Vol.3-Chapter 16 – Came at the Right Time

“Because I was curious about the piece of jade Jiuge had, I followed him. Things didn’t happen like you said.”

Hearing this, Mo Longjie’s expression suddenly changed. His eyes shined and he said, “What happened, then?”

“At the time, Jiuge was being hunted by people of the Xiao family, and both sides fought for a while. I don’t know what Zheng Jie looks like, but I saw the people from your Mo family arrive. They only watched from afar and didn't help.” Su Su slowly told the truth of what happened back then.

Zhao Jiuge suddenly became very angry. It was fortunate he was lucky, or else he would have died to the Xiao family. He didn’t know why Zheng Jie hadn’t helped him when Mo Longjie ordered him to. Zheng Jie was so vicious, he had borrowed the Xiao family’s hand to kill him.

“Where is Zheng Jie!?” Zhao Jiuge shouted in anger. He wanted to ask Zheng Jie why he had done it back then.

Mo Longjie’s expression darkend. “He has defected to the Xiao family. Not only him, many forces around Dong Yang City have joined the Xiao family. Listen to me, then you will know why you all must escape before daybreak.”

After Zhao Jiuge escaped, the battle outside the city quickly ended with the sloppy daoist’s intervention. Mo Lingje had managed to reach the early stage of the Foundation Realm with the help of the Blue Spirit Pill, and Xiao Yun’s senior brother was also at the Foundation Realm. If they continued to fight, it would only benefit others.

The Xiao family and the Flowing Cloud Sect disciple left some harsh words before parting. The people watching knew that the real battle had just begun.

Mo Lingjie had reached the Foundation Realm and they also had two elders at the late stage of the Spirit Formation Realm, along with Zheng Jie leading the soldiers. They should’ve had a solid advantage against the Xiao family.

Xiao Yun became a direct disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect and, relying on his talent and resources from the sect, also reached the Foundation Realm. The Xiao family could match the Mo family and wasn’t at a disadvantage. With the backing of the Flowing Cloud Sect, they became even more unbridled.

Normally, the two families would continue fighting like this in a deadlock. But this changed on a day three years later.

It was unknown what the Xiao family had obtained, but both Xiao Yi and Xiao Zhan reached the Foundation Realm in just a few months. Now the Xiao family had three Foundation Realm cultivators. Although the Mo family was also growing stronger, it was not as fast as the Xiao family.

After that, the Mo family’s sphere of influence continued to narrow. Finally, Zheng Jie betrayed them and dealt a fatal blow to the Mo family. Most of the loyal Mo family soldiers were wiped out. Zhang Jie took some people into the Xiao Family and then their sphere of influence expanded even more.

The Mo family’s income reduced significantly, but Mo Lao and Mong Longjie’s strength continued to improve with the help of pills Old Yao refined. Fortunately, Mo Longjie was decisive enough and didn’t hesitate to use all of the Mo family’s money to buy spirit herbs. This allowed him to reach the Spirit Core Realm not long ago. Although it was only grade-3, and the size of a soybean, he was still at the Spirit Core Realm.

However, Xiao Yun had also reached the early stage of the Spirit Core Realm. Along with Xiao Yi, Xiao Zhang, Zheng Jie, Old Cu, and Hei Yinzi, they had a total of five Foundation Realm experts.

After the Xiao family climbed on the big tree that was the Flowing Cloud Sect, the gloomy old man Zhao Jiuge saw at the auction also joined the Xiao family. The Xiao family must have given him a lot of benefits.

Old Cu fought against the scholarly middle-aged man back then to steal the Blue Spirit Pill, so there was a grudge between them. The middle-aged man came back for revenge and Old Cu was no match. He could only join the Xiao family and have them kill the middle-aged man.

The two of them joining the Xiao family caught the Mo family off guard and caused Old Mo, who had just reached the Foundation Realm, to die. They were encircled by several people, and Mo Linger was also taken away by the Xiao family. In the end, Old Mo sacrificed himself, so nothing happened. Otherwise, if Mo Linger had fallen into the Xiao family’s hands, she would suffer a terrible fate.

From that moment onward, the Xiao family no longer hid their actions and wiped out all of the Mo family’s forces. They even stated that they were going to exterminate the Mo family and that anyone who dared to have a relationship with the Mo family would be killed.

The sloppy daoist didn’t want to join the Xiao family, so he had left with his disciple to roam the world. Neither side offended each other.

After that, Mo Longjie released all the servants and remaining soldiers. The forces in Dong Yang City were completely occupied by the Xiao family. The Mo family was no longer as glorious as it was in the past.

It was fortunate that the Mo family still had the early stage Spirit Core Realm Mo Longjie. The Xiao family was afraid of pushing Mo Longjie into a corner and having him explode his spirit core, taking several of them with him. This was why they hadn’t made the final push yet. However, one month ago, they had told Mo Lingjie to hand over his daughter, Mo Linger, to become a bed warmer for their second young master, Xiao Yun. How could Mo Longjie allow his daughter to suffer this kind of grievance? Of course he disagreed. Tomorrow was the last day of the deadline.

