Chapter 42: You Are Courting Death

"They only want her to come back and act as bait to lure Mo Qianqian. They don’t actually want to capture her," the Shi Family Elder persuaded. "Think about it. Shi Muyao has a boundless future ahead of her now, whereas Mo Qianqian has offended so many people. Can he even survive?

"Do you really want Shi Muyao to keep getting involved with Mo Qianqian? To be dragged down by him?

"If Mo Qianqian is dealt with sooner, won’t Shi Muyao be freed from him sooner?"

"Hmm?" Hearing this, Yang Lan’s eyes lit up. "That’s right! Yaoyao absolutely cannot be dragged down by Mo Qianqian!"

"No! If we make Yaoyao come back and the Chen Family actually makes a move on her, she’ll be in danger. The Chen Family is up to no good," Yang Ping said, still somewhat worried. In truth, he didn’t actually dislike Mo Qianqian.

"If you don’t go, you die!"

Cai Ye had lost his patience to keep listening. He spoke indifferently as a powerful aura erupted from his body, radiating an intense killing intent.

"W-who are you..." Yang Lan was startled. She then threatened, "You dare lay a hand on us? Our daughter is now a disciple of the Yuling Sect!"

"I don’t want to waste any more breath. Are you going or not?" Cai Ye threatened.

Seeing this, the Shi Family Elder panicked and hastily explained to Yang Lan and her husband, "He is a Core Disciple of the Cloud Void Sect! The Cloud Void Sect is not inferior to the Yuling Sect; in fact, it far surpasses it. Don’t speak recklessly!

"Besides, wouldn’t capturing Mo Qianqian be better for Shi Muyao?"

"What? A Core Disciple of the Cloud Void Sect..." Hearing his status, Yang Lan panicked and quickly said, "We... we’ll go!"

A few days later, at the Yuling Sect.

Sun Yuerong sought out Shi Muyao and revealed that Shi Ping and Yang Lan had been captured by the Chen Family, and that Shi Muyao needed to go and exchange herself for them.

"They only want to find Mo Qianqian, not actually deal with you. Whether you choose Mo Qianqian or your parents, think it over carefully yourself," Sun Yuerong said with a smile.

"I..."

Shi Muyao panicked immediately. Although her mother hadn’t treated her very well during the two years she was paralyzed, and her father, obedient to her mother, had been very cold to her, they were still the parents who gave birth to her and raised her. She couldn’t just watch them die.

"Their message was that you must go alone and tell no one, especially the Sect Leader and Elder Asura. If they find out you brought anyone else, they will kill your parents immediately," Sun Yuerong added, a thick smile plastered across her face.

"I... I won’t tell anyone else."

Shi Muyao gritted her teeth and thought to herself, "Qianqian, I’m sorry. I can’t just abandon my parents. Once I save them, I will face everything with you, even if it means death!"

Promptly, Shi Muyao set out. She informed the Elder in charge of affairs that she had family matters to attend to and left the Yuling Sect alone.

A few days later.

WHOOSH!

Having refined two First-Grade Superior Elixirs, a powerful aura surged from Mo Qianqian’s body. His physical body had broken through another layer, advancing from the First Realm Fifth Layer to the sixth layer! He felt his body brimming with tremendous power. He could probably even put up a fight against someone at the Spiritual Mysterious Realm First Layer.

"If I wasn’t a Spirit Master, I’m afraid I wouldn’t have had this many elixirs to break through with... It’s time to increase the grade of my elixirs," Mo Qianqian thought with a sigh.

Just then, a KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK sounded at the door, and the voice of the female disciple in charge of his daily life drifted in. "Elder Asura, Pei Hong says she has an urgent matter and requests to see you!"

"Hmm?" Mo Qianqian paused in surprise. He had heard the female disciple mention Pei Hong before. She was one of the three great geniuses of the Yuling Sect, possessing a cultivation at the Spiritual Mysterious Realm Second Level. What important matter could she possibly have with him?

"Let her in!" Mo Qianqian said. He also wanted to see exactly what Pei Hong was up to.

"Yes, sir!" The female disciple withdrew.

In no time at all, a beautiful and delicate woman in a red dress walked into Mo Qianqian’s room.

"Greetings, Elder Asura!" Pei Hong said politely.

"You were looking for me?" Mo Qianqian responded indifferently.

"This disciple has a matter to report to Elder Asura," Pei Hong said.

"What is it?"

"It’s about Shi Muyao," Pei Hong replied.

"Hmm?" Mo Qianqian was slightly taken aback.

"I heard a piece of news," Pei Hong explained. "I heard that the Qingcheng Chen Family captured Shi Muyao’s parents to force her to return. A few days ago, Shi Muyao left the Yuling Sect alone and headed back to Qingcheng.

"Now, she has already been detained by the Chen Family."

"What!" Mo Qianqian’s expression changed.

In just these few days, Shi Muyao had left the Yuling Sect and gone to Qingcheng? He had her join the Yuling Sect precisely so she would be protected there. But she ended up running back and getting captured?

"The people of the Chen Family want to use Shi Muyao to lure Mo Qianqian out," Pei Hong continued. "The news from over there is that the Chen Family threatened Shi Muyao, forbidding her from revealing this to Elder Asura. Almost no one in the entire Yuling Sect knows about it."

"Then how do you know?" Mo Qianqian asked.

"I have been keeping an eye on certain people and just happened to catch wind of this. However..." Pei Hong paused, "it’s also possible that someone deliberately leaked the news to me. This disciple privately suspects that they might not only be trying to deal with Mo Qianqian, but perhaps someone is also taking this opportunity to scheme against Elder Asura. Please be extremely careful, Elder Asura."

"I understand. I know what to do."

Mo Qianqian took out a pill. "Here is a First-Grade Superior Elixir. Take it."

He didn’t have many First-Grade Superior Elixirs left either. However, he still had plenty of first-grade lower elixirs. Once he upgraded his elixir-refining grade, he would possess a massive amount of First-Grade Superior Elixirs.

It wasn’t a bad idea to use one First-Grade Superior Elixir to buy someone’s loyalty. Whether it was her talent or her ability to gather intelligence, Pei Hong proved to be quite useful. At the very least, her information was worth this elixir. Of course, he wouldn’t completely believe that her intentions were purely benign.

Pei Hong was momentarily astonished. He was directly giving her a First-Grade Superior Elixir for passing on a piece of news? His generosity was beyond her imagination.

As expected of a Spirit Master! Only a Spirit Master could be this wealthy.

"Thank you, Elder Asura!" Pei Hong didn’t refuse. She expressed her gratitude and tucked the elixir away.

"Right, the Chen Family threatened that if Mo Qianqian doesn’t show up within ten days, they will kill Shi Muyao. Today is already the fourth day, and on top of that, they’re whipping her every single day," Pei Hong added.

Mo Qianqian’s eyes narrowed, a thick killing intent welling up in his heart.

"Chen Family, you are courting death!" Mo Qianqian thought coldly.

Following that, Mo Qianqian dismissed Pei Hong and went to find the Yuling Sect Master. However, the Yuling Sect Master was still in secluded cultivation, so he went to see Elder Hou Wei instead. Afterward, under the guise of going out to search for Mo Qianqian himself, he departed alone.