"Brother Mu, it's been a long time. Why didn't you give me a heads-up before bringing your wife and sister-in-law to visit? I would have been able to prepare accordingly," the Shi family head said with a forced smile.
In reality, the head of the Shi family did not want to immediately break ties with the head of the Mu family. Firstly, the ritual of the Poison God Ancestor had not yet been completed. Secondly, the Mu family was a renowned family of physicians, with a better reputation in the Medicine Domain. Many people had received help from the Mu family, and if the Mu family and the Shi family were to fight, many enthusiastic people would probably come to the aid of the Mu family.
The Shi family head planned to keep a low profile this time, quietly taking control of the entire Medicine Domain first. He also couldn't openly discuss the matter of the Poison God Ancestor, otherwise it would undoubtedly be a slap in the face to the Lord, who might blow the entire Shi family to ashes in a fit of anger.
Therefore, the head of the Shi family greeted them politely, hoping to shake hands and make peace with the Mu family and temporarily persuade them to withdraw.
"Master Shi, I'm not here as a guest," Master Mu said coldly.
"No matter why you've come, Brother Mu, today is a grand day for our Shi family to worship our ancestors. It's the most solemn day of our Shi family in a century. You wouldn't come to cause trouble on such a day, would you?" Seeing that quite a few people had gathered around, the head of the Shi family raised his voice and prepared to take the initiative.
"Yes, ancestor worship is a big day. Coming to cause trouble on this day is no different from digging up someone's ancestral graves," the onlookers whispered.
The head of the Mu family completely disregarded what others were saying, instead appearing humiliated as he said, "Head of the Shi family, do you mean that because of your Shi family's ancestral worship, I have to swallow the fact that the Shi family kidnapped my master?!"
This left the Shi family head completely bewildered. "You have a master? How come I didn't know that?"
"He is my master, whom I only recently recognized. They say that a teacher for a day is a father for life. I have only been a disciple for a short time, and yet he was kidnapped right under my nose. This is truly unfilial. Now, Patriarch Shi, you are going to step in to stop the thieves. If anything happens to my master, how can I face the world?" The wife of Patriarch Mu said, tears streaming down her face, which was pitiful to behold.
Immediately, the onlookers changed their tune and began to criticize the Shi family head, saying, "The master is like a parent. You kidnapped their parents and won't even let them in. That's going too far."
"Exactly! How could the prestigious Shi family do such a despicable thing?"
"The Shi family is a family of poison masters; poison masters have always been ruthless and vicious."
"I suspect that old bastard, the head of the Shi family, has taken a fancy to the young and beautiful wife of the head of the Mu family, and that's why he came up with this despicable trick."
"You old lecher, pshaw!"
The head of the Shi family felt like he was about to vomit blood. He hadn't said a word, so how did he become an old lewd person? Besides, he wouldn't even take that shrew, Madam Mu, who was given to him for free.
Too lazy to pay attention to these people who blindly follow the crowd, the Shi family head looked at the Mu family head's wife and said, "I don't know your master's name, sister-in-law. I'll help you find out if there's any misunderstanding. Your master is very strong, so he shouldn't be so weak that he could be easily kidnapped by my clansmen, right?"
Everyone nodded. What the old man said made sense. Your Madam Mu was already very strong, so your master must be even stronger. To be able to kidnap your master right under your nose, even if the head of the Shi family personally took action, he might not be able to do it.
So the group of fickle onlookers turned their suspicious eyes to Madam Mu again. Don't even think about escaping our wise eyes; we've already seen through you.
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