Chapter 5 - The guests from the Yun Family (1/2)

In the big hall of the Mu family’s mansion, Mu Chen sat in the seat of honor, while a pale looking long-haired middle-aged man dressed in white robes sat beside him.

A group of Mu elders also sat in the hall.

“Haha, brother Yun, it’s been a long time since your last visit.”

Mu Chen said with a smile while a servant girl served some tea.

The man dressed in white robes was the lord of the Yun family and the father of Yun Qingwan.

“Haih, I was quite busy with our family matters after the war between our kingdom and the Bei Ling kingdom. Brother Mu, you, as the lord of Mu family, should be able to understand my difficulties. You have my deepest apologies.”

Yun Hai sighed, clasped hands, and smiled bitterly. Upon hearing his words, Mu Chen showed a trace of sadness. His third brother, Mu Tian, died in that battle, along with 200,000 Mu soldiers. They were the elite forces of the Mu army.

Mu Chen said nothing and sipped his tea.

Of course, Yun Hai knew about the Mu family matters, so he didn’t continue to talk about it.

Both of them chatted for a while before Yun Hai asked cautiously: “Brother Mu, I heard that Feng’s Meta-pulses were all damaged and his cultivation has went down the drain. Is that true?”

Mu Chen remained expressionless but nodded and said: “Yes, it’s true. Feng’s Meta-pulses are destroyed, although we don’t know why. We are trying to find a cure.”

Fire can’t be wrapped up by paper. Mu Chen knew that there were spies within the family and that it was a futile attempt to hide the news, so he admitted it.

“A cure? Is there any other cure besides the legendary panacea? I’m afraid that my poor nephew is now a cripple.”

A middle-aged man dressed in black robes who sat among the elders said disapprovingly.

His name was Mu Ye, the third younger brother of Mu Chen and Mu Tian. Mu Tian and him had not see eye to eye since childhood.

His words were full of sarcasm. Mu Chen glared at him and Mu Ye laughed coldly.

“Haih, General Mu and I were best brothers back then. Now he left us, and Feng Er is in such a pitiful state. God is indeed unfair.”

Yun Hai sighed with a trace of sadness in his eyes. However, nobody knew whether his sadness was sincere. After that, he clapped his hands and called for his servants.”

“Bring them out!”

A few servants of the Yun family stepped into the hall with two huge wooden cases. They put the cases on the ground and a clashing sound of metal was heard from the cases.

The Mu elders looked at the cases in confusion. With a wave of his hand, Yun Hai ordered two of his servants to open the cases. A golden light shone out from it.

These two huge wooden cases were full of shining gold coins!

“That’s a lot of gold coins…”

“That’s a lot of gold coins… I think there’s more than 200,000 gold coins!”

All the elders were shocked, and they showed a trace of greediness when they saw the gold.

Gold coins were the currency used in this continent. 10 bronze coins were equivalent to one silver coin, and 10 silver coins were equivalent to one gold coin.

The daily income of an ordinary man was only one silver coin.

There were no less than 200,000 gold coins inside these two wooden cases. It was even enough to buy an upper-class book of cultivation methods.

“Brother Yun, what do you mean by this?”

Mu Chen frowned and asked.

“There are 200,000 gold coins inside these two cases. I’m aware of the current situation faced by the Mu family and we’ve always maintained a good friendship over the years. Consider these two cases of gold coins as my gift for your family.”

Yun Hai said with a smile. Upon hearing his words, the Mu elders were very pleased.

“The Yun family is so kind-hearted.”

“Yeah, our family is so blessed to have such a friend.”

“……”

The Mu elders started giving their compliments but their eyes were transfixed on the gold coins.