Lord of the Nine Realms

Chapter 69 Concealment
There was a light rain in the sky, and the plants in the Lingzhi Garden were stretched out, exuding a faint aura.

An Muyu held an oilcloth bamboo umbrella, stood on the bluestone platform, took a deep breath slowly, and waited for a long time.

"It's okay, it's really okay."

The beauty's eyes lit up, and she trembled with joy.

Lingzhi Garden is the foundation for the An family to settle down in Maple Leaf City. With only 2000 yuan of fertile land outside the city, the An family will not be able to enter the aristocratic circle, and no one will look down upon you.

The foundation of cultivating the spiritual plant garden is jungle sacrifice.

The An family has always had this tradition. An Muyu's mother and grandmother were both jungle worshipers.

Before her mother died, she passed on the blue chalcedony necklace to her in the hope that she could become a jungle priest.

But An Muyu suffered from soul pollution, so he couldn't feel and absorb spiritual energy at all. Every time he came to Lingzhi Garden, as long as he absorbed some spiritual energy, fire would rise in his body, and he couldn't control it at all.

Without this reason, it would have been impossible for that rough man to succeed in the desert. It was really...

"It's a blessing in disguise!"

Tears wet her green gauze. An Muyu looked around and saw that none of the maids were there, so she took the staff hidden under the tree and went out through the small door in the corner.

Walking through Jiyu Lane, I gently knocked on the false door.

After a short while, the false door opened, and a middle-aged woman welcomed An Muyu in.

This is a secluded back garden. There are several big trees in the yard, and the flower pond is full of weeds, but the weeds are well trimmed, giving people a feeling of being messy but not messy.

There is a pavilion on the west side of the courtyard. The platform of the pavilion is more than one meter above the ground, and there are several hollow stone carvings below.

An Muyu took the staff wrapped in black cloth and followed the middle-aged woman to the back of the gazebo.

The woman lifted up a wooden board to reveal the sloping bluestone steps below.

Going down the steps, you will find an elegantly decorated and spacious room. Light pours in from the hollow stone sculptures above your head, and you can basically see everything in the room clearly.

An Muyu sat on the mahogany chair in the room and said to the side door: "Mother, I brought back a staff from outside. I want you to take a look."

"Wand? Why spend that wasted money?"

"Those low-level alchemists outside can't make a real staff at all. My child, you may have been deceived."

Although separated by a wooden door, the female voice coming from inside was very pleasant, like the song of birds in the empty valley, crisp and graceful with a hint of liveliness.

"Mom, you should take a look first."

There was silence in the room for a moment, then the wooden door creaked open a crack. An Muyu handed the staff wrapped in black cloth in, and the wooden door closed immediately.

silence……

After a full three minutes, a trembling voice finally came from the room: "How did you get this staff?"

Of course, I couldn't tell the truth. Fortunately, An Muyu had already thought of an excuse: "This time I went to Dongshan Anjia territory and accidentally fell into an ancient tomb on the way. I found it in the ancient tomb."

"Mu Yu, you won't even lie."

There was a trace of ridicule in the voice: "This staff has Zhu Xia Kingdom written on it. How could it be found in the ancient tomb of Lan Yin Kingdom?"

"This……"

An Muyu was a little confused and didn't know how to explain it.

"This is the highest level sorcerer's staff. Not to mention now, even the high-level alchemists of Lanyin Kingdom and Zhuxia Kingdom 300 years ago could not make it. Its value is difficult to measure in gold coins."

An Muyu widened his eyes and asked in a low voice: "Then who made this staff?"

"Only the high-level gray alchemists of the Zijin Empire can make this staff."

"Logically speaking, such a valuable staff should not be buried with it, but other than being buried with it, I really can't find any reason for you to get it."

"Girl, you are hiding something from me. Did your elder brother force you to enter the palace and become a princess?" An Muyu shook her head vigorously: "No, this staff has nothing to do with my elder brother. It was me... I got it accidentally. of."

"Hehehe, accidentally!"

"Mu Yu, you have grown up after all. There are some things you even hide from your mother."

An Muyu gritted his teeth and remained silent for a moment, then quickly changed the subject: "Mother, have you ever heard of the fourth-level 'Green Cherry Flame Grass'?"

"no!"

The voice behind the door was very straightforward: "Although I am a jungle priest, with the power of our An family, I cannot come into contact with too many spiritual plants. I have only seen thirty or forty kinds in total. The Qingying spirit you mentioned I’ve never heard of flame grass.”

"As for the fourth-level spiritual plant, I wouldn't believe it without this staff, because only mid-level jungle priests can cultivate fourth-level spiritual plants. How many middle-level jungle priests are there in the entire Lan Yin Kingdom?"

"Girl, what happened to you? You even hid it from me, not to mention I'm already dead..."

"My... mother, don't ask, it's not a good experience anyway."

An Muyu really didn't know what to say. She was not good at lying in the first place, and she was even more upset at this time.

"Ugh!"

The person behind the door sighed: "If you don't want to say it, don't say it. Is there anything else?"

"Oh! One more thing, the pollution on my body has been eliminated. I just tried it in the Spiritual Plant Garden. After absorbing the spiritual energy, my body will no longer react. From now on, I can practice the method taught to me by my mother and strive to get better soon. Become a jungle priest.”

"Eliminated? Has the soul pollution in your body been eliminated?"

"Mu Yu, what have you been going through these past few days?"

The voice behind the door sounded very excited, but then fell silent: "Forget it, I won't ask anymore. If I had gotten this news half a year ago, it might still be useful to me, but it is useless now."

An Muyu was startled at first, but calmed down after hearing the following words: Her method of removing soul pollution is special and unique, how can outsiders try it casually?

"Mother, are you...are you ready?"

"It won't get better. The pollution I encountered is irreversible. After five years of living as a living dead, I am completely tired of it. Maybe this is also a relief."

After hearing this, two lines of tears rolled down An Muyu's pretty face: In the Lanyin Kingdom, the jungles and sacrificial forests are the focus of attention for the undead.

About seven years ago, a noble lady came to her mother and enthusiastically recommended a kind of witchcraft to her, saying that if she believed in a certain god, a woman would live younger and become more beautiful.

The mother believed her words and began to offer sacrifices to the evil spirits. She soon changed and became younger and more beautiful indeed.

This kind of evil spirit is soul pollution. My mother soon mastered an evil spell called "soul-seizing". Anyone who stares into her eyes will be polluted.

His father was tortured to death, and An Muyu was polluted by his mother.

If an outsider discovers this secret, he will soon take his mother away and torture him to death.

As a last resort, he had no choice but to adopt the method of feigning death to deceive everyone except An Muyu.

Mother has been staying in this hidden basement for five full years, and even An Muyu has never seen her face again.

"Mom, what can I do for you?"

An Muyu choked up and said.

The woman behind the door was silent for a long time: "No, please take this staff. It is your creation, cherish it."

The wooden door opened, and the staff wrapped in black cloth was handed out.

An Muyu took the staff and stood up: "Then I'll leave first and see you later."

"Girl, don't come here anymore, just treat me as dead."

(End of this chapter)