Farewell
Mu Yu coated himself and Ku Mu in spiritual energy to avoid the two of them getting soaked in the rain.
Qiao Xue never interacted with Ku Mu, but she knew better than anyone how important he was to Mu Yu. She was always envious of their comical relationship, conversing with scathing remarks and sarcasm every time. Mu Yu was always cheerful around Ku Mu no matter how harsh and rude they were to each other.
With a finger tap on Ku Mu, Qiao Xue had the raindrops cover him in ice crystals. The ice crystals morphed to fit Mu Yu’s dynamic movements in addition to cleaning off the filth and blood on Ku Mu. Thanks to her technique, every cell in Ku Mu’s body was preserved.
Mu Yu dipped his hand into the ice crystal to fix Ku Mu’s appearance. “Thank you.”
Qiao Xue bit her finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the ice crystal. “The ice crystal will maintain its form forever, preserving his body until you do what you want.”
It didn’t require magic for Qiao Xue to figure out what Mu Yu planned to do. Her information flipped the switch for Cheng Yan and Lie Shang.
Erasing his hesitancy, Cheng Yan warned, “You need Ju Mang’s ability to revive him, which means defusing Nine Heavens Demon Sealing Formation. You can’t take the risk.”
“Shifu won’t approve. Elder Ku Mu also played a role in casting the formation. Neither of them would want you to undo it for Elder Ku Mu,” added Lie Shang.
Mu Yu predicted as much. He stopped and, in a unusually composed and unapproachable tone, responded, “I just want to deliver him back to Pill Cauldron Sect. His last wish was for me to send him back to Elder Leng Bingxue. I know what to do and what not to do, so you don’t need to follow me.”
Mu Yu flew off in the direction of Pill Cauldron Sect. The dragon vine followed after and reverted to its small form to rest on Mu Yu’s shoulder. Xiaoshuai and the dragon vine didn’t quarrel for once.
Lie Shang told Cheng Yan he wanted to follow Mu Yu with his eyes, but Cheng Yan stopped his junior. “Let him go. There are some things that he needs to shoulder himself. He caused a lot of problems, but he’s not brash. Shifu told us to do whatever we believed is the right thing to do. Mu Yu always heeds Shifu’s advice. We shouldn’t get in his way if he believes he is doing the right thing.”
Cheng Yan felt Mu Yu was no longer the junior brother he had to shelter anymore. Besides, Mu Yu had to grow up eventually.
Qiao Xue went after Mu Yu. Why? Not even she knew. She just believed he shouldn’t have had to bear with the pain on his own. She never offered a word of comfort as the others did; she just silently followed along to keep him company and not irritate him.
They silently flew for four days straight to reach Pill Cauldron Sect. Nobody stopped him – not that he would’ve let anyone stop him – as he made his way to Leng Bingxue’s mountain.
Standing in a pavilion to stay out of the drizzle, Leng Bingxue gazed into the distance. She felt restless recently, yet she couldn’t put her finger on why. She argued she shouldn’t have felt restless when the man she waited for all her life was coming back to her.
“When is that dense man going to be back?!”
A disciple frantically reported someone trespassed onto Frosty Peak, putting wrinkles on Leng Bingxue’s forehead. It was the first incident of anyone trespassing onto Frosty Peak.
Mu Yu’s every step was heavy, his face haggard. Leng Bingxue’s heart skipped beats. Lightning ripped through the inky night, separating the gloomy clouds. The two exchanged Ku Mu’s body without a tear or word. The fluttering leaves, rain and howling wind couldn’t get in the way of their embrace.
“Was it Shi Dengtian?” Leng Bingxue inquired in a soft voice.
“Tian Budai set him up. The former had him kill an ultimate immortal, granting Third Heaven Palace the excuse to kill him under the ruse of breaking the rule.”
“Celestial Star Sect. Shi Dengtian. Got it.” Leng Bingxue gently brushed Ku Mu’s face, but she had the eyes of a wrathful woman. Shi Dengtian’s affiliation with Celestial Star Sect was no secret, so it wasn’t hard to form a conjecture.
Daoist Yun Dan and company – minus Shi Dengtian – rushed over upon catching wind of what happened. Daoist Yun Dan, shocked, questioned, “I just heard Ku Mu killed an ultimate immortal. What happened?”
Mu Yu no longer had any emotional attachment to Pill Cauldron Sect since Ku Mu had left. Had Daoist Yun Dan not handled Ku Mu’s death appropriately, he would’ve despised the sect. Daoist Yun Dan wouldn’t even leverage his leadership of Bamboo Peak against him as they could still do with his help as alchemists.
“Tian Budai used a slave pill to force Ku Mu to kill an ultimate immortal,” summarised Mu Yu.
“Do you have evidence?”
As the patriarch of Pill Cauldron Sect, Daoist Yun Dan had to ensure the politics were right. Making an enemy out of another orthodox sect didn’t play to their favour unless there was concrete evidence.
Mu Yu replied with a head gesture. Frankly, he never hoped Pill Cauldron Sect would back him up as he lacked evidence. Tian Budai wasn’t as useless as his brother.
Daoist Yun Dan hesitantly explained, “Mu Yu, without solid proof w-“
“I know. I’ll take care of this myself. I won’t force you to involve yourself.”
Daoist Yun Dan wouldn’t have killed Shi Dengtian even if it was proven the latter had a hand in Ku Mu’s death. Shi Dengtian never left the sect unlike Ku Mu. Thus, Shi Dengtian’s contributions outweighed his wrongs.
“Take care of his body. The ice crystal will preserve his body forever. Don’t bury him. That’s his last wish,” Mu Yu notified, telling a lie with a straight face.
“Understood,” replied Leng Bingxue, keeping her gaze on Ku Mu.
“Dad said he’d be happy to stay with you together. I’ve left him in your care, so take good care of him. I will visit frequently. As long as his body is preserved, I can even – Mu Yu gyrated his lips – “resuscitate him.”
Leng Bingxue’s head whipped up, but Mu Yu had already walked away a couple of steps. Halting, he frigidly threatened, “My shifu was the one who invented slave pill to control elemental demons. You managed to obtain the formula, but you used it to commit heinous deeds. Don’t you ever forget Ku Mu’s death was the result of you people producing slave pills. It’s forbidden to produce or possess them at Third Continent. Should I ever see anyone in possession of one, he will forfeit his life.”
Regarding them with piercing eyes, Mu Yu added, “I don’t care if you tell him or not, but Shi Dengtian can keep lining up his cronies because I’m going to slaughter the lot of them on my way to collect his head.”
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