Chapter 700: 700 is not afraid of this person’s aggressiveness.
"Wait, you seem to have missed what I just said, Mu Rui’an. As the head of the family, you neglect the interests of the clan and show undue favoritism towards your own children. How do you explain this?" Mu Yunshui certainly wouldn’t be fooled by Mu Rui’an’s few words, pressing him insistently.
This time coming to Heishi City, he had received quite a few benefits from the Great Elder, and there were also hints from within the main family. How could he let Mu Rui’an off easily?
"I, Mu Rui’an, always act with integrity and fairness, never indulging in personal biases at the expense of the family’s interests. I wonder what exactly Uncle Qi refers to, do you have solid evidence?" Mu Rui’an asked with a cold face.
The Mu Family was facing ominous times, and he did not wish to cause additional trouble at such a moment, but if Mu Yunshui insisted on being aggressive, he was not afraid of him.
Indeed, Mu Yunshui was also a member of a Branch Family, only that his father had once made significant contributions to the main family and even sacrificed his life for it. Therefore, Mu Yunshui was raised by an elder of the main family since his childhood. His talents were average and nothing special, but because his father sacrificed his life for the family, and his foster father was an elder, his status was not low.
This was also the reason he obtained the position of Tributor.
According to the rules of the Mu Family, elders were usually taken from the senior members of the main family, ranked just below the Family Head, while Tributors were taken from the senior members of the Branch Family, with a slightly lower status. Of course, this was all relative, in fact, given the status of the Mu Family as one of the Eight Great Families, even just being a Tributor was a position not to be compared with by ordinary people.
However, Mu Rui’an knew Mu Yunshui’s background and didn’t take him seriously at all. If it weren’t for the undercurrents in Heishi City, he wouldn’t bother to be superficially polite with him.
"Mu Rui’an, you actually have the face to talk about solid evidence. That Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, which originally belonged to our entire Mu Family, was given to your waste of a son without our consultation. Isn’t that favoritism and misuse of power for personal gain?"
"You’re talking about that Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill?" Mu Rui’an’s expression became strange, almost unable to hide a smile.
Talking about it, he did favor his own interests over the public’s this one time, but in fact, Han Yan didn’t use the pill at all. Her current level of cultivation was entirely due to her own efforts.
Moreover, with Han Yan’s current strength, that Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill was truly insignificant.
As time passed, even Mu Rui’an himself had forgotten about this matter, but had not expected it to become a weapon for the Great Elder to seek accountability.
Mu Ze and the others also had odd expressions on their faces. This old story from so long ago, yet the Great Elder still remembered it. Although they had been dissatisfied with it initially, afterwards, the Elixirs given to them by Han Yan, when added together, were countless times more valuable than that Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, so they had long forgotten about it. Yet, they did not expect the Great Elder to bring up old matters.
Had he forgotten who saved Mu Feng’s life during the trial, and yet had the audacity to make a fuss over a mere pill?
Now, even they looked down on the Great Elder’s character. To them, it was nothing but a tedious farce.
Even Mu Feng himself felt so ashamed that his face turned bright red. These recent days, he had been focused on healing his injuries and wasn’t aware of Mu Yunshui’s visit to Heishi City. Had he known, he would have vehemently opposed his grandfather’s decision.
"It’s just a lousy pill, what’s the big deal?" Mu Ze spoke dismissively.
"""Just when I thought some incredible event had occurred, we were all summoned here for nothing," Mu Xitian said with a yawn.
"Let’s just go back to cultivating, Brother Han Yan. I haven’t quite figured out that move you used earlier and wanted to ask you about it," Mu Jie said, his eyes fixed on Mu Hanyan with eager anticipation.
"Right, right, I also have a move I want to ask Brother Han Yan about. Let’s go," another said in agreement.
"Me too, me too. Let’s go, let’s go," echoed the other Mu Family’s Disciples, swarming around Mu Hanyan as they headed toward his courtyard.
"Stop, all of you stop!" the Great Elder shouted furiously.
I remember half a year ago, when the matter of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill was brought up, not a single one of the Mu Family’s Disciples wasn’t filled with righteous indignation and shared animosity. And now, in such a short time, they couldn’t even be bothered to mention it, even showing deep disdain on their faces.
The Great Elder was also aware that these Mu Family disciples had become much closer to Mu Hanyan recently. However, he hadn’t expected that their fondness for Mu Hanyan had reached such an extent that they now completely ignored his own presence.
Decades of hard-earned prestige was destroyed in an instant. How could he accept this?
"Grandfather, perhaps it’s time to let it go. It’s just an elixir, after all, and so much time has passed. Let’s not bring it up again," Mu Feng even suggested quietly.
"Stop, everyone stop! Without rules, there can be no order. If we let chaos reign, how will the Mu Family govern its descendants, or maintain a foothold in the world?" Mu Feng’s words were like adding fuel to the fire, causing the Great Elder to completely lose his temper, standing in everyone’s way and roaring loudly.
"It’s just a Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, right? Here, take it. Give it to whoever you want," Mu Hanyan said, taking out the Jade Bottle containing the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill and tossing it straight to the Great Elder.
That Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill carried so much of his father’s affection that Mu Hanyan had intended to keep it as a keepsake. But since the Great Elder was insistent on lingering over it, it was better to give it to him.
Perhaps, to the average person, this pill was a rare and miraculous Spirit Pill, and even to the Mu Family in Heishi City, it was worth its weight in gold. But, to Mu Hanyan, it was hardly significant.
The Great Elder caught the Jade Bottle and opened it to look inside where he was struck dumb. He was certain that the pill was one of the two Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills purchased by the Third Elder.
Which meant that Mu Hanyan hadn’t taken the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill at all, and his strength had nothing to do with it. But how could that be? Wasn’t he supposed to be a natural-born good-for-nothing? How could he possibly have cultivated strength greater than Mu Feng’s without relying on an elixir?
One should realize that Mu Feng originally had a decent talent and had been subjected to various strange flowers and herbs to forge and refine his meridians since he was a child. After more than a decade of arduous cultivation, he achieved his current level of cultivation.
Mu Hanyan had grown up under his watch. His aptitude and strength were all too clear; the reputation of being naturally inept wasn’t unproven. Just a year before, Mu Hanyan was only at the entry-level for a Swordsman, barely stronger than those common folk who had never cultivated. Regarding talent, he was even inferior to many commoners.
Yet, in less than a year, she had become much stronger than Mu Feng, not by relying on the Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, but through her own efforts. Was this Mu Hanyan truly the same natural-born good-for-nothing he knew?"""