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Chapter 5733: Extra - Mu Rouxuan: Rebirth
"Clang!" A crisp sound.
The firewood in front of her split in two.
"Rouxuan, Rouxuan ah." A sturdy farmer walked in from outside the yard.
"Your injury isn't fully healed, why are you chopping wood again? Let me help you!"
"No need, Brother Niu." Mu Rouxuan, wearing a coarse blue linen tunic, turned and smiled at him.
"I can do it myself."
The sturdy man called Ah Niu sighed. "You're always like this. Everyone in the village has received your kindness. It's okay for us to help you occasionally, isn't it?"
Mu Rouxuan waved the firewood in her hand. "I'm almost done chopping. If Brother Niu really feels bad, then help me fetch two buckets of water."
"Alright!" The dispatched farmer walked out quickly, looking happy. "Rouxuan, you wait, I'll go fetch water for you right now."
Mu Rouxuan smiled, watched him leave, then turned, scooped half a ladle of water from the water缸, and gulped a few mouthfuls.
She wiped her mouth with her sleeve, glanced at the lonely small courtyard, and sighed self-deprecatingly.
Now, throughout Shenzhou, the fourth stage antidote has been distributed into the water sources.
As long as one drinks plenty of water regularly, they can still control the source of the corpse-transformation poison in their body.
Only...
It's a symptomatic treatment, not a cure. It can only delay the onset, but not completely eradicate it.
However, she thought to herself, perhaps by taking the antidote for a lifetime, it might never manifest?
Gudao Village is a place that cannot be found on the map of Shenzhou.
She came here a year ago and settled down.
The folk customs here are simple and honest. The entire village consists of only about a hundred households, and everyone from one end of the village to the other is familiar with each other.
After Mu Rouxuan settled here, she grew to like this simple small mountain village even more.
Without the endless scheming and power struggles of her former life in the Mu family, her mind gradually calmed down.
Perhaps, I will live my entire life in this mountain village.
But it didn't matter. This peaceful life was already a great luxury for her current self.
Brother Niu quickly walked in with two buckets of water, smiling as he said to her, "Someone came to the village today. People from a large cultivator family are inspecting our village."
"They're looking everywhere to see if there are any forgotten corpse puppets."
"Ever since His Majesty issued the edict, all cultivator families have actively participated in the task of eradicating the remaining corpse puppets. Our Shenzhou Continent hasn't been this peaceful for two years."
Mu Rouxuan was startled, then smiled. "That's good news."
"Yes," Brother Niu cautiously said to her. "I heard that some half-corporeal people hide in our secluded villages, avoiding detection."
"These cultivators are mainly here to clear out those with signs of corporealization."
"Lest they transform and harm the entire village again."
Mu Rouxuan's heart tightened, and she subtly clenched her fists.
"I need to go back. Soon, the village chief will bring those venerables to check house by house."
"Sister Rouxuan, you should also tidy up your house. Perhaps those great venerables will be here soon."
Mu Rouxuan nodded with a solemn expression.
Seeing Brother Niu leave, Mu Rouxuan couldn't help but sigh, thinking to herself: Does this mean the year of peace is coming to an end today?
"Thump thump thump thump thump." Not long after, someone knocked on the courtyard gate.
The village chief called from outside, "Miss Mu, Miss Mu, please open the door."
Mu Rouxuan was already prepared. She closed her eyes, walked forward, and opened the door.
She heard a sharp shout from beside her ear, "Everyone, be careful! The detector is reacting to this woman. Tie her up first!"
So the people of the Three Provinces have already invented spiritual artifacts that can accurately detect and monitor corpse puppets?
Mu Rouxuan couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. She surrendered obediently and offered no resistance.
Several experts sprang out from behind the shouting man, binding Mu Rouxuan with fire spiritual power.
Someone then found spirit-binding ropes and tied her up securely.
"What a cunning corpse puppet! Your body is already on the verge of collapsing, yet you still dare to secretly hide in a remote mountain village??" The leading man sternly rebuked her with a righteous expression.
Mu Rouxuan recognized this person; he was Wang Yan of Tiandan Bank, an excellent alchemist under Qiao Mu.
Yes, the Empress of Shenzhou, revered by thousands.
This person was now the most respected individual in the Three Provinces. A single word from her would naturally command the submission of all people.
It was normal for Wang Yan not to recognize her.
Although they had met once or twice, she was now dressed in coarse linen, and even her own sisters might not recognize her if they stood here...
