"Young Master, time to get up..."
In the early morning, Qing Lin, with her hands on her slender waist and her delicate face, looked at Mo Yu resting on the bed and called out softly.
At Qing Lin's call, Mo Yu slowly opened his eyes, his eyelids drooping, and he lazily sat up. He looked at the gentle and soft-spoken Qing Lin beside him with a wry smile. Since his Rebirth, it was his first time enjoying the treatment of a personal maid.
Under Qing Lin's soft and tender small hands, he quickly put on his clothes.
"Young Master, you mustn't blame Qing Lin for disturbing your good dreams. Just now, the Ye Family sent over the things you needed," Qing Lin, with her charming and petite body, leaned close to Mo Yu, saying sweetly and gently while helping him dress.
"Cough..." It was early morning, just after waking up, the time when a man's desires were at their peak. Although Qing Lin was only thirteen or fourteen, perhaps due to her human-snake Bloodline, her petite and exquisite body was well-proportioned, with curves where they should be and slenderness where it should be. All of these were fatal temptations for those with certain peculiar preferences.
Although Mo Yu didn't have such preferences, at times like these, an impulse would always surge in his heart. Fortunately, he quickly suppressed that impulse.
Qing Lin's tender small hands served Mo Yu to his utmost satisfaction. Stretching lazily, he chuckled playfully, "This is truly the life of a Young Master. If I were to lack such a thoughtful person by my side in the future, wouldn't I have to go back to my old life?"
Upon hearing this, Qing Lin's heart sweetened slightly. After their brief time together, her relationship with Mo Yu had grown increasingly familiar. And due to Mo Yu's life-saving grace, Qing Lin was extremely willing to serve him in this way.
"Young Master, have you sent the letter you wrote to Clan Chief Xiao Ding and the others? That way, I can always stay by your side," Qing Lin said in a low voice, smoothing out the wrinkles on Mo Yu's sleeve with her small hand.
"It's sent. Last night, I personally wrote a letter and gave it to the Ye Family, asking them to deliver it personally to the person in charge of the Mo Tie Mercenary Group in Stone Desert City. Don't worry, I believe Cousin Xiao Ding and the others will receive it soon," Mo Yu said with a gentle smile, rubbing Qing Lin's head.
In fact, Mo Yu never intended for Qing Lin to be his personal maid. Firstly, Qing Lin's talent was exceptionally high, and it would be a great waste for her to be a maid. Secondly, his future journey would be too dangerous, making it extremely inconvenient to bring Qing Lin along.
If possible, Mo Yu still hoped that Qing Lin would join the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, just like in the original story.
The Heavenly Serpent Mansion was considered a very powerful force in the Northwest Continent. In the original story, Qing Lin grew into a Dou Zun there, so it can be said that their Cultivation resources should be very abundant.
Furthermore, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion bore no ill will towards Qing Lin and even trained her as an inheritor. Unfortunately, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion actively sought out Qing Lin. Even if Mo Yu wanted to hand Qing Lin over to the Heavenly Serpent Mansion now, he had no clue how to do so.
Because of this, Mo Yu could only keep Qing Lin by his side for now. As for whether the Heavenly Serpent Mansion would come looking for her in the future, he could only leave it to fate.
After getting dressed, Mo Yu and Qing Lin went to the front hall.
His current place of residence was naturally still the Mo Family's former residence. However, after the Mo Family was destroyed, this place had been occupied by the Ye Family. The various forces, big and small, in Yan City, who had witnessed the conflict that day, naturally had no objections to this.
"Sir, all the magic cores you requested have been stored in this storage ring."
Upon arriving at the front hall, Ye Zhen was respectfully standing there. He then bowed to Mo Yu and presented a light red storage ring.
Taking the storage ring, Mo Yu's Soul Power probed into it. He found that the Mo Family, perhaps due to their research on Demonic Beast limbs, indeed had many magic cores.
There was one fourth-order magic core, which Mo Yu had seen last time. In addition, there were ten dazzling third-order magic cores and dozens of second-order magic cores.
The combined value of these magic cores would probably be no less than three to four million gold coins.
If he were to absorb all these magic cores, it could at least increase his strength by three to four stars.
Nodding in satisfaction, Mo Yu replied to Ye Zhen, "Thank Clan Chief Ye for me. The remaining items in the Mo Family's treasure vault will all be handled by your Family."
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, Sir."
Many of the Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills in the Mo Family's treasure vault were extremely valuable to their Ye Family. These were the foundation for the rise of a Family. Now that Mo Yu had handed all these items over to their Ye Family, it was a great kindness.
