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Resources are limited, so they should be concentrated on the most talented person to maximize the benefits.
This also led to competition within the aristocratic families.
……
After an unknown amount of time, the commotion on the Tianshan Mountains gradually subsided until it returned to its previous calm.
The clouds dispersed, the low temperature subsided, and the sun reappeared.
"I told you to slow down, slow down! This is just one egg, and you're chugging it so fast, you almost made it burst!"
"I'm already slow enough. The ice element in this godforsaken place is so dense it's like a joke. If I exert even a little force, all that energy becomes agitated."
"It's clearly because your control is too poor; you can't even control this little bit of energy."
"Damn it, I'm only at the advanced level, and I've only been learning for a short time! Don't forget I specialize in fire; this is my first time playing with ice. I'm lucky if I can control those things without freezing you too!"
"..."
Looking at the exquisite, ice-white dragon egg before them, and then at Lü Cheng and Dao Long who were bickering, Mu Ningxue and the other two had somewhat strange expressions.
Just as things were getting chaotic in Tianshan, Qin Yu'er woke up from her coma, and Mu Ningxue and Su Meng told her the general situation.
Sensing the similar aura emanating from Mu Ningxue and the terrifying power within Su Meng, Qin Yu'er had no doubts.
However, she seemed to vaguely see that the man in front of her... was not human!
After a while, the bickering ended, and Daolong, having completed his mission, didn't linger any longer and returned directly to his castle.
“Acheng, this egg…” Mu Ningxue inexplicably felt a strange connection between herself and this egg.
"I overfeed this egg, so it can't hatch for now," Lü Cheng said.
"You need to sleep for a while longer. That's perfect, since you'll be cultivating here from now on, it won't be a delay."
"Mm." Mu Ningxue nodded.
"As for you..." Lu Cheng looked at the wary Qin Yu'er.
"Zhan Kong... it should be Zu Xingyi, that guy is already dead."
Qin Yu'er was stunned, "He..."
“Before he died, he entrusted you to me, asking me to take care of you,” Lü Cheng said.
"You can think about how to live your life from now on."
"By the way, you don't need to worry too much about Zu Xingyi. I've already performed a ritual for him, and he'll be born in two months."
"..."
"Huh?" Qin Yu'er was stunned.
Mu Ningxue and Su Meng also looked a little strange.
A ritual for the deceased? A rebirth?
"Well... these things are a bit complicated and can't be explained in a short time. I can't really describe them right now either. We'll talk about them later," Lu Cheng said.
Righteous magic can send a person's soul to another world. His arrival in this world was roughly the same process. The only difference is that because of the sword he carries, his memories have been preserved, making the process of deliverance incomplete.
"In short, he's doing very well, so you don't need to worry. I've given him a blessing buff, so he'll hardly encounter any trouble in his life and will live a peaceful and safe life," Lu Cheng said.
Qin Yu'er was a little confused, because Lu Cheng's words contained too much information, to the point that she didn't know which parts were true.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing." Lü Cheng turned around and looked at Su Meng.
"Mom, you know me."
Su Meng's eye twitched slightly, and she nodded, "I understand."
"Then goodbye." Lu Cheng waved and disappeared into the darkness beneath his feet.
"mom?"
Qin Yu'er looked at Su Meng, who was about the same age as her, somewhat bewildered.
"He is your son?"
"Mm." Su Meng nodded.
"..."
"Excuse me for asking, how old are you?"
……
Return to the Magic City.
With Qin Yu'er and the little ice dragon together, Mu Ningxue's current training is almost complete, and Lü Cheng can now shift his focus to Mu Nujiao.
Family problems are always the most difficult to solve.
Especially with Mu Nujiao's naive personality, she mistakenly believed that as long as she didn't ask her family for anything, she wouldn't be controlled.
In reality, this control is predetermined from the moment of birth. Unless one grows up to the point of controlling the family, freedom will always be a joke.
Even Nezha, who went to such lengths, couldn't separate himself from his past. Who else has Nezha's kind of determination?
“Didn’t you want to participate in the Academy Competition? Look at you now, you haven’t even broken through to the advanced level yet. If you think you can break through on your own through slow cultivation, it’s just a pipe dream in less than ten or eight years,” Lu Cheng said.
Mu Nujiao's face showed struggle, "But I..."
"Do you remember when the incident happened in the ancient capital, the Mu family kicked you out without a second thought?" Lu Cheng said.
Mu Nujiao shook her head. "That was my own choice."
“That was their choice,” Lü Cheng said.
"They have already abandoned you. Whatever the reason, they are really prepared to abandon you, worried that you will affect them. There is no misunderstanding or other explanation for this. It is quite simple, and there is no question that they cannot decide the attitude of the Mu family."
"Since they made this choice, they should naturally bear the corresponding consequences."
"You've prepared yourself mentally, so why can't they?"
"They run away when there's risk, but then shamelessly come crawling back when there's no risk, or even high returns?"
"Is there really such a good thing in the world?"
Mu Nujiao lowered her head, unsure of what to say.
She knew, and it was precisely because she knew, that she found herself in this predicament where she was caught between two opposing forces.
But she couldn't bring herself to cut ties with her parents; they were her parents.
Therefore, she chose not to accept anything from either side.
As long as she doesn't get entangled in any conflicts of interest, she can maintain her previous relationship with Lü Cheng and prevent the Mu family's interests from affecting Lü Cheng.
She represents only herself and has nothing to do with the Mu family.
"How can you still be so naive?" Lu Cheng felt a little tired.
“You can’t escape the Mu family. No matter where you are or when, you will always be Mu Nujiao of the Mu family. You can never represent only yourself.”
“You… never mind.” Lu Cheng shook his head and stood up.
"I'll help you with the things you can't bring yourself to do."
Mu Nujiao panicked and quickly grabbed Lü Cheng, "Acheng, I will..."
"Don't worry, I won't hurt them. After all, they are your family." Lu Cheng said.
"However, since they're so eager to get involved with me, I'll let them keep trying."
"Miss Mu, are you ready to become the head of the Mu family?"
"..."
Chapter 179 The National Pavilion in Decline
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"Patriarch... Patriarch?" Mu Nujiao was a little confused.
“I don’t care about the Mu family. Whether they live or die is none of my business. If it weren’t for you, the Mu family would have ceased to exist just because they shamelessly came to bother me so many times before,” Lu Cheng said.
“If they stayed away from me, I wouldn’t care who they were, but now that the Mu family is sticking around, I can’t just ignore them.”
"Either the Mu family listens to you, or they're finished. You know I have that ability now."
"If I make a single call to the Magic Palace, the Mu family will be uprooted tonight."
"After all, compared to a war of the undead that affects millions of people, the Shepherd family is nothing."
"I also believe that the Shepherd family would be happy to sacrifice for this peace. What do you think?"
"..."
……
Mu Nujiao left, taking with her ten shadow soldiers, all at the peak of their command level, whom Lü Cheng had hidden in her shadow, and went home. She believed the Mu family would make the right judgment.