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Chapter 102, Mangshan Spiritual Land, Meditation Chamber
"Whoosh~ Whoosh~" The four people, clad in star-moon cloaks, moved swiftly through the dark jungle.

However, at Mu Kehua's excited command, Mu Yunsheng and the other three, all of whom were in high spirits and excited, headed to the sacred land of Mangshan.

The silvery light scattered by the stars and moon paved the way, accompanied by the roars of beasts and the chirping of insects, while the ethereal spirit of the Divine Travel Talisman surrounded the body.

Mu Yunsheng and the other three circulated their true energy, each step covering two or three zhang (approximately 6.6 meters). They moved swiftly through the dark forest, like ghosts or birds in flight.

More than an hour later, Mu Yunsheng and the other three relied on their own two legs to travel from the Yuqian Mountains to the former spiritual land of the Yun family, the Mangshan Spiritual Land.

This place is not far from the Jade Void Spirit Field and the Jade Chen River. If you ride a fast horse, you can arrive in three or four quarters of an hour. If a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator uses his true essence to travel, he can arrive.

In less than a quarter of an hour, we will arrive at the Jade Void Spirit Field.

"This used to be the Yun family's sacred ground? The sacred ground of Mangshan, I remember it wasn't like this before?"

At the foot of Mangshan Spirit Land, Mu Mengshu spoke blankly.

Mu Yunsheng looked across the entire Mangshan spiritual land and saw that at the foot of the mountain, the stone archway at the entrance to the mountain in front of them had collapsed and broken, with the words "Yun Family" still visible on it.

On the mountain, pavilions and courtyards stand scattered about, but there is not a single light. Most of the houses and pavilions have been demolished, leaving only ruins standing in the darkness.

Bathed in the silvery moonlight, it conveys a sense of desolation.

As Mu Yunsheng watched this scene, his eyes flickered slightly, and the joy and excitement he felt for the Mu family obtaining the spiritual land cooled down.

"Be careful of the remnants of the Yun family as you ascend the mountain. Hide in the sacred land of Mangshan and do not scatter."

Seeing the desolation of the sacred land of Mangshan, Mu Kehua's aged face changed slightly. He spoke and then led the way up the mountain.

He and Mu Mengshu had both visited Mangshan before and witnessed the splendor of the Yun family.

"Yes, Grand Uncle," Mu Yunsheng replied, then followed Mu Kehua and the other two towards the sacred land of Mangshan, without encountering any magical formations to obstruct their path.

The road was paved with blue bricks, and the pillars were carved with flowers and beasts. Before long, Mu Yunsheng and his group arrived at the area where the Yun family members and cultivators lived on the sacred land of Mangshan.

The place appeared even more desolate, with collapsed and damaged attic buildings bearing the marks of being struck by magic. Withered branches and fallen leaves lay scattered in the courtyard, indicating that no one had lived there for a long time and that the area had not been cleaned.

Actually, it has only been a little over a month since the Yun family was wiped out by the Liu family of Lingdan.

Mu Yunsheng followed Mu Kehua and the others, looking around as he went. He even saw quite a few corpses of Yun family members.

The Liu family of Lingdan did not take any action or try to cover it up.

It was as if the tragic scene of the Yun family's extermination was used to warn the cultivators who would succeed the Mangshan Spiritual Land that they would suffer the same fate if they dared to defy the Lingdan Liu family.

"One wrong move can lead to total defeat, and the centuries-old legacy of our ancestors can be destroyed in an instant."

"This matter concerning the Yun family must be recorded in the genealogy of my Mu family. The seven great families are the heavens of Qianyuan Prefecture, and cannot be disobeyed in the slightest."

Mu Kehua said, his aged eyes looking at the withered branches and fallen leaves, and the corpses of the Yun family members in the weeds, and then continued.

"After we've inspected the sacred site of Mangshan, we'll bury the bodies of these Yun family members, but we can't erect tombstones!"

