
"Ah, sorry. You are not like when you first met. Different 180 degree. Are you all right? Why did you wake up? Let's go back to the room first, after which I summon grandfather," Mu Lian said trying to reach the young man's arm.
The young man took a step back, still suspicious of Mu Lian. Mu Lian remembered the condition of the young man when he first met, the young man must still remember the fight he had gone through so it was difficult to trust strangers.
Mu Lian also explained that her grandfather saved her and assured her that if Mu Lian had evil intentions for her he might have done it when the young man was unconscious.
When the young man heard the name Mu Haocun called, the young man simply said,
"Mu Haocun?"
"really. Grandfather had long lived in the underworld and was hiding in the Eastern Ufuk Valley. And now grandfather is traveling with me," said Mu Lian.
Mu Lian took out an identifying mark made of purple-colored jade. The color is clear as crystal and the surface is very shiny.There is a lotus flower sculpture on the surface of the jade.
(Water Lily/Purple Lotus Flower)
This identification mark was given by Mu Haocun when Mu Lian and the others settled inside the wagon. Mu Haocun said that this was the identification mark of the Mu family.
Seeing the long-overlooked identification, the young man no longer refused Mu Lian's help to prop him up and bring him back to the room. Only, his questioning gaze never separated from Mu Lian.
"Hmm? Ah, you must be wondering since when did Master Mu have grandchildren. Everyone who met him could not believe this story.
I'll introduce myself once more. My name is Mu Lian, the only grandson of Master Mu," Mu Lian said politely.
Mu Lian had already accepted Mu Haocun as her grandfather, one of her family in this new world. He won't bring his family on Earth.
After all, it is not good to bring the door to another dimension, considering that the problem was once the reason for the great war several hundred years ago.
Upon arrival in the room, Mu Lian helped the young man lie down and fixed his blanket. After making sure the young man was lying down comfortably, Mu Lian immediately looked for Mu Haocun in one of the rooms.
Mu Lian was very surprised, why the young master could not know the whereabouts of Mu Haocun, even though his room and this room were located quite close.
"Lian'er, what's wrong? What are you thinking?" mu Haocun said confusedly when he saw Mu Lian slightly daydreaming.
"Grandfather, what are you doing to not know that his patients are just wandering outside" said Mu Lian.
"Oh, grandfather is examining this," Mu Haocun said showing a piece of spell paper. The paper was the only spell paper left after purifying the young master.
"The grandfather is there. It's best for the grandfather to the young master, he's looking for the grandfather," Mu Lian said.
Mu Lian followed Mu Haocun back to the young master's room. In front of the room, Mu Haocun looked towards Mu Lian and looked a little hesitant to open the door.
"It's better that grandpa goes to see the young master. There is something that grandfather must tell him," Mu Haocun said after a long silence.
"alright. At first I wanted to accompany grandfather so that grandfather would not chat with him for long. Grandpa Yi left something to me.
He said if I wanted to see this thing, I should open it with grandfather," Mu Lian said as she showed the thing wrapped in a gray cloth.
Mu Haocun looked at the thing then nodded, "Grandfather won't be long,"
But in fact, Mu Lian had to wait until dinner before Mu Haocun finally went to meet him at the North Meeting House.
"That's the last dumpling! It's mine, why did you take it!"
"In that dumpling is your name written? Didn't you?"
"May jiejie!"
"It has. Here, bring my dumplings," Meimei said.
Mu Lian observed Xiaoleng and Xiaohua who were always grabbing food in silence. The two are always like that, there is no day without a fight.
"Thank you, the food," said Mu Lian putting down the chopsticks then immediately got up.
"Xiaoleng, Xioahua's. You are the brothers of your brothers. So, if you can not exemplify the bad. Share it," Mu Lian said then looking towards Mu Haocun,
"Let's grandpa, we're going to the control room,"
"If you're done helping Mei'er, don't forget to clean up and go to bed immediately. Listen to the older kid, okay?" mu Haocun said to the smaller children.
"OK!" answer the children at the same time.
Mu Lian and Mu Haocun immediately left the North Meeting House. The moon and stars look beautiful even in a wagon.
