Chapter 71

Chapter 71: Redefining the Great Way!

 

Somewhere in the void, a man wearing a Taoist robe was looking across time and space at the lifeless Mu Guanchen. After staring at Mu Guanchen for a very long time, he uttered two words: “Impressive!”

Beside the robed man, a young boy asked puzzled: “Master, what?”

The young boy was Ye Nan.

The robed man smiled slightly, “I encountered a remarkable person.”

As he spoke, he looked into the distance, his eyes flashing with complexity, “Someone who was willing to abandon his cultivation and start over for the sake of all living beings.”

Ye Nan was confused, “Abandon his cultivation?”

The robed man nodded, “Only by becoming an ordinary person can one truly understand the hardships of ordinary people… This person redefined the cultivation system, no, he should have redefined the Great Way, although it’s not yet fully perfected… From now on, there won’t be another person like this in the world. What a pity… Let’s go!”

With that, he disappeared into the distance with Ye Nan.

Looking at Mu Guanchen who had no signs of life left, Ye Tianming was struck as if by lightning, his mind completely blank.

Dead!

He never thought his teacher would die like this.

He held Mu Guanchen’s body tightly, sobbing uncontrollably.

Beside him, Fu Cang clenched her fists, her face pale, her beautiful eyes containing endless fury.

After a very long time, Ye Tianming carried Mu Guanchen’s body on his back and turned to leave.

Fu Cang followed.

The Xiao family.

At this time, the Xiao family was still waiting for news, but after waiting for a long time, no news came. Not only that, the soul tablet of Xiao Feng, the clan leader of the Xiao family, had shattered.

Dead?

All the powerful members of the Xiao clan were shocked.

All the Xiao clan’s powerful members gathered in a great hall.

“That Ye Tianming indeed has someone behind him!”

At this moment, an old man suddenly said with a gloomy face.

The speaker was Xiao Bu, the current second elder of the Xiao family. Now that the clan leader was dead, he was the highest authority in the Xiao family.

Another elder said: “The Ancestor…”

As soon as these words were spoken, all the powerful members of the Xiao clan’s faces turned grim.

The ancestor they had invited this time was a half-step Circle-Breaking realm expert. This level of expert was not only top-tier in the entire Guanxuan Universe but also throughout the entire universe.

Could it be that the ancestor also?

Thinking of this, the faces of the Xiao family experts became even grimmer.

“Impossible!”

At this moment, Xiao Bu suddenly said: “The person behind Ye Tianming absolutely cannot have that kind of strength. Apart from the Ye family of Qingzhou, no Ye surname family has a Circle-Breaking level expert.”

Another elder also said: “Second Elder is right. The person behind Ye Tianming cannot be a Circle-Breaking realm expert. There aren’t many Circle-Breaking realm experts in our Guanxuan Universe. If he truly had such a level of expert behind him, why would he need to challenge the Guanxuan Path back then? Couldn’t one word have resolved everything?”

Xiao Bu said viciously: “Even if he has a Circle-Breaking realm expert behind him, so what?”

All the Xiao family experts looked at Xiao Bu. Xiao Bu clenched his hands, his eyes fierce, “Even if there is a Circle-Breaking realm expert, would they dare to exterminate our Xiao family? Don’t forget, our Xiao family ancestor was a brother to the Guanxuan Sword Master!”

Hearing this, all the Xiao family experts began to smile.

Their ancestor was a brother to the Guanxuan Sword Master. With this relationship, who in the entire universe would dare to touch the Xiao family?

Who would dare?

Xiao Bu stood up, “This matter is suspicious. Perhaps other families or sects are secretly helping Ye Tianming, after all, Ye Tianming does have some friends in the Guanxuan Realm… Issue an order to gather all the powerful members of our clan, have them use all their connections to search for Ye Tianming’s whereabouts. We absolutely cannot let him participate in the Wanzhou Competition…”

He was still afraid, afraid that Ye Tianming would participate in the Wanzhou Competition, achieve a good ranking, and then the Guanxuan Sword Master would actually appear. At that time, if Ye Tianming personally complained to the Guanxuan Sword Master…

Perhaps the Guanxuan Sword Master wouldn’t touch the older generation of the Xiao family, but this batch of people would definitely be doomed.