"Yes, Grand Uncle, Great Clan Uncle," Mu Yunsheng and Mu Qinghu replied, then followed Mu Kehua and Mu Mengshu, heading with a clear goal towards the depths of the Yun family's residential area.

In no time, they arrived at the summit of Mangshan Spiritual Land. There were only three buildings here, all constructed from dark black inkstone, which was as hard as refined iron in the mortal world.

Inkstone can not only isolate external noise, but also prevent cultivators from perceiving the mind. It is the preferred stone material for most cultivator forces in Qianyuan Prefecture to build their spiritual mansions.

The three houses built by the Yun family from inkstone are arranged in a human-shaped pattern at the top of Mangshan Spirit Land.

At the very top are three larger and more solemn inkstone houses, and then on the left and right sides, there are four smaller inkstone houses on each side.

In total, there are eleven houses built of inkstone.

"First, go to the three meditation rooms at the very top. That is the main vein of the first-grade low-level spiritual vein in the Mangshan spiritual land."

Mu Kehua said, and then Mu Yunsheng and his group headed straight for the three largest inkstone meditation rooms on the mountaintop.

The stone door to the meditation room had been opened, and inside there was nothing but some scattered footprints and dried bloodstains.

Mu Yunsheng and Mu Qinghu entered one of the rooms and immediately felt the rich spiritual energy, enough to sustain the cultivation of mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

"Fortunately, the spirit-gathering formation was not destroyed by the cultivators from the Liu family who possessed spiritual pills."

Mu Qinghu said with relief, a smile appearing on his face. He also felt the rich spiritual energy in the inkstone meditation room, which was sufficient for his cultivation.

“The Spirit Gathering Array and the Spirit Attraction Array are precious. Once they are set up in a spiritual land, they cannot be moved. The Liu family of Lingdan will also use the spiritual land of Mangshan to offer a reward for the Heavenly Demon Child.”

"Naturally, the spirit-gathering array and spirit-guiding array set up by the Yun family will not be destroyed."

Mu Yunsheng nodded and looked at the spirit-gathering array patterns set up in the inkstone meditation room. These were not easily destroyed.

Unless this entire inkstone meditation room, including its foundation, is completely destroyed.

"With the help of the spirit-gathering array, the first-grade low-level spiritual vein of Mangshan Spiritual Land can also be used for Father's cultivation. When does Father plan to leave the Chensha Gang?"

Mu Yunsheng continued, his eyes serene, as he turned to look at Mu Qinghu.

The Spirit Gathering Array can gather and attract spiritual energy, so although Mangshan Spiritual Land is a first-class low-grade spiritual vein, it can still provide a place for Mu Qinghu, who is at the fifth level of Body Refinement, to cultivate.

"Sheng'er, the Chensha Gang isn't so easy to quit." Mu Qinghu smiled as he looked at Mu Yunsheng, his expression calm and smiling, seemingly lost in thought.

“Then Father, please be careful while you are alone in the Chensha Gang. If possible, wait another two years before attempting a breakthrough,” Mu Yunsheng said, taking out a storage bag and handing it to Mu Qinghu.

Mu Yunsheng was not surprised by his answer that he wanted to stay in the Chensha Gang.

Mu Qinghu did not pass on the Mu family's heirloom, the Xuanhuang Demon-Subduing Pagoda, along with the family head's jade seal to him.

Mu Yunsheng already knew at that time that Mu Qinghu would remain in the Chensha Gang.

"Sheng'er, what is this...?" Mu Qinghu stared blankly at the storage bag that Mu Yunsheng had stuffed into his hand and asked.

“I have something better,” Mu Yunsheng said with a smile, then continued speaking to Mu Qinghu, as he had instructed him.

"However, Father, this storage bag, and the contents of it, must not be seen in the light of day. You must not let others know when you use it."

After saying that, Mu Yunsheng walked out of the inkstone meditation room, which could block out sound, without waiting for Mu Qinghu to speak.

