Unexpected Turn: The Mu Family Annihilated?

``` [You asked your master for permission to return to the Lineage immediately.]

[Your master hesitated at first, but upon seeing the urgency in your eyes, he still waved his hand and allowed you to return.]

[After kowtowing in thanks to your master, you immediately prepared to return to the Lineage.]

[The next day, you returned to Muye Mountain.]

[Yet before you even entered the Lineage, you smelled blood in the air. You immediately realized something was wrong, and your pace unconsciously quickened.]

[But you were still too late!]

[The entire Muye Mountain was empty!]

[Only a dense stench of blood permeated the air!]

[You could not believe what lay before your eyes. Nearly every building of the Mu Family had been smashed to ruins, with traces everywhere of weapons and spiritual techniques.]

[Yet, strangely, not a single corpse had been left behind in the entire Mu Family.]

[With a slap, you fell to your knees. Though you could not believe it, you knew the Mu Family was likely doomed!]

[You found that the entire Mu Family had been ransacked clean, with nothing valuable left behind. When you reached the area near the Pill Hall, however, you found a broken jade hairpin before its entrance.]

[You immediately lunged forward and carefully picked up the jade hairpin. You clearly remembered that it was the gift you had given Mu Xinger last time!]

[You wanted to piece the hairpin back together, but no matter what you did, it would not fit.]

[Tears gradually welled up, blurring your vision. You seemed to see that innocent, lovely girl standing right before you, yet you could never touch her again...]

[The next day, the sun rose.]

[Sunlight fell upon your cold cheeks, but you could not feel even a trace of warmth, as though your