"Sis, you spend all day running around handling the shops. Aren't you going to give yourself a little vacation and get some proper rest?"
Just before heading out, Chen Mu asked Chen Juexin, "Want to come with us to the Carefree Bamboo Grove for some fun?"
"I'll pass. Besides, Li Xuanyuan is your adoptive father, not mine. He might not welcome me. He'd probably resent me for interrupting your private little world for two."
A private world for two??
Seeing the sly grin on Chen Juexin's face, Chen Mu knew she was doing it on purpose.
He saw through her but chose not to call her out. "All right. Since you don't want to go, Sis, I won't force you."
Then he went outside with Ye Qingcheng to see Chen Juexin off.
At the same time, he opened the system map, quickly filtered the locations, and locked onto the Carefree Bamboo Grove.
The Carefree Bamboo Grove was outside the Southern Region, so he had to zoom the map out farther.
He was just about to use his Space Saint Body to open a spatial gate and teleport.
Then Chen Mu noticed the large redwood treasure chests being carried past him, one after another, each requiring several people.
Curious, he asked, "Sis, who's getting married?"
"Married? Nobody's getting married." Chen Juexin did not understand why Chen Mu would ask that.
She followed his gaze.
When her eyes landed on the treasure chests adorned with large red silk bows, she smiled. "You've misunderstood. These aren't betrothal gifts. They're apologies from the Southern Region's hundred sects for arriving so late."
"And thanks to the Tianyuan Holy Land for defeating the foreign enemies and keeping the Southern Region safe."
"Protection money?" Chen Mu chuckled. "Why are they making our Tianyuan Holy Land look like