
Before long, the process of extracting chi entered the final stage. The last few ingredients needed had been put into the cauldron. Mu Lian and the others waited expectantly anxiously
A moment later, Mu Lian realized that there was chi seeping out of Mu Haocun's cauldron. Before the others realized, Mu Lian had realized this thanks to her sensitivity to chi.
The flow of chi soared high in the air until at a certain height it flowed free from the influence of the array.
Meng Zhi, Meimei, Ling Zizhou and Brother Chen finally realized that chi had been extracted and had now begun to crowd the South Hill.
Maybe a few more minutes will spread throughout the East Ufuk Valley. The latter Xiaoxiao realized that chi extraction was successful.
"Successfully," Xiaoxiao said.
"En," said Mu Lian nodding in satisfaction.
Mu Lian closed her eyes to feel the flow of chi around her. Ah, what a pity that he could not absorb this extremely delicious chi!
"Geez, look at those black bubbles!" exciting Meimei.
The black bubbles that Meimei meant came from the black liquid that spilled from the mouth of the cauldron.
Currently Mu Haocun had extinguished his pill fire and very carefully positioned the cauldron so that the black liquid did not hit his body.
"What's that?" xiaoxiao was confused.
A few drops spilled on the ground causing the ground to blacken with the sound of hissing. Grey-colored smoke billowed on it.
"Dangerous" said Meng Zhi.
"I hope Master Mu thinks of a way to deal with it," Ling Zizhou said.
Mu Haocun who from the beginning closed his eyes, finally opened his eyes then said,
"Master Zhengheng, you can deactivate the array, thank you,"
"good. Be careful Master Mu, the liquid looks dangerous," Master Zhengheng said as he deactivated the array. His face was wet with sweat, as well as his clothes.
The moment after the array was deactivated, the wind stopped blowing and the resonance Mu Lian felt grew dimmer to a mere small ripple.
Mu Haocun who had already taken out some incantation paper from his dimensional pouch said,
"Lian'er, I leave this spell paper to you" Mu Haocun said.
"Oh," Mu Lian said as she walked closer to the array. Mu Lian stopped beside Master Zhengheng.
"Listen carefully to my instructions. We don't have much time" Mu Haocun said.
Mu Lian opened her ears wide, then with directions from Mu Haocun, Mu Lian moved the incantation paper using her spiritual energy.
The incantation paper that Mu Haocun prepared were two. The first spell paper was the one commonly used to eradicate Egui. This paper remained hovering near Mu Haocun. It seemed like Mu Haocun was the one who would handle this spell paper.
The second incantation paper, A5-sized filled with gold-colored writing on its surface. This paper is used to seal the seeds of life. This paper was given to Mu Lian.
"I will handle this black liquid first," Mu Haocun said as he opened the cauldron lid. Some of the incantation paper stopped moving, and waited like a snake ready to pounce.
Black liquid swirled up, like an *cobra rising from its basket because it heard the flute that the snake charmer played.
A round object that is none other than the seeds of life, looks to be drowned in the black liquid.
Some of the incantation paper started burning when Mu Haocun activated it. Sensing the attack from the incantation paper, the black liquid trembled violently.
Before long, the black liquid seemed to shrink until it finally left the floating life seeds with a terrifying death energy.
"Lian'er, activate the spell paper and in the count of these three seed packs with the spell paper; 1, 2, 3!" said Mu Haocun.
Mu Lian obeyed Mu Haocun's orders. But how surprised he was when he found out how much spiritual energy was spent to activate the incantation papers.
Mu Lian frowned. Even so he still exerted his spiritual energy to wrap around the seedlings of life.
"hold. Whatever happens, don't let the seed escape. You can do it" Mu Haocun said.
Mu Lian held back the resistance that the life seed provided with the rest of the spiritual energy she had, that is, with all her strength.
After making sure there was no more resistance, Mu Lian moved the sealed seedling of life towards Mu Haocun. Mu Haocun received it and then put it into the dimensional bag.
"Good work," Mu Haocun said.
"Thank you" said Mu Lian. His body was shaky from weakness.
