Princess Jin Rou was going to stay for a period of time in Nightmare Palace. Chu Mu, as a personal retinue, only had to follow her around when she traveled. Because of this, he didnât have to stay in Nightmare Palace during this period of time. After obtaining permission, he didnât stay in Nightmare Palace any longer and directly headed towards Gangluo City.
âYoung master Chu, you just gained fame in Nightmare Palace. Why didnât you strike while the iron was hot, and instead choose to hastily leave Nightmare Palace for Luo Region?â asked Ting Yu who was riding the Storm Devil Colt with Chu Mu.
Chu Mu glanced at Ting Yu and cracked a smile as he said: âTing Yu, youâre still calling me young master Chu even now?â
Ting Yu was stunned, not expecting Chu Mu to suddenly say this.
In reality, when Ting Yu first heard Chu Muâs name, she suddenly thought of the Chu Mu three years ago. Only, she didnât actually expect that Chu Mu, who had caused such a large commotion on Cyan Nightmare Island, would have been thrown onto Prisoner Island before powerfully appearing in Nightmare Palace after three years.
Over these past few days, Ting Yu actually had wished for Chu Mu to notice her. After all, they had shared the same room for nearly half a year, three years ago. Yet, Ting Yu discovered that Chu Mu seemed to have forgotten about her.
Ting Yu would only naturally feel disappointed that Chu Mu had forgotten her. Nonetheless, she knew that the present Chu Mu was completely different; he had become a dazzling star in Nightmare Palace, while she was just a servant girl.
âI⌠young master Chu⌠I thought that you had forgotten meâŚâ A trace of a blush appeared on Ting Yuâs cheek. Clearly, she was rather flustered. Yet she still didnât dare to address Chu Mu directly by his name.
âIn the three years surviving on Prisoner Island, a lot of things and memories became blurry because of the mindless killing. I cannot instantly recall those things.â said Chu Mu.
âEh⌠eh⌠youâre hurrying to return to Luo Region becauseâŚâ for a moment Ting Yu didnât know what to say, but she instantly brought up another question.
âLuo Regionâs Wang Luo City is my home. Iâve been away for four years alreadyâŚâ said Chu Mu.
Ting Yu cast a furtive glance at Chu Mu before retracting her gaze. However, she could read the waves of great changes from his gaze.
âYou currently have such a high status in Nightmare palace, so you can bring honor back to your family. Your family definitely will feel proud because of you.â said Ting Yu.
âPerhaps.â Chu Mu nodded his head and gazed at the purple mountains in the distance.
Honor wasnât important to Chu Mu. What was truly important was being able to see his family that he had been separated from for four years, and seeing that rather changed middle-aged man.
The Luo Region was a piece of beautiful and fertile land. Here, there were plains as far as one could see, meandering unbroken mountain ranges, and vastly dense forestsâŚ
In this world, the strength of a region was ultimately determined by the distribution of soul pets.
In a sense, Luo Regionâs complicated terrain created the most perfect living conditions for various soul pets. One could see groups of Servant Rank soul pets running around in many places. On the other hand, one could also see the traces of commander rank soul pets in certain deserted places. Even in some ancient villages or mountain strongholds, there would be a few ancient totems passing on precious information of monarch rank soul pets.
Chu Mu enjoyed freedom and even longed for it. The environment of Luo Region accurately portrayed Chu Muâs heart. Therefore, after entering Luo Region, Chu Muâs mood had been rather cheerful. His usual cold demeanor had even slightly changed as he chatted with Ting Yu throughout the journey.
In truth, Chu Mu wasnât a purely cold young man. Especially with the influence of that old man who was both his father and friend, Chu Mu still had an unrestrained, free, and impervious heart.
âYoung master Chu, thereâs still three days before we reach Gangluo City. Why donât we rest in this city tonight and continue on our route tomorrow. The Storm Devil Colt also has to rest.â said Ting Yu.
âSure, thatâs fine.â Chu Mu nodded his head. He controlled the Storm Devil Colt to enter the approximately fifth rank city.
The Storm Devil Colt was a commander rank soul pet that was primarily used as a means of travel. To a majority of soul pet trainers, this was practically wasting resources recklessly.
Therefore, when Chu Mu and Ting Yu sped through the main street of the city while riding the Storm Devil Colt, a wave of sighs went off. Those people riding servant rank soul pets stamped their feet, especially when they saw that the people riding the Storm Devil Colt were a young man and woman. These older soul pet trainers could only silently recall their frightened servant rank soul petsâŚ
After entering the city, Chu Mu and Ting Yu immediately went to Soul Pet Palace and put the Storm Devil Colt that hadnât signed a soul pact in Soul Pet Palace.
