Chen Shuyi fled in a complete disarray.
She had never imagined that coming to find Wen Rou would result in such a violent incident.
Shouldn't Wen Rou and Mu Jinyu, upon learning that she was generously offering to lead them out of misery to a truly safe place, have knelt down in tears, clinging to her legs and begging her to take them away?
How dare they frighten her like this and kill her subordinates!
Chen Shuyi loathed Mu Jinyu and Wen Rou and decided that upon returning to the Chen Family, she would surely report today's events to the Patriarch of the Chen Family.
At that time, those who dared to kill the Chen Family people would undoubtedly die!
Wen Rou watched Chen Shuyi leave, her expression showing helplessness and discomfort.
She didn't blame Mu Jinyu for killing the Chen family guards and frightening Chen Shuyi severely; after all, it could be considered Chen Shuyi's own fault.
The earliest verbal abuse was one thing, but just now, she even called for people to kill Mu Jinyu. It was only because of her that Mu Jinyu killed the guards and not Chen Shuyi herself.
If Chen Shuyi were not her own mother, she probably wouldn't have walked out of Dragon King Hall alive today.
"Ah, sorry, I really couldn't hold back…"
Mu Jinyu turned back, looking at Wen Rou's expression, came over and embraced her, his tone somewhat apologetic.
Just now, he really couldn't resist the urge to kill Chen Shuyi as well, but he knew that if he acted impulsively like that, even if Wen Rou wouldn't say anything, a seed of resentment would surely sprout in her heart.
He didn't need to upset Wen Rou, who had always quietly stood by his side, just because of a foolish woman.
Su Zijin and Gu Xiyan, seeing this, also understood that Wen Rou's mood wouldn't be good, and came over to comfort her.
"Xiaorou, don't be sad. People always change, and besides, you haven't lived with her for over a decade. It's inevitable that she doesn't care about your feelings, but you still have us, we are all family too…"
"It's fine, you don't need to comfort me, I'm also very strong…" Wen Rou said with a slight redness to her eyes, smiling at everyone.
But in her heart, she still felt very hurt about her mother coming to find her.
She still remembered when Su Zijin came to River City to find Mu Jinyu, wanting to acknowledge him.
At that time, Wen Rou was quite envious and had advised Mu Jinyu to let go, saying that there is no mother in the world who doesn't love her children. She had also thought that her own mother, who had left to escape her father's domestic abuse and hadn't come to see her, must have had her reasons.
Perhaps she found a better man and didn't want to disturb the peaceful life she had finally obtained, or perhaps an accident had prevented her from coming back to see her.
She had thought that if her mother came back to find her, she wouldn't act stubborn like Jinyu did, unwilling to acknowledge her mother, especially considering her departure was largely due to her father.
But when the situation actually came upon her, and her mother really did come back to find her,
Wen Rou initially tried to accept Chen Shuyi, but Chen Shuyi's attitude, not like Su Zijin's which carried a sense of making amends, but overpowering, condescending, and with an air of condescension, made it impossible for Wen Rou to accept.
Wen Rou thought, if only Chen Shuyi could be like Su Zijin, then it wouldn't have escalated like this and she would have a mother to love her from now on…
While Mu Jinyu consoled Wen Rou, he reflected on what he had observed about Chen Shuyi's conditions.
That woman, who was supposed to be his mother-in-law, also possessed the powers of the Early Energy Transformation Stage.
And then there was what she mentioned about the Chen Family.
It seemed, Wen Rou's background wasn't so simple, not just the girl from a humble diner.
Suddenly, Mu Jinyu recalled that from the recent tests, Wen Rou's aptitude for cultivation was far superior to Gu Xiyan's and Mei Yinxue's, even clearly surpassing Mu Hongchen and Su Zijin.
At the time, he found it very strange, why was Wen Rou's aptitude so good?
Just happened to be a cultivation genius that appears once in a millennium among the common folk?
Now it seemed, it was not such a coincidence, this cultivation genius was just picked up by him, but Wen Rou's origins were never simple, possibly also having some kind of bloodline just the same as himself.
"Da da da..."
Just then,
A series of heavy footsteps came.
Mu Jinyu thought it was Chen Shuyi returning and had called another group of subordinates for revenge.
He looked up and did not see Chen Shuyi's figure, the newcomers were a group of middle-aged men dressed in martial outfits, each with fists worn smooth, temples bulging high, eyes glinting sharply, all were Martial Artists of the Energy Transformation level.
"Hmm?"
Mu Jinyu thought, since when did Energy Transformation Martial Artists become as common as cabbages by the roadside, randomly thrown into a large sack?
One must know, in the heyday of Dragon King Hall, there was only Tiance True Dragon as the Godly Dan Realm Martial Artist, under him the seven heads of the divisions, all Peak Energy Transformation Martial Artists.
Moreover, the Twenty-Eight Constellations also had a number of Energy Transformation Martial Artists.
This was the prime of Dragon King Hall, and when Old Dragon King led Dragon King Hall, although not so exaggerated, he himself was a Divine Realm Martialist, with the seven division heads all being Energy Transformation Martialists.
However, their strengths varied, with Xiang Mantang at the peak of Energy Transformation, while others were at the Early or Completion Stages.
And now, under his leadership, Dragon King Hall only had Mu Hongchen, Jian Ruyan, Xiang Mantang and such left, yet suddenly a group of Energy Transformation Martial Artists had appeared among ordinary people, which really puzzled Mu Jinyu!
"Eh, has Dragon King returned? That's just perfect, it saves us from nagging with this little dame."
Just then, a bearded burly man at the front, upon seeing Mu Jinyu, brightened his eyes and spoke in an unapologetic tone.
"Hmm? Who are you?"
Mu Jinyu, unclear of their identity and purpose, still asked politely.
"We are Martial Artists from True Martial Hall, specifically here to ask Dragon King Hall for magic artifacts to protect our families,"
the bearded man said sternly, clearly stating his purpose.
"Asking for magic artifacts?" Mu Jinyu said, eyes slightly narrowed, softly speaking.
Considering these people were already warriors from the Capital City area, why hadn't they lent a hand when there were demon disturbances before?
Now that the demonic chaos in Huaxia had largely been settled by Xiang Mantang, they came to ask for magic artifacts?
"Yes,"
the bearded man didn't see Mu Jinyu's displeasure, or perhaps, he didn't care about the current low state of Dragon King Hall, and casually said:
"We came a few days ago, but those few dames kept saying that the demon incident was mostly over, that there was no need for protective talismans anymore, but who knows if what they said was true or false?
I don't want to delay any further. It's great that you, Dragon King, are back, just quickly give us each a hundred protective talismans, we need to take them back for our families' use!"
Mu Jinyu chuckled lightly and said, "A hundred each, huh?"
"Right," the bearded man nodded.
Mu Jinyu said, "Okay, one artifact for ten tons of gold, ten tons of Green Emperor Jadeite, I'll sell you as many as you have!"