31: Chapter 31: The Secret of the Mu Family 31: Chapter 31: The Secret of the Mu Family Mu Can stared at the three books floating in front of him, eyes wide.
He could never have imagined that the mysterious ninth level housed merely three books that seemed so ordinary.
“Great-grandfather, is this all there is in the ninth level of the Martial Pavilion?” Mu Can asked curiously.
“Yes, these three books are the foundation of the Mu Family lineage.
Apart from these, there’s another Elixir Book that’s been specifically hidden,” said the Elder of the Pavilion, a glint flashing in his cloudy eyes.
“Great-grandfather, what exactly do you mean by the old ancestor’s words?
I heard that the Mu Family used to be renowned for their Alchemy Technique.
Why can’t I see even a trace of it now?” Mu Can didn’t notice the complex look in the Elder’s eyes just now and continued asking on his own.
Now, Mu Can already knew that the old man in front of him was no ordinary person.
If he really came from the Heavenly Realm, then his age was a mystery.
“Since you’ve asked, I’ll tell you the whole truth,” the elder said, shuffling to a chair near the window on the ninth level, his body trembling.
If Mu Can hadn’t known about the elder’s strength, he would have been worried that he might fall at any moment.
The Elder of the Pavilion gestured for Mu Can to sit down as well.
From the window on the ninth level of the Martial Pavilion, one could have a far-reaching view of Pingyun City bustling with activity below.
“It all starts with the origins of the Mu Family.
Our ancestors were actually from the Immortal World,” the Elder of the Pavilion coughed lightly, then began slowly.
It was as if a huge stone had been thrown into Mu Can’s heart, creating waves of shock.
The Mu Family truly had, as Purple Cloud mentioned, not only intricate connections with the Heavenly Realm but also originated from the Immortal World.
“Don’t look at me with that expression, boy.
I can’t believe you were cultivating at the Immortal Ancient Academy and didn’t know the existence of the Immortal World,” seeing Mu Can’s shocked face, the Elder chuckled, his tone filled with affection.
It was clear that among the many members of the Mu Family, he favored Mu Can the most.
“This Martial Pavilion is also quite strange,” Purple Cloud’s voice echoed in Mu Can’s mind, clearly having discovered something unusual on the ninth level.
Great-grandfather, why did they migrate from the Immortal World to the Human World?” Mu Can asked, puzzled.
The Elder of the Pavilion lightly stroked his beard, sighed, and said,
“In that turbulent era in the Immortal World, a generation’s Immortal Venerable Purple Cloud was killed.
Back then, Purple Cloud Immortal Venerable’s friends sought revenge for him, causing unrest throughout the Immortal World with rampant wars.
The Mu Family, in an attempt to preserve their bloodline, nearly exhausted their entire clan’s strength and used the Fire King Cauldron to relocate some clan members to the Human World,” the Elder explained with lingering fear from that period.
“Sister Yun, it seems your connection with the Mu Family’s migration to the Human World is quite significant,” Mu Can said to Purple Cloud in his mind.
“Quiet, kid, let him continue.
I don’t even know what happened after I self-destructed,” Purple Cloud interrupted Mu Can.
Mu Can thought for a moment and then asked, “Great-grandfather, who exactly was this Purple Cloud Immortal Venerable?
Knowing that Purple Cloud wanted to understand more about herself, Mu Can quickly asked this.
“Who was Purple Cloud Immortal Venerable?
I never met her, but legend has it that she was a peerless beauty, and whether in terms of strength or Alchemy Technique, she could be called Supreme.
There were countless admirers from the Heavenly Realm pursuing her,” the Elder of the Pavilion said, his aged face still filled with a look of longing.
“This blasted old coot.” Purple Cloud shouted loudly from within the Reincarnation Pearl, feeling goosebumps all over his body from being praised by such an elderly-looking man.
Listening to the words of the Elder Council’s guardian, Mu Can suddenly realized a terrifying fact—the guardians from the Elder Council might actually come from the Heavenly Realm.
“Ancestor, could it be that you came from the Heavenly Realm?” The moment this thought occurred, even Mu Can himself was taken aback.
If the Elder Council’s guardian indeed came from the Heavenly Realm, then just how many years has he lived?
“Only realizing it now?
Silly child, I am the one who escorted the Mu Family members to the Human World back in those days,” the old man said contentedly, looking at Mu Can.
Mu Can’s eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open, almost big enough to fit a fist.
“The cost of moving from the Heavenly Realm to the Human World is unimaginable.
Even the Mu Family could only send down one real Immortal, leaving the other Mu Family members in the Immortal World utterly powerless,” the old man seemed to fall into reminiscence, talking to himself.
These were words the old man had never told anyone before.
As a guardian-like existence for the Mu Family, the old man had lived far too long, only intervening as long as the Mu Family lineage continued.
“I remember that day, the Mu Family invited an Immortal Venerable to seal me and the clan members within the Fire King Cauldron, safely transporting us across the boundary.
That was when the Mu Family split into two: one in the Heavenly Realm and the other in the Human World.
Coming into the Mortal World came at the cost of having my cultivation sealed at the peak of the Human World; otherwise, I would be executed by the Human World,” the Elder Council guardian explained, emitting a scent of ancientness.
It was the scent of time-worn age, a life too long with a realization of the transient nature of worldly affairs, including a hint of decay.
“Only the successive Mu Family Heads ever knew of my presence.
Usually, I would appear simply as the guardian elder of the council, as I discovered an issue here in the Human World,” the old man continued.
Mu Can inexplicably felt a touch of sadness as intuition told him that this elderly man might not have much longer to live, for he looked excessively aged—a sort of aging from the soul to the body.
“Because I realized that my body from the Immortal World was actually aging, the immortal energy within continuously depleting.
I had no choice but to use the three secret manuals I brought from the Immortal World to construct a Big Formation to seal myself.” What you see as the Martial Pavilion, no matter where the Mu Family is, the Martial Pavilions are the same; they exist to construct this suppressing formation,” the elder mentioned, his turbid eyes finally showing a flicker of spirit.
“I never imagined the truth would be ,” Purple Cloud remarked blandly.
“It turns out to be the case,” Mu Can felt a shock unraveling the mystery simply with the elder’s explanation.
The actual truth made Mu Can incredibly astonished that the old man before him was, in fact, an Immortal.
Seeing Mu Can’s contemplative expression, a gleam flashed in the old man’s eyes as he asked softly.
“Can, do you know why of all the Mu Family, I admire you the most?”
“That’s because, throughout all this time, only your soul has been the closest to mine,” the elder said, lips curling into a smile, revealing decayed teeth, which made the otherwise benevolent-looking old man appear sinister and terrifying.
“Kid, run!” Sensing something was amiss, Purple Cloud shouted loudly from within the Reincarnation Pearl.
Before Mu Can could react, he collapsed to the ground with a thump.
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