Mo Yu waved his hand dismissively. Low-level Cultivation Techniques and Dou Skills were useless to him; magic cores were much more practical.
Moreover, the pair of golden Beast Spirit eyes he obtained from the treasure vault were truly priceless treasures. Even the 'Po Shan Arm' of the fifth-order Demonic Beast, which was hailed as the Mo Family's supreme treasure, was trash compared to them.
Mo Yu planned to decide how to use the pair of golden Beast Spirit eyes after Purple Fire Breakthrough to fifth-order and gained intelligence.
After Ye Zhen left, Mo Yu looked at the storage ring in his hand. He had been planning for over a month to eliminate the Mo Family, and now that the task was complete, it was time to Breakthrough his strength. After all, the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire of the Mu Lan Empire was still waiting for him.
After giving a few instructions to Qing Lin, Mo Yu entered his room and began several days of secluded Cultivation.
...
During Mo Yu's secluded Cultivation, the news of the Mo Family's demise, after several days of fermentation, spread throughout every corner of the Jia Ma Empire in a super shocking manner.
As the foremost, and even the first, Family in the eastern part of the Empire, the Mo Family was undoubtedly a huge force that no one dared to provoke. However, such a force, after being abandoned by the Cloud Mist Sect, was actually forcefully annihilated by a young man in alliance with the Ye Family of the Four Great Families, which undoubtedly attracted much attention and discussion.
Mo Yu's reputation also soared like a rocket. People believed that the methods and wisdom of this Genius young man, who was less than twenty years old, undoubtedly surpassed the younger generation of the Empire. Even the many second-generation members of the various Great Families in the Imperial Capital expressed strong interest in Mo Yu.
While Mo Yu's deeds were being discussed throughout the Jia Ma Empire, two other places were also discussing the young man.
Stone Desert City, south of the city, within the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
In a spacious hall, a white-robed young man was seated at the head. In his hand, he held a letter, and he was quietly reading its contents.
"Big Brother, what did Cousin Mo Yu write?"
In the empty hall, a voice suddenly rang out. Below the white-robed young man sat a black-robed young man with a resolute face, who was Xiao Yan, who had been separated from Mo Yu for over half a year.
The identity of the white-robed young man was also obvious: he was Xiao Ding, the eldest son of the Xiao Family Patriarch.
"Haha, it's all over the outside world, saying that little Yu destroyed the Mo Family. As expected of my xiao family double dragons! I never realized how awesome little Yu was before," next to Xiao Yan, there was another young man who bore some resemblance to him, dressed in mercenary robes. At this moment, the man was laughing heartily.
"Second Brother, I can't be as formidable as Cousin Mo Yu," Xiao Yan said with a wry smile, waving his hand upon hearing the mercenary-robed man's praise.
Since separating from Mo Yu, Xiao Yan had come to Cultivate in the northern part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. There, with the guidance of Old Yao, his Cultivation speed was not slow, far surpassing most of his peers.
But for some reason, Xiao Yan always vaguely felt that he had missed something.
After leaving the northern part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, he came to the Tagor Desert to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame under Old Yao's guidance, and reunited with his two older brothers.
And he hadn't been in the Mo Tie Mercenary Group for long when he heard the shocking news: Mo Yu had actually allied with the Ye Family to destroy the number one Family in the east.
"Little Yanzi, don't be modest. Your Second Brother and I are very clear about your potential. However, little Yu's actions are indeed astonishing!"
Xiao Ding, who had finished reading the letter at some point, had an unresolvable shock flash through his usually shrewd and cunning eyes.
Back in the Xiao Family, Mo Yu was not well-known for either his status or his talent. Who would have thought that years after they left home, that once obscure young man would accomplish such a great feat?
The Mo Family, a Family several times stronger than the Xiao Family, was utterly destroyed by the young man's hands. It was simply unheard of.
One can imagine the immense shock this news would cause when it spread throughout the entire Empire, and eventually reached the small city of Wutan City.
For Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who hadn't returned to their Family for several years, the image of that naive figure in their deep impressions slowly began to blur, while an image of a powerful and wise Xiao Family Dragon was carved into their hearts.
"Oh? Qing Lin was actually kidnapped by the Mo Family? Little Yu destroyed the Mo Family and rescued Qing Lin as well. The little girl is now serving as little Yu's personal maid," Xiao Li said in surprise, taking the letter from Xiao Ding's hand and quickly scanning it.
