1427 Earth Realm 3 : Duanmu Lin’s Hidden Ill-Intentions, Ji Mu’s Fortuitous Opportunity (1/2)

After a few more gentle kisses and embraces, Tang Xiu took Cheng Yannan to Shanghai Airport.

Actually, Tang Xiu always knew that Cheng Yannan had special feelings for him. He also admired and liked her too. However, because of his desire to ascend to the Immortal World and take revenge, his mind was only on cultivation and did not bother pursuing relationships with girls, which meant that his meeting with her was a short one.

Now that he didn't have the burden of revenge on his mind any longer and Cheng Yannan was the one who initiated it all, Tang Xiu was not going to reject her advances.

After seeing Tang Xiu's responses, Cheng Yannan was overjoyed. She couldn't wait to be beside Tang Xiu every day and at every moment. However, she knew what Tang Xiu meant and recognized it as the truth as well. It wasn't going to be possible for them to be together all the time on Earth. After all, Tang Xiu wouldn't be staying here for a long time either. She needed to deal with all the things in the Magnificent Tang Corporation and make sure that it was in capable hands when she left. It was only then that she would be able to leave with Tang Xiu without any worries.

After seeing Cheng Yannan's plane take off, Tang Xiu turned and left.

He looked around for a discreet place with no one around. Then, he suddenly vanished into thin air.

In an instant, he appeared in the prison in Changxi.

In the damp and dark underground prison, there was a malnourished body curled up at a corner. From the way they were dressed, it could be made out that they were a man, and this man was drawing on the ground with the wooden stick in his hand. From the outlines of the beautiful sketches, they seemed to be of a woman and a child.

The man muttered silently as he drew on the ground.

”Ranran, don't leave me.”

”Rou'er, your dad misses you.”

”Ranran, please… please don't leave me.”

”Rou'er, your dad misses you so much.”

…

If it was anyone else, all of these words would mean nothing to them. However, for Tang Xiu, these words rang like thunder. Upon hearing these words, tears began to fall from his eyes.

This man was once the young master of Changxi's Ji Family, Ji Mu himself.

Tang Xiu hadn't interacted with Ji Mu a lot, but his impression of Ji Mu was a favorable one.

Flashes of his past interactions with Ji Mu appeared in Tang Xiu's mind.

That year, he attended the underground car race in Changxi with Chi Nan. That was where he met Ji Mu.

That year, Ji Mu unintentionally betted on Tang Xiu killing a few powerful people from the Stygian Club, then gifted Tang Xiu abundantly and also asked Tang Xiu to teach him.

That year, Ji Mu decided to let go of his identity as the wealthy young master and devoted himself to Tang Xiu. He gave Tang Xiu his ancestors' Growth Amelioration Wood and Tang Xiu gave him an opportunity in return.

That year, Ren Ranran proposed to Ji Mu in public. However, because he was afraid that this marriage would only hinder his training, he rejected the proposal. In the end, he accepted the proposal after Tang Xiu managed to convince him to.

From the start to finish, Tang Xiu did not spend too much time and effort on Ji Mu. He couldn't even attend Ji Mu's wedding because he was busy with setting up an intelligence system for the Tang Sect. He only met with Ji Mu once right before he was about to ascend to the Immortal World.

And the next time he heard about Ji Mu was from Miao Wentang and Shao Mingzhen who had ascended to the Immortal World. A person from the Special Abilities Bureau had harmed his daughter and also inflicted heavy injuries on Ji Mu. Afterward, Ren Ranran had created a few explosives and blew herself up along with the people who heavily injured him. Upon knowing this, Ji Mu became insane and disappeared. Long Zhengyu sent people out in all directions to find him. However, it was to no avail.

If it weren't for the fact that Tang Xiu had fully grasped the heavenly laws of Earth and the karma links between him and Ji Mu together, Tang Xiu couldn't even dream that Ji Mu was actually imprisoned on his own territory.

Upon seeing Ji Mu's shattered Dantian, a hole right where his shoulder blade was, and the heavy chains that bound his feet, Tang Xiu's body suddenly released a powerful killing intent.

Tang Xiu waved his arm and received Ji Mu into his own body. Then, he submerged Ji Mu inside a cauldron that had water from the Ying Yang Divinity Lake that had been diluted hundreds of times. He also, with a little pain in his heart, added a few droplets of the Heavenly Path Universe Tree's essence into the water.

”Ji Mu, when I told you back then that I was going to change your life, I only gave you your Ji Family's lost art. The fortune I bestowed upon you does not compare to the gift you gave me. Today, I will give you a greater fortune.” As Tang Xiu spoke, he placed a finger on Ji Mu's forehead. He not only inserted his understanding of the Ji Family's lost art into Ji Mu's mind but even gave him a few lost arts from the Immortal World while supplying him with divine force.

Ji Mu, submerged in the Yin Yang Divinity Lake, cried out in excruciating pain. His skin began to break apart and peel and his flesh began to break away from his body. In the end, he was left with nearly just bones.

The Yin Yang Divinity Lake was an extremely powerful thing. Even Perfected Golden Immortals would not be able to handle the energy from it, let alone a mere human.

If it wasn't for Tang Xiu holding Ji Mu's spirit together with his divine force, Ji Mu would have already been reduced to a pile of dead bones under the attack of the energy from the Yin Yang Divinity Lake.