Chapter 42: The Vast Mo Clan

  In front of Mufeng, a massive city appeared, with walls dozens of feet high, stretching far into the distance on both sides, and seemingly without end. From afar, the entire city looked like a gigantic monster quietly crouching on the ground.

  After a long and arduous journey, Mu Chengzhi and his wife finally arrived at the city they had been longing for, accompanied by their son Mu Feng.

  On the main road, there were already many figures surging towards Mocheng. Although the city gate of Mocheng was relatively wide, due to the dense flow of people, a long queue had formed at the entrance of the city.

  "Awesome!" Standing outside the city gate, looking at this giant city, Mu Feng sighed with emotion.

  Mu Chengzhi and his wife couldn't help but laugh at Mu Feng's appearance.

  Mu Chengzhi walked over from behind, stroking Mu Feng's head and said with a smile: "Alright, let's enter the city."

  At the thought of returning to his ancestral clan, Mu Chengzhi's heart was filled with joy. He had grown up in Mocheng since he was a child and had deep feelings for both Mocheng and the Mu clan.

  When passing through the gate for routine inspection, Mu Feng was surprised to find that more than a dozen black-armored door guards were all in the state of transforming gas, and he couldn't help but be amazed.

  Seeing Mu Feng's confusion, Mu Chengzhi smiled and said: "These gate guards are the Black Armor Army of our clan, their strength is all above the Refining Qi realm."

  As soon as they entered the city of Mu, Mufeng finally understood what it meant by "a sea of people". The buildings in the city were densely packed, and the streets were crowded with people coming and going, rubbing shoulders and treading on each other's heels. The cries of vendors calling out their wares, the haggling voices of customers, and the laughter of children all blended together to create a scene of prosperity and flourishing activity.

  Mu Chengzhi was deeply moved, and Mu City had become so prosperous under the governance of the clan. In Tianfeng County, apart from Wu City, there shouldn't be any city that could compare to Mu City.

  Mo Feng discovered that there were quite a few martial artists in the city, among whom a considerable number were Martial Artists of the Nascent Soul stage. There were even two who were rarely seen Martial Artists of the Embodiment stage.

  Mufeng followed Mu Chengzhi and his wife, turning left and right, walking for a long time before arriving in front of a mansion. The plaque above the mansion's gate was engraved with two large golden characters: Mufu Manor.

  The walls of the mansion are several meters high and stretch far away. At the entrance, two giant stone lions are placed, each weighing at least hundreds of tons. The stone lions bare their teeth and claws, with a fierce expression.

  At the entrance stood two black-armored guards, whose strength had actually reached the realm of Qi Refining.

  Mo Feng did not expect that after reaching the Qi Refining stage with great difficulty, he would come to Mu City and find that even ordinary guards were at the Qi Refining stage. He couldn't help but feel a little discouraged, wondering when he could reach the Shaping stage and become a strong cultivator.

  Three people arrived at the gate of the Mu residence, and a guard blocked their way, shouting: "Where did you come from? Scram!" As he shouted, an aura of intimidation emanated from this guard. He too looked at the ordinary clothes of the three people in front of him and thought to show off the prestige of the Mu clan.

  "Please inform Director Mu Chuan Dao and Elder Mu Chang that Mr. and Mrs. Mu Cheng Zhi, accompanied by their son Mu Feng, request an audience."

  The guard glanced at the three of them, muttered to himself, and said, "Wait at the gate." After that, he went into the mansion to report, while another guard stood there with an expressionless face, directly ignoring the three.

  Mo Feng was infuriated by the arrogant and condescending attitude of the guard, indignantly saying: "Even a mere guard is so arrogant!"

  After a while, the guard came out and invited the three of them in. A maidservant led them to the front of a large hall.

  An elderly man with a head full of white hair came out from the main hall. The old man's face was thin and his body was dry, but his bright and piercing eyes showed that he was extraordinary. However, Mufeng found it strange that there was no fluctuation of Xuanli on the old man's body at all.

