While Lin Hao was looking for Gubencao in major pharmacies in Tianhai, Mu Zhijian, who was far away at the foot of Shimen Mountain in Hongling City, also set out.

Mu Qiong and Mu Yao were in a particularly excited mood today. They each carried a small bamboo shoot on their backs and followed Mu Zhijian into the depths of the dense stone forest.

Along the way, the two sisters chatted non-stop, discussing the scene when they first met Lin Hao in Shimen Mountain.

"My brother is so handsome. I wonder if he is married!"

"Yes, my brother is so strong. He can defeat hundreds of people by himself. I wonder if he has a girlfriend!"

"If not, I really want to confess to him."

"I want to propose to him. Do you think any girl proposes to a man?"

"No! Is he your brother-in-law?"

"I don't care, he is your brother-in-law, you can't rob me!"

"How could you do this? I don't want your sister anymore..."

The two sisters had a good chat at first, but then they started to argue, and neither one gave in to the other.

Seeing this scene, Mu Zhijian shook his head helplessly and sighed heavily: "Don't fight anymore. For such an outstanding person as my benefactor, neither of you are worthy of him."

Mu Qiong and Mu Yao were both stunned.

They suddenly stopped, looked at Mu Zhijian and asked, "Why? Am I not beautiful?"

"I can be very good and obedient, and my brother will definitely like me."

Mu Zhijian smiled bitterly and said: "If my benefactor can really like one of you, then I will definitely be happy to ask for it. Unfortunately, the gap between you is too big, and you are destined to never be together."

The two sisters still didn't understand. They looked at their father with longing eyes, waiting for him to continue.

"My benefactor is a strong man in martial arts. Not only did he destroy the martial arts sect, but even the young men of the first-class families in the provincial capital trembled in fear in front of him. He must be a big shot.

What kind of woman do you think is worthy of a big man like my benefactor? Is it a peasant girl like you? A girl picking herbs who wanders around in the mountains every day?

Not only are you unworthy of his benefactor, I'm afraid you are not even qualified to be his friend, because you are not on the same level at all, and the gap between you is too big!"

After listening to Mu Zhijian's words, both Mu Qiong and Mu Yao fell silent.

They all understand the principle that birds of a feather flock together and people are divided into groups. In ancient times, it was not entirely unreasonable to pay attention to well-matched families. Only people with the same energy will attract each other.

The levels and differences between people are too great, and it is destined to be impossible for them to be together.

Although in an open modern society, there are many examples of Cinderella marrying into a wealthy family, these are usually based on the woman's youth and beauty.

Moreover, apart from material satisfaction, the woman's life after marriage is often unsatisfactory in other aspects. Because she comes from a humble background, she is essentially looked down upon by her husband's family and her husband, and her status in the family is not much higher than that of a servant.

After experiencing the ravages of time and becoming old and yellow, you will lose all value and you will be destined to be discarded like a piece of shit.

Therefore, communication and interaction between people must be based on reciprocity, at least there should not be too big a gap.

Just like a person moving bricks at a construction site, the friends around him are either couriers or waiters. Anyway, they are poor people at the same level.

As for a business tycoon, most of the people he comes into contact with are company CEOs or high-level officials.

Without equal strength, you simply cannot enter their circle.

This is an eternal truth!

Mu Qiong and Mu Yao are really too young and too innocent.

At first, they thought things were very simple, thinking that they could be together if they were in love. As long as they were sure that the other person was still single, they would confess their feelings without hesitation.

Mu Zhijian poured cold water on their heads and also made them understand a lot of truth.

However, they did not feel downcast because of this. They were just silent for a while, with smiles still on their faces.

"It doesn't matter, we can work hard and become as powerful as my brother!"

"Yes, we are all still young. We will definitely have the opportunity to become as strong as my brother. Then we will be worthy of him..."

The father and daughter continued to travel deep into the mountains, looking for traces of Gubencao.

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At the same time, among the ruins in Qingyun.

Several men and women wearing robes and long hair and crowns were searching everywhere, and everyone exuded the aura of a warrior.

Among them was a woman wearing a Xingsha Luo skirt and a black bamboo hat on her head.

A layer of tulle was covered around the bamboo hat, completely covering her face. Her appearance and expression were completely invisible from the outside.

Her figure remained motionless, standing on the broken high platform in front of the ruins of the Qingyun Sect's main hall.

After the other men and women searched around, they walked up to the woman and reported to her one after another.

"Mrs. Sikong, we only found the body of Junior Brother Pi, but we didn't find where Junior Brother Feng is."

"There are also the head of the Qingyun Sect, the elders of the four halls, and countless Qingyun Sect disciples. They are all dead."

"According to my observation, there must have been a big battle in the Qingyun Sect, or a duel between two strong men from the Wuzong."

"Based on the traces at the scene, it is speculated that the battle should have occurred before Junior Brother Feng and Junior Brother Pi arrived. When Junior Brother Feng and Junior Brother Pi came out of Tianyin Sect, Qingyun Sect should have been destroyed..."

After hearing everyone's discussion, the woman named Mrs. Sikong said in a hoarse voice: "Since the Qingyun Sect has been destroyed long ago, who was Piqiu killed? Where did Feng'er go?"

The rest of the people looked at me, and I looked at you, with expressions that were hesitant to speak.

Mrs. Sikong said coldly: "I know what you are thinking, but I believe that it is absolutely impossible for Feng'er to kill Pichu. There must be a hidden secret in this."

Mrs. Sikong's status is obviously much higher than others, so even if others don't agree with what she says, they don't dare to refute it.

When the Qingyun Sect was attacked by enemies before, they sent people to Tianyin Gate to report the news, and also said that the person who attacked Qingyun Zhong was the one who stole the Demon Suppressing Stone.

The head of the Tianyin Sect is still frightened by the scene that happened on Cangnan Mountain five years ago.

To be on the safe side, he did not send anyone to rescue immediately. Instead, he sent two disciples to check the situation after a day.

But several days passed, and the two disciples never returned to Tianyin Sect. One of them was Mrs. Sikong's beloved disciple.

So Mrs. Sikong personally brought people to search, but in the end only Pichu's body was found, but her beloved disciple was missing.

"That's all, burn Piqiu's body on the spot and turn it into ashes, then take it back to Tianyin Gate for burial." Mrs. Sikong sighed.

"As you command!"

The other men and women immediately piled up dry firewood, placed Piqiu's rotting body on top, lit it on fire, and then put the ashes into jars.

A group of people left the Qingyun Sect and met Mu Zhijian and Mu Qiongmu Yao who had gone into the mountains to collect medicine in the dense forest.

When Mu Qiong and Mu Yao saw the strange attire of Mrs. Sikong and everyone in the Tianyin Sect, they immediately thought of the Qingyun Sect disciples they had met before.

They were immediately frightened, their faces turned pale, and their bodies were trembling.

Mu Zhijian calmed down a little, knowing that these people could not be from the Qingyun Sect, because the Qingyun Sect had been destroyed by Lin Hao.

However, he didn't want to come into contact with these people, so he took Mu Qiong and Mu Yao to find another way, intending to bypass everyone in the Tianyin Sect.

But Mrs. Sikong had already seen them.

Before she could give the order, the other disciples had already chased after her, blocking the path of Mu Zhijian and others.
Chapter completed!