Family and Friends
Mu Yu threw Gui Hongyu onto the ground once they landed on a mountain and cast Divine Soul Formation to retrieve the dragon vine.
“Big Earthworm, please be useful. We have to save your behind every time,” insulted Xiaoshuai, shaking the dragon vine’s two horns from the latter’s head.
“Hmph!”
Mu Yu sat down on a rock, taking his time since Gui Hongyu’s inferior cultivation – relative to his – meant that he could keep her under his control for a good while.
Mu Yu tried interrogating Gui Hongyu on what the seven ghost servants were all about. Sadly, she didn’t know anything.
“Mu Yu, can we kill the flat board already?”
“We’ll spare her so that we can copy Zhou Jinglin’s tactic after I wipe her memories. I want to know what they’re planning and what the situation at Ghost Island is.” Mu Yu drew up a formation on his hand and cast it on Gui Hongyu. “Done. Let’s get moving now.”
By the time Gui Hongyu regained awareness of her surroundings, she had no recollection of the last two hours. When she checked her cosmic bag, the dragon vine was obviously gone. She had no other option but to return to the cavern.
The braised crocodile lizard meat was cold by the time the trio returned. Nonetheless, it was easy enough to reheat and garnish with some bamboo shoots.
“What’s the matter with you, Big Earthworm? You haven’t said a word since we rescued you and look gloomier than overcook meat.” Mu Yu tasted a piece of meat and then offered it to the dragon vine. “Have a piece. Fine, I’ll have it. Did they corrode your brain or drug you mute?”
Eyes on Mu Yu, the dragon vine hesitantly shared, “I heard about how to heal damage to souls from them…”
“What, you telling me you believe those crooks?” Xiaoshuai questioned, chucking another piece of meat down the hatch.
“Xiaoshuai, did you already know about how to heal Dad’s soul?”
Xiaoshuai’s next piece stopped before it entered his mouth. Wagging his tail and sneaking a glance at the dragon vine, he stuttered, “N-no. I don’t know squat about souls.”
“You knew it would mean sacrificing Dragon Vine, didn’t you?”
The dragon vine buried its head in the ground.
Xiaoshuai jumped onto the dragon vine’s head and disputed, “That’s not called healing. That’s called trading.”
“What if I used Wood Spirit Sword to produce an equivalent dragon vine? Would that work?”
“Mm… No. In the past, maybe. Not now when it has absorbed dark herb’s death qi, though. You saw the black earthworms you produced back there; they were jet black.”
Strictly speaking, Ku Mu was the one who saved the dragon vine at Floating Celestial Island, and it was aware of that. It also knew Ku Mu was merciful because there was nothing stopping him from turning it into an ingredient at any point in time. Had it not been for Mu Yu today, Ghost Gate would’ve made an ingredient out of it. Hence, after careful deliberation, it stated, “Mu Yu, if you want to use me to revive Ku Mu, I won’t complain.”
Mu Yu smiled helplessly. “Don’t say that. I won’t kill you. I’m not sacrificing anyone to save someone else, got it?”
The dragon vine quietly inquired, “He’s important to you, isn’t he?”
“You’re also important. I’m not throwing away my family or friends. Plus, Xiaoshuai wouldn’t assent. He nearly lost his mind when you were captured,” Mu Yu asserted, caressing the dragon vine’s head.
“Since when? I couldn’t care less who captured Big Earthworm.”
“Thanks…”
“You’re welcome. You should thank my good looks,” claimed Xiaoshuai, hopping back to the pot to fetch some meat.
“Whoever said I was thanking you, narcissistic rodent?”
“I wasted my time rescuing an ungrateful worm!”
The dragon vine caught a piece of meat Xiaoshuai flung at it and responded, “I’m a dragon.”
“Dragon isn’t synonymous for ‘idiot’.”
Mu Yu started to dig in, reminding himself not to give up because there was no way Xiaoshuai knew everything in the world, so there was still hope.
“So this is where you were hiding.”
Mu Yu saw leaves crystallising and heard Gui Han’s voice before the latter even arrived.
“Sheesh, you’re persistent!” Mu Yu grabbed his two friends and evaded the sneak attack. The pot, however, wasn’t so fortune.
“Unforgivable… Unforgivable!” Xiaoshuai woefully looked at his spilt pot whilst looking as if his rage manifested as flames around him.
“We’re out of here!”
“Yes, you’re going to hell!”
Gui Shan and another three Body Synthesis Realm cultivators came from different directions to ensnare Mu Yu dead centre.
“Well, isn’t this just great…” Mu Yu sarcastically remarked to himself.
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