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

This world is full of people who strive for fame and fortune, fighting tooth and nail for the throne of the martial arts alliance leader.

There are also many idle people like Mu An who simply want to join in the fun.

Mu An naturally wasn't very interested in the battle between a group of martial saints.

He came here simply because he had made no progress whatsoever in his research on methods to prolong life over the past eight years.

The failure of his research made him want to go out and change his mood. Just then, Mu Ling'er suggested that she wanted to go to the martial arts tournament to recruit some talents for Qishan Dao.

Xiao Lü chimed in, saying that her family hadn't gone out together for a long time.

After discussing it, the two decided to bring Mu An and Xiao He, who wasn't particularly interested, along to watch the martial arts tournament.

Because Mu Ling'er had sent someone to notify the Martial Alliance in advance.

When Mu An arrived, the Martial Arts Alliance, having received the news, formed several square formations. A group of elders stood at the very front, respectfully waiting at the foot of the mountain, passionately performing a program they had rehearsed countless times.

There was also a musical ensemble providing accompaniment, their voices deafening; anyone who didn't know better would think it was some kind of illegal gathering.

The immense noise could probably be heard for miles around. Mu An and Mu Ling'er felt so ashamed that they decided to leave early.

Xiao He and Xiao Lü were quite interested in this and chatted enthusiastically with the other old men and women from the martial arts alliance.

Xiao Lü is seventy-five years old this year, and her older sister Xiao He is a year and a half older than her.

These two sisters, who had been by Mu'an's side since childhood, have finally grown old, and their hobbies are becoming more and more like those of other elderly people.

Compared to the various novelties that young people like, they still prefer to chat with other elderly people about everyday family matters.

While the martial arts skills of the elders of the Martial Alliance are hard to generalize, their speaking skills are exceptional. Each of them is shrewd and immediately noticed Mu An's respect for the two, keeping their smiles from fading.

Making these little lotus and green plants happy is actually very simple.

Just praising Mu An and Mu Ling'er is enough to make them happy for a long time.

Especially when praising Mu Ling'er, regardless of whether it's true or not, as long as you praise her for her outstanding talent, her abilities, and say that she will be as powerful as Mu An in the future, Xiao He and Xiao Lü will happily pull people to continue chatting.

They all know how capable Mu An is; no one needs to prove it.

Mu Ling'er is different. The little one is far less capable than Mu An, and she lacks self-confidence. She occasionally complains, and even they don't know how to comfort her.

Hearing praise for Mu Ling'er, even if they knew it was just polite talk, made them feel much better.

Although they were already tired of hearing similar things in Qishan Road, they still found it interesting when a different group of people said them.

Different people's words often have different effects. In Qishan Road, Mu An is the sun overhead, and Mu Ling'er is the kindest princess. Everyone who mentions her will respectfully praise her.

After hearing it too many times, it loses its novelty. But the outside world is different; it's a completely different experience.

For Xiaohe and Xiaolü, they had heard many stories about the martial arts world from storytellers before.

When Mu An was very young, she especially loved listening to stories about the martial arts world. Whenever she listened to these stories, she would visibly become happy.

That was when Mu An was still drinking milk. Although she didn't really like stories of fighting and killing in the martial arts world, the two of them went to the teahouse to listen attentively and take notes in order to coax young Mu An.

After returning, he told the stories he had heard from the storyteller to Mu'an, who at the time couldn't even walk.

Perhaps Mu An herself doesn't remember, but for the two of them, it is an extremely precious memory.

The stories of the martial arts world told by storytellers often revolve around the behemoth that is the Martial Arts Alliance.

Those dashing and powerful heroes were the very people they admired back then.

Now, all the "important figures" who appeared in the stories are standing in front of them, respectfully praising their excellent teaching and their young master as unparalleled in the world.

It's hard for Xiaohe and Xiaolü not to feel joy.

Although Mu An and Mu Ling'er didn't fully understand these things, they could grasp the general idea, so they didn't intend to interfere with the two of them; as long as they were happy.

During their stay at the Martial Arts Alliance, the group enjoyed the highest level of hospitality, and even the accompanying guards benefited from it, with their food and drinks being upgraded to a higher standard.

Mu An liked to sit on the high platform and watch the chickens below pecking at each other.

For some reason, watching these martial artists fight now felt like watching small animals fighting.

I didn't find it fierce, I just found it funny.

To Mu An, the fights between ordinary martial artists were like two ants fighting over food—somewhat novel, but not very exciting.

The two innate martial artists were more like two crickets, and when they fought fiercely, it was quite interesting, and he could watch them for quite a while.

The fight between celestial warriors is the most interesting, like two kittens or puppies fighting, which is quite amusing.

With the current leader of the martial arts alliance providing commentary, the entire martial arts tournament resembled a large-scale animal performance.

Mu Ling'er was much more serious than Mu An. More often than not, she would lead her people to observe the people on the stage one by one.

If someone satisfies her, she will extend an olive branch to them afterwards.

Twenty-two innate grandmasters and two celestial martial saints accepted her offer, abandoning their plans to continue the competition and choosing to join the Qishan Sect.

In the eyes of the world, Qishan Dao, with Mu An in charge, is already one of the largest forces in Daqi.

The so-called nine great lords are a thing of the past. With Mu An in charge, Qishan Road has already far surpassed others and is developing rapidly towards becoming a holy land.

The allure of Qishan Path to independent martial artists across the land is self-evident.

When Mu Ling'er personally extended the invitation, few rogue cultivators could resist being tempted.

The entire martial arts tournament lasted for twenty days and was held quite smoothly.

Although there were quite a few minor conflicts along the way, none of them escalated into major trouble.

For twenty days, no demonic cult organization attacked the martial arts tournament. In the past ten tournaments, this one can be considered the most peaceful.

What is also unknown is...

On the very day Mu An arrived, a group of Heavenly Demon Cult members who had been planning for a long time abandoned their attack plan, which had been in the works for several years.

The elder of the Heavenly Demon Sect in charge of the attack retreated three hundred miles without hesitation, fleeing for three days before finally breathing a sigh of relief.

In the following days, dozens of demonic leaders who had received the news retreated one after another, running faster than rabbits, wishing their parents had given them two more legs.

Meanwhile, the followers of various sects lurking within the martial arts alliance all became cowards, each one as obedient as could be.

Thanks to a combination of factors, the martial arts tournament was able to be held successfully.