When Xianling Nan heard these words, her strange pupils narrowed into slits. "Xu Mu, do you dare to reject me?"
This made Xianling Nan very uncomfortable. She could be the one to reject others, but when had it become Xu Mu's turn to reject her?
What part of her wasn't good enough for him?
"Well, Sister Nan, I admit you're outstanding and beautiful, but you're just not my type."
Xu Mu raised his hand, pointing at Li Shuang beside him. "I like this kind. My father taught me from a young age: bigger is better, and better is bigger."
Li Shuang knew Xu Mu said this deliberately, but for some reason, she felt a hint of delight in her heart.
[Affection +10]
Xianling Nan glanced lightly at Li Shuang. "So you like a fat woman weighing one hundred and twenty pounds? I really can't achieve that."
"You speak quite harshly, little sister. First of all, I'm not fat. Second, I'm not even 120 pounds; I currently weigh 114 pounds."
Li Shuang said with righteous indignation.
The others nearby, including Xianling Qi and Pang Xun, nodded in succession, feeling she was absolutely right.
They didn't know why, but they always felt that what Li Shuang said made more sense than Xianling Nan.
"As a doctor, let me say something."
Xu Mu clapped his hands to get everyone's attention. "Sister Shuang is about 168 cm tall, and 60 kilograms is a completely healthy body type. She's not fat at all. Besides, all her fat is in all the right places."
"Exactly."
Chen Xuan, Xianling Qi, and Pang Xun all nodded along.
"Disgusting!"
Xianling Nan sneered, looking at the expressions on these men's faces.
"Sister, I understand you. Actually, I kind of envy your physique. If I had your body type, I wouldn't be noticed by those men either."
Li Shuang still had a full smile on her face.
Her gentle tone made it impossible to tell if she was sincere or deliberately mocking.
"Alright, Brother Xu Mu, since you're unwilling to accept her, I'll betroth Xiao Nan to this young man."
Xianling Qi pointed to Chen Xuan standing nearby.
"No way, no way! I like men. In my eyes, women are all trash."
Chen Xuan waved his hands to refuse, then said, "But if she wants to marry Brother Mu, that's unlikely too. Brother Mu has very high standards for women."
"Understandable. After all, Xu Mu is the third-place winner of the Martial Arts Tournament."
Pang Xun didn't think much of it.
"Once married to Brother Mu, you'd be drowning in pills. You might not know, but Brother Mu is a top-tier alchemist."
Chen Xuan continued to praise. "I remember he took a few ordinary people who completely didn't understand Qi and boosted them to Grandmaster level in just two months."
"What?"
Everyone present was shocked by Chen Xuan's words.
Xianling Nan's phoenix-like eyes widened. "Xu Mu, you're an alchemist too?"
Xu Mu didn't answer; instead, he nudged Chen Xuan with his elbow and muttered quietly, "Are you crazy? Why are you telling everyone?"
Hearing this, the people present already knew the truth.
A top-tier alchemist?
This was the kind of person most lacking among the foreign tribes.
And making an ordinary person reach the Grandmaster realm in just two months—Xianling Nan felt that all her previous hard work was nothing.
Not just her, but Li Shuang also looked at Xu Mu with surprise.
She wasn't unfamiliar with alchemists, but Xu Mu being a top-tier one was a completely different story.
Even if she did nothing from now on but refine pills for others and collect fees, she could accumulate a large store of powerful medicines.
And Xu Mu had no sect, so whoever married him would be eating pills endlessly, wouldn't they?
"Stop exaggerating. I'm not that impressive. I only know a little."
Xu Mu waved his hand, not wanting to dwell on the topic anymore, and changed the subject. "So, what do we do next?"
"I've captured Canlang Wei, and she's currently in the tent. As long as we can get her to stop Canlang Commander from acting, our current combat strength should be enough."
Xianling Qi said to Xu Mu. "But if they choose to side with Sister Lao, then with two fifth-level experts and some third- and fourth-level ones, we won't be their match."
Xu Mu nodded and looked at Chen Xuan. "Old Chen, what do you think?"
"To seize power, you need absolute strength. If you get to the top through tricks, you'll eventually be knocked down."
Chen Xuan clenched his fist. "Either unite everyone we can, or go head-on and pick them off one by one."
Xu Mu smiled. The words were crude but true, and Chen Xuan made a point he agreed with.
As with the current clan leader, Lao Qian, he hadn't achieved absolute domination in power, leading to the rebellion of Xianling and their group.
"I think Old Chen is right. Are there any other commanders you can unite?"
Xu Mu asked.
"Three commanders have contacted us so far, but their stances are vague, and none has made a clear commitment."
Xianling Qi said somewhat helplessly.
"Then let's not touch those for now. Name a few clans that will definitely not cooperate with you, and we'll pick them off one by one."
Xu Mu said to Xianling Qi.
After all, these were foreign tribes with deep hostility toward the Yanhuang. He didn't need to be polite. Those who wouldn't submit, he would kill.
"Good! There are two clans that will definitely not follow us: Bei Shi and Wu Shi."
Xianling Qi explained, "These two tribes have had close ties with Lao Qian since the previous clan leader."
"Brother Mu, how about we split up?"
Chen Xuan volunteered. "I'll handle one clan with these two seniors, and you handle the other with the Saintess and the big sister from the Jiuli Clan."
"Old Chen, this split isn't fair. Why am I stuck with two women?"
Xu Mu said helplessly.
"Brother Mu, there's a risk those corpses might be taken over in reverse. So Senior Li Shuang definitely needs to stick with you."
Chen Xuan explained slowly. "If I swapped seniors with the Saintess from over here, wouldn't you have too many experts on your side? It would be tough for us."
"That's a good point, young friend."
Xianling Qi nodded vigorously. If he swapped Pang Xun with Xianling Nan, wouldn't he be stuck with two dead weights?
One at Grandmaster level, one at Mortal Transcendence level, unable to help against fourth-level opponents.
"Alright, let's do it this way then."
Xu Mu had no choice but to agree. "Sister Nan, who do we go after?"
"Wu Shi! I've hated those bastards for a long time! They were the ones who mutilated the clan leader's body and chopped off his head back then."
Xianling Nan's eyes burned with fierceness.
"Let's not waste time. We'll head out now and meet back here after we finish."
After Xu Mu finished speaking, he patted Xianling Nan's shoulder. "Lead the way."
Xianling Nan nodded.
...
Xu Mu and the others walked along a deserted mountain trail. He noticed many plants that had long since gone extinct outside.
This place was indeed very different from the world he knew.
Xianling Nan held a thin branch as she walked, occasionally whipping the small weeds beside her.
"Xu Mu, are you really a top-tier alchemist?"
She suddenly asked.
Since Chen Xuan had already brought it up, Xu Mu didn't hide it anymore. "I am an eight-grade alchemist."
Xianling Nan and Li Chenshuang both widened their eyes. This person was too terrifying.
Such a strong combat talent, and still an eight-grade alchemist!
"If—just if—I really wanted to marry you, would you agree?"
Xianling Nan’s one black and one gold eye glanced at Xu Mu.
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.
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