The Mu Family elder was utterly baffled when he heard Duanmu Old Third's words—since when had Mu Fengtang gotten involved with the Duanmu Family?
"Third Uncle, don't mess around," Mu Fengtang said with a smile to Duanmu Old Third. "He's an elder of my family."
Duanmu Old Third seemed a little slow on the uptake. Only then did he nod in sudden realization. "I really thought your surname was the Mu from Shui Mu. So it's this Mu."
But the Mu Family elder did not think he was an idiot. He knew this man was a martial arts prodigy. He might speak somewhat oddly at ordinary times, but that was only because he could not be bothered to put thought into trivial matters like this.
There was no point taking someone like that seriously, and the elder could not be bothered to argue with him. What puzzled him instead was, "Fengtang, how do you know him so well?"
Mu Fengtang had become acquainted with people from the Duanmu Family in Qingning Prefecture.
He had wanted to please Lang Damei, but he had no exquisite gifts at hand. So he asked around the prefectural city and happened to hear that someone from the Duanmu Family had come to Xiyin. He figured a noble family would surely have some fine goods, so he made a special trip to the prefectural capital, hoping to buy some rare curiosities.
Old Third had led the Duanmu Family members who came to the prefectural capital. He had come to buy several generators.
He had quite the temper and bargained aggressively. The other families interested in generators had not wanted to deal with him. So, just like Mu Fengtang had once done, he asked around everywhere for places that sold generators.
When Old Third heard that some