159: Poisonous woman, Zhao Rong

"Mu Xin, you are too presumptuous!"

"The Family Head has led the Mu Family to flourish all these years; he is the wisest Family Head our Mu Family has ever had. It is not your place to be making disparaging remarks here."

"Even if the Family Head were to step down from this position, it would not be your turn to be the Family Head."

An Elder was furious and began to berate Mu Xin.

Most people in the Mu Family were leaning towards Mu Xin, but there were also those who were loyal to the Mu Family, and they strongly rejected Mu Xin's behavior.

A Family Head being overthrown—such a thing had never happened in the Mu Family before.

If Mu Hua were incredibly incompetent, it wouldn't matter, but Mu Hua cared deeply about the Family; making him abdicate was clearly inappropriate.

Mu Li narrowed his eyes and struck out with his hand, sending the Elder flying backward directly, where he slammed into the wall.

"Fourth Uncle, I advise you to say less. Even if you don't consider yourself, you should think about your descendants."

He did not use lethal force; after all, he still had to control the Mu Family in the future, and killing people indiscriminately would be extremely detrimental to his control over the Mu Family.

"You!"

The Mu Family Elder's Qi was in some disarray. He glared at Mu Li, never expecting that Mu Li would actually dare to lay a hand on him.

But after seeing Mu Li's cold gaze, he could only glare, without saying anything more.

Indeed, he was not afraid of death.

But he still had children, and these people were still living in the Mu Family.

They needed development and resources. Now that the situation was lost, offending Mu Xin and the others completely would be of no benefit at all.

Thinking of this.

His heart was filled with sorrow.

At this moment.

Mu Xin sneered. He scanned everyone in the room, and those who met his gaze all lowered their heads.

Clearly, they all intended to give up resisting Mu Xin and his group.

After all, the gap in strength between the two sides was too great. On the Family Head's side, there was only himself at the Early Stage of the Soul Transformation Stage, while Mu Xin and the others possessed three at the Soul Transformation Stage.

Mu Xin said in a flat voice: "The Family Head is merely at the Early Stage of the Soul Transformation Stage, while I am at the Middle Stage of the Soul Transformation Stage. In the future, under my leadership, the Mu Family will only go further."

"The Mu Family growing and strengthening will not harm any of you present, so the Family Head position being given to me will only benefit the Mu Family."

Mu Xin was not being extremely forceful, but rather using both soft and hard tactics, giving a slap and then a piece of candy.

Although this method was very simple, it had to be said that it was very effective.

Hearing these words, some of those who were originally firm supporters of Mu Hua also gradually began to waver in their hearts.

Mu Xin was indeed stronger, which was indisputable. If he could lead the Mu Family to become stronger, then Mu Hua stepping down did not seem like something unacceptable.

Many of those who had endured hardships together with the Mu Family also began to waver.

They were loyal to the Mu Family, not necessarily loyal to the Family Head. As long as the Mu Family could achieve better development, it was a better thing for them.

Mu Hua watched as everyone kept their heads down and remained silent; he slumped in his chair, his eyes full of despondency.

He did not expect that Mu Xin could dismantle his camp with just a few words.

Of course, the most important factor was that Mu Xin's strength exceeded his.

If not for this, even if Mu Xin talked until he was blue in the face, it would be impossible for them to agree.

Just at this moment, Mu Xinhai suddenly stood up and said:

"I do not agree. Mu Xin, you are truly ambitious and ruthless. I have seen with my own eyes how the Family Head has worked diligently for the Mu Family. How can we tolerate you acting so presumptuously here?"

"If you have any dissatisfaction with the Mu Family, you are free to leave. No one is forcing you to stay, and our Mu Family does not need petty people like you."

Mu Xin narrowed his eyes and looked at Mu Xinhai with a cold expression.

Mu Xinhai was Mu Qingling's father. After returning from the Imperial City, he had been restored to his status as an Elder, and was even the Second Elder of the Mu Family, holding a position of great power and influence within the Mu Family.