Soul Pet Palace was one of the most powerful powers in the soul pet domain. Different from Nightmare Palace and other powers, Soul Pet Palace ostensibly was open to any soul pet trainer. They were involved in buying soul pets, keeping soul pets, renting soul pets, and selling soul pets etcetera. Essentially, they were involved in anything concerning business transactions of soul pets.
Although Soul Pet Palace wasnât the strongest faction in this world, it was the faction that covered the most of this world and had the most members.
There were numerous cities in this world, but it seemed that every fifth rank city and above had a Soul Pet Palace in the center of the city. Soul Pet Palace would provide soul pet trainers all kinds of needs.
âYoung master, canât you still have one more soul pet?â asked Ting Yu.
âYes.â Chu Mu nodded his head.
In truth, Chu Mu still had two more soul pet vacancies. After the White Nightmare devoured the fifth phase ninth stage Blue Nightmare, the White Nightmare had oddly sent a bit of the soul pet feedback to Chu Mu, surprisingly helping him break through from the sixth remembrance Spirit Teacher realm into the seventh remembrance Spirit Teacher realm.
The seventh remembrance signified that Chu Mu had entered the high remembrance state, and the third soul could now hold three soul pets.
Chu Muâs third soul currently only had a soul pact with the Night Thunder Dream Beast, so there were still two vacancies. He was debating whether there was a need to go to a few places with strong soul pets to capture a new soul pet and increase his strength.
While fighting, it was practically impossible for soul pet trainers to summon and substitute through all their soul pets, because summoning soul pets consumed an extremely large amount of soul power. However, with more soul pets, one could occupy the advantage when it came to attribute and species superiority.
âYoung master Chu probably has the ideal type of soul pet in mind. Otherwise, you wouldnât be so slow in picking.â said Ting Yu.
âThatâs not the case. Perhaps my standards are just too high.â said Chu Mu.
Regarding new soul pets, Chu Mu simply thought of the unhatched Hidden Dragon egg in his spatial ring.
The Hidden Dragon egg had remained extremely still in Chu Muâs spatial ring. If it wasnât for the occasional sound that came from it, it would have been exactly like a solid rock.
It was very probable that the Empyrean Cyan Hidden Dragon was a soul pet that surpassed the monarch rank. As for the Hidden Dragon egg that the Empyrean Cyan Hidden Dragon had rendered, it was at least a monarch rank sub-posterity Hidden Dragon.
Monarch ranks werenât that suitable for a Spirit teacher stage person to sign a soul pact with, so for Chu Mu, these two soul pet vacancies wouldnât belong to the small hidden dragon. He could only limit the species rank to the commander rank.
In reality, species rank was not entirely indicative of a soul pets value. If a low species rank soul pet was raised well and its phase and stage was raised, it wasnât impossible for it to fight against a higher species rank soul pet.
There were a plethora of different soul pets in Soul Pet Palace. However, their quality was shoddy, and Chu Mu definitely did not have any interest in those soul pets. If he were to actually buy a soul pet, Chu Mu wouldnât have to do it in this small city. Nightmare City was a tenth rank city, so as long as Chu Mu had enough funds, he could buy as abnormal of a soul pet as he wanted.
After leaving Soul Pet Palace, Chu Mu and Ting Yu walked along the bustling street searching for a place to stay.
âYoung master Chu, whatâs the matter? Is that carriage very special?â Ting Yu stopped in her tracks and found that Chu Mu was staring at a carriage slowly trodding along. Thus she inquisitively asked him a question.
âThe carriageâs symbol is very familiar. It seems to belong to a big family in Gangluo City. However, itâs been too long and I canât remember.â explained Chu Mu.
Currently, Chu Mu only profoundly remembered his familyâs as well as the Yang Familyâs symbol. As for Gangluo Cityâs two remaining big families, the Zhou Family and Qin Family, Chu Mu didnât really remember them.
âJust now when we entered Soul Pet Palace, this carriage was to the side and inside I saw a very beautiful woman. The servant beside her addressed her as young lady Qin.â said Ting Yu.
âEh, a Qin Family woman.â Chu Mu suddenly remembered a bit. No wonder he felt it was rather familiar.
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Chu Familyâs relation with the Qin Family was relatively harmonious. In the past, Chu Mu would often go to the Qin Family to walk around, and people from the Qin Family would frequently visit the Chu FamilyâŚ
âYoung master Chu, do you recognize her?â asked Ting Yu.
