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Chapter 16: I'll Help
Chapter 16: I'll Help
Chapter 16: I'll Help
Chapter 16- I'll Help
Right, a question. Should Lan Chu Die and Du Yi Shuang be included as Su Mu's servants?
And since no one asked, I'll just mention the cultivation realms that have appeared until now in order.
Tempered Body
Initial Element
Qi Transformation
Separation and Reunion
True Element
Immortal Ascension
Transcendent
Saint
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After spending some time with Hu Mei'er and Hu Jiao'er, Su Mu decided to take his leave.
While Su Mu was on his way towards Su Yan's wooden house, at the borders of the Black Wind Trade Market, Meng Wuya appeared with a murderous look on his old face.
His target was the Blood Battle Group. Or Long Zai Tian, to be precise.
Though the Blood Battle Group was one of the three big powers in the area, how could Meng Wuya be afraid of them? His Disciple had narrowly escaped becoming a dead person, narrowly avoided losing her purity. This tab had to be calculated.
Although Long Hui was dead? It didn't matter! As far as Meng Wuya was concerned, he still has a grandfather. If the upper beam is crooked, the lower beams would be too. If it were not for having a powerful backing, how could a small and insignificant figure such as Long Hui possibly act that domineering and rampant?
So in Meng Wuya's eyes, Long Zai Tian was even more hateful! Even more deserving of death!
The distance between High Heaven Pavilion and the Blood Battle Group wasn't that much. Furthermore, with Meng Wuya's speed, he arrived in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.
Although his cultivation was sealed, he was still far above a normal 9th Stage Immortal Ascension with just the fact that he uses Saint Qi, unlike normal Immortal Ascension Cultivators who use True Qi. The advanced Martial Techniques and his profound experience were just the cherries on top.
At that very moment, the higher-ups of the Blood Battle Group were discussing some important affairs.
This meeting was being held in the Grand Hall. The Group Head, Hu Man was currently sitting straight with his tough and stocky build. His face was full of harsh features; with a single glance, one could tell he wasn't some benevolent person.
The subordinates under Hu Man, the fellow Lords of the Blood Battle Group, were all sitting straight, respectfully. These people were currently reporting the small and big matters of the group that had occurred in the past month; the profits, the expenditures, etc.
Listening to this made Hu Man extremely impatient. Waving his arms, he spoke. "Don't speak about these trivial matters. How is the process of breaking that mining area's seals going?"
A young person of around twenty-seven years of age stood up at that moment. Respectfully, he replied to Hu Man, "Reporting to the Group Head, grandfather already has some rough sketches. It's just the number of experts within the group is far too little. Although the seals are old, they aren't easily dispelled. The other day, grandfather had asked Long Jun to pass on the message that he is already making the utmost effort and will try to break the seals in the shortest time possible."
The young man was Long Zai Tian's eldest grandchild, Long Hui's elder brother, Long Jun. He was already at the 2nd Stage of True Element Realm, and although he couldn't be compared to those geniuses beloved by the heavens, his aptitude wasn't too bad.
Even though Long Jun was only at the True Element Second Stage, he was still given important tasks and held the position of Lord because the Long Family's position within the group wasn't low.
Hu Man merely nodded his head. "This is good. Long Jun, if you have the time, please go to the mining site to bring your grandfather my thanks for his troubles."
"Yes."
"It's unknown what profound mysteries are hidden within those seals, to be actually hidden tens of feet underground." A random Lord spoke out.
"But this is all thanks to our Lady Mei'er and her clear sight. If it wasn't for her telling us that something unusual was hidden beneath the mine, then we would have never known about the matter."
"That's right, that's right. Even though Lady Mei'er's age is young, her eyes truly are special. It is unknown as to how she saw this."
Hearing the people in the room praising Hu Mei'er, although their words contained traces of flattery, they still made Hu Man comfortable listening to them. But when he thought of Hu Mei'er's female body, he would still have to marry her out. At this point, Hu Man couldn't help but sigh.
'From your grandmother, I, your father am wise and strong. Within the family are various concubines, working away every night diligently, yet how do I only have two daughters?' This was one of Hu Man's sore points. As the family's sole male, how would he continue the family? At this thought, Hu Man could only be depressed.
[A/N- Meanwhile Su Mu: Chill mate, I'll help. ( )]
That group of people were still praising Hu Mei'er's peculiar eyes, and also continuously added many praises for Hu Jiao'er as well.
But thinking about it again, it was indeed quite odd. The mining site was discovered quite a few years ago while the Group was continuously mining the Bright Yang Stones and Bright Yin Stones during these years, making a lot of money. In these years the Blood Battle Group had expanded quite rapidly, while a large portion came from that mining site.
Even after all this, no one knew that a few more meters down, there was such a mysterious thing hidden.
Yet two months earlier, Hu Man's younger daughter, Hu Mei'er, came one day to tell him this news. At that time, he had only laughed at this news while thinking that she was playing a silly prank on him.
