"Then we truly can't thank you enough, Brother Li!" Mu Dafeng cried in delighted surprise. He hurried to his feet and bowed respectfully to Li Xiaoya. "Thank you for your immense kindness, Brother Li!" With that, he moved to kneel, while Mu Zhongfeng and Mu Xiaofeng hastily rose to kneel as well!
"Hey, hey!" Li Xiaoya quickly waved a hand, and all three found themselves unable to kneel. Half-serious and half-joking, he said, "You haven't even told me what happened yet! I haven't promised to help you!" Suddenly, he vaguely sensed something unusual about their auras. It seemed to be demonic qi. Could it be...?
"Ah!" The Wood Family Three Treasures exchanged glances, then turned to Li Xiaoya in unison, their faces full of hope. Mu Dafeng hurried forward and said, "Just as you said, Brother Li, the three of us-no, to be precise, our Mu Household-have run into trouble. We had no choice but to come ask for your help!"
"Oh! What happened?"
"Here's what happened!" Mu Dafeng quickly began, recounting everything in detail.
As it turned out...
After the Wood Family Three Treasures returned to the Mu Household, they were given important responsibilities, since all three were already Core Condensation Stage cultivators. Although they were unreliable in everything they did, their dao fortune was quite good, and they always managed to turn calamity into good fortune. After spending more than a hundred years making their way through the Cultivation World, they actually advanced to the golden core stage. When the Mu Household's Ancestor passed away, Mu Dafeng smoothly took over as family head. Since all three treasures were golden core stage cultivators by then, the Mu Household did not decline with the Ancestor's death. Unreliable though they were, with three golden core stage cultivators holding the fort, the