"Be careful," Meng Zhi said as she caught Mu Lian then continued
"I can't believe you entrusted that spell paper to Lian'er,"
"I was even surprised to see Lian'er manage to activate some of those incantation papers at once," Meimei said as he retrieved Mu Lian from Meng Zhi.
"Too sloppy, grandpa! What if Lian'er gets hurt!" scold Ling Zizhou.
"Hoho, sorry-sorry. Only Lian'er can I trust to handle that spell paper," Mu Haocun said casually.
"Huft is indeed a hereditary talent that is incredible," Master Zhengheng said as he looked at Mu Lian and Mu Haocun with a look of admiration.
Brother Chen did not respond to Master Zhengheng's remark, but now the value of Mu Lian in his eyes had become even higher.
Seeing the condition of Master Zhengheng who had to be swept away and himself who could barely stand up straight, Mu Haocun immediately told Ling Zizhou to clear the scene.
Xiaoxiao helped Ling Zizhou because only they were unemployed. Brother Chen swept Master Zhengheng back to the inn.
The same condition was experienced by Mu Haocun and Mu Lian. Both of them had to be cleared by Meng Zhi and Meimei to return home.
...
When Mu Lian, Mu Haocun, Meimei and Meng Zhi arrived not far from Mu Haocun's house, they were treated to the sight of four grandparents and fourteen teenagers swarming over a grandfather and a young man in front of the gate.
It turned out that the grandfather was Master Yi, the expression on his face was terrifying. While beside him, Han Tengfei. His face was expressionless, everyone who saw knew for sure that the young man was daydreaming.
"We will wait here until Master Mu returns and asks him directly!" said a grandfather with a very large mole on his nose.
"Master Bing, we don't know when Master Mu will be
come back, so please don't stand waiting in front of Master Mu's door. It's not nice to look like a neighbor" Changyi said. Mutong, Jiaojiao and Liuzhi agreed to Changyi's remarks.
When the grandfather with the tall body was about to say something, Master Yi walked through the crowd followed by Han Tengfei. With a strong body, they split the crowd until a road was created.
Those people who were pushed to the left and right sides then stared where Master Yi and Han Tengfei were going.
Not far ahead, Mu Haocun was swept away by a handsome man who had an extremely cold aura. White hair on the front part of the hair.
Beside him, a beautiful woman was charming in snow-white skin. His eyes were blue as if he could see into the soul of someone staring at him.
Behind her back a sweet girl stared with her big eyes, curious as to what was happening. Her pure white skin contrasted with her pink lips, adding a sweet impression on her face.
Some young men died lice when faced with the beauty of Meimei while some young men again stared in disbelief at the girl who was being carried by the beautiful woman. They can't believe that there's such a sweet and graceful girl in this world!
Seeing the 'crazy' gazes that the bunch of youths threw at Meimei and Mu Lian, Mu Haocun and Meng Zhi felt a little offended.
"I'm sorry I can't accept guests today. The reason you can see for yourself, just stand up I can't afford," Mu Haocun said as he circulated a sharp gaze into the crowd.
"Master!" said Changyi, Jiaojiao, Mutong and Liuzhi approached. The four of them threw a look of pity at Mu Lian who was reciprocated with a smile.
"Master Mu, we just want to know what really happened," said a short-bodied grandfather approaching. But Master Yi and Han Tengfei confronted the old man like a bodyguard.
"There's nothing I can explain to you, Changyi, Liuzhi, take these honored guests back to the Morning Dew" Mu Haocun said.
Mater Yi and Han Tengfei brought Mu Lian, Mu Haocun, Meng Zhi and Meimei in. Mutong and Jiaojiao also helped guard them from behind.
At first the crowd showed protest and was seen approaching boldly, but after Master Yi, Meng Zhi, Meimei and Han Tengfei let out their auras, the crowd fell silent with terrified expressions.
When the gate closed, the crowd regained their senses and created a slight commotion. The neighbors went out to watch the crowd but eventually returned to their activities due to boredom.
The crowd finally dispersed after Ling Zizhou came. The people in the Morning Dew sect had never once met Ling Zizhou.
