Pill Cauldron Sect’s Patriarch
Mu Yu crouched down to assess Alchemist Yao’s condition. “He’ll be all right.”
“I know,” replied Cai Lie, taking Yao Wuji’s hand. “Thanks.”
“There’s no need for us to thank each other.”
“You knew about Shifu’s plan, didn’t you?”
Mu Yu bobbed his head and swept his gaze around. “Alchemist Yao is a noble. I want all of you to remember that he did what he did for your futures. Since those he tried to protect courageously stood up for what’s right, he could end his act. Though he came close to assassinating Shi Dengtian, Qian Shange and Wan Yaoshui were too much for him and almost killed him.”
“I should’ve known better. I let my anger cloud my mind. It’s my fault.” Daoist Yun Dan shook his head in guilt.
“Patriarch, you do not need to beat yourself up. If he could deceive you, he could deceive Shi Dengtian, true?” Mu Yu comforted.
“It is true, but I still owe him.”
Mu Yu stood up. “Pill Cauldron Sect is now unrecognisable; however, there are survivors out there. You should check on the situation, Patriarch.”
“Understood. Please send us outside, Mu Yu.”
Xiaoshuai rode Xiaohei and Xiaobai over to meet Mu Yu. Dabai and Dahei emerged from Mu Yu’s body, swirling overhead. Xiaoshuai then teleported a group outside, while Mu Yu teleported Cai Lie and Yao Wuji back to Mystic Rainbow Peak. In regards to Shi Dengtian, Mu Yu ordered a disciple to watch over the former outside.
Mu Yu constructed a small wooden hut for Yao Wuji to rest in, openly displaying his wood control abilities, since Mystic Rainbow Peak was decimated. Cai Lie did not ask about the ability for some things did not need to be explicated.
Mu Yu spent the next three days recovering in huts he built for himself next to Yao Wuji’s hut, while all other personnel commenced the cleaning and rebuilding process. On the fourth day, Mu Yu received a surprise visit from Daoist Yun Dan and Daoist Yun Hua.
“How can I help you, Patriarch? If you need trees or a forest, I can give you a hand.”
Daoist Yun Dan clarified, “No, the two of us have something we need to tell you.”
“I am ready when you are.”
Daoist Yun Dan’s visage went from grim to hopeful. “Mu Yu, have you gained control of Revealing Cauldron?”
“No.”
“Our sect’s rule stipulates that whoever Revealing Cauldron acknowledges will have the prerogative to become patriarch. For it to acknowledge one, however, requires formation knowledge. For millenniums, we have downplayed the value of formations and focused on pills; that includes myself.”
“You want me to be patriarch?”
“Yes, for the rules have not changed.”
“I must stress that I am not the owner.”
“I know the owner was Junior Brother Ku Mu. He should actually be the patriarch of Pill Cauldron Sect. In truth, his departed decades ago so as not to make things difficult for me.”
“For your sake?”
“Having acquired control of Revealing Cauldron, I assume you know how it is related to Pill Cauldron Formation Seal. Only a patriarch can possess the seal. On the flipside, controlling Revealing Cauldron grants control to the seal. If I remember correctly, you took the seal from me during the battle with Qian Shange and Wan Shuiyao. That’s why we have the rule. Perhaps the rule was forgotten in previous generation due to nobody inheriting Revealing Cauldron.
“When I was instated as patriarch decades ago, I was bursting at the seams with motivation to develop Pill Cauldron Sect well. Less than a month after I was instated, Junior Brother Ku Mu entered the sacred grounds and was acknowledged as Revealing Cauldron’s owner.
“You can probably imagine how stunned I was when I felt Pill Cauldron Formation Seal trying to punch its way out of my body to go to Junior Brother Ku Mu. Of course, I realised that I might have to step back down to let him take over as patriarch.”
“That is what you mean by not wanting to make things difficult for you?”
“Yes.”
Typical of Dad, leaving Miao Yuyan the same way and always prioritising others, Mu Yu thought.
“His alchemy gifts surpassed mine, and he studied formations. After procuring ownership of Revealing Cauldron, he chose to learn ‘Pill Heart Style’ to end his life as an alchemist, switching to researching poison so that I couldn’t pass the seat on to him.”
“In other words, Dad never meant to quit alchemy and only did so to avoid putting you on the spot?” Mu Yu asked, thinking, You can count on Dad to put up an act.
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