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"It's rare to find people with such pure hearts these days." Su Mu chuckled lightly, leaning back on the chair.

"It's natural to feel this way towards our saviour, Young Hero." Madame Jiang replied without any delay.

"But you're wrong about one thing." Su Mu said, causing Madame Jiang to raise her head and look at him with a confused expression. "I saved you because I wanted to, and there's nothing more to it. And I fail to remember ever asking you to pay me back."

"But it's the only natural thing to do." Madame Jiang replied.

"Natural thing to do, huh? I'm sure many people in this world will disagree with that statement. Well, most who have seen how the world works, at least. After all, kind actions don't guarantee kind intentions."

Noticing that Madame Jiang wasn't understanding what he was talking about, he decided to give her a simple example and end this conversation.

"Take Miao Hua Cheng for example. He reached out to your Jiang Family with kind intentions after the death of your husband, going as far as allowing your family to move to the Sea City. And his actions were extremely kind, but can you say the same about his intentions? Even I have intentions that aren't represented by my actions, and that's why it isn't the best to judge someone's intentions based on their actions, because intentions can be masked."

No person in this world was a born Saint, and if someone says or believes that they were, they are lying to themselves.

Naturally, Su Mu was no exception.

While not inherently Evil or Good, as a Dual Cultivator who had the desire to reach the Martial Peak, Su Mu was one of the, if not the most, greedy person in the entirety of 3,000 Worlds, especially when it came to his women.

Greed was an emotion that wasn't always restricted to materialistic things or treasures, as he wanted to reach the peak of Martial Dao and obtain strength, both for himself and his women.

And which Dual Cultivator wasn't greedy for beautiful women?

Madame Jiang's eyes widened, and she looked as if she was pondering something that might change her life.

"Young Hero's wisdom knows no bounds." Madame Jiang said, admiration apparent in her eyes.

She felt like she was being taught about the ways of life by a superior being, and Madame Jiang couldn't help but feel like her understanding of life has increased a lot.

'What I said was common sense, though.' Su Mu just smiled at Madame Jiang, not continuing this conversation any further because if he were to dwell on this topic, he could go on for days without needing to stop, and Madame Jiang wouldn't understand even a fraction of it.

After all, cultivation wasn't only about increasing one's strength and increasing comprehension towards the Heavenly Way, but it is also important to find one's purpose in life, along with enjoying the said life.

Cultivators these days have forgotten these values, and they would single-handedly chase their single goal of gaining strength above all, not even knowing what their strength is for.

But, well, even though Su Mu had all the answers he needed, they weren't something a True Element Realm Cultivator like him would require, not for now, at least.

"By the way, I'll be staying here for a few hours." Su Mu said, making Madame Jiang nod.

"Young Hero can stay here as long as he wants. Whatever belongs to the Jiang Family first belongs to Young Hero." Madame Jiang replied without any delay.

"That's a bold thing to say." Su Mu commented.

"What I said was how I felt, Young Hero, whatever the Jiang Family has is yours for the taking."

"Then, as the Madame of the Jiang Family, doesn't that include you as well?" Su Mu said with a light chuckle, causing Madame Jiang to feel a bit embarrassed, and she lowered her head.

"I-" Madame Jiang had no idea how Su Mu even interpret her words in such a manner, and she couldn't think of how to reply.

"I was just joking, rest assured." Su Mu laughed a bit, enjoying Madame Jiang's reaction. After a few seconds, Su Mu continued. "But still, the Sea City is a good place to spend a small vacation in, so I'll visit this place again with my women."

"Please rest assured, Young Hero, the Jiang Family will always provide the warmest of welcomes whenever Young Hero wishes to visit the Sea City."

"Very well, you may leave."

"Please rest well, Young Hero." Madame Jiang bowed once before leaving the room.

"I should recover my True Qi within a few hours and leave."

Although he had used a considerable amount of True Qi while coming back to the Sea City from the Hidden Island, it wasn't a hindrance to him, and it will naturally recover by tomorrow, but since he was going back to the High Heaven Pavillion, it's best to recover all of his True Qi before going back.

Currently, there were a lot of different forces residing within the High Heaven Pavilion, so the chances of him getting into a fight were high.

If he were to take on an Immortal Ascension Realm Cultivator without having all of his True Qi recovered, it'd just make things annoying to deal with, so it was better to recover all of his True Qi.

The ones Su Mu was considering were the Elders who were accompanying the Young Masters of different forces, because he knew that he could deal with these so-called Young Masters while half asleep.

Now that he thought about it, Su Mu could let Meng Wuya handle those things for him. After all, to a Saint Realm Cultivator like Meng Wuya, these things were but a mundane task.

The more he thought about it, the better of an idea it became.

"Hmm. I wonder if Old Man Meng has achieved anything while unlocking the Seal placed on his Cultivation." Su Mu wondered, getting up from the chair before sitting on the ground in a lotus position, closing his eyes.

When Su Mu left the High Heaven Pavilion, Meng Wuya said that he was almost done unlocking the first part of the Seal, and after he was done with that, his cultivation would reach the 2nd Order Transcendent Realm, which will make him one of the strongest Cultivators within this Small World.

It's been a little over half a year since he left the High Heaven Pavilion, so Su Mu was confident that Meng Wuya should've at least unlocked the first part of the Seal.

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"Now that I've inherited this Golden Skeleton, my physique has improved a lot, so it's about time I start using a Body Refining Technique, too." Su Mu muttered, looking down at his body while running towards the High Heaven Pavilion using the first of the Seven Divine Steps.

Using the Divine Eyes, he could see the High Heaven Pavilion at a distance, despite it being midnight, and he couldn't help but smile slightly.

