Bai Fei'er's attitude truly infuriated Mo g.

  He was the eldest young master of the Mo Family. Even if the Mo Family was not as prestigious as the Bai Family, Bai Fei'er was nothing special now, yet she couldn't see it herself. Her arrogant demeanor made Mo g's face turn as red as a pig's liver.

  "Hmph!"

  That damned woman, once I'm done pying with her.. Mo g gritted his teeth in hatred.

  At this moment, an elderly figure desded outside the main hall. The old man wore a white robe, his hair and beard as silver as his aura was ethereal, but his eyes held a hidden sharpness. As soon as he entered, he saw Mo g's twisted, ugly expression and frowned, speaking in a deep voice, "Why do you look so displeased at a time like this?"

  "Grandfather..."

  Seeing that it was the Mo Family Aor, Mo g immediately put on a fttering smile and inteo pin the bme on Bai Fei'er for being ungrateful: "It's all that Bai Fei'er, she doesn't know her pce..."

  "Silence!"

  The Mo Family Aor reprimanded him, his gaze sharp as he stared at Mo g, his tone severe: "Even if Bai Fei'er is a waste now, until this marriage is settled, you must not be so disdainful! The elders of the Bai Family will arrive soon, and if they see you like this, they might think our Mo Family's younger geion is useless and incapable of great responsibilities. Even with this marriage allia would be difficult for our Mo Family to leverage the Bai Family's name!"

  His words were extremely stern, causing Mo g's face to drain of color in fear.

  He wasn't the most favored desdant of the Mo Family Aor; otherwise, marrying a useless woman wouldn't have fallen to him. But Bai Fei'er was still quite beautiful, and if he ahe Aor, he might end up with nothing.

  Thinking of this, Mo g quickly nodded and bowed, "Grandson knows his mistake, please punish me, Grandfather!"

  "Hmph, I hope you remember this. Now leave, and don't embarrass the Mo Family at tonight's wedding!"

  The Mo Family Aor waved his sleeve, dismissing the inpetent great-grandso in the main hall, his expression still unpleasant.

  It wasn't that this marriage overly degraded the Mo Family, but the Mo Family Aor felt that the "treasure" he thought was within reach had slipped away!

  Earlier, he had sehe presence of a heavily injured demon outside Greenwood City and rushed over, only to enter a Nine-Lives Demon Cat at the Tribution Crossing stage!

  The Mo Family Aor immediately felt that his old fate was turning around.

  No matter how severely injured she was or how she ended up in such a state, as long as he could obtain her demon core, the Mo Family Aor could break through his stagnant cultivation of a hundred years, possibly even surpass the chasm of the Divided Spirit stage aer the Body Fusion stage!

  If he could advao the Body Fusion stage, and under his leadership, the Mo Family would surely return to its peak!

  Such temptation was irresistible to the Mo Family Aor.

  Cultivators, without exception, all wished to bee stronger and live longer, and the Mo Family Aor was no exception.

  Of course, a Nine-Lives Demon Cat with such high cultivation surely held a signifit position within her . Ag rashly could lead to future retaliation from the demon , but even so, he was determio obtain that demon core.

  The Mo Family Aor's pns were meticulous, yet...

  He never dreamed that the critically injured aremely weak Nine-Lives Demon Cat would escape using a magical artifact.

  He didn't even mao catch a single hair of that Nine-Lives Demon Cat.

  The Mo Family Aor searched the dense forests within thousands of miles but couldn't find her!

  This left him fuming!

  But no matter what, she had escaped, and that demon cat surely wouldn't be foolish enough to return to Greenwood City to seek death. The Mo Family Aor, apart from venting his anger on his great-grandson, had no other options.

  There were more important matters to attend to.

  Tonight, the Mo Family and the Bai Family were to be wed. If he hahis marriage well, the Mo Family's reputation in the Sunfre Empire would once again rise.

  ***

  As night fell, Gu Heng sat at the entrance of the Medie Hall, holding a bowl of soup and sipping oened water.

