"Young Master!"

"Welcome back, Young Master!"

"..."

As Xuu Changqing entered the Xuu Family's Minor World with Mu Jinyu, a group of people from the Xuu Family appeared immediately, chanting repeatedly with excitement and humility on their faces.

It was as if they had always been enduring humiliation, waiting for Xuu Changqing to return and take over the Xuu Family.

"Hmm."

Xuu Changqing entered and landed on the ground, nodding slightly at the Xuu Family people who flocked to him.

In truth, he was fully aware.

Only a few of these people were genuinely eager for him to come back and reclaim the Xuu Family.

The majority were just fence-sitters, not caring who took over the Xuu Family.

If he and Mu Jinyu had lost in the showdown with Xuu Yijing just now,

these people would probably have smiled and welcomed Xuu Yijing in executing traitors, wouldn't they?

However, even though he knew what they were thinking,

Xuu Changqing couldn't just go ahead and kill all of them, eliminating them completely.

After all, the people of the Xuu Family were already so few, and he had just killed quite a few of them.

If he killed all these fence-sitters now, how many people would be left in the Xuu Family?

What difference would there be between that and the extinction of the Xuu Family?

It still had to be done gradually!

"Where are my parents' remains buried?"

Xuu Changqing didn't pay much heed to those fence-sitters, instead seeking out his trusted confidant to inquire.

Though Xuu Yijing killed his parents and seized the position of Family Head, obviously, he wouldn't dare to destroy his parents' remains, leaving nothing behind. He must have buried them somewhere.

"Over by Quefeng Terrace…"

The confidant answered truthfully.

"Hmm…"

Xuu Changqing's face darkened, clearly indicating that the place's feng shui probably wasn't good.

He then looked at Mu Jinyu, apologetically saying, "Brother Mu, please take a seat for a moment. I'll go pay respects to my parents and then find you to explore that Secret Realm together…"

"Alright, senior, don't worry about me. I have nothing to do, so go ahead…"

Mu Jinyu nodded in agreement.

"Hmm…"

Xuu Changqing instructed his confidant to take Mu Jinyu to rest and then hurriedly departed.

"Young Master Mu, this way, please…"

The confidant greeted Mu Jinyu with great respect and caution.

Although they hadn't exited the Minor World to witness Mu Jinyu's battle with Xuu Yijing,

they knew well that Xuu Changqing didn't have the ability to kill Xuu Yijing.

It was obvious that Mu Jinyu was the one who dealt with Xuu Changqing.

Otherwise, Xuu Changqing wouldn't be showing such respect toward Mu Jinyu.

Ignoring the frightened glances from the Xuu Family members, Mu Jinyu followed the confidant to leave the place, heading toward a pavilion.

"The environment here is quite nice…"

The room where Mu Jinyu was temporarily staying did not contain any Origin Qi; it only had pure Spiritual Energy and Elemental Qi, which made him feel very comfortable.

"Alright, I'll take my leave now…"

The confidant did not dare linger in Mu Jinyu's presence and left after bidding farewell.

Not minding these concerns, Mu Jinyu found a place to sit and started cultivating after the other left.

After waiting for most of the day,

Xuu Changqing finally came to find him with slightly red eyes.

"Brother Mu, sorry to have kept you waiting."

There was a note of choking emotion in Xuu Changqing's voice.

Seeing this, Mu Jinyu quickly stood up, saying he was fine and urging him to handle his parents' affairs as needed.

Xuu Changqing shook his head, saying, "It's fine now. My parents are already buried; I just paid a simple respect for now. Later, I'll look into reburial and hold a grand funeral…"

"That works as well…"

Mu Jinyu thought about it, guessing that staying here made them feel uncomfortable, prompting them to send him away quickly?

If so, he should quickly finish inspecting the Secret Realm and leave Muyun Province.

"Then let's go."

Seeing Mu Jinyu agree, Xuu Changqing didn't want to delay further and was ready to head to the Secret Realm immediately.

Soon, they gathered some items and left the Xuu Family's Minor World. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

After half a day,

they arrived at a place piled with chaotic rocks.

This was the Secret Realm entrance where Xuu Changqing's parents met their end.

"I remember my parents warned me how to get inside."

Arriving there, Xuu Changqing felt the place was ordinary with nothing peculiar, but he knew his parents wouldn't deceive him. The entrance was deeply hidden, making it hard to locate.

He then pondered for a while, recalling the tips his parents gave him not long ago.

Soon, his eyes lit up, and he started to move the seemingly cluttered stones around.

As Xuu Changqing moved these stones,

"Buzz!!"

Among the rocks, seven massive stones burst into radiant columns of light, connecting with each other, and finally converging at the center of the chaotic rocks to form a two-meter-tall pale blue light screen.

"Hmm, just as I thought…"

Xuu Changqing, seeing this change, couldn't help but reveal a small smile.

"Brother Mu, would you like to have a look inside?"

"My parents met their end here, but nothing happened to them during previous visits, so I'm unsure about the dangers inside…"

Xuu Changqing turned to Mu Jinyu, his tone filled with some concern.

Hearing this, Mu Jinyu pondered for a moment, asking, "The last time your parents returned and were harmed by that person, did they leave any words or bring back anything?"

Xuu Changqing shook his head, "I just asked some people; they were almost dead when they returned and couldn't speak, which is why that scoundrel Xuu Yijing could easily kill them!"

"As for bringing anything back?"

"It seems not, but my father's clothes seemed to have issues…"

Xuu Changqing said, taking out a Qiankun Ring and carefully bringing out a gray robe.

Once the gray robe was taken out, a pungent, decaying stench instantly filled the air.

It almost made Xuu Changqing vomit.

Even Mu Jinyu turned pale, feeling uncomfortable.

He quickly closed his senses and retreated repeatedly.

"What is this thing?"

"Why does it smell so foul?"

Mu Jinyu distanced himself from the gray robe and transmitted his voice to Xuu Changqing, feeling speechless.

He found it strange; even if Xuu Changqing's father had been dead for a year, and the robe worn throughout, it shouldn't smell this bad!

He's encountered graves before but never saw a corpse stink like this!

Xuu Changqing explained, "I also don't know why it's like this. Based on some of our Xuu Family's speculations, my parents might have encountered something ominous and bizarre inside the Secret Realm. Upon returning, they got tainted by it, which is why this robe, worn during their lifetime, reeked like this!"

"In that Secret Realm, there might be some vicious ancient corpse…"

Xuu Changqing said, his gaze both wary and hateful looking towards the pale blue light screen at the heart of the Stone Array.

Though his parents ultimately died at the hands of Xuu Yijing,

according to some members of the Xuu Family's conjecture, even without Xuu Yijing's intervention,

his parents, tainted by the corpse stench, wouldn't have survived.

Therefore, the true culprit behind his parents' death should be those wicked beings within the Secret Realm!

But, the owner of that stench, who knows if they have any Spiritual Wisdom, combined with the fact that it was his parents who first intruded, and his own lack of strength,

he naturally didn't harbor illusions about entering the Secret Realm to eradicate the source of that corpse stench completely!