So, when they saw Ling Zizhou's face for the first time, they were scared to death. Moreover, Ling Zizhou back then actually let out his heart which said to have those people get away from here!
Mu Lian who was eating felt the atmosphere calm down again. When he saw Ling Zizhou enter with Xiaoxiao, he knew the reason. Then Mu Lian bribed back the meat that she had not had time to eat.
A week passed with small episodes like several people standing in front of Mu Haocun's house. Fortunately there were Ling Zizhou and Master Yi who proved to be powerful in driving away those people.
The other episode was a level 1 disciple who suddenly disappeared without a trace. Not to mention a disciple was killed without cause in his own room.
Mu Haocun and the others tried to investigate the missing disciple because the student was also designated as a murder suspect.
Yet it seemed like the effort was in vain because the disciple was like being swallowed by the Earth, or a term that Mu LIan could use was currently lost to the Underworld?
The point is that the case was ruled out first because there were not enough clues to make the investigation run very hard.
One day, Master Zhengheng visited Mu Haocun's house. Master Zhengheng brought along everyone who stayed at Uncle Guo's inn. They decided to celebrate their success.
How not, they managed to extract 80% of the chi contained in the seeds of life. In addition, the problem of thinning chi in the East Ufuk Valley can be solved with the chi.
"Return!" said Master Zhengheng who looked very cheerful. Mu Haocun, Master Yi, and Chu Minishen took a toast and drank their tea.
Because no one had wine, they decided to toast with tea.
Brother Su and Brother Chen just observed from the sidelines and refilled the cup that had been empty.
"Please taste this spring roll. Master Mu asked for his stuffing with herbaceous plants," Meimei said.
Instantly also Master Zhengheng and Chu Minishen were stunned. They weighed in their hearts whether to taste that spring roll. If not, it will be impolite.
On the other hand, teenagers seem to be playing. What they can do, they can't possibly blend in and follow the way adults celebrate something. Especially, not to taste the spring roll of Master Mu's recommendation!
"ah! Don't hurry!" ling Zizhou said.
"Pfft haha," Mu Lian, Xiaoxiao, and the three Chu Minishen disciples laughed to see Ling Zizhou jumping over the box bearing the lunar mandarin character and the number 3.
That day the atmosphere was very lively and because many teenagers his age, Mu Lian invited them to play *Han Zi.
The person who previously played will pronounce the character according to his wishes then the person who played next must jump into a box that contains the character that the person said.
After adapting to Han Zi's game, the young men began to play cunningly. They begin to pronounce the character quickly or deliberately procrastinate and then change the character in the middle of pronunciation.
Even so, the young men still played softly if the next one to play was Mu Lian or Xiaoxiao.
What was originally a game to introduce characters to young children, turned into a competitive match among those youths! What a childish, um I mean, high creativity!
...
Days pass. Now Mu Lian was preparing for her trip to the capital, something she had been very much looking forward to. Han Tengfei, Chu Minishen and his three disciples left first than Mu Lian.
They had to return to their sect before the people of the Great Eagles sect knew that the reason behind their departure had to do with the Eastern Ufuk Valley and Mu Haocun.
For several days, Xiaoxiao looked moody and often daydreamed. Although the girl was invited to exchange letters by Han Tengfei, it was still that the girl missed Han Tengfei.
Not to mention that Xiaoxiao would follow wherever Master Zhengheng went. Mu Lian tried to comfort Xiaoxiao, but she was no less sad when she released the departure of Liuzhi and Jiaojiao.
The three of them hugged each other and cried with emotion. Surprisingly, Ling Zizhou also seemed to be standing in the background beside the three teenagers.
Ling Zizhou and Liuzhi had formed a fairly close bond between the two of them so naturally Ling Zizhou felt 'a little' sad when Liuzhi left.
"Every meeting has a farewell. But rest assured that with the separation, it will further strengthen the bond between you.
And someday, fate will bring you back together again" Master Yi told Ling Zizhou one night.
That night Master Yi looked gently at his disciple, and stroked his head. Making Ling Zizhou feel the peace he had once felt before, when his father was still around.
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Note:
* Aye!
* Han Zi \= Englocks