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A wise man should know his place. Mu Xiaoling was very satisfied with Meng Yifan's tactful behavior. After Meng Yifan swore his allegiance to her, he happily stayed here to recuperate.

After another three days, it was almost time to leave.

"Bring this." Meng Yifan brought a man's set of clothes and a human skin mask. "Shen Zhenheng must be waiting outside. It's best if you don't meet him head on when you're injured."

Mu Xiaoling wasn't someone who would blindly pretend to be strong. She found a place to change her clothes and placed the mask on her face. In the blink of an eye, she had turned into a handsome youth.

When the time was up, rays of light fell on everyone.

Ah Xiu had long since returned to the Beast Repellent World in Mu Xiao Ling's sea of consciousness. Mu Xiao Ling was hiding in the middle of Meng Yifan's crowd. He closed his eyes slightly, and when he opened them again, he was already outside the secret realm.

There were already many people waiting outside the secret realm. Some were from the Shen and Meng Families.

Mu Xiaoling and Meng Yifan arrived at the meeting place of the Meng Family and stood behind Meng Yifan.

The person who had come to pick him up was the Grand Elder of the Meng Clan, Meng Qingfeng.

Meng Qingfeng was no longer confused. His temples had turned white, and his face was stiff. Seeing that Meng Yifan had returned safely, he let out a sigh of relief. "Is everything alright inside?"

"Then that's it. It's no big deal." Meng Yifan said.

The Head Elder counted the number of people and realized that there was one more person. He was about to ask when Meng Yifan suddenly approached him and whispered, "That extra person is my friend. We can talk about it when we get back."

Great Elder doted on Meng Yifan from the bottom of his heart, but when he heard this, he suppressed the doubt in his heart. He glared at Meng Yifan and said, "Go back and let your father settle the score with you."

Meng Yifan grinned.

Just as he was about to leave, he heard Shen Zhenheng yell, "I haven't come out yet!"

"What does your sister not coming out have to do with us?" One of the smaller families said unhappily.

Shen Zheheng drew his saber and killed the man with a single blow. With a dark expression, he said, "I'll have to trouble you all to wait."

Even if those small clans had complaints, they didn't dare to express them. They all returned to their original spots. However, this wait lasted for the better part of the night.

There was a special point about the Mu Ling Secret Realm. All the corpses would be treated as foreign objects and expelled from the Secret Realm. After all, this place was very big. If he didn't deal with the corpses, they would become rivers.

The sky was messy and chaotic today. The crescent moon hung in the sky, and the stars were as numerous as a pile of pockmarks. When it was time for midnight, Mu Ling Secret Realm began to promptly spit out corpses.

The piles of corpses were thrown out like rubbish, including the six people from the Shen family. The last one to be thrown out, Shen Zhiruo, just happened to land in front of Shen Zhenheng.

The desiccated corpse was in a better condition than the other corpses. It laid on the ground with its eyes wide open, looking dazed and in disbelief. It was directly at Shen Zhenheng.

Shen Zhenuo pursed his lips and wanted to step forward, but even his legs couldn't help but tremble. He kneeled on the ground, "Sister, who was the one that caused you to become like this?"

Shen Zhenheng couldn't believe this was his most beloved little sister. She was obviously fine when she went in five days ago, how did she become like this all of a sudden …

The murderer, must be found!

Other than Shen Zhiruo, the other five spots had all been set by him. Each of them were all experts in the family, so how could they all die in an instant?

Shen Zhenheng's mind was in a mess, but he quickly calmed down. He naturally knew the reason why his sister was sent to the secret realm, but now that his sister was dead, who was Gu Xiu? He was still inside, or was he taken away by someone?

Where's Mu Xiaoling?

"Find me a girl with a scar on her face. Go quickly!" Thinking of this, Shen Zhenheng immediately came up with a conjecture. If an accident happened inside and the ancient cultivation fox was taken away by Mu Xiaoling, then everything made sense.

If that was the case …

Shen Zhenheng shuddered and immediately ordered his men to search for the girl.

When the people of the Shen family received the order, they immediately searched through the corpses, but they didn't find a scarred girl.

Someone else who knew the inside information came over and said, "Could it be that the little miss fed the ancient fox so we couldn't see its body. The little miss failed the contract because it was an ancient spirit beast after all."

"Think of the worst." Shen Zhenheng was extremely calm and collected. While his sister was important, the Shen family was the most important one. To be clear, with the existence of the Shen family, he was the superior Patriarch. If the Shen family were to disappear …

He scanned his surroundings and could not help but shiver. He was afraid that there were many people who wanted to take his life.

Shen Zhenheng knew better than anyone that everyone was afraid of the Shen family, not him.

The people of the Shen family rummaged through the corpses and living people to confirm that Mu Xiaoling wasn't the only one. They could only leave in a hurry.

However, the real Mu Xiaoling was standing behind Meng Yifan. She could see and see what was going on. She allowed the people who were inspecting her to pass by in batches, but no one was able to see through her.

The righteous anger of the crowd was hard to quell. A middle-aged man stood up and said angrily, "The Shen family is getting more and more out of hand."

Someone chimed in, "That's right. If this goes on, we probably won't know how to make things difficult for us."

"But so what? The Shen family is the strongest. Even if we join forces, we still might not be able to defeat them."

"If the Meng Clan joins, it might be possible."

For a moment, all eyes fell on the Meng Clan.

The Great Elder frowned. The Meng Clan had always been amiable, so they didn't pay much attention to this. But now, this …

How could Meng Yifan not realize that someone was deliberately fanning the flames to use the Meng Family as a starting point? He immediately flipped over in anger and began to curse, "You guys are people, but my Meng Family is not people. Who do you think you are an idiot?"

The middle-aged man who had stood up from the start reprimanded, "Your lips are cold and your teeth are dead. Your Meng Family is a big family. Isn't it natural for you to help us?"

Meng Yifan was quick with his words and immediately scolded back, "That sounds good. Then if you can't marry your wife, does my Meng family still want to give you a girl? Don't be shy."

Another elderly family head jumped out, "Now, the Yun Lai city has the most people in the Shen family, could it be that your Meng family does not care about it and is so heartless that you let us die!"

Meng Yifan almost puked as he looked at the crowd.

Mu Xiaoling was disgusted and replied, "If we're going to fight, it's not impossible. Why don't we send 1000 people from each family and select 100 people from these 1000 people to be the vanguard? Isn't that fair?"

Hearing this, everyone was angered, the middle-aged man was the first to jump out, "Your Yun Family is huge, your family has many disciples, wouldn't it be fine if you just bid over ten thousand? My family has a small population, so I can only bid up to one hundred."

The family head stroked his beard and said, "My Chang Clan only has a small population, so we can only offer fifty."

The other clans all reported their numbers, with the highest number being two hundred.

"We of the Meng Clan can't afford it. Farewell!"