BXBX NOVEL Chapter 395: 364
After receiving a message from Mo Wuxin, Xu Mu rushed to Feng Luan’s place. At the same time, he opened his system interface and thought about upgrading his Mortal Tribulation True Body realm to see its effects.
[Mortal Tribulation True Body Tier One: 541/100k!]
“100k Luck Value for just the first tier?!”
Xu Mu’s brow furrowed. Based on his previous experiences in upgrading martial methods, each upgrade in realm demanded a doubling in cost. This method had a total of 81 tiers.
If calculated with doubling in mind, reaching the 81st tier would be astronomically difficult.
“Let’s just upgrade one tier and see!”
[Mortal Tribulation True Body +100!]
[Mortal Tribulation True Body +1000!]
…
[Mortal Tribulation True Body +10000!]
…
[Mortal Tribulation True Body Tier Two: 1/120k]
“Phew!”
Seeing that he had only upgraded two-tenths of his Luck Value, Xu Mu finally loosened his breath. Even though reaching the 81st tier was still astronomically difficult at this rate, it was at least somewhat bearable compared to doubling.
Xu Mu walked a little slower as he continued to upgrade. The unremarkably short journey took him the time of sipping a cup of tea.
When he arrived at Feng Luan’s place, he saw a woman in red clothes sitting in the courtyard with a cold face, looking displeased.
Feng Luan stood awkwardly next to her, whispering something non-stop.
“No need to explain any further, it’s enough that he isn’t driving me away with his high-handedness!” The red-clothed woman spoke mockingly.
“Sister, Xu Lang…”
Feng Luan wanted to explain something, but the red-clothed woman interrupted her with an outstretched hand.
“No need to say more, you’ve already had a child with him and I can’t change anything. Once I’ve seen him, I’ll leave! You don’t need to guess my thoughts!” The woman said coldly.
“Sister…”
“My apologies for making elder sister wait, it’s my fault. Please don’t blame Luan!”
Xu Mu came over with a smile and greeted the woman in red clothes.
Since Feng Luan addressed her as elder sister, this woman was undoubtedly the eldest sister-in-law Feng Que, the strongest disciple within the three biggest forces in Cang Ming Ocean Territory, the Cluster Stars Sect.
“My husband, you’re here!”
Seeing Xu Mu come over, Feng Luan’s tense face finally showed a smile.
Xu Mu went over and gently patted her on the head. The affectionate display caused Feng Que to narrow her eyes and huff coldly.
“You’re indeed handsome, no wonder you were able to deceive my sister!”
Feng Que’s face showed disdain.
Xu Mu heard from her words that she looked down on him as a gigolo.
The fact that Feng Que thought this way didn’t surprise him.
That was because the cultivation level he revealed was only at the Foundation Establishment stage. He had instructed Feng Luan beforehand not to say anything about his true cultivation level.
The reason why he did this was not to pretend to be weak only to reveal his strength later.
Nor did he plan to boast and slap her face in front of Feng Que.
The reason he did this was simply to avoid attracting the attention of outsiders.
If word accidentally leaked out that the Palace of Pure Heart housed a Golden Core Stage cultivator, it would undoubtedly attract even more attention and trouble.
The Palace of Pure Heart already had three Golden Core Stage cultivators, which was enough to make others envious. If they knew about him, it would be unimaginable what might happen.
There were just too many people in this world who didn’t want you to live peacefully.
The main reason, however, was that the Palace of Pure Heart was still newly established and did not have a force to match its power.
Having only powerful top-tier fighters couldn’t ensure true respect.
If anyone wanted to cause trouble for them, their Golden Core upper echelon would likely have to become firefighters.
It would be unacceptable for the upper echelons to handle every situation personally, just because they were understaffed.
Another reason was that Xu Mu was about to enter the Xuan Yang Secret Realm. Now was the time when he needed to avoid drawing attention to himself even more.
So, he controlled his revealed cultivation level and showed that he was only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. This cultivation level was not so low as to be looked down upon, but neither would it attract much attention.
But this could inevitably lead to Feng Que looking down on him.
Her own sister had already reached the Golden Core stage and her official husband was only at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. Even though he had a great proficiency in Alchemy, it was still a bit of an ill match.
As for why her sister, who was originally mediocre, had advanced to the Golden Core stage faster than her, Feng Que had her own plausible explanation.
That was because Mo Wuxin treated Feng Luan very well. Over the years, it had been him taking action and providing resources to help her.
Her official husband, however, had been missing without a trace. Once he was gone, he disappeared for hundreds of years, which was utterly irresponsible.
Therefore, she attributed all the reasons to Mo Wuxin.
She even suspected that Mo Wuxin liked Feng Luan and that the two had had a fling, with Xu Mu merely existing as a false sense of security.
She did not know that Mo Wuxin was a woman, so it was not surprising that she had these guesses.
Under these suspicions, she derived many absurd conclusions.
This nominal brother-in-law of hers was a bit pitiful!
Xu Mu didn’t know about all of the messy thoughts in her heart. When he heard her consider him a gigolo, he felt slightly proud.
He hadn’t expected to experience the thrill of being a kept man.
“Thanks for the compliment, elder sister.” Xu Mu grinned.
“…”
Feng Que was speechless.
Which ear of yours heard me complimenting you?
“Can you tell me where you’ve been these past few years?” Feng Que asked coldly.
She wanted to indirectly remind Xu Mu to make him tactfully retreat, then give way to the true lovers.
“I experienced some accidents and got trapped somewhere!” Xu Mu gave a vague answer.
Feng Que’s eyebrows furrowed slightly, obviously not satisfied with this answer.
“Do you know how my sister has been living these past years?”
“How else could she be living, other than taking one day at a time?” Xu Mu said, not understanding.
“…”
You, you are deliberately playing dumb, aren’t you?
She originally didn’t want to be too blunt, but Xu Mu was really annoying her.
Wait a minute, could this guy be scared of offending Master Mo?
Also, why hasn’t Master Mo directly…(I’m concerned about what? I won’t say it)
She looked again at the two individuals standing side by side, who were clearly in an affectionate relationship.
An uncanny thought popped into Feng Que’s mind.
Could it be that Master Mo has rather heavy tastes?
During the time Xu Mu was not present, she had come to the Palace of Pure Heart several times. She had seen how Mo Wuxin and Feng Luan interacted with each other, and it was definitely not the normal relationship between superiors and subordinates.
So, the fact that they had an affair was as clear as day.
At first, when she discovered this, she thought it wasn’t very good.
Even though she had never met Xu Mu, her younger sister’s actions were somewhat shameful.
But as time went by, she’d grown used to it.
She couldn’t exactly block her sister from reaching out to better people, could she?
Mo Wuxin surpassed Xu Mu by far in every aspect, and it relaxed her to think of her sister with Mo Wuxin.
She had changed her stance from initially opposing it, to becoming numb to it, and finally to supporting it.
Now all she wanted was for the two of them to break up peacefully, for Feng Luan to have a good future. So as soon as she opened her mouth, she deliberately nitpicked, trying to make Xu Mu back out tactfully.
But the present situation led her to think of some not-so-good possibilities.
The relationship between the three of them was a bit complicated!
“Ahem! Little Sister, why don’t you go into the house first, and let me have a private chat with him!”