Chapter 140 Zhongzhou
Just as Chi Li and his group were traveling to Dongzhou on a cloud boat, a major event occurred in Zhongzhou, the territory of Jinmen Immortal Mansion.
"What did you say? All those newly collected spirit stones were robbed by Yongye's people?!"
With a crack, the state lord Liu Xiaozhi threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, and the fragments flew everywhere. The scalding hot tea splashed on the faces of the two male cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Realm.
They knelt on the ground, not daring to stand up, and even lowered their heads even lower for fear of being punished.
"Useless! A bunch of useless people! That's a full ten million spirit stones. When the immortals from the Golden Gate Immortal Palace arrive, how do you want me to make up for this shortfall? With my life?!"
Liu Xiaozhi yelled and screamed, his face turned blue with anger and veins bulged on his forehead.
Damn Eternal Night, this organization must have been supported by the demons to specifically oppose him!
The demons took advantage of the eternal night to incite and deceive women who wanted to evade the spirit stone tax and trick them into going to Dongzhou.
These greedy and ignorant women really thought they could live a good life by joining the demon clan? Little did they know that those demons were all cannibals who would eat people without leaving any bones. In the past, they would only be beaten to the bone marrow and sucked out, leaving not even a soul!
"What are you still doing here? Send someone to get the spirit stone back for me!" Liu Xiaozhi said angrily.
"Yes, yes!" The subordinate hurriedly got up from the ground, turned around and hurried out.
Unexpectedly, when I reached the door, it was suddenly pushed open from the outside, and a woman in her forties walked in quickly with a bowl of iced lotus seed soup.
Seeing that they were about to bump into her, the woman stepped back in shock, but her elbow hit the door frame and her hand loosened in pain.
With a loud splash, the lotus seed soup and the bowl overturned, and the sticky soup and cooked white fungus flowed all over the floor.
The two male cultivators recognized Madam Li Jingui and froze in shock. Just as they were debating whether to apologize, Liu Xiaozhi's voice came from behind them, "This is none of your business. Get back to your business."
The two men heard the suppressed anger in his calm tone and understood immediately. It seemed that the state lord had found someone to vent his anger.
They looked at each other, saw expressions of relief in each other's eyes, smiled bitterly, walked past the woman and left the study.
Li Jingui stood there at a loss, carefully observing his expression, "I'll call someone to clean up right away..."
As he spoke, he saw that Liu Xiaozhi's face became even gloomier, and he squatted down hurriedly, "I'll clean it up now." He took out a handkerchief and picked up the lotus seeds and fragments with his fingers.
However, the next moment, she was lifted up from the ground by a huge force, and was hit hard on the face with a bang.
Liu Xiaozhi's eyes were red as fire, and he asked her harshly, "What are you doing in the study room?!"
The woman raised her hand to cover the side of her face, huddled together, and stammered, "I saw you were in a bad mood, so I thought of making you some soup to cool down your internal heat."
Liu Xiaozhi's eyes fell on the white hair at his wife's temples and the fine lines at the corners of her eyes. He was instantly hurt and his anger grew even stronger. "Cool down? I think you are pouring more water on the fire!"
He cultivated to the Golden Elixir stage and still maintained his youthful appearance, but this woman had aged beyond recognition.
But she fulfilled her duties as a wife to the utmost, being gentle, hardworking, and submissive. She took care of him like an old nanny and even gave birth to a daughter and a son for him, leaving him no excuse to divorce her.
Thinking of this, he pulled Li Jingui's hand that was covering her face away, slapped her hard, then grabbed her hair and pressed it down hard, making her red nose touch the sticky soup on the ground.
"I think you like it, right? Give it to me quickly!"
Li Jingui's tears welled up, "Uh... no... don't..."
Seeing her tears, Liu Xiaozhi finally felt a sense of pleasure and reached out to pry her mouth open.
The next moment, a sharp sword gust came from outside the door, scaring him so much that he immediately let go and dodged to the side.
Looking up, he saw his sixteen-year-old daughter, Liu Muchen, walking in with a furious look on her face, sword in hand. "If you dare touch my mother again, I'll kill you right now!"
Liu Muchen has witnessed Liu Xiaozhi bullying her mother since she was a child. The governor who is seen as a noble and upright person by outsiders is actually a beast without any humanity.
She had been training and studying in the academy for so many years, just so that one day she could defeat him and protect her mother.
Liu Xiaozhi looked at her angrily, "Okay, I sent you to the academy to practice, and this is how you repay me?" He then summoned the spirit sword in his hand and slashed it towards Liu Muchen.
The two men started fighting in the study, with blue and white sword lights flashing back and forth, and the fight was evenly matched.
However, Liu Xiaozhi had been in a high position for a long time and had lived a life of luxury for many years. He had not practiced swordsmanship for a long time. Not long after fighting with Liu Muchen, his breath became disordered and his spiritual power became unsustainable.
Liu Muchen seized the opportunity and swung his sword. The spiritual sword in his hand fell out of his hand and flew out of the window.
"Rebellious girl!" Liu Xiaozhi panted heavily, furious.
