I Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] - Chapter 24.2

“Grand Elder, the Young Master sent me to assist you,” the newcomer was a man in tough attire, appearing to be about thirty years old. The muscles under his robes bulged slightly, suggesting he was a strength-type cultivator.

“Let me state beforehand: our sect has a rule against easily harming people, but if you attack, we will not hold back,” Yun Yu said, already taking out her sword from her storage space, ready for battle.

Dealing with two Golden Core cultivators was child’s play for Zuo Wuyi. Since Yun Yu intended to step in, Mo Xiao remained still. Zuo Wuyi was even more brazen, starting to untie the little thief right in front of the two Elders.

“Outrageous!” The Hu Family Elder felt deeply offended. He gathered spiritual energy in his hand and charged toward Yun Yu.

To avoid revealing her full cultivation too quickly, Yun Yu kept her spiritual power at the early Golden Core level, relying entirely on her exquisite sword techniques to engage with the Hu Family Elder.

Seeing Yun Yu handle the fight with ease, the Third Elder on the side silently took out a large hammer. Without a word, he smashed it toward Yun Yu.

He wants to compare strength with me? Yun Yu’s eyes lit up. She clenched her left hand into a fist and smashed it toward the large hammer.

Boom—A muffled clash sounded. The Third Elder had expected the hammer blow to make Yun Yu spit blood, but instead, the opponent’s punch sent him flying back several meters, shaking him so much that he nearly dropped his weapon.

Not only the Third Elder, but the little thief who had just been untied also gasped, her eyes immediately looking at Zuo Wuyi with reverence.

“Who—who exactly are you people?” The little thief couldn’t help but swallow.

“Us? We’re probably just kind-hearted cultivators passing by,” Zuo Wuyi smiled at this reaction. “What about you? Who are you?”

“My name is Lin Mumu. I came to Fenghua City with my brother three years ago.” Lin Mumu stood there cautiously. She was dirty all over and felt embarrassed to stand too close to Zuo Wuyi.

“What was your brother’s cultivation level before he died?” Mo Xiao asked.

“Middle Foundation Establishment,” Lin Mumu said, her eyes involuntarily glancing toward Yun Yu, with a hint of worry.

“My brother had a dispute with the Hu Family’s Young Master three months ago, and then he disappeared a few days later. Four days after my brother disappeared, they told me he had been killed by a demon beast outside the city, leaving no remains…” Seeing Yun Yu stably gain the upper hand fighting two opponents simultaneously, Lin Mumu finally relaxed a little and began recounting her story.

The Hu Family Elder and Third Elder were furious at being suppressed by Yun Yu. Noticing more and more guards gathering around, their movements sped up, trying to overwhelm Yun Yu with sheer momentum.

This display in Yun Yu’s eyes nearly made her laugh out loud. Originally, the Hu Family Elder and Third Elder had a decent synergy, achieving an effect of one plus one equals two, but after they actively disrupted their battle rhythm, it became a case of one plus one is less than two.

Seeing their flaws increase, Yun Yu, even with her power suppressed to the early Golden Core Stage, could easily slash and wound the Third Elder with her sword, then turn and thrust, aiming her sword tip at the Hu Family Elder.

“It seems you have lost,” Yun Yu’s sword pressed against the Hu Family Elder’s throat, drawing a thin line of blood.

The Hu Family Young Master arrived at this moment with four more early Golden Core cultivators. Seeing the situation on the ground, his face turned ugly. “I will give you a chance to live. If you leave now, I will not pursue your infiltration of the Hu Family.”

“You won’t pursue us?” Zuo Wuyi scoffed. “You won’t pursue us, but we want to pursue you. Why did you tie up our friend Mumu and murder her brother?”

“Mumu?” The Hu Family Young Master’s face became somewhat strange. He stared at Lin Mumu for a moment, and his eyes grew malicious.

