Chapter 351: Chapter 348: Lord of the Nether Race

"The fact that Brother Mo is so desperate to kill you means you’ve crossed a line. I assume you had improper designs on Sister Kexin, right?"

Mu Xue’s expression shifted several times before she finally sneered, "You worthless dogs! None of you will come to a good end!"

Liu Ruyan’s face darkened. She couldn’t hold back any longer and acted before Mo Qi could.

A Grotto Heaven materialized behind her and came crashing down.

If Mo Qi was the person she loved most, then Niu Kexin was the person Liu Ruyan most respected and admired.

In her heart, she truly thought of Niu Kexin as her own sister.

So when Mu Xue uttered those two words, her fate was already sealed.

"You will regret this! Your end will be countless times more miserable than mine! Hahaha!"

Mu Xue was powerless to resist, and she didn’t even try. Instead, she laughed hysterically as her body was annihilated under the crushing weight of the Grotto Heaven.

"Hmph! She got off easy!" Liu Ruyan said with a huff, dusting off her hands, clearly not feeling vindicated.

Mo Qi was exasperated. He’d wanted to ask Mu Xue a few questions, but before he could even open his mouth, she was dead at Liu Ruyan’s hands.

"Hm? There’s someone else!"

Liu Ruyan released her Divine Sense, sweeping it over the entire estate. She quickly discovered a heavily injured Mu He.

’Fail to pull the weeds up by the roots, and they’ll just grow back in the spring.’

This was a lesson Liu Hong had instilled in her since childhood, so Liu Ruyan didn’t hesitate, preparing to kill Mu He as well.

But just then, Mu Kongfu suddenly appeared and blocked Liu Ruyan’s path.

"Every injustice has a source, every debt a debtor. Xue’er has already received the punishment she deserved. I ask you both, for this old man’s sake, to spare Mu He this once. I guarantee he will never cause you trouble afterward."

Liu Ruyan stopped and stood her ground, casting an inquiring gaze at Mo Qi.

’She couldn’t care less about Mu Kongfu’s status. Face isn’t something others give you; it’s something you have to earn.’

’If Mo Qi doesn’t give the nod, Mu He dies today, even if Mu Kongfu tries to stop me!’

Mo Qi glared at Mu Kongfu and asked grimly, "Did you know that Sister Kexin was framed?"

’If Mu Kongfu knew Mu Xue was going to harm Niu Kexin and did nothing to stop her, then I’ll just have to add one more name to my list.’

Mu Kongfu gave a wry, helpless smile. "Blessed One, please, calm yourself. I was not in the Imperial City on the day of the incident, so I was unaware. I only just now finished my own investigation and learned the truth."

Hearing this, Mo Qi’s expression softened slightly.

He considered this for a moment, then finally nodded. He took Liu Ruyan’s hand and stepped into the Transmission Channel leading Within the Pass.

As he left, he tossed one last sentence over his shoulder: "From now on, Sister Kexin is done with you. The two of you owe each other nothing!"

He hadn’t killed Mu He for two reasons. First, Mu He had never intended to harm Niu Kexin. Second, it was out of consideration for the Five Elements Tree.

After all, Niu Kexin had obtained the Five Elements Tree from Mu Kongfu’s treasury.

In effect, Mo Qi had indirectly received a favor from Mu Kongfu.

So, he had to repay this debt of gratitude.

Watching the backs of Mo Qi and Liu Ruyan as they left, Mu Kongfu sighed, seeming to age several hundred years in an instant.

’He had actually arrived before Liu Ruyan killed Mu Xue.’

’He had the power to stop her, but he didn’t.’

’He knew that if he had intervened, the consequences would have been even worse.’

’He’d seen Mo Qi’s methods firsthand. In the Mountain and Sea Empire, Mo Qi’s influence had long ago surpassed his own, even though he was the Dean of the Imperial Academy.’