"Yes, Qing Lin seems to have a big secret, which caught the attention of the Mo Family. Now that she's been rescued by little Yu, I'm relieved. Let Qing Lin follow little Yu as his personal maid from now on," Xiao Ding said with a smile.
Xiao Yan, being new, did not know the Qing Lin that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were talking about, so he could only listen silently from the side.
"Little Yanzi, little Yu also mentioned you in his letter. He has a lot of confidence in you, haha. The xiao family double dragons, little Yu has already shown his sharp edge, and I believe you won't be far behind," Xiao Ding said, patting Xiao Yan's shoulder and laughing heartily.
At the same time, Xiao Li also laughed, "Little Yu is indeed of my Xiao Family's Bloodline, haha. To celebrate little Yu getting his great revenge, we must drink until we drop tonight!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ding and Xiao Yan naturally both raised their hands in agreement.
And in Xiao Yan's heart, he secretly made a resolution: Mo Yu's pace was accelerating, and he couldn't be too slow either.
...
Yun Lan Mountain, Cloud Mist Sect.
On the peak of Cloud Mist Sect's back mountain, clouds and mist swirled, like a fairyland.
On a protruding black rock at the edge of the cliff, a noble woman dressed in a golden brocade robe with purple trim was forming Cultivation hand seals. Faint green Qi streams permeated the rich energy in the surrounding air, swirling around her body, then continuously being absorbed into her body for refinement and storage...
As the last wisp of green Qi was absorbed into her body, she slowly opened her eyes. A trace of green light, containing a terrifying aura, flashed through them. Her pitch-black hair, three thousand strands of it, instantly moved without wind, gently fluttering.
"Have you been to the Mo Family?"
After finishing her Cultivation, the woman slowly opened her eyes and spoke to the moon-white robed woman who had appeared behind her at some unknown time.
This woman was Yun Yun, who had been separated from Mo Yu for several months, and standing behind her was Nalan Yanran, who had returned from the Mo Family these past few days.
At this moment, Nalan Yanran's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and she looked at her Master with a complicated expression. Her trip to the Mo Family had unexpectedly uncovered such a huge secret.
"Yes, Disciple did go to the Mo Family, but before Disciple left, the Mo Family no longer existed," Nalan Yanran said.
"What?" Upon hearing the news of the Mo Family's destruction, Yun Yun immediately stood up, her usually beautiful and serene face suddenly changing. The gentle breeze that came her way caused the golden brocade robe with purple trim to cling tightly to her exquisite and charming body, highlighting her curves and making her extremely alluring.
The Mo Family was destroyed? So suddenly. Who did it? Could it be him? But how did the young man do it?
Yun Yun had been in secluded Cultivation these days, so she was unaware of the outside information. While the Mo Family's destruction was a major event to ordinary people, it was merely an unremarkable ripple to the Cloud Mist Sect, so no one disturbed the Sect Master's Cultivation for such a small matter.
Therefore, hearing the firsthand news from Nalan Yanran brought Yun Yun a considerable surprise, because the Mo Family's demise was very likely related to the young man she had been thinking of deep in her heart.
It was then that Yun Yun realized her Disciple was still by her side. Slowly retracting her complex thoughts, she said as if unconcerned, "How was the Mo Family destroyed?"
Although Yun Yun concealed it very quickly, Nalan Yanran, who was constantly observing her Master's reaction, keenly noticed the sudden change in the latter's aura when she heard about the Mo Family's destruction.
She smiled bitterly in her heart. In the Jia Ma Empire, those who were interested in her Master could practically line up from the Imperial Capital to Yun Lan Mountain. Not to mention others, even Pill King Gu He admired her Master.
What puzzled her was that her Master, who had always shown no interest in men, had actually fallen in love with a young man roughly her own age?
However, as a Disciple, Nalan Yanran couldn't say much, so she could only slowly narrate what had happened at the Mo Family...
As Nalan Yanran recounted the events, Yun Yun's serene and beautiful face slowly began to show emotion. The Mo Family's destruction was indeed related to Mo Yu.
It had only been a few months since their parting in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, feeling as if it were yesterday, yet the young man now possessed the strength to destroy the Mo Family. Even if he leveraged the Ye Family's power, he ultimately achieved it.
Thinking of the five-year Dou Huang pact the young man had sworn in the cave, Yun Yun's jade hands couldn't help but tighten. This was something utterly impossible for others, but for the young man, it seemed to be merely a small goal.
"Mo Yu, I'll wait for the day you Breakthrough to Dou Huang..." Yun Yun murmured inaudibly, gazing at the distant horizon.