In the car.
After tossing the check out and closing the car window, Mu Jinyu didn't pay any more attention to the little interlude.
He asked Xu Qingya for some tissues and began wiping the lipstick marks off his face, glancing at Su Zijin and Mu Hongchen with a slightly complaining tone, "Mom, Aunt Mu, why did you join in the ruckus too?"
"It's just a bit of fun," Su Zijin said with a twinkle in her eye, and then her expression turned a bit sad, as if close to crying, "Don't you... dislike your mom?"
"Of course not..." Mu Jinyu felt helpless.
Mu Hongchen didn't speak, but she realized at this moment that her cheeks were slightly warm.
Having seen Mu Jinyu's female companions readily kissing him to spite that foolish dog Chen Hao, she thought it quite amusing. Considering it was just a peck on the cheek, she followed suit and kissed Mu Jinyu.
Now reflecting on it, Mu Hongchen felt quite awkward sitting in the car, uncertain of how Gu Xiyan and the others saw her.
After hearing Su Zijin's response, she also tried to appear composed, playfully saying with a laugh, "It's fun, right? Joining in the bustle. We've all been cooped up in Capital City without going out for a while. Isn't it much more enjoyable today, right?"
"Yes, it was pretty fun."
"That young man with the colorful hair just now, his expression was really amusing."
Mei Yinxue and the others also echoed with laughter.
Mu Hongchen turned to Jian Ruyan and said with regret, "It's a pity, if only that guy's favorite, Ruyan, had also kissed the Dragon Master, it probably would have made him even more distraught."
"Boring," Jian Ruyan glanced at Mu Hongchen and turned her head away, unwilling to join their company.
Mu Hongchen didn't feel embarrassed; she had known Jian Ruyan for over a year and understood her character. She figured that Jian Ruyan was probably feeling shy right now.
However, she wasn't foolish enough to continue teasing Jian Ruyan about it. Instead, she changed the subject, glossing over the embarrassing incident, and started chatting about other things with Gu Xiyan and the others.
Mu Jinyu didn't join in on the women's conversation and instead turned his head to look out the car window, drifting into a slight trance.
It had been almost half a year since he left Yinlong Mountain.
He wondered what changes had taken place on the mountain now.
His master, Mu Shao'ai, he also didn't know where he had gone or if he had returned to Yinlong Mountain.
That's right, Mu Jinyu's master, Mu Shao'ai, had not actually died.
When Xu Qingya's uncle came up the mountain to look for him, he was angry with his master and simply said the old man had passed away.
But actually, Mu Shao'ai went down the mountain on business three years ago and had not returned since. No one knew where he was, and there had been no news of him.
However, judging by Xiang Mantang's sweep of the country recently, it was likely that his master hadn't come back yet, probably gone to Kunlun Ruins, right?
Otherwise, Xiang Mantang's wanderings across the globe wouldn't have failed to find the old man.
As Mu Jinyu's thoughts wandered, the car drew ever closer to Yinlong Mountain!
And at this moment.
In Yinlong Mountain, within the valley where the Nine Dragons stood sentinel, where Mu Jinyu once stayed, a group of people were continuously throwing punches, trying to break a transparent protective shield that looked like an upside-down sea bowl.
Panting and gasping, they were all exhausted, but the transparent shield only trembled slightly and showed no signs of breaking.
"Damn it, I'm going to die of exhaustion. What kind of crappy formation is this that we can't break through?!"
Just then, a bearded man stopped and ceased pounding the protective shield formed by the Mountain Protection Array. He shook his somewhat swollen fists and began to complain.
As his complaints rang out, the others who were also desperately trying to break through the protective shield stopped their efforts and began to complain:
"Damn it, this thing is harder than a turtle's shell!"
"What the fuck, I've been hitting this for seven days and seven nights, and there's not even a sign that this damned formation is going to break!"
"Could it really be impossible to break through? What about the spiritual medicines inside?"
With these words,
Everyone couldn't help but look towards the secluded valley protected by the transparent shield with fiery eyes, especially the medicine field within it.
There were too many spiritual medicines they couldn't recognize, but some were more common and could be identified, such as the Thousand-year Ginseng, Vermilion Fruits, and the like.
These were medicines that could either hang life by a thread or enhance one's cultivation upon consumption.
How could they not be tempted and long to go in and get their hands on them?
This was the reason why this group of people had persisted for several days, bombarding the formation, trying to enter it.
These were martial artists from the Seven Great Martial Arts Families of Jiangnan Province.
Not long ago, after the danger of demons disappeared as reported from the Capital City, some bold individuals went out and gradually found spiritual medicines, prompting them to follow suit and search the vicinity, until the Wu Family found within the off-limits area of Yinlong Mountain, a medicine field filled with spiritual medicines, which made the Wu Family Member's eyes go wide on the spot.
The Wu Family originally planned to keep the find for themselves, but they eventually realized they couldn't break through the defensive shield no matter what.
The Wu Family Head figured it would be better to contact the other six families and divide the spiritual medicines among them rather than drag on and let the others discover the situation here, which would also earn them favors.
And they could take the lion's share when distributing the spiritual medicines.
Thus, the Wu Family eventually got in touch with people from the other six families to together attack the turtle shell-like Mountain Protection Array.
But after several days had passed, they still couldn't break through!
"Fuck it, I'm not hitting it anymore, let's wait for the people from the Medicine Alliance to come!"
The bearded man said, throwing down his hands.
"Yeah, I can't do this anymore, let's wait for the people from the Medicine Alliance to come and then see what to do!"
The Medicine Alliance was an organization in Jiangnan Province with a bit of fame, mostly consisting of pharmacists who spent their lives pursuing the Path of Alchemy to become Alchemists.
Of course, although they focused more on Alchemy, they didn't neglect martial arts, and with the recent changes in heaven and earth, leading to the revival of spiritual energy, many spiritual medicines had appeared in their territories.
Therefore, each of their strengths soared dramatically. Initially, the Alliance Hierarch of the Medicine Alliance was at the Complete Energy Transformation Stage, but now the Alliance Hierarch had reached the Half-Step Divine Realm.
Meanwhile, other Vice Alliance Hierarchs, Elders, and others, bolstered by piles of spiritual medicines, had also produced a considerable number of Energy Transformation Warriors!
So, after the seven families couldn't break through the shield yesterday, they finally decided to let the Medicine Alliance have a share of the pie as well.
"So you're all here, quite bold of you!"
At this moment, an old voice sounded.
They saw an elderly man with white hair and a youthful face slowly walking up the mountain path, supported by an extremely delicate and beautiful young girl, and he spoke in a heavy voice.
The people from the Seven Great Families turned their heads to look upon hearing the voice.
Seeing the elder, they breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Elder Yao, you've finally arrived!"
Elder Yao Liangbi's expression wasn't very pleasant as he said, "This is Divine Doctor Mu Shao'ai's territory; aren't you afraid that he will come back and make trouble for you?!"