Chapter 52: Back Home

Chapter 52: Back Home

Chapter 52- Back Home

"It's rare to find people with such pure hearts these days." Su Mu chuckled lightly, leaning back on the chair.

"It's natural to feel this way towards our saviour, Young Hero." Madame Jiang replied without any delay.

"But you're wrong about one thing." Su Mu said, causing Madame Jiang to raise her head and look at him with a confused expression. "I saved you because I wanted to, and there's nothing more to it. And I fail to remember ever asking you to pay me back."

"But it's the only natural thing to do." Madame Jiang replied.

"Natural thing to do, huh? I'm sure many people in this world will disagree with that statement. Well, most who have seen how the world works, at least. After all, kind actions don't guarantee kind intentions."

Noticing that Madame Jiang wasn't understanding what he was talking about, he decided to give her a simple example and end this conversation.

"Take Miao Hua Cheng for example. He reached out to your Jiang Family with kind intentions after the death of your husband, going as far as allowing your family to move to the Sea City. And his actions were extremely kind, but can you say the same about his intentions? Even I have intentions that aren't represented by my actions, and that's why it isn't the best to judge someone's intentions based on their actions, because intentions can be masked."

No person in this world was a born Saint, and if someone says or believes that they were, they are lying to themselves.

Naturally, Su Mu was no exception.

While not inherently Evil or Good, as a Dual Cultivator who had the desire to reach the Martial Peak, Su Mu was one of the, if not the most, greedy person in the entirety of 3,000 Worlds, especially when it came to his women.

Greed was an emotion that wasn't always restricted to materialistic things or treasures, as he wanted to reach the peak of Martial Dao and obtain strength, both for himself and his women.

And which Dual Cultivator wasn't greedy for beautiful women?

Madame Jiang's eyes widened, and she looked as if she was pondering something that might change her life.

"Young Hero's wisdom knows no bounds." Madame Jiang said, admiration apparent in her eyes.

She felt like she was being taught about the ways of life by a superior being, and Madame Jiang couldn't help but feel like her understanding of life has increased a lot.

'What I said was common sense, though.' Su Mu just smiled at Madame Jiang, not continuing this conversation any further because if he were to dwell on this topic, he could go on for days without needing to stop, and Madame Jiang wouldn't understand even a fraction of it.

After all, cultivation wasn't only about increasing one's strength and increasing comprehension towards the Heavenly Way, but it is also important to find one's purpose in life, along with enjoying the said life.

Cultivators these days have forgotten these values, and they would single-handedly chase their single goal of gaining strength above all, not even knowing what their strength is for.

But, well, even though Su Mu had all the answers he needed, they weren't something a True Element Realm Cultivator like him would require, not for now, at least. This chapter is updated by nov(e)(l)biin.com

"By the way, I'll be staying here for a few hours." Su Mu said, making Madame Jiang nod.

"Young Hero can stay here as long as he wants. Whatever belongs to the Jiang Family first belongs to Young Hero." Madame Jiang replied without any delay.

"That's a bold thing to say." Su Mu commented.

"What I said was how I felt, Young Hero, whatever the Jiang Family has is yours for the taking."

"Then, as the Madame of the Jiang Family, doesn't that include you as well?" Su Mu said with a light chuckle, causing Madame Jiang to feel a bit embarrassed, and she lowered her head.

"I-" Madame Jiang had no idea how Su Mu even interpret her words in such a manner, and she couldn't think of how to reply.

"I was just joking, rest assured." Su Mu laughed a bit, enjoying Madame Jiang's reaction. After a few seconds, Su Mu continued. "But still, the Sea City is a good place to spend a small vacation in, so I'll visit this place again with my women."

"Please rest assured, Young Hero, the Jiang Family will always provide the warmest of welcomes whenever Young Hero wishes to visit the Sea City."

"Very well, you may leave."

"Please rest well, Young Hero." Madame Jiang bowed once before leaving the room.

"I should recover my True Qi within a few hours and leave."

Although he had used a considerable amount of True Qi while coming back to the Sea City from the Hidden Island, it wasn't a hindrance to him, and it will naturally recover by tomorrow, but since he was going back to the High Heaven Pavillion, it's best to recover all of his True Qi before going back.

The situation was just as Su Mu had guessed.

Since Su Yan has yet to accept the offer from any of the forces present at the High Heaven Pavilion, they mistook her silence for meekness, and all of them had stated some of their guards in front of her living quarters to make sure that no other force can get ahead of them and snatch her away.

They believed that as long as they kept doing this, Su Yan would eventually give in, but little did they know, Su Yan felt grateful towards them because while they were standing outside without disturbing her, she could cultivate in peace.

Su Mu walked towards his living quarters, but a guard suddenly stepped in front of him, which made him sigh.

"Except for the Young Masters of our forces, no outsider is allowed to visit Lady Su Yan."

The guard's cultivation wasn't high, only at the 3rd Stage of the Separation and Reunion Realm.

'Outsider, huh?' Su Mu remembered that he was no longer dressed in the robes made for the Disciples of the High Heaven Pavilion, but in plain black robes that he had bought back in Sea City.

"To think insects these days have such arrogance." Su Mu shook his head.

"Brat! What did you-"

"I'll say it once." Although Su Mu was a bit annoyed by their actions, he was still in a good mood knowing that Su Yan and Xia Ning Chang were just in front of him, so he decided to give these guys one last chance. "Move aside."

"We can't, we have our orders. If you refuse to leave, we will-"

The man's words were cut short as suddenly passed out mid-sentence, falling to the ground.

With that, Su Mu walked towards the entrance of his living quarters, and as he walked forward, the guards started falling to the ground one by one, surprising the dozens of disciples that were watching this scene from afar.

Su Mu opened the door, walking inside before closing it.

In front of him stood Su Yan and Xia Ning Chang, looking at him with tender gazes.

Unlike usual, Xia Ning Chang wasn't wearing her veil to hide her face, and she had tears building up in her eyes.

After a moment, Su Yan went ahead and hugged Su Mu tightly.

"Welcome back."

Su Mu patted Su Yan's back lightly.

While hugging Su Yan, he looked at Xia Ning Chang, who just stood there with a warm smile on her face, trying to hide her obvious embarrassment at the couple's reunion, but her flushed cheeks were enough to let Su Mu know how embarrassed she was.

"Welcome back, Brother Su." Xia Ning Chang said in a light voice as Su Yan let go of the hug.

The moment she saw Su Mu's face, Su Yan had completely forgotten that she was no longer alone inside the room, which embarrassed her a bit.

"I'm back." Su Mu smiled at Su Yan before moving forward and hugging Xia Ning Chang.

He knew that she was shy enough to not take the lead, especially when Su Yan was with them, so he did it in her stead.

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A/N-

Was held up by some stuff, so I couldn't write.

I planned on posting a chapter tomorrow, but since I had some free time, I wrote it in a hurry, so this might not be that good of a chapter.

No lemon, sorry. The next lemon would directly be with a Main Girl (or girls).

Other than that, I was wondering if I should change the cover of this story or not.

I'll leave a few options in the comments, so do tell me your opinion.