Ch190 - Jiang Xu Returns

Liu Mufeng naturally also hoped that his four Cousins could become inner disciples, but at the moment, the four of them were only at the Spiritual Master Realm cultivation. It would not be easy to get into the inner door. Fortunately, this kind of challenge happened once every five years, so there would still be many opportunities to enter the inner door.

“By the way, Mufeng, I heard that Song Mo would be challenging you.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Wang Jiang said seriously.

“Song Mo?” Raising his brows, Liu Mufeng couldn’t remember this person.

“Oh, Song Mo is the Son of the City Lord of Pill City. You washed his spiritual roots in Lingwu Continent, have you forgotten?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Wang Kun reminded him.

“Ah, come to think of it, there really was such a person. I remember that when he entered the sect, he was a three-star Spiritual Master Realm. However, his soul power was relatively strong, and he is already a fourth-level alchemist, right?”

“Yes, he is already a fourth-level alchemist. This time, he also sent ten challenge letters, and he is challenging the new disciples under the Third Elder.” Wang Kun said so.

“What is this person doing now?” Looking at his four Cousins, Liu Mufeng asked.

“Oh, he is planting spiritual plants in the Spiritual Plants Garden. Among us, only he and Liu Muyan have single wood spiritual roots, so they were chosen by the Spiritual Plants Garden Elder to be a spiritual planter.”

“Liu Muyan also went to the Spiritual Plants Garden?” Hearing this, Liu Mufeng pursed his lips.

“Yes, Liu Muyan was originally a third-level spiritual planter. I heard that he did a good job in the Spiritual Plants Garden. He is already a small manager taking care of all the cultivators who have arrived at the Spiritual Plants Garden. Song Mo is also his subordinate now.”

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng smiled. “Song Mo is the Son of the City Lord of Pill City. He has been pampered since childhood, and he is also a fourth-level alchemist. If you think about it, he must be very unconvinced that he got put in a place like the Spiritual Plants Garden.”

“Yes, that kid is very unconvinced. He often complains that it is not fair that the sect chooses inner door disciples based on their strength.” Speaking of this, Wang Jiang looked disdainful.

“Oh!” Nodding, Liu Mufeng expressed understanding.

“Mufeng, there is one more thing. Lin Ran of the Lin family is dead.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Fang Qi said this.

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“So what? What does the Lin family’s life and death have to do with me?” Having said this, Liu Mufeng’s eyes were filled with hatred. The Lin family was a group of cold-blooded people. They treatedXiaoXu so indifferently, and they deserved such a retribution.

Looking at Liu Mufeng, who had a bad face, the other four touched their noses. They knew that their Cousin hated the Jiang family, the Lin family, and the Xu family, those who had hurt Jiang Xu the most.

“Third Brother, recently, I’ve been preparing for the alchemy competition and I’m short of some spiritual plants. Can I trouble my Third Brother to buy it for me tomorrow?” Looking at Wang Kun, Liu Mufeng asked.

“Of course Cousin, please make a list and I will go to the trading area to buy it tomorrow.” Wang Kun immediately agreed.

When the four of them were brought over by Shen Xin, she said that running errands was also one of their jobs, and the people they would be serving were not only the Third Elder, but also Mufeng who lived here. The meaning was obvious, the four of them had to take care of the Master’s apprentice Liu Mufeng, not the Third Elder alone.

“Okay, I’ll write a list for Third Brother later. Besides, I borrowed these books on the first floor of the library. Please help me return them. Also please lend a few more books for me to read as well.” Liu Mufeng took out thirty books and passed them to the other party.

“Okay!” Nodding, Wang Kun immediately put all the books into his storage ring.

———-

Two months later (fifteen days until the challenge)

Because Wang Kun and Fang Qi had relatively calm temperaments, they were both responsible for the errands in the Pill Palace. Fang Heng and Wang Jiang were responsible for cleaning the front yard, Palace and alchemy room and the four of them took care of the osmanthus tree in the yard together. The four of them lived in the small courtyard next to Liu Mufeng, and the brothers met every day.

The day of the competition was fast approaching and Liu Mufeng received one challenge letter after another. Fang Qi would help Liu Mufeng sort out these challenge letters every day and put together the cultivators of the same strength for a better choice.

Looking at Liu Mufeng’s living room where stacks of challenge letters were piled up. Wang Jiang rolled his eyes angrily. “Hmph, what do these bastards mean? Who are they looking down on? There are challengers from outer door and inner door disciples as well. They are sincerely taking Mufeng as a soft persimmon, right?”

Looking at Wang Jiang who was filled with righteous indignation, Fang Qi smiled bitterly. “Aii, there are 1,386 challenge letters. I’ve been dizzy looking at these challenge letters all day.” Fang Qi thought to himself:It’s not easy to be the apprentice of the Third Elder, not only the fourth level alchemists of the outer door wanted to challenge Liu Mufeng, even the disciples of the inner door, the disciples of the Ninth Elder and the Eighteenth Elder wanted to challenge Mufeng. This is really aggressive!