Chu Mu shook his head and said: âIn the past, I would have recognized her, but Iâm afraid right now itâs a bit hard to recognize people.â
Chu Mu didnât pay the Qin Family woman any heed and continued to walk with Ting Yu. They found a luxurious place to stay and walked in.
Coincidentally, that Qin Family carriage was here as well. When Chu Mu and Ting Yu walked in, they saw that beautiful Qin Family woman had followed them in.
âUncle Chu is already very worried. If we can help then we should help.â As the woman walked to the second floor, she whispered in a very soft voice to the middle-aged man next to her.
The womanâs voice was extremely soft, but Chu Mu had already cultivated a very perceptive hearing ability on Prisoner Island, so he could hear the quiet conversation.
âYoung lady, itâs not that I, Old Teng, donât want to help the Chu Family. Itâs just that the person who is going to intercept the Chu Familyâs caravan is the expert invited by the Yang Family, Li Nan. This fellow is someone I can deal with, but the cost will be exceptionally hefty. Moreover, the Yang Family will definitely know that our Qin Family interferedâŚâ the family servant who called himself Old Teng whispered back.
âThen we have to watch the Chu Familyâs caravan be intercepted in front of our eyes? The Yang Familyâs people truly went too far. The state of the Chu Family has already declined a lot in the past few years, yet they still use this sort of underhanded method. Must they exterminate them like this?â anxiously said the Qin Family woman.
âYoung Lady, our Qin Family has secretly helped the Chu Family a lot. However, you also know that the Yang Family is currently the largest faction in Gangluo City, followed by the Zhou Family. These two families are a nest of rats and snakes, ostensibly dominating the entirety of Gangluo City. Our Qin Familyâs situation isnât that optimistic either⌠we can only silently help them. If we were to openly oppose the Yang Family like this, it would be very hard to do⌠â said the family servant Old Teng.
As he heard the two people converse, Chu Muâs eyebrows creased. He intentionally walked a few steps closer, hoping to hear all the details of their conversation.
âYou, donât get near the young lady!â just as Chu Mu walked closer, a few family servants instantly exposed malicious expressions.
Seeing that someone was approaching, the Qin Familyâs young lady and Old Teng immediately stopped their discussion. They turned around and walked towards the resting place the woman servant was pointing to.
âIs what the two of you were talking about regarding Chu Familyâs caravan being intercepted by thieves true?â Chu Mu ignored the few family servants and spoke as he stared at the Qin Family young lady.
When Chu Mu said this, the Qin Family young lady and Old Teng creased their eyebrows.
âCould it be that you donât know that eavesdropping on other peopleâs conversations is a most rude offense!â Old Tengâs face instantly turned dark and he turned around to glare at Chu Mu.
Chu Mu no longer understood what was rude and offensive. If it was in the past, the moment Old Teng used such a glare, Chu Mu would have instantly killed him. However, Chu Mu currently had learned to control himself. After all, he was no longer living on Prison Island. There was no need to kill someone the moment he saw themâŚ
âI only want to know if this matter is true or not.â Chu Mu repeated his words once more.
âBrat, do I have to discipline you in place of your elders for your rude manners!â Old Tengâs expression turned even more sour. The Qin Family helping the Chu Family had always been a secret. Old Teng didnât want any outsider knowing. If it were to reach the Yang Familyâs ears, their Qin Family would be in trouble.
âOld Teng, leave it. Perhaps they unintentionally heard us.â The Qin Family woman seemed rather gentle and implied that she didnât want Old Teng to conflict with Chu Mu.
After resolving the conflict, the Qin Family woman didnât stay longer and slowly walked to the second floor.
How could Chu Mu not care about the Chu Familyâs matters. Furthermore, it seemed that this caravan was extremely important to his family.
âWait, are you Qin Menger?â Chu Mu immediately asked.
The Qin Family woman turned her head and suspiciously looked at Chu Mu. She didnât seem to understand why this young man, who she had never met before, knew her name.
âYoung lady, youâve been cultivating at Luo Region Sect for a few years. Although you donât often come back, perhaps you have a bit of reputation. Itâs not strange for strangers to recognize you. Why donât you let me deal with this nonsense spouting brat.â explained Old Teng.
âYoung miss, please donât misunderstand. My familyâs young master has abnormal hearing abilities. He unintentionally overheard your conversation. My young master and the Chu Family have a bit of a relationship. If the Chu Family has trouble, he only wants to help. I hope that you understand this matterâŚâ Ting Yu immediately stepped forth and spoke in place of Chu Mu.
Chu Mu glanced at Ting Yu. He had been on Prison Island for too long. Chu Mu still hadnât fully recovered from that intense way of life and wasnât that good at interacting with others anymore.