Liu Muchen put away his sword and punched him in the face. The punch was so powerful that he doubled over in pain and fell to the ground.
She raised her fist and punched him in the face again and again, "Do you dare to hit my mother again in the future?"
Li Jingui rushed forward in panic and grabbed her hand, "Mu, Muchen, stop hitting him, that's your father!"
Liu Muchen pushed her away, his eyes filled with naked hatred, "Don't stop me!"
Over the past few years, this man has been beating them and forcing them like this, day after day, year after year, and she has really had enough.
Liu Xiaozhi's face swelled up rapidly and large streams of blood spurted out of his mouth.
Liu Muchen felt extremely happy when she saw his miserable appearance as he was unable to fight back. The pleasure of revenge quickly overwhelmed her rationality.
Just as he raised his fist again, he felt a sharp pain on his back. He stopped moving and turned around in confusion, only to see Li Jingui holding a wooden stick with red eyes.
"That's enough! Stop it! Are you going to kill your father? You lunatic!"
"Mom, I'm helping you." Liu Muchen was at a loss.
"I don't want you to help me. If you dare to hit your father again, I, I, you will kill me first!" Li Jingui was furious and looked at Liu Muchen as if he were an enemy.
Liu Muchen had never seen such a terrifying expression on her mother's face. At that moment, she just felt that she was so unfamiliar.
Seeing her frozen in place, Li Jingui shoved her away and rushed to Liu Xiaozhi. With trembling hands, she wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, her tone filled with heartache, "Husband, are you okay?"
"Can't you see if I'm okay?" Liu Xiaozhi said with a ferocious expression, "Go, go get someone to lock this unfilial girl up!"
With a clang, Liu Muchen was locked in a dark room. The sunlight came in through the small window on the wall above her head, illuminating her pale and dazed face.
Li Jingui's calm voice came from outside the door, "Just reflect on your actions here. Don't go to the academy anymore, and don't see that wild girl from the countryside anymore. I think she's led you astray!"
Liu Muchen sat in the corner with lifeless eyes, unable to understand how all this happened. She just felt that she was dreaming, but the dull pain in the wound on her back reminded her that this was real.
But, it was clearly her mother who asked her to help her and protect her. So why, when she finally had the ability to help her, she got angry again?
Just before today, she was still happy that her cultivation had reached the final stage of Qi training. She thought her mother would definitely be proud of her.
On the way back, she kept thinking that if she became stronger, Liu Xiaozhi would not dare to bully her and her mother anymore.
Once she is admitted to the Jinmen Immortal Palace, she can take her mother away from the Liu family and live a happy life together.
This is so worth looking forward to.
But now, her dream is shattered.
She finally realized that in her mother's heart, she would never be as good as her violent and ruthless father.
Liu Muchen's heart ached, but his eyes were dry and he couldn't shed a single tear.
She just sat there with her eyes open until the sunlight outside the window was replaced by moonlight.
With a thud, a stone hit her feet.
Liu Muchen slowly raised her head and saw a dark and rough little face appearing by the window. It was the wild country girl her mother had mentioned, Luo Yuan.
Luo Yuan whispered, "Liu Muchen, are you locked up?"
Liu Muchen felt so uncomfortable that he didn't want to talk. He turned his head, hugged his knees with both hands, and buried his face in his knees.
Luo Yuan didn't care. She knew she would listen anyway, so she continued, "I'm here to say goodbye to you. I'm leaving and I won't be back."
Liu Muchen suddenly raised his head, "Where are you going?"
Luo Yuan hesitated for a moment, "Dongzhou."
Liu Muchen opened his eyes wide, not even caring about the grief in his heart, and said anxiously: "But, that is the territory of the demon clan!"
Luo Yuan's young face showed a determination that was disproportionate to her age. "I know, I just want to escape to the Demon Realm."
As soon as Liu Muchen saw her expression, he knew that she was indeed capable of doing this.
She still remembered the first time she met Luo Yuan. He was lying on the beam of the classroom eavesdropping on the lecture. She looked up and met a pair of dark, bright eyes. She was so scared that her heart almost stopped.
Luo Yuan is the kind of person who can do such extraordinary things.
Liu Muchen bit his lip and then said, "I'll go with you!"
This time it was Luo Yuan who was surprised. "W-what?"
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On the cloud boat, Chi Qi was using a viewing mirror to observe the situation in Zhongzhou, so naturally, what happened in the governor's mansion was also within her sight.
She lay sideways on the bed in the cabin, her hand resting on her cheek, and murmured softly, "The Eternal Night Organization... fled to the Demon Realm... The world avoids them, but they flock to them. This is really interesting."
Maybe the demons weren't as bad as she thought.
Just as she had expected from the beginning, they were her best weapons against the immortals.
She narrowed her eyes, and suddenly an interesting idea came to her mind.
At this time, a monk pushed the door open and came in. "Master, we have arrived at the Zhongzhou capital. Do you want the monks to disembark and rest here for a while?"
After all, once they leave, they may never be able to return to their homeland.
Chi Yan read the unspoken meaning in her words and nodded slightly, "Okay, I also happen to visit Lord Liuzhou."
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