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

On New Year's Eve, Mu An was in a fairly good mood. He didn't really taste anything special about the food brought by the Qing siblings.

But he still gave Qinghan and Qinghe a small gift each, just like any other elder would.

The gift was small, but it was enough to protect the brother and sister for life.

For the next three months, Qinghan was busy consolidating power in the Qingyun Trading Company and visited Mu'an much less frequently.

Qinghe, just as she had on the flying boat, regarded herself as Mu An's junior and would ask Mu An for advice on life and cultivation every day.

She would leave her house at mealtimes every day, come to Mu'an's courtyard, give a symbolic knock on the door, and head straight for Mu'an's kitchen.

At first, Qinghe was a little unaccustomed to it, and she was hesitant and timid in doing things.

But after making breakfast for Mu'an for about ten days in a row, Qinghe got used to this life and even decorated Mu'an's room according to her own preferences.

In Qinghe's words, Mu'an's house had no human touch at all, and didn't seem like a place where people lived.

She would take the wine pot from Mu An's table, mutter a few complaints to the air in a light tone, and then take out the cultivation technique she was practicing and ask Mu An for guidance.

As for lunch and dinner, Qinghe said that no matter how down she was, she was still a young lady from a wealthy family, and such things should be left to the servants.

Making breakfast is a sign of sincerity from a junior, but making lunch or dinner is just asking for trouble.

Time is limited, so it's more valuable to use it for spiritual practice.

Moreover, Qinghe was well aware of her own limitations; the food she cooked was hardly delicious, and she herself didn't really want to eat it, so there was no need for her to spoil Mu'an's taste buds.

As time went on, Qinghe became more and more open-minded and gradually lost her inhibitions, treating Mu'an almost like family.

While doing things for Mu An and rummaging through the house for wine jugs, Qing He kept nagging, almost as if she were treating Mu An as a junior.

But when she asks Mu An for advice, she becomes obedient again. If she does something wrong, or if Mu An explains something twice and she still doesn't understand, Qinghe will keep apologizing to Mu An, as if she has done something terribly wrong.

Mu An had no doubt that if he scolded Qinghe a couple of times, the little girl would probably be so frightened that she would kneel down on the spot.

The contrast between the two is striking.

Mu An saw this but said nothing, nor did he intend to drive Qing He away.

Because Qinghe's chattering manner is very similar to that of Xiaohe back then.

This bond forged from memories, if it lasts a little longer, wouldn't be a bad thing. At least it would allow Mu An to recall some of her past experiences.

The only thing that made Mu An slightly dissatisfied was...

In just three months, Liu Yun had recruited over a hundred assassins.

Although these assassins weren't even a proper after-dinner pastime, they still disturbed the peace and quiet to some extent.

When Mu An looked at these assassins, it was like seeing mosquitoes flying in front of her; she would always unconsciously want to swat them dead.

Perhaps it was because Liu Yun did not undergo the baptism of the Four Symbols World with Mu An, and did not experience that transformation that lasted for two thousand years.

Today, Liu Yun still maintains his "crime buster" demeanor, and hasn't changed much compared to a hundred years ago.

What Liu Yun likes to do most when dealing with those annoying "mosquitoes" is to turn them all into skeletons and create one magnificent spectacle after another.

As time passed, after becoming a Golden Immortal, Mu An lost interest in things like "white bone aesthetics" and "creating wonders".

His aesthetic sense has long since transcended any single form; all aspects of life are natural.

But since Liu Yun likes it, Mu An naturally won't object.

He simply glanced at the bones Liu Yun had collected when he had nothing else to do, and followed the cause and effect of the bones all the way back to the person who wanted to kill the Qing siblings.

Mu An did not inquire about the rest.

Mu An had great trust in Liu Yun's "excellent" character.

His sword had long ago developed a nature of "hating evil as if it were its enemy," and he rarely needed to worry about it, as it could always accurately find all the villains who needed to be killed.

As for what exactly can be categorized as "evil".

Liu Yun said, "Isn't that simple?"

Anyone who goes against the boss is a villain!

What? You say you have a problem with it? You think bad people shouldn't be defined in such a simplistic way?

Shut your mouth! If you keep babbling, I'll chop you down too!

The clouds drifted by in a flash, taking no more than half a day.

If Mu An hadn't specifically instructed Liu Yun not to be too ostentatious, since many of the mosquitoes they were dealing with were Qing Xi's descendants, they should at least be left with a complete corpse.

This requirement was quite difficult for Liuyun.

Immersed in the "aesthetics of skeletons," Liu Yun had absolutely no interest in leaving a complete corpse. The mere mention of leaving a complete corpse diminished his drive to kill.

Liu Yun thought that if he could turn people into bones and pile them up into a spectacle, his speed would definitely double!

……

Qing'an Prefecture is three million li away from Wangxing City. Faced with this exaggerated distance, ordinary sound transmission devices lose their original function.

Furthermore, Qinghan and Qinghe were not valued, and it wasn't until ten days later that the main branch of the Qing family remembered them and informed Qinghan of what had happened in the Qing family through a special communication method.

In the vast main branch of the Qing family, dozens of people perished, and the number of deaths in the branch branches was countless.

The Qing family did not suspect the brother and sister who were far away in the Starfall Domain. They simply notified them as a routine matter, confirming whether the two were still alive and reminding them to be careful.

The simultaneous deaths of so many members of the Qing family within half a day must be the work of a powerful, hostile force that has employed some extraordinary means. We must be extremely cautious.

They have reported this matter to His Majesty the Great, and earnestly request His Majesty to uphold justice for the Qing family and find out the real culprit.

If they were truly in a life-or-death situation, they would hold sacrifices at the ancestral temple, appeal to their ancestors, and plead with the reclusive ancestors to come to their rescue.

No one doubted the brother and sister in the eyes of the Qing family.

Qinghan and Qinghe's mother and elder brother both passed away early, and their maternal family gradually declined over the years, unable to provide much support to the two siblings.

These two siblings have relied on each other since childhood, and have been constantly marginalized in the Qing family.

Now he has been sent to the "barren land" of Starfall Continent, where he will likely never achieve anything significant in his lifetime.

How could two siblings in such dire straits possibly possess such methods?

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

There must be some treacherous villain trying to harm the Qing family!

Only Qinghan himself was deeply shaken upon hearing the news.

Of the core members of the Qing family who died, more than half were people he suspected, and these people were very likely involved in the assassination of him and his sister.

And now, they're all dead.

To say that all of this is a coincidence would be far too absurd.