4524

Chapter 4524: 5.0276 Different

Mu Qingya, however, forced a bitter smile. "It's true, Mother is useless. If Mother could open her Mystic Meridian and possess cultivation talent, you wouldn't be like me, just an ordinary person, today."

"Mother, I really don't blame you. Why would you say such things?" Mu Xiaoxue lowered her head, muttering softly, "It makes one feel quite sad."

"Mother, isn't our Heaven's Will meant to break all these laws of heaven and earth, to break these conventional rules?"

Mu Xiaoxue's eyes lit up again. She tightly grasped her mother's hand and said, "Mother, I know you have a way to make us stronger, Mother, why don't you..."

Mu Qingya abruptly covered her daughter's mouth, repeatedly saying, "I told you, don't mention this again."

"Mother, I want to take the Mutated Pill."

Mu Qingya's hands trembled as she forcefully pushed her daughter away, sternly saying, "I told you never to mention this again!"

The first time her daughter proposed taking the Mutated Pill was over two years ago.

The mother and daughter rarely had a chance to meet.

Two years ago, during that brief encounter, her daughter had burst into tears in her arms, probably having suffered much injustice in Shadow City.

But thinking about it, the wife of the Great City Lord of Shadow City was no easy person to deal with.

That woman had a pair of biological children and surely never gave Xiaoxue a kind look, probably secretly bullying her all the time.

That's why Mu Xiaoxue always harbored the desire to become stronger.

Whenever she was thoroughly crushed by someone, this desire to become stronger, to crush back, would grow like wild grass, unstoppable, rapidly spreading across the wilderness of her heart.

Mu Qingya understood her own daughter too well.

She was inherently stubborn and strong-willed, never willing to admit defeat, even though she had been an ordinary person since birth.

But she seemed to have never given up the idea of cultivation. For so many years, no matter the method, even if it was a heterodox one, as long as there was a glimmer of opportunity for cultivation, she would secretly try it.

Mu Xiaoxue always trusted her instincts. She wasn't a foolish person; she had always been intelligent and would never lose to anyone.

"Mother!" Mu Xiaoxue was about to try persuading her mother again, but she looked up and saw Mu Qingya turn her head away, tears seemingly welling up in the corners of her eyes.

Mu Xiaoxue paused, then lightly tugged at her mother's wrist. "Mother, I, I won't mention it, please don't be sad."

Following her mother's path was absolutely impossible.

Could it be that the Mutated Pill had some side effects on the body, which was why her mother so desperately hindered her and refused to let her take it?

But if she didn't try, how would she know if it would succeed?

Outside the door.

Mu Rouxuan didn't know how long she had been standing there.

This ship had been anchored near Wangchuan.

Two days ago, her mother suddenly visited and boarded the ship, which surprised both He'er and Hongchang.

But Mu Rouxuan had known early on that this was to be expected.

Since her mother wanted to capture Qiao Mu alive, it meant she had other plans for Qiao Mu.

Wanting her alive, not dead, implied that her mother already had a plan for Qiao Mu, and Qiao Mu was a target that absolutely could not be missed.

And given their current network and power, achieving that would certainly be quite difficult.

Therefore, Mu Rouxuan was not surprised that Mu Qingya would come to oversee the situation.

It's just...