“Attack them all! Not one of these people is to be spared!” With almost no warning, the Hu Family Young Master turned hostile. He ignored the fate of his own Elder and ordered all the Stewards and Guest Elders to rush forward.

“Is this what they call flying into a rage out of humiliation?” Zuo Wuyi tilted her head to look at Mo Xiao.

Mo Xiao nodded cooperatively. “It seems to be. Perhaps someone’s secrets were exposed, and he wants to kill us to silence us.”

Mo Xiao did not offer her own opinion but retrieved her sword from her storage space, turning to Zuo Wuyi. “Wuyi, you look after this little girl.”

“Got it,” Zuo Wuyi readily agreed. She immediately grabbed Lin Mumu by the collar and retreated several steps, clearing the open area for Mo Xiao, making it easier for her to use her sword techniques.

Seeing the Hu Family Young Master’s hostility, Yun Yu no longer held back. She neatly slit the Hu Family Elder’s throat, then kicked his corpse, nearly sending the Hu Family Young Master into a close encounter with it.

“I want to see who takes whose life,” Yun Yu said, pulling out a cotton handkerchief to wipe the blood from her sword. Once the blood was gone, she charged forward with her sword.

Mo Xiao and Yun Yu both skillfully maintained their early Golden Core cultivation levels and engaged two early Golden Core cultivators each.

Sword Cultivators are inherently capable of fighting opponents of higher stages. Fighting two opponents of the same stage was incredibly easy for them, giving them enough time to repel the Foundation Establishment cultivators who tried to approach.

“Young Master, the battle seems to be unfavorable for us,” the person dressed as a Steward looked anxious. “Should we call the Old Family Master?”

“No! Grandfather is at a critical juncture in his breakthrough. He instructed no one is to disturb him,” the Hu Family Young Master’s face wasn’t looking good either. “Go and call more people. Call every Steward and Guest Elder in the Hu Family.”

“Tonight, I will make sure they all leave their lives here!” the Hu Family Young Master hissed menacingly, his face contorted in a ferocious expression.

“Young Master, I think we should leave first. It seems the Elders can’t hold on much longer,” the Steward said, unable to stop himself from swallowing nervously. He somehow felt that they would be the ones leaving their lives here.

“What nonsense! Can’t all those people defeat just the two of them!” The Hu Family Young Master was a man who cared about face. This was his home! If he had to hide in his own house, where would he put his face?

Before the Steward could convince the Young Master to run, Mo Xiao and Yun Yu stopped their swords. The people who had been surrounding them were all collapsed on the ground, groaning in pain.

About two or three out of ten people had lost their breath. These were the ones who had immediately used deadly moves. If they hadn’t been killed, Mo Xiao and Yun Yu would have faced their desperate, life-risking counterattacks repeatedly.

“I can give you a chance to live, seeing as you haven’t attacked yet,” Yun Yu slowly wiped her sword with a cotton handkerchief. “Tell me where the Star Stones came from.”

“Star Stone? The Star Stone is a family heirloom of the Hu Family. What concern is it of yours?” The Hu Family Young Master was now extremely panicked, but he stubbornly refused to yield.

“How do you know about the Star Stone? Did you steal the Star Stones?” The Hu Family Young Master reacted quickly, immediately realizing that he had indeed wrongfully captured Lin Mumu. “Who are you people? Why did you steal my Star Stones?”

“Who we are is not important. I’m only giving you one chance,” Mo Xiao didn’t like wasting time on such meaningless conversations. She pressed her sword tip directly against the Hu Family Young Master’s throat.

“Tell me where the Hu Family’s Star Stones are kept, or I will kill you.” Mo Xiao had no good impression of people like the Hu Family Young Master, and the spiritual energy in his body was extremely chaotic, making it easy to see that he was the one absorbing the spiritual energy from the Star Stones.

In other words, the murderer of Lin Mumu’s brother and the other cultivators whose spiritual energy was drained was the young man standing before them.

