The Way of The Dao

Ling Tian woke early, just before Mu Shen and Mu Shuiruo rose.

He cut off the long hair he had, because it would draw attention to himself with his long hair.

He greeted them both as Mu Shen nodded his head and Mu Shuiruo timidly returned the greeting.

Now that Ling Tian was completely healed, no trace of wound or scar, his body and face no longer covered by bandages, and his long hair had been cut, he looked very handsome to Mu Shuiruo, so he could not help but blush even more.

Ling Tian smiled: 'She seems to be very innocent and gentle, but when she is determined, she really changes her personality'.

The three of them left the house and headed for the Star City.

Ling Tian knew that they were going to leave Mu Shuiruo at a friend's house, where she would be safe until they both returned. After, they would meet Mu Shen's other friend, Tang Jingtian.

He told them both to try not to mention his name to other people. He told them not to worry, that he was not bad, but it was just something complicated to explain to them. Since, he didn't want to be found by that City Lord and start bothering him. They nodded, wondering why Ling Tian would ask such a thing.

On the way, Ling Tian asked Mu Shen about what was in his head: "Hey, Brother Shen, why is your house outside the domain of Star City? Wouldn't it be safer if you were inside the city? Then you wouldn't be worried about some demon beast attacking you unexpectedly."

Mu Shen lightened his pace a little, but he kept walking while he said: "Brother Tian, there are many things that happened. Haaaa, there's no point in hiding it from you, besides, you're my brother and it's normal to tell each other everything, right?

Ling Tian nodded with a weak smile and waited for him to continue.

"Our Mu family, several years ago, was almost a great family, like the ones that exist now, but it was not officially classified, so our status was below the five great families. We had a few houses within Star City, but we lost everything when the Ming family made their move in the shadows and took most of our properties from us.

Several years ago, there was an attack by a great horde, where there were over 100 demonic beasts above the Great Heaven rank and hundreds below it.

My family Mu, took it upon themselves to protect the eastern entrance of the Star City, sacrificing their lives on the spot to keep any demon beast from entering the City."

Ling Tian even noticed that Mu Shuiruo's gaze was saddened. He lifted his hand and stroked her head, flashing a smile.

Mu Shuiruo was a little surprised by Ling Tian's action, so she couldn't help but let go of her sadness and returned a beautiful smile with a slight blush on her cheeks.

"My father was a 3-star King rank, so he had almost all the weight of commanding the Mu family and protecting the east gate. I was barely a Silver rank, I didn't have much power to fight, much less to protect myself, so my father made me retire home to take care of my younger sister.

In the Mu family, there were several servants, some mothers who had no martial arts power, and children of secondary branches who were very young, so they did not fight at the front, but helped by trying to heal the wounded or give them everything they needed.

Suddenly, no one knew how a demon beast, in the form of a monkey, called, Gorilla Kymon, appeared out of nowhere in Mu family territory.

Those who were wounded, even those servants and low-ranking young men, joined in killing the demon beast.

But, that Gorilla Kymon, was a demon beast in the 3 star Great Heaven rank, so it was normal that no one could harm it.

The demon beast killed everyone in the Mu family, even our mother died trying to save us, buying us time to run.

Just as the demon beast was about to catch up with us and kill us, my father returned from the east entrance of the City, all full of blood. We knew he had found out somehow and came back for us. But, he was too weak and tired to face that demon beast. He knew he would die if he faced it. But, still, he did not hesitate and fought for the sake of his two children.

When my father saw the horrible scene of everyone being killed, he jumped up to Gorilla Kymon without any hesitation, as he shouted at us:

"My little ones! You must survive, no matter what happens to me, you must come out of this alive! Shen'er! You must take care of your little sister, promise me! She needs you, you must be a good big brother to her! Forgive me for not being able to be with you anymore, I'll see you from heaven along with your mother!"

I yelled at my father, making sure he heard me tell him not to worry, that I would take good care of my little sister. She was my only family, so I wouldn't let anything happen to her.

I was carrying Shuiruo in my arms because she had fainted from everything that was happening, so I managed to save both of us with a lot of effort.

