Ch61 - Leaving Rune City

After cleansing Xu Qiu’s spiritual roots, the Xue father and son came to visit him every day. The City Lord also specially brought the family doctor to check on Xu Qiu’s physical condition every day. After ten days of observation, it was confirmed that Xu Qiu did not have any side effects. Moreover, after washing the spiritual roots, his speed of absorption of spirit stone energy was obviously more than five times faster than before. The Xue father and son were relieved.

Liu Mufeng stayed in Rune City for half a month before the second batch of materials from the Xue father and son was delivered to him. Moreover, Xue Hao also said that he had already made adequate preparations and was willing to wash his spiritual roots at any time.

Xue Hao had three spiritual roots. He was not a double-meridian, so his situation was much better than Xu Qiu’s. Washing his roots went very smoothly, and Liu Mufeng helped Xue Hao widen his meridians for free.

Xue Hao’s physique was better than Xu Qiu’s, and his strength was also higher than him. In addition, City Lord Xue smashed all kinds of high-level medicinal pills. Within three days, all the injuries on his body were healed. After recovering from his injuries, Xue Hao originally planned to start working hard to cultivate and draw talismans. However, he found himself entangled with Liu Mufeng and his wife, and he had to take them to go shopping and eat food in Rune City every day. This made him very depressed. However, Liu Mufeng was kind to him, and he couldn’t say anything in front of him, so he could only complain to his father behind his back.

“Father, Liu Mufeng and his wife have lived in our mansion for almost a month now. They only know how to eat and drink all day long. They will not depend on us for longer, right?” Looking at his father, Xue Hao asked, feeling depressed.

City Lord Xue laughed. “You can’t see why they won’t leave?”

“Why? Why? For the sake of eating? I took them to eat hairy crabs yesterday. Today, they eat soup dumplings made from the meat of spiritual beasts. Tomorrow, they wanted to eat a whole lamb roast. They don’t look like cultivators at all. I see them as dummies!” Xue Hao snorted coldly. He was very dissatisfied with Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu’s habit of eating and waiting for death.

Hearing his son’s words, City Lord Xue sighed softly. “You, you are three years older than Liu Mufeng, but you don’t even have half as much brain as him.”

Hearing this, Xue Hao was stunned. “Father, what do you mean?”

“Silly son, it’s not that Liu Mufeng doesn’t want to leave, but he doesn’t dare to leave. He’s waiting, waiting for the best time to leave.”

“Won’t dare to leave? What do you mean he doesn’t dare to leave? He is the grandson of the City Lord of Black Dragon City. Can we still kill him?” Looking at his father, Xue Hao asked suspiciously.

“Yes, he has a grandfather in the Spiritual King Realm. Therefore, we can’t kill him and take revenge against the Black Dragon City. However, this kid has a lot of heart and extremely smart. He is afraid that if he leaves the City, I will send someone to assassinate him. Therefore, he just stays here and doesn’t leave. He’s waiting until I relax my vigilance against him. Then, he would sneak away without us knowing it.” Looking at his son, Xue Gang said with a smile.

Xue Hao rolled his eyes. “Why is he protecting himself from us like this?”

“He is in the Spiritual Mortal Realm. I am in the Spiritual King Realm. How can he not guard against me? Son, learn something from this. You only know how to cultivate all day stupidly, but the scheming and means are too differentah.” Looking at his son, Xue Gang sighed lightly.

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“They’re pulling you because you’re my weakness. They’re safer as long as you’re with them. They’re not trying to make you pay the bills or show them the way. They’re just using you as a shield.” Looking at his son, Xue Gang said with a smile.

“Wait, what?” Hearing this, Xue Hao looked strange. He had been wondering why Liu Mufeng always asked him to accompany him to go out to play? It was because of this?

“Okay, don’t complain. They won’t stay for too long and will be gone in two days. Take advantage of this time to have a good relationship with Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu. This kid Liu Mufeng is not easy. In the future, you will have to go to the secret realm. Maybe he can help you one way or another. Therefore, you must not be hostile to him. Understand?” Looking at his son, Xue Gang urged earnestly.

“Oh, I understand, father.” Nodding, Xue Hao expressed his understanding. Although Xue Hao was not smart enough, his greatest strength was obedience. Since childhood, he had admired his father and listened to his father’s words very much.

“Good.” Looking at his son, Xue Gang nodded with satisfaction. The materials worth 130 million were not a small amount. Still, Xue Gang was pleased to see that his son had become a single spiritual root and felt that it was worth the price.

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At night, in Liu Mufeng’s room.