  Seeing the old man come out, Mu Chengzhi and his wife respectfully said: "We have seen Patriarch Mu."

  The old man revealed a hint of a smile, hastily grasped Mu Chengzhi's hand and said: "Chengzhi, it's been over a decade, you haven't come to see this old bones of mine." Then looking at Mu Feng, he said: "This must be Feng'er, grown so big now."

  Mufeng also bowed and said: "Greetings, Elder Mu."

  "Alright, alright." Mu Zhanglao smiled and nodded his head.

  Mo Feng had also heard Mo Chengzhi introduce this Elder Mo, who was the chief elder of the Mo clan and in charge of handling all sorts of complicated matters for the Mo clan. His position was the highest after the clan leader and the three inner court elders. It was precisely because of a letter delivered by a flying pigeon to this Elder Mo that the crisis from the Jiang family had been resolved.

  Mo Chuan Dao was also a good brother of Mo Cheng Zhi's father who died early, and the same clan brother who was killed by Mo Cheng Zhi's mistake would not have been expelled from the clan if he were not the son of Grand Councilor Mo Yun Tang under Mo Chuan Dao's guarantee.

  Mo Chuan Dao invited Mo Cheng Zhi and his family to enter the house, discussed for a while, then called a maid to arrange the three of them to rest in a separate courtyard. After all, the Mo clan was so big that the steward elder had too many things to deal with.

  Mo Feng looked around the room, and all he could feel was astonishment. The red sandalwood carvings, golden silk curtains, brand new furniture, soft carpets... it was a hundred times better than the best inn in Hong Feng Town, and this was just an ordinary guest room.

  "Wind, don't be so surprised, the clan's industry is much larger than you can imagine. Just this Mu estate alone covers an area more than ten times that of Hong Feng Town, and there are over a thousand guards, not to mention the countless servants. Moreover, our clan has considerable industries in various places, otherwise how could we be considered one of the four major powers of Tian Feng County?" Lin Hui said with a smile, looking at Mu Feng's nearly stunned expression.

  Mo Feng was stunned, he had not expected the Mo estate to be so vast. It seemed that the four major powers of Tianfeng County were indeed famous for a reason. However, he then became indignant and said: "Father, our clan is so wealthy, why do we still live such a hard life?"

  "Who made Father commit such a great mistake back then? The clan's punishment for those who have erred is stricter than one can imagine, and the clansmen who have erred are not even comparable to a servant."

  "Dad was just a momentary loss of control back then." Murong said with a pout.

  Mufeng actually didn't have much good feelings towards the Mushi clan, apart from Mutransmitting Dao, all the other members of the Mushi clan he came into contact with, even a guard or a maid, were arrogant and looked down on others. Moreover, when Mu Chengzhi suffered from an internal injury that couldn't be cured for a long time, the Mushi clan didn't show any sympathy at all, revealing the coldness and ruthlessness within the clan.

  However, in Mu Chengzhi's eyes, this seemed extremely normal. In the past, he had committed a serious mistake and injured someone from his own clan, so receiving severe punishment was only to be expected.

  "Feng Er, there's only a month left before the adult ceremony of our clan, you can't slack off for this one month." Mu Cheng Zhi reminded.

  I just learned from Mu Chuan Dao that this year's adult ceremony will be held in a month.

  Mu Feng was originally full of confidence, but when Mu Chengzhi told him that the number of people participating in the clan's coming-of-age ceremony this time had reached ninety-eight, he felt a lot of pressure.

  Even Mu Chengzhi heard that there were ninety-eight people in this coming-of-age ceremony, and his heart was also chilled at the time.

  Ninety-eight people, this means that these ninety-eight people have all reached the stage of transformation into gas, and now Mu Feng is only at the initial stage of small success in the transformation into gas, at the lowest level of martial artists in the transformation into gas, and the other ninety-seven people are not lower than him in their cultivation. To enter the top ten under such conditions, the difficulty is quite large.

  However, only entering the top ten can allow parents to return to the Mu family clan, so Mu Feng secretly made up his mind that no matter what price he pays, he must enter the top ten.