The storage bag he gave Mu Qinghu was Yun Qingfeng's storage bag, and inside were all sorts of talismans and elixirs used by Yun Qingfeng and the other two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. This way, even if Mu Qinghu continued to stay in the Chensha Gang, Mu Yunsheng wouldn't have to worry too much about his safety.

"That kid!" Mu Qinghu watched Mu Yunsheng's departing figure, his eyes filled with a smile as he muttered a curse under his breath. Then he looked down at the storage bag in his hand, his expression thoughtful. After a long while, he sighed inwardly.

“Sheng’er, you are worried about your father’s safety, but you don’t know that your father is also worried about you. Your father said that when we have nothing, we can risk our lives.”

"But I don't want you, Sheng'er, to risk your life. This is what I, as your father, should do—pave a broad path for your cultivation."

Mu Qinghu sighed inwardly, but in a short while, the worried and sighing expression in his tiger-like eyes turned into a firm and cold one, and he clenched the storage bag in his hand tightly.

"We need to hurry. Whether it's my Mu family acquiring the sacred land, or Sheng'er..."

"I must gain power in the Shensha Gang as soon as possible and become the gang leader in order to protect the Mu family, pave the way for Sheng'er, and withstand the crises that Sheng'er may encounter in the future."

"Old Man withered snake, you should already know that I have reached the fifth level of Body Refinement, right? Now it's up to you to decide what to do next."

Mu Qinghu tucked the storage bag given to him by Mu Yunsheng into his sleeve and set off to leave the Inkstone Meditation Room.

Outside the Moshi Retreat Center.

Mu Kehua and Mu Mengshu had already finished exploring the other two inkstone meditation rooms located at the top. Mu Yunsheng, who came out, said that the spirit-gathering array in the inkstone meditation room that he and Mu Qinghu had explored was also undamaged.

"Haha~ Thank goodness, thank goodness, the spirit-gathering arrays of the three inkstone meditation rooms on the main vein are all intact."

On the aged faces of Mu Mengshu and Mu Kehua, smiles of joy and relief appeared. They laughed and chatted, and when they saw Mu Qinghu who came out next, they continued to speak.

"Let's also explore those eight inkstone meditation rooms on the branches of the spiritual veins to see if they are damaged, and also search them for any remaining spiritual objects."

"These three meditation rooms on the main branch are all empty. It is likely that all the spiritual items inside have been taken away by the cultivators of the Liu family of Lingdan."

"Yes, Grand Uncle, Second Grand Uncle," Mu Yunsheng replied, and together with Mu Qinghu and Mu Kehua, they began to explore the eight slightly smaller inkstone meditation rooms built by the Yun family on the branch of the spiritual vein of Mangshan.

Upon closer inspection, the eight slightly smaller inkstone meditation rooms were found to be undamaged, but they were only equipped with spirit-guiding arrays to draw spiritual energy from the spiritual veins for cultivators to practice.

Without a spirit-gathering array, the concentration of spiritual energy is only sufficient for cultivators in the early stages of Qi Refining.

Besides, Mu Yunsheng and his group did not find any remaining spiritual objects in these eight slightly smaller inkstone meditation rooms, not even spiritual cushions for meditation.

It was obvious that the cultivators from the Liu family of Lingdan had already looted and packed everything up.

"It's alright if no spiritual objects are found, as long as the eleven inkstone meditation rooms built by the Yun family on the spiritual veins of Mangshan Mountain are not damaged."

Despite his aged face, Mu Kehua still chuckled and spoke cheerfully, showing no sign of disappointment at not finding any spiritual items.

In fact, the bounty notices issued by the seven families to the Heavenly Demon Child specifically indicated that the Mangshan Spiritual Land had both a spirit-gathering formation and a spirit-attracting formation.

That would mean that the cultivators of the Liu family of Lingdan intentionally protected the spirit-guiding array and spirit-gathering array in the Moshi meditation room when they were annihilating the Yun family.

Although Mu Kehua and his group had seen the bounty posters for the Heavenly Demon Child from the seven families and knew this, they still needed to actually inspect every inkstone meditation room on the spiritual veins of Mangshan before they could feel at ease.