My father died after he managed to kill that demon beast. He sacrificed himself by giving his life for both of us."

Ling Tian listened attentively without interrupting. Sometimes, there are small details in stories or places that can help you decipher many things.

Mu Shen clenched his fists while Mu Shuiruo's eyes were red with the memory of her parents.

Mu Shen continued to explain.

"But, that was not all.

After the problem of the demon beasts was over and Star City successfully defended itself, the Ming family began to report that the Mu family had not complied with their orders and had allowed a demon beast to enter Star City, putting everyone's life in danger.

There were many complaints and annoyances due to the Mu family's neglect, but it was soon pacified thanks to the Lord of the City.

Somehow, the Lord of the City knew about the sudden appearance of Gorilla Kymon, and did not blame the Mu family for neglecting their duty. On the contrary, he thanked the Mu family, and especially our father, for giving his life in facing the demon beast and preventing further catastrophes from occurring.

He lamented the extermination of the entire Mu family. The two of us were the only survivors.

Because I had not matured much, the Ming family started to move around saying that the Mu family's properties should be passed on to another family, as valuable resources would be lost and with this, the defense of the Star City could be improved, even sarcastically thanking the Mu family.

So, almost all the properties of our Mu family were divided among some families, while I did my best and we were left with only the house where we are currently living.

Later, thanks to my brother Jingtian, I learned that, the Ming family had more than 70% of our properties in the dark. They had absorbed more than half of what belonged to the Mu family.

That's why I hate the Ming family. I won't forgive that they so easily took over what was rightfully ours!

Furthermore, that bastard Ming Fen wanted my little sister. I won't let him get away with it!"

Ling Tian realized the firm and sincere determination to protect his family.

'That Ming family, it seems, is one of those families that will do anything to gain power. I wouldn't be surprised if they found a way to control the demon beasts and destroy the Star City, getting rid of these big families to have total control over the city'. Ling Tian thought, reflecting on the information Mu Shen had told him. There were many questions about this Ming family.

Soon, the three of them arrived in the center of the Star City as they made their way to the home of Mu Shen's brother, Tang Jingtian.

Ling Tian wanted to see the center of the Star City, so he told Mu Shen that he would wait for them near where they were. Since he had only seen it from above last night, he wanted to take a walk today.

"Wait!" Mu Shen and Mu Shuiruo stopped to listen to Ling Tian.

Ling Tian suddenly remembered.

As he didn't want to scare them suddenly, he put his hand in their clothes and released his spiritual sense into his space ring.

He found a bracelet, which had 3 jade beads hanging around it.

Ling Tian took Mu Shuiruo's delicate hand and put the bracelet on her, causing a deep blush to appear on Mu Shuiruo's cheeks.

"Little Shuiruo, this bracelet is something special, I made it myself. It represents the Protection of the Sun, the Moon and the Stars. You have to make sure you wear it all the time. So don't take it off for any reason." Ling Tian explained to her while he gave her a serious look. Mu Shuiruo nodded her face all red, fleeing the scene once Ling Tian released her hand.

Mu Shen saw this from the side, giving him a mocking look. Ling Tian only laughed weakly.

Mu Shen followed Mu Shuiruo hurriedly.

Ling Tian had given Mu Shuiruo a protective bracelet.

He had remembered that when he began making spiritual artifacts, whether defense or attack, after thousands of attempts, he managed to make just such a bracelet.

So he kept it in a corner of his space ring, as a souvenir of his first self-made artifact.

Although it was the first protection amulet he managed to create, its defense power is at the level of the Peak Stage of Chi Gathering, so as long as it is exposed below that power, it will protect the wearer for a long time without destroying itself.

Unless the attack received exceeds the power of the Chi Gathering scenario, a jade bead will break, so it can currently withstand three more powerful hits than the Chi Gathering Peak Stage.

Ling Tian gave it to Mu Shuiruo because, if she was in trouble and he or his brother were not there, nothing would happen to her. The protection beads would be automatically activated when it felt the danger of both the environment and the bearer.

Ling Tian began to walk around, observing what Star City had to offer.