Ghost King’s Medical Consort

Chapter 22: Family Matters?

“Here, this is for you.” Dongfang Ao waved his hand and a spirit fruit that was emitting a translucent fiery light, was stuffed into Mu Qianyue’s hand.

The Fire Spirit Fruit?

Mu Qianyue was stunned for a moment. She was still fretting over where she could go to look for a Fire Spirit Fruit, and somehow, it had miraculously dropped into her hands.

With the Fire Spirit Fruit, she’d be able to summon the Spirit of Fire with great ease, and the success rate would rise to 80%. Even if she were to fail, it wouldn’t hurt her spirit. The price of one Fire Spirit Fruit was extremely high and could go up to a few million gold coins.

“Hehe, you’re my disciple after all, so of course I have to give you some a gift.” Dongfang Ao said with a smile. He reached toward his wrist and took out a small book, and a small and exquisite cauldron. “These are for you as well. Don’t stand on ceremony with me.”

After Mu Qianyue’s gaze landed on that cauldron, she couldn’t avert it away at all. This was a medicine refining cauldron and was about half a meter in height. It had three kegs and was a translucent-glaze color. Under the sunlight, it refracted a rainbow glow. It looked very small and exquisite, and was extremely beautiful.

“This glaze medicine cauldron was forged from 1,000-year Glazed Stone and Unyielding Stone. It is extremely sturdy. When it is used for pills refining, not only would the concentration of the medicinal effect be high, the quality would also be potent. Quick, put it away and don’t let others see it.” Dongfang Ao looked very secretive, glancing around to ensure that there wasn’t anyone in the vicinity.

Since he said it like that, Mu Qianyue didn’t stand on ceremony either, receiving these items. With a wave of her hand, she put all of them away into her storage space. This medicine cauldron was something rare and if others were to see it, it might attract unwanted attention. There was an idiom that while it wasn’t scary for thieves to steal, it was scarier to think that they had their eye on your possessions. In any case, it was better not to tempt fate.

“Thank you, Master.” After acknowledging him as her Master, Dongfang Ao was so generous to her. It would be a lie to say that she wasn’t touched. To be honest, the reason she acknowledged him as her Master was because of his pill refining skills and his status. However, Dongfang Ao had purely wanted to take her in as his disciple without any other impure intentions. In comparison, her motivation was much more complicated.

“Haha, alright, don’t be too touched. There’s no use for me to keep these things either. They are just a pile of junk. Since I’ve met you, I’m tossing them all to you so that they won’t be an eyesore. Alright, I’m off to drink wine. As for pill refining, you can learn it slowly. If there’s anything you’re unsure of, just read the notes that I’ve given you. If you don’t understand anything, then come and ask me.”

With that, Dongfang Ao picked up the gourd from his waist and sculled down a mouthful of it, smiling as he said this.

“Alright,” Mu Qianyue smiled in return.

“But Master’s things are not given to you for free. The cultivators competition between the empires will be held in two months’ time. If you can’t get first place, then don’t come to see me anymore.” Dongfang Ao raised his brows and said with an arrogant expression.

Cultivators competition?

In two months’ time? First place…

Although time was a little tight, it wasn’t impossible. Her lips curled up into a confident smile.

“No problem.”

“Then I’ll be waiting for your good news.” With a swift move, he turned into a gust of wind and retreated quickly from the alley.

Looking at Dongfang Ao’s disappearing figure, a hint of smile flashed in Mu Qianyue’s eyes. She felt very warm. It seemed that having a protective Master wasn’t a bad thing. The reason her master told her to go fight for first place was to help her clear her reputation as the number one trash.

Of course she naturally had to accept her master’s kind intentions.

After returning to the Defender Marquis Manor, Mu Qianyue tried to find out more information about the cultivators competition between the empires from Mu Rufeng.

There were four great empires in the Heavenly Martial Continent, being the Sky Ocean Nation in the west, the Phoenix Shadow Nation in the east, the Northern Abyss Nation in the north, the Southern Moon Nation in the south, as well as some small subsidiary nations scattered about the continent.

