Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Back to the present, in front of the Mu residence, Mu Ling'er threw herself into Xiao He's arms, crying and acting coquettishly.

Mu Ling'er's strength is for outsiders; in front of her family, she is actually just a girl who hasn't grown up yet.

She knows a lot and understands all sorts of profound principles, yet she still feels inexplicably wronged.

If no one comforts her, she can only keep her tears to herself. She can just hold them in and they will pass. If someone comforts her and she has a good cry, she will feel much better.

Inside the council hall, after asking Xiao He to wait for Mu Ling'er ahead of time, Mu An's expression did not relax.

He had just scanned the county town with his divine sense. At a glance, the entire Qing'an County looked much the same as usual, but he felt that something was not quite right.

At his current level, no whim he has ever acted on is without reason.

With a hint of doubt, Mu An's eyes turned silvery-white as his divine sense continued to scan the entire Qing'an County, finally settling on the location of the Li family's main residence.

Sensing something amiss, Mu An's divine sense rapidly contracted, surging towards the Li family's main residence like a tidal wave.

A vast divine sense instantly covered the entire Li family compound, passing through the thick walls and taking in everything that was happening within.

"Bang—"

With a loud crash, the table next to Mu An shattered, and the flying fragments hit the ground with a crackling sound.

The sudden turn of events silenced everyone in the council chamber, and they all turned to look at Mu An, who had suddenly stood up.

"Fang Tian stays behind, and leaves another troop of soldiers to protect the Mu residence. The rest of you, immediately take your troops and seal off the entire Qing'an County."

A thorough investigation was conducted, and anyone whose identity could not be confirmed and who was suspected of being a cult member was arrested immediately.

Anyone confirmed to be a cult member should be killed without mercy!

Wang Le, pass down the order: light the beacon fires, and the entire Qishan Road will enter a state of war!

A bunch of sons of bitches! They were quick to act!

As soon as the order was given, Mu An's figure disappeared, leaving a group of bewildered generals looking at each other, unable to come to their senses for a long time.

Wang Le was the first to react. He immediately stood up and shouted at the group of generals who were still in a daze.

"What are you all standing there for? Quickly deploy the troops!"

After the shout, the stunned generals finally reacted, quickly got up to receive the order, and rushed out of the Mu residence.

Their personal guards are all inside the city and can be mobilized at any time.

As for the garrison troops in various places, all they need to do is send a signal, and the garrison troops will naturally blockade Qishan Road.

……

The main residence of the Li family.

"My dear grandson, the Li family's great cause is about to be accomplished. All the direct descendants of the family will ascend to the divine kingdom along with the cult leader. On such a glorious day, why do you look so angry?"

"This is the glory of our entire Li family, a once-in-a-millennium opportunity, and you are my beloved grandson. Although you ruined my plans and almost destroyed the great cause of my Holy Sect."

"But as long as you can distinguish right from wrong and apologize to your grandfather properly, considering our decades-long relationship, your grandfather might be able to fulfill your last wish."

"Tell me, what else do you wish for?"

The annoying sound, like a mosquito buzzing in his ears, made Li Xiangwan, with his head down, feel his mouth extremely dry and his throat burning, as if a series of dull knives were cutting deep into his throat.

The already blurry vision became even more murky, and with the slightest stimulation, it would go completely black, losing all perception of the outside world.

He glanced to the side and saw that his wife was lying in a pool of blood, completely still.

Beside the pool of blood lay his beloved son, who, like his wife, was now lifeless.

Is he dead?

Li Xiangwan had no answer; he too was tied to a pillar, on the verge of death.

He suddenly realized how powerless he was, and how he could do nothing.

Whenever it comes to a crucial moment, he always turns into a coward, a complete and utter failure.

Just like when he and Wang Wan had just gotten married, he watched Wang Wan run to the Mu residence. He was furious and wanted to angrily denounce her for this.

But when the words came out, they turned into strange questions.

"How has Lord Mu been these days?"

"Did you have a good time, Madam?"

"This is a gift prepared for Lord Mu. Please speak well of our Li family to him..."

Such examples have taken the term "incompetent" to its extreme.

Memories gradually filled Li Xiangwan's mind, and he vaguely realized that in the more than ten years of marriage, he had only had a proper talk with Wang Wan once.

After that incident, he changed a lot, and Wang Wan also changed a lot.

The difference is that the two changed in different directions.

Li Xiangwan suddenly felt a pang of regret. If only he had mustered the courage to tell Wang Wan clearly when they were newly married that he didn't like Mu An and didn't want Wang Wan to keep running to the Mu residence.

Will things change?

In the moment before his death, Li Xiangwan vaguely realized that he didn't actually hate his wife that much.

Even in the face of life and death, there will still be feelings of worry and regret.

He resented Wang Wan, and he also resented his own cowardice.

He used to be timid and submissive in front of Mu An, lacking any confidence whatsoever.

Later, he devoted himself to the family business, trying to achieve more to prove himself.

Unfortunately, the results were always disappointing. No matter how hard he tried, the gap between him and Mu An not only did not narrow, but widened further.

Now, his family, to which he had placed his entire being, is shattered and about to be sacrificed to a group of madmen, yet he doesn't even have the courage to shout.

He kept his head down, listening to the old man of the Li family muttering incessantly, quietly awaiting the arrival of death.

It's better that he's dead; his life was utterly meaningless, and there was no point in continuing.

The fleeting moments of life didn't last long; the voice of the Snake Guardian interrupted Li Xiangwan's thoughts.

"Alright, stop dawdling. I have no interest in your sentimental tales of family life. Hurry up, we should leave!"

The person speaking sat on the table with her legs crossed, fiddling with the strips of cloth covering her legs, seemingly unconcerned that her fair skin was being seen.

The Snake Guardian licked his alluring red lips and spoke to Old Master Li in a slightly impatient tone.

"This is, after all, the stronghold of that god of slaughter, and such a terrible thing happened last night. The longer this drags on, the more dangerous it becomes. I don't want to die in this wretched place on the eve of my sect's great rise!"

Old Master Li, however, felt somewhat regretful. He first bowed to the Snake Guardian.

"I will obey the Dharma Protector's insistence and settle these three matters now."

After bowing, he picked up a dagger from the table and looked at Li Xiangwan with a rather complicated expression.

"My dear grandson, you heard it too. It's not that your grandfather doesn't want to fulfill your last wish, it's just that what you did was too foolish and disrupted the Holy Church's plans..."

"However..." Old Master Li changed the subject, a warm yet chilling smile appearing on his face.

"After all, we are grandfather and grandson. I will kill these two people you hate the most first, as a way to vent your anger."

"#######!!!" (Three thousand words omitted here, please use your imagination!)

"Die! Die! To hell with your divine kingdom! To hell with your eternal immortality..."

At this final moment, Li Xiangwan completely erupted. He used all his knowledge and skills, abandoning all the restraint of civilized people, and poured out every curse he could imagine.