"Mu? Miss Rouxuan? Are you Miss Rouxuan?" A woman quickly walked out from behind the group, looking at her up and down in surprise.
Mu Rouxuan looked up at her.
A bit familiar, she should be someone from a branch of the Mu family.
"I am Mu Lixiang. I wonder if Miss Rouxuan still remembers me." Mu Lixiang introduced herself, directly dispelling the doubt in Mu Rouxuan's heart.
Yes, as the Empress's maternal family, the Mu family certainly had to set an example.
The most arduous and remote places would undoubtedly have Mu family members participating.
Mu Lixiang's appearance in this small village didn't surprise her at all.
Wang Yan frowned and asked, "Miss Mu knows her?"
Mu Lixiang was slightly embarrassed. "She is, she is..."
Mu Rouxuan's identity was truly a bit awkward.
To say she was the former Young Miss of the Mu family?
But the true Young Miss was the current Empress.
"She is Miss Rouxuan of our Mu family." Mu Lixiang spoke with deliberation. "Brother Wang, can we untie her first before speaking?"
Wang Yan was quite good to this Mu Lixiang from the Mu family.
Mu Lixiang was very pleasant to be around, and she was also Lady Qiao Qiao's family, so naturally, he had to show some respect.
Wang Yan waved his hand, and several cultivators loosened the spirit-binding ropes on Mu Rouxuan.
Mu Lixiang asked, "Sister Rouxuan, why are you hiding here?"
Mu Rouxuan let out a bitter laugh. "If I say I'm not hiding here, you probably wouldn't believe me either."
"I just wanted to find a peaceful place to live out my life."
"Then aren't you harming people??" An old woman behind the village chief couldn't help but shriek angrily.
The village chief was a bit embarrassed and quickly pulled his wife's hand.
Just a few days ago, this Miss Rouxuan had helped their family, and now his old wife was suddenly attacking, pointing fingers and cursing, which was quite unreasonable.
The old woman, however, quickly shook off the village chief's hand and loudly cursed, "You're already half-corporeal. Aren't you afraid you'll suddenly lose your mind and harm the entire village?"
"I can control it!" Mu Rouxuan said with a resolute expression.
"You can control it? Is this something you can control just by saying so? You've lived in our village for a year, and now we know everything about you. We're all ordinary people here; there isn't a single cultivator in the entire village."
"Aren't you just harming people by living here!"
"What if your corpse transformation flares up? Who can deal with you!"
"Wouldn't we all become your meal then?" The village chief's wife shivered at this point.
She cried out repeatedly, "Venerable sirs, you must uphold justice for our village! Quickly execute this menace on the spot."
The village chief looked embarrassed but didn't immediately stop his old wife.
Brother Niu rushed out upon hearing the commotion. "Impossible!"
"Ah Niu, don't let evil spirits cloud your judgment." Ah Niu's mother quickly reached out and pulled her son. The look in her eyes towards Mu Rouxuan now showed a hint of something amiss.
"The village chief's wife is right. Esteemed sirs, please quickly deal with this harmful thing. Don't let it harm our entire village."
Everyone in the village, hearing such a commotion, ran out of their homes.
After asking around, they were all astonished.
What?
This beautiful young woman who came to their village a year ago was actually a half-corporeal person?
Is she about to mutate into a corpse puppet?
"You don't need to be overly nervous," Wang Yan said, frowning. "We have already distributed the fourth stage antidote into the water sources throughout the three continents."
"As long as people drink the water, they can certainly control the corpse poison in their bodies and won't easily succumb to an outbreak."
Their strict preparedness just now was mainly to capture Mu Rouxuan and detain her for individual interrogation.
It didn't mean they would immediately dispose of her.
Driven by their innate compassion as healers, they would first check if the person could be saved.
If she could be saved, they would naturally save her. If not, they would certainly not be soft-handed in dealing with her.
"Venerable sir, don't lie to us!"
"How can a corpse puppet be saved?"
"Exactly, exactly! Half a year ago, corpse puppets were everywhere, eating people on sight!"
Wang Yan couldn't communicate with them.
Half a year ago? They're still bringing that up.
As for the current situation in the Three Provinces, yesterday and today, compared to half a month ago, were incomparable.
The Three Provinces Continent was currently bursting with new vitality, truly changing day by day, gradually getting better.
"Esteemed sirs, please quickly deal with this harmful woman!" Ah Niu's mother shrieked. "Our village cannot keep this harmful thing."