The cultivators competition was held once every three years, in different nations each time on a rotational basis. This time around, it was going to be held in the Phoenix Shadow Nation.

“Yue’er, you’re going to take part in the cultivators competition?” A gleam flashed past Mu Rufeng’s eyes.

“Yes.” Mu Qianyue nodded.

“Our Yue’er has grown up.” Mu Rufeng was stunned for a moment before he broke into a faint smile, reaching out his hand to pat Mu Qianyue’s head. A cold gleam and a trace of helplessness flashed past in his slightly drooping eyes.

Mu Qianyue blinked. “Elder Brother, aren’t you curious as to why I can suddenly cultivate?”

“No matter what Yue’er does, Elder Brother will forever be your strongest backing,” Mu Rufeng said.

“Elder Brother, you’re hiding something from me, right? You must have known about the seal in my dantian.” Otherwise, why would he look so calm and wasn’t surprised at all after finding out that she could cultivate?

The atmosphere turned heavy for a moment.

Another flash of coldness appeared in Mu Rufeng’s eyes, like the unsheathed glint of a sharp blade. It only returned to calmness after a moment, then he sighed and said, “Back then, Father and Mother found out that you were born with a colorless martial soul. Faced with this kind of situation, they were extremely agitated. After all, colorless martial souls are so hard to come by, even in 10,000 years. Even I am only a violet soul. Later on, Mother was taken away and we lost all news of her. Father was afraid that those people would implicate you and thus had no choice but to seal up your martial soul and the Heaven Connecting Tower.”

After hearing this news, Mu Qianyue revealed an astonished expression. Her elder brother had a violet soul!

Although the violet soul wasn’t comparable to the colorless soul, it was also hard to come by one in 1,000 years! It was no wonder Elder Brother’s aptitude was so high!

“Elder Brother, you know about the Heaven Connecting Tower?”

“I don’t know much about the Heaven Connecting Tower. I only know that it’s an ancient divine artifact. Back then, our parents obtained this Heaven Connecting Tower by luck, which brought them many life-threatening situations. Yue’er, since you’ve undone the Heaven Connecting Tower’s seal, remember not to expose it to others.” Mu Rufeng’s countenance turned solemn as he said this.

Mu Qianyue nodded. “Elder Brother, do you know who it was that took Mother away?”

Mu Rufeng shook his head. “I’m not sure. I only know that they came from another place. Yue’er, you’re too weak now and it’s not the time to tell you much yet. When you get stronger, you’ll naturally find out everything that you want to know about.”

Mu Qianyue’s fists clenched tightly under her sleeves. “I’ll definitely work hard in my cultivation and find Father and Mother!”

After a slight pause, Mu Qianyue voiced out the other doubts she had. “Elder Brother, the Heaven Connecting Tower is an independent space and possesses limitless power. Why didn’t Father give it to you?”

At the mention of this, Mu Rufeng revealed a hint of helplessness on his face. “When the Heaven Connecting Tower met you back then, it darted into your body by itself. Father said that you have a true affinity with the Heaven Connecting Tower.

“Yue’er, if you don’t wish to get married to Prince Jing, then Elder Brother will help you to annul this engagement.” Recalling the news sent by Qian Huang, Mu Rufeng’s countenance turned cold abruptly.

“No need. Although Prince Jing is blind, his heart is pure. If we were to annul this engagement, Nalan Zheng might betrothe me to someone else. Rather than waiting for that to happen, I might as well get married to Nalan Jing first. Elder Brother, don’t worry, I won’t let myself be aggrieved. Getting married to Nalan Jing is just a temporary measure. Our Defender Marquis Manor is in a precarious situation at the moment, so we will need to be careful when doing things,” Mu Qianyue smiled as she said.

Hearing Mu Qianyue’s words, Mu Rufeng heaved a sigh of relief. Since Yue’er was born to be strong, a man fitting of her must also be one who could look down on the rest of the world in arrogance!