“Mufeng, when are we leaving here?” Looking at his husband, Jiang Xu used voice transmission and did not dare to say it directly for fear of being heard by the guards and entourage outside the yard.

“Let’s leave tonight. Go to the bracelet dimension. I will use the second-level teleportation talisman to get out of here.” Liu Mufeng said as he took out a teleportation talisman.

“En!” Nodding, Jiang Xu held his lover’s hand and was put into the bracelet by Liu Mufeng.

The directional teleportation talisman was activated, and Liu Mufeng’s figure disappeared from the room.

The next day…

Seeing his son hurriedly running into his study, Xue Gang smiled. “Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu are gone?”

“Yes, they already left last night with a teleportation talisman. I asked the guards at the courtyard’s gate, and they said that Liu Mufeng and Jiang Xu never left. I asked the guards at the main gate again, and they also said they didn’t see these two!” Xue Hao told the truth.

Xue Gang nodded. “As expected. He asked us for a lot of second and third-level teleportation talismans.”

“Hmph! This kid is like a thief in the night. You really guessed it right. He left without saying a word. Not even a word. We are not beasts. Can we still eat him?”

“Hahaha! Silly boy, learn a little bit. This is called shrewdness. When your strength is not as good as others, you have to learn to hide and protect yourself. This is the way to survive. When you become a Spiritual King one day, only then can you do whatever you want. Now, you have to learn to protect yourself.”

“Okay, I understand, father.” Nodding, Xue Hao expressed his understanding.

“Okay, let’s go back and make good preparations. Didn’t Liu Mufeng say that the secret realm would be opened in seven months? So go back and cultivate well. Father will prepare magic talismans, medicinal pills, magic tools and arrays for you. You use it for self-defense.”

Hearing this, Xue Hao frowned. “Father, do you think Liu Mufeng is right? Will the secret realm really open in seven months?”

“This, I am not so sure. However, a fortune-teller can figure it out. When there is movement in Tianjin City, he will notify me as soon as possible. However, half of me believed in what Liu Mufeng said. The secret realm may really open in seven months.” Having said this, Xue Gang smiled.

“Father believes his speculation?” Xue Hao asked suspiciously, raising his eyebrows.

“Well, I believe it a little bit. This child can struggle to survive in the face of adversity. Not only has he washed away his spiritual roots, but he has also been recognized by the Wang family. It is really not easy to give him a house. He will have a bright future once he grows up.” Xue Gang could see that Liu Mufeng was definitely not something like a frog in the pool.

“Father is very optimistic about him.” Xue Hao said sourly.

Seeing his son’s appearance, Xue Gang smiled. “Silly boy, you have to remember that being a strong man is a skill. However, it is also a skill to have a group of strong friends. So don’t be jealous of the virtuous, and don’t look down on others.”

“Yes, father, this son understands.” Nodding, Xue Hao expressed his understanding.

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A month later…

A pair of gray-haired old man and an old woman drove a carriage to a small village at the foot of Cang Mountain.

“Old man, there seems to be no one in this village.” Looking at his husband, Jiang Xu asked softly.

Liu Mufeng smiled. At this moment, Jiang Xu was disguised as an old woman, so he disguised his voice as an old lady. Which sounds really interesting.

“This place should be an abandoned village. I think it’s too close to Cang Mountain and demon beasts are often coming down the mountain. Therefore, the people in the village either died or all fled.” Liu Mufeng could not disguise his voice, so the two negotiated and let Liu Mufeng play a dumb old man. He uses voice transmission directly when communicating. A closed mouth, won’t reveal your secrets.

“Oh, so, then let’s go to the village and have a look. Let’s find a house that we can live in.” Jiang Xu suggested.

Liu Mufeng nodded in agreement. The two walked around the small village and did not meet a single villager. They found the best house in the village and lived there.

“XiaoXu, I’m going to refine pills in the dimension and let Xiaoyuan help us make magic weapons. I’ll leave it to you here. You have to be careful. Before the secret realm is opened, don’t reveal your identity. Don’t let anyone find us.” Liu Mufeng warned anxiously.

“Mufeng, don’t worry. I will be careful.” Nodding, Jiang Xu assumed the responsibility of protection.

“Okay, if I haven’t left seclusion for a while and there are other cultivators here, you have to be careful and try not to have conflict with others. Avoid exposing your identity.” Looking at his lover, Liu Mufeng warned anxiously.

“Yes, don’t worry.” Jiang Xu took the bracelet and put it on his hand cautiously.

“En.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng entered the bracelet dimension directly.