It was only after Hu Mei'er's nagging that Hu Man begrudgingly decided to send some people to investigate.
Hu Mei'er had clearly stated that this affair couldn't be leaked to the Long Family. But Hu Man didn't care about the news; he felt that it was his daughter's mischievousness to attract his attention. Coupled with the fact that the mine site was under the management of Long Zai Tian, he naturally couldn't hide it from him.
The evacuation site that Hu Mei'er said wasn't that far from the mine. Ten or so Blood Battle Group Disciples painstakingly spent several days before discovering that something was truly unordinary in the place they were digging. They found that the place was filled with mysterious seals, so the disciples ran back to report this finding to various elders.
After Hu Man received the news, he immediately went to personally investigate. Unfortunately, he couldn't see or hear anything thanks to the seals.
In the Blood Battle Group, Long Zai Tian was the eldest, and the one with the most experience. Not to mention he already knew about the matter, so Hu Man put him in charge; to see what was hidden within those restrictions.
Hu Man had a feeling, that the thing hidden within was some type of unspeakable secret. If the Blood Battle Group was able to obtain it, then their power would rise by another level. Not only would their power rise, but they might also be able to surpass the Eight Great Families; at the very least, they would be able to stand on equal footing with them.
Hu Man was also a bit vexed. At the time, Hu Mei'er had constantly warned him to not let the Long family know of this news, but he hadn't taken her seriously at all, which naturally pissed Hu Mei'er a lot. Now, not only did the Long Family know, but all the upper echelons of the group knew as well.
After returning from the mining area that day, Hu Man didn't waste any time before running over to Hu Mei'er, who, for some reason, permanently started staying with Hu Jiao'er, to ask how she knew about the secret hidden beneath the mining area.
What he didn't expect was that due to this affair, Hu Mei'er held a small grudge against him. Through the bustle, Hu Man found out that Hu Mei'er learned this secret through the guidance of an expert. It was this expert that discovered the secret in the mine.
Because of his mindlessness, he failed the task that the expert had entrusted his daughter. And that expert didn't want the Long Family to know of this news.
Little did he know, Su Mu didn't really mind the Long Family sneaking around the place. He knew that the only person who could force open the inheritance by sheer force was Meng Wuya. And if Meng Wuya failed to do so, Su Mu planned on doing it himself after his cultivation reaches the True Element Realm.
"My daughter, who is this expert like?" Hu Man held a deep respect for this hidden expert. To be able to see the hidden secrets meters below the ground symbolised that they possessed high cultivations. In Hu Man's mind, that expert must have possessed Heaven and Earth shocking power.
"What kind of expert?" At the time, the image of Su Mu appeared in Hu Mei'er's mind, causing her face to turn red. Glancing at her father, she replied, "Not telling you!"
Seeing her reaction, Hu Man became rooted to the spot. This made him wonder if his daughter held feelings for that expert.
Moving his eyes a little, Hu Man noticed that his eldest daughter, Hu Jiao'er, was blushing even harder than her younger sister.
'Heavens. Not only Mei'er but the prideful and arrogant Jiao'er as well?' At this discovery, Hu Man almost felt his body losing its strength. Just how many talented young men were trying their best to get a bit of his daughters' attention. To think they have feelings for the same person and mutually agree to it as well.
After a series of roundabout inquiries, Hu Man became astonished. This expert was a young person. This type of person, how could their birth be ordinary?
"Mei'er, Jiao'er, is it possible that you two have feelings for this other party?" Full of spirit, Hu Man made his inquires. In his eyes, his daughters would have to marry at some point, but the most important question was who they would be married to. Although it would be weird for both of them to marry a single person, as long as the other party had the capabilities, Hu Man didn't mind as long as his daughters agreed. If they could marry into one of the Eight Great Families, then it couldn't be any better. Then the Blood Battle Group would be able to soar up like a phoenix.
Not to mention that with these keen eyes, the young superior person wouldn't be a bad match for his daughters.
"If we do like him, what can you do about it?" Hu Jiao'er growled. The only thing that changed about her was how she acted in front of Su Mu, for others, she was the same prideful Hu Jiao'er.
"If you two like them, then try to get closer to them. My daughters are beautiful, could it be that he doesn't put you two in his eyes?" Hu Man egged her on, "Wait, could it be that he already has a wife? What could this be counted as? A man having more than two or three wives is very ordinary."
At his words, both Hu Mei'er and Hu Jiao'er fell into a trance.
"Little sister, how many women do you think he has?" Hu Jiao'er asked with a pondering expression.
"I never bothered to ask him that. But considering how he is, the number shouldn't be small. Isn't that right, big sis?" Hu Mei'er replied, giving any Jiao'er a meaningful grin, making the latter embarrassed.
Hu Man could only smile bitterly as his two daughters were now completely leaving him out of this conversation. Neither Hu Mei'er nor Hu Jiao'er slipped Su Mu's name into their conversation.