“You…” The Hu Family Young Master wanted to threaten them, but Mo Xiao’s swift and decisive actions had left a deep impression on him. He worried that if he didn’t tell the truth, his head would roll in the next second.

“If you don’t know, then you have no value in staying alive,” Zuo Wuyi quietly added. Even if you don’t speak, you will die.

The expression on the Hu Family Young Master’s face began to twist. Feeling the sharp pain at his throat, he could only sullenly begin to speak. “This Star Stone was given to me by my grandfather. I don’t know if the family has more, and I don’t know where they are kept.”

“What did your grandfather tell you at the time?” Yun Yu asked.

“Grandfather told me that through this Star Stone, I could extract the power of other cultivators. If I used it properly, I could successfully form my Golden Core with it.” After the first sentence was spoken, the rest of the Hu Family Young Master’s words came more easily.

Yun Yu was noncommittal. “Where is your grandfather now?”

“He’s in seclusion. I advise you not to disturb my grandfather. My grandfather is not an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.” The Hu Family Young Master had intended to be menacing, but halfway through, his confidence faded.

Just as they were talking, the dark clouds above the Hu Family suddenly began to churn, and lightning faintly flashed within them.

“My grandfather is about to break through!” A look of joy instantly appeared on the Hu Family Young Master’s face. Once his grandfather successfully formed his Nascent Soul, these people would all die.

Yun Yu looked at the Hu Family Young Master as if he were an idiot. “If everything you said is true, and this so-called Star Stone was given to you by your grandfather, your grandfather will likely not survive the lightning tribulation.”

“Why? I advise you to release me immediately! If you stop now, I can ask Grandfather to spare your lives,” the Hu Family Young Master said, his tone becoming excited.

Golden Core cultivators and Nascent Soul cultivators belonged to two completely different social strata. If the Hu Family had a Nascent Soul Venerable, they would have hope of becoming the number one family in Fenghua City.

“The lightning tribulation is about to arrive. Since you don’t believe us, we can wait and see,” Mo Xiao said. She didn’t think the Hu Family Young Master could escape, so she simply put away her sword.

Not long after Mo Xiao spoke, a white bolt of lightning struck down from the dark clouds, heading straight for the main house of the Hu Family.

One bolt, two bolts, three bolts, four bolts. After a long wait, the fifth bolt of lightning did not strike, and the dark clouds in the sky faintly showed signs of dissipating.

“What’s going on? Did Grandfather pass the tribulation?” The Hu Family Young Master couldn’t help but touch his Adam’s apple. If his grandfather didn’t successfully pass the tribulation, the two of them might meet in the afterlife.

“Generally, the Nascent Soul lightning tribulation is three sets of nine bolts. Only when the person undergoing the tribulation no longer has the qualifications to pass does the tribulation stop,” Yun Yu kindly explained. “Young Master, your grandfather seems to have died.”

“Impossible! Absolutely impossible!” The Hu Family Young Master refused to believe this outcome and stumbled toward the main house.

Mo Xiao saw this and did not stop him. Instead, she took Zuo Wuyi and Lin Mumu and followed.

Although this Nascent Soul lightning tribulation was much less powerful than Mo Xiao’s, four bolts were enough to reduce the Hu Family’s main house to ruins. The blue walls had all collapsed, exposing some furniture and decorations that were not completely destroyed.

In the center of the ruins, there was a charred area about three meters in diameter. If one looked closely, one could vaguely discern a striped object inside.

“Grandfather! Grandfather!” Seeing the tragic scene with his own eyes, the Hu Family Young Master panicked. Had his grandfather really died? If his grandfather was gone, wouldn’t the Hu Family be finished? His parents hadn’t even returned from the secret realm yet!

No one in the Hu Family stopped the Young Master’s actions. Mo Xiao and Zuo Wuyi only stood in place, watching him rush forward in despair, finally kneeling on the ground. After carefully examining the charred corpse, he burst into tears.

