Binding a Heaven-Rank Supreme Thunder Spirit Root

[Activating, binding Heaven-Rank Supreme Thunder Spirit Root...]

The very next second after the system notification, Chen Mu felt a vast, domineering surge of spiritual energy fill his dantian.

Then it flowed through his extraordinary meridians, spreading throughout his limbs and bones.

Faint lightning patterns flickered across his arms.

"So this is a Heaven-Rank Supreme Spirit Root!" Chen Mu clenched and opened his hand. Releasing just a little spiritual energy sent lightning blazing.

That thunderous might then shot straight into the heavens, scattering the clouds and tearing a great hole through the cloud canopy!

It was clearly visible even a thousand miles away.

Blue-white lightning flashed and thunder roared, stunning the eye! It dared to rival the sun and moon in brilliance!

Everyone who had just arrived outside Qingyun Prefecture saw this scene just as clearly.

They froze and stopped in their tracks.

They had no idea what was unfolding inside Qingyun Prefecture.

The powerful cultivators riding flying swords also put away their swords and landed as they approached.

After all, hovering above Chen Mu, the young master, and looking down on him would be far too disrespectful.

"It seems that besides Saintess Ye, the young master has other, even more formidable guards at his side!"

"What powerful thunderous might! Old Lin, you practice Thunder Arts too. What do you think?"

"Heavenly thunder this domineering and pure must come from a Heaven-Rank Supreme Thunder Spirit Root!"

Heaven Rank Supreme! And a Thunder Spiritual Root at that?!

Hearing this, Liu Xiangnan became even more determined to return the marriage contract as soon as possible, sever all ties with that woman Ye Qingcheng, and leave the Tianyuan Holy Land immediately.

If this went on, he really would not be able to hold it in.

He might well become the first holy son of the Sky Sword Sect to wet his pants!

If word got out, not only he but the entire Sky Sword Sect would lose all face in the Great Cang World.

The Tianyuan Holy Land was simply too terrifying!

It was a hundred, a thousand times more terrifying than any forbidden ground Liu Xiangnan had ever visited.

Thinking back and confirming that he had never so much as touched Ye Qingcheng's fingers, he felt considerably more at ease.

*Thank goodness I'm such a cultivation fanatic...*

"Boy, we old fellows shouldn't need to teach you what to say and what not to say once you're inside, should we?"

He felt the arm resting on his shoulder and caught, from the corner of his eye, the old man's utterly chilling face, his smile never reaching his eyes.

Then there was the Human Immortal Realm pressure bearing down on him from overhead in relentless waves.

"N-no, there's no need. I understand." Liu Xiangnan's voice trembled so badly that it distorted, growing much shriller, like a eunuch's.

His legs shook uncontrollably, his knees bending until his body sank several inches.

"Good. Go inside." The old man released him.

"Yes. Thank you, Senior." With legs as heavy as though filled with lead, Liu Xiangnan struggled up the steps and reached the door.

**Knock, knock, knock.**

He raised his hand and knocked on the courtyard door.

"Come in."

Hearing Chen Mu's voice, Liu Xiangnan slowly pushed the courtyard door open just wide enough for one person, stepped over the threshold, and entered.

"Sorry to disturb you." He then slowly closed the courtyard door, every movement exceedingly cautious.

But when he turned around, he discovered that Chen Mu was the only person in the courtyard.

*Then who unleashed that thunderous might just now?*

"Young..."

He pulled his thoughts back and remembered why he had come.

Liu Xiangnan reached into his robe to take out the marriage contract, only for Chen Mu to cut him off. "Spare me the nonsense."

**Rumble! Crackle!**

With a thought, he once again released an overwhelming torrent of thunder power.

Tiny electrical patterns, barely visible to the naked eye, spread and rippled through the air.

Even from dozens of paces away, Liu Xiangnan could still feel that thunderous might penetrate his clothes and prick his skin, leaving it tingling.

Liu Xiangnan's heart jolted.

His movements froze completely.

Mentally, it was like being struck by a bolt from the blue, leaving him scorched outside and tender within.

How could he possibly have imagined that the owner of the Heaven-Rank Supreme Thunder Spirit Root that Human Immortal Realm thunder cultivator had mentioned was Chen Mu himself?!

*But hadn't the rumors outside said he awakened some trashy Low-Grade Yellow Rank talent?*

*You call this a trashy talent?*

As the holy son of a sect, Liu Xiangnan's own talent was only Mid-Grade Heaven Rank!

Throughout the entire history of the Sky Sword Sect, no more than three people in ten thousand years had possessed Heaven-Rank Supreme Talent!

Let alone a talent with an attribute as domineering and rare as the Thunder Attribute, one in ten thousand.

*Come to think of it, how could there be an ordinary mortal among a whole pack of monsters?!*

*Who on earth spread those rumors?!*

The next instant, he hurriedly snapped back to his senses.

The first thing he did was bend his knees and drop to the ground with a thud, bowing low. **"Spare me, Young Master! Spare me!"**

"Uh..." Seeing Liu Xiangnan kneeling on the ground, Chen Mu withdrew his spiritual energy.

This fiancé, a dignified holy son of a sect—setting his strength aside for the moment—was not what Chen Mu had imagined.

His ability to withstand psychological pressure was far, far weaker than expected.

*He's already on his knees?*

*Or is a Heaven-Rank Supreme Thunder Spirit Root really that terrifying?*

"I have absolutely no intention of opposing you, Young Master. I came solely to return my marriage contract with Ye Qingcheng."

"Please rest assured, Young Master. Aside from this marriage contract unilaterally arranged by our lineages, there is absolutely nothing improper between Ye Qingcheng and me!"

"I've never even touched her fingers! Even when we meet normally, I always stay more than a meter away!" Liu Xiangnan blurted everything out at once.

He was panicking! Utterly panicking!

He feared that the very next second, heavenly thunder would blast a charred, bloody hole through his chest.

*Return the marriage contract?*

Those words, together with Liu Xiangnan's behavior, instantly dispelled Chen Mu's wariness.

He understood everything at once.

Speaking slowly in a voice only he could hear, he said, "Looks like even without this supreme talent, nothing would have happened anyway."

On reflection, he really had worried too much.

No matter what, a sect's holy son would never come looking for trouble with him over a woman.

If Liu Xiangnan truly harbored such intentions, the people of the Tianyuan Holy Land would never let him meet Chen Mu alive.

*Having a powerful lineage really is nice!*

Returning to his senses, he noticed that Liu Xiangnan had buried his head low and was slowly shuffling toward him on his knees.

He presented the marriage contract with both hands.

"..." Judging by this display, Liu Xiangnan probably would not find peace unless he accepted it.

Chen Mu reached out and took the marriage contract, accepting it on Ye Qingcheng's behalf for now.

"Thank you, Young Master."

Just as Chen Mu had thought, once Liu Xiangnan saw him accept the marriage contract, his heart, which had been suspended high in the air, finally settled safely back into place.

"Now that the marriage contract has been returned, I won't disturb you any further, Young Master. I'll take my leave."

"Mm." Chen Mu waved a hand, letting Liu Xiangnan leave on his own.

The warm sunshine was just right today. It was another day he could spend lazing about, leisurely and carefree.

Why waste any more time on Liu Xiangnan?