China, Jiangcheng, Li Family Villa.

Li Mu hasn't been home for a year.

Li Hongjun sat in the tea room, absentmindedly wiping the teaware with a tea towel.

He has developed a bad habit: every now and then, he sits in the tea room and stares blankly.

In middle age, with savings in the bank and a business managed by someone, he has few desires left.

The Li family, whose lives had become mundane, only wished for peace and safety for all its members, free from illness and disaster.

Just when he thought that Li Mu would get married soon and have children for the Li family, everything changed.

First, Li Mu disappeared without a trace, and then his prospective daughter-in-law stopped coming to visit.

It wasn't until his wife, He Hua, was chatting with her in-laws that they learned about the problems between the young couple. As for the reason, the mother-in-law wouldn't say.

I wanted to wait until Li Mu came home before asking him, but I never expected that a whole year would pass.

During that year, both Cheng brothers from Xishan came to visit, but with the same result, they received no news of Li Mu.

Cheng Yishi probably knew more, but he only said that Li Mu went to the Inner Hidden Sect.

Although he practiced martial arts, he knew nothing about martial arts.

I was worried for a while after learning the difference between the inner and outer hidden gates.

He had confidence in his nephew, or perhaps his belief was so strong that he didn't believe Li Mu would get into trouble.

After Li Mu left, he used the Iron Stone Orchid medicinal bath to cultivate, and his body was well tempered, truly entering the Iron Bone Realm.

His initial motivation for practicing martial arts was to strengthen himself and defeat all those who coveted his family.

Now that the Chen family of Yanjing has fallen on hard times, the Li family of Yanjing doesn't dare to come to Jiangcheng, and some petty thieves don't dare to come and cause trouble.

He suddenly realized that no matter how good his martial arts skills were, they were now useless.

Life is truly as lonely as snow.

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The Cheng family of Xishan.

Li Mu's departure and never return has touched the hearts of many.

Because of the formula provided by Li Mu, the Cheng family's pharmaceutical factory was revived, and the several kinds of pills they produced became highly sought after.

Because they became the elixir supplier for the Zongwu tribe, they obtained many medicinal materials that were difficult to buy or available on the market.

With official endorsement and a massive advertising campaign, the universally beneficial pills swept across China two months after their trial launch.

Puhui Medicine has become a well-known brand of health products in China. Today, the market demand exceeds supply, and even scalpers and counterfeit drugs have emerged.

While maintaining its production capacity, Baimu Pharmaceutical has continuously upgraded its anti-counterfeiting measures for its medicines.

Because of the product's great success, wealth has been accumulating like an inflating balloon, and the Baimu Pharmaceutical brand is now valued at over 10 billion.

In the pharmaceutical factory's warehouse, the collected medicinal herbs were piled up like mountains. The top-quality herbs were stored separately in storage bags by the Liang sisters for future use.

Within a year, Cheng Yishi's cultivation had reached the peak of the Profound Realm, thanks to the accumulation of elixirs, and he was ready to advance at any time.

While refining pills, the Liang sisters did not neglect their cultivation. Within a year, their cultivation level reached the late stage of the first level of Qi Refining.

However, whenever they calmed down, they couldn't help but think of the same person: Li Mu.

This guy who gave them so many amazing things has disappeared without a trace since he went to the Inner Gate.

They all changed and gained so much because of Li Mu.

A person should know their own worth and never forget to repay kindness.

They owe their success to Li Mu, and they are just waiting for him to appear so they can express their gratitude and heartfelt thanks.

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Huaxia Zongwu Department.

Thanks to the pills provided by Bai Mu Pharmaceutical, the strength of the low- and mid-level martial artists in Zongwu Department has been generally improved, and their combat power has been enhanced.

Minister Cao Changyun and Martial Arts Association President Xiang Tianhong joined forces to organize a group of martial artists to launch a siege against the villains in the south.

A large number of Japanese ninjas were wiped out, but unfortunately, Haneda Oichi escaped again.

During their leisure time, the two ministers made a special trip to the Seven Star Position in the Hengduan Mountains and saw an exposed teleportation array.

They were certain that Li Mu had entered the Inner Hidden Gate through the teleportation array, and they dared not enter the teleportation array rashly.

After some deliberation, just as they decided to send someone into the teleportation array, the array disappeared again.