"Mother, Mother!" Ah Niu cried out desperately. "Mother, how can you say that? Don't forget, last time when you were seriously ill, it was Rouxuan who took out a precious pill and cured you."
"You, how can you, can you be like this?" The words "repaying kindness with enmity" were something this filial son, Ah Niu, couldn't utter to his old mother, but his eyes conveyed an unspeakable pain and regret.
Ah Niu's mother irritably slapped him. "What do you know, child? We call this sacrificing family for righteousness! How can you be soft-hearted towards a corpse puppet?"
"Haven't you had enough of the hard life before!"
"All corpse puppets should be treated the same and executed!"
Wang Yan couldn't help but sneer. "You village woman, His Majesty and the Empress's decree is to save as many as possible! Yet you are so ruthless."
Ah Niu's mother's face flushed. She mumbled, unable to speak.
Wang Yan waved his hand. "Take the person away."
Mu Rouxuan looked back at her small courtyard, a place where she had lived for a year.
The villagers who had been smiling at her just yesterday now looked at her with hatred.
As if she had already turned into a corpse and was about to devour them all.
This is probably human nature.
When you are harmless and good to them, they can praise you to the heavens.
Once something goes wrong, everyone naturally wants to step forward and kick you.
Mu Lixiang sighed and shook her head. "Sister Rouxuan, this place isn't as peaceful as you said, is it?"
"You wanted to find a paradise-like place?"
"Unfortunately, this village isn't what you imagined."
Mu Rouxuan gave a bitter smile.
"Are you going to escort me back to the capital?" she asked in a faint voice.
Life was rough, and she had long since seen through everything.
After this incident, she felt as though she had seen through the mundane world, having no desires for anything.
Yes, she should have known this already, shouldn't she?
You pour your heart out for others, but things may not always go your way.
Mu Lixiang walked over to her side, took out a small, fluffy, emerald green fruit from her inner world, and handed it to her.
"Sister Rouxuan, Young Master asked me to give this to you."
Mu Rouxuan was startled. Holding the fruit, she felt a slight warmth in her heart.
"What is it?"
Although she asked, seeing the fervent eyes around her, her heart couldn't help but burn with excitement.
"A Sacred Fruit!" Wang Yan cried out, his face filled with joy.
Before leaving the capital, his Lord Qiao Qiao had also given him a Sacred Fruit.
He had been told not to use it unless absolutely necessary, and to carefully scrutinize the character of the recipient before using it.
The Sacred Fruit was immensely valuable. One fruit, even for a fully corporealized person, could cure their ailment and elevate their cultivation to a higher realm.
He had one stored in his inner world at the moment, so he naturally recognized it.
Wang Yan reached out and patted Mu Rouxuan's shoulder. "In that case, you should go into seclusion after consuming it. This person does not need to be registered."
He said, no, no need to register?
This meant that she... she was removed from the corpse puppet list?
Mu Rouxuan was excited, holding the Sacred Fruit, her hands trembling slightly.
"Young Master looked for me before leaving the capital. He said that following the aristocratic family's team to search for corpse puppets everywhere, I might encounter you."
"If I did, he entrusted me to give this to you," Mu Lixiang said with a smile. "Thankfully, I didn't disappoint Young Master's trust."
"Thank you, Sister Lixiang."
"You should thank Young Master." Mu Lixiang smiled, then added, "No, perhaps you should thank Young Miss more. This Sacred Fruit was given to Young Master by Young Miss."
"I heard Young Master mention it. Young Miss gave him two," Mu Lixiang said, smiling at her. "Do you understand?"
Mu Rouxuan bit her lip, lowering her head slightly and nodding.
"Young Miss is the softest-hearted person. She doesn't want to see Young Master sad. And she never intended to make things difficult for you."
"I know." Mu Rouxuan smiled with relief. "She said, I was never her opponent."
"She was right."
"Many things were just me stubbornly cornering myself," Mu Rouxuan smiled faintly. "Sister Lixiang, please thank her for me. Tell her that I'm not such an ungrateful person."
"Do you have any plans?" Mu Lixiang smiled.
"I want to travel around once my body is fully recovered. To do something meaningful. Perhaps I'll join the team clearing out corpse puppets. Maybe I'll meet my Big Brother then."
"Sister Rouxuan, I'm relieved to hear you think that way." Mu Lixiang's smile was radiant. "Then, until we meet again in the martial world. I look forward to that day."
"Definitely!"
They would definitely meet again! She was Mu Rouxuan, the reborn Mu Rouxuan.
(End)