He had no sense of belonging to this Sect, or this Small World, but he knew that waiting inside were women who would accompany him for his entire life.

It's been a single day since Su Mu left the Sea City after he was done recovering his True Qi.

And thanks to the increase in his Cultivation Base, he could cover the distance between the High Heaven Pavilion and Sea City within a single day even though he was taking it easy, as it was something that took him three whole days when he was within the Separation and Reunion Realm.

He remembered that Su Yan had previously told him that Hu Mei'er and Hu Jiao'er were at the Blood Battle Group, while Su Yan and Xia Ning Chang were back at the High Heaven Pavilion.

After hearing about his return, the Hu Sisters would arrive at the place he had previously created at the Black Wind Mountain as he had told them before leaving, so there was no need to run extra miles and visit the Blood Battle Group.

"My, what's this? The number of insects gathered here is a lot more than I had initially imagined. And looks like none of them has any manners."

Noting that several unfamiliar Divine Senses were checking Su Mu the moment he stepped inside the High Heaven Pavilion, he couldn't help but chuckle lightly.

To probe someone with their Divine Sense the moment they arrive at their own Sect, just how comfortable were these people within the High Heaven Pavilion?

'But this is getting boring real quick.'

Although the Divine Senses had no malice and were just probing him, from the looks of it, they didn't have any plans of stopping anytime soon.

Well, that was understandable.

Su Mu was one of the most likely candidates to have received the Main Inheritance at Heaven's Cave Inheritance, so naturally, the forces visiting the High Heaven Pavilion were very interested in him, but they were annoying nonetheless.

Knowing that there was nothing he could do about it, Su Mu ignored them and started walking towards his living quarters.

"Hey, isn't that Young Master Su?"

"I heard that he has already left the Sect after receiving the main inheritance of the Heaven's Cave Inheritance, so why is he here? He isn't even wearing the Disciple Robes anymore."

"Idiot, why would he leave the Sect? Isn't he the Grandson of the Second Elder?"

"But from how he looks, his cultivation base has increased, right?"

"Indeed, I can't even tell what his actual cultivation base is."

Not caring about the whispers that were going around, Su Mu arrived in front of his living quarters, and he knew that Su Yan and Xia Ning Chang were waiting for him inside, but the scene in front of his living quarters surprised him a little.

Outside his living quarters, several guards were standing, and from the looks of it, they all belonged to different forces.

'Ah, I see. Since Su Yan is unable to show her strength of fear to not expose her true cultivation, these insects have been needlessly pushing her. But since they are not causing any harm and just standing there, the Sect and Meng Wuya can't forcefully make them move.'

The situation was just as Su Mu had guessed.

Since Su Yan has yet to accept the offer from any of the forces present at the High Heaven Pavilion, they mistook her silence for meekness, and all of them had stated some of their guards in front of her living quarters to make sure that no other force can get ahead of them and snatch her away.

They believed that as long as they kept doing this, Su Yan would eventually give in, but little did they know, Su Yan felt grateful towards them because while they were standing outside without disturbing her, she could cultivate in peace.

Su Mu walked towards his living quarters, but a guard suddenly stepped in front of him, which made him sigh.

"Except for the Young Masters of our forces, no outsider is allowed to visit Lady Su Yan."

The guard's cultivation wasn't high, only at the 3rd Stage of the Separation and Reunion Realm.

'Outsider, huh?' Su Mu remembered that he was no longer dressed in the robes made for the Disciples of the High Heaven Pavilion, but in plain black robes that he had bought back in Sea City.

"To think insects these days have such arrogance." Su Mu shook his head.

"Brat! What did you-"

"I'll say it once." Although Su Mu was a bit annoyed by their actions, he was still in a good mood knowing that Su Yan and Xia Ning Chang were just in front of him, so he decided to give these guys one last chance. "Move aside."

"We can't, we have our orders. If you refuse to leave, we will-"

The man's words were cut short as suddenly passed out mid-sentence, falling to the ground.

With that, Su Mu walked towards the entrance of his living quarters, and as he walked forward, the guards started falling to the ground one by one, surprising the dozens of disciples that were watching this scene from afar.

Su Mu opened the door, walking inside before closing it.

In front of him stood Su Yan and Xia Ning Chang, looking at him with tender gazes.

Unlike usual, Xia Ning Chang wasn't wearing her veil to hide her face, and she had tears building up in her eyes.

After a moment, Su Yan went ahead and hugged Su Mu tightly.

"Welcome back."

Su Mu patted Su Yan's back lightly.

While hugging Su Yan, he looked at Xia Ning Chang, who just stood there with a warm smile on her face, trying to hide her obvious embarrassment at the couple's reunion, but her flushed cheeks were enough to let Su Mu know how embarrassed she was.

"Welcome back, Brother Su." Xia Ning Chang said in a light voice as Su Yan let go of the hug.

The moment she saw Su Mu's face, Su Yan had completely forgotten that she was no longer alone inside the room, which embarrassed her a bit.

"I'm back." Su Mu smiled at Su Yan before moving forward and hugging Xia Ning Chang.

He knew that she was shy enough to not take the lead, especially when Su Yan was with them, so he did it in her stead.

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A/N-

Was held up by some stuff, so I couldn't write.

I planned on posting a chapter tomorrow, but since I had some free time, I wrote it in a hurry, so this might not be that good of a chapter.

No lemon, sorry. The next lemon would directly be with a Main Girl (or girls).

Other than that, I was wondering if I should change the cover of this story or not.

I'll leave a few options in the comments, so do tell me your opinion.