After hearing the legend, the first thing that Old Master Mu did was to send soone to investigate.
The result was, even after investigating for over half a year, they found absolutely nothing.
Then, his father told him, "Don’t bother investigating. If you could find sothing, I would have found it back then."
"Dad, what exactly is this Hidden Immortal Sect? Why can’t I find anything about it? If we can’t even find them, how will I ask for their help when I need it?" the young Old Master Mu asked curiously.
It was then that his father took out another item, a jade pendant that looked nothing special, almost like a common counterfeit: "Place it in the Mu family’s ancestral temple, light three incense sticks, and chant: ’Mu family’s descendants in trouble, ask the ancestors to show their spirit!’ Chant it three tis, then drip a bit of blood on it... Rember, only the blood of authentic Mu family descendants will work, no one else’s. Also, you only have one chance, use it only at the most critical ti, and once you use it, there will be no more chances."
Originally wanting to try it, Mu stopped. For many years after, he never knew if this legend was true, or just a lie left by the ancestors, rely to give future generations a hollow hope.
Old Master Mu also thought about whether it would be sothing he’d never use in his lifeti, then pass it on to the next generation, and then the next, generation after generation, and never be used.
Actually, not using it is quite good, it proves that the family is developing well, but if one day it is truly needed, then the family...
However, in the end, he did use it, not because the family had reached a critical mont of life and death, but because his descendants were too unpromising, and he feared he wouldn’t live to see such a mont.
Also, being half-believing, his son and grandson clearly didn’t believe in this sort of thing. Helplessly, under the ill-intentioned coaxing of others, his eldest son Mu Mingsi used it.
When the eldest son used it, given he did, he had to bear that responsibility.
Such a large family, once so glorious, as his descendants, who would wish to see its decline?
Perhaps the eldest son was unwilling to see the demise of the Mu family.
This use made the Hidden Immortal Sect actually appear, late at night, the Mu family’s ancestral temple was engulfed in a white light.
When Old Master Mu rushed over, his eldest son Mu Mingsi was standing at the entrance, telling him, "The people of the Hidden Immortal Sect have left!"
"Is there really a Hidden Immortal Sect?!" Although believing for so many years, it had never appeared, now suddenly appearing with no warning, how could Old Master Mu not be shocked?
Mu Mingsi nodded.
"Who are they?"
Mu Mingsi was still in a daze, "Immortals... the legendary immortals!"
"Then why did they leave? What did you ask them for? Is there any life or death matter for the Mu family now? Didn’t I tell you that this can only be used once, after once it’s gone, you can’t use it casually..."
What immortals?! Are they really immortals?!
Old Master Mu had his doubts. Apart from immortals, who could live for hundreds of years?
It’s just that they had never seen such a thing before, so they were unsure whether to believe. And now, his eldest son helped him confirm this fact.
"I wanted our ancestors to help restore the forr glory of the Mu family in the Capital City!" Mu Mingsi said.
"Smack—"
Old Master Mu slapped him across the face, "You’re ruining the Mu family. Do you want to beco the eternal sinner of the Mu family? This thing can only be used once, just once, how could you use it so frivolously? The ancestors left this behind fearing the day the family would face difficulties, so we could have soone to ask for help..."
Old Master Mu’s tears flowed freely.
All his life, he lived for the Mu family, but he never imagined, one day, his supposedly proud eldest son, would do sothing that endangered the entire family.
"Dad..."
"Don’t call Dad, I’m not your Dad." Old Master Mu was furious.
But regardless, this son was his most cherished eldest son, no matter how angry, how hurt, he must protect him.
Thus, when the family’s elders ca to him about this matter, he directly took the bla, saying it was he who instructed his son to do it, and he would take all the consequences.
"Although the Mu family has not reached a life-and-death mont, the Mu family has already declined, I want to restore the glory of the Mu family from hundreds of years ago..."
The elders, being of advanced age themselves, had weathered all kinds of storms, but weren’t they living in less glorious tis? Were the descendants of the Mu family not fed or clothed?
"This is so greedy!" an elder lanted sorrowfully, "Our Mu family lacks nothing, what do we need all that glory for? In comparison to the safety of our descendants, does the continuation of the family even matter?"
"Exactly, you’ve been so foolish!" another elder of great age couldn’t help but painfully declare, "Look throughout history, which dynasty remained glorious for hundreds of years? Having highs and lows is normal. For a family, it’s extinction, not decline, that is to be feared..."
"It pains my heart! Our family’s trump card has been used by such a disappointing descendant. What will our descendants do when our family truly faces a life-and-death mont?"
"You will beco an eternal sinner!"
...
The elder’s final sentence deeply imprinted itself on Old Master Mu’s heart.
Eternal sinner, the eternal sinner of the Mu family, this was a sha he’d bear, let his descendants hate him, not his son. It was he who failed to teach his son properly, it was his fault!
Old Master Mu took this matter to heart and began reaching out to the Hidden Immortal Sect, hoping to leave sothing for the descendants of the Mu family.
If there were no longer immortals as a trump card, then leave a few other ways out, at least let the Mu family’s descendants have so gold and silver when the family faces adversity, so they can still survive.
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"Old Master Mu, it’s been years since we’ve last t, hasn’t it? Back in the day, when we were young, we moved in the sa circles..." Seeing Old Master Mu, Old Master Zhan recalled many past events.
The Zhan family never accumulated their wealth in the Capital City. When he was young, he ca here to study, also to expand personally, deepen the Zhan family’s connections with these great families in the Capital City.
"Hahaha..." Old Master Mu laughed, "Back in the day, we even chased after the sa girl."
"But unfortunately, that girl ended up marrying soone else, and neither of us got anything out of it."
"No, I got my wife out of it."
"Right, right, right, if you hadn’t said it, I almost forgot, you ended up with that girl’s best friend. It was the only good outco from our months of wildness back then."
"Hahahaha... that was indeed a good outco, our Mu family now has no shortage of sons, and a line of grandsons longer than yours!"
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