Sister Empress promised to protect me, and she did exactly that earlier."

"Why say so much? It's simply because we have a good relationship, it's that simple."

Fu Jinyu cast a faint glance at Xianling Nan.

"Just because you have a good relationship?"

Nalan Shisan grabbed Xu Mu's arm and blinked charmingly. "Mu Mu, we can have a good relationship too."

"Let go with your dirty hands!"

Fu Jinyu pushed Nalan Shisan away. "Don't compare yourself to me. All you have your eyes on are Xu Mu's pills."

"Alright, let's retreat first before they catch up to us later."

Xu Mu waved at Xianling Nan. "You run quickly too, be careful."

After saying that, Xu Mu and Fu Jinyu left together, running off into the distance.

He didn't actually plan to just run away; instead, he prepared to thoroughly understand this place before considering whether to come back in.

Since they had obtained so many spirit stones, they definitely wouldn't consume them all at once.

Xu Mu had carved formations. If he could find the place where the treasures were hidden, the reward would be multiplied several times over.

The two of them went all the way down to the bottom of the mountain loop road.

Xu Mu turned his head somewhat helplessly. "Why are you two following me?"

"Little brother, it's perfectly normal for me to follow you, right? If it weren't for me this time, your Sister Empress would be ruined."

Nalan Shisan said with a smile.

Xu Mu nodded. Those words indeed made sense, so he looked at Xianling Nan. "What about you? Why are you following me?"

"I have nowhere to go. You give me a pretty good impression, so I want to follow you for now."

Xianling Nan said while looking at Xu Mu.

Xu Mu didn't believe her nonsense for a second. The Holy Maiden of the White Stone Clan, with such a high Destiny Level, how could she possibly have nowhere to go?

He definitely didn't like the idea of keeping a woman with a filial piety value of -9 and a negative favorability of several dozens by his side.

Who knew when she might suddenly stab him in the back.

"Sister Nan, actually I'm not as good as you think. I have a condition—desire suppression syndrome."

Xu Mu planned to sneak back in later to find those spirit stones, so he definitely couldn't let this woman tag along.

People like her were completely untrustworthy.

If he brought her along, nine times out of ten, something would go wrong.

"Is that so? But I feel you're a decent person. Handing such a precious pill to someone else—I like people who know how to share."

Xianling Nan stared at Xu Mu, as if trying to see right through him.

"It's different. Sister Empress and I are both like eagles. She once pulled me to fly into the sky, to the horizon."

Xu Mu looked at Xianling Nan, "But you haven't been to the horizon, so we are just strangers."

"Well said."

Fu Jinyu crossed her arms and nodded faintly. "Xu Mu only shares with me, not with everyone."

Nalan Shisan was full of astonishment. "So this is the method you used to keep Xu Mu around? I feel inferior."

"What do you mean?"

Fu Jinyu glanced at Nalan Shisan, still in a state of confusion.

"Then I can only find someone else to cooperate with."

Xianling Nan let out a deep sigh, then turned around and began walking off into the distance.

"Wait! Did you say cooperate?"

Xu Mu suddenly called out, stopping Xianling Nan in his tracks.