Mo Longjie decided to let his son and daughter escape, while he and the loyal Old Yao held off the Xiao family. They were going to drag a few people from the Xiao family into the grave with them so his children could escape far from Dong Yang City.

It could be said that the Mo family no longer had a place left in Dong Yang City. The Xiao family controlled the entire city and had more manpower. They had a total of five Foundation Realm cultivators and the early stage Spirit Core Realm Xiao Yun, who was also the direct disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sect’s sect master.

All the powerful rogue cultivators near Dong Yang City had joined the Xiao family. Back then, a single Foundation Realm could cause a wave, but now the Xiao family had many powerful cultivators.

After listening to Mo Longjie’s story, Zhao Jiuge’s chest heaved up and down. There was a long moment of silence and memories of the past flooded his mind. Although Mo Longjie didn’t get into the specifics, Zhao Jiuge knew enough. At least he knew that the final targets were still the Xiao family and the Flowing Cloud Sect.

He still remembered encountering the kind-hearted Old Mo, and it was him who had brought him to Dong Yang City.

No wonder he hadn’t seen Old Mo since he returned. No wonder the Mo Mansion had become so dilapidated since he returned. No wonder Uncle Mo had told him to escape with his child before daybreak.

Zhao Jiuge forced himself to calm down and asked with a cold voice that contained no trace of emotion, “The Xiao family will send people tomorrow to take Linger away?” This was the first time he had revealed this kind of attitude before everyone.

“Yes, they told me that as long as I hand over Linger, they will forget about the past and let us live. Otherwise, even if I try to explode my spirit core, it would be pointless. They would invite several elders from the Flowing Cloud Sect to capture me.”

Mo Lingjie said with some anger and then let out a snort.

“Do they think I’m stupid enough to listen to them? Even If I take a step back and agree, it would still result in my Mo family being destroyed.”

Zhao Jiuges suddenly grinned, but his smile was cold. “No problem, Uncle Mo. I want to see how arrogant the elders from the Flowing Cloud Sect are. The Xiao family came at the right time. Tomorrow, I’ll meet them first. I want to see how much the Xiao family has progressed over the years. Didn’t Xiao Yi say he was going to kill me?”

Mo Longjie became anxious and shouted, “Jiuge, Uncle Mo knows that you have joined a sect and that your cultivation has progressed rapidly. However, you are against an entire sect. A fierce tiger can’t win against a pack of wolves. This is a grudge between me and the Xiao family, I don’t want you involved. Leave with Shouyi and Linger before daybreak tomorrow!”

Zhao Jiuge immediately stood up and shouted, “What is Uncle Mo saying? What do you mean this is a matter between you and the Xiao family and you don’t want to drag me in? If not for Uncle Mo, I would have died back then. Now you want me to leave? Do you think I can feel at ease with that? Am I that kind of person? I’ll resolve this issue and then leave. There is no need to say more about it.”

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Zhao Jiuge originally just wanted to teach the Xiao family a lesson, but he didn’t expect things to have reached this point. They wanted to bully Mo Linger, and even Old Mo was dead. He considered Mo Linger his little sister, how could he endure it?

Old Mo’s death had already caused killing intent to appear in his heart. The two culprits, Hei Yinzi and Old Cu, would not be able to escape!

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There was also Zheng Jie. There was no grudge between them, but he had tried to kill Zhao Jiuge. Even now, Zhao Jiuge didn’t know why.

In truth, if he still remembered what happened on the first day he arrived, he would know that Zheng Jie had acted out of jealousy and that he was worried about his position in the Mo family, Mo Linger was also a factor. All of this led to Zheng Jie making that sudden decision when Zhao Jiuge was being hunted by the Xiao family.

In short, after hearing everything from Mo Longjie, Zhao Jiuge was very angry.

“That’s right, Uncle Mo. Your matter is also our matter. Since we are here, let us deal with it.”

Su Su smiled sweetly and spoke calmly. She didn’t consider the Xiao family, who Mo Longjie considered a great threat, an issue at all. Normally, she wouldn’t care about a family in a small city like Dong Yang, but they had saved Zhao Jiuge’s life before. She would naturally not mistreat Zhao Jiuge’s benefactor—she would face them with a smile.

Mo Longjie’s lips moved and he was anxious, but he didn’t know how to refute them.

It was Mo Shouyi who became excited and immediately said, “My little sister and I won’t leave. Didn’t Jiuge say he has a way? We’ll just have to believe him!”

The sad Mo Linger quickly nodded when she heard Mo Shouyi’s words.

Seeing this, Mo Longjie sighed and didn’t make a sound. His expression was gloomy and he blamed himself for being useless. He couldn’t protect his own children nor the people of the Mo family.

Old Yao revealed a happy smile. People like him, who lacked talent and had lived for a long time, were not afraid of death. They were only afraid of dragging the younger generation down with them.

The young man he had never even properly looked at back then had unknowingly grown so strong. Most importantly, it was difficult to find such a responsible junior.

“Do what you all need to do. Don’t be nervous, I’ll handle everything.”

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit tense and depressed, Zhao Jiuge smiled. Although he said this, no one in the hall relaxed much.

Only Mo Linger’s gaze contained a hint of expectation. Her gaze continued to shift between Zhao Jiuge and Pei Su Su.