Chapter 65: Undercurrents

  "Mo Family Master, how is that disciple of mine, Karu?"

  As soon as Mu Xun stepped onto the stone building of the Mo family, he directly launched a challenge. His voice was not loud, but it spread throughout the entire Divine Stone Square. Any warrior, as long as they were not deaf, could hear him clearly.

  Mo Dao stood on the stone building of Mo's family, his expression changing unpredictably.

  Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he was asked by Mu Xun in such an impolite manner that Mo Duo's old face couldn't hold up, wanting to settle it privately. But seeing Mu Xun's attitude, it was clear that he had no intention of letting things go easily.

  "Mr. Mu, Karu has been dead for a long time, I don't know who killed him either."

  Mù Xún stood proudly on the stone tower, his body was just beside the stone tower, and the warriors below only needed to raise their heads to see him.

  "Is he dead?"

  Mu Xuan sneered, his expression gloomy and sinister. "The master of the Mo family is indeed skilled! He knew that my disciple had stolen my treasure map, so he invited my disciple to form an alliance, only to kill him halfway through and take the map for himself. Now, he's trying to wash his hands clean of the whole affair. Is this really how the Mo family has built its vast fortune?"

  "Haha, Mozi's methods are well-known to everyone in the merchant alliance."

  On the stone building of the Shi family, Shi Jian laughed loudly and said with a tone of schadenfreude: "Many properties of my Shi family didn't also disappear one by one under the 'good trick' of the Mo family master?"

  "Stone Jian!" Two hundred meters apart, Mo Tuo glared at Stone Jian fiercely and shouted: "This matter has nothing to do with the Stone family, you'd better not spout nonsense!"

  Shi Jiancai didn't bother with him and continued to smile: "Indeed, it has nothing to do with my Shi family, I just spoke out of emotion, Master Mo, don't be so agitated."

  Shi Yan stood by, secretly laughing in his heart. For the first time, he thought that old Shi Jian was somewhat interesting, knowing when to strike while the iron is hot and make the opponent feel the most pain.

  Mo Duan's heart knew that he couldn't take Shi Jian's side, and it wasn't a good time to argue with him either. He could only put on a smiling face for Mu Xun and explain: "At the beginning, our Mo family invited Ka Lu to form an alliance, but we didn't know that Ka Lu had stolen your treasure map. It was out of respect for you that we sent someone to bring him over. At the time, I really didn't know the specific situation, and Mr. Mu wrongly accused my Mo family."

  " Framed?" Mu Xun's face grew increasingly gloomy, and he sneered, "If you didn't know that Kalu stole my treasure map, would your Mo family have sent someone to escort him from thousands of miles away? The Merchant Alliance is separated from our Medicine King Valley by a distance of ten thousand miles. Your hands are so long, not for the sake of the treasure map, what else could it be for? Could it really be for Kalu's mediocre alchemy skills?"

  Mo Tuo smiled wryly and explained: "It's really like that."

  "Mo family master, I don't want to hear your sophistry. Whether Karu is dead or not, I don't care. Just hand over the treasure map and I'll leave immediately, I won't bother you Mo family." Mu Xun's face was full of impatience.

  "The treasure map is really not in my hands."

  "Since the Mo family is so insistent on not letting go, then I have nothing more to say." Mu Xun let out a cold snort and turned around to walk away, saying lightly: "Although my Medicine King Valley doesn't interfere with the power struggles of various countries, it's also not something that can be bullied by others. The Mo family master should take care of himself."

  Mu Xun brought several apprentices and went straight down to Mo's stone building.

  "Mr. Mu, you are always welcome to come and visit me in Shi's house, everything can be discussed." Shi Jian's voice suddenly came from the stone building of Shi's house, this sentence implied something, which was self-evident.

  Mu Xun descended from the stone tower of the Mo family, gazed in Shi Jian's direction and nodded slightly, saying: "I think we will have a chance to cooperate. If it causes trouble for Master Shi, please don't decline at that time."

  "I, Shi Jian, detest those who resort to despicable means. To be able to serve Mr. Mu is a great honor for my family." Shi Jian burst out laughing and bowed his hands from afar to Mu Xun.

  "Then I'll thank the Shi family first." Mu Xun nodded, then looked up and coldly glanced at Mo Tuo, whose face was extremely ugly on the stone building, before leading his men to leave the Divine Stone Plaza.

  On Shen Shi Square, all the martial arts competitions in the arena came to a halt. It wasn't until Mu Xuan left that they continued competing.

  This day's martial arts conference became more interesting because of Mu Xun's sudden arrival.

  Many people quietly inquired about it after Mu Xun left and soon figured out what was going on.

  After understanding the situation, many warriors were ashamed of Mo's actions and privately discussed Mo with contempt.

  Many warriors who were originally prepared to join the Mohist school, after learning about this matter, almost immediately gave up their intention of going to the Mohist school, and the Mohist school lost a lot of high-end resources in vain.

  Kuroro of the Kurenai no Shou also witnessed Mokuto's accusations against Bokuden from start to finish in the martial arts arena.

  The martial arts conference had not yet ended, but Kuro quietly left and returned to the Lianyuan Pavilion, which was not far from the Lishen Stone Plaza.

  ……

  Evening

  In a secluded pavilion, Kuroro leaned forward and recounted the events that had just occurred to Xia Xinyan.

  After listening to Kuro's words, Xia Xinyan furrowed her brow and pondered for a moment before saying: "If what Muxun said is true, then the remaining map should still be in Motou's hands. I came this time only for 'Tianmen', and I don't mind cooperating with anyone. Kuro, go to the Mo family tonight and tell them that we can share the treasure map with him and explore the mystery of 'Tianmen' together."

