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Chapter 5310: Resentment

Mu Jinghong's thoughts simmered with resentment, not only towards Long Yun, the new master of Wangchuan, but also towards Heavenly Fate's Second Young Master. He was convinced these two had known all along that the Cangzhou Emperor planned to attack Shadow City. Yet, they had remained aloof, only informing him that Cangzhou's forces were approaching at midday, leaving him no time to prepare or transfer his assets.

As a result, he could only grab a handful of the most important items from the underground treasury, stuffing them into his limited internal space. He sent others to retrieve the few available storage spirit tools to pack more, but they were intercepted. The thought of his vast resources in the underground treasury, especially the dozen or so Level 9 Fire Glaze orbs stored there, left a bitter taste in his mouth. His spirit tools for storage were too few, and his internal space was only about five cubic meters, far too small to hold much. It was a true pity; all the treasures he had collected over the years were now lost in a single day, benefiting others. He was truly unwilling to accept this fate!

"Father!" Mu Xiaoxue saw him pounding his chest in silence for a long time and couldn't help but call out. "Father!"

In this situation, whether they wanted to or not, they had to leave. Were they truly going to stay here and die, facing off against their enemies? She was still young and hadn't yet found a suitable husband to marry, so she certainly wasn't planning on dying. Thinking this, Mu Xiaoxue urged him again, "Father, let's go."

"Go, go, do you think I don't want to go?" Mu Jinghong roared furiously, suddenly unleashing all his pent-up anger. "It's all because of your brainless foolishness that everyone in Shadow City has fallen into misfortune with you!"

Mu Xiaoxue's eyes widened instantly, her face filled with disbelief. Father, Father was actually blaming her? And in this setting, in front of so many people, scolding her so disrespectfully? Mu Xiaoxue immediately burst into tears, covering her mouth with her handkerchief and sobbing softly.

Gu Yixuan's eyes immediately reddened with distress. Just as he was about to step forward, he saw that "dead fat pig" with his vulgar hands wrapped around his beloved junior sister, gently comforting her, "Sister Xiaoxue, don't cry."

Ordinarily, when nothing was amiss, Mu Jinghong wouldn't even raise his voice to this gentle, frail daughter. But in this critical moment, a matter of life and death, he was half-dead with anger himself and had no mind to consider his daughter's feelings.

He immediately unleashed a barrage of resentful accusations, "If it weren't for you, mindlessly going to provoke that Divine State Crown Princess, forcing your father to reveal his identity and save you, how could such a thing have happened?"

"Do you know? That emperor from Cangzhou mobilized all the elite troops from the Three States who are at the Divine Realm and above." Mu Jinghong railed on. "If you weren't so brainless, how could such a thing have been provoked?"

As he spoke, his abdomen throbbed with excruciating pain. He quickly pressed his hand against it, gasping in cold breaths. The internal organ damage was the obvious cause of pain, but where did this chilling coldness come from? Perhaps, the person who had injured him earlier had smeared some kind of cold poison on the dagger?

As he pondered, a thunderous roar echoed from the passage entrance. It sounded as if someone had violently smashed the invisible gate at the channel's opening. A chilling gust of wind poured in from outside, making everyone shiver.

"City Lord Mu, long time no see!"