Targeting the Hidden Heaven Sect

Everything was left behind in the main hall except for the Heaven and Earth Array Patterns.

The Third Elder watched Lu Shui leave the main hall, and finally let out a soft sigh.

"He's too ordinary after all. Let alone fame throughout the Cultivation World, he's not even presentable."

The Third Elder sat in his seat, silent for a long time, before sighing again.

"The arriver."

Soon, an old man appeared in the main hall. It was the one Lu Shui had seen on the Scripture Repository Fourth Floor.

As soon as he appeared, the old man said respectfully in a low voice:

"Third Elder."

"Prepare some things and wait inside the Wind Frost River. The day after Lu Shui enters, start sending one item from the river water each day. Just pretend he found it by luck. Make sure the items have a sense of progression," the Third Elder instructed.

Old Man Withered Tree nodded:

"I understand. I'll prepare one for the late Second Tier, one for Third Tier, one that's an evolving item, and one unique item. This will give the young master some hope and stimulate his desire to cultivate."

The Third Elder nodded, satisfied with Old Man Withered Tree's plan:

"It's best if he obtains them through hardship. If it can make him feel like he's the Destined Protagonist, even better. Either way, there are only two outcomes: he becomes more arrogant, or he learns to endure. Learning to endure is good. If he becomes arrogant..."

The Third Elder sighed:

"He won't be able to be arrogant for long anyway."

Old Man Withered Tree nodded, but he raised a doubt:

"What if the young master fails on the first day?"

The Third Elder choked as if he had swallowed something.

Then he stood up and disappeared from his original place in an instant.

Old Man Withered Tree: "..."

Lu Shui naturally had to see his parents after leaving the main hall. Entering the Wind Frost River was not a good thing.

They would worry themselves to death.

He had entered it in his previous life, and his mother had been extremely anxious.

To avoid making his mother worry, he had been carried out that very day.

There was no helping it; in his previous life, he had been too weak in the early stages.

Soon, Lu Shui arrived at his parents' residence, only to find it unusually quiet.

Under normal circumstances, he could hear his parents chatting.

Lu Shui glanced towards the courtyard and saw the maid there.

"Are my parents inside?" Lu Shui asked.

Qi Xi saw that it was the young master and immediately nodded respectfully:

"Yes, young master."

"Did something happen inside?" Lu Shui continued to ask.

Qi Xi did not hide anything:

"The clan leader was attacked. Madam said it's a father paying for his son's debts."

Lu Shui: "..."

He roughly understood what was going on. He decided it was best to head to the Wind Frost River as soon as possible.

To lie low for a while.

Just as Lu Shui turned around, his father's gloomy voice came from behind:

"Lu Shui, where are you going?"

Lu Shui didn't hesitate at all and accelerated away on the spot:

"Third Elder asked me to go to the Wind Frost River. I can't keep the Third Elder waiting."

"Father, no need to see me off. I'll be back soon. Just take care of mother."

Not long after, Lu Shui disappeared without a trace.

He had used almost all his cultivation.

Watching Lu Shui vanish, Lu Gu's expression remained grim. He still hadn't completely recovered.

"In your son's eyes, you're more terrifying than the Wind Frost River?" Dongfang Liyin stood to the side with a slight smile.

Lu Gu looked at Dongfang Liyin and said:

"Don't you think it's significant that kid went to the Wind Frost River?"

Hearing this, Dongfang Liyin was stunned, then prepared to chase after him.

But Lu Gu pulled her back the moment she started running:

"You can't go out now, I'll go take a look."

Dongfang Liyin's eyes flickered. Wasn't this forcing their son into the Wind Frost River?

Lu Shui ran into the Wind Frost River at top speed, almost getting caught. At his age, he didn't want to get beaten.

The Wind Frost River was located in a cave in the back mountain. It wasn't far, which was why Lu Shui had the opportunity to get ahead of his father.

This cave had no name, or rather, it was named after the Wind Frost River. Inside the cave flowed a never-ending river with extremely cold water – that was the Wind Frost River.

Not long after entering the cave, Lu Shui felt an astonishing chill. He didn't try to resist it and continued walking forward.

Soon, he saw the glowing river. This river occupied almost the entire cave passage, leaving only narrow spaces on both sides for people to walk.

Lu Shui walked along the edge. He remembered there was a fishing platform ahead, which was used for contemplation.

Soon, Lu Shui saw the fishing platform, but to his surprise, Zhen Wu and Zhen Ling were also there.

Mu Family.

Mu Xue's residence. The nameplate here originally belonged to Mu Yayue, but it had since been removed. However, Mu Xue's name had not replaced it.

"Eldest Young Lady, are you really not going to write it?" Ding Liang asked Mu Xue.

The nameplate outside the courtyard needed to be personally written by the courtyard's owner.

The previous nameplate belonging to Mu Xue was written by her in her childhood.

But Mu Xue had personally destroyed that nameplate, and now if she didn't write it, no name could be displayed.

Many people were anxious, but no one dared to force Mu Xue.

Mu Xue looked at the brush and ink before her and said:

"Just let them write it themselves."

She didn't care, or perhaps she cared a lot, but either way, she didn't want to write it herself right now.

Since the Eldest Young Lady had said so, Ding Liang could do nothing.

As for letting someone else write it?

No one dared to.

Anyway, she had tried her best to persuade her. Fortunately, the Eldest Young Lady was not subject to a broken engagement, otherwise, she would have been much sadder in the future.

"By the way, why didn't Yalin come today? Go and ask her," Mu Xue said softly.

"Okay, I'll go ask her right away." Ding Liang then withdrew.

Only then did Mu Xue's gaze fall on a book on the tabletop:

"Nine Revolutions Undying True Scripture? Did Lu Shui find it somewhere?"

She remembered the Lu Family didn't have this cultivation method, unless it was lost before she married into the family.

Thinking about it carefully, it was possible.

After all, this cultivation method was with Lu Shui.

Subsequently, she paid no more attention to the Undying True Scripture, as it was useless to her.

"There are three years left. Although there was an unexpected broken engagement, Lu Shui is very likely to be severely injured by that demonic cultivator again.

I need to find that demonic cultivator before he gets hurt and replace him."

"He still needs to be disciplined, just not too harshly."

"I don't know when my mother's injury occurred. I hope it hasn't been triggered yet."

Mu Xue sighed:

"But being in the Mu Family, it's very difficult for me to go out and inquire for information. It seems it's time to find a cultivator sect and control it, making them collect intelligence for me."

"But which sect is suitable? The Heavenly Secrets Pavilion is the strongest at collecting information, but the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion Pavilion Master would know when I intend to act against him and would be able to evade me.

Finding him would take too much time."

After thinking for a moment, Mu Xue set a new target:

"The Hidden Heaven Sect also has strong organizational capabilities, so I can consider them. However, the Hidden Heaven Sect seems to be close to the Lu Family. I don't know if it will affect the Lu Family."

"En, if controlled properly, it shouldn't be a big problem. But this matter must wait until the Heavenly Pool River Opens."

"If the Lu Family plans to find another marriage candidate, they will definitely break off the engagement first. By then, I'll just make them abandon that idea."

She was already aware of the Lu Family's Heavenly Pool River Marriage Selection.

However, this time, due to her cultivation being lost, she couldn't participate, while Lu Shui, who was not supposed to participate, would instead.

Mu Xue could only hope that the future wouldn't deviate too far. If it had to deviate, it should be after she married into the Lu Family.