  "Understood." Kuro nodded.

  "Xiao Han's clothes will arrive in half a month, all the people you found are fake, and you need to hurry up." Xia Xinyan said indifferently.

  "I will definitely do my best!" Kuro's heart skipped a beat, and he said with sincerity: "I have already sent people to expand the search scope to other cities, I believe there will be results soon."

  "Uh-huh, go ahead." Xia Xinyan waved her hand casually.

  Kuluo bowed and left.

  ……

  That night.

  Kulou came alone to the Mo family and asked to see Mo Tuo.

  Mo Duo was furious, but upon hearing that Kuro had arrived, he could only force himself to meet with him. After Kuro explained his intentions, Mo Duo smiled wryly and shook his head, saying: "The treasure map is really not in my hands, even if I wanted to cooperate with you, I would be powerless."

  "Master Mo, my master is truly kind-hearted. The opening of the 'Sky Gate' requires a complete map. As long as we cooperate, we can take action immediately. Please think thrice, Master Mo!" Kuroba's expression was not good-looking, and he didn't believe it. He thought that Mokuto might have other plans, perhaps to make a move on Huanlian Pavilion, and his heart gradually had some anger.

  "It's really not in my hands, don't listen to Mu Xun's nonsense." Mo Duo's face didn't look good either, his heart was feeling depressed, and his tone wasn't polite: "Mr. Kuro, please leave, I still have to make arrangements for the Martial Arts Tournament, see you out."

  ……

  In the middle of the night, Kuro returned to Xuanhuan Pavilion and brought Mo Tuo's words unchanged to Xia Xinyan.

  "There are two copies of the treasure map, one of which is in my hands. The Mo family refuses to cooperate, clearly they have the intention of monopolizing the 'Tianmen'. It seems that the Mo family will take action soon." Xia Xinyan's eyes were slightly cold and she said indifferently: "I'm waiting for the Mo family to come and grab it, if we don't give them a lesson, they won't cooperate with us peacefully."

  "Miss, shall we go to Mo's house and grab that map?" one of the giants behind Xia Xinyan growled.

  A thick and intense killing aura suddenly burst out from this person's body, startling Kuro.

  "Never mind, after all, this isn't our territory, it's better to follow some rules. If we provoke the five major families to join forces, it would be a bit troublesome. However, once King Xue of Shura arrives, if the Mo family still doesn't know what's good for them, then we can take more drastic measures." Xia Xinyan said calmly.

  "Oh." The giant nodded and didn't say anything more.

  "Alright, Kuro, you can go ahead with your business. You can quietly spread the news that the treasure map is on me, and I'll just wait for them to come and grab it." Xia Xinyan smiled calmly and said, "At this time, whichever side comes to grab the treasure map, the other copy of the treasure map will definitely be in their hands."

  "Understood."

  ……

  Late at night, Left Family.

  Zuo Xiao and Chi Xiao were whispering in a secret room.

  "The Shadow replied that the treasure map was not in Kuro's hands, but on a small maid's body in the Xuanxuan Pavilion. The maid seemed to have appeared suddenly, and her origin is unknown." said Zuoxu.

  "Wait until the last day, during the Five Great Families' martial arts gathering, I will go to the Xuan Mi Pavilion. It's just a little maid, shouldn't be a problem." Chi Xiao nodded slightly, looking somewhat embarrassed, and bitterly smiled: "To lay hands on a little maid, it's indeed a bit awkward, never mind, after this is over, I'll leave one or two secret treasures behind, as compensation."

  "We still need to be careful and absolutely cannot reveal our identities. Many people are eyeing this treasure, and if they find out it was us who did it, it would be quite troublesome."

  "Hmm, I have an idea."

  ……

  That night, in the secret room of the five big families, many people were whispering about what had happened during the day.

  In Shi's family secret room.

  Shi Jian held a letter, with an unusual smile at the corner of his mouth, and said to Han Feng beside him: "Mu Xun is really formidable, he delivered the letter in just one day. Hehe, Mu Xun wants to make a move against the Mohist school, even if we can't openly help, we should secretly try our best to facilitate things for Mu Xun."

  "What is Mu Xun going to do?"

  "He wants to capture several key figures of the Mo family, and use them as hostages against Mo Tuo. Haha, these people are also thorns in our eyes." Shi Jian's mood was pleasant, and he said: "Madman, send someone to investigate the whereabouts of those people, and then have Wood Xun deliver their recent movements to us. Haha, I really want to see how Mo Tuo will deal with it."

  That treasure map from Karu's body was stuck to his chest, even if Mo Tuo was beaten to death, he couldn't get it out. These few key figures of the Mo family were obviously doomed to die.

  Shi Jian thought of Mo Tuo's furious appearance and felt relieved all over, smiling: "Madman, go get a jar of wine, I want to drink a few cups."

  "The good wine in the house has all been secretly drunk by Young Master Yan. What's left are just ordinary huangjiu." Han Feng lowered his head, his mouth twitching slightly at the corner, a hint of a smile flashing in his eyes.

  "That little rabbit!" Shi Jian slapped the armrest and cursed with a smile: "This stinky brat is really bold, he even dares to steal my wine. If this little rascal doesn't give me some face at the martial arts conference, I'll skin him alive."

  "With Yan Xiaoyu's second stage Petrification Martial Soul, it is fundamentally impossible for a pre-Heavenly Soul Master to break his petrified state. Fighting against a pre-Heavenly Soul Master, Yan Xiaoyu... has already become equivalent to cheating! A sure win!"

  "That's true!" Shi Jian said with a relieved heart, bursting into loud laughter.

  ……