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Chapter 115, Reunion with Young Master Shang, The Qu Family's Recruitment

At the summit of Mangshan Spiritual Land, Liu Xuanyi, holding the array plate of the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation, explained in detail to Mu Yunsheng the key points of controlling the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation with a clear and ethereal expression.

While explaining, he manipulated the array plate to demonstrate to Mu Yunsheng.

The breeze atop the mountain stirred her dark hair and long dress, outlining her beautiful figure.

"Yes, thank you, Senior Xuanyi!"

Looking at the eighteen Xuanhuang spiritual pillars soaring into the sky on the Mangshan spiritual land, and the eighteen Xuanhuang Yi soldiers, each over ten feet tall and imposing, guarding the Mangshan spiritual land, Mu Yunsheng was overjoyed and quickly bowed to Liu Xuanyi in gratitude.

During those five days, he and Liu Xuanyi traveled to every corner of the Mangshan spiritual land, exploring the various spiritual energy nodes of the spiritual veins.

Mu Yunsheng naturally knew where the eighteen array bases of the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Array were buried, and he also knew how deep they were buried.

It can be said that even a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, if focused on digging, would find it difficult to dig out anything in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

Moreover, all eighteen array bases are connected to the first-grade low-level spiritual vein of Mangshan Spiritual Land, so even if they are dug out and found, they are difficult to destroy.

This is the extraordinary skill of the Spirit Array Master among the myriad arts of cultivation: borrowing the mysteries of heaven and earth and gathering the power of the spiritual veins of mountains and rivers to defend against enemies and protect oneself with arrays.

It is not something that ordinary cultivators can defeat. Even cultivators whose cultivation level is much higher than that of the Spirit Array Master would not dare to easily break into the array set up by the Spirit Array Master.

Fighting against a Spirit Array Master is no longer simply a contest of the individual's cultivation level; it is a battle against the power of the world, the spiritual veins of the mountains and rivers, and the various mysteries of the array chosen by the Spirit Array Master.

This is far beyond the personal strength of an ordinary cultivator.

"It's nothing, no need to thank me. This is what a spirit array master should do. Now, you can take control of the Xuanhuang Six Jia Yi Soldier Array. Is there anything you don't understand?"

Liu Xuanyi said coldly, handing the array plate in her hand to Mu Yunsheng, asking him to control the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Array.

“Alright, Senior Xuanyi.” Mu Yunsheng nodded and replied with a smile, feeling a surge of excitement and curiosity. He took the array plate and began to control the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Array that had risen from the Mangshan spiritual land.

It wasn't difficult at all. In no time, Mu Yunsheng was able to control it with ease, without any confusion.

"Alright, Yun Sheng, since there are no problems, Xuan Yi and I will head back now. If you have any questions in the future, come find me at the Jade Void Spirit Field."

After trying out all the functions of the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Formation on the array plate, Liu Jiangyue and Mu Yunsheng spoke up.

He spent most of the past five days at the Mangshan Spiritual Land, accompanying Liu Xuanyi. Only at sunset would he go to the Yuxu Spiritual Field to handle some matters.

Then, they quickly returned to the sacred land of Mangshan using a flying magical artifact to prevent Mu Yunsheng and Liu Xuanyi from having too much time alone together.

"Mm." Liu Xuanyi nodded coolly, preparing to leave with Liu Jiangyue.

"Is it in such a hurry? Steward Liu, Senior Xuan Yi, Yun Sheng has already had her family prepare the spiritual ingredients. Why don't you finish the spiritual meal prepared by Yun Sheng before you leave?"

Mu Yunsheng was slightly taken aback. He put the array plate of the Xuanhuang Liujia Yibing Array into the Seven Star Jade Entanglement and quickly bowed to Liu Jiangyue and Liu Xuanyi.

"Okay~" Liu Xuanyi's cold eyes, which were about to leave, showed a hint of interest when she heard Mu Yunsheng's words. A barely perceptible smile appeared on her face, and she readily agreed.

Then he said to Liu Jiangyue, "Grandpa, after we have eaten the spiritual food, we will go to Qihefang Market."

