Chapter 74

In the vastness of space, a man dressed in a Taoist robe was watching the lifeless body of Mu Guanchen through the fabric of time and space. After staring at Mu Guanchen for a long time, he said two words: "Impressive!"

Beside the Taoist-robed man, a young boy asked in confusion, "Master, what?"

The young boy was Ye Nan.

The Taoist-robed man smiled slightly, "I met a very powerful person."

As he spoke, he looked into the distance, a complex expression flashing in his eyes, "A person who, for the sake of all beings, willingly abandoned his cultivation and started anew."

Ye Nan was puzzled, "Abandoned his cultivation?"

The Taoist-robed man nodded, "Only by becoming an ordinary person can one truly understand the hardships of ordinary people... This person redefined the cultivation system, no, he redefined the Great Dao. Although it is not yet fully perfected... In the future, there will be no one like him in this world. What a pity... Let's go!"

With that, he took Ye Nan and disappeared into the distance.

...

Looking at the lifeless body of Mu Guanchen, Ye Tianming felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his mind blank.

Dead!

He never thought that his teacher would die like this.

He tightly embraced Mu Guanchen's body, sobbing uncontrollably.

Beside him, Fucang clenched his fists, his face pale, his beautiful eyes filled with boundless anger.

After a long time, Ye Tianming carried Mu Guanchen's body and turned to leave.

Fucang followed him.

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Xiao Family.

At this moment, the Xiao Family was still waiting for news, but after a long wait, no news came. Not only that, the soul tablet of the Xiao Family's patriarch, Xiao Feng, had shattered.

Dead?

The entire Xiao Family was shocked.

All the powerful members of the Xiao Family gathered in a grand hall.

"That Ye Tianming indeed has someone behind him!"

At this moment, an elder suddenly said with a dark face.

The elder speaking was Xiao Bu, the current second elder of the Xiao Family. With the patriarch's death, he was now the most powerful in the Xiao Family.

Another elder said, "Ancestor..."

At these words, the faces of all the powerful members of the Xiao Family turned grim.

The ancestor they had invited was a half-step breakthrough realm powerhouse. Such a level of strength was not only top-notch in the entire Guanxuan Universe but also in the entire universe.

Could the ancestor also be...?

At this thought, the faces of all the powerful members of the Xiao Family turned even grimmer.

"Impossible!"

At this moment, Xiao Bu suddenly said, "The person behind Ye Tianming absolutely cannot have such strength. Apart from the Ye Family of Qingzhou, no other Ye family has a breakthrough realm powerhouse."

Another elder also said, "Second Elder is right. The person behind Ye Tianming cannot be a breakthrough realm powerhouse. There are not many breakthrough realm powerhouses in the Guanxuan Universe. If Ye Tianming really had such a powerhouse behind him, why would he have to challenge the Guanxuan Dao? A single word would have solved everything."

Xiao Bu growled, "Even if he has a breakthrough realm powerhouse behind him, so what?"

All the powerful members of the Xiao Family looked at Xiao Bu. Xiao Bu clenched his fists, his eyes filled with a fierce light, "Even if he has a breakthrough realm powerhouse, would they dare to destroy the Xiao Family? Don't forget, our ancestor was a brother to the Guanxuan Sword Master!"

Hearing this, all the powerful members of the Xiao Family laughed.

With the relationship that their ancestor had with the Guanxuan Sword Master, who in the entire universe would dare to touch the Xiao Family?

Who would dare?

Xiao Bu stood up, "This matter is suspicious. Perhaps another noble family or sect is secretly helping Ye Tianming. After all, Ye Tianming still has some friends in the Guanxuan World... Issue the order to immediately gather all the powerful members of the clan and have them use all their connections to search for Ye Tianming's whereabouts. We must not let him participate in the Wanzhou Grand Competition..."

He was still afraid, afraid that Ye Tianming would participate in the Wanzhou Grand Competition, achieve a good ranking, and then the Guanxuan Sword Master would really appear. At that time, if Ye Tianming personally reported the matter to the Guanxuan Sword Master...

Perhaps the Guanxuan Sword Master would not touch the older generation of the Xiao Family, but they would definitely be finished.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bu added, "Immediately notify Jishi of the Qingzhou Guanxuan Academy and the An Family of Qingzhou. Tell them that once Ye Tianming meets the Guanxuan Sword Master after the Wanzhou Grand Competition, the Xiao Family will not escape blame, and neither will they..."

Soon, all the powerful members of the Xiao Family were mobilized...

At this point, there was no longer any way to retreat; they could only bet everything on this one move.

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Lanzhou.

Ye Tianming carried Mu Guanchen to Lanzhou, as the Mu Family was in Lanzhou.

A hundred years ago, Mu Guanchen was known to everyone in Lanzhou. At that time, Mu Guanchen was hailed as the first genius of Lanzhou, no, the first genius of Wanzhou. Back then, the Mu Family's status rose from a low-ranking family to a fourth-rank family. When Mu Guanchen passed the Guanxuan Dao, not only the entire Mu Family but the entire Lanzhou was in an uproar.

At that time, Mu Guanchen was undoubtedly the idol of the entire Lanzhou.

However, no one expected that after entering the Guanxuan World, Mu Guanchen would suddenly abandon his cultivation and become a complete ordinary person, ultimately being abandoned by the academy and exiled to the Central Earth...

During this period, the Mu Family undoubtedly suffered the most. They had a chance to advance to a second-rank family, or even a first-rank family. Moreover, because of Mu Guanchen, the second-rank Li Family was willing to form an alliance with them...

But with Mu Guanchen abandoning his cultivation and becoming an ordinary person, everything changed.

The Mu Family's status plummeted, and not only that, their engagement with the Li Family was also dissolved...

At that time, everyone in the Mu Family was so angry that they spat blood. Their status had fallen from the heavens to the ground, and they naturally could not accept it, but they could not change it. Thus, they naturally hated Mu Guanchen. The head of the Mu Family at the time directly expelled Mu Guanchen from the family and removed him from the family register, no longer recognizing him as a member of the Mu Family...

Ye Tianming carried Mu Guanchen's body to the Mu Family's residence. He knocked on the door, and a steward came out. The steward looked at Ye Tianming and Fucang, his face full of confusion.

After Ye Tianming explained his purpose, the steward was stunned for a moment, then closed the door and ran away.

Ye Tianming and Fucang waited quietly.

After a long time, an elder opened the door. The elder glanced at Ye Tianming and Fucang, then his gaze fell on Mu Guanchen. When he saw Mu Guanchen, he was slightly stunned, and his expression became complex.

Clearly, he had recognized Mu Guanchen.

Ye Tianming bowed deeply, "My teacher's last wish was to return to the Mu Family to pay respects to his parents..."

"No!"

The elder directly interrupted Ye Tianming, firmly refusing, "I'm sorry, my grandfather once ordered that he was not allowed to step into the Mu Family, because he is a disgrace to our family!"

A disgrace to the Mu Family!

After saying this, the elder was about to close the door, but Ye Tianming stopped him, his voice trembling, "Senior, please."

As he spoke, he bent his knees and knelt down.

Fucang glared at the elder, his fists clenched, ready to attack at any moment.

The elder was silent for a moment, then sighed softly, "Young Master Ye, I know you. I'll be straightforward with you. If it were just for himself, I wouldn't be so unfeeling, but since you are his disciple and you are in that situation with the Xiao Family..."

At this, he sighed again, "Young Master Ye, this young lady, I know you are not ordinary people, and we cannot offend you, but we cannot afford to offend the Xiao Family either... Please, let us off."

With that, he slowly knelt down before Ye Tianming.

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