Chapter 109

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Nian Nuer ended up next to Mu Yi . She crawled up to his shoulder without saying anything . She looked unhappy . Big Slave walked to the side of the bed . He wanted to be close to Nian Nuer but he was worried about Mu Yi .

“Big Slave, go to bed,” said Nian Nuer with a wave of her hand .

Even though he didn’t want to, he obeyed her . He crawled onto the bed and laid down . He turned his head in Nian Nuer’s direction and forced himself to close his eyes . He started laughing foolishly . He wanted to open his eyes again .

“What’s wrong? Are you not happy?” asked Mu Yi .

He could see that she wasn’t happy . She had gone to see her grandmother . Even though Nian Nuer was a ferocious ghost, she had emotions . She could feel things .

“That’s right,” said Nian Nuer with a nod .

She never lied to Mu Yi about her emotions . Whether she was happy or sad, she was always honest with him .

“She’s your grandma . Even though you don’t remember her, she remembers you . What happened back then has nothing to do with your grandparents . Don’t worry too much about it,” said Mu Yi .

He wanted to cheer her up but he wasn’t really good at it . When he was young, the old Taoist Priest had never tried to cheer him up . No matter what, he had always had to control himself and his emotions . So with Nian Nuer around, he was learning how to take care of people and how to cheer people up .

“I know,” said Nian Nuer .

Actually, she understood things even if Mu Yi thought she didn’t . When she was with Mu Yi, she enjoyed acting like a little girl . Her grandma had told her so many stories about her mother and it had made her sad .

“Don’t worry . I will always be with you, no matter what,” said Mu Yi .

“Good!” said Nian Nuer

She didn’t spend too much time with Mu Yi because she was sad . She soon went back to her bamboo tree . Even when Mu Yi did the sacrificial refinement, she didn’t leave the tree .

The Bamboo Tree of Life was becoming stronger each time . Mu Yi let a drop of blood fall onto the tree . The tree absorbed it . The Bamboo Tree of Life was emerald green at first but now it had red veins .

Mu Yi’s mind strength surrounded the tree . The Bamboo Tree of Life started to glow . Mu Yi started meditating after . Big Slave was pretending to sleep, but he glanced once in a while at Mu Yi . He stood up slowly and walked over to Mu Yi . Big Slave was odd but nobody had noticed him .

Even though Mu Yi was meditating, some of his mind strength was still surrounding him . He could sense that Big Slave had moved . He didn’t mind because Big Slave had done it several times already . Each time Mu Yi came to after the sacrifice, he saw Big Slave .

Mu Yi proceeded with the sacrificial refinement . His mind strength surrounded the Bamboo Tree of Life and he could see inside it . It was empty inside except for Nian Neur who was sleeping . It was similar to the Ghost King Banner, only spiritual beings could go inside .

Mu Yi continued going neither too fast nor too slow . He had to do everything at the right moment . The night passed . When Mu Yi came to the next day, he looked over at Big Slave . He was on the bed and was sound asleep . He was even drooling .

Mu Yi didn’t disturb him . He just put the Bamboo Tree of Life on the bed and left the room . Mu Yi’s face was pale due to all the energy he had used . He used his blood for the sacrificial refinement but he was also very tired because he had spent the whole night on the ritual . His mind strength recovered quickly .

However, his physical body didn’t recover that fast . Mu Yi practiced his punching technique early in the morning so he had to use drugs to recover physically . Mu Yi was in the courtyard practicing . His punches didn’t look explosive . It was as if he wasn’t using any strength at all .

Mu Yi could sense his strength though . He was the only one that could . He was focused during his training and knew that he was becoming stronger . He was continuously absorbing the essence of the moon and the sun .

The essence flowed through his body and replenished the energy he had used previously . On a normal day, after each punch he could recover almost instantly . While he was carrying out the sacrificial ritual, he couldn’t recover completely .

Mu Yi had done everything he wanted to do the day before . Today he wanted say goodbye to Su Chongshan . Su Chongshan knew that Mu Yi wanted to leave so he didn’t force him to stay, however, Big Slave’s traveling bag had become much bigger . Su Chongshan was very generous and Mu Yi had wholeheartedly accepted all his gifts .

While on Funiu Mountain, he didn’t need so many things . However while traveling, he’d be happy to have a stockpile . Mu Yi said goodbye to Su Chongshan and the others before climbing into a wagon . The wagon took them to Qingjiang Prefecture .

Mu Yi was sure he wanted to take Big Slave with them so he gave up on the idea of walking to the Qu Mortuary . It was far and anything could happen on the way . They would end up wasting time . He didn’t want to travel for fun or to make a living . He wanted to find the old Taoist priest so being able to travel quickly was best .

In the past, being able to travel a bit faster without encountering trouble was already great . Mu Yi had heard about a clan who were experts in protection and bodyguards in Qingjiang Prefecture . That was Mu Yi’s destination .

The Qu Mortuary wasn’t far from Luoyang . When Mu Yi and the old Taoist Priest were traveling together, they had passed through Luoyang but they hadn’t stopped . Mu Yi didn’t know what kind of place it was .

Lin’An County wasn’t close to Luoyang . However, Luoyang was on the way to Cangzhou . Mu Yi would save some time that way . When Mu Yi left, the people from the Su Clan who had seen him off stayed at the big gate for a long time .

“Grandpa, will Master Mu come back?” asked Su Jinlun .

“He’s not a goldfish . He’s like a dragon in this chaotic world,” said Su Chongshan .

He was gazing off into the distance, but everybody heard his next words clearly .

“How could a dragon stay in a pond?” he said .