RNP Chapter 168 The Imperial Capital: Mu Zhuoyun's Difficult Choice
Chapter 168 The Imperial Capital: Mu Zhuoyun's Difficult Choice
Chapter 168 Returning to the Capital: Mu Zhuoyun's Difficult Choice
Time flies, and half a year has passed since the training in the desolate city.
In the past six months, Jiang Han successfully collected enough system points to exchange for the Nether Flood Dragon bloodline for the Undead Giant Lizard Pseudo-Dragon. After absorbing the Nether Flood Dragon bloodline, the Undead Giant Lizard Pseudo-Dragon's strength reached the Grand Commander level, while the previous Earth-type Giant Undead Lizard also advanced to the Commander-level Giant Lizard Pseudo-Dragon with the help of the diluted Nether Flood Dragon bloodline.
In the past six months, in addition to successfully breaking through to the high level of the lightning element, the seven star points of the initial level of the fire and lightning elements have also been strengthened to the fourth level. The summoning and necromancy elements have reached the second level of the intermediate level, while the space element has only been cultivated to the third level of the initial level. In order to improve his cultivation, Jiang Han has used up all the system points he obtained by killing demons.
Gazing at the giant rhinoceros with flat horns that had been slaughtered in the canyon below, Jiang Han stood on the back of the giant lizard pseudo-dragon and murmured, "After wandering outside the Anjie for so long, it's time to go back and take a look."
As he spoke, Jiang Han sat cross-legged on the back of the giant lizard pseudo-dragon, his mind forming a rope around the dragon's neck. Finally, he inscribed a light blue spiritual mark on the dragon's forehead. This was the only way Jiang Han could forcibly form a contract with the giant lizard pseudo-dragon without encountering resistance. If it were any other dimensional creature, it would definitely suffer a backlash.
After being killed by Jiang Han, the giant lizard pseudo-dragon was transformed into an undead using the Undead Purgatory, and completely obeyed any of Jiang Han's orders.
The moon-white star trails appeared in front of Jiang Han, tearing open a rift to the dimensional space. Jiang Han gave the undead giant lizard pseudo-dragon a command through his mind, instructing it to lead its undead lizard skull giant and giant undead lizard into the dimensional space.
After sending the entire undead lizard-headed giant monster race into the dimensional space, Jiang Han embarked on his journey back to the capital.
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In a manor in the capital, Mu Ningxue was watering the various flowers in the garden with a watering can.
"Did he really die in Jinlin Wasteland? He clearly promised to come back for me, so why did he break his promise?"
As Mu Ningxue thought about it, two clear tears unconsciously streamed down her face. She didn't even notice that the water from watering the flowers had gathered into a small puddle at her feet.
Just as Mu Ningxue was lost in her memories, Mu Zhuoyun, whose face looked slightly aged, walked in from outside the manor. He was accompanied by two men. The younger man wore a silver necklace, while the middle-aged man next to him had his hair combed back to reveal a shiny forehead. Both of them wore luxurious clothes and were adorned with many accessories, including jade pendants, gold rings, and even two precious magical artifacts.
"Ningxue, I brought your Uncle Zhou and his son Youhong to visit you today. Don't stay in the manor all day, at least go out for a walk," Mu Zhuoyun said after seeing Mu Ningxue in the garden.
Upon noticing that an outsider had entered the manor, Mu Ningxue exuded a chill that froze the two clear tears at the corners of her eyes into ice beads. The crystal-clear ice beads fell into the blue roses in the garden as Mu Ningxue turned around.
Mu Ningxue looked at Mu Zhuoyun as he approached and said calmly, "There's nothing to do at school, so cultivating at home is just as good."
Mu Zhuoyun came to Mu Ningxue and earnestly advised her: "Ningxue, you must know that the dead cannot be brought back to life. Jiang Han saved you, but you can't live in the past forever. Our branch was already torn apart because of the Bocheng disaster. If we don't seize other opportunities, we will never be able to gain a foothold in the Mu family in the capital."
Mu Zhuoyun's implication was that Mu Ningxue should try to make contact with other people, saying that she couldn't gain a foothold in the Mu family in the capital.
After the disaster in Bocheng, Mu Zhuoyun led his branch of the Mu clan to migrate to the capital. However, this was the territory of the main branch, and they were living under someone else's roof. If it weren't for Mu Qinghan's care for Mu Ningxue, it would have been impossible for their branch to gain a foothold in the capital.
