Returning to Laga Village

Zhao Yingying looked at the ten large chests before her and said worriedly to her imperial sister that she always felt it was a little embarrassing to repay Mu Feiyang's enormous favor with nothing but these things.

"Yingying, do you think someone of Young Master Mu's abilities would care about what we gave him?"

"The answer is definitely no. Young Master Mu surely would not think much of these things, but whether he thought highly of them was one matter; whether we had the sincerity to give them was another."

"So, regardless of whether Young Master Mu liked what we sent, we only need to do our duty."

"Imperial Sister, I understand. Are we going to find Young Master Mu now?"

"Mm!"

"We have already delayed for several days. Let us set out now!"

"Alright!"

After the sisters left their palace, they headed straight beyond the Imperial City. What they did not know was that the moment they left the palace, someone with ulterior motives began following them.

Tiance Palace.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the Seventh Princess and Eighth Princess have left the Imperial City."

"Any other news?"

A young man sat in a pavilion, while a middle-aged man sat opposite him. The two were playing Go.

Beside the young man, another young man dressed in black knelt on the ground, reporting to the youth who was playing Go.

"Your Highness, the Seventh Princess and Eighth Princess emptied Lingfeng Palace of all its valuables, along with some spirit stones and cultivation resources. They appear to be planning to give them to someone."

"Keep a close eye on them. Notify me immediately once you find the place."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After leaving the Imperial City, Zhao Shanshan and Zhao Yingying traveled for more than three days before finally arriving once again at the entrance to Laga Village.

"Let's go!"

The two entered Laga Village and headed toward its eastern end. Before long, they arrived at Mu Feiyang's small courtyard, but its gate was closed.

Zhao Shanshan stepped forward and lightly knocked twice. However, no sound came from within, so she could only knock twice more.

"Imperial Sister, could Young Master Mu be out?"

"He should have gone out."

Zhao Shanshan was not sure either. But since Mu Feiyang was not inside, he had presumably gone out.

"Then... what should we do now? Wait here for Young Master Mu?"

"Yingying, wait here for a moment. I'll go outside and ask the villagers. They may know whether Young Master Mu has gone out."

"Mm!"

Zhao Shanshan turned to ask the villagers of Laga Village, but just as she did, she discovered several children had come up behind them.

"Big Sisters, are you here to find Brother Mu?"

One of the bolder children stepped forward and asked Zhao Shanshan and Zhao Yingying. They were children from Laga Village, and they had followed the two after seeing two beautiful unfamiliar big sisters.

Naturally, they had also seen Zhao Shanshan knock on the door earlier, which was why one of the children asked.

"You're so clever, little one. You guessed it right away. I really am here to find your Brother Mu. Can you tell Big Sister where he went?"

Seeing the children, Zhao Shanshan crouched down and spoke happily.

"Big Sister, Brother Mu usually goes fishing at Seven Treasures River at this time. If you want to find Brother Mu, you can go to Seven Treasures River."

"Seven Treasures River?"

"Then can you tell Big Sister where Seven Treasures River is?"

"Seven Treasures River is at the back mountain! Big Sister, just follow that little path over there, and Seven Treasures River is that way."

The child pointed to a small path beside Mu Feiyang's courtyard and told Zhao Shanshan the direction of Seven Treasures River. There was a small river at the back mountain, which the people of Laga Village all called Seven Treasures River.

As for why it was called Seven Treasures River, it was because a kind of fish called Seven Treasures Fish lived in the river. Their meat was exceptionally delicious, and everyone in Laga Village loved eating them.

In fact, many people in Laga Village had grown up on Seven Treasures Fish, because the villagers often found it difficult to catch any game.

However, after Mu Feiyang returned from his unsuccessful search for his wife, fewer villagers had gone to Seven Treasures River to catch fish over the past few years.

That was because Mu Feiyang would occasionally hunt some game and distribute it among the villagers to eat. He did this to repay the kindness of those villagers who had supported his former self in the past.

Had those villagers not helped him, perhaps Mu Feiyang's former self would have died before his Soul Transmigration, and perhaps Mu Feiyang would never have crossed over to this place.

If Mu Feiyang had not crossed over to Laga Village, then perhaps none of what followed would have happened.

"Thank you, little one. Big Sister has some silver for you. Take it and buy yourselves something tasty, alright?"

Zhao Shanshan took out some loose silver from her person, took the child's hand, and placed the silver in it.

"Sister, my mom said we can't casually take other people's things. I can't accept your silver, Sister. Here, take it back."

The child did not accept Zhao Shanshan's silver. He returned the silver in his hand to Zhao Shanshan, then quickly ran away from her.

Both Zhao Shanshan and Zhao Yingying were stunned by the child's words. They had not expected children so young to be so sensible.

"Let's go! We'll find Young Master Mu."

Watching the children skip away, Zhao Shanshan called to Zhao Yingying and headed down the little path beside the courtyard.

After walking along the path for a while, the two indeed saw a small river ahead. Beside it sat a young man—the very Mu Feiyang they were seeking.

A black dog lay on the ground to Mu Feiyang's left, while to his right was a strange object neither of them had ever seen before. A baby sat inside it.

"Young Master Mu!"

"Young Master Mu!"

The two came to Mu Feiyang's side and each bowed to him. Yet after their bows, they froze in place.

They had been utterly stunned by the sight before them. At that moment, both stared fixedly at the baby inside the strange object, even rubbing their eyes to see whether they had mistaken what they saw.

The baby babbled and waved at the sisters as though greeting them. If that had been all, the two sisters would not have been so shocked.

What shocked them was not the baby's gesture, but that they had already discerned that this adorable infant, around one year old, was actually a cultivator in the Innate Realm.

At that moment, their entire worldview had collapsed. They had cultivated for more than ten or twenty years; one was at the sixth level of the Adamantine Realm, while the other was at the eighth level of the Spirit Sea Realm.

That was only because their talents were quite good, and because they were princesses of the Xiling Empire, never lacking cultivation resources.

With such cultivation, they far surpassed most of their peers.

But now? A child around one year old already possessed cultivation in the Innate Realm. How could the two not be astonished?

"So it's you two ladies. Perfect—you're in for a treat today."