Located at the foot of Qingyang Mountain, the Moonlight Villa was unique and elegant.

Under the bright moonlight, the villa looked very quiet. The Zhou Family and the Lian Family reserved the whole villa, so there was no one except their family members and the respected guests of Qingyang Temple.

Taoists liked to be quiet. They didn’t fancy noise or excitement. The principles of both families were well aware of this matter and didn’t send many men there. There was only one representative from each family to cater for the honorable guests.

The representative of the Zhou Family was their eldest child, Zhou Yi. But it was a woman to represent the Lian Family. She was a woman who should never be underestimated. She was the head of the Lian Family, Lian Ruxi. In the South Seas, many people secretly called her Widow Lian.

The black widow was a highly toxic spider who ate its male spouse during mating. And that was how she got this indecent nickname.

Lian Ruxi did the same. She killed her husband with her own hands and that was why she got this meaningful name, Widow Lian.

Zhou Yi and Widow Lian hosted this banquet for Bai Jing and his martial sister in the evening. After the greetings were exchanged between hosts and guests, Zhou Yi stated the point of his trip frankly.

“My brother, it has been a long time since we last met and I miss you so much. I will be frank to you, my brother. Sister Lian and I came here to visit you since we need your help on a very important matter. We do hope you can lay your hand to me for the sake of our old days.”

“Em, so tell me. What is it that you need our help?”

Zhou Yi felt it awkward and thought to himself. “As far as I remember, it seems Bai Jing is not like this. He is pretty but not this feminine. Now he becomes even more enchanting and why? Is there only one Taoist nun who sits in front of me, or are they both nuns?”

Lian Ruxi smiled livelily, pursed her mouth, and said nothing.

Zhou Yi cleared his throat. “Brother, do you know the Cultivators’ Clan meeting of the South Seas?” He said sincerely.

“I’ve heard a little. Why? Does it have anything to do with the thing that brings you to us?”

“That’s right. I dare not to hold it from you that the Zhou Family and the Lian Family are both weak, and were bullied every time the clan meeting was held. I don’t think we could escape from this misfortune in this coming clan meeting.”

Bai Jing nodded to make him continue.

Zhou Yi kept going on, “Our two families would like to invite you both to help us at the combat to strengthen our power and prestige so that the other seven families dare not bully us.”

That was it. It was indeed something to do with the clan meeting. Bai Jing and his Shan Tingyan looked at each other and they had something in mind.

Bai Jing put up an apologetic face and said softly, “Thank you for your trust, brother Zhou. My sister and I are both flattered. However, our ancestral rule forbids us to get engaged into the disputes of common lives or leave this hometown. Please forgive us to decline your request.”

“My brother, this...”

Zhou Yi would like to continue his begging, but Lian Ruxi interrupted.

“Mr. Zhou, as the saying goes, we should not force others to do things. After all, it is their ancient rules set by ancestors. How can we force them to break it? Now that we are friends, this is the last thing we should do.”

Those words of understatement didn’t include anything gorgeous but they greatly increased the favor of Bai Jing and Shan Tingyan for her. They both thought that this beautiful woman was very reasonable.

Zhou Yi hesitated for a moment and seemed to have no alternative. “Well, let’s talk about only friendship today. Nothing else. What do you think, my brother?”

Bai Jing covered his mouth and smiled, “That would be lovely!”

The three people at the site shivered a bit subconsciously and the smile on Widow Lian’s face grew bigger.

The four of them started to talk about books and Taoism and never mentioned helping in the combat.

They talked for a while before Zhou Yi invited them to the banquet. They went with pleasure.

The plain wine and vegetables were not luxurious but extremely elegant and showed respect for the guests.

They talked around the table and got along well.

Catching good timing, Shang Tingyan asked, “Friends, I’d like to ask about a man if it is convenient for you.”

Widow Lian smiled, “Please feel free to ask as you like and I will tell you as much as I know.”

“Thank you. Ms. Lian and Mr. Zhou, I wonder if there is a man called Li Mu in your cultivators?”

Li Mu?

Zhou Yi and Widow Lian frowned and fell into hard thinking for a while before Zhou Yi took the lead and said, “Never. I never heard of him.”

“Li Mu. Li Mu...” Lian Ruxi kept murmuring the name which seemed a bit familiar to her but she couldn’t remember where she had picked it up.

Bai Jing and his sister stared at her and waited for her reply in silence. They didn’t dare to disturb her.

After a long while, Lian Ruxi’s eyes sparkled. She clapped her hands and said, “That’s it. No wonder the name is so familiar to me. Mr. Zhou, you will remember it if I tell you this. Miss Lin’s husband is called Li Mu, isn’t he? “

Zhou Yi realized it all in a sudden. He patted his forehead and said, “Yes. Right. But I will not recall it if you don’t remind me. Miss Lin’s husband is called Li Mu and their story has been known among the clans.”

“Miss Lin of the Lin Family. Is it the Lin Family of the South Seas?” Shan Tingyan asked.

“Yes. Lin Dantong, the eldest lady of the Lin Family, which is the first of the clans. Her husband is called Li Mu.”

Bai Jing and Shan Tingyan both expressed disappointment and Shan Tingyan was even more upset. It turned out that what he said was true. He had a wife in the real world and his wife turned out to be Miss Lin.

