Mu Manor

Yijiang City was a medium-sized city in the Land of Water, with a population of nearly ten million. It was named for its proximity to the Yijiang River and was somewhat famous within the Land of Water for producing the precious spice known as Yixiang.

At this moment, a torrential downpour shrouded the vast city. The sky was dark, countless black clouds gathered overhead, and rain poured down in sheets upon the city.

Yet the people here did not seem to resent it. On the contrary, they appeared rather content.

The Land of Water was already a rainy place, its waterways crisscrossing throughout the land. This also suited the fact that most cultivators in the Land of Water possessed water-attributed Spirit Roots. Thus, no matter how heavy the rain became, they did not find it uncomfortable. Instead, they felt exceedingly comfortable amid the moist water vapor in the air.

Within the city stood a magnificent estate in the southern part of Yijiang City. It occupied nearly one-fifth of the entire southern district. Whether judging by its lavishness or its immense size, the estate's owner was clearly either wealthy or powerful.

The mortals and cultivators who occasionally passed by the estate would cast envious glances at the grand residence. They all knew that this city within a city was the residence of Yijiang City's greatest family—the Mu Manor!

However, outsiders had no idea that the tension within Mu Manor had reached a horrifying level. Everyone was on high alert, and the reason was that the wife of Mu Manor's master, Mu Zheng, had suffered a miscarriage.

Though Mu Zheng was a Nascent Soul cultivator in the early stage, his family had always passed down through a single line. And by his generation, he had remained childless all this time. His wife