Crash!
Mu Zi sat upright on a prayer mat as countless pale-white pills turned into a torrent of energy in midair and surged into her body.
A few days ago, the experts of the Five Great Families had all been routed on Martial Gathering Island and finally realized that Mu Zi was not someone they could afford to provoke. One after another, they begged for mercy.
In the end, each of the Four Great Families paid ten million Profound Essence Pills in compensation before Mu Zi let the matter pass. Of course, the Wei Family had made the first move, so their compensation had to be doubled.
Ten million Profound Essence Pills was no small sum even for powers like the Five Great Families, which dominated the Heavenly Wind Sea Region. As for the Wei Family, who had to pay double, it was enough to cut them to the bone. Perhaps for a long time to come, they would not even be able to issue monthly stipends.
After this battle, the Five Great Families had been thoroughly beaten into submission. Those several family heads, who were famous throughout the Heavenly Wind Sea Region, kept their posture extremely low before Mu Zi, arranging for her to stay in the highest-grade residence and providing everything she needed for cultivation.
Mu Zi had nowhere she needed to go for the time being. Since someone was providing resources for free, there was no harm in cultivating here for a while.
The Four Great Families were worried that they had offended Mu Zi, so they invited the Gu Family, the only one that had not made a move, to come and curry favor with the two of them, attempting to mend relations somewhat.
But Mu Zi had no interest in putting on a false front