Chapter 27

Mu Zhengfeng, this guy, in the end, still managed to drag the Mu family into this mess.

Mentioning the Mu family in front of Hu Donghan and Hu Meier, if they didn’t send someone to deal with the potential threat, that would be a miracle!

"Mu family? So you are from the same clan?" Hu Meier smiled lightly, remembering this family in her heart.

Cutting off the roots, these were all the lessons Hu Donghan taught her. Because they failed to cut off the roots, Hu Meier and Hu Donghan suffered countless losses. At this moment, those childhood experiences were still vivid in her mind. Now that she knew there was a backing behind Mu Zhengfeng, it was natural to eliminate it.

"This... Senior Sister, everything that happened was due to me and Mu Zhengfeng, and has nothing to do with the Mu family. Please spare the Mu family..." Although Mu Ming wanted to distance himself from his family, the prerequisite was that his family members also had to leave the Mu family. Now, he was still a member of the Mu family, and most of his close ones still lived within the Mu family. If the Mu family were to be wiped out by the Yin Soul Sect, his family members would definitely die as well.

Hu Meier, however, smiled coldly and said, "Do you have the right to speak here? Kill him!"

As soon as the words were spoken, the surrounding Golden Core cultivators immediately acted. Mu Ming only managed to release his spirit tool, but was instantly struck by five or six spirit tools, and was killed without even leaving a last word.

Mu Zhengfeng watched helplessly as his last lifeline was killed, with blood and flesh splattering his face. He seemed to have lost his soul, muttering, "No... I don’t want to die! I don’t want to die!"

"Hmm? This guy seems to be scared out of his wits?" Hu Meier glanced curiously at Mu Zhengfeng and asked with a light smile.

Hu Donghan, however, narrowed his eyes and said, "No! This guy isn’t scared out of his wits, he’s just pretending."

To judge whether a person has really gone crazy, one only needs to pay attention to their soul. When a person goes crazy, it means there’s a problem with their soul. The "True Interpretation of Ghost Dao" in Hu Donghan’s hands, its research on the soul far surpasses that of the Yin Soul Sect! Just like the soul-searching technique used by Niu Jinzhong.

For the Yin Soul Sect, the soul-searching technique might be a high-level spell that is difficult to master. However, in the miscellaneous section of the "True Interpretation of Ghost Dao," it is a low-level spell that can be used once by consuming a soul on the Soul List— and the soul required to perform the soul-searching technique in the "True Interpretation of Ghost Dao" doesn’t have to be a good soul, just any soul that can withstand the power of the Soul List.

Of course, according to the "True Interpretation of Ghost Dao," there are also limits to performing the soul-searching technique. Each time it is used, it consumes part of the soul power on the Soul List. The weakening of soul power also weakens the control over the souls on the Soul List to some extent. However, in general, the soul power consumed by the soul-searching technique should be sufficient to recover in about three days. Therefore, as long as the soul-searching technique is not used more than once every three days, there should be no major issues.

Looking at Mu Zhengfeng’s current state, Hu Donghan knew at a glance that his soul was completely normal, and he was just pretending to be crazy!

"Pretending to be crazy?" Hu Meier put on gloves, then grabbed Mu Zhengfeng’s ear with one hand, and with a slight effort, tore it off, throwing it aside, saying, "No problem. Even if this guy is pretending to be crazy, I’ll make him truly crazy in a moment!"

Hu Meier’s cruelty was not something that could be seen on the surface. A woman who, at the age of nine, could use a fishing net to trap a bandit leader and then slice him up with a small knife, tearing off someone’s ear should be considered quite gentle.

"Don’t touch him yet, let’s take him to my room first. I still have some questions for him." Hu Donghan still had some doubts that he couldn’t understand—

Back then, the conflict between him and Mu Zhengfeng was just a matter of pride. Even if Hu Donghan didn’t give Mu Zhengfeng face, it was hard to believe that Mu Zhengfeng would specifically find someone to kill him just because of a few times of losing face. Unless Mu Zhengfeng’s psychology was really that twisted.

There should be someone else behind Mu Zhengfeng.

"Okay!" Hu Meier smiled and then patted Hu Donghan’s head, "Speaking of which, I haven’t seen my little Donghan in almost four months! Sister misses you!"

Hu Donghan rolled his eyes, reached out, and knocked Hu Meier’s hand away, saying, "Girl, don’t touch me with the hand you just used to tear off someone’s ear. It’s disgusting!"

Hu Meier also wanted to chat with Hu Donghan as soon as possible. She casually ordered the three biased enforcement disciples to be executed, and then ordered the other four who stood by to be taken back to the enforcement hall for detention. Then, the two of them dragged the pretending Mu Zhengfeng back to Hu Donghan’s courtyard.

Due to the incident at the External Affairs Hall, all the outer disciples of Stacked Peaks who were free had gone to watch the spectacle and died there. The rest were in closed cultivation, so no one knew that Hu Donghan’s room suddenly had a visitor.

Casually closing the door, Hu Meier scanned the simple room with her eyes and said with a smile, "I know that the residence of the outer disciples is simple, but I really didn’t expect your place to be so shabby, even worse than our Hu family’s shed... Little brother, why don’t you move to the enforcement hall with me? Master really cares for me and treats me well. If I ask him a few times, he will definitely agree to let you stay there..."

"Impossible." Hu Donghan snorted, kicked Mu Zhengfeng unconscious, and then said, "Girl, I know exactly what you’re thinking! I said, one day I will personally defeat you and show you my strength! What’s a child bride boasting in front of me?"

"Ouch! Little brother, you’re being naughty again! Do you want sister to give you a good lesson?" Hu Meier giggled, and her delicate fingers made a light tapping gesture in the air, causing Hu Donghan’s face to turn pale.

When they were wandering as children, although Hu Donghan was young, he had the experience of his previous life, often speaking with an old air, guiding Hu Meier. When Hu Meier was young, she naturally followed Hu Donghan’s words, but as she grew older, she became more independent and no longer listened to Hu Donghan.

After being adopted by their foster parents, Hu Donghan and Hu Meier once had an argument. Hu Donghan brought up the topic of the child bride, saying that she was his child bride and that he would strip her naked and show her his strength when he grew up.

Hu Meier, who had wandered with Hu Donghan for several years and matured early, was ashamed and angry when she first heard this from Hu Donghan. She immediately stripped Hu Donghan naked and tapped his little brother a hundred times...