It turned out that ever since Qin Muzhi helped Jiugui and Mu Jingyu escape in the Demon Ming Palace, he had been resented by King Bei Ming and had been trying to find a way to get rid of the Qin family in order to vent his anger.
After Qin Muzhi was healed by Master Taier, on his way back to Qin's house alone, he encountered sneak attacks from the demons of the Demon Underworld Palace many times. If he hadn't received the guidance of the drunkard and broken through to the innate realm, he would have been dead long ago.
After receiving the news, Taier Zhenren ordered his men and horses to protect him along the way. On the other hand, he informed Jin Buhuan of the situation and asked him to arrange manpower to help Qin Muzhi return to the Qin family.
I thought that after Qin Muzhi returned to the family, Bei Pingwang would give up the pursuit. In addition, Bi Yun was poisoned in Pimu Diqiu, so Mu Jingyu led people to find the antidote. Master Taier and Jin Buhuan were busy taking care of Mu Jingyu and his party, so they relaxed their protection of Qin Muzhi.
Who would have thought that just half a month ago, Qin Muzhi suddenly took the remaining seven or eight clan members with cultivation levels above the concentration stage to the Central Divine Continent. I guess someone asked him to pick up the escort there.
Originally, the Qin family not only did business in Jiuzhou, but also secretly took on the business of escorts, helping various sects in Jiuzhou to transport things that were inconvenient for them to transport.
But ever since Qin Muzhi led his people out of the Divine Continent in the Central Region, they were targeted by the spirits of the Demon Underworld Palace. On the one hand, he sent people to capture Qin Muzhi's men, and on the other hand, he mobilized his troops to surround and kill him.
But Qin Muzhi didn't find any hidden murderous intention during his journey. Fortunately, the spy from Wangxian Tower noticed this situation. After paying back the money in exchange, he would order his subordinates to secretly observe the east direction of Yaoming Palace. Once they found that it was unfavorable to Qin Muzhi, he would help them.
Therefore, after Qin Muzhi entered Muyang City, Ding Dequan arranged his men early to pay attention to the whereabouts of Qin Muzhi and Yaoming Palace.
This time, Ding Dequan's men discovered the spirit of Yaoming Palace and seemed to want to take action against Qin Muzhi, so they rushed back and conveyed the situation back to him to make a decision.
After hearing the specific situation, Mu Jingyu was worried for a long time. He stood up and asked anxiously: "Master Dingxiang, please tell me where Master Qin and the others are. I have to rush over to help. , to prevent the spirits from the Demon Underworld Palace from harming the Qin Family Master and others."
"Huh?" Ding Dequan was stunned. He didn't know Mu Jingyu's specific identity. Of course, he didn't understand how he could hear that Qin Muzhi was in danger and couldn't sit still.
"Oh, Master Dingxiang, don't get me wrong. Master Qin is kind to us. Now that we know that his old man is in trouble, we naturally won't ignore him." Qin Yunchuan explained quickly.
"That's right..." Ding Dequan pondered for a moment and then said: "Young heroes, don't worry. Since the people of Yaoming Palace have discovered the whereabouts of the Qin family leader, I will send someone to tell them the situation. I promise not to There is no need for you to risk your lives if the Master of the Qin family suffers a little harm."
After Ding Dequan thought for a moment, he did not dare to let Mu Jingyu and others leave to find Qin Muzhi. If something happened to him on the road and something happened to the monsters from the Demon Underworld Palace, he couldn't bear the responsibility.
"No!" Mu Jingyu flatly refused: "I really can't feel at ease unless I see Mr. Qin out of danger with my own eyes. I hope Master Lilac can understand my feelings!"
Ding Dequan was suddenly in trouble. Judging from Mu Jingyu's appearance, he would not give up unless he rushed over to protect Qin Muzhi himself. After thinking for a while, he had no choice but to nod.
"Then Ding will personally take a few of them to find the Qin family leader. However, all actions must follow Ding's arrangements and must not act without authorization."
