Return to Mu City (Seeking Recommendations, Seeking Favorites)

Chapter 6: Return to Mu City (Please Recommend, Please Collect)

Mu Chen broke out in a cold sweat.

He had actually been calling Luo Li's name even in his sleep.

Still in that hazy stage of youth, having his little secret exposed left him at a loss. He then said cautiously:

"Brother Yuan, I hope you can keep this a secret for me."

"Got it, got it. When the time comes, remember to introduce your girl to your big brother. I want to see just how peerlessly elegant this Luo Li is, to have my little Mu so utterly bewitched."

Mu Yuan patted Mu Chen on the shoulder.

Don't misunderstand—he really had no other intentions toward Luo Li.

He just purely wanted to see the future number one beauty of the Great Thousand World.

"Brother Yuan, that's still way off in the future, isn't it?"

Mu Chen scratched his head.

"Little brother, we're men. When you see a girl you like, you charge straight ahead."

"If you don't know how to chase a girl, big brother can teach you a few tricks."

Mu Yuan was getting anxious for Mu Chen.

As his older brother, now he had to teach him how to pick up girls.

No matter how he looked at it, this scene was just wrong.

Truly exhausting!

Mu Chen looked at Mu Yuan and shook his head, then said seriously:

"I think Hong Ling or Sister Qian'er could both be my sister-in-law."

"Uh..."

Mu Yuan raised his hand and smacked Mu Chen on the head.

This guy's train of thought jumped way too fast.

Shouldn't he be humbly asking for advice?

Instead, he was telling him to find a wife first?

With that, he turned, stepped forward, and a brilliant smile curved at the corner of his mouth as he said:

"But, that does make some sense. How about taking both of them?"

Behind him, Mu Chen stumbled at those words and shot a glare at the guy ahead.

Take both of them?

Shameless.

If the guys from Northern Spiritual Academy heard that, they'd beat you into a pig's head.

"Where are we going?"

Following behind Mu Yuan, Mu Chen asked softly.

"Back to Mu City."

"I know Dad has a spiritual art there that's perfect for you."

The spiritual art Mu Yuan was referring to was exactly the Great Pagoda Scripture that their mother had left for Mu Chen.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering the Check-in System. A check-in mission is now being issued!"

"Check-in location: Mu Mansion Back Courtyard Stone Chamber!"

"Check-in duration: one minute. Completing the check-in mission will earn a reward. Exiting midway counts as failure!"

The Mu Mansion Back Courtyard Stone Chamber—if he remembered correctly, that was where the Mu Mansion stored its spiritual arts.

"Brother Yuan!"

Mu Chen's eyes reddened slightly.

Since they were young, Brother Yuan had always put him first.

The Northern Spiritual Territory was divided among nine overlords, each controlling one domain and styling themselves as Domain Lords. They were the Mu Domain, Tang Domain, Liu Domain, and so on—nine domains in total.

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen were the sons of Mu Feng, the Domain Lord of the Mu Domain, one of the nine.

Beyond the nine domains, the Northern Spiritual Territory also had a formidable power that could not be ignored: the Northern Spiritual Academy.

Unlike the nine domains, which governed several cities besides their main ones, the Northern Spiritual Academy controlled only a single city: Northern Spiritual City.

Yet Northern Spiritual City's prosperity rivaled that of a few major domain capitals.

This was because the Northern Spiritual Academy held fast to its corner, never involving itself in the disputes of the nine domains, only taking in students. Moreover, the Academy held the quotas for advancing into the "Five Great Academies."

Those were things that even the Domain Lords coveted.

This very fact instead made the Northern Spiritual Academy's status within the Northern Spiritual Territory even more transcendent.

An unwritten rule had also formed among the nine Domain Lords: they never allowed the conflicts of the Northern Spiritual Territory to spill over into Northern Spiritual City.

Leaving the Northern Spiritual Academy, one could see a bustling city scene at a glance.

After crossing several streets, Mu Yuan and Mu Chen arrived at the Teleportation Spiritual Array in Northern Spiritual City.