“It’s okay, the more challenge letters, the better. The more people there are, the more room for me to choose.” According to the requirements of the sect, the challenged disciple must accept the challenge of ten disciples. If the number of challengers was less than ten, they must accept the full number of challengers. However, if the number of challengers was higher than ten, the challenged disciple had the right to choose the challengers!

“Mufeng, I think you should choose those outer door disciples from the Spiritual Master Realm. Even if they are a fourth-level alchemist, their alchemy techniques might not be very good.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Fang Qi suggested.

“Big Brother, how many challenger letters are there from the outer door?” Looking at Fang Qi, Liu Mufeng asked.

“There are 525 challenge letters from the outer door.”

“Okay. May I ask Eldest Brother to put aside the letters from the outer door for me. Take the rest of the letters and burn them. Save the space and put it here!” Looking at Fang Qi, Liu Mufeng said.

“Okay!” Nodding, Fang Qi agreed.

“Fifth Brother,XiaoXu will leave the Sword Intent Pagoda tomorrow, I can’t leave the Palace. You and the Third Brother, whoever is free, please help me pick upXiaoXu.XiaoXu still doesn’t know that I live in Master’s palace inside the Pill Peak!”

“Okay, tomorrow I’ll ask Third Brother to go with me and pick upXiaoXu for you!” Nodding, Wang Jiang said yes.

“En!” Thinking that he would be able to see his wife tomorrow, a soft smile hung on the corner of Liu Mufeng’s mouth.

———-

The next day, Liu Mufeng had been waiting for Jiang Xu since the morning after refining pills. It was only in the evening that he saw Jiang Xu and his Third Brother Wang Kun returning home with a dark face.

“Third Brother, why did you come back so late?” Wang Jiang asked suspiciously as he saw the two return.

“Yes, the food prepared by Mufeng has gone cold.” Fang Qi said helplessly, looking at the two of them.

“Oh, don’t mention it, a bunch of bastards accosted me outside of the Sword Intent Pagoda.” Jiang Xu waved his hand, and a lot of challenge letters appeared in the corner.

“This.. so many challenge letters?XiaoXu, you have quite a few!” Fang Heng’s mouth corners twitched when he saw the pile of challenge letters thrown on the corner.

“Aii,that’s not all. See what I have here?” After speaking, Wang Kun took out all the challenge letters belonging to Jiang Xu that were placed in his storage ring.

Looking at the number of challenge letters, Wang Jiang was speechless. “This, this seems to be more than Mufeng’s challenge letters.”

“Yes, there are almost a thousand or so.” Nodding, Fang Qi agreed.

“A bunch of bastards, I was just walking out of the Sword Intent Pagoda when they surrounded me. They really took me as a soft persimmon, and they all came to challenge me.” Speaking of this, Jiang Xu was very depressed.

“It’s okay, don’t pay attention to these people. The more challengers you have the more choices you can have.” Liu Mufeng said as he put his arms around his lover’s shoulder and brought him to the table. “Look, it’s all your favorite dishes.”

Seeing the delicious food on the table, Jiang Xu’s mood just got better. Turning his head, he looked at his lover. “Mufeng, why do you live in Pill Peak?”

“Oh, Master wanted me to have a peace of mind when refining pills, so I moved here.” After speaking, a cluster of flames emerged from Liu Mufeng’s fingertips, and Liu Mufeng used the Beast Fire to warm up the cold dishes on the table.

“Everyone, let’s eat! It’s rare for us to gather together today, so I prepared a spiritual wine for everyone! Let’s have a drink together to celebrateXiaoXu’s return, and I wish the four Cousins a successful challenge!” Liu Mufeng said as he took out a jug of spiritual wine.

“En.” Nodding, the several people around the table poured spiritual wine and toasted together.

“Mufeng, I heard the Third Brother mentioned to me about the competition on the way back. He said that the competition will start in thirteen days, is that right?” Looking at his man, Jiang Xu asked curiously .

“Yes, the competition is also called the Sect’s Five-Yearly Sect Competition. It is a means of selecting talents for Lingwu Sect and is held every five years.Our timing was quite coincidental. We only got one year to catch up to others.” Speaking of this, Liu Mufeng smiled bitterly.

“Oh, that’s why!” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.

“Actually, it’s not a bad thing to have a lot of challenge letters. Each challenge letter must clearly state the name, age, strength level, and current area. Therefore, we can know the challenger’s personal information just by looking at the letters. Just find ten weaker challengers. Tomorrow, you can choose and find ten weaker challengers to accept the challenge from, and you don’t need to be bothered by the other challengers.” Looking at his partner, Liu Mufeng explained carefully.

“Oh, I understand!” Nodding, Jiang Xu expressed his understanding.