“Senior Su Qian, Peak Master Mo, Little Friend Xuanyi, it has been a long time. The situation is rather urgent, so please forgive my discourtesy.”
Murong Fu's attitude was respectful. Compared to their last meeting in the Ancient Immortal Realm, he looked rather haggard now, as if he had run into a thorny problem.
Speaking of which, during that time in the Ancient Immortal Realm, he had said that due to family reasons, he had no choice but to arrange for Murong Qing to enter the Heavenly Martial Immortal Sect.
Two or three months had passed and it still hadn't been resolved. It seemed the problem was indeed significant.
“What is the matter?”
Mo Yan returned the gesture, but his tone was slightly sharp, clearly displeased with the Murong family's proposal to the Li family.
“Please, sit and speak.”
Murong Fu made a welcoming gesture. Mo Yan and Su Qian returned the gesture symbolically, and then the four of them sat down together. Wang Xuanyi and Zhu Huai remained standing.
“Peak Master Mo, I have heard about the matter between you and the lady of the Li family from Senior Xiao. I am very sorry for this action; I was unable to stop Murong Sheng's reckless behavior,” Murong Fu said in a weary tone.
“Please speak plainly.”
“After the Ancient Immortal Realm ended, I could no longer stop the rise of Vice Patriarch Murong Hai and his faction. The Murong family is now divided into two factions.”
At this point, Murong Fu sighed powerlessly. “Originally, Murong Hai and his faction relied on the power of demonic cultivators to usurp the position of patriarch, which led to Qing'er being abducted to Dongzhou. However, after that, their goal changed. They now want to overthrow the rule of the Great Qian Dynasty.”
“...”
Mo Yan looked toward Xiao Hongye. Knowing what her martial junior was worried about, she nodded in response and said, “When Murong Sheng proposed, I explained the situation to Patriarch Murong, but Patriarch Murong has already lost his so-called authority.”
“Peak Master Mo, I am truly sorry.”
Murong Fu stood up, cupped his fists, and bowed, his attitude humble to the extreme.
Things had reached this point, and what he could or couldn't do was no longer up to him to decide. He couldn't even extricate himself from the situation.
Most of the elders and consecrated experts within the Murong family had fallen into the demonic path, with only a small portion still desperately resisting. The reason why a highly intense conflict had not erupted yet was also because the royal family was backing them up.
However... even the royal family was powerless, and they had even lost a Dao Integration Realm cultivator because of this.
If not for the Emperor's reputation as a half-step Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator, along with two Dao Integration Realm cultivators backing him up, the Great Qian Dynasty would have fallen into utter chaos long ago.
‘Tsk.’
Hearing their conversation, Wang Xuanyi rested his chin on one hand, clicking his tongue inwardly as he fell into a vortex of thoughts.
The original novel did indeed mention the great chaos of Yunzhou. Specifically, after the Calamity Immortal Realm ended, the demon race and the demon beast race worked hand in glove, planning to start their corrosion from the Great Qian Dynasty to turn the entirety of Yunzhou into a province shared by both the demon beast race and the demon race.
The author hadn't provided specific details, only writing a brief passage: Yunzhou fell, the Murong couple died in battle, the Great Qian Dynasty was destroyed, marking the beginning of the catastrophe for the Nine Provinces.
Afterward, the powerhouses of the major immortal sects had joined forces to resolve the issue and reclaim Yunzhou.
Following that, the young Murong Qing turned her grief and anger into motivation, continuously developing her Yin Spiritual Root and Extreme Yin Body. Her cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds, reaching the great perfection of the Nascent Soul Realm within a hundred years.
However, she had overlooked a fatal problem.
In her childhood, a Nascent Soul Realm remnant soul had used a demonic secret technique to reside inside her body.
During the war between humans and demon beasts, she fought fiercely against five Earth Demons (Nascent Soul Realm). Although she slew the enemies, she was left with indelible scars on her Dao.
This gave the Nascent Soul Realm remnant soul the opportunity to completely devour and fuse with her. Only after that did Long Zitian get the chance to show her warmth and concern, leading to the opportunity for them to dual cultivate.
During the time Wang Xuanyi was lost in thought, Murong Fu and Xiao Hongye bid farewell to Mo Yan's group of four and returned to the Murong family together.
The former was for his family, while the latter was for her disciple.
In this way, it was impossible for Xiao Hongye to stay out of the matter.
