Early the next morning, Wang Kui returned with a gloomy expression, seeking Qin Muye. He had definitely lost track of his target, actually losing him by evening, and spent the remaining time searching to no avail before he returned.
In his view, the situation was more bad than good.
However, it was fortunate that Qin Muye was still around, so not everything was lost. They needed to figure out the situation further.
"You’re back, huh? Couldn’t catch up to him?" Qin Muye was slowly eating breakfast, looking utterly unhurried.
"You’re not worried, sir?" Wang Kui was somewhat surprised. Previously, Qin Muye had mentioned taking advantage of Fan Hua, but now that their quarry was lost, why was he so calm?
"Why worry? Sit down, have some porridge, and cool down. As they say, ’what cures worry is but thin porridge.’" Qin Muye was completely relaxed, acting as if no one had been kidnapped at all.
Seeing this, Wang Kui was moved, "Is this also part of your plan, sir?"
"Ah, yes, yes, you’re right." Qin Muye expressed an attitude of ’think what you want, plans or no plans don’t concern me,’ as this was all due to Fan Hua’s ’Main Character Aura’ overdraft.
By now, he’d probably... gotten deeply involved.
To Qin Muye’s cryptic remarks, Wang Kui remained oblivious and simply sat down to have porridge with Qin Muye, casually mentioning, "The person who kidnapped Fan Hua is the third wife, the only one in the Mu Family skilled in the Wind Path of Spirit Refining."
"You think I didn’t realize? A female with Profound Immortal strength, specializing in the Wind Path, and quite knowledgeable about me—who else could it be but her?"
Although Wang Kui hadn’t inquired about Qin Muye’s plans, he still revealed what he knew.
"So, the person who kidnapped Fan Hua was actually the wife of Mu Heng, whom we had fooled to death?" Qin Muye cursed, feeling this was getting out of hand.
"Correct, it’s her. If someone from another branch had kidnapped Fan Hua, he might have had a chance to live. But with that third wife... alas." Wang Kui, unaware of the full circumstances, thus was somewhat worried, thinking that Fan Hua was meant to be a tool to trick the third branch.
"Well, with the third branch handled, we can wait for good news from Fan Hua," Qin Muye said seriously.
"???" Wang Kui was puzzled. How could things be ’handled’ when the man was almost gone, and they were still waiting for good news?
He didn’t believe that Fan Hua, a mere Mortal Realm individual, could escape from a Profound Immortal, especially one intent on killing him.
"So what do we do now?" Wang Kui could only ask about the next steps.
"What to do? Easy, let’s head south to the Mu Family, eh? The third wife has no sons, right?" Qin Muye asked.
"She has, but it’s a pair of daughters. Both brought their husbands in through marriage. It’s rare for Mu Family women to marry out; they mainly bring in sons-in-law."
"..." Qin Muye felt the situation might spiral out of control.
If it were earlier, Fan Hua might have withstood it, but now his ’Main Character Aura’ was severely overdrawn from grabbing too many opportunities, and trouble was likely brewing.
If he hadn’t picked up after seeing Qin Muye, he might not have faced any trouble. But he followed suit and... neglected himself.
This led to the overdraft, and now it surely had to be compensated.
If the Mu Family truly got a hold of him, then he would really be at their mercy.
Qin Muye had already imagined a scene: "Madam, your little pretty boy is really useful," an NTR situation.
"Ahem, how many branches does the Mu Family have?" Qin Muye shifted his thoughts, preparing to estimate the doses for Fan Hua.
"The Mu Family has three branches. The first branch is our lady, the second branch is managed by the second elder, and now, the most likely candidate to take over the Mu Family is this second elder. The third branch’s third elder is already dead, better left unsaid, and nowadays, it’s probably in the hands of the third wife."
"As for other collateral relatives, we’ll leave them out, they lack strength."
Wang Kui briefly described the internal situation of the Mu Family.
Hearing this gave Qin Muye a headache, only now realizing this was a plus version of domestic intrigue.
It’s probably about the eldest sister, the second brother, and the third brother fighting over inheritance.
"Hey, wait, doesn’t that mean the previous family head was a son-in-law?" Qin Muye suddenly realized.
Whenever Wang Kui referred to native female relatives, he used ’lady,’ but for married-in males, he used ’madam.’
Of course, the status of a son-in-law in the Spirit Realm wasn’t actually too bad. After all, this was the Extraordinary World. As long as one became a Spirit Master, gender equality prevailed.