Ding Dequan was afraid that if they arrived late, Qin Muzhi would fight with the demons from Yaoming Palace. If Mu Jingyu and others desperately fought with the people from Yaoming Palace, what would happen if another accident happened? There is no way to explain.
Mu Jingyu agreed: "Master Dingxiang, don't worry. Once we know the priorities, we will definitely not act rashly."
Ding Dequan also wanted to gather some of his men and rush over with them to avoid any accidents. But the matter was extremely urgent, and Mu Jingyu did not dare to wait for a moment. He urged Ding Dequan repeatedly to take them to find Qin Muzhi immediately.
With no other choice, Ding Dequan had no choice but to briefly explain the matter, and then set off with a subordinate with a fairly good cultivation level, Mu Jingyu and others.
At this moment, Qin Muzhi was not aware of the approaching danger. With seven or eight clan members, they are hiding in a place forty or fifty miles outside Muyang City to rest and wait until dawn before setting off.
The men who had been monitoring Qin Muzhi and others suddenly saw Ding Dequan coming, and there were six strange faces around him, so they thought something big had happened. At Ding Dequan's urging, he led them to the place where Qin Muzhi rested.
Before he could get closer, he saw a son of the Qin family who Qin Muzhi had placed outside suddenly jumped out from the bushes and scolded everyone in a low voice.
"Stop, who are you!"
Before Ding Dequan opened his mouth, Mu Jingyu had already passed him and came to the front. He looked around first and then breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the man was wearing Qin family's unique clothes.
"Don't get me wrong, little brother. We are old friends of the Qin family. If there is an emergency and I need to meet with the Qin family, please let me know."
The son of the Qin family frowned, stopped Mu Jingyu and said, "An old friend of the master of the family? Then please tell me your name, young hero, so that I can report back to the master of the family!"
Now, they don't have enough manpower, so they don't dare to let Mu Jingyu and others in at will.
"I am..." Mu Jingyu was about to say his name, but was interrupted by Qin Yunchuan: "Just say that old friends from Longshou Mountain are visiting, and the Qin family master will know our identities as soon as he hears this. "
There are many people here and it would be bad if Mu Jingyu's true identity is revealed and attracts the attention of interested people.
"Old friend of Longshou Mountain?" The son of the Qin family was stunned when he heard this. He obviously thought of something. He replied and confessed, and immediately disappeared into the dense forest.
Mu Jingyu paced back and forth anxiously. Now that the men and horses of Yaoming Palace have discovered Qin Muzhi's traces, they may come to kill him at any time. The earlier they tell Qin Muzhi about the situation, the earlier they can get out of danger.
After a while, a burst of noisy footsteps was heard in the dense forest, followed by Qin Muzhi's hearty laughter.
"Hahaha, is this Senior Brother Mu Xiaoyoumu here? Ever since we parted ways at Longshou Mountain, I haven't seen each other for more than a month!"
As the figures flashed, Qin Muzhi had already walked out of the bushes with all the Qin family members.
After seeing Mu Jingyu, he couldn't help but walked a few steps quickly and held Mu Jingyu's hands.
Mu Jingyu reminded him in a low voice: "Mr. Qin, this kid is coming out with an extremely important mission, and his whereabouts are very hidden. Please be careful with your words and help me keep the secret!"
Mu Jingyu was afraid that if Qin Muzhi was happy, if he said a few more words, someone would really guess his identity.
"Oh? Ah! I know, I know!" Qin Muzhi slapped his head and quickly stopped laughing, not daring to say any more.
Next to him, a man from the Qin family, who was in his thirties, looked at Mu Jingyu and others warily, and reminded him in a low voice: "Master, judging from your relationship with them, you seem to be very familiar with them. Why don't you... just wait for me? Can you recommend me?"
Qin Yunchuan frowned. Logically speaking, Qin Muzhi was the head of the Qin family. With his status, which family member would dare to talk to him like this? Could it be that... Is there a deeper meaning in this person's words?