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Xiangzhou, the Lin family.

Lin Hongluan's life was very regular, but she became even more taciturn.

Lin's mother, Han Bing, no longer dared to mention Li Mu in front of her daughter, as every time the topic came up, a major argument would erupt between mother and daughter.

Because she had lost a year's worth of memories, Lin Hongluan preferred to forget Li Mu rather than mention him.

Seeing a promising marriage come to an abrupt end, Lin's mother was filled with regret.

Upon learning that Li Mu had been missing for a year, Lin's mother was deeply saddened, yet unable to mention it to her daughter.

Compared to the relationship between the two, Lin's mother was more concerned about her daughter's current health. Since she couldn't mention it, she could only keep it to herself.

The peaceful life lasted for a year. Lin Hongluan forgot about Li Mu and it became even more impossible for her to continue cultivating.

Even Lin's mother Han Bing's cultivation was something her daughter couldn't understand and considered strange and unpredictable.

The Lin family's peaceful life was disrupted by a strange woman.

The woman and her daughter were strangers, but the little boy she was with bore a striking resemblance to Lin's father, Lin Yuhang.

It wasn't until the woman knelt before the two men with her child that they realized she was Lin's father's mistress and son.

The two were overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

To their surprise, the woman came to their door because Lin's father had encountered a big problem in Africa.

It is said that Lin Yuhang has made a lot of money doing trade in Africa this year, with his capital growing from several million Chinese yuan to tens of millions of US dollars.

They traveled between several war-torn countries, where risks and benefits coexisted, and for nearly a year, they lived in relative peace.

Until more than a month ago, they lost contact with him. The last time they received a phone call, they were told that he had been detained by an armed group.

The woman came for help because Old Lin had said that his daughter Lin Hongluan's boyfriend was very capable and could help solve the problem.

When Lin's mother, Han Bing, heard the reason for the incident, she was also anxious. After all, they were husband and wife, and she wanted to help.

She knew exactly what Lin Yuhang meant; rather than asking them for help, he wanted Li Mu's assistance.

Now Li Mu is also nowhere to be found, so if I want to help him, I have to take matters into my own hands.

Thinking that he had already reached the second level of Qi Refining, he reluctantly agreed and prepared to go to Africa to pay the ransom.

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When Han Bing decided to go to Africa, Lin Hongluan wanted to go with her.

In the end, Lin's mother couldn't persuade her daughter otherwise and agreed to go together, to encourage each other.

Her greatest reliance was still the talisman given to her by Li Mu; both of them wore a magical necklace.

When Li Mu came to Xiangzhou to visit the comatose Lin Hongluan, he helped them upgrade their necklaces, which were said to be able to withstand bullet attacks.

Although Lin Hongluan returned the ring to Li Mu, she kept wearing the necklace around her neck.

The mother and daughter, carrying two million US dollars, traveled to Libya, a war-torn region in Africa.

After several more days of back-and-forth communication, they finally met the injured Lin Yuhang and a young Chinese man.

They thought they could leave after paying the ransom, but the other party saw that the money was easy to make and suddenly raised the price.

During the scuffle, a conflict broke out between the two sides, and Han Bing casually used an ashtray to seriously injure one of the negotiators.

Seeing that the other party had pointed a gun at them, and fearing that her mother would be shot, Lin Hongluan stepped in front of her to shield her.

A gunshot rang out, followed by a flash of white light, and the bullet was stopped.

Lin Hongluan, who was not hit by the bullet, was stunned.

Seeing her stunned daughter, Han Bing picked up the gun on the ground and fired back without hesitation.

Thanks to the necklace's defense and her superior spiritual sense, the intelligent and gentle Han Bing instantly killed three people.

Finally, they turned the tables and took several leaders hostage.

At this moment, Lin Hongluan, who was squatting on the ground, was in tears, constantly calling out the name "Li Mu".

Because of that flash of white light, her lost memories were activated, and endless regret arose in her heart.

A week later, the Lin family members were finally out of danger through diplomatic channels.

On the return flight, Lin Hongluan, who had been crying for a long time, finally fell asleep with her mother's comfort.

Upon arriving in China, Lin Hongluan disregarded her family's advice and went to Jiangcheng, and then to Gaojing and Yanjing.

She kept searching for Li Mu, hoping to find her beloved in her own way.