"You're actually gloating over someone else's misfortune. Do you have any sympathy?" Mu Hanyan said angrily. Is this the proper attitude an object should have towards its owner? How dare you gloat over your own owner's misfortune! "Also, if I get beaten up and have leftover rice, do you think you'll be fine?"
The astrological compass calmed down for a moment.
Did this guy finally have a change of heart and feel that mocking his master was wrong? Mu Hanyan was a little confused. At this moment, the astrological compass in her arms suddenly became scorching hot.
Mu Hanyan was startled and quickly took it out. She saw that the mysterious, complex and unfamiliar star pattern on it emitted a dim light and moved slowly. After a while, it formed a map.
Mu Hanyan was very familiar with this map. It was exactly the terrain and topography within a thousand miles around Black Stone City. Taking Black Stone City as the origin and heading west, about hundreds of miles away, a bright starlight was twinkling on the plain, like a lighthouse guiding the direction.
"You want me to go here?" Mu Hanyan asked, suddenly having an idea.
Of course, the astrological compass would not answer her question, but instead vibrated violently several times, transmitting a feeling of affirmation into Mu Hanyan's heart.
"You mean, by going here, my strength can be improved?" Mu Hanyan asked again uncertainly.
The astrological compass vibrated even more violently, and the emotion it conveyed was filled with a hint of eager anticipation.
After receiving a positive answer, Mu Hanyan's anxiety disappeared. She jumped up, put the astrological compass in her arms, and quickly left the City Lord's Mansion.
It was already dusk, and Mu Hanyan walked out of the city alone.
Several soldiers guarding the city were closing the city gates. Once night fell, no one was allowed to enter Black Stone City without a written order from the city lord.
However, these soldiers recognized the famous good-for-nothing eldest son of the Mu family. They did not ask him any questions, but watched him leave the city in confusion, wondering: It was so late, why was the eldest son of the Mu family leaving the city?
"It's almost dark, what's this guy doing out of town?" They weren't the only ones puzzled. Behind several of the city guards, someone else was also muttering in confusion. It was none other than Mu Cheng, who had always been at odds with Mu Hanyan. Having been tricked by Mu Hanyan last time, his plan to increase his strength through elixirs had been put on hold. So, he'd been trying to find other ways to improve his strength.
He went out for training for a few days but gained nothing. As soon as he returned to the city, he met Mu Hanyan who was also leaving the city.
"I guess he wants to run away. He's just a second-level swordsman. To be honest, he's only first-level. He only reached the second level thanks to his father's status. He actually dares to challenge Young Master Feng, who is a fifth-level swordsman. If he doesn't run away soon, isn't he waiting to die?" Mu Cheng's little follower said sarcastically.
"Run? The monk can run away but the temple cannot. As a member of the Mu family, it is not a shameful thing even if you are defeated and die in battle. But if you flee without fighting, you will never be able to return to the Mu family in your lifetime. Not only him, but even his father will be implicated by him and will never be able to hold his head up for the rest of his life." Mu Cheng said with contempt, his nose turned up in the air.
"Hasn't his father been implicated enough by him? I heard that when his father was young, he was also a cultivation genius of our Mu family. It was because his precious son's talent was too mediocre and there was no successor, so he was demoted to Black Stone City. In the final analysis, this Mu Hanyan is a scumbag." The little follower said gloatingly.
"That's true. After all, cheating once is cheating, cheating twice is cheating, cheating for a lifetime is still cheating, hahahaha." Mu Cheng laughed out loud. The little follower's words greatly pleased Mu Cheng. The anger that Mu Hanyan had cheated him these days was finally relieved a little at this moment.
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