Chapter 31

After the final acupuncture session was completed, Mu Qianyue was on the balls of her feet in anticipation. “Brother, quick, consume the pill.”

Mu Rufeng nodded. He took the Essence Recovery Pill from her and swallowed it down. Instantly, a strange hot current spread throughout his body. Following that, he closed his eyes.

It was incredibly tranquil all around, so much so that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.

Suddenly, a whirlwind started forming around Mu Rufeng. The Essence Energy in the air could visibly be seen flooding towards him. It was as if his entire being was smack in the middle of a tornado. At the same time, the aura on Mu Rufeng’s body started rising!

Only after a while did this movement finally cease, and the tranquil calmness resumed.

“Brother, how do you feel?” Mu Qianyue asked nervously, her gaze riveted upon his expression.

Mu Rufeng opened his eyes, a trace of a smile flickering across his eyes. “Yue’er, you’re really brilliant. Not only has my dantian fully healed, but it’s also become even more resilient than before. Also, my meridians feel much wider, and I’ve escalated four stages in one go. I’m already a fifth-stage Monarch Cultivator now.”

“Fifth-stage Monarch Cultivator?” Mu Qianyue froze. Her older brother indeed had a perverse level of talent!

One ought to know that her older brother was only 18 years of age right now! You wouldn’t be able to find more than a few 18-year-old Monarch Cultivators in the entire Heavenly Martial Continent!

Almost immediately Nalan Yu came to mind. At 17 years of age, he was merely an eighth-stage True Cultivator. Compared to her older brother, he was a weakling through and through! Her older brother was so, so, so much better than him!

She guessed only Mu Yurou would regard him as a treasure.

Qian Huang, who was standing by the side, had astonishment written all over his face. Jumped four stages consecutively?

Did he hear wrongly? But the excitement and joy on his master’s face was the best proof.

At this moment, the way Qian Huang looked at Mu Qianyue changed to a respectful one. Not only did Eldest Young Miss heal his master’s dantian, she even helped him jump four stages in one sitting. Eldest Young Miss’s medical skills could be described as heaven-defying! Master Lin Xu was more minuscule and unworthy in front of Eldest Young Miss, not even fit to carry her shoes! What a piece of trash!

Over this period of time, he underwent training together with them and had consumed quite a lot of various medicinal liquids. His capabilities and body strength had improved tremendously, and his power had more than doubly enhanced. Even if he were to encounter an opponent one or two stages above him, he would have the ability to counter them.

This was something he never dared to imagine in the past.

“Congratulations, Master.”

“Do not spread word of my recovery.” Mu Rufeng’s gaze turned deep as a stern glint flashed across his eyes.

Qian Huang nodded.

Similarly, Mu Qianyue’s countenance turned cold. Regardless of who it was, since he harmed her older brother, he had to pay the price!

…

At the Crown Prince Manor.

Mu Yurou came to Nalan Yu’s room just like she always did. However, right now, the door was tightly shut and it was incredibly quiet all around. She paused slightly. Was Brother Yu not in his room?

Ever since the Emperor held that banquet last time, she hadn’t seen Brother Yu. In the past, Brother Yu would go to the Defender Marquis Manor once every two to three days. Yet now, he hadn’t gone there in a month!

Was it really that he disdained her now?

At the thought of this, an expression of grief appeared on Mu Yurou’s face. Recalling how the Emperor had even appointed the Premier’s Eldest Young Miss to Brother Yu as his Crown Princess, she felt all the more miserable.

This wouldn’t do. She must clutch Brother Yu’s heart firmly and not let another woman seduce him!

Only when she became the Crown Princess, would she be superior to everyone else. Only then would she enjoy prestigious power and status. Only then would those people in the Defender Marquis Manor treat her with respect.

Failing to achieve that, her future would be ruined!

Especially after a scandal like that had happened!

In the past, she would frequently come to the Crown Prince Manor. As such, she was rather familiar with this place. The servants didn’t stop Mu Yurou when they saw that it was her, thus she managed to get to the main yard without any obstructions.

But when she heard the conversation taking place in the room, she was stunned.

“Your Highness, if His Majesty comes to hear of this, you might lose your position as the Crown Prince!”

Mu Yurou could immediately tell that this voice belonged to Nalan Yu’s trusted aide, Han Ziliang.

What was he referring to?

“That darned Ghost King! He destroyed any chance of me having descendants. He’s my mortal enemy!” With a dark countenance, Nalan Yu spat out the words between clenched teeth, his slightly narrowed eyes filled with rage and hatred.

Outside the door, Mu Yurou widened her eyes in disbelief. Her pretty little face was aghast, and she couldn’t stop herself from letting out a subtle gasp.

“Who’s there?”

Nalan Yu’s deep bellow rang from inside the room.

Following that, the tightly-shut door was instantly opened, seemingly by a gust of wind. A black figure leaped out from inside and a silver longsword pierced through the air, aiming straight towards her.

The next moment, Mu Yurou felt a chilly sensation at her neck. That sharp blade was held against her neck in the blink of an eye.

Startled, horror surfaced upon her delicate face. “Brother Yu…”

Nalan Yu walked out from the room, no trace of that usual gentleness and affection could be seen on his handsome face. Instead, there was only darkness and inconcealable rage. “Who let you in?”

“I… Brother Yu, it’s been a long time since I last saw you. I merely wanted to come over and see you…” Mu Yurou’s eyes brimmed with tears, her terror-stricken face making her a pitiful sight, like a startled little rabbit.

“You heard something you should not have heard…” Nalan Yu narrowed his eyes, a menacing glint in his black eyes, exuding a terrifyingly dark and sinister aura from head to toe.

Mu Yurou immediately reassured him, “Brother Yu, don’t worry. I won’t tell anyone what I heard today! Or else, let me be struck by lightning and suffer an excruciating death!”

If she had revealed any other intent, she wouldn’t be able to walk out of the Crown Prince Manor today!

Nalan Yu swept an icy and vicious gaze over Mu Yurou. Ultimately, he couldn’t bear to ask Han Ziliang to kill her, so he only said with a frown, “In the future, none of you are to let her in without my orders.”

With that, he turned around and went back into the room.

Han Ziliang put away the longsword in his hands at his master’s order and stared at Mu Yurou with an icy gaze. “Second Young Miss Mu, you should go back.”