“What should we do? The instigator seems to be dead. Should we continue investigating this matter?” Zuo Wuyi asked. She had no sympathy for these people’s plight.

Yun Yu stroked her chin. “This place has made such a commotion that it must have attracted a lot of attention. It’s not convenient to investigate further now.”

“I think we can take a trip to the treasury. If there are any Star Stones, we can destroy them early,” Mo Xiao interjected.

Yun Yu nodded, seemingly agreeing with Mo Xiao’s suggestion.

Lin Mumu, who had been silent for a long time, quietly raised both hands. “Um, are you kind-hearted cultivators going to the Hu Family treasury?”

“Yes. Do you know where the Hu Family treasury is?” Zuo Wuyi asked.

Lin Mumu nodded. “Mhm. When I stole the Star Stone earlier, I saw them take the item out of the treasury.”

“That’s perfect. We don’t need to worry about this Hu Family Young Master anymore; he doesn’t even know who we are,” Yun Yu quickly decided. “We’ll go to the treasury now. After dealing with the Star Stones, we’ll leave immediately.”

“Good,” Zuo Wuyi and Mo Xiao agreed.

The Hu Family was now in utter chaos. Everyone was rushing toward the main house, and no one noticed that someone had sneaked into the treasury at this moment.

With Lin Mumu leading the way, Mo Xiao and the two others successfully entered the treasury in less than a quarter of an hour. They ignored the spirit stones and magic weapons piled inside and went straight for the small box in the center. After rummaging through it, they found fifteen finger-sized Star Stones.

“The items should all be here,” Yun Yu held all the Star Stones in her hand. Just like she dealt with the first one, she instantly crushed them into powder.

Having witnessed the punch that sent the Third Elder flying, Lin Mumu was much calmer this time. She was only briefly surprised, then returned to normal.

“Um, can I take some of the spirit stones here?” Lin Mumu asked tentatively.

“What do you need spirit stones for?” Zuo Wuyi asked.

Lin Mumu answered truthfully. “I’ve already offended the Hu Family. I need to take some spirit stones to leave Fenghua City, or the Hu Family will soon come after me.”

“It’s hard to say if the Hu Family will even exist after tonight,” Zuo Wuyi said with a light laugh. She knew a little about Fenghua City; there were three influential families, and the Hu Family was one of them. Now that the Hu Family showed signs of ruin, the other two families would surely be the first to kick them while they were down.

Lin Mumu didn’t say anything. She didn’t know if the Hu Family would survive, but she knew she would definitely die if she stayed here.

“Do you have a storage bag?” Mo Xiao suddenly asked.

Lin Mumu shook her head. “No.”

“Take this,” Mo Xiao handed Lin Mumu a simple storage bag. “Fill it with as much as you want, and leave this place as soon as possible.”

Lin Mumu accepted the item from Mo Xiao, somewhat disbelievingly. “I can fill this storage bag?”

“The Hu Family already owes you, so taking some spirit stones is fine,” Yun Yu didn’t object. “But you must remember one thing: you can only take spirit stones, not other items.”

“Mhm, I know. If I take other things, it’ll be easy to be discovered,” Lin Mumu was a clever girl. Seeing the three intentionally indulge her, she didn’t waste time and immediately started loading the spirit stones.

Mo Xiao and the two others did not interfere with Lin Mumu’s actions. After she finished packing, they let her leave on her own. The three carefully checked the treasury several times, ensuring no Star Stones remained, before leaving reassured.

The death of the Hu Family’s Old Family Master, the loss of over half of their elite forces, and the theft of the Hu Family treasury! Three explosive pieces of news spread rapidly throughout Fenghua City as the morning sun rose.

Lin Mumu ran away overnight, but Mo Xiao and the two others reappeared on the streets the next morning as if nothing had happened. They calmly went shopping and coincidentally visited a teahouse to gather information.

“Did the Hu Family provoke some big shot? How did they end up like that overnight?” Gossip Subject One exclaimed.