"Aunt Mu, you're too polite. Since this jade pendant has a special meaning to you, Xiao Jin can't accept it." Sang Jin declined. She didn't lack money to spend.
"Actually, little lady, I have a request. My son said you have a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage here. I wonder if you could take us to Qianyu City first."
"To be honest, my husband is seriously ill and I'm afraid he will die soon. We went out this time just to find him." Yan's mother said worriedly.
Sang Jin doesn't have a flying magic weapon. I'll have to take a good look at it next time I go to the auction.
"That's not difficult. I can take you there first. I'll accept the jade pendant." Only after Sang Jin accepted the jade pendant did Yan's mother and the others feel at ease.
"Thank you very much, thank you very much!" Yan's mother knelt down and kowtowed. Mu Yan and Mu Yu saw their mother kowtow, and they kowtowed too.
"Hurry up and get up. I'm still a child. I can't stand you kneeling like this. Let's pack up and leave soon." Sang Jin said that she would accompany them this time. Huo Huo would stay behind to guard the village.
After Sang Jin explained things to her parents, she took Sang Yu and the people from the Mu family and used the teleportation array to instantly arrive outside Qianyu City.
She and her brother didn't need to go back; they would wait for the people from Shengdan Village in Qianyu City. With Li Jingyu in the village, she felt relieved.
There was no entrance fee to Qianyu City; Sang Jin and the others only had to queue up to enter. There weren't many refugees here either.
Only a few beggars were seen begging here and there. Compared to Yanfei City, the situation in Qianyu City was much more normal.
The place they were in was considered the southern border, and there was no severe drought here. It was just that they had not yet reached the border of Mu Nan Prefecture.
Mu Yan asked along the way and finally found the Mu Mansion.
"We are from the Mu family. Here is our badge. Let us in." Mu Yan took out a wooden badge from his waist. This was a badge used exclusively by the servants of the Mu family.
"This badge doesn't count. Our Mu family's badge looks like this. It's obvious yours is fake," said the guard.
"I'm telling you, kid, just crawl under my crotch and I'll let you pass," said the guard.
"Hahaha……"
"Look at him, he's all stupid."
The guards were talking to each other, and had no intention of letting Mu Yan and the others in.
Mu Yan clenched his fists and endured it. After all, his father was still in there. He thought he would wait until night to climb over the wall and get in.
"Brother Yan, do you want to hear the squeals of a pig?" Sang Jin couldn't help it. This mere guard was too insulting. Although Mu Yan and his group were just a side branch.
"Ah?" Before Mu Yan could react, he saw Sang Jin and Sang Yu beating the guards so hard that their cheeks were swollen.
"ah!"
"ah--!"
Suddenly, the sound of slaughtering pigs outside the Mu Mansion was deafening.
At this time, a boy of about fourteen or fifteen years old, full of the fragrance of books, came out of the Mu Mansion.
"Mu Yan! Aunt Yan." The young man ran to Mu Yan happily.
"Young Master, this is my younger sister, Mu Yu. These other two are our saviors, Sang Jin and Sang Yu." Mu Yan introduced.
"My name is Mu Yanhuan. Welcome the Sang brothers and sisters to the Mu Mansion." Mu Yanhuan smiled and bent down to say to Sang Jin and the others.
"I heard that the Mu family is very powerful, so I brought my brother here to see the world." Sang Jin showed an innocent expression.
"Young Master, Miss Sang Jin is very powerful. Don't treat her like a child just because she is young." Mu Yan whispered in Mu Yanhuan's ear.
Mu Yanhuan nodded and led them into the Mu Mansion.
This wooden mansion is huge. Although it is just a villa, it covers an area of at least three mu. Sang Jin looked around as she walked.
Sang Yu, who was following her, was stunned. It was so huge! The decorations inside were also very beautiful, with plants everywhere that he had never seen before.
Turning east, they passed through a hall on the east side, and after the south hall, there was a large courtyard inside the ceremonial gate. There were five large main rooms on the top, side rooms on both sides, and ear rooms with deer-shaped roofs that penetrated the mountain. It was well connected and magnificent.
It seemed like Mu Yanhuan's place wasn't bad. Mu Yan's father lived in one of the side rooms. Sang Jin and Sang Yu stood outside the door, not going in. They left the space for the Mu family.
The door was half open, and he saw his father lying motionless on the bed. Mu Yan had no intention of entertaining Sang Jin and his sister. He quickly pushed the door open, and it flew wide.
"father!"
"Wuwuwu..." Yan's mother threw herself on the bedside of Mu Yan's father and started crying. She shook her husband's shoulders, but when he didn't respond, she started crying again.
Both Yan's mother and Mu Yan's father were ordinary people and had never cultivated immortality. However, Mu Yan's father was good at calculating and could also read and write.
The housekeeper is quite capable, which is why he is highly regarded by Mu Yanhuan's biological mother.
It’s a pity that his mother died of illness and his father was away from home for many years after he remarried.
He was often away from home for years at a time, which led to Mu Yanhuan being stripped of his power little by little.
"It's all my fault that I didn't protect Uncle Mu well. That's why no pharmacist came to treat him when he fell ill." Mu Yanhuan blamed himself.
It was all his fault for not seeing through the mother and son's scheme sooner. His stepmother, Wu, was from a small family, and his father had only taken her in because she looked a bit like his biological mother. She had been very kind to him at first, giving him whatever he asked for.
Gradually, he and his father were deceived by Wu's pretended kindness. His father then left home without worry and would only come back once in a while.
Wu was the head of the family, but she soon sidelined him due to his young age. She had his soul platform destroyed and gave him a slow-acting poison.
And they sent him here, saying that it was quiet and suitable for recuperation.
He had enough for food, clothing, and other expenses every month, but he didn't have a penny on him, let alone spirit stones. Even his servants didn't listen to him.
The person he sent to report the news to the master of the Mu Mansion this time was the one he exchanged for the Foundation Establishment Pill with the captain of the Mu Mansion's guards.
When he was building his foundation, he did not use foundation-building pills. He succeeded in building his foundation with his own abilities.
Originally, they wanted him to help find a pharmacist to treat Uncle Mu, but he said that at most he could bring him a message. So, Mu Yan and his family of three came to Qianyu City.
Anyway, he is just a broken body, unable to practice and poisoned, and no one knows how long he can live.
But unlike his uncle Mu, who depends on him for everything, he is the only person who cares about him in the Mu Mansion.
So he would rather sell the only valuable thing he had. He would try to save him. Even if he could notify his wife and children to come see him, that would be great. Mu Yanhuan's heart was empty. He would just muddle along.
"Master, this is not your fault. You've done very well, good boy." Yan's mother turned around and comforted Mu Yanhuan. If she wanted to blame someone, she should blame her husband for his bad luck.
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