Thinking of this, Qin Yunchuan took a step forward, and was about to remind Mu Jingyu and Qin Muzhi, but saw the latter's expression straighten, and he shook his hand and said: "They and I, Qin Muzhi, have a life-long friendship, we can definitely fight." Don’t worry! As for his identity...it’s not convenient for Qin to disclose it for the time being."
Looking at Qin Muzhi's appearance, he seemed to be extremely afraid of this person. Mu Jingyu and Qin Yunchuan looked at each other and immediately understood that although this man was wearing Qin family clothes and pretending to be a descendant of the Qin family, he was not from the Qin family. Instead, it's like the employer who hired the Qin family specially sent someone to accompany the escort.
This man was unhappy, but when he saw that Qin Muzhi was resolute and had no intention of revealing the identity of Mu Jingyu and others, he couldn't say anything more, so he could only retreat angrily.
"My sons, come quickly and meet your master-uncle!" After the little episode just now, Qin Muzhi's excitement had obviously weakened a bit. But he still called out to the rest of the Qin family to come and pay tribute to Mu Jingyu.
Although the remaining seven sons of the Qin family are much older than Mu Jingyu, Qin Muzhi personally asked them to come over to pay tribute to the young man who was only twenty years old in front of him, and also called him "Master-uncle". They looked at each other, but no one took a step forward.
Although the drunkard and the others made a lot of noise when they were at Longshou Mountain, the details of what happened were all concealed by the people from Yaowei Palace and the drunkard's side.
Even Qin Muzhi, after being reminded by Master Taier, kept secret about what happened that day and did not tell everyone in the clan what specifically happened.
That's why all the factions in Jiuzhou don't know about this. Of course, his specific identity cannot be guessed from the conversation between Qin Muzhi and Mu Jingyu.
Seeing that none of the clan members obeyed his orders and showed respect to Mu Jingyu, Qin Muzhi couldn't help but glared and said angrily: "Why, didn't you hear what I said! What are you doing in such a daze! "
A middle-aged man hesitated for a few moments, then came to Qin Muzhi's side and plucked up the courage to say: "Clan leader, are you just confused? I see how this kid, who is in his twenties at most, can make me wait... ...Let us call him great uncle!"
Qin Muzhi angrily scolded: "Huh! Don't look at his young age, but he has already joined the master's door before me! Even when I see you, I have to call you senior brother, and let you call me uncle. Is there something wrong?"
As the saying goes, there are different ages, and there is a priority for getting started. All disciples who join the sect late, no matter how old they are, must call the disciple who joined the sect first, senior brother. All the factions in Jiuzhou have such rules. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with what Qin Muzhi said.
"Ah! This boy is actually the master's senior brother!"
"That's right. We, the descendants of the Qin family, have never heard of the old man, the master of the family. When did he become a disciple?"
As soon as Qin Muzhi finished speaking, the seven sons of the Qin family couldn't help but whisper.
"What are you muttering about? Do you want me to repeat it again?" Qin Muzhi couldn't help but reprimanded, which frightened several people and immediately stopped them. They quickly stood in two rows and respectfully faced Mu Jingyu. He called me uncle.
Qin Yunchuan and others laughed a few times and quickly stepped aside, leaving Mu Jingyu alone to accept the gift from everyone.
"Hey, hey, hey! Mr. Qin, what are you doing! This kid can't bear such a big gift!" Mu Jingyu also wanted to step aside, but was caught by Qin Muzhi, who had to accept the gift from the son of the Qin family.
"Senior brother, what did you say? We are personal friends, and rules are rules. If Master, as an old man, knows that I, Qin Muzhi, have just started and don't follow the rules, wouldn't I be disappointed?"
Thinking of the fallen drunkard, Mu Jingyu sighed and said nothing. He stood still and received three kowtows and nine bows from everyone.
After everyone bowed, Qin Muzhi happily pulled Mu Jingyu and said, "Come on, come on, we haven't seen each other for a long time. Now that my little friend has found me, we should catch up on old times."
Speaking of reminiscing about the past, Mu Jingyu remembered the reason why he came here at Xingye night, and said repeatedly: "No, no, no, goodbye, Mr. Qin, I am here to see you this time, but there is something very important."
