Sacrificial Artifact System: From Bell-ringer to the Ancestral Patriarch of the Sect novel Chapter 196

Chapter 196: Chapter 153: The Mu Family (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

After returning to Chen Bell Platform, Li Mo settled down for a temporary stay.

When his master Zhou Buping returned, Li Qian asked about the bat pattern, but Zhou Buping indicated he had no knowledge of it.

In the following period, Li Qian went to Divine Sword Sect’s library to go through various materials but found no records.

Finally, Li Qian remembered that Elder Gu was very knowledgeable about all sorts of strange tales and might know about the bat pattern, so he went to Lijian City to visit Elder Gu.

This Elder Gu was already very, very old, with a strong aura of decay about him.

After all, he was an elder over a hundred and thirty years old.

Such an age would be considered very advanced even among Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters.

The old man was lying on a recliner, basking in the sun.

"Li Qian, it seems like you haven’t visited for a while,"

Elder Gu said with a chuckle, "If you didn’t come again, you might not be able to see me anymore."

Saying so, he gestured with his hand, signaling the servant on standby to fetch something.

After a while, the servant respectfully handed a thick book to Li Qian.

Upon receiving it, Li Qian saw it was a book studying demon text, clearly summarized and written by Elder Gu.

"This book is the greatest effort of my lifetime. My juniors are not interested in this, so I can only give it to you,"

Elder Gu said.

"Elder Gu, such a precious item, this junior feels undeserving."

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Without Elder Gu’s help, his learning of demon text would have been much more difficult.

"If it weren’t for your demon text book, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve such results,"

Elder Gu waved his hand.

"Elder Gu, then this junior will accept it."

Li Qian nodded, then took out a piece of paper with a dark teal bat pattern drawn on it.

This was what he had sketched based on the pattern on Li Mo’s arm.

Elder Gu tried to sit up but struggled a bit, and Li Qian quickly went to help him.

"Let me see."

Elder Gu said, stretching out his thin and skeletal hand, almost like skin and bones, to receive the paper. He then studied it carefully.

After a while, Elder Gu asked seriously, "Li Qian, where did you see this pattern?"

Seeing Li Qian’s hesitant look, he immediately added, "Never mind, you don’t need to tell me that. However, I do know a bit about this thing... It’s supposed to be from Ancient Times, said to be a demon mark of the Mu Family."

"The Mu Family?"

Li Qian was taken aback and said in surprise.

"Yes, the Mu Family. It is said that they herded the Human Clan for demons... alas, they helped tyranny, willingly become pawns of demons... After the Human Clan drove out the demons, the Mu Family was almost wiped out and ceased to exist..."

Elder Gu said, "However, with the reemergence of demons, there may still be remnants of the Mu Family in existence."

Li Qian was shocked. He had not expected the mark to come from the Mu Family.

Could it be that Li Mo’s background is likely related to the Mu Family?

"Elder Gu, can this mark be passed down through descendants?"

Li Qian couldn’t help but ask.

"It’s said to be so... In Ancient Times, the hunting down of the Mu Family was based on this mark, anyone who had it was almost certainly from the Mu Family..."

Elder Gu nodded.

"Thank you, Elder Gu, for the explanation."

Li Qian said.

He suddenly understood why, since ancient times, there were sects in the great Chang who worshipped demons, perhaps involving this kind of Mu Family.

"Of course, what I said might not be true; after all, it’s hard to distinguish real from fake in these historical matters..."

Elder Gu laid back down, seemingly tired.

"Elder Gu, then I will not bother you further."

Li Qian bowed.

Elder Gu waved his hand.

Only then did Li Qian leave Gu Mansion.

For some time after, Li Qian spent every day studying the pattern on Li Mo’s wrist.

Strangely, ever since Li Mo started cultivating at Chen Bell Platform, Li Mo had not experienced any hallucinations again.

Li Qian guessed it might be because of the Chen Bell Domain?

So he let Li Mo cultivate outside the Chen Bell Domain once, and the hallucinations reappeared.

He was now fairly certain that the Chen Bell Domain could shield the influence of the dark teal bat pattern.

Considering the dark teal bat pattern might be related to the Mu Family and even to demons, Li Qian advised Li Mo to stay in Chen Bell Platform as much as possible.

And not to show the pattern to anyone else.

Li Mo was confused but still obediently followed Li Qian’s words.

...

Xiang State.

This place once belonged to Baihua Palace.

Later, it fell into the hands of the He Family.

With the establishment of Taiwu Dao, it became a territory directly under Taiwu Dao Mansion.

Yong’an County, located in the northwest of Xiang State, although not bordering Huilong Mountain Range, was less than a hundred miles away in a direct line.

Deep into the night.

Atop a certain mountain peak, a dark cloud descended from the sky, revealing dozens of ferocious figures.

Leading them was a wolf-headed humanoid, donned in a loose white robe, with a string of ghastly skulls around his neck.