Mu Li suddenly couldn't help but shout: "Mu Xinhai, is it your turn, a Nascent Soul Early Stage, to speak here?"

As he spoke, the might of the Soul Transformation Stage was released from his body, enveloping Mu Xinhai.

Mu Xinhai immediately felt his whole body sink, as if his shoulders were pressed down by a weight of a thousand catties; he showed a look of strain.

Mu Li's eyes were full of disdain.

Although there were rumors outside that Mu Qingling had become a Disciple of the Regional Lord, almost no one believed such a thing, and naturally, they did not believe it either.

Although Mu Qingling had some Aptitude, saying that she had been noticed by the Regional Lord was almost impossible.

At that time, the Mu Family was originally going to be exterminated, but after a trip to the Imperial City, the crisis was resolved, and the Imperial Family even began to vigorously cultivate the Mu Family.

Then news spread that Mu Qingling had become a Disciple of the Regional Lord.

So it was very clear that this was all a trick by the Mu Family at the time, and they had used it to deceive the Imperial Family.

It was just that they did not know what method was used to deceive the King of Cangyun.

Of course, they were not that stupid.

The Mu Family used the excuse of Mu Qingling becoming a Disciple of the Regional Lord to deceive the King of Cangyun, but wanting to deceive the King of Cangyun was definitely not that simple; there must be some inside story to it.

Therefore, they had never laid a hand on Mu Xinhai; it was because they were wary of this aspect.

If Mu Qingling had truly become a Disciple of a powerful expert, it would be very difficult to handle when the time came.

In short, it was fine as long as Mu Xinhai did not act.

Zhao Rong suddenly stood out at this moment and said in a sarcastic tone: "Mu Xinhai, you don't really think that just because you are an Elder, you are actually someone important, do you?"

"The rumors outside say Mu Qingling became a Disciple of the Regional Lord? Bah."

"That little slut is worthy of being a Disciple of the Regional Lord? Doesn't she have any idea what her own Aptitude is? I think it's nine times out of ten that she was kept by some Young Master from a major power."

Zhao Rong's face was full of disdain; she simply did not believe that Mu Qingling had become a Disciple of the Regional Lord.

On the contrary, she felt that Mu Qingling might have offered herself, found some Young Master from a major power to be someone's concubine or something, and only then did Lin Yun'er let the Mu Family go.

"Zhao Rong!"

Hearing this, Mu Xinhai immediately exploded. Mu Qingling was his pride as a father, and he would not allow others to insult her so casually.

"You vicious woman, why do you speak so horribly?"

Upon hearing herself being called a vicious woman, Zhao Rong immediately stood up, pointed at Mu Xinhai, and said sharply:

"Am I wrong? Doesn't she have any idea what her Aptitude is? Anyone pulled from Wangyun City would have better Aptitude than her. The Regional Lord is a powerhouse at the Supreme Saint level; why would he accept her as a Disciple?"

"Do you really think that just because you have good talent in the Cangyun Empire, you are a Genius everywhere you go?"

"Once she goes to the Jinghong Empire, she's nothing but a fart. A Genius? Bullshit Genius."

"You... you..."

Mu Xinhai pointed at Zhao Rong with an angry expression, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Over the years, many people had questioned Mu Qingling becoming a Disciple of the Regional Lord, and they themselves had begun to have doubts, mainly because the matter of being accepted as a Disciple by Su Chen was too unrealistic.

Furthermore, after Mu Qingling left, she never returned, and her life or death remained unknown to this day, so he had some bad premonitions in his heart.

Could it be that they had already been deceived?

Was everything back then just a play performed by the King of Cangyun for them?

Zhao Rong sneered: "What's wrong, can't refute it? If Mu Qingling had really become a Disciple of the Regional Lord, wouldn't our Mu Family have flourished long ago? Would we still need to hide in this Jinling City?"

Su Chen's status was too noble. If Mu Qingling had become his Disciple, moving directly to Wangyun City would not have been a difficult task.