“Martial Junior, don't put so much pressure on yourself. Murong Sheng is only proposing, not marrying her yet. You know Li Yarou's character best; she is by no means a weak woman,” Su Qian comforted.
Mo Yan gave a soft hum, his mood inevitably somewhat downcast.
Once Murong Fu revealed that demonic cultivators had infiltrated the Murong family and were planning to overthrow the Great Qian Dynasty, things had become uncontrollable.
They were just a bunch of petty scoundrels, so how did they dare to make such a massive move?
Murong Qing was Xiao Hongye's disciple. With such a major upheaval happening in her family, how could she, as her master, just stand by and watch?
Mo Yan and Su Qian understood this all too well.
After a brief silence, Mo Yan spoke up, “Martial Senior Sister, I am going to see Xiaorou.”
“Alright, be careful.”
With that, Mo Yan vanished from the spot.
Su Qian knew her martial junior was feeling miserable, but there was nothing that could be done. The Murong family's scale was not to be underestimated. If they were to clash head-on now, it would only accelerate the demise of the Great Qian Dynasty.
As for her martial junior's small wish, she might as well let him have his way.
However, Wang Xuanyi found it very hard to understand.
They had clearly just come to welcome his future master's wife, so how did it suddenly turn into a struggle between a family and the royal family? Was this the so-called world correction force?
“Martial Aunt Su, where is Martial Senior Sister Wenren?”
Only then did Zhu Huai realize that Wenren Jing was missing. After disembarking from the immortal ship, she had been entirely focused on wooing her senior brother, completely losing track of such a big, silly girl.
“Her? She went home.”
“?”
Wang Xuanyi silently drew a question mark in his mind. Was Wenren Jing's home around here too?
In the original novel, aside from describing Long Zitian and his group, there was absolutely no mention of the origins of Wenren Jing and Gongyi Lingren. In fact, most of the ancient freaks didn't even have names.
According to Su Qian, when she was on a mission passing through Yunzhou hundreds of years ago, she had happened to run into Wenren Jing, who was triggering a phenomenon, and took her in as a disciple.
“I see. No wonder I didn't see Martial Senior Sister Wenren.”
“Little Yi-Yi, what are you thinking about?”
Su Qian looked at Wang Xuanyi, who had been silent all this time. He was usually the most active one, so why did he look so worried today?
“Martial Aunt, it's nothing. I was just wondering if we should just directly snatch the bride, take my future master's wife back to the Heavenly Martial Immortal Sect, and ignore everything else,” Wang Xuanyi said honestly.
He wasn't sure if Xiao Hongye and Su Qian's power would be enough to turn the tide against the destruction of Yunzhou. If they were to call the Heavenly Martial Immortal Sect for help now, or send messages to other immortal sects, they would only be treated as fools.
Furthermore, the Great Qian Dynasty had a half-step Tribulation Transcendence Realm cultivator and two Dao Integration Realm cultivators. No matter how one looked at it, they were currently part of the top-tier combat power.
How could they all possibly die?
It was all the fault of that damn author. With a single stroke of the pen, without any details, Yunzhou had become a land overrun by demons and demon beasts, leaving Wang Xuanyi and the others with no opportunity to intervene.
“Haha, you wish. If we could just directly snatch the bride, your Martial Aunt Xiao and I would have done so long ago. Don't forget that Huo Huang and the others are still at the Murong family's estate,” Su Qian chuckled.
Little Yi-Yi, he truly was Mo Yan's disciple.
They had the exact same impulsiveness.
“Sigh, I was just mentioning it.”
Wang Xuanyi curled his lips, then asked, “Then what are we supposed to do now?”
“Wait.”
“Wait for whom?”
Resting her chin on her hand, Su Qian asked in return, “Why don't you use your brain and think about it? In the entire Great Qian Dynasty, who is the one who least wants to see the Murong family grow powerful?”
“This...”
Wang Xuanyi pondered for a moment, suddenly seeing the light. “Martial Aunt, are you sure?”
“I'm not sure.”
“...”
Wang Xuanyi was completely speechless. Su Qian looked like she had everything under control, yet her words were so unreliable. It was truly a headache.
Actually, there was someone else on the scene whose head hurt even more.
Zhu Huai hadn't understood a single thing they were talking about the entire time. Her mind was filled with a massive pile of question marks, yet the two of them seemed to have reached some sort of mutual understanding.
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