  Today wasn't particurly idle. After he picked up that little stray cat, the rain stopped, and more patients came to the Medie Hall, mostly on folk who had suffered minor acts due to the heavy rain. Gu Heng had been busy until now, and there was no time to cook a meal, so he had to make do with some sweet medial herbs from the medie et, boiling them with sugar to make a bowl of sweetened water.

  He drank the sweetened water, lookiward, where the Mo Family Residence was brightly lit and filled with joyous musi the sky, cultivators flew through the night, all having received invitations from the Mo Family, traveling from afar to withis wedding, making it quite lively.

  "Sigh..."

  With a sigh, Gu Heng pced the bowl of sweetened water ooable beside him.

  Not being a cultivator, life was indeed pin. Although Gu Heng had accepted the fact that he couldn't bee a cultivator, the Mysterious Heaven Realm was ultimately a world where strength was revered.

  This System hadn't helped him bee a strong cultivator, but at least it provided him with a means to make a living.

  As an ordinary person, he could only guard his small piece of nd for the rest of his life.

  "......"

  When Gu Heng wasn't paying attention, the little stray cat with silver fur all over its body leaped onto the stoable, looked at the bowl of sweetened water, and began to p it up with its tongue.

  Seeing that the stray cat had decided to stay at his Medie Hall, Gu Heng sidered it as taking her in. After all, he had no oo keep him pany, and having a cat around could provide some amusement when he was feeling down.

  "Little Xi, is the sweetened water good?"

  Gu Heng watched the cat, and when she nodded, he couldn't help but smile.

  The cat was smart; Gu Heng realized she uood human speech. When he fouoday and fed her medie, he piving her a name. Initially, he thought of calling her "Little Silver," but she shook her tail and head vigorously, unwilling. Gu Heng then tried various names with pen and paper until she accepted "Little Xi."

  "If you have nowhere else to go, you stay with me. I promise you won't be mistreated."

  Gu Heng stroked her fur, which was soft a particurly f.

  Su Jinxi licked the sweetened water, feeling the pure and immense medial power flow into her body... To her astonishment, this hidden master had casually thrown Abyssal Snow Lotus Petals and Red Gold Demon Flower Petals into an iron pot to brew!

  These two heavenly treasures, with flig attributes, were incredibly dangerous. A slight mistake by the alchemist could turn the surrounding area into ashes!

  But his alchemy skills opened Su Jinxi's eyes. Without using any alchemy furnace, she didn't even see any true energy, yet he mao blend these two medies in a pot, adding sugar to make sweetened water.

  She even jumped onto the medie et, pawing through the herbs. The dozens of medial herbs she saw were treasures that could cause bloodshed outside, yet here they were, casually dispyed.

  Moreover, his alchemy teique was uhe medial power of these precious herbs was too immense, akin to poison for ordinary people, but he trolled it so well that much of the medial power dissipated, just enough to heal ordinary people.

  What a waste of heavenly resources... But what could Su Jinxi do?

  Hiding in this small, mundane pce, using such treasures that tless cultivators would die for on ordinary people... A master has his own ways, perhaps this was just a game for him.

  In any case, it was a boon for her, Su Jinxi.

  ing more of these herbs, slowly refining the medial power, one day her demon body could evolve again.

  Sihis hidden master wao keep her, Su Jinxi didn't resist. Staying by his side, she could gain more than she ever could in the demon , even if she made great tributions, the King of Ten Thousand Demons might not reward her with such treasures.

  She didn't even want to leave.

  "Hmm... This Mo Family wedding is quite the spectacle. With the Marriage Proposal Scroll, I go and enjoy the feast..."

  Gu Heng took out the Marriage Proposal Scroll from his pocket, looking in the dire of the Mo Family Residence, pting. But before he could do anything, Little Xi jumped into his arms, her paing the rge "Mo" character on the scroll, waggiail.

  He immediately uood.

  "Alright, I know you're hungry. Let's go, we'll crash the feast!"

  Gu Heng picked up Little Xi and leisurely walked toward the Mo Family Residence.

  In his arms, Su Jinxi's eyes glinted with a cold light.