“Your name is Mu Shirt? Who is Mu Xunlin to you?” Ning Cheng looked at the male cultivator in front of him and asked.
Mu Shirt obviously could not see through Ning Cheng’s cultivation level, and now that Ning Cheng asked about Mu Xunlin, he hurriedly bowed and replied, “Back to senior, Mu Xunlin is my grandfather.”
“Then Mu Nan should be your father?” Ning Cheng saw that Mu Shirt had some shades of Mu Xunlin and guessed some of it.
“Yes, senior is here?” Some caution showed in Mu Shirt’s eyes, a person he had never seen before had come to ask about his grandfather and father, he was very uneasy in his heart.
“This token was given to me by your grandfather before he died, asking me to give it to Mu Nan. I didn’t have time to come over because I’ve been very busy, and I happened to see your clan this time. Your father, Mu Nan, is not here, so it is just as well to give it to you.” Ning Cheng finished speaking and shoved the Sect Leader token into Mu Shirt’s hand.
Hearing Ning Cheng’s words, Mu Shirt trembled as he took the token, and his eyes instantly turned red. Before his father died, he had told him that grandfather would return. He had stayed here all this time, apart from guarding the crumbling Wushang Clan, and waiting for his grandfather to return. And now his grandfather had not returned, and what had returned was merely a Sect Leader token.
Mu Shirt grabbed the token with both hands and bowed to Ning Cheng to the ground, “Many thanks to senior for sending back the token of my Sapless Sect, please tell your benefactor your honorable name, senior’s kindness will always be remembered by my heart.”
To Mu Shirt, he knew very well that he would have no chance to repay Ning Cheng’s kindness. This kindness could only be remembered in his heart.
Ning Cheng nodded, “This is something trivial, you don’t need to put it to heart. Your grandfather and I have only met a few times, and your grandfather’s wish is to grow the Wushang Clan in the future. I hope you can work hard on your cultivation and fulfill your grandfather’s last wish. The token has been delivered, and I have to go now.”
Ning Cheng had really come here purely to help. He had helped Mu Xunlin back then. Now that he had delivered Mu Xunlin’s Sect Leader token again by the way, it was indeed nothing more than a handful.
Seeing that Ning Cheng was about to leave, Mu Shirt hurriedly said, “Senior, please stay. Senior still has a few words to say to senior.”
After saying that, Mu Shirt turned his head and said in a soft voice to Cao Yun, “Xiao Yun, you go out first, I have a few words to say to this senior alone.”
“Mm.” Cao Yun mumbled obediently and turned to go out.
Ning Cheng was a little puzzled. Although he had seen that this Cao Yun was a bit odd when she went out. However, according to Mu Shirt’s attitude towards Cao Yun, it was reasonable to say that he should not have called her out.
“Senior, before junior’s father left, he said that if one day grandfather really did not return. Instead, he asked someone to send back the Sect Leader’s Token, so that I could send the stone tablet of the Wushang Clan out and leave the Wushang Clan. I’m guarding here, apart from guarding the Wusang Sect, another one is guarding that stone tablet.” Only after Cao Yun had gone out did Mu Shirt then respectfully say.
The stone tablet? Ning Cheng was somewhat puzzled.
“It’s the stone stele with the three words of my Wushang Clan engraved on it, which has been turned upside down with moss outside the clan gate. The three words of the Sageless Clan actually have one that was added later.” Mu Shirt saw Ning Cheng’s confusion. He hurriedly explained.
Ning Cheng’s divine sense immediately landed on the stone monument outside that had fallen on the ground inconspicuously, and this time he paid attention and really found a difference in the three words of the Wushang Clan. The two words WuXiang were very imposing. It even carried a hint of a vague aura, but that word Zong was flat and bland, without any semblance of aura.
What shocked Ning Cheng even more was that he found that after his divine sense penetrated into this stone tablet, there was a small area that he could not sweep into. Not only that, it also made him feel a hint of a familiar aura.
This stone tablet was definitely not unusual.
Ning Cheng did not immediately go to get the stone tablet. He had already decided to give Mu Shirt a hand. Whether the stone tablet was unusual or not, Mu Shirt could listen to his father’s legacy. Guarding this stone tablet at the Wushang Clan, Ning Cheng also had a lot of respect for this kind of person in his heart.
“Mu Shirt. I see that you and that Cao Yun seem to be very close, why did you call Cao Yun out when you were talking to me?” Ning Cheng asked in a puzzled manner.
Mu Shirt hurriedly responded, “Senior, my father has explained to me. The matter of the stone tablet is not allowed to be divulged and can only be given to the person who brings back the Sect Master’s Token for my Wushang Sect. And when sending the stone tablet out, don’t have any third party around, otherwise it will only harm others and yourself.”
There was one more thing that Mu Shirt did not say, his father had once said that the cultivator who could return an insignificant four-star sect’s Sect Head Token to the Wushang Clan was qualified to possess the stone tablet.
“Then do you know the origin of that stone tablet?” Ning Cheng asked again.
Mu Shirt nodded, “That stone tablet was obtained by my great grandfather because there were two words on that stone tablet, WuXiang. My grandfather felt that the stone tablet was extraordinary, so he added the word Zong after the two words Wushang and established the Wushang Sect. It has been passed down to me, and when this stone tablet was sent away, the Wushang Clan sort of disappeared.”
