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

From Ping'an County to Yucheng, from "Number Nine Pawnshop" to "Chang'an Trading Company", from the age of eight to twenty, Jiang Yunzhi stayed by Mu An's side for a full twelve years.

Aside from a few others, Jiang Yunzhi was the one who stayed by Mu An's side the longest.

Even if you've been raising a cat or dog for twelve years, you'll inevitably develop some attachment to them.

If Jiang Yunzhi had arrived earlier, before Mu An had even attained enlightenment, he might have also received a great opportunity and become a figure who stirred up the winds and clouds.

But that's fate. Everyone lives in different worlds, meets each other, intersects with each other, and each moves forward along their own path.

Jiang Yunzhi was born too late; he met Mu An later.

Even after twelve years of contact, Mu An didn't develop much affection for him; most of the time, she still treated him as a tool.

Jiang Yunzhi helped with the task, and Mu An reciprocated.

Therefore, when Jiang Yunzhi bid farewell to Mu An, he received a pill.

A pill that would allow him to break through his own limits in a short period of time and unleash the power of a Celestial Martial Saint at the Innate Realm.

Thanks to the effects of this elixir, Jiang Yunzhi saved his mother at the cost of losing an arm and suffering severe abdominal injuries.

It wasn't because Jiang Yunzhi defeated the experts in Jiaozhou City on his own, but because Meng Yan noticed the fighting in Jiaozhou City and discovered Jiang Yunzhi's special abilities.

With the power of a Celestial Martial Saint unleashed at the Innate Realm, it's hard not to take a second look.

The moment Meng Yan noticed Jiang Yunzhi, he deduced the secrets of heaven.

After trying, Meng Yan realized he couldn't predict Jiang Yunzhi's fate, so he secretly ordered his men to stop the garrison in Jiaozhou City and let Jiang Yunzhi go.

The situation in the Nine Realms is complex and intricate; anyone with even a little ability could become a pawn of those powerful figures.

These repeated incidents made Meng Yan deeply aware of the situation, and he no longer acted so casually as before.

Meng Yan is now very clear that if he wants to have a voice, he must integrate literature and the Way and combine all forces.

Without destruction, there can be no construction. Both the new and the old paths have their merits. To reach a higher level, one must learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses, creating a path that all scholars can accept.

The Eastern Qi has stabilized, and the old and new literary paths are slowly merging. As the nominal Sage of Literature, Meng Yan can get a share of the benefits as long as the literary path grows stronger.

The destruction of the Great Qi Dynasty certainly caused Meng Yan heavy losses, but because he had made preparations in advance, Meng Yan not only stabilized his declining strength in recent years, but also made some progress on the original basis.

At this critical juncture of adjusting course, Meng Yan did not want to cause any trouble.

Regardless of whose side Jiang Yunzhi was on, he had no intention of getting involved.

……

Chang'an Trading Company.

When Su Yun knelt down and said that she was a visitor from another land and asked the immortals for help, Mu An did not show any surprise.

Even without deliberately looking at it or using his power to deduce it, he could still know this.

Over the past five years, Su Yun has spent more time in the store than Jiang Yunzhi, and her unintentional little habits have already revealed her identity.

Putting everything else aside, Su Yun can curse continuously for half an hour without repeating herself, her mouth full of foul language.

In this respect alone, very few people in the Nine Realms can do it.

In the Nine Realms, when faced with a situation that requires verbal sparring, people still prefer to resort to fists.

"If you can take action, don't talk nonsense" is the mainstream approach of the Nine Realms.

In those dirty words, Su Yun had already revealed her true colors completely.

If Mu An hadn't been so indifferent to these things, Su Yun would probably have been captured and studied long ago.

Or rather, if Su Yun hadn't guessed that Mu An was some kind of terrestrial immortal, she wouldn't have acted so casually in the shop.

Su Yun knew this, and Mu An knew it too, but neither of them dared to expose the other's identity.

Mu An didn't really care about these things that he already knew, but what really puzzled him was...

Su Yun actually cared so much about Jiang Yunzhi that she was willing to confront him and ask him to save people.

Mu An was somewhat surprised by this.

Mu An always thought that Su Yun was trying to get something out of him, which was why she always lingered in the shop. He never expected that it was because she had fallen in love with the dying Jiang Yunzhi.

After glancing at Su Yun kneeling on the ground and then at Lin Yu lying on the ground, Mu An's gaze finally settled on Jiang Yunzhi.

Looking at this familiar young man, Mu An was unsure of what to think.

"What does it have to do with me?"

The words that should have been spoken were not uttered immediately. Looking at the dying Jiang Yunzhi, Mu An hesitated for a moment.

After hesitating, Mu An swallowed back the words she had said countless times before, and turned her gaze from Jiang Yunzhi to the account book in front of the counter.

The number 2,988 came into view.

……

Give me a reason to save him.

Upon hearing this, Su Yun showed no surprise, nor was she puzzled by Mu An's indifference, and she did not utter any words of moral blackmail.

She simply straightened her back and met Mu An's gaze.

There are three reasons.

"Firstly, you have to consider the owner before beating a dog. Jiang Yunzhi has been with you for twelve years. Even if you never paid any attention to him and only treated him as your dog, there should still be an explanation for how he was beaten like this... It's embarrassing for you to have your pet dog beaten to death."

"Secondly, Su Yun doesn't know which deity you are, but I do know... In this world, whether you are a god or an immortal, you are ultimately a human who climbed up step by step... Therefore, Su Yun feels that you should not abandon all human emotions."

"Thirdly, there must be a reason why you would stay in Yucheng and open a shop like this. I dare to guess that the account book that you always look at is the reason why you stayed here..."

Please forgive me for this. In order to allow you to stay in Yucheng for a longer period of time, I stopped many of my fellow disciples without your consent, which made your business suffer a lot.

Su Yun has no way of knowing what you want by staying here, but if it's a transaction, I have a system within me. If you agree, I'm willing to use that system as the price to get your help.

The moment Su Yun mentioned the system, Mu An's eyes turned colorful, and his supreme gaze enveloped Su Yun.

In that instant, a suffocating feeling enveloped Su Yun. She felt as if her entire being had been peeled away, and even her soul had been thoroughly exposed.

Fortunately, the feeling of suffocation only lasted for a moment. After glancing at Su Yun, Mu An's pupils returned to their original color.

He looked at Su Yun, who was covered in cold sweat, and tapped her fingers twice on the counter.

"What's inside you isn't a real system, so it's useless to me. I have no interest in raising dogs or anything like that."

As she finished speaking, Su Yun's expression changed from anxious to stiff.

Just as she was frantically thinking, trying to persuade him again.

Mu An took out a gourd from his sleeve and tossed it to Su Yun.

"You're very smart, but you've got one thing wrong."

"For me, saving people is really simple; just finding someone pleasing to the eye is the best reason."

……

After feeding Jiang Yunzhi the spiritual liquid, Su Yun, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, became even more curious.

They don't even care about the system inside her body. The shop owner is probably more powerful than she imagined. She just doesn't know which big shot they are.

"Senior, may I ask if Su Yun has the honor of knowing your esteemed name?"

After glancing at Su Yun, Mu An's expression turned somewhat strange.

"you do not know?"

Turning into a curious child, Su Yun decisively shook her head and answered truthfully.

"I guessed that you must be a terrestrial deity, but I can't guess which one."

"People call me the Five Elements True Lord, which is the same unlucky guy you're talking about who's had affairs with countless people..."