Chapter 117: The second chapter when the cat is away.

The Mu family's forbidden area is more like a gorgeously decorated cage than a place for retreat and meditation.

After being captured, Mu Hanyan's spiritual power was sealed and she is now no different from an ordinary person. She has been imprisoned here for many days.

Except for the first day when someone brought her a fasting pill, she never saw anyone else. The surroundings were so quiet that she could hear her own breathing.

She leaned against the cold edge of the bed, her brows furrowed.

I wonder if Mu Yuan successfully found his fellow disciples from Lingxiao Sect. Can they see and follow those marks?

All kinds of thoughts swirled in her mind, bringing a glimmer of hope, but were suppressed by the current predicament.

Just then, there was a sudden sound from the door.

Mu Hanyan instantly became alert, sat up straight, and looked towards the door with sharp eyes.

The door slowly opened and a figure walked in.

The man was wearing a dark green robe with silver edges. He had a fake warm smile on his face, but his eyes were shrewd and deep.

He looked at Mu Hanyan in the room as if he was looking at a valuable item.

"Niece Hanyan, it's been a long time since we last met. I wonder if you still recognize me as your uncle?" Mu Chun spoke with a deliberately gentle voice.

Mu Hanyan's eyes were cold, and she made no effort to hide her disgust: "Mu Chun! What on earth do you want to do?"

Seeing Mu Hanyan's defensiveness and resistance, Mu Chun showed a distressed expression on his face and sighed: "Ah, it's been many years since we last met, and my niece has grown up so much."

"You've been away from home for so long, so it's natural for you to have some prejudice against me, your uncle. But we are family after all, and we can't let some servants sow discord between us create a rift."

As he spoke, his fingers unconsciously stroked the jade pendant on his waist, and he seemed to be speaking with great sincerity.

Mu Hanyan sneered and turned away: "It's just you and me here, why bother with such hypocrisy? You know all the dirty deeds you did behind my back!"

The fake smile on Mu Chun's face faded, and the calculating look in his eyes became stronger.

"Niece Hanyan, why do you have to say such harsh words? Everything I do is for the future of the Mu family. The Xi family is so powerful in Kunwu City now. If we don't rely on them, our Mu family will have no place to stand. Sooner or later, they will be devoured without a trace left."

Mu Hanyan closed her eyes and stopped looking at him, expressing her greatest contempt with silence.

Seeing that she looked down on him, a trace of disgust flashed across Mu Chun's eyes, but he quickly suppressed it.

He took two steps forward and lowered his voice a bit: "Since my niece doesn't like beating around the bush, then I'll get straight to the point."

"Han Yan, you were very talented when you were young. You were a rare fire-type spiritual root. Your family poured so much resources into you and placed such high hopes on you. Do you still remember all this?"

These words were like a needle that pierced Mu Hanyan's forced calmness. Her body trembled slightly, almost imperceptibly. She did not look back, nor did she refute.

The memories came flooding back...

Once upon a time, she was her father's pride and a rare genius in the Mu family.

Her father treated her like a treasure, and although her mother was frail, she loved her very much.

The elders of the clan all regarded her as the hope for the future of the family. They allocated resources to her and cultivated her carefully. That was the brightest time in her life.

However, the good times did not last long.

As her cultivation progressed, she became restless and even became possessed at critical moments in her practice.

Her father was deeply worried and asked a famous doctor friend to examine her carefully. In the end, he diagnosed that she had an extremely rare and extremely yin body.

The extreme Yin and the natural fire spirit root in her body were in fierce conflict. If she forced herself to practice, the spirit root would eventually burn out and her body would explode and die.

When the news came out, the Mu family was shocked.

The young master who was highly expected suddenly became a useless person who was unable to practice, and criticism arose among the clan.

Just at this time, my mother passed away after a long illness, and my father suffered a series of blows and his hair turned white overnight.

But he ignored the opposition and withstood tremendous pressure to save his daughter from harm.

At that time, the external situation of the Mu family also deteriorated rapidly.

The emerging Xi family established its base in Kunwu City and expanded its power very quickly, constantly squeezing the living space of local families. The Mu family was plagued by internal and external troubles and was in a precarious situation.

In this chaotic moment, Mu Chun, who was then the younger brother of the clan, proposed a solution. He wanted to present the sixteen-year-old Mu Hanyan as an excellent cauldron to the eldest son of the Xi family in exchange for the Xi family's protection and support, thus alleviating the family crisis.

The excuse is: your family has trained you for many years, and now is the time for you to give back.

How could Mu's father, who loved his daughter so much, agree to this? His health had been deteriorating due to the grief of losing his wife and the pressure from his family. He had a feeling that his time was running out, so he secretly planned and finally found an opportunity to quietly send Mu Han out of southern Xinjiang, away from this dangerous place.

Mu Chun took the opportunity to make trouble, and soon after his father died of illness, Mu Chun naturally took over the position of head of the family.

"Niece Hanyan." Mu Chun's voice brought Mu Hanyan back to reality from her memories.

"The Mu family raised you and nurtured you with such great kindness. Now the family needs you. As long as you are willing to serve Master Xi and be a quiet furnace, you can buy the family a chance to breathe. This reward is not too much, right?"

Mu Hanyan slowly turned her head, a slightly sarcastic sneer on her face: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you."

Mu Chun frowned: "What do you mean, niece?"

"I am no longer an extremely yin body." Mu Hanyan's tone was calm, but it was like a thunderclap in Mu Chun's ears.

"What?!"

The calmness on Mu Chun's face shattered in an instant, replaced by incredible shock and anger.

He suddenly took a step forward and grabbed Mu Hanyan's wrist almost roughly. The force was so great that it immediately left several red marks on her fair skin.

A stream of pure spiritual energy penetrated into her meridians without any hesitation.

The bone-chilling, unique and extremely yin energy disappeared, and no trace of it could be found!

"You! What did you do!?"

Mu Chun's face was distorted and he stared at Mu Hanyan as if he wanted to eat her alive.

His biggest bargaining chip, the key to his consolidation of power by currying favor with the Xi family, was gone!

It was a rare sight to see Mu Chun lose his composure, so Mu Hanyan laughed softly, with a hint of satisfaction in her laughter.

"It seems that your plan to use me to curry favor with the Xi family has completely failed, my 'good uncle'."

Mu Chun's chest heaved violently several times, and he suddenly shook off her wrist.

He took a deep breath, forced himself to suppress the surging anger, and slowly his face regained that false calm, but his eyes became even colder.

"Humph, I underestimated you. You actually have the ability to get rid of this physique. But it doesn't matter."

He straightened his sleeves and said slowly, "Young Master Xi isn't attracted to you solely because of your physique, but also because of your face. Even if you're just a bed warmer, it can bring a lot of benefits to my Mu family. Niece, you should just accept your fate."

"You!" Mu Hanyan's face turned pale with anger.