The Nine Domains of the Northern Spiritual Territory were far from Northern Spiritual City; with Mu Yuan and the others' traveling speed, if they didn't rely on the Teleportation Spiritual Array, they simply couldn't reach the Mu Domain in a short time.

Not to mention the various dangers that accompanied the journey.

Of course, setting up this kind of long-distance Teleportation Spiritual Array was extremely troublesome.

In the entire Northern Spiritual Territory, only a handful of major cities had the strength to set one up.

Around the Teleportation Spiritual Array, experts from the Northern Spiritual Academy stood guard.

Seeing the Northern Spiritual Academy student badges on Mu Yuan and the others, they let them pass.

Soon, the two stood on the Teleportation Spiritual Array bound for the Mu Domain.

Mu Domain, Mu City.

When Mu Yuan and Mu Chen stepped out of the Teleportation Spiritual Array, they immediately rubbed their heads, which were slightly dizzy from the teleportation.

The next moment, the bustling noise of Mu City entered their ears.

Looking at this prosperous scene, Mu Chen smiled slightly.

When it came to prosperity, Mu City ranked among the top among the Nine Domain main cities and Northern Spiritual City.

And all of this was thanks to Brother Yuan by his side.

It was he who devised the plans and proposed various epoch-making construction ideas.

"Hurry! Hurry and inform the Domain Lord—the two young masters have returned from the Northern Spiritual Academy!"

The guards stationed at the Teleportation Spiritual Array, seeing the two youths emerge from the array, immediately shouted joyfully.

"Everyone's worked hard."

Mu Yuan smiled at the hardworking guards.

"Young master, you flatter us!"

Mu Yuan and Mu Chen were nothing like the sons of other Domain Lords, who threw their weight around and acted tyrannically because of their status.

On the contrary, both had excellent temperaments.

Mu Yuan had even made great contributions to the construction of Mu City, improving the lives of these guards.

After a while, a magnificent mansion appeared before the two.

That was the Mu Mansion.

At the entrance of the Mu Mansion stood two imposing stone lions.

Mu Yuan had specially sought out skilled craftsmen to carve them.

At a glance, they looked so lifelike that they gave people a sense of awe.

Besides the guardian stone lions, there were heavily armed soldiers on watch.

And the two figures standing in front of those soldiers were the most eye-catching.

One was a middle-aged man in a black robe, his back straight as a spear, his face resolute, with only a few white hairs sticking out from his head adding a touch of weariness.

He was Mu Feng, the father of Mu Yuan and Mu Chen, and the Lord of the Mu Domain.

Standing beside Mu Feng was a thin middle-aged man, a gentle expression appearing between his brows at the moment.

He was Mu Feng's sworn brother Zhou Ye, and also a capable general under Mu Feng's command.

"Dad, we're just coming back once, there's no need for such a big show, right?"

Mu Yuan curled his lips, feeling it was a bit over the top.

Mu Chen nodded seriously.

"You little brats, your feathers haven't even grown in yet and you're already lecturing your old man."

"Tell your dad, when was the last time you two came back?"

Mu Feng looked at the approaching youths and couldn't help but scold with a laugh, though deep in his eyes, a warm current surged.

"Huh?"

"It was about three months ago."

Mu Chen scratched his head, speaking a little guiltily.

"You little brats, hear that? Three months ago. I haven't seen you two little brats for a full three months."

Mu Feng gritted his teeth.

"Big Mu, Little Mu, it's rare for you brothers to come back at the same time—let the Domain Lord be happy."

Zhou Ye said with a smile.

He had watched both of them grow up since they were children, so he had always regarded the two as his juniors, and naturally their bond was extremely close.

"Alright, I'll listen to Uncle Zhou this time."

Mu Yuan held his forehead.

"You always know how to talk back to your old man."

Mu Feng chuckled, his gaze suddenly pausing on Mu Yuan and Mu Chen, a hint of surprise in his voice:

"Oh? You two?"