Unrivaled Miracle Doctor: The God-Defying Demonic Consort novel Chapter 515

Chapter 515: Chapter 159: Mommy! Boss? Mommy Boss!

"Mr. Mu, are you willing to marry me?"

Gong Jiangxue’s words came unexpectedly.

It shocked Mu Qingge, leaving her soul scattered!

How did it suddenly come to marriage? They had just met for less than a day! Moreover, usually, it’s the one who was saved that repays with marriage, but how did the roles reverse at Wu Gou Mountain Villa, and it became the rescuer offering marriage as gratitude?

Mu Qingge was so shocked that she remained silent.

Gong Jiangxue lowered her eyes, her long lashes concealing her emotions.

She seemed afraid to see Mu Qingge’s true thoughts at the moment, and just said softly, "The rules of the villa dictate that only the husband of the successive manor masters can enter the place of the Bone Demon Flame and have a chance to try."

’So that’s how it is.’ Mu Qingge finally understood. She composed herself and sincerely said to Gong Jiangxue, "If such is the rule, Young Master does not need to wrong yourself to help me."

Gong Jiangxue suddenly raised her head, her beautiful eyes like autumn waters looking at her, clearly stating, "I do not feel it’s an injustice."

Mu Qingge fell silent under her clear gaze.

Could Gong Jiangxue be in love with her?

Even if Gong Jiangxue admitted it herself, she would not believe it.

To like someone, though there might be no reason, there must be a cause and effect. It’s impossible to suddenly fall in love and be willing to give so much just like that.

What kind of person is she? Whether good or evil, Gong Jiangxue is not clear, how can one easily say they love?

Mu Qingge, entangled by a relationship she couldn’t understand or cut off, simply didn’t believe that Gong Jiangxue could fall in love with her just after meeting once.

"If the Bone Demