Mu Jinyu ultimately bid farewell to Xie Chenkun, similarly leaving him some resources to compensate the disciples and elders who died or were injured in battle.
Then, he took Jian Ruyan and Wen Rou, and headed to the former Blood Sword Sect site, now the location of Mingyue Valley's mountain gate.
Arriving at the rebuilt Mingyue Valley.
Mu Jinyu stood outside the mountain gate, feeling a mix of emotions.
As for the disciples guarding the mountain gate, perhaps they were the sisters Ji Li had found, they did not recognize Mu Jinyu and questioned, "Who are you, and what is your purpose at Mingyue Valley?"
Mu Jinyu was not annoyed and smiled faintly, saying, "Please inform them that Mu Jinyu from the Heavenly Sword Faction has come to return Mingyue Valley's secret manuals."
"Ah?" The two female disciples were stunned upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, then looked at him with suspicion and exclaimed, "Are you Senior Brother Mu?"
Mu Jinyu's reputation in the Four Sects of Yan Kingdom was already well known, and after ranking third on the National Guard List, he was even more renowned, known by everyone.
Therefore, although they had not met Mu Jinyu, they knew he was the genius ranked first on the Four Sects' Genius Ranking and a great benefactor who helped rebuild their Mingyue Valley.
The two female disciples looked at Mu Jinyu with suspicion and then thought, a handsome young man in his twenties, accompanied by two stunning beauties, indeed resembled the description Sister Ji mentioned.
Hence, they dared not block him too much and quickly said, "Please wait a moment, Senior Brother Mu, we will fetch the Sect Leader to greet you."
After speaking, one stayed behind to accompany the three, while the other hurriedly went into Mingyue Valley to pass on the news.
They spoke politely, but in fact, they went to let the elders and Ji Li appear and verify whether this Mu Jinyu was genuine. If he dared to impersonate, he'd be slain without mercy!
They couldn't hide their intentions from Mu Jinyu.
He smiled and indifferently waited for a moment.
Soon, within minutes, Ji Li and the original Heavenly Sword Faction elder, now an elder of Mingyue Valley, hurriedly came out from the mountain gate.
"Young master, you have finally emerged from seclusion."
Ji Li saw Mu Jinyu appear, her face lit up with joy and excitement.
Like a little girl seeing her beloved toy.
Mu Jinyu nodded, greeted Ji Li and several elders, then led Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan into Mingyue Valley.
"He really is Senior Brother Mu."
A little breathless, the female disciple who ran back and forth watched as Mu Jinyu and others disappeared from view, involuntarily sighing.
The other female disciple who stayed with Mu Jinyu earlier had eyes filled with admiration, speaking softly, "Senior Brother Mu is really handsome. I wish I was the one saved by him back then."
"Come on, you really think the Sect Leader was saved by Senior Brother Mu just because he would intervene for justice? They already had ties. If it were you who met him back then, Senior Brother Mu might save you and leave, but he wouldn't bring you back to the Heavenly Sword Faction!"
"Humph, knowing it's impossible, can't I even dream a little..."
...
Mu Jinyu followed Ji Li to the Sect Leader's secret chamber in Mingyue Valley, and after letting the elders leave, took out the organized secret manuals and handed them to Ji Li.
"These secret manuals should mostly belong to Mingyue Valley; there might be some missing ones I mistakenly took as those of Liuyun Sect. Check them again, and if you are unsure, you can discuss them with your sisters to see which ones are missing."
Ji Li, as a disciple of Mingyue Valley and an Inner Sect Disciple, might have been accepted as a disciple by the core elders to become a Core Disciple. If she were a Core Disciple, she likely visited the first three layers of Mingyue Valley's Scripture Pavilion.
If she had visited the first three layers of the Scripture Pavilion, she would probably have checked every layer's secret manuals, looking for those suitable for herself.
So, when Mu Jinyu handed her these secret manuals, a cultivator's memory wouldn't be too poor; if any manuals were missing, she would naturally recall which ones were absent.
This way, Mu Jinyu could also find the missing ones and return them to her.
As for the fourth layer's secret manuals, Mu Jinyu didn't know if any elders from Mingyue Valley were still alive, so he just picked out those he thought might be Mingyue Valley's and handed them to Ji Li.
Anyway, the quality grade of these manuals seemed similar, so he temporarily ignored them.
If Ji Li consulted the records in the future and found discrepancies in the Earth Rank manuals, he could return them later.
Ji Li deeply trusted Mu Jinyu, knowing he wouldn't deliberately swap Mingyue Valley's secret manuals. If he had such intentions, why would he need to take out these manuals to aid in the reconstruction of Mingyue Valley?
Nonetheless, trust is trust; since Mu Jinyu allowed her to carefully compare the correctness of the manuals, she would naturally strive to correctly restore Mingyue Valley's secret manuals.
Thus, Ji Li did not say much but began checking them one by one.
"Young master, see if you have Yuanyang Technique, Taiqing Moonshadow Technique, Hua Shuang Shadow Moon over there..."
After spending more than half a shichen, Ji Li completed her examination and listed a series of manuals, then queried Mu Jinyu.
While speaking, she took out dozens of manuals, adding, "These are not our Mingyue Valley's secret manuals."
Among these, some were longstanding secret manuals of Liuyun Sect, others were obtained in ruins, and the latter's manuals were actually superior to those of Mingyue Valley.
Yet, when Ji Li took them out, there was no sign of reluctance.
In her mind, regardless of how good these manuals were, if Mu Jinyu didn't give them to her, she wouldn't think of secretly keeping them.
She felt it was enough to preserve the inheritance of Mingyue Valley with Mu Jinyu's help, without indulging in greed.
"Let me see."
Mu Jinyu responded, and without taking the dozens of manuals, he used Divine Sense to probe into a storage bag and quickly found the manuals Ji Li mentioned.
In this situation, Mu Jinyu never doubted that Ji Li was deceiving him. After all, whether they were longstanding manuals of Liuyun Sect or those obtained from ruins, how could Ji Li know them so clearly?
Before Mingyue Valley's demise, Liuyun Sect was merely a small sect, and as disciples of the Four Great Sects, why would they pay attention to the secret manuals of a small sect?
Only Mingyue Valley's secret manuals would Ji Li know so thoroughly.
Mu Jinyu took out these manuals and returned them to Ji Li, without taking the ones Ji Li offered back, saying, "These manuals are quite suitable for Mingyue Valley; just keep them."
"How can this be alright?" Ji Li was startled by his words and refused hurriedly.
Finally, under Mu Jinyu's persuasion, she chose to have these dozens of manuals copied and stored in Mingyue Valley's Scripture Pavilion.
The original manuals were returned to Mu Jinyu.
As for the Earth Rank manuals on the top floor of the Scripture Pavilion, Ji Li indeed wasn't clear about them, though she felt it wasn't crucial to differentiate them so precisely; it seemed close enough.
Mu Jinyu advised her that if she remembered any irregularities in the Earth Rank manuals later, she could find him to rectify them.
After that, Mu Jinyu bid farewell to Ji Li and, accompanied by Jian Ruyan and Wen Rou, embarked on the journey to the Imperial Capital!