Not long after leaving Moon Pavilion, just as they were about to find a restaurant for dinner, Mu Yang suddenly spotted a luxurious carriage approaching from the front, escorted by a squad of royal knights.
Before long, the convoy came to a stop not far in front of the two of them.
Seeing the swan emblem representing the royal family hanging on the carriage, Mu Yang had a vague idea of what was going on.
As expected, a refined young man stepped down from the carriage with a burly woman at his side.
"Dear brother, it's been a long time. I've missed you terribly."
Qian Renxue said with a beaming smile.
"Brother Qinghe, Bing'er and I were just thinking about where to go for dinner. Looks like this meal is settled now."
Mu Yang replied with a smile.
Qian Renxue coming to find them was within Mu Yang's expectations.
Before she was affected by the 'intelligence-lowering aura' and fell into love obsession, Qian Renxue had considerable scheming ability and political finesse.
Mu Yang knew that she had long wanted to recruit him and Shui Bing'er under her command. Now that the two had arrived in Heaven Dou City, she most likely received the news early on her not coming would've been the real surprise.
"Haha~ My dear brother and sister-in-law have come to Heaven Dou City, of course I must be the host. Come aboard, we'll talk inside."
Hearing Mu Yang speak so directly, Qian Renxue couldn't help but laugh, and motioned for the two to get on the carriage.
"Bing'er, let's go tonight we're going to make a big spender pay~"
With that, Mu Yang pulled Shui Bing'er onto Qian Renxue's carriage.
As the imperial heir's personal vehicle, Qian Renxue's carriage was incredibly spacious. Never mind four people even ten could fit inside if they squeezed a bit.
Inside the carriage.
"Dear brother, I see you and your wife don't look too well. What happened?"
Looking at the two's slightly pale faces and the murderous aura between their brows, Qian Renxue couldn't help but ask curiously.
Such an intense killing aura on them… not even slaughtering tens of thousands might produce this. But she hadn't heard of any recent major incidents involving evil soul masters, or any soul beast forests being massacred?
"Sigh~ Don't bring it up. Some time ago, Bing'er and I went to a certain place for training. We just returned from there.
Not afraid of being laughed at by you, Brother Qinghe we almost lost our lives there. Looking like this now is all due to that place's influence."
Mu Yang said, shaking his head and sighing.
Although he didn't state it explicitly, Mu Yang was well aware that sooner or later, Qian Renxue would find out they had trained in Slaughter City.
But becoming a Killing God with ease, versus barely scraping by to earn that title, were two very different stories. If he could fool her a bit, Mu Yang thought it best to keep Qian Renxue in the dark.
Lowering her estimation of his strength would definitely do more good than harm. As for their friendship, keeping it at a "plastic brotherhood" level was more than enough.
"Is that so? As long as you and your wife returned safely, that's all that matters."
Raising her eyebrows slightly, seeing that Mu Yang deliberately skipped over the place they trained in, Qian Renxue didn't press further and simply offered some comfort.
"By the way, you and your wife went to Moon Pavilion were you planning to use Aunt Yuehua's domain power to purge the killing aura? Was it effective?"
Qian Renxue asked the two.
Mu Yang nodded, "It worked pretty well. In a few months, we should be fully recovered."
At this moment, hearing Xue Qinghe refer to Tang Yuehua as "Aunt," Shui Bing'er couldn't help but gossip, "Brother Qinghe, you call the Pavilion Master Yuehua 'Aunt'? Could the rumors of her special relationship with His Majesty be true?"
"Uh~ That's not the case. Sister-in-law, don't say such things. I used to be a student at the Moon Pavilion and studied under Teacher Yuehua for quite some time. That's why I call her Aunt."
Qian Renxue choked a little, then quickly explained.
Although she deeply resented Tang Hao for 'hammering to death' her father Qian Xunji back then, Qian Renxue bore no such grudge toward Tang Hao's younger sister, Tang Yuehua.
Perhaps it was partly because Tang Yuehua wasn't even a formal soul master and posed absolutely no threat to her, but the biggest reason was Yuehua's "Noble Circle" domain, which could purify a person's soul.
Having grown up unloved by her birth mother Bibi Dong, even though Qian Renxue's martial soul symbolized holiness and light the Six-Winged Angel deep within, her heart still harbored darkness and inner flaws.
One could say, the time she spent studying etiquette at Moon Pavilion after arriving in the Heaven Dou Empire was the most peaceful period in Qian Renxue's life.
And it was precisely because of this that Qian Renxue would call Tang Yuehua "Aunt Yuehua."
"Brother Qinghe, you're already in your mid-twenties, right? Master Yuehua doesn't look very old either. Since she doesn't have any special relationship with His Majesty, why do you address her as a senior?"
Shui Bing'er was a bit confused.
A woman's age can't be judged solely by her appearanceaalbut that applies to soul masters, especially high-ranking ones.
Yet Tang Yuehua wasn't even a formal soul master, which ruled out the possibility of her looking young due to her spirit power. That meant her actual age couldn't be very high. Even if she was older than Xue Qinghe, it shouldn't be by much.
Since they were essentially of the same generation, why did Xue Qinghe still call her a senior?
"Bing'er, is it possible that Master Yuehua is actually much older than she appears? If we're only talking about age, she might really be our elder."
Mu Yang, who knew Tang Yuehua's approximate age, said.
"Really?"
Shui Bing'er was momentarily stunned. Apparently, she found it hard to believe that Tang Yuehua, who in her eyes was just like a big sister, might actually be older than her own mother.
"I don't know the exact age either, but Moon Pavilion has already been established for over ten years. I remember Aunt Yuehua looked about the same back then as she does now."
Qian Renxue shook her head and added.
'So that means Master Yuehua has preserved her youth well?'
Raising her delicate brows, Shui Bing'er silently began calculating whether she should subtly probe for some tips in the future.
Girls all love beauty, after all. Is there a single woman in the world who wouldn't wish for eternal youth?
"By the way, dear brother, I heard from Father that not long after the end of the Soul Master Tournament, Blazing Academy submitted an application to the Empire to purchase a mountain located in the Northern Province. That mountain is currently under renovation does Blazing Academy have something big planned?"
Qian Renxue asked Mu Yang.
Excluding the five major kingdoms and duchies, the Heaven Dou Empire directly administered five major provinces. The Northern Province was located at the far north of the Empire, bordering the perpetually snow-covered Extreme North.
"There's no harm in telling Brother Qinghe about this. Before long, Blazing, Sky Water, and Godwind Academies will be merging and reorganizing into a new Elemental Academy.
To facilitate the construction of large-scale simulated training grounds for the elements of ice, fire, water, and wind, the new Elemental Academy will be established on that mountain in the Northern Province."
The merger and reorganization of the three elemental academies was something that couldn't be kept secret. In fact, not only did it not need to be hidden, it would later be announced to the entire soul master world as part of a recruitment campaign. So Mu Yang didn't hold back and directly told Qian Renxue.
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