Chapter 251: Chapter 241: Turmoil at Jade Mountain

What Wang Wu never expected was that after the manor master returned, he did not furiously hunt down an adulterer. Instead, he brought a large group of people directly towards where Wang Wu was.

What does this mean, have they already identified him as the adulterer so quickly?

Wang Wu was terrified and quickly activated two Concealing Demon Pills. He then took off the Hundred-Change Ruyi Demon Leaf and escaped to a small hill a dozen miles away in one breath, still holding onto some sliver of hope.

When he saw that even the old lady had joined the group, he immediately understood that this was not about catching an adulterer, but rather an inquest about him, Master Mu.

After all, the Tree Demon Gardener invited from the Cyan Pheasant Liu Family was the chief examiner.

Soon, this group of people rushed over, and although Wang Wu was far away, he could feel the scene very clearly.

A total of six people came.

Including the old lady, there were a dozen or so guards and servants, plus four foreign servants carrying a huge box. Could it be that the Tree Demon Gardener was in there?

The manor master was a man about thirty years old, strong and masculine, with unmatched authority, and a very cold demeanor, like the real deal of a high-ranking figure.

And his strength was approximately of the Third Grade. The use of “approximately” was because Wang Wu also found it hard to ascertain, for the Spirit Pill aura this man cultivated was extremely different. He was definitely among the second-tier elites in the Human Race Cultivation Realm.

He was a young talent, mature in middle age, already a grand mansion master capable of being on his own, a clan leader!

Just—ah, a man in the world, it’s unavoidable to have an unwise wife and an unfilial child, which is normal.

At this moment, the old lady stepped forward, gave a dignified salute, and explained how she became anxious, unexpectedly acquired a secret formula, and tried it with the mindset of trying anything that might help, only to actually save Master Mu’s life.

“Manor Master, please discern wisely, after the fact, I too found the matter rather strange and baffling, fearing it might bring disaster. My shattered body cannot make amends, so I sent a letter to the Manor Master overnight to verify the truth. Manor Master, I am guilty!”

With that said, the old lady thudded to her knees, crying uncontrollably. At this moment, the incredibly beautiful lady had also hurried over and stood by the side, not speaking, just with a frosty demeanor—a true depiction of contrasting events.

The manor master glanced at his wife, still expression unchanged, personally went forward to help the old lady up, “Nanny, you need not feel guilty, the matter is yet to be concluded. Brother Liu, sorry to trouble you.”

“Not at all, Jade Mountain Manor and my Cyan Pheasant Manor are not only close neighbors but also have been lifelong friends, naturally, we should watch and help each other. Elder Liu, thank you for your hard work.”

At this time, another man with also a Third Grade cultivation smiled and said this, but he was giving instructions to an elder beside him.

This elder appeared no different from a normal person; he did not have the wooden demeanor like Wang Wu, nor did he seem like Elder Song; he was almost indistinguishable from Human Race Cultivators.

He stepped out from the crowd, first gestured for everyone to step back and be silent, then opened the huge box, revealing inside what seemed to be a willow tree, possibly its main body.

Then Elder Liu suddenly disappeared from where he stood, and the next moment, the willow inside the box actually walked out on its own.

While inside the box, it appeared only about a meter tall, but once out, gosh, it was over two hundred meters tall and was obviously pruned.

Its thousands of willow branches were like tentacles, first hovering over the wooden knobby trunk for a while, then drilling several holes into it, and finally probing into the soil, reaching at least a few hundred meters deep, looking very professional.

Wang Wu was watching from afar, feeling very anxious yet helpless.

He could only hope that the battlefield clean-up capability of the Five Elements Spirit Array would be outstanding.

After several minutes, Elder Liu employed various methods, even dug up that large wooden knob, and finally placed down the wooden knob, restored his human form, and cupped his hands towards the two men, “Both Manor Masters, please know, I cannot confirm whether that secret technique let it resurrect, but it is indeed Master Mu’s body.”

“So, has it been resurrected?”

The manor master asked.

“I cannot be certain, but this Master Mu is indeed not dead at the moment; rather, he’s in a very weakened dormant cataleptic state. Based on my experience, he’s likely been remotely attacked by Grandpa Tree from the Black Forest, frightening him badly. But it could also be that he got scared foolishly, potentially turning into just a piece of wood forever.”

Upon these words, both manor masters and the old lady were somewhat helpless. They had already heard this result dozens of times in the past period because in the Human Race territories, the only one capable of breaking through the Five Elements Spirit Array and causing deadly harm to Master Mu was always Grandpa Tree.

This has become a common ailment for Tree Demon Gardeners in all Spirit Medicine Manors; once intimidated by Grandpa Tree, Tree Demon Gardeners fall into a cataleptic state ranging from a few years to several hundred years, causing very serious losses to the Spirit Medicine Manor.

Otherwise, Human Race Cultivators would not be so keen on attacking the West Wilderness to kill Grandpa Tree.

“So Elder Liu, do you think this scared Master Mu can be reawakened by some secret technique?”

The manor master of Jade Mountain Villa asked, and this was the key point.

As there are countless Spirit Medicine Manors within the Human Race territories, Tree Demon Gardeners are indispensable. If a method of awakening them can be discovered and submitted to the Immortal Alliance, it would be immensely beneficial.

“I do not know, for I have never encountered such a thing. However, I dare not conclude; perhaps such a miracle might happen? Manor Masters, could you awaken this Master Mu? Let me communicate with him a bit, maybe something could be discovered.”