The change in their faces was noticed by Zhou Yi and Lian Ruxi and they both felt surprised. “Do you know him?” Lian Ruxi asked softly.

Bai Jing and Shan Tingyan shook their heads.

No, there must be something behind it. Otherwise, it could not explain why their face changed. But as they didn’t feel like talking about it, neither Zhou Yi nor Lian Ruxi could get to the bottom of it.

Shan Tingyan hesitated for a while and then couldn’t help asking, “Ms. Lian, have you ever seen him?”

“No. I heard about the story between him and Miss Lin but we don’t know this man.”

“What story?”

Lian Ruxi giggled, “You don’t know about this quarrelsome couple. The wife made his husband mad and he left. And then she starts looking for him all over the world. It is unfortunate for the Lin Family to raise a special daughter like her who loses their ancestors’ face.”

The brother’s and sister’s eyes sharpened and Bai Jing asked right away, “So, there is a problem in their marriage...”

“It is more than that. I heard they divorced but Miss Lin doesn’t want to let him go. That’s why she is looking for him all around.”

Divorced. The word cheered the brother and sister up and they hurried to ask for the details. However, the other two couldn’t tell its beginning or end since they also got the story by hearsay and didn’t know more than that.

Lian Ruxi turned her eyes and asked with a smile, “Mr. Bai, does this Mr. Li have something to do with you?”

Bai Jing admitted without hiding, “We shared something. He is my martial brother in some way.”

Widow Lian and Zhou Yi were both surprised. They heard this for the first time and never thought that the son-in-law of the Lin Family had some relationship with Qingyang Temple.

Zhou Yi said in surprise, “So this Mr. Li is a person from Qingyang temple. I’m sorry I didn’t know it.”

Bai Jing waved his hand to deny it.

“Sorry that I made you misunderstand. He is not from Qingyang Temple. I can’t explain it in short. Let me tell you this. It was just between him and me.”

Zhou Yi understood something but not fully. Widow Lian took the chance and asked, “Mr. Bai and Tingyan, are you looking for him?”

Both of them nodded their heads.

“Then please go with us to the South Seas clan meeting. Lin Dantong will attend it personally since she is the principal of the Lin Family. Li Mu will be there too if she finds him. Instead of looking around, isn’t it easier for you to meet him at the clan meeting?”

Bai Jing was not happy and asked, “Ms. Lian, do you mean they will make up with each other when Miss Lin finds Li Mu?”

“That’s for sure. The Lin lady is quite stubborn. Now that she is looking for him regardless of her own dignity, it means this is the man she had made up her mind to get. Your Brother Li couldn’t run away from her as long as he is alive.”

The brother and sister seemed upset again.

“Mr. Bai and Tingyan, please don’t worry. Why not go back with us and have a look with your own eyes? Maybe that Li Mu is not even the person you’re looking for!”

The brother and sister looked at each other and agreed.

......

Li Mu stood at the edge of the plaza, looking at the stone gate in distance and pondering his plan again and again.

“Honey, what are you thinking about?”

Lin Wan came close and hugged him from behind.

In a deep voice, Li Mu said, “Are there five realms left?”

“What?”

“There are five realms left and I am confident to crack them!”

Lin Wan turned herself to face him, “No, you can’t take risks anymore unless you take me with you.” She said seriously.

Li Mu held his wife in his arms and comforted her: “Don’t worry because I have this advantage of being sober. It will not get me as long as I keep my mind clear!”

“No, you can’t do that still. It is too dangerous. Stop thinking about it if you want to ease my mind.”

“Honey, me and Xiaoyu are the only two persons who wouldn’t get lost among us. Xiaoyu is badly injured and she can’t move. So I am the only one who is suitable to take the challenge unless you would like to be stuck here forever. And our child will lose the chance to see the world outside. Would you like that?”

Lin Wan could not insist now that the child was mentioned. As the child grew in her belly, her cherish to him grew as well. The safety of him had become her most priority and softness.

Seeing she got softened, he couldn’t lose the chance but quickly analyzed, “The remaining five realms are happiness, thinking, sadness, fear, and surprise. Happiness is joy and thinking is missing someone. Neither of them could stop me as long as I can stay sober.”

Lin Wan dropped her head in silence, pondering what her husband said.

Li Mu kept going on, “Sadness is grief. Fear is being afraid, and surprise is knowing something unexpected. Speaking about sadness and surprise first, is there anything that could make me sad or shocked as long as I know which world I am in?”

Speaking of this, Li Mu pointed to the distant stone gate with his finger and suddenly he became vigorous.

“The mother of my child, with my fatal energy and cruel means, even gods or demons couldn’t get near me. I’d like to see what or who would make me scared.”

Lin Wan knew that her husband didn’t brag. But still she couldn’t put her mind at ease and got hesitated.

“Lin Wan, let Li Mu go!”

Mrs. Hong came by their side unnoticed, “Li Mu is right. Being sober is his greatest advantage and he is not weak. I’m sure he has the confidence to crack the realm.” She tried to persuade Lin Wan.

“But I...”

“Lin Wan, I’m as worried as you are. But time doesn’t wait and our reserves will be exhausted. If we’re trapped here, even if we don’t get lost, we will starve and die sooner or later. The only thing we can do now is to fight. instead of waiting here to die, we’d better let Li Mu fight for our chance to live.”