Chapter 131 - 109: Just a Rumor, Not Very Credible

Chapter 131: Chapter 109: Just a Rumor, Not Very Credible

The moment Jiang Hao spoke, the hand Mu Yiyi had extended froze in mid-air. Her beautiful eyes rippled with sheer astonishment. She stared blankly at the young man before her, her eyes filled with disbelief, as if she couldn’t trust her own ears. The unconscious boy she had painstakingly cared for over the past few months was actually the peerless monster whose name had shaken the outside world?

"You... you’re Jiang Hao?" she asked, completely stunned.

Seeing her reaction, Jiang Hao let out a wry smile. "My name is indeed Jiang Hao." As for whether he was the specific Jiang Hao who had caused such an uproar in the outside world, that remained to be seen.

It took a long time for Mu Yiyi to recover from his words. Finally, she asked, "The Jiang Hao from the Xingyue City Earth Realm?" When he didn’t refute her, she continued, "The Jiang Hao who opened eight meridians and achieved eight spinal transformations? The one who slayed the seven major sequences of the Celestial Sword Sect?" As she spoke, her delicate body began to tremble slightly.

Jiang Hao felt even more awkward but replied helplessly, "If the Eastern Domain hasn’t produced a second person with those exact traits who is also named Jiang Hao, then I suppose that would be me."

BOOM!

The moment those words fell, Mu Yiyi was completely dumbfounded. A brief moment later, her eyes filled with shock and bewilderment. "My god, you’re really Jiang Hao? I’ve actually met the real person, and even took care of you for several entire months?"

"Several months?" Jiang Hao echoed, looking bewildered. "Are you saying I’ve been unconscious for months?" His memory stopped at his final moments in the Xingyue City Earth Realm. Waking up now, those past events still felt as vivid as if they had just happened.

Mu Yiyi nodded. "If I remember correctly, you’ve been unconscious for over three months. When the people from South Mountain brought you here, we all thought you weren’t going to make it."

"The people from South Mountain?" This was the first time Jiang Hao had heard of this name. He couldn’t help but ask, "Miss... Miss Mu, was it the people of South Mountain who saved me? Do you know who brought me back?" He desperately wanted to know who had taken him away from the Xingyue City Earth Realm at such a critical moment and brought him to Nanling.

Mu Yiyi shook her head. "South Mountain has as many experts as there are clouds in the sky. The ones who dropped you off were two young attendants. As for who exactly saved you, they didn’t say.

"However, I assume one of the experts on South Mountain took a liking to you and brought you to the Holy City’s Earth Realm.

"In truth, it doesn’t really matter who saved you. None of those seniors on South Mountain are weak. As long as you climb the Holy City’s Saint Rankings in the future, you’ll naturally meet the person who brought you back."

Listening to her words, Jiang Hao quickly organized his thoughts. He didn’t know who had saved him, but judging by her tone, this so-called South Mountain seemed to be an incredibly formidable faction in Nanling. It had many older-generation experts, and their cultivation bases were all unimaginably terrifying. As for why they had brought him here, it was likely to select a closed-door disciple.

Tossing these thoughts aside for now, Jiang Hao suddenly remembered something and hurriedly inspected his injuries. He had recovered for the most part, though he wasn’t fully healed yet. When he noticed the ill-fitting clothes he was wearing, Jiang Hao snapped his head up to look at the girl in the green dress. "Miss... Miss Mu, these clothes...?"

Understanding what he meant, Mu Yiyi’s pretty face instantly flushed red. "The clothes belong to my brother, and he was the one who changed you into them! Normally, I just wiped your body for you—no, wait, don’t misunderstand!

"I mean, I only wiped your upper body and things like that... I..."

Seeing her frantic attempts to explain, Jiang Hao smiled helplessly. "Miss Mu, thank you."

"You’re welcome," Mu Yiyi said, her tension instantly vanishing as she flashed a sweet smile. She wasn’t stunningly beautiful, but she was still well above average in looks. More importantly, she lacked any sort of haughty, arrogant air, possessing instead the charming demeanor of a girl next door.

"You should drink your medicine. It was sent over from South Mountain. I’ll head out first." Handing the medicine bowl to Jiang Hao, Mu Yiyi turned and walked out.

Three days later.

A dark-skinned teenager carrying animal pelts slowly walked into the courtyard. From inside the house, Jiang Hao could hear the conversation between the siblings.

"Is he awake?"

"He’s awake."

"About time. If we had to keep taking care of him, we wouldn’t be able to afford it anymore. If it weren’t out of respect for South Mountain, who would want a stranger lying around in their home? Not to mention, he consumes a massive amount of food just to sustain his life force."

"Brother, keep your voice down! Do you even know who he is?"

"It doesn’t matter who he is. He’s just another prodigy from some barren land. Now that he’s awake, tell him to leave quickly and figure out his own way into the Holy City. I certainly can’t scrape together the entrance fees for three people."

"Brother, he’s Jiang Hao."

"Jiang Hao? Which Jiang Hao?"

"The Jiang Hao from the Xingyue City Earth Realm."

"What did you say? Jiang... Jiang Hao?"

In the courtyard, the teenager who had just set down the animal pelts looked utterly shocked, freezing in place.

At that moment, Jiang Hao walked out of the house. "Miss Mu, this must be your brother?"

"This is my older brother, Mu Zhen."

"Brother Mu, sorry for all the trouble. I hope you won’t take offense," Jiang Hao said with a slight bow, a trace of apology evident in his eyes.

Hearing this, Mu Zhen couldn’t help but gulp. Standing before him right now was a terrifying entity—the peerless monster who had slayed the seven major sequences of the Celestial Sword Sect!

Although the Holy City was crawling with monstrous geniuses, they were mostly a collective gathered from the outside world by the various powerhouses of Nanling, alongside the terrifying scions of Nanling’s ancient clans, the Saint Race, and the Longevity Families. Ordinary Nine Spirit Transformations cultivators like themselves weren’t considered particularly fearsome here. However, someone who could single-handedly carve a bloody path of suppression through countless top-tier peerless monsters and freaks would be considered a pinnacle existence, even in the Holy City.