Chapter 23 - A Trap Set-up by the Main Family? (2/2)

“You’re really amazing, Brother Feng!”

Mu Kuang and Bai Ziyue rushed forward and congratulated him.

The few disciples from Mu Li’s gang remained silent and did not dare to make eye contact with Mu Feng.

“Mu Feng, you little brat! You weren’t a cripple after all!”

Mu Cang looked at Mu Feng’s back and gritted his teeth in anger. Meanwhile, Mu Lan looked at Mu Feng and smiled, with her beautiful eyes arched like crescent moons.

Mu Hai looked at Mu Feng and squinted his eyes. Uncle Fu whispered softly to him: “It seems that the news about Little Lord Feng’s damaged Meta-pulses was just fake news that was intentionally released by the main family.”

“Yeah… Taking into account the fact that the main family is now in a pinch, I somehow understand why they did that. They had to keep his talent a secret in order to keep him safe.”

Mu Hai said, squinting his eyes in thought.

From what I heard, the Yuan Gu test during enrollment day showed that Mu Feng possessed Ling Gu. From my point of view, I think that the main family already knew about this long ago. They intentionally spread the news that his Meta-pulses were damaged, so that he could escape from all the current turmoil. If that’s really the case, he was sent here so that he could stay away from all the trouble.

Uncle Fu mouthed out the words.

I think what you said is totally possible. If that is indeed the case, we must help him and protect him at all times. If he grows up and becomes a talented cultivator in the future, he might offer some help to our branch when we need it. This may be a great opportunity for us to establish a good relationship with him.

Both of them communicated via Yuan Li telepathy, so they were just mouthing the words. Nobody knew what they were talking about.

Judging by Mu Feng’s strength, both of them thought that the main family had really released fake news in order to hide his talent and keep him safe.

Meanwhile, Mu Feng approached them, clasped hands and said apologetically: “Uncle Hai, I’m so sorry for what happened just now.”

“Haha, it’s alright, you don’t need to apologize. He asked for it. If you didn’t teach him a lesson just now, I would have done it personally later. Feng, look at how powerful you are now, you really are the genius of our family.”

Mu Hai laughed. Not only did he not get angry about his son, but he praised Mu Feng instead.

However, his words had an underlying meaning to them. Mu Hai was actually implicitly expressing that he wanted to know more about Mu Feng’s damaged Meta-pulses.

Mu Feng seemed to understand his intentions, but he smiled and didn’t say anything more.

“Well, it seems to me that the news about your damaged Meta-pulses was fake after all. Anyway, it’s impossible that a genius like you would become a cripple just like that.”

Mu Hai smiled and continued to say implicitly.

“No, my Meta-pulses were indeed damaged, but my family managed to find a panacea and cured me.”

Mu Feng said with a laugh. He didn’t know what Mu Hai’s intentions were, so he lied to him. Besides, he was quite sure that he wouldn’t be able to keep it a secret much longer, as the truth would somehow be revealed eventually through incidents like today. So, in the end, he decided to lie.

However, Mu Hai was not a young teenage boy. He was the Lord of the branch family and a Ning Gang level cultivator. Of course, he knew that Mu Feng was lying. He knew that there was no such panacea in the whole Nan Ling kingdom.

Still, he didn’t refute the lie. Instead, Mu Hai laughed and said: “I see, I understand now. Well, you must be hungry after the fight, let’s go back inside and get you something to eat… Haha…”

Mu Hai gave Mu Feng’s shoulder a light pat, and both of them walked into the hall together.

Mu Feng was able to earn some respect from today’s fight. At the very least, there wouldn’t be any more reckless guy like Mu Li who wanted to provoke or challenge him.

After the banquet, Mu Feng went back to his quiet, beautiful courtyard, which was prepared by the branch family, whereas Mu Kuang and Bai Ziyue stayed in the courtyard next to his.

As for Mu Zhong, he would be staying in the branch family to protect Mu Feng from now on.

This was the starting point of Mu Feng’s journey for revenge.