"The Yun family's Mangshan spiritual land, and the five first-grade low-level spiritual fields cultivated by the Yun family, I wonder if the spiritual plants planted there have been looted by the cultivators from the Lingdan Liu family?"

Mu Yunsheng said, looking at the desolate and dilapidated pavilions and courtyards where the Yun family members and cultivators lived.

These pavilions and courtyards all showed signs of having been searched, clearly by cultivators from the Liu family of Lingdan. It was impossible for them to contain any remaining spiritual objects or cultivation secrets.

Large cultivation forces possess methods for searching for spiritual objects and navigating secret chambers that far surpass what lower-level cultivators could imagine; they even have soul-searching techniques.

Moreover, most of the Yun family's cultivators, including the main cultivators, have already been captured by the Lingdan Liu family.

Mu Yunsheng was not disappointed that he could not find any spiritual objects left by the Yun family in the Mangshan spiritual land. In fact, he had already expected this result.

"Let's go and see the five spiritual fields that the Yun family has cultivated in the Mangshan spiritual land." Mu Kehua and the others' eyes lit up when they heard Mu Yunsheng's words, and Mu Mengshu hurriedly said happily.

Then he turned around and led Mu Yunsheng and the other two straight to the other side of Mangshan Spiritual Land to find the five first-grade low-level spiritual fields that the Yun family had cultivated.

Under the bright light of the stars and moon in the night sky, on the other side of Mangshan, a sacred land, fireflies danced in the air and among the weeds, with no tall, dense trees.

The five spiritual fields are scattered on the hillside, not closely connected, and vary in size. The largest is nearly three acres in area, while the smallest is only a little over half an acre apart.

All of these were cultivated on the first-grade low-level spiritual veins of Mangshan Spiritual Land, where spiritual energy nodes were scattered. They were surrounded by bluestone walls to prevent weeds from growing into the spiritual fields.

So although they are scattered on the hillside, they are still very eye-catching and can be seen at a glance.

“There are plants growing in the spirit field, Yun Sheng, come and see if they are spirit plants.”

Upon seeing the lush growth of plants in all five spirit fields, Mu Mengshu excitedly shouted to Mu Yunsheng.

Mu Yunsheng quickened his pace and walked a few steps to Mu Mengshu. When he saw the five spiritual fields with lush vegetation, his face showed worry rather than joy.

Without saying a word, he walked toward the nearest spirit field and carefully examined the various lush plants growing there.

Fortunately, some of these plants were indeed spiritual plants. The cultivators from the Liu family of Lingdan did not also harvest the spiritual plants that were still growing in the Yun family's spiritual fields.

Moreover, the spiritual plant growing in this spiritual field is one that Mu Yun Sheng is very familiar with: bitter spiritual wheat.

The bad thing is that there are more other lush weeds and plants growing in the spirit field than the bitter spirit wheat plants. It's no longer that there are weeds in the spirit field, but rather that a few bitter spirit wheat plants are growing among the weeds.

Without the maintenance of spiritual cultivators, the bitter wheat plants growing in this spiritual field have had their living space greatly reduced by the lush weeds.

Moreover, the flowering season of bitter wheat has already passed, but most of the bitter wheat plants in this spiritual field have not yet produced any wheat berries.

Even if one or two plants later produce wheat, they are all dry and flat, without any bitter wheat grains.

"Sheng'er, how is it? Can these bitter wheat plants growing in the spirit fields still be saved?"

Mu Kehua and the others also arrived at the edge of this spirit field. Looking at the bitter spirit wheat plants growing among the lush weeds, they asked Mu Yunsheng a question.

"Yun Sheng needs to observe further."

Mu Yunsheng frowned and shook his head, saying that the bitter spirit wheat planted in this spirit field was completely destroyed. However, he still walked into the spirit field, intending to take a closer look.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp!"

At this moment, strange and terrifying cries rang out, and two dark figures flew towards Mu Yunsheng and his companions in the night sky.

(End of this chapter)