“There were rumours that the Xiang Family came here to reinforce the Su Family. Chief, we should take extra precautions.”
“If I’m not wrong, the Xiang Family would prefer to see the end of the Su Family,” the Viper Clan chief said. “I’m not convinced that the Xiang Family isn’t tempted by all of the Su Family’s treasures.” He shook his head in disbelief.
“Chief, if the Xiang Family is willing to sell out the Su Family, then wouldn’t they do the same to us? I’m worried that they wouldn’t let us take the Su Family’s property so easily. After all, having one of us wiped out and the other ravaged is the ideal situation for them.”
“In that case, we should take greater precautions against the Xiang Family.”
One of the elders said, “The Xiang Family probably has similar plans. If we deploy our warriors to guard against them, then we end up failing to capture the Su Family. That’s the equivalent of the Xiang Family successfully saving the Su Family. It’ll put them in a very good position within the human race.”
“So no matter the outcome, the Xiang Family wouldn’t lose? What a good ploy!”
“Hehe… They think that they’re scheming against us, but we have the upper hand. This time, we’ll take out both the Xiang and Su Families.”
Meanwhile, the Chief of the Xiang Family brought several Xiang Family elders to sit down at a quiet location.
“We need to plan well. Whether it’s Su Family’s property or our Xiang Family reputation, we’ll get them both this time,” the Chief said.
“I’m afraid the Viper Clan would probably have caught on to us.”
“So what if they’ve realized what we’re doing? This is an overt scheme, and it would only fail if they give up on attacking the Su Family. If they did, we still end up winning.”
“We’re lucky that the Chief insisted on coming here to at least take a look. Otherwise we would’ve missed this golden opportunity. This is the definition of seeking opportunity from crisis.”
After the Xiangs planned on their operations later on, they hurried towards the Su Family.
High up in the air, Li Mu was quietly watching everything. When he was satisfied, he returned to the inn.
In the following days, the atmosphere in Wuxin City was heavy and tense, almost as if it was shrouded by dark storm clouds.
There were barely any warriors drinking in the tavern.
“Hubby…”
After resting for two days, Liu Xiu was feeling a bit more energized.
Although she had recovered a bit, she still looked exhausted. Her eyelids were constantly drooping, as though she was sleepwalking.
“Hmm… I found Xu Fang and the others,” Li Mu announced.
“Really, where?” Liu Xiu suddenly snapped her head up.
“They’re at the Su Family. Don’t worry. They’re being treated quite well.”
“The Su Family? Aren’t they about to be wiped out? Hubby, quickly save them! It’s too dangerous to stay at the Su Family now,” Liu Xiu said frantically.
Since she’d recovered these two days, she had heard about the imminent disaster of Wuxin City.
“Don’t worry, I’ll go get them out later.”
Once he rescued the three girls from the Su Family, the main goals of this trip would finally be achieved.
After that, he would find a remote area, build a house there, keep some farm animals and pets, and enjoy his harem.
That night, the three girls felt their visions blur before appearing inside the inn.
Just as they were about to shout for help, they saw the person who stood before them. Immediately, tears started flowing non-stop from their eye.
“Hubby!”
Li Mu patted their backs.
“It’s all alright now!”
After some time, the weeping stopped.
The four girls gathered together and started catching up and exchanging stories.
Their facial expressions flitted quickly between laughter, tears and frowns. Sometimes, their eyes reddened and teared up. The girls were sharing the ups and downs of their experiences in the last few months.
Li Mu went up to the rooftop of the inn with a bottle of wine and cast his gaze afar.
He wondered how Tingting and the others were doing.
Now that the Bat Clan had been exterminated, there wouldn’t be any other clan invading that part of the world for the time being.
With him here, no one would dare to cross the Desolated Desert.
Tens of years had passed… it must be very peaceful there.
Most of their lives would be happy and tranquil.
An hour later, Li Mu took out the three Meridian-Mending pills from the system.
“It’s finally time!”
He jumped straight down from the top of the inn.
The meridians of the girls had been shattered. These pills would help to rebuild it.
But they’ll still have to restart from square one in cultivation as they’ve lost all the powers they had accumulated before.
That night, the three girls took the Meridian-Mending Pill.
With the help of Li Mu, the girls restored their meridians in a single night.
“Don’t practice your breathing cycles these next few days. Your reconstructed meridians are too fragile. I’ll let you know when you can start practicing it again.”
“Hubby, we left really abruptly. Su Qing doesn’t know that we’re gone,” Xu Fang said worriedly.
