Chapter 278: Secret Room

Late at night.

Inside a secret room.

An elderly Foundation Establishment cultivator was stuffing pills into his mouth while injecting all his mana into a cyan talisman.

The skin of this talisman looked like it came from a high-rank monster beast, and a lifelike green bird was depicted on it with cyan cinnabar runes.

It was a high-rank talisman—the Green Bird Talisman!

Its value was immense, and it was definitely not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator could possess.

A moment later, as the old man muttered to himself, his face turned pale from mana exhaustion, and this 'Green Bird Talisman' was finally activated.

The green bird on the talisman seemed to come alive, flying out of the talisman paper and turning into a cyan mysterious light mirror.

The Green Bird Talisman is a pair of two, used for communication.

Because its rank is high enough, even a quasi-Rank 4 grand array is difficult to stop it.

In fact, if it were a high-rank attack talisman, even if this Foundation Establishment old man drained his mana, it would be useless, and might even backfire on himself.

But the requirements for communication talismans were lowered a lot in all aspects, and he, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, finally managed to activate it with the help of pills.

Waves flowed in the cyan mysterious light mirror, and suddenly a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator with white eyebrows and a crane cloak appeared.

It was the Supreme Elder of the White Crane Sect!

The unlucky guy who designed the ambush on the Mu family cultivators but had his Rank 3 high-grade natal spirit crane slaughtered by Fang Xing.

"Mu Mu Qingbai..."

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder frowned: "The Green Bird Talisman is expensive and has no market price, and our sect doesn't have many in stock... You activated this talisman rashly, could it be that the old thing is already dead?"

For the White Crane Sect Supreme Elder, Mu Mu Wanlong was a blood feud!

Whether it was the previous natal spirit beast or the Mu family's huge interests, he wished the other party would sit and die on the spot, and then immediately take revenge.

"Not yet..." Mu Mu Qingbai said: "The junior wants to see his own children..."

He was actually loyal to the Mu family before, but later, when he went out, he met a confidante and even gave birth to a son.

Because Mu Mu Qingbai had already been married by the Mu family and forced to marry a fierce woman from a cultivation family, he didn't dare to bring his confidante back and could only raise them secretly in the Immortal City.

But he didn't expect that this secret matter would be known by the White Crane Sect, and even hold the whole family hostage.

Mu Mu Qingbai had no choice but to be an inside agent.

"Hehe... your children have good qualifications, this old man has decided to take one of them as a disciple."

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder laughed: "I hope little friend doesn't ruin yourself."

"Of course not..."

Mu Mu Qingbai sighed: "Today Mu Mu Qingshi failed to condense the Jin Dan, and finally condensed a false Dan... it was the junior who used the 'Reputation Gu' to secretly exert influence... is this not enough to prove loyalty?"

"Oh? That kid failed to condense the Jin Dan?"

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder laughed loudly: "Good, good..."

For a Jin Dan True Person, a false Dan basically doesn't count as a Jin Dan cultivator, especially for a late-stage Jin Dan great cultivator, who doesn't even look at early-stage Jin Dan cultivators.

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder wanted to annex Hundred Flowers Mountain, so he naturally paid close attention to the Mu family's future: "A mere false Dan is no longer a threat, haha... you did this very well, especially knowing how to use Gu insects."

The Reputation Gu is a side-door Gu insect, not only harmless to cultivators but also has a certain effect of improving the family atmosphere.

Mu Mu Qingbai secretly used the Reputation Gu, often expressing worry about the family in front of Mu Mu Qingshi, secretly stimulating his unwillingness and giving birth to the idea of taking risks for the family.

Jin Dan condensation is originally a matter of life and death. If one has the heart to take risks, it is naturally very easy to fail.

Moreover, this matter was done without a trace, even if the cave dwelling and Jin Dan spiritual items were checked a hundred times, they wouldn't be found.

Even if caught, Mu Mu Qingbai had something to say—is it wrong to be loyal to the family?

Sure enough, this time, Mu Mu Qingshi was pitted as soon as he made a move, and all previous efforts were wasted.

"This time, we also went to visit the Supreme Elder..."

Mu Mu Qingbai continued: "I secretly sensed with the 'Bloodline Plate'... it is indeed Mu Mu Wanlong in that cave dwelling. The senior's previous thoughts were a bit biased..."

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder had been waiting for Mu Mu Wanlong to sit and die.

After all, according to his late-stage Jin Dan knowledge, a forbidden technique that can explode in an instant and raise cultivation by a small realm is a life-taking talisman for a seriously injured Jin Dan cultivator!

But he waited and waited, and it had been ten years, but he still didn't wait for the news of Mu Mu Wanlong's death.

He immediately suspected that Mu Wanzhang was playing tricks, and in fact, Mu Mu Wanlong had already died, but his soul lamp had been changed, and then someone was found to impersonate him.

Because of this, the White Crane Sect Supreme Elder let Mu Mu Qingbai secretly release the rumor of Mu Mu Wanlong's death, and incidentally used his blood relatives to secretly refine the 'Bloodline Plate'.

This kind of demonic magic weapon is generally used for exterminating sects, and can search for the place where close bloodlines are located.

Although the sensing is slightly blurred, it can still be confirmed within the range of a cave dwelling.

"That old thing hasn't died yet!?"

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder was instantly furious, then turned into a cold laugh: "Most likely using some secret technique, pills... forcibly hanging on to a thread of life, I'm afraid he has no power to make a move anymore."