’Putting the Feng Family of the Hall of Envoys aside, all Mo Qi had to do was ask, and both the Imperial Family and the five other great families would lend him their full support.’

"Alas, Xue’er... don’t blame your foster father for not saving you. You simply went too far this time."

"Of all the people to provoke, you had to provoke him!"

...

「Within the Pass」

Liu Chen and Xiao Zhize were on the verge of collapse under the Pig Emperor’s "tutelage."

Xiao Zhize in particular was receiving special "attention" from the Pig Emperor, thanks to his big mouth.

The Pig Emperor had not only composed a dozen poems just for him, which it recited in an endless loop, but had also "blessed" him with its "eyes," leaving him pregnant with twins.

If Mo Qi hadn’t given orders to keep him alive for now, he’d be starting with quintuplets. Septuplets would be the norm, and even decuplets wouldn’t be out of the question.

By the time Mo Qi and Liu Ruyan arrived, Xiao Zhize had been tormented to the breaking point by the Pig Emperor.

Liu Chen was also terrified. He couldn’t imagine how the Pig Emperor could make a man pregnant.

’And those poems it was reciting... they were horrifying! Absolutely lethal!’

Seeing Liu Ruyan appear, Liu Chen and Xiao Zhize looked as if they had seen their savior.

"Help! Save us!"

"Ruyan, I was wrong! Your father was wrong! Please, make this Master Zhu stop!"

At this moment, Liu Chen didn’t look the least bit like the Patriarch of the Liu Family.

His hair was disheveled, his clothes were dirty and torn, and he lay on the ground foaming at the mouth, his eyes panicked yet vacant.

Seeing Liu Chen in this state, Liu Ruyan couldn’t help but feel a pang of sorrow.

No matter what, Liu Chen was her father.

No matter how much she resented him, the bonds of blood were thicker than water, and that was something she couldn’t escape.

She wanted to beg for mercy for Liu Chen, but she couldn’t bring herself to speak.

"Brother Mo." Liu Ruyan was at a loss and could only turn to Mo Qi for help.

Mo Qi gave her a reassuring look and walked over to Liu Chen and Xiao Zhize.

"Mo the kid, you’re back!" The Pig Emperor leaped onto Mo Qi’s shoulder and settled down in its usual spot.

"Thanks for the hard work." Mo Qi handed the Pig Emperor a packet of Medicinal Pills.

"Hehe, no trouble at all! It was great fun, hahaha." The Pig Emperor took the packet of Medicinal Pills, grinning from ear to ear.

"What do you want to let us go?" Xiao Zhize asked. Bloody veins were already visible on his stomach.

Because he didn’t have the organs to give birth, the life inside his belly grew larger and larger. If nothing was done, it would sooner or later burst through his stomach.

Mo Qi held up one finger. "Answer one question for me. If I’m satisfied with the answer, I’ll end your suffering and let you go."

"I’ll tell you everything, I swear! I’ll hold nothing back!" Xiao Zhize could barely hang on, promising through a cold sweat.

Liu Chen also nodded from the side. He was just as desperate to leave. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Tell me, who is Queen Mo Yan!"

If one were to ask who Mo Qi hated most right now, it would have to be Queen Mo Yan.

Although the masterminds who had surrounded and killed his mother were the Saint Ancestors of the Immortal Realm, what Mo Qi had seen with his own eyes was the moment Queen Mo Yan subdued her.

Therefore, he now desperately wanted to know who this so-called Queen Mo Yan really was!

"I know!" Xiao Zhize shouted, fighting through the pain to be the first to speak.

Hearing this, Mo Qi drew his Obsidian Kitchen Knife and sliced open Xiao Zhize’s stomach.

Two balls of flesh slid out onto the ground.

Though his stomach was now sliced open, Xiao Zhize felt an overwhelming sense of relief.

"Queen Mo Yan is the current Lord of the Nether Race!" Xiao Zhize didn’t dare hesitate, gasping out the words the moment he could breathe again.