With this thought, Xiao Bu added: “Immediately notify Qishi of the Qingzhou Guanxuan Academy and the An family of Qingzhou, tell them that if Ye Tianming participates in the Wanzhou Competition and meets the Guanxuan Sword Master, our Xiao family will not escape blame, and neither will they…”

Soon, all the powerful members of the Xiao family mobilized.

At this point, there was no way back, they could only go all in.

Lanzhou.

Ye Tianming carried Mu Guanchen to Lanzhou, because the Mu family was in Lanzhou.

A hundred years ago, Mu Guanchen was known to everyone in Lanzhou. At that time, Mu Guanchen was hailed as the number one genius of Lanzhou, no, he should be called the number one genius of Wanzhou. At that time, the Mu family also rose in status, from a lowest-tier family to a fourth-tier family. When Mu Guanchen passed through the Guanxuan Path, not only the entire Mu family but the entire Lanzhou was in a frenzy.

At that time, Mu Guanchen was undoubtedly the idol of all the people of Lanzhou.

However, no one had expected that Mu Guanchen, who had entered the Guanxuan Realm, would suddenly abandon his cultivation, becoming completely and thoroughly an ordinary person, and was eventually abandoned by the academy and sent down to the Central Divine Continent.

During this period, the Mu family was undoubtedly the most hurt. Originally, they had hoped to advance to a second-tier family, or even a first-tier family. Moreover, because of Mu Guanchen, the second-tier Li family was willing to form a marriage alliance with them.

But with Mu Guanchen abandoning his cultivation to become an ordinary person, everything changed.

The entire Mu family’s status plummeted. Not only that, but the Li clan also dissolved the engagement.

At that time, all the people of the Mu family were so angry they coughed blood. Their status fell from heaven to the bottom, and they naturally couldn’t accept it, but they couldn’t change it either. So, they naturally hated, hated Mu Guanchen. The head of the Mu family at that time directly expelled Mu Guanchen from the Mu family and removed him from the family genealogy, no longer considering him a member of the Mu family.

Ye Tianming carried Mu Guanchen’s corpse to the front of the Mu residence. He knocked on the door, and a steward came out. The steward looked at Ye Tianming and Fu Cang with confusion.

After Ye Tianming explained his purpose, the steward was stunned, then closed the door and ran back inside.

Ye Tianming and Fu Cang waited quietly.

After a long time, an old man opened the door. The old man glanced at Ye Tianming and Fu Cang, and finally, his gaze fell on Mu Guanchen. When he saw Mu Guanchen, he was slightly stunned, then his expression became complicated.

Obviously, he had recognized Mu Guanchen’s identity.

Ye Tianming bowed deeply, “My teacher’s last wish was to return to the Mu family to pay respects to his parents…”

“No!”

The old man directly interrupted Ye Tianming’s words, firmly refusing, “I’m sorry, but my grandfather once decreed that he was not allowed to set foot in the Mu family, because he is the shame of our Mu family!”

The shame of the Mu family!

After the old man finished speaking, he was about to close the door, but Ye Tianming stopped him again, trembling as he said: “Elder, please.”

As he spoke, he bent his knees and knelt down.

Fu Cang glared at the old man, her fists clenched, ready to act at any moment.

After a moment of silence, the old man sighed softly, “Young Master Ye, I know who you are, so let me be direct with you! If it were just because of him, I wouldn’t be so inhumane, but he is your teacher, and you have that situation with the Xiao family…”

Saying this, he sighed again, “Young Master Ye, my Mu family is just a fourth-tier family, we simply cannot afford to offend the Xiao family! With just a little manipulation from the Xiao family, we would be doomed… Young Master Ye, Miss, I know you are not ordinary people, and we cannot afford to offend you either, but we even less can afford to offend the Xiao family… Please spare us.”

After speaking, he slowly knelt down before Ye Tianming.