Upon seeing the smile on Liu Xuanyi's cold face, and then looking at Mu Yunsheng beside her, Liu Jiangyue's aged face showed signs of exhaustion and defeat. He could only agree in a muffled voice.

“Alright, we’ll go to Qihe Market after we finish our spiritual meal. But Xuan Yi, you can’t come to Yun Sheng’s place on your own and eat the spiritual meals he makes.”

“This kid is no good. If you want to eat any spiritual food in the future, just tell Grandpa and Grandpa will buy it for you.”

Mu Yunsheng's eyes widened. How could he, a polite and handsome young man, not be a good person?

………………

Qihefang Market.

Mu Yunsheng, accompanied by Bi Lianyue and Zhao Meiyu, walked through the streets of Qihefang City. They had come to Qihefang City together on Liu Jiangyue's magic boat flying artifact.

In less than a quarter of an hour, they arrived at Qihe Market from Mangshan Spirit Land, and were even exempted from the market entry fee of Qihe Market spirit stones.

"Brother Yunsheng, shouldn't we go to South Street to rent a stall first?"

Seeing that Mu Yunsheng was heading in the wrong direction, not towards the South Street of Qihefang City, Bi Lianyue asked him in confusion.

"Let's go to the Qu family's Quyou Pavilion first." Mu Yunsheng shook his head slightly, glancing at Bi Lianyue and Zhao Meiyu beside him, who were carrying large and small bags with many celadon jade plates and bowls.

He himself carried a huge cold stone mill on his back.

Mu Yunsheng brought Bi Lianyue and Zhao Meiyu to Qihe Market not to sightsee or buy spiritual materials, but to sell spiritual food and earn spirit stones.

Besides the items each of the three carried, Mu Yunsheng's Seven Star Jade Scroll was also filled with various spiritual materials and equipment needed for making spiritual dishes.

In reality, after spending more than half a month in the Mangshan spiritual land, Mu Yunsheng had no spirit stones left, not even enough to rent a stall on South Street.

Therefore, we can only go to the Qu family's Quyou Pavilion first.

Fortunately, on the sacred land of Mangshan, three mutated spirit rice plants in the five spirit fields have successfully sprouted during this period.

Mu Yunsheng has placed the three mutated spirit rice plants into the Seven Star Jade Belt around his waist, and has been watching their growth every day for the past few days.

Observing the growth and changes of its spiritual essence, and how the mutations and transformations occurred, Mu Yunsheng's own cultivation of the spiritual plant path has also made great progress, and he has gained many insights.

Every day, the growth, changes, and spiritual energy transformations of these three mutated spirit rice plants were recorded in a book.

“Brother Yun Sheng, Lian Yue and I won’t go into Qu You Ge. You can put down the stone mill and we’ll wait for you outside.”

As they walked, in no time at all, the Qu Family's Qu You Pavilion came into view, occupying an entire street.

Zhao Meiyu and Bi Lianyue stopped and said to Mu Yunsheng, reaching out to take the large stone mill from his back.

"Alright, then Meiyu, Lianyue, you two wait outside for a moment." Mu Yunsheng looked back and saw that their large bags and small packages were indeed not suitable for them. He nodded in agreement as they entered the Qu family's Quyou Pavilion together.

Then one person walked towards Quyou Pavilion, which was still five or six zhang away.

The room was still elegant and filled with the scent of sandalwood. Tang, the steward with a two-foot-long beard, was still there to greet us, warning us not to wander around or look around, or we would be sorry if we damaged the valuables in the room.

Mu Yun Sheng waited alone in the guest room, without even receiving a cup of tea meant for guests. Fortunately, this time the wait was not long.

"Where is the mutated spirit rice plant?" Young Master Shang entered the guest room and, just like the first time, asked Mu Yunsheng directly without saying much.

"Reporting to Young Master Shang, these are three mutated spirit rice plants that Yun Sheng brought for you. They are one or two mutated bitter spirit wheat plants and one mutated dragon tooth spirit rice plant."