“It’s fine, write me a note and I’ll leave it in her courtyard.”
“Hubby, please also help out the Su Family and save sis Su Qing!”
Ftoom.
Suddenly, all three girls dropped to their knees in front of Li Mu.
Li Mu sighed.
“You should all be focusing on your recovery right now.”
“Hubby, sister Xiu told us that you’re planning to leave this place. But we don’t want to leave,” Xu Fang said tentatively. Her head was lowered.
“Tell me why.”
“Hubby, Wuxin City is great, and the Su Family is really nice, Sister Su Qing was really good to us. Here, there are no fights and conflict, or vengeance and payback or any of those complicated things…”
“The Viper Clan is about to attack Wuxin. In this world, one cannot live a peaceful life without enough power.”
“But we like it here. It’s much livelier than living in the mountains. And yet, this city is purer than other cities in the world. If only the Viper Clan is gone…” Xu Fang bit on her lips as she lowered her head.
Her expression was filled with resentment and rage.
“Hubby, we know that you’re great and powerful. Please just help the Su Family this one time!”
Liu Xiu knelt down as well.
“Your husband isn’t someone who doesn’t know gratitude. Since all of you like it here, I’ll clear out all the Viper Clan orcs. All of you can continue to live peacefully in the city.”
“What about you, hubby?”
At the Su Family house.
Chief Xiang was deep in thought.
“Brother Su, I’ve tried my best to drag it out. In a few days, the Vipers will be attacking. Have you come up with an escape plan?”
“Brother Xiang, our population is huge and our belongings even more massive, it’s just too difficult to migrate out. In the last few days we only managed to shift less than 3,000 family members. Out of that number, we lost nearly a thousand during the escape. If we continue like this, we’ll be spreading our forces thin and giving the Vipers the opportunity to take us out. You already know that there’s no way for us to conceal out migration.”
As Chief Su spoke, he pushed the storage pouch before him forward before continuing, “I hope that Chief Xiang could just put in a bit more effort and think of some other way. Perhaps delay the attack for a few more days. There may be new changes to the situation at hand.”
Chief Xiang sighed. “Brother Su, you’re waiting for that Li Mu to appear and attract the attention of the Viper Clan aren’t you? Forget it, it’s been almost four months. If they can’t find him till now, then there’s no way they could do it in just a few more days.”
“The longer they can’t find that Li Mu, the sooner the status of the Human Clan would rise, isn’t it? If by then the Viper Clan still plan to attack us Su Family, they’ll have to think twice about it.”
“Brother Su, rather than betting your lives on something so abstract and unknown, I’d say it’s much better if you put up a good fight. If you do that, maybe a good number of your people will survive, and they can be your hope for revenge. As for your properties in the city, us Xiang family can manage them for you. When the Su Family returns in the future, we’ll give them all back to you.”
Chief Su’s eyes turned cold. “We’ll talk about this matter next time!”
“Chief Su, you don’t have much time left,” Chief Xiang reminded him.
Suddenly, a messenger shouted from outside the door. “Sir! Chief! Bad news! the Vipers have launched their attack!”
“What?”
Both Chiefs Su and Xiang stood up at the same time.
Shock!
Their expressions were filled with dismay.
The two chiefs dashed out of the guest hall at the same time.
Outside the city, tens of thousands of Viper warriors were marching towards Wuxin.
Chief Xiang frowned as he thought to himself.
He still hadn’t gotten what he was supposed to get, and yet the Vipers have already begun their invasion.
He hurriedly rushed out of the city gates. “Chief Viper,” he said, “could you do me a favour and temporarily pause your attack!”
“Who do you think you are? Trying to scam both sides, you really think us Vipers are idiots?” A Viper warrior from amongst the troops bellowed.
“Chief Viper, what’s the meaning of this?”
The Viper Clan Chief ignored Chief Xiang. Instead, he turned to Chief Su. “Chief Su, before we start out battle, would you want to join forces and deal with this double crossing scum first?”
“Sorry, the Su Family aren’t capable of doing something as disgusting as attacking our own people.”
“Well then, both of your families can perish together! Kill them!”
“Kill!”
Countless Viper Clan warriors dashed towards Wuxin City.
In the sky, a band of high level masters made up of the Viper Clan Elders also bolted towards the two human families.
Atop the inn, Li Mu shook his head.
“The Xiang Family is too calculative. Now they’ve shot themselves in the foot. Turns out the Viper Clan never planned to leave the Xiang Family out of this!”