Mu Lian made the conditions inside the wagon resemble the conditions outside so that when night came, inside the wagon was so.
Only, Mu Lian made the moon and stars resemble the moon and stars that exist on Earth. Because the moon in this world is round but shines very bright like the sun.
Fortunately, the moon is so far away that it is smaller than Earth's usual size but larger than a star.
At least, the light from the moon is not as bright as the light during the day, which is so blinding.
And the stars in this world, always appear in the form of a very dense horde of light to create the illusion of a tapestry of light in the night sky.
It can be said that the night in this world is like the second day, the atmosphere is no less lively than the day.
When Mu Lian first saw the expanse of stars, Mu Lian always felt herself lost. He felt small in a strange world.
So Mu Lian made the moon and stars in a wagon like the moon and stars on Earth.
Mu Lian walked over while staring at the moon and the star she had always missed. Next to him, Mu Haocun always looked at the moon and stars he had just seen with a curious look.
Both arrived at the control room. In the mirror of the sky, there is a view of the savanna, trees and sky with a carpet of light.
Mu Lian and Mu Haocun sat side by side at the poolside then looked at the object Mu Lian had just taken out of the dimensional pouch.
"Oh, yes, grandfather. Before we open this, I was curious about one thing," Mu Lian said.
"Absolutely curious about what?"
"Why didn't the young master know grandfather was close enough to him?"
"Oh, that. The young master's injury was on his soul, he had yet to be able to use his spiritual energy. Automatic control of his chi was reduced drastically," said Mu Haocun then silent because he remembered something.
"Well, how unpleasant it is to live without being able to control spiritual energy," Mu Lian said honestly.
Because that was indeed the impression Mu Lian had after being able to control spiritual energy. Anything becomes very practical.
"Wait, Lian'er. Did the young master say anything?" said Mu Haocun.
"Oh, I remember hearing the young master say 'Who?' to me," Mu Lian said nodding.
"Hows it? How does the young master sound?" said Mu Haocun suddenly wanting to gossip.
"The voice?" mu Lian said recalling the incident earlier this afternoon,
"Good, manly-sounding, typical of a good-looking guy,"
"..."
"Grandfather won't understand. Clearly, it was a voice that was hard to forget. Enough about the young master. Come on, grandfather, let's see what Grandpa Yi gave us!" mu Lian said shifting the topic.
His hands were trying to reach for the mysterious gray bundle. Mu Haocun avoided Mu Lian's hand then opened the layer-by-layer gray cloth.
What was behind the cloth made Mu Lian slightly disappointed as it was unrecognizable to what the original form was like.
It was made of metal, heard from the sound of its impact with the wooden floor when Mu Haocun placed it on the floor. Sounds heavy.
But it looks like paper that has been squeezed to such a shape. Not to mention that the object was burned to jet black, the smell of charred smell of the object.
"This.." said Mu Haocun remembering where he had seen the thing, "The Sky-Splitting Sword,"
"..."
Mu Lian could not understand how Mu Haocun recognized the thing in front of him. But seeing the face of Mu Haocun who was very sad and like being nostalgic, Mu Lian also would not want to believe in Mu Haocun.
"I didn't expect to find him in this kind of miserable state," Mu Haocun said, sadness emanating clearly from his eyes.
Mu Lian was silent, waiting until Mu Haocun was ready to talk. It turns out that the sword is one of the most famous swords in the world.
This sword included a sword that one of the leading weapons experts in the great war used several hundred years ago and managed to kill over hundreds of thousands of abyssal creatures.
"Why is a sword as great as this on the Glass Slope?" said Mu Lian finally starting to understand why Master Yi was showing this piece that already resembled a wreckage to Mu Haocun.
"Lian. All you have to know is, every weapon forged by a Metallurgist, let alone a sword that has a name as famous as this sword, is not easy to destroy.
Ever since it was forged following the specifications of the sword owner, the weapon would be just like the limbs of a weapons expert. They will grow along with the growth of the owner.
And as I remember, even though he was dead. The sword was supposed to reunite with nature, not under these conditions.
