Nie Tian walked into the courtyard step by step. Because he wasn't confident, he took every step very carefully.
This was a secluded courtyard that was very elegant. There were some medicinal herbs planted in the courtyard, and the air was filled with a refreshing fragrance.
In the center of the courtyard was an old tree that was over ten meters tall. Its shape was a little strange, and its aura was very unique.
Nie Tian actually smelled the aura of a bloodline from the tree, and there was even a trace of the Heaven Punishing Demon Qi.
He stared at the strange tree for a long time, but he didn't find anything strange.
"Is anyone there?" After a while, he couldn't help but call out.
"Little kid, your name is Nie Tian, right?" Right when his voice hadn't finished resounding through the air, a low and deep voice resounded from within the courtyard, and it revealed a strand of hoarseness. It seemed to be extremely aged, and it gave others a weak and decaying feeling.
Nie Tian went blank for a moment before asking, "Who are you?"
He didn't see anyone in the courtyard. The low voice seemed to come from the void, and it was very strange.
"Don't be afraid, I'm right in front of you." The voice sounded again, and it seemed to be laughing, but it seemed even older.
"Right in front of me?" Nie Tian's eyes darkened, and then he stared at the strange tree in front of him. His expression became more and more shocked, and finally, he was completely dumbfounded.
He couldn't believe his eyes. On the trunk of the strange tree, there was a faint imprint of a human face.
The face was very blurry, and if one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't be able to see it at all.
But Nie Tian was very sure that it was a human face!
"Little kid, don't be afraid, I'm in the tree in front of you." At this time, the voice sounded again, and it was very deep.
"You're really in the tree!" Nie Tian was stunned, but he finally calmed down, and his eyes were trembling.
He was right. The person talking to him was in the tree in front of him.
It was as if the person and the tree had fused together, and they had become one.
"Little kid, my name is Mu Ya, an ancestor of the Mu family." Then, the face in the tree spoke again, "Jiuchuan has already told me about you. I'm very sure that you're the one I'm waiting for. "
"Am I the person you're waiting for?" Nie Tian went blank for a moment, his face filled with astonishment.
It turned out that the person in the tree was an ancestor of the Mu Family, and his name was Mu Ya.
But why did Mu Ya say that Nie Tian was the person he was waiting for?
"Little kid, aren't you looking for the Qin City's Mu Clan? I was the Patriarch of the Qin City's Mu Clan all those years ago, and I was also the person who made a deal with the Netherworld Emperor all those years ago. "Mu Ya spoke in a deep voice, yet his voice revealed a strand of suppressed rage.
"You know the Emperor of the Underworld?" Nie Tian was taken aback again, feeling quite surprised.
"Of course." Mu Ya seemed to sneer as he said, "That despicable bastard. He's the one who caused the tragedy of the Mu Family. How can I forget him?!"
"The tragedy of the Mu Family?" Nie Tian was taken aback once again. Mu Ya's words made him even more puzzled.
"Nie Tian, I don't have much time left. I can only briefly explain what happened back then," Mu Ya said in a deep voice, before recounting what had happened between him and the Emperor of the Underworld.
It turned out that the Emperor of the Underworld had cooperated with Mu Ya in order to find the Three Life Clan.
Mu Ya had helped him find the Three Life Ancestral Land, while the Emperor of the Underworld had left the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal in Mu Ya's body.
Mu Ya had originally thought that the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal was a kind of power that could greatly increase his strength, and that he needed this power to take revenge.
However, he later learned that the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal was actually a kind of bloodline curse.
The Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal could indeed increase his strength, but it also caused great harm to his martial body.
As his strength grew, the damage the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal inflicted on his martial body also increased.
Even more terrifying was that the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal had already fused with his bloodline power, and was passed down to his descendants through his bloodline.
Therefore, all the members of the Mu Family after him had the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal in their bodies.
Furthermore, the stronger the bloodline power of the Mu Family members, the stronger the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal.
The most vicious aspect of the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal was that it would continuously devour the blood of a martialist, ultimately causing the martialist's blood to dry up and die.
Therefore, most of the descendants of the Mu Family had short lives. Many of them died after the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal devoured their blood when they cultivated to the Sage Realm.
Instead, the members of the Mu Family with weaker bloodline power lived longer.
In this way, the more talented the members of the Mu Family died earlier, while the weaker ones survived.
As time passed, the Mu Family's strength became weaker and weaker.
Now, the Mu Family had completely become a small, unknown family clan in the Void Luo Realm. They could only struggle at death's door in a small, third-rate city like Nine Changes City.
"What a vicious Emperor of the Underworld!" Nie Tian's eyes trembled slightly after hearing Mu Ya's words, and his face was extremely gloomy.
The Emperor of the Underworld treated those who had once helped him in such a manner. The viciousness of his heart was evident.
The Mu Clan was indeed pitiful enough. The power of their bloodline had such a sinister blood seal. It was like a curse that would last for generations.
Come to think of it, the Mu Family must have been very powerful back then. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for them to still exist as a force.
At this moment, Nie Tian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but ask curiously, "Senior, is it because of this tree that you can live for so long?"
Since Mu Ya was someone from the same era as the Emperor of the Underworld, then he should be several million years old, or even tens of millions of years old.
Nie Tian wasn't sure what era the Emperor of the Underworld was from. In any case, this fellow had slumbered for who knew how long in the realm alone.
The fact that Mu Ya was able to live until now with the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal in his body was probably related to his current form.
"Yes." Mu Ya replied solemnly, "It was already too late when I sensed the backlash of the Heavenly Punishing Blood Seal. However, I didn't want to die. I wanted revenge. So I used a strange method to merge my body with the Dragon Mulberry Tree, and that's how I survived until now. "
"So that's how it is." The corners of Nie Tian's mouth twitched, and his heart trembled.
For a person to merge his body with a tree for the sake of revenge, this was no different from imprisoning himself.
Moreover, this imprisonment had lasted for millions of years. The pain Mu Ya had endured during such a long and lonely time was unimaginable.
From this, it could be seen just how deep his hatred for the Emperor of the Underworld was.
"Senior, you said that the person you are waiting for is me. What do you mean by this?" Nie Tian calmed down and continued to ask.
"I would rather imprison myself to keep myself alive, all for the sake of waiting for a person, a person who can take revenge for the Mu Family!" Mu Ya said in a low voice. On that blurry face, his eyes that were like rotten wood actually released a strange light.
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