"Right, but no one in the Mu Family objected, after all, they are Daluo Golden Immortals and no one dared to bring up the issue," Wang Kui had no qualms either, the dead were gone, what harm could there be in mentioning them?
Qin Muye thought so as well. You are clinging to someone’s powerful coattails, you wouldn’t dare to spout nonsense, that would be suicidal.
This person must have had some skills, using both a soft and hard approach to gain control over the entire Mu Family. Qin Muye even wondered if the Mu Family had ceased to be named Mu during that period.
Unfortunately, they encountered someone even stronger, which led to the decline of the Mu Family.
"Who was the strongest in the Mu Family?" Qin Muye asked.
"Of course, it would be the lady of the house. She is now at the Peak Golden Immortal level, just half a step away from becoming a Daluo Golden Immortal," Wang Kui said, his face brightening animatedly.
"So, you’re saying if your mistress took matters into her own hands, she could dominate the Mu Family?" Qin Muye felt that if one had the power, they should just settle things openly rather than play underhanded tricks, which was exactly falling into the opponent’s rhythm.
Wang Kui smirked in resignation, clearly deeming that option impractical.
"Uncle is also a Golden Immortal, just at the entry level, so the lady can’t overcome him at the moment."
"Oh, there’s a check in place then. You should have said it earlier," Qin Muye suddenly realized, but then felt something was slightly off.
"Hiss—are your mistress and Fan Hua...?"
It was only then that Qin Muye realized, Fan Hua was directly involved with the Mu Family’s eldest wife, that widow... Initially, Qin Muye thought it might have been with some Mu family girl, although the eldest wife was also a Mu family woman, but the gap seemed too huge.
"Cough cough, watch your words," Wang Kui didn’t deny it, but he did urge Qin Muye to lower his voice.
For a moment, Qin Muye fell silent; the Main Character Aura indeed was too outrageous.
"I suspect that if we go back three to five days later, Fan Hua might have already handled the Mu Family’s situation," Qin Muye said with a hint of disbelief in his tone.
This 7th tier Golden Immortal, even at his Peak, could handle it, so naturally, the rest of the Mu Family was no longer a problem.
At that point, possessing half of the initiative, he could indeed contend equally.
It’s not ordinary at all, just that blond haired Divine Skill, who could withstand it?
Qin Muye couldn’t believe that the Main Character Aura casually thrown about by the original had such horrific effects.
Alright, maybe even the original hadn’t thought this through, just a casual move in boredom; even the content was fabricated in not-so-serious directions, merely aiming for amusement.
Yet it also delivered a significant amount of data to the original, warranting a left-and-right embraced life. But Fan Hua managed to turn it all topsy-turvy.
"Fan Hua can do it?" Wang Kui’s expression shifted slightly. In his eyes, Fan Hua was just a slightly capable pretty-boy, no, not even a pretty-boy as at least a pretty-boy had looks, whereas Fan Hua was just average in appearance.
"Yes, he inherently has the capability," Qin Muye sighed, "It’s just likely to cause... chaos."
He wanted to say disharmony between spouses but saying that would seem to lower his own standards, and using such tactics was in fact somewhat ungracious.
"It appears the master has a plan," Wang Kui said smoothly, this was good news for him.
First, Fan Hua wouldn’t perish, giving him something to report, and second, the problem would be resolved, and the Mu Family would probably regain peace soon.
Only Qin Muye was unaware of Wang Kui’s thoughts, or else he would definitely remark that solving the problem didn’t mean the Mu Family would be peaceful, it might get even noisier afterwards.
As for Fan Hua... Qin Muye felt that this was beyond what he could resolve.
"It’s not that I have a master plan, but that I have confidence in Fan Hua," Qin Muye explained that if the Main Character Aura had not been overdrawn, he might not have had such thoughts, but now, his confidence was off the charts.
"Let’s wait here for three or five days before heading back. We had an agreement earlier that once your mistress assumes control, you need to deliver what I asked for," Qin Muye said.
"Naturally, with Master Fan’s guarantee. But why wait these few days?" Wang Kui was puzzled.
"If we return now, we will face bloodshed directly, and there might be lives lost," Qin Muye said seriously. On the other hand, when they go back later, they just need to let Fan Hua, the unfortunate fellow, endure the ordeal.
Wang Kui turned somber, realising the internal struggle was dangerous, but had not expected it to be so perilous, and that Fan Hua could solve it, indicating he must be very capable indeed.