So that was how it was, Ning Cheng had even more good feelings towards Mu Shirt. He also knew what Mu Nan meant, several generations of the Mu family had not solved the mystery of the stone tablet, and Mu Shirt had average qualifications, so he should not be able to solve it just the same. Since this stone tablet was different, if it was placed on Mu Shirt, not only would it waste Mu Shirt’s time, it might also cause trouble, so Mu Nan simply asked his son Mu Shirt to give this stone tablet away.
“I just saw that you seem to have two confidants ……,” Ning Cheng did not ask about the stone tablet anymore, instead he asked about the two women.
After hearing Ning Cheng’s words, Mu Shirt blushed and said somewhat awkwardly, “A family matter for the late generation, I have made senior laugh.”
Ning Cheng smiled faintly, “I am not laughing, I am asking what you plan to do?”
Mu Shirt did not know what this senior wanted to ask about these matters, but since Ning Cheng had asked, he had no choice but to say, “Hong Yi and Xiao Yun are both people I like, it’s just that Hong Yi is not quite used to sharing the same fate with me. I plan to take Little Rhyme away from here and go into casual cultivation.”
“I heard Hong Yi say that the Rainbow Fallen Sword Sect is recruiting disciples, she is right, why don’t you go to the Rainbow Fallen Sword Sect and give it a try?” Ning Cheng asked in confusion.
Mu Shirt shook his head, “The Rainbow Fall Sword Sect is a very long way from here, and we don’t have the spirit stones to go to that place. Besides, even if we went, we wouldn’t be looked at by the Rainbow Fall Sword Sect, I have this self-knowledge.”
Ning Cheng, however, said, “Mu Shirt, if I were you, I must choose between these two women, I would choose Wei Lanyu rather than that Cao Yun who shares your happiness and suffering.”
“Ah ……” Mu Shirt looked at Ning Cheng in some disbelief, instead of being with the woman who accompanied him in his suffering, he would choose that very selfish woman? What kind of choice is there?”
Ning Cheng said in a light voice, “That Cao Yun should not be sincere in being with you, not only does she have a large amount of cultivation resources, she has also sealed her cultivation level, her true cultivation level is the second level of Xuan Dan, not the third level of True Condensation.”
After a casual scan earlier, Ning Cheng had really thought that Cao Yun was at the third level of True Condensation. He would naturally not care about an ordinary female cultivator, much less use his divine sense to really pry. Later, when Cao Yun walked by him, he landed his gaze on Cao Yun for the second time, and only then did he see that there was a forbidden restriction on Cao Yun’s body.
Because the ban was sealed by Cao Yun herself and did not fluctuate in any way, and he did not care about it, that was why he overlooked it at first glance. Now that he was attached to Mu Shirt, he naturally cared a little.
Not only had Cao Yun sealed her cultivation through her own method of fighting the ban, she also had a storage bracelet. It was just that her storage bracelet was hanging between her chest, so Ning Cheng would not pay any attention to it. In Cao Yun’s storage bracelet, there was a large amount of top quality spirit stones.
In comparison, Mu Shirt’s ring contained a pitiful amount of spirit stones. Ning Cheng’s divine sense even caught up with Wei Lanyu and forcibly opened Wei Lanyu’s ring, and the spirit stones inside were just as pitiful, not even more than Mu Shirt’s. This showed that Cao Yun’s charming pity and understanding was a pretence.”
Mu Shirt’s mouth opened wide, unable to believe Ning Cheng’s words at all. He was too familiar with Cao Yun, how could he possibly put a ban on himself and seal his cultivation? It wasn’t like he had anything to be fooled with. Besides, if Cao Yun really wanted what he had, wouldn’t it be simpler to just ask him for it or just kill him?
“Then did Wei Lanyu usually beat Cao Yun too?” Ning Cheng ignored Mu Shirt’s astonishment and asked another question.
Mu Shirt had obviously not recovered from Ning Cheng’s previous words, and it was a while before he replied, “No, this is the first time that Hong Yi has hit Xiao Yun.”
Ning Cheng sneered, “If I’m not wrong, as long as Wei Lanyu dares not return, Cao Yun will dare to make a move to kill her.”
“Why?” Mu Shirt was still unwilling to accept Ning Cheng’s deduction.
Ning Cheng did not answer as his domain pressed out while raising his hand to grab outside. A few breaths later, a crystal ball appeared in Ning Cheng’s hand. He tossed the crystal ball to Mu Shirt and said, “Look at it yourself.”
This crystal ball was Ning Cheng’s memory crystal ball from Cao Yun, who had stayed in the Phaseless Sect to look for one thing. She only knew that such an item was very remarkable and had been obtained by Mu Xunlin’s father back then, as for what it was, she had no idea at all.
It was just that when she came here, Mu Xunlin’s father had long since fallen, and Mu Xunlin had been missing for a long time. Mu Xunlin’s son, Mu Nan, had likewise fallen, and only Mu Nan’s son, Mu Shirt, remained. With Cao Yun’s strength, she was unable to search the soul of Mu Shirt, who was at the level of a Yuan building cultivator, so she could only stay by Mu Shirt’s side, constantly sidetracking him. In order to stay here alone with Mu Shirt, she endured her anger and put on a defiant face.
Only Mu Shirt remembered her father’s legacy and never revealed the secret of the stone tablet of the Wushang Clan.
After a long time, Cao Yun actually really liked Mu Shirt a little. She wanted to find a chance to finish off Wei Lanyu, but Wei Lanyu never left Mu Shirt’s side. This time, pissing Wei Lanyu off was just what she wanted. Rather, she hadn’t expected Ning Cheng to come here with the Sect Leader’s token, and she was instantly taken with it. Unfortunately, she hid outside and listened for half a day, but heard nothing.