Mu Yunsheng stood up and replied, taking out the three mutated spirit rice plants he had brought from the Seven Star Jade Belt at his waist, and using his true essence to send them to Young Master Xiao Shang from a distance.

When Young Master Shang saw Mu Yun Sheng take out three mutated spirit rice plants from the Seven Star Jade Entwining, a hint of surprise appeared in his eyes, but he didn't say anything. He lowered his head to examine the three mutated spirit rice plants in front of him one by one.

"It is indeed very different from ordinary bitter wheat plants and dragon tooth spirit rice plants, and there are signs that it has been cultivated by a spirit plant master."

After examining it for a while, Young Master Shang smiled and said, then looked up at Mu Yunsheng, glanced at the Seven Star Jade Entwined on his waist, and asked.

"By the way, I haven't asked your name yet, fellow Daoist. Are you a cultivator from Qian Yuan Prefecture?"

"Young Master Shang, my surname is Mu, and my given name is Yun Sheng. I am a low-level rogue cultivator from Qian Yuan Prefecture," Mu Yun Sheng replied with a bow.

“Mu Yunsheng…” Young Master Shang murmured, his expression thoughtful. After a moment, he looked at Mu Yunsheng and said.

"I know you. You are a member of the Mu family of Caoyang, a low-level cultivator in Qianyuan Prefecture. A month ago, you had a spiritual food duel with Tai Hongfei of the Tai family at Xiankeju."

"He won with a first-class quality Bitter Spirit Qi-Replenishing Noodles and is now following Master Zhu, a second-tier low-grade spirit chef, to cultivate the path of spirit chefs."

After saying that, Young Master Shang smiled, walked closer to Mu Yun Sheng, and extended his hand to invite him, "Sit!"

Unlike the first time, he did not accept the mutated spirit rice plant and leave immediately.

"Thank you, Young Master Shang." Mu Yunsheng bowed in thanks and sat down opposite Young Master Shang.

"Manager Tang..." After sitting down, Young Master Shang saw the empty reception table in front of Mu Yunsheng, frowned slightly, turned his head to look at Manager Tang who had followed him into the private reception room, and called out unhappily.

"This young Ren is not clever at all," Manager Tang scolded hurriedly, then took out dried fruit, pastries, and spirit tea from his storage bag as gifts for his guest.

He arranged everything on the guest table between Mu Yun Sheng and Young Master Xiao Shang, and personally served them spiritual tea.

"Please forgive the poor hospitality of the servants in the pavilion, fellow Daoist Mu."

Young Master Shang's displeasure only disappeared after he saw that Steward Tang had finished all this. He then raised the spirit tea in front of him and apologized to Mu Yun Sheng.

"Young Master Shang is too kind." Mu Yunsheng raised the spiritual tea in front of him and replied with a smile. Seeing the polite and well-mannered Young Master Shang, who was only about thirty years old, he sighed inwardly.

He discovered that none of the younger generation from the seven major families of Qianyuan Prefecture who were able to send out their troops were incompetent, nor were they the legendary troublemakers and spoiled brats who bullied others.

When you have no value, the most they can do is ignore you, but when you have value, they can easily put aside their airs as members of the Seven Families and associate with you.

The seven young disciples that Mu Yunsheng has seen so far are not many, but neither Long Liyou nor Liu Xuanyi are simple.

The latter is a mid-grade first-tier spirit array master, while the former, though naive and straightforward and a sucker for good looks, only has the cultivation level of the early stage of Qi Refining.

However, just by crouching down and getting close to Tianlong, Long Liyou made Tianlong fearful and want to run away, so there's more to it than meets the eye.

The young master of the Qu family, who greeted him with smiles and politeness, was even more unfathomable to Mu Yunsheng.

In fact, the disciples sent out by various cultivation forces in Qianyuan Prefecture are not simple. They are representatives of their respective cultivation forces. Even Wu Zhiyuan and Gu Luoping have their own extraordinary abilities.

People like Tai Hongfei are ultimately a minority.

"What do you think of my Qu family, Fellow Daoist Mu? If you are willing to join my Qu family, my Mu family will fully support you in following Master Zhu and cultivating the art of spiritual cooking."

