After he uttered those words, Jiang Yun closed his eyes and began to reshape Mu Ming's viscera and organs once more. However, Mu Luo and the other four were struck dumb as if by lightning, frozen in place.

Especially Mu Zhengjun, he felt his mind go blank and lost the ability to think.

Because, he had long known the cold snort within Mu Ming's body.

According to their guess, along with Jiang Yun's, the sound came from the ancestral tree of their own clan.

But now, Jiang Yun allowed himself to think about it carefully. Could that cold snort be from a certain emperor! However, after the shock, figures almost simultaneously appeared in the minds of Mu Zhengjun and Mu Luo and others.

The figure of an emperor.

The Mu family, residing in the midst of four surrounding territories, was not a large clan but rather an average-sized one.

While clans like the Mu family, let alone giving birth to an emperor, they don't even have the qualifications to come into contact with one.

Until the Mu family was chosen by Heaven's Mandate, they were forced to pay tribute some medicinal herbs every certain period before they had the chance to meet an Emperor, an Emperor from the Hidden Elders Association.

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Although they had only met Emperor Xuan three times in total, each time Emperor Xuan wore a smile, making people feel as if bathed in the warmth of spring.

The reason why Emperor Xuan got close to the Mu family was actually due to Mu Li! Mu Li's genius became known after his birth, even alarming Emperor Xuan.

...so much so that Emperor Xuan personally came to the Mu family, met Mu Ming, and gave him the evaluation "Within ten thousand years, the emperor can be expected."

Later, after Mu Ming encountered an accident, Mu Zhengjun, in a panic, went to plead with Emperor Xuan, hoping he could save Mu Ming's life.

The Emperor did not disappoint the Mu family. He came to the Mu house again, and finally thought of a way to make Mu Ming take the Ling Shu root essence, perhaps he could save Mu Ming's life.

Although Mo Ming's fate had changed from being a genius to an ordinary person, his life was still saved. Therefore, the entire family of Mo Zhengjun remained eternally grateful to Emperor Xu for this.

Therefore, upon hearing Jiangyun's reminder, Mu Luo and Mu Zheng, along with the others, all thought of Xundi at the same time.

And at this moment, as they recalled the cold snort from before, they felt even more certain that the snort truly sounded like Emperor Xu's.

Although Mu Luo and the others' status and strength were incomparable to Xuan Di, they had all lived for a long time and were old and shrewd.

After thinking about Emperor Xuan, and combining it with what Ginger Cloud said, they thought of a whole series of possibilities.

For example, the accident that Mu Ming encountered back then was orchestrated by Emperor Xuan in secret.

For example, the Emperor Xuan and the Mu family were friendly because they wanted to secure Mu's life.

For example, the reason why the Mu family was chosen by Tiānwàitiān was because of Xūndì's secret request... The four strongest members of the Mu family, you look at me, I look at you, all could see in each other's eyes the various possibilities they had thought of. Everyone else also thought the same.

However, these possibilities, even if they thought of them, were too frightening to utter aloud, let alone believe.

Therefore, the four of them remained silent, their gazes fixed on Jiang Yun.

Although Jiang Yun had his eyes closed, he was busy restructuring Mu Ming's internal organs. As if sensing something, he knew that Mu Zhengjun and the others were watching him. Suddenly, he raised his hand and threw out several pieces of Emperor Source Stone, setting up a small isolation array.

And this action of Jiang Yun also made Mu Zhengjun and the other three's hearts skip a beat, realizing that Jiang Yun had something unspeakable to say.

Fruit, Gingercloud addressed them through telepathy: “You all think that after the accident, Mu Ming went from a genius to an average person.”

But actually, that's not true!

"The potential within each aspect of Mu's being has remained completely unchanged. It's simply been concealed by the immense power of wood."

And these powers of wood, perhaps you think, all come from the roots of the Spirit Tree. But in actuality, that is not so!

The roots of the spirit tree, while able to provide a vast amount of wood energy, also have their limitations. It's simply impossible for them to continuously produce it after such a long period of time.

"I am the best example!"

"As you all saw before, countless roots of the Spirit Tree coiled around me. They were countless times more numerous than the single root that Mu Ming had taken!"

And those roots of the spirit trees, were just like what I had taken.

"If I could really provide that much wood power, wouldn't I already be a wooden person now!"

Therefore, the wood power within Mokusei's body does not come from the roots of the Spirit Tree, but from a being of immense power.

"This powerful entity had a piece of the spirit tree root submitted to it, but only in order to use the spirit tree's wood power as a disguise."

Simply put, he treated the wood power of the Spirit Tree as a piece of clothing and wore it over his own strength, making it impossible for either you or me to detect. We always believed that the wood power within Mu Ming's body came from the roots of the Spirit Tree.

"Of course, what prevents us from helping the wood spirit reshape its body is this powerful entity."

"This powerful being, why would they do this? I'm not quite sure."

"But I can also tell you that, in fact, even if I don't help Mu Ming reshape his body, or even if I forcibly prevent him from cultivating, his body would still cultivate on its own."

"However, the result of our cultivation is that we have the possibility to become Emperors, while Mu Ming's cultivation will ultimately make him pure... a manifestation of wood!"

To be honest, I'm not quite sure how to bring about a certain mood or atmosphere. But I think that the higher one's skill level, the harder it becomes to create another distinct mood.

But what if there's an aesthetic just sitting there, what if you were to directly...consume it, wouldn't that allow you to directly possess that aesthetic?

"Master Mu, do you still remember what you once told me? Even among Emperors, there are differences in strength. The most basic standard to distinguish them is by the number of realms they possess."

Having said that, Jiang Yun closed her mouth and stopped talking, continuing to focus on reshaping Mu Ming's body.

But Mu Zhengjun and the others were once again dumbfounded, their minds blank.

Naturally, they were all deeply moved by what Gingercloud had said.

At the same time, a bone-chilling fear arose in their hearts, overwhelming them with dread.

Although what Ginger Cloud said was too shocking and beyond their imagination, as beings from the Reincarnation Realm and Imperial-level powerhouses, they naturally understood that what Ginger Cloud said was highly likely to be true! Especially Ginger Cloud's second-to-last sentence.

If someone could directly devour a kind of mood, then it would naturally be possible for them to possess that mood.

However, this kind of artistic conception, unexpectedly, was created by a living being, a real person. This made it truly unacceptable for them.

After an unknown amount of time had passed, Molo finally spoke.

"And because he was too frightened, his voice became hoarse and trembled as he said: "Dong, Dong, are these things...are they things you thought up yourself?"

Ginger Cloud fell silent for a moment, then said: "Half of it was my own idea, and the other half...was given to me by the Spirit Tree."

"Being alone, I couldn't dispel the power of wood within my Mùmìng body. Thus, Lingshù intervened personally, lending me a helping hand."

Jiang Yun's answer turned the faces of the four members of the Mu family as white as paper.

They can doubt Jiangyun, they can doubt that everything Jiangyun said was fabricated, but they absolutely dare not, and cannot, doubt Lingshu.

Especially, Jiang Yun was able to comprehend the meaning of wood under the help of the Spirit Tree. Especially since the Spirit Tree just sent its power from thousands of miles away, this is all witnessed by everyone.

Therefore, what Jiang Yun said is true! Everything Mu Ming has gone through was actually orchestrated by the Emperor Xuan.

The Emperor's goal was to wait until Mu Ming became a state of "Mu Zhi Jing," and then devour and merge him, transforming his realm into his own.

Before they could recover from the shock, Jiang Yun's next words sent their hearts plummeting to the bottom.