There are many secret techniques in the cultivation world, and this way of forcibly hanging on to life is not non-existent.

With the Mu family's foundation, it is normal to have one or two such treasures.

But this made the White Crane Sect Supreme Elder quite uncomfortable.

After all... he didn't dare to gamble!

Once he lost the gamble, he would lose his own life.

Therefore, even if he collected some array-breaking treasures, before Mu Mu Wanlong was confirmed to have died, the White Crane Sect still didn't dare to attack the Mu family's White Flower Mountain. "Although he didn't die, he's almost there... Mu Mu Wanlong summoned us today, saying he wanted to use the 'Heavenly Demon Pill Transformation Technique' to dissolve the false Dan for Mu Mu Qingshi and reshape his foundation..."

Mu Mu Qingbai thought for a while and said it anyway.

He understood in his heart that once this information was spoken, it was a complete betrayal of the Mu family.

After all, Mu Mu Qingshi is the Mu family's greatest hope!

But what can he do? He used Gu to attack before, and he had already offended Mu Mu Qingshi to death.

Now, even if the Mu family is weaker, he must completely destroy Mu Mu Qingshi!

"Heavenly Demon Pill Transformation Great Method?"

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder was startled, then said: "This old man has heard of the name of this demonic secret technique, but it can only be performed by a Nascent Soul True Lord... even if the secret technique has been improved later, I'm afraid at least a late-stage Jin Dan great cultivator is needed... a mere Mu Mu Wanlong who is about to die, what virtue and ability does he have? Not good..."

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder finally had some knowledge: "This is probably that old guy's scheme, you are about to be exposed!"

"What?"

Mu Mu Qingbai was shocked, and just as he wanted to say something, he saw a radiance break through the secret room.

A five-element aurora fell, turning into colorful chains, binding him firmly.

The many five-element radiances all came from a small mirror.

The one performing this magic treasure was naturally the false Dan True Person Mu Wanzhang.

With his false Dan mana and the powerful magic treasure passed down in the clan, dealing with a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator was naturally like catching a turtle in a jar.

Fang Xing coughed and walked out from behind Mu Wanzhang.

"Family Head... Supreme Elder?"

Mu Mu Qingbai saw this scene and couldn't help but look like dead ash.

"Cough cough... this old man originally just felt that with Mu Qingshi's spiritual root talent and having a Golden Core... even if there was a mistake during Jin Dan condensation, it wouldn't have such a tragic consequence... so I just used a little trick, didn't expect that someone was indeed playing tricks."

Fang Xing coughed, looking thin and weak, and looked at the cyan mysterious light mirror: "White Crane old ghost..."

"Mu old ghost..."

The White Crane Sect Supreme Elder was no longer as free and easy as before, his eyes red, as if he couldn't wait to bite a piece of meat off Fang Xing: "You won this game today, but the days are long, we'll play slowly... hehe... it's just that you, Mu old ghost, might not have a future anymore."

As soon as the words fell, the cyan mysterious light mirror dissipated with a boom, turned into a cyan talisman, and burned rapidly.

"What happened?"

At this time, the movement here had attracted more and more Mu family cultivators.

Even Mu Mu Qingshi, who was in seclusion, was alarmed.

"Mu Mu Qingbai... you colluded with the White Crane Sect, secretly harmed my Mu family's genius, sold out family information... death penalty!"

Mu Wanzhang announced Mu Mu Qingbai's crimes: "Not only must you die, but your direct descendants will be put on another register and never be employed!"

In a cultivation family, it is normal for one person to betray and implicate the whole family.

Of course, it will only implicate three generations of direct blood descendants, and will not implicate the nine clans, unless everyone wants to commit suicide together.

"Mu Mu Qingbai, you truly deserve to die!"

Finally, Mu Mu Qingshi personally carried out the execution, and a spell turned Mu Mu Qingbai into meat paste.

Speaking of which, the one who suffered the most in this incident was him.

Not only was he calculated by Mu Mu Qingbai, turning from a true Dan into a false Dan.

He was also painted a big cake by Fang Xing.

The result told him... the demonic pill transformation technique was fake?

This undoubtedly made Mu Mu Qingshi feel extremely depressed, and he had no way to reason with the Supreme Elder, so he could only vent his anger on Mu Mu Qingbai.

He didn't even hesitate to bear the infamy, just to let the other party die without a whole corpse, just for the sake of feeling happy in his heart.

'Hmm... once a false Dan is condensed, the future is bleak... the personality will indeed change.'

Fang Xing took a few looks and didn't bother to care about these trivial matters. He didn't return directly to the cave dwelling, but went to the Mu family treasury, took out three Rank 4 pill recipes, and incidentally packed up the medicinal herbs he was missing.

He helped the Mu family find the traitor, naturally not for free.

Taking a little something as a hard work fee is completely reasonable.

'After going back this time, I'll use the Rank 4 pill recipes to practice first...'

'Then, cultivate with all my heart, wait until the Jin Dan is perfect, and immediately refine the 'Nascent Soul Pill'...'

'I won't come out of seclusion until I condense a Nascent Soul.'

Although the Mu family is very miserable now, relying on the family foundation, they can slowly ruin the family for decades or even a hundred years.

If Mu Wanzhang suddenly becomes aggressive and takes risks, it is possible that the family business will be ruined overnight.

Therefore, sometimes, having a mediocre person sitting in the position of family head is actually good for the family.

(End of chapter)