Besides their similar personalities, Mu Qinghan took care of Mu Ningxue because of Mu Ningxue's mother.
Mu Ningxue's mother was quite talented among the collateral branches, so she was taken to the capital for training. However, because she was not a direct descendant, she was implanted with fragments of the Ice Crystal Bow by some people in the main branch and became a bow slave to nurture the demonic bow.
If it weren't for the chance encounter with Mu Ningxue's mother, who was suffering from the torment of the Ice Nightmare, Mu Qinghan would never have known that his family members could do such cruel things. Perhaps it was because she saw that Mu Qinghan was different from the other direct descendants that Mu Ningxue's mother asked Mu Qinghan to take care of her future child.
After that incident, Mu Qinghan became even more resentful of her family's arrangements, and in the end, she simply ran away from her arranged marriage with Jiang Kun and hid in Bocheng, where she gave birth to Jiang Han.
The middle-aged man and his son that Mu Zhuoyun brought today were mainly hoping to use Mu Ningxue to help him achieve a cooperation. He was currently in the capital trying to negotiate the acquisition of the alien bone with major shopping malls, but he didn't have many connections in the capital. The middle-aged man surnamed Zhou knew many high-level executives in the shopping malls. If he could get in touch with the executives of the major shopping malls through him, Mu Zhuoyun was confident that he could ensure that his family had a business to maintain their daily expenses.
Mu Zhuoyun was the head of his family in Bocheng, but after arriving in the capital, he became a subordinate whom the main branch could order around at will. He didn't want to continue living that kind of dependent life, so he thought of using the little money he had left to do some business, recover his strength as soon as possible, and leave this place with his clan.
"Ning Xue, look, You Hong is about your age. Why don't you two wander around here?" Mu Zhuoyun said with a smile.
"Whatever," Mu Ningxue said casually, and continued watering the flowers in the garden.
"Mr. Mu, your daughter doesn't seem very welcoming to us," the middle-aged man surnamed Zhou said, turning to look at Mu Zhuoyun.
"That's just Ning Xue's personality, Mr. Zhou, I hope you'll understand," Mu Zhuoyun said somewhat awkwardly.
"Dad, Ning Xue treats everyone like this at school, please don't blame her," Zhou Youhong quickly interjected.
The middle-aged man surnamed Zhou snorted coldly and was about to walk towards the villa in the manor. If it weren't for his son's interest in that young girl, he wouldn't have agreed to Mu Zhuoyun's request to come and discuss cooperation. If Mu Zhuoyun didn't agree to the conditions later, well...
"Xiaoling, go and get my best tea leaves to brew for Mr. Zhou." As soon as Mu Zhuoyun and the middle-aged man surnamed Zhou entered the villa, Mu Zhuoyun instructed the maid to brew tea for the guests.
"Forget about making tea, just tell me why you called me here," the middle-aged man surnamed Zhou said, waving his hand as he sat on the sofa.
"Mr. Zhou, as you know, I'm in the business of bone grafts. And since you have such a wide network of connections, I'd like to ask you to help introduce me to the presidents of major department stores in the capital for tea or a meal, and to discuss the possibility of a full-channel acquisition," Mu Zhuoyun said with a smile.
"Why don't you talk to someone from your Mu clan about this? Aren't many of the demon sections at auctions in the capital marked with your Mu clan's name? What good will it do you to come to me?" Mr. Zhou said, raising an eyebrow.
"This..." Mu Zhuoyun didn't know how to answer for a moment.
It's true that the Mu family has invested in many auctions in the capital, but those are aristocratic families, and have nothing to do with a collateral family like his. If I had connections in an aristocratic family, would I need to seek out you, Zhou Yongshan?
Mr. Zhou glanced at Mu Zhuoyun and said calmly, "Brother Zhuoyun, I know your difficulties, but although our Zhou family has some influence in the capital, we can't let strangers be exempt from the rules of aristocratic families, can we?"
"My son, Youhong, is also deeply in love with your daughter, Mu Ningxue. If they could get married, we would be in-laws. If you're in trouble, I would definitely do my best to mobilize family resources to help you, wouldn't I?"
Mu Zhuoyun wanted to develop his family, but he didn't want his daughter to be a sacrifice for interests. However, if he didn't agree to Mr. Zhou's demands, his family would be forever dependent on others and live a life of being at their mercy.
P.S.: This chapter was posted last night, at the same time today.
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