The old man's limp body collapsed to the ground like a puddle of sludge, and all the power between heaven and earth dissipated with it.
Everyone's eyes were filled with shock and disbelief!
A Nascent Soul expert could slaughter everyone in the Mu Household, yet he had died so unceremoniously?
"He was Jin Hao's personal guard. His cultivation was at the eighth level of Nascent Soul, putting him in the Nascent Soul late stage!"
Gu Yingluo covered her little mouth, utterly stunned.
As a core disciple of the Gold and Jade Sect, she knew this old man's strength all too well.
He was a guard personally appointed by the sect master, serving as Jin Hao's attendant in ordinary times and his Dao protector in times of danger.
His strength could certainly be called formidable!
Yet he had failed to withstand even a single move from that stranger?
Gu Yingluo couldn't help looking at Mu Yan. She knew this stranger was close to Brother Mu Yan. Could he be an expert Mu Yan had invited back?
"He just... died?"
Even the grand elder found it utterly unbelievable.
As the strongest person in the Mu Household, he himself was no different from an ant before a Nascent Soul Realm powerhouse.
The presence the man had unleashed just now had truly made him think the Mu Household would be washed in blood today!
Never in his wildest dreams had he imagined that a light pat on the crown of the man's head would turn him into a corpse!
Everyone in the Mu Household looked at Zhang Laosi again, their eyes involuntarily filling with deep fear.
So this stranger who hadn't said a word was the true expert?
Could he have already reached the Spirit Transformation Realm?
Mu Yan had gone from a useless cripple who couldn't cultivate to the exceptional genius he was now, possessing the formidable strength to kill Jin Hao instantly.
Could it all have been this man's handiwork?
The grand elder and the others held their breath in apprehension. What they had said earlier had undoubtedly offended Mu Yan beyond repair.
If they incurred this powerhouse's wrath as well, the Mu Household would only meet an even more miserable end!
Mu Kun and the others were so frightened that they fell silent as cicadas in winter, wishing they could dig a hole and bury themselves first.
Seeing the crisis resolved in an instant, Mu Lei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Yan'er, could this be the master you took while you were away?" Mu Lei asked with a chuckle.
His son knew such an incredible figure. It brought him honor too!
Before Mu Yan could explain Zhang Laosi's identity, Zhang Laosi himself said solemnly, "Don't speak nonsense! My status is lowly. How could I be mentioned in the same breath as the sect master? Compared to the sect master, I am merely a drop of water in the ocean!"
In his heart, the sect master was supreme and inviolable, his strength unfathomable.
Facing the sect master was like facing an entire great world, making one feel profoundly powerless and insignificant!
Mu Yan also smiled. "This is an outer sect elder of our sect. Why would my esteemed master come in person over such a trivial matter?"
After hearing the two of them, Mu Lei, Gu Yingluo, and the others were even more surprised.
Zhang Laosi was already so formidable, yet he wasn't Mu Yan's master?
And he was only an outer sect elder of Kunlun Holy Land?
At the mention of that sect master, even someone as powerful as Zhang Laosi trembled, his tone filled with reverence and admiration.
Everyone couldn't help wondering just what realm that sect master's cultivation had reached.
Could it be the Void Refinement Realm?
Or the Body Integration Realm?
Or perhaps the Mahayana Realm?
Mu Lei and Gu Yingluo were inwardly shaken. Just what kind of fortuitous opportunity had Mu Yan encountered outside to take someone so mysterious and powerful as his master?
After resolving the matter, Mu Yan held Gu Yingluo's little hand and told her firmly, "Yingluo, I've already been reborn anew. Come back to Kunlun Holy Land with me. The Gold and Jade Sect isn't worth staying in!"
"Yes! I'll do whatever Brother Mu Yan says!"
Gu Yingluo nodded without hesitation and happily agreed.
To her, anywhere was the same as long as she could be with Brother Mu Yan!
The Gold and Jade Sect was no longer a place for her!
Jin Hao was dead. Returning would only mean suffering all kinds of torment!
She might as well take this chance to fly away together with Brother Mu Yan!
Mu Yan brought her before his father, Mu Lei, and said, "Dad, come back to Kunlun Holy Land with me too. With my status, arranging a place for you in the sect definitely won't be a problem!"
Mu Lei hesitated a little.
This was the lineage he had lived among for decades, and he still had deep feelings for it.
But when he remembered how the lineage had ostracized his son to the point of wishing him dead, Mu Lei decisively agreed.
"Alas, there's nothing left in the Mu Household for me to miss. Your mother also died on a mission for the lineage ten years ago. Our family doesn't owe the lineage a thing!"
Mu Lei sighed.
As for the grand elder and the second elder, when Mu Yan looked at them, they trembled and nearly wet themselves in fright.
Fortunately, out of consideration for their shared bloodline, Mu Yan didn't take their lives. He merely had Zhang Laosi cripple the Dantians of those few people.
Now the grand elder, the second elder, Mu Kun, and the others who had shouted the loudest earlier had all become useless cripples!
"From today onward, enjoy the taste of being cripples yourselves!"
Mu Yan cast them a cold glance, then took Mu Lei and Gu Yingluo with him and followed Zhang Laosi back to Kunlun Holy Land.
"It's over! It's completely over!"
The grand elder, the second elder, Mu Kun, and the others slumped to the ground, their faces ashen. Their once-abundant spiritual power was now completely gone.
This plunged them into even greater despair than killing them outright would have!
They felt their lives had gone dark, but above all, they regretted not treating Mu Yan better.
If they had treated Mu Yan better, he wouldn't have left the lineage. Then their lineage could have produced a Nascent Soul expert, or even a Spirit Transformation expert, in the future!
At that point, wouldn't the Mu Household have become the strongest force among all the surrounding lineages?
Moreover, they wouldn't have fallen to the miserable fate of becoming cripples themselves!
Unfortunately, anything they said now was too late. Was there any use in regret?
"Brother... Mu Yan..."
Mu Tingting gazed dazedly in the direction Mu Yan had left, murmuring to herself, her eyes filled with loss and regret.
If she could, she so wanted to become the little tagalong behind Brother Mu Yan again, letting his broad palm stroke the top of her head.
Letting him dote on her like his own little sister.
Unfortunately, an opportunity had once been placed before her, and she hadn't cherished it.
Only after losing it had she been overwhelmed with regret!
Now, she could never again be the little girl by Mu Yan's side!
Having left the Mu Household, Mu Yan and the others had no mind to ponder their thoughts, because they had already arrived at the foot of Kunlun Holy Land's mountain.
Gu Yingluo and Mu Lei nearly lost their footing as soon as they landed.
Zhang Laosi was too fast. He had traveled hundreds of li in practically the blink of an eye.
What they didn't know was that Zhang Laosi had deliberately slowed down. Otherwise, with his True Immortal cultivation, covering ten thousand li in an instant would have been a trifling matter!
Mu Yan smiled at them. "Dad, Yingluo, welcome to Kunlun Holy Land. Are you mentally prepared to head up the mountain?"
After calming their excitement, Mu Lei and Gu Yingluo both felt puzzled.
Weren't they just heading up the mountain to enter Kunlun Holy Land? Did they really need to prepare themselves mentally?
Did they have to brace themselves as though facing a formidable enemy?