Chapter 173

Chapter 173

Reputation

Those not implicated in the confrontation chose to wait until the dragon vine left Floating Celestial Island before vying for it. If they chose to take either side whilst on the island, they’d make extra enemies.

“Our company invested time, money and resources to capture the dragon, making it ours. If someone kidnaps your wife, do you just pretend she’s not your wife?” Beiya questioned.

“Yeah,” blurted Ximen Buxing. “But not if you’re as pretty as you girls.”

“Get lost!” brayed the maidens.

Once Huai Baiwan and Mr. Ru, two Body Severing Realm cultivators, arrived, Beiya threatened, “Let’s see how you escape now.”

Huai Baiwan took over and saluted Lie Shang with a cupped-fist salute. “Haha, you must be the first one to escape Kumu Valley, Mu Yu, right? I can no longer remember how many Primordial Infant Realm cultivators failed to escape.”

Mu Yu’s name and escape began to spread akin to wildfire a few days ago, but it was laughed off as a bad joke. Coming from Huai Baiwan, on the other hand, it was perceived as legitimate news. Perhaps that explained why there were people tailing him days ago.

“Nice, Brother-in-law!” Ximen Buxing patted Mu Yu roughly on the shoulder.

“How do you know about that?” queried Mu Yu, realising he was the only one who was unaware his escape was public knowledge.

“You weren’t aware Elder Kumu sent your portrait to Shadow to have searchers dispatched? He is offering a bounty for capturing you.”

“You’re also after the bounty on my head?” inquired Mu Yu, skipping over the mention of the organisation that sounded dangerous.

“Family? Who? I heard you wanted to marry Meng Xin today. How about you keep away from Tian Ran?”

“Oh, come on. I’m innocent. The geezer and Meng Xin’s shifu had us engaged before we were born. My hand was forced. Trust me, Brother-in-Law. I love Tian Ran.”

“Meng Xin is the daughter of her shifu? Weren’t disciples of Jade Sect forbidden from marrying?”

“Meng Xin is my shifu and her shifu’s illegitimate daughter. Don’t tell anyone else the secret.”

“How do you explain the part you were sold to a brothel at eight years old? What’s the engagement got to do with you?”

“How does it not have to do with me after the geezer bedded her shifu?’

“Is the geezer your late old man or your shifu?”

“Obviously my father. How would they have had us engaged before we were born, otherwise?”

“Doesn’t that make her your stepsister?”

“My bad. The geezer is my shifu.”

“So what does that make Meng Xin?”

“You two done yet? Stay alert. We’re out of Floating Celestial Mountain’s territory,” grouched Lie Shang.

“Hehe, where are you off to in such a hurry?” sarcastically asked a bewitching maiden who intercepted the trio.