This sword had disappeared for a long time. I can't believe that anyone would dare to treat him like this," Mu Haocun said sadly.
"Grandfather said that the named sword will not be easily destroyed. Does that mean this sword has the special constituent material that Glass Slope needs?
It was possible that they might want to extract something very important from this sword," Mu Lian said staring at Mu Haocun.
"You're right. The compiler of a sword named is very complex. From the precious minerals that have their own consciousness to the breath of the metallurgist that strengthens the awareness of the mineral.
These two things are also two of the few valuable constituents. When viewed from the history of this sword, it can be concluded that the Glass Slope extracted the abyssal substance that this sword absorbed.
Remember, a weapon of any kind will absorb what its owner gives it. The war a few hundred years ago lasted for quite a long time.
So it can be ascertained that the abyssal content in this sword is very much," Mu Haocun said as he wrapped the miserable object back.
"Everything that comes from nature should return to nature. The fate of the Heaven-Splitting Sword is tragic considering its services that have managed to prevent catastrophe from falling into this world," Mu Haocun said in a long sigh.
Something that burns it to this extent prevents it from returning to nature. I don't know what, but it was able to stop the decomposition process of this sword.
If humans experience decay, then in this world, weapons can decompose. This happens because a weapon that has consciousness is considered alive and when its consciousness dies, it will experience something similar to a dead human.
"What can we do for this sword?" said Mu Lian touching the bundle of cloth in Mu Haocun's hand gently.
"There's nothing more we can do. Maybe we can give her a place to rest without interruption" Mu Haocun said. At least that was all they could do to ease their guilt.
After completely handing over the thing that Master Yi had left behind, Mu Lian immediately returned to the pseudo-world to nurture Xiaobai.
The next morning, Mu Lian saw Mu Haocun's serious face and the pressure felt around him. Children who are usually always noisy, that morning, no one dared to make a sound.
Everyone focused on their food and put their ears on, curious about what really happened to the always friendly-faced grandfather.
"Lian. Grandfather will go to the inn and will probably return tomorrow. Mei'er, I leave everything here to you, yes," Mu Haocun said briefly.
"Good, grandpa,"
"Okay, Master Mu. Be careful on the road,"
After telling what Mu Lian had to do to take care of the young master, Mu Haocun immediately came out through the Northern Pagoda.
...
"Please sit. Thanks for waiting, what pill are you looking for? We make sure that the pills our chairman makes are of the best quality ever" Meng Zhi said with her best business smile.
"It's me" Mu Haocun said taking off his disguise.
"God! You always make my heart fall out" said Meng Zhi stroking her chest.
"Ah Yi and Ah Zhou?" ask Mu Haocun.
"Oh, they picked up the Glass Slope. Since this morning they were noisy for me to come with them, luckily Ah Yi insisted on replacing me," Meng Zhi shook her head then stole a glance towards Mu Haocun.
Looking at his extremely serious face, Meng Zhi also knew that the Glass Slope or whoever it was had crossed the line and made Mu Haocun very upset.
"What about young master?" said Meng Zhi trying to melt the atmosphere.
"The conditions are pretty stable so I leave it to Lian'er. I was very curious about what was happening in the underworld so I hurried here.
Attacks on legendary creatures, the sale of minors, impostors disguised as me, the spread of dangerous concoctions, the hunt for mythical creatures.
Moreover the coming of the young master to the underworld was questionable and the Heaven-Splitting Sword that was treated improperly," Mu Haocun said stroking his chin.
"Those events can't be called coincidences, can they?" said Meng Zhi nodding. Hm?
"Wait, did you say Sky-Splitting Sword?" said Meng Zhi puzzled at hearing a name that had not been mentioned long enough. Mu Haocun nodded and told Meng Zhi everything.
"Crazy, the world has gone mad" muttered Meng Zhi.
"The world has gone mad when someone blatantly attacks you" Mu Haocun said.
"I promised I'd come to the Glass Slope tomorrow. Let's just execute the plan tomorrow" said Meng Zhi.
"Faster is better," said Mu Haocun nodding.