The man was only at the Golden Core stage, with a burly build, but his face was extremely haggard. He was looking at Chu Mo with a shocked expression.
His eyes went from surprise to delight, and then to excitement.
He clearly recognized that the person who saved him was the same benefactor from before!
He immediately stood up and knelt on the ground, his eyes red with emotion as he shouted:
"Young master, it's you! Wang Qiang is so grateful for your life-saving grace. If it weren't for you, my baby would have died back then."
"This time, you rescued my daughter and me again. We don't know how to repay such a great kindness!"
Unfortunately, he knelt for a long time but couldn't get down to the ground. He became so anxious that his face turned red, and in the end, he had no choice but to give up.
He knew, of course, that the unfathomable young master before him was unwilling to accept his bow.
Chu Mo looked at him with a complicated expression and sighed:
"You don't need to thank me. In fact, the suffering you are in today is all because of me."
"What does this have to do with you, young master?"
Wang Qiang looked bewildered, his honest face filled with confusion, but before Chu Mo could answer, he spoke seriously to the little girl beside him:
"Bao'er, this is the young master. He gave Father so many spirit stones to cure your illness. Quickly thank him!"
The girl was about eight or nine years old, with delicate features and a cute appearance, but she was a bit thin.
She was looking at Chu Mo timidly, the panic in her eyes still lingering, clearly indicating that she had suffered a lot before.
But upon hearing his father's words, he still mustered his courage and took two steps forward.
Then, after straightening her tattered little skirt, she knelt down on the ground, earnestly kowtowing and shouting:
"Bao'er thanks you for saving my life, young master!"
The girl's voice was childlike and sincere, with a hint of relaxation.
Chu Mo hesitated for a moment, but ultimately accepted her kneeling bow.
"Bang bang bang..."
The little girl was very honest; she kowtowed three times, and it really made a sound.
When she looked up again, there was a red mark on her forehead.
Chu Mo smiled and nodded at her. The little girl then happily stood up, sat down next to her father, and her eyes were bright.
"Fellow Daoist Wang, please let me finish speaking, and then see if your daughter has made a mistake by kowtowing like this."
Chu Mo did not hide anything and explained the whole story.
After listening, Wang Qiang was visibly stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized what he had done, slapped his forehead, and cursed:
"So that's why those bastards kidnapped me. At first, they even asked me what my relationship was with Chu Mo, the leader of the God-Slaying Alliance."
"Those idiots don't even consider this: how could a Golden Core cultivator like me possibly know someone as powerful as Alliance Leader Chu..."
"Holy crap! Young master, you wouldn't... be Chu Mo, would you?"
Wang Qiang stared blankly at Chu Mo, his eyes wide open, his face filled with horror.
"I am Chu Mo!" Chu Mo nodded slightly.
Wang Qiang could no longer sit still; it was as if he had springs in his buttocks, and he quickly stood up.
"Um, Alliance Leader Chu, I actually accepted your spirit stones back then? Truly, oh my, what an honor! Hahaha..."
Looking at Wang Qiang's proud and smug face, Chu Mo was a little dumbfounded.
What's going on here?
After laughing for a while, Wang Qiang realized he had lost his composure and awkwardly managed to stop laughing.
But looking at that wide smile, he couldn't contain his joy.
Wang Qiang hurriedly explained:
"Hehe, Alliance Leader Chu, I just feel honored to do business with you!"
"If I told others that I once sold you a primordial spirit beast, how prestigious would that be!"
"Aren't you annoyed that you almost lost your life because of this?" Chu Mo was a little speechless.
“Isn’t she still alive?” Wang Qiang looked at him and said seriously, “But if it weren’t for you, my daughter would have died long ago.”
"Alright, since that's the cause and effect, let's not talk about it anymore."
Chu Mo stopped dwelling on these things. In any case, the compensation he gave would definitely turn their misfortune into a blessing.
His expression turned serious:
"Fellow Daoist Wang, where did you get that little tiger cat? Do you know whose house it ran away from?"
Wang Qiang's face flushed with embarrassment, and he finally said with shame:
"Alliance Leader Chu, I was really in a hurry to raise spirit stones to treat my daughter's illness, so I kept it from you."
"Actually, that spirit beast should have escaped from the Ma family."
"The Ma family? Which Ma family?" Chu Mo's spirits lifted, and he couldn't help but feel excited.
"The Ma family of Woling County, Qingyang Kingdom in the Southern Region," Wang Qiang continued.
"The place where I found that spirit beast was remote, but it was absolutely impossible for a spirit beast to exist there."
"At the time, I suspected it had run away from someone else's house, and I was afraid of offending a family I couldn't afford to offend."
"So after hiding the spirit beast, I secretly inquired about which family had lost a demon beast or something."
"In the end, I didn't find out any of that, but I did learn about something else."
"On the very day I obtained that spirit beast, the entire Ma family was wiped out—the methods were ruthless!"
Wang Qiang swallowed hard, his expression still showing lingering fear, and continued:
"And the Ma family's house is only a few miles away from where I obtained the spirit beast. I suspected at the time that it had escaped from there."
"That's why I carried it for thousands of miles and finally sold it to you."
After hearing all this, Chu Mo was filled with emotion.
No wonder I couldn't find Wang Qiang back then; I always thought he was from that small town.
Damn, it took them thousands of miles to finally get rid of it?
But it's all fate!
If it weren't for the other party's roundabout approach, and if Bai Di hadn't told me to head east, how could I have gotten the little tiger cat?
"Do you know who killed the Ma family?"
"I don't know!" Wang Qiang simply shook his head.
Having received the expected answer, Chu Mo did not press further and smiled:
"The Kunlun Realm is about to descend into chaos. If Fellow Daoist Wang doesn't mind, you may stay here from now on. As for Bao'er, I will have someone teach her properly."
"Wang Qiang, thank you, young master! Bao'er, quickly, kowtow to the young master!"
Wang Qiang was overjoyed and grabbed his daughter, intending to push her to the ground.
Chu Mo quickly stopped him, speechless. Who makes children kowtow and express gratitude so easily?
Wang Qiang didn't insist any further, and just chuckled foolishly.
He himself didn't care, but after his wife died, his daughter became everything to him.
With Chu Mo's arrangements in place, her life will undoubtedly undergo a dramatic transformation.
Little did he know that countless years later, his daughter would become someone that even the most powerful figures in the Kunlun Realm would have to look up to.
After they had someone settle the father and daughter in.
Chu Mo then arranged for Jiang Jiren and others to immediately travel to Woling County in Qingyang Kingdom to investigate the Ma family's affairs.
For a Ninth Tribulation cultivator, having this clue would make finding the murderer of the Ma family much easier.
Even the slightest trace can be traced back to its source.
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