Elder Liu asked.

Thus, the manor master of Jade Mountain Manor looked at the old lady, and the old lady was a bit panicked because during the day, the Master Mu was still woodenly patrolling the mountains. Normally, with such a great event, even if it were at night, he should have woken up long ago. Damn it, are you intentionally screwing with me!

At this moment, she couldn’t say anything and took several steps forward to retrieve the jade talisman hanging on the wooden lump, activating it. This was a means of forcibly waking Master Mu.

However, no matter how she formed hand seals or activated it, sweat the size of beans started to appear on her forehead, and the wooden lump showed no sign of movement.

“This… this… this… Manor Master, today during the day, Master Mu was still patrolling the mountain. Yesterday, yesterday, he even revived the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree. Madam, Madam, you have to testify for the old woman, the old woman doesn’t dare to lie!”

“Don’t panic, Nanny Xu, maybe Master Mu was too tired from patrolling the mountain during the day. He will wake up by himself when it’s daylight.”

The madam smiled, her voice dignified and very proper.

“Yes, yes, yes, he truly was patrolling. Maybe he was just too tired.”

“Too tired?”

At this moment, Manor Master Liu of Cyan Pheasant Manor asked, half-curious and half-confused, “Nanny Xu, didn’t you let Master Mu rest? He had just awakened and healed the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree, the energy consumption must be huge…”

“Ah? He rested, yes. Rested for a whole night. Yesterday morning, I saw his spirit was quite good, so I let him go to work in the field. I… I… the old servant deserves to die, the old servant was foolish!”

The old woman seemed to suddenly realize something, hurriedly knelt down, slapping her face with big, resounding slaps. She was truly frightened, although Master Mu’s usage was always customary, requiring caution and austerity, kindness could not be easily bestowed – there were many severe lessons in this – but that didn’t mean Master Mu wasn’t important, that damn wastrel had soundlessly put her in a predicament!

“Alright, don’t make a scene here and make a laughingstock of us!”

Manor Master of Jade Mountain Manor finally frowned and spoke briefly, then he clasped his hands towards Elder Liu,

“Elder Liu, please undertake a trip to see if that Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree is intact.”

“Yes!”

The group hurriedly rushed towards the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree, while the madam meaningfully glanced at the wooden lump.

Seeing this, Wang Wu’s heart beat rapidly. This woman wouldn’t have discovered anything amiss, would she?

But logically speaking, it shouldn’t be possible.

Soon, Elder Liu thoroughly examined the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree from inside out, top to bottom, and returned to report.

“Reporting to the two Manor Masters, this Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree indeed had issues before, and indeed was recently repaired. Unfortunately, due to my low skills, I can’t ascertain what the problem was with the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree or how it was repaired. I can only confirm that the capability of Master Mu from Jade Mountain Manor far surpasses mine.”

“And this time it’s probably because it was too exhausted, unable to receive supplemental spiritual energy, thus it unavoidably fell into slumber.”

Elder Liu said this while glancing at the old woman with some disdain, as the truth of the matter was almost revealing itself.

Such a simple matter was tossed into chaos by this restless old hag, causing unease to everyone, resulting in nothing but a mess.

Being a Tree Demon Gardener, it couldn’t help but question this old hag, asking her if firing up Master Mu to cure the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree worked, what else she wanted?

Unsatisfied, she had to make a big fuss to call the Manor Master back and even invited outsiders to verify, this really disregarded Master Mu.

We are subdued Tree Demons, indeed, we must serve the Human Race for life, but not subjected to such unbearable humiliation!

Humph!

Elder Liu’s expression was indifferent, unwilling to speak further.

Though the two Manor Masters didn’t continue to inquire, they basically understood the situation.

Firstly, Master Mu in Jade Mountain Manor was not dead but had been intimidated by Grandpa Tree, hence he went dormant in slumber. As for Nanny Xu’s supposed secret formula, that was purely a swindle.

The reason why Master Mu could conveniently wake up was just because he happened to wake up during this time, intimidated by Grandpa Tree followed by such effects, ranging from a few months to several hundred years, entirely depending on the extent of intimidation Master Mu suffered and his own abilities.

In short, Master Mu woke up and then healed the Five Elements Spirit Fruit Tree, it ought to be joyful, perhaps even deserving some Spiritual Mist as a reward, nurturing the body, but at this time Nanny Xu started suspecting the revived Master Mu to be some evil being, sending out a letter, causing trouble up and down, not just tranquility being disrupted but also making a laughingstock out of themselves to outsiders.

Really, getting more confused with age!

“Nanny Xu, your hard work in the manor over the years, even if there are no merits, there is hard work. At your age, you should be enjoying your twilight years, it’s my fault for letting you down, from today onward, the manor’s affairs will be entrusted to Jiayan.”

After dropping this sentence, the Manor Master of Jade Mountain Manor led the Manor Master of Cyan Pheasant Manor, Elder Liu, and the group to leave, leaving only the stunned old woman and the madam at the scene.

“Nanny Xu, we will all honor you.”

The madam subtly smiled, took the jade talisman from Nanny Xu’s hand, took away the small tripod, maintaining a dignified and gracious demeanor from start to finish.

Only Nanny Xu remained dazed, she hadn’t done anything wrong, had she? Where did she go wrong?

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