Chapter 205

Chapter 205

Ku Mu’s Past

“I expected too much from you,” chided Ku Mu, albeit grateful. Mu Yu was his archenemy’s disciple, but the young boy had done so much for him. “You shouldn’t have given me the reversal pill.”

“If you were gone, I’d have to send you off. That’s a waste of my youth. Plus, I don’t look good in mourning clothing,” Mu Yu joked.

Ku Mu found Mu Yu’s joke funny but annoying at the same time. He deliberated to himself then said, “... You should’ve given it to that bugger, Feng Haochen. That would’ve saved you the trouble of travelling to Second Heaven...”

Ku Mu was privy Mu Yu never thought of giving the pill to Feng Haochen. Having said that, part of him still bitterly wondered if Mu Yu would still have saved him if the boy knew it could restore Feng Haochen’s cultivation. He subconsciously demeaned himself and felt inferior to Feng Haochen...

“I can’t just let you die on me. Do you need to deliberately cry at funerals? I don’t like crying. I don’t want to jump through all the hoops of faking it, hehe.”

Mu Yu genuinely appreciated everything Ku Mu taught him even though he took issue to some of the latter’s methods. Producing another reversal pill from scratch was beyond him. That was not to mention the difficulty of collecting the ingredients.

“Oh yeah, this is my friend, Tian Ran.” Mu Yu called Tian Ran over.

Tian Ran cheerfully saluted Ku Mu. “Greetings, Elder Ku Mu. My name is Tian Ran. I am a disciple of Secular World Sect.”

Mu Yu looked up because he didn’t hear Ku Mu respond. Ku Mu silently stared at Tian Ran until Xiaoshuai asked, “Hey, you checking me out?”

“H-h-how come you bear such a striking resemblance to Miao Yuyan?”

“You recognise my mother?” Tian Ran queried, smiling sweetly.

“Your mother is Miao Yuyan? Your father must be... that bugger, Feng Haochen, then,” said Ku Mu, digging his fingers into his palm.

“How do you know that?!”

Both Tian Ran and Mu Yu were startled.

Ku Mu took in a big breath to stop his shaking. He then questioned, “Is your mother doing well?”

Tian Ran’s shoulders rolled forward. “She’s not doing well. The sect locked her on a mountain for she refused to reveal my father’s identity. I cannot do anything as that is the sect’s rule.”

“Your sect rules are ridiculously strict,” Mu Yu remarked.

“As Secular World’s holy maiden, she should be our next patriarch because of her talent and advanced cultivation. Moreover, she must not be in a romantic relationship with a man. My mother lost her chastity, so...”

Ku Mu stood to gain nothing from his endeavour. He purely couldn’t stand leaving Miao Yuyan in her pitiable predicament. That was when Ku Mu Valley was created. He immediately identified Mu Yu’s shifu when he saw the boy execute Celestial Sword Nine Summons at Floating Celestial Island. The rest was history.

“Gramps, sorry for misunderstanding you,” apologised Mu Yu, fidgeting.

“You misunderstood me? About what?” Ku Mu glared daggers at Mu Yu.

Xiaoshuai blurted, “Mu Yu also thought you were a longer, stutterer, have a foul temper, eccentric, stubborn, l-.”

“Like to threaten people, hit people and super violent,” supplemented the dragon vine.

Mu Yu hurled Xiaoshuai and laughed awkwardly. “Don’t listen to them. I always thought you were suave, strong and kind.”

“And you call people shameless,” grumbled the dragon vine.

“Hmph,” snorted Ku Mu. He asked Tian Ran, “You must be going to Second Realm.”

“Yes.”

“Keep her safe. I don’t want any harm to befall her when she resembles Yuyan.”

“You got it!”

A soft voice outside the door caught their attention. They didn’t see anyone outside, but there was a piping hot bowl of soup on the table. Xiaoshuai expounded, “Elder Frost was inside the house. She brought the bowl over. None of you saw her?”

Xiaoshuai didn’t pay any heed to the love story. Who’d expect him to when there was the aroma of soup?

Ku Mu questioned, “When did she come by?”

“Not long after you started your story.”

Ku Mu spaced at as he gazed at the bowl. He and Leng Bingxue were childhood friends, so he did have some feelings for her. He didn’t want to accept her because he didn’t see himself as a man who could reciprocate her feelings whilst loving Miao Yuyan at the same time. He believed Leng Bingxue deserved better. To be fair, he had the right to choose who he loved. He never made any promise to Leng Bingxue that couldn’t fulfil.

“You not going to go explain yourself?” Mu Yu asked.

Ku Mu sat down on the word.

Xiaoshuai: “Um... The soup smells so nice. Can I have it?”