"Fellow Daoist Mu need not worry about the necessary resources or spirit stones. Everything will be provided by my Qu family. In the future, when Fellow Daoist Mu achieves success in his cultivation, my Qu family can also choose a direct female cultivator to marry him."

After drinking the spiritual tea, Young Master Shang looked at Mu Yunsheng, holding his empty teacup, pondered for a moment, and then suddenly spoke.

"Clang..." Upon hearing this, Manager Tang made a slight crisp sound from the teapot in his hand. His eyes widened in surprise, and he quickly bent down to add tea for Young Master Shang. His surprised gaze stole a glance at Mu Yun Sheng.

Although he was the head of Qu You Pavilion and respected by Mu Kehua and other low-level cultivators in Qian Yuan Prefecture, as well as the servants of Qu You Pavilion, the female cultivator from the Qu family he married was only a concubine's daughter.

He was only able to marry her by becoming her son-in-law.

The condition that Young Master Shang offered to Mu Yunsheng was that Mu Yunsheng could choose any one of the direct descendants of the Qu family to marry him, without having to become a son-in-law of the Qu family.

The female cultivators of the Qu family are divided into direct descendants and collateral descendants. Collateral descendants are mostly cultivators who were recruited from the mortal members of the Qu family through spiritual testing. They have low spiritual roots and talent, but low cultivation aptitude.

Without the support of senior cultivators, and lacking any cultivation resources.

Those cultivators with good spiritual roots and cultivation aptitude will be classified as direct descendants the moment their spiritual roots are tested among mortal clansmen.

The direct descendants of the Qu family cultivators are mostly from the direct line of Qu family cultivators. They have elder cultivators to take care of them and families to support them. They also have extraordinary talent in cultivation.

Once they have achieved success in their cultivation, they will take over various powerful positions in the Qu family. For example, Young Master Xiao Shang is a direct descendant of the Qu family.

If Mu Yun Sheng could truly marry a female cultivator from the direct line of the Qu family, not only would he have to work much less and have no shortage of cultivation resources, but his status would also be much higher than that of Steward Tang.

"He'll agree, won't he? He definitely will!"

Manager Tang murmured to himself, and upon seeing Mu Yunsheng's handsome face and tall, slender figure, a feeling of bitterness and resentment arose in his heart.

If he could marry a female cultivator from the direct line of the Qu family, even if she were to act in a perverse way, he would be willing, let alone become her son-in-law.

Thinking of this, Steward Tang glanced silently at his reflection in the teapot, where a green jade crown stood out prominently.

He tugged at his sleeve to cover up the wounds on his body that weren't actually visible.

Back then, he was a handsome young man known throughout the surrounding area, but his cultivation aptitude was only slightly weaker than that of the withered snake elder, a figure of great renown among the many low-level cultivators and rogue cultivators of Qianyuan Prefecture.

"Young Master Shang, Yun Sheng's Mu family is now a subordinate force of the Lingdan Liu family, and Yun Sheng is already engaged."

Therefore, we have no choice but to decline Young Master Shang's kind offer.

Mu Yunsheng politely declined, putting down his teacup, which he had also finished drinking. In truth, he was quite tempted by the conditions offered by Young Master Shang.

Since he had already decided on the path he would take in the future and refused Liu Jiangyue's offer of recruitment, he naturally wouldn't accept the offer from Young Master Shang on behalf of the Qu family.

“Ding~!”

The teapot in Manager Tang's hand made another crisp sound, even louder than before, and tea even started to spill out. He stared wide-eyed at Mu Yunsheng, who was refusing him.

"He refused! He actually refused..."

Young Master Shang frowned slightly, looking at the tea gradually flowing onto the guest table, and then at the absent-minded Steward Tang, he spoke in a calm tone.

"Steward Tang, is there something you need? Please go out first. Fellow Daoist Mu and I are discussing matters and do not need outsiders to serve us."

Upon hearing this, Manager Tang snapped out of his daze, his eyes filled with panic and confusion. But seeing the seemingly calm face of Young Master Shang, he dared not utter another word to salvage his mistake.

(End of this chapter)