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When everyone returned to the Meng Family, Mu Xiaoling opened the small gourd in front of Meng Qingyun, Meng Qingfeng, and Meng Yifan.

There were a total of four pills. She took out a porcelain bottle and placed the remaining one into the small bottle. Then, she gave the other one to Meng Qingyun and said, "These three pills are for each of you. Keep them well."

"Thank you, Lady Mu." The One Yuan Barrier Breaking Pill was something they needed, and although this Lady Mu was young, regardless of whether it was sight or strength of heart, she was extraordinary. With such a master in the Meng Family, as long as they didn't have any ulterior motives, they would definitely be able to achieve great things in the future!

Mu Xiaoling slightly nodded, "The Shen family without Huang Guang is of no threat. With the loss of two martial arts masters and Shen Zhenheng's wisdom, he probably knows that his enemies will seize this opportunity to escape. Send some people to keep an eye on the city gates. We must catch them all in one fell swoop."

Meng Qingfeng had just recovered from the excitement and said, "Sure, let us handle the rest."

After talking for a while, they dispersed. Mu Xiaoling turned around and returned to her room to continue cultivating. She did not intend to use the pill at this time as she was only a Fighter 4-dan. It would be better to use it after she advanced to the Martial Master level.

When the Shen family was settled, she rushed to the Ling Kingdom.

However, things did not turn out as she wished. Before Shen Zhenheng could escape, another group of people arrived.

The weather wasn't too good today. Dark clouds covered the sky as if it was raining cats and dogs.

Mu Xiaoling was practicing her dagger in the courtyard when she suddenly saw Xiaotao running over in a fluster. "Miss Mu, someone from the imperial court has arrived. The young master is calling for your servant."

Xiaotao was a servant sent by the Meng Clan to serve her. She was usually very stable, so this was the first time she was this flustered.

Mu Xiaoling picked up the towel hanging on a low tree to wipe off her sweat as she went back to her room to change into some dry clothes. Afterwards, she headed to the front hall.

There were two groups of people confronting each other in the front hall. One was dressed in the Meng Family's blue embroidered robes, the other in the dark red official's uniform, and the last one was standing next to the official. It was Shen Zhenheng.

Shen Zhiheng was haggard by a lot, and his eyes were dark. It was obvious that he hadn't had a good rest for the past few days. He glared at Meng Yifan, "It must be your Meng family that stole our Shen family's pills!"

Meng Yifan immediately retorted, "Our Meng Clan has always been a good host. Don't you dare spout nonsense."

Shen Zhenheng snorted coldly, "If that's not the case, why didn't you let us search the area?"

Meng Yifan refused to be outdone, "If my Meng Family is shameless and you want to search us without any evidence, then how can we, the descendants of the Meng Family, stand on our feet in the Cloud Lai City? Do you think that our Meng Family is as shameless as your Shen Family and will suffer a retribution if we try to buy or sell you something?"

The so-called retribution was Shen Zhiruo's death. The citizens of the Cloud Arrival City had long since been viciously bullied by the Shen family, and now that they had the opportunity, they didn't dare to say it out loud. However, the news had secretly spread, saying that this young miss of the Shen family was struck to death due to bad retribution.

"You!" Shen Zhiheng was furious. He immediately made his move. A long blade flew out of his scabbard, turned into a long dragon, and flew towards Meng Yifan.

Meng Yifan refused to be outdone. His sword swept out, and with another twist, he used the force of the blow to disperse the silver dragon.

A sinister look flashed across Shen Zhenheng's eyes. With a flick of his wrist, he took out a hidden weapon.

Mu Xiaoling's eyes flashed as she picked up a stone bullet and shot it at Shen Zhenheng's wrist.

Shen Zhenheng cried out in pain. He felt as if the bones in his hands were about to shatter. Unable to hold on any longer, his long saber fell to the ground with a clang.

Meng Yifan looked at Shen Zhiheng proudly, "Why, the dignified Patriarch of the Shen family, you can't even hold your sword steadily anymore."

Shen Zhenheng was on the verge of going crazy from torture. Ever since Huang Guang had died, the second voice of the Shen Family had come out, demanding that he give up the position of Patriarch and pass on to the second branch family.

Without the Shen family, he would have nothing left. How could he give up? He never thought that the Second Branch would actually kill him. At this critical moment, he was lucky to meet these officials and the person leading them was a member of the Du Family.

The official was here to find an escaped convict. He showed the portrait of a young girl with a scar on her left cheek. If it wasn't Mu Xiaoling, then who else could it be? He immediately came up with the idea of bringing Mu Xiaoling to the Meng Family.

Du Feng originally did not want to interfere with these small matters, but if he were to leave now, he would not know how Shen Zhiheng would arrange it for him. He could only continue to stand there and not bother with their conversation until a girl walked over.

The young girl was exceptionally pretty. Even the number one beauty of the capital city wouldn't make a move against her. However, her face seemed somewhat familiar …

Mu Xiaoling calmly walked over and saw that Du Feng had pulled out a piece of paper from his backpack and opened it. It was a wanted poster with a portrait of Mu Xiaoling on it.

However, Mu Xiaoling rarely appeared in the crowd, so very few people had seen her. In addition to the severe distortion of the ancient portrait, the person in the painting only had a scar on the left side of his face.

Mu Xiaoling had removed the scars a long time ago. Her face was smooth and her skin was tender like an egg that had been cooked. Her clothes and hair were neat and tidy. It didn't look like the same sloppy-looking appearance from before.

Mu Xiaoling simply stood beside the portrait for Du Feng to compare. Her face was neither red nor dry, and her mind was strong.

Du Feng looked for a while more and confirmed that it wasn't the person he was looking for. Then, he disappointedly turned the painting over to everyone and said, "This person is a sinner of the greatest evil. Once he finds out, he can immediately report it to me and get a thousand taels of gold."

After Meng Yifan finished looking at the painting, he took a glance at Mu Xiaoling and said, "This young lady is only 13 or 14 years old. What can she do to make such a mistake? She's already at the border."

"The crime you've committed is not something you can imagine." Du Feng waved his hand to stop Shen Zhenheng from speaking, "I'm not afraid to tell you all that this person had annihilated the Mu family by himself. The Yan Kingdom no longer has a Mu family."

"What!" Everyone stared at the girl in the painting with their mouths wide open in disbelief. Only Shen Zhenheng nearly fell to the ground after hearing what she said. His face was pale, as if something terrible had happened to him.

However, no one paid any attention to him now.

Meng Yifan looked at Mu Xiaoling with stars in his eyes. If he had known earlier that Lady Mu was so formidable, he would have knelt on the spot the first time he saw her.

Du Feng said, "That's enough, I don't think you would dare to hide this man. However, someone saw him appear in the Cloud Lai City before, so even if we don't search, we still have to gather all the members of the Meng Clan here. Only after we have checked them out can we make a decision."

Meng Yifan looked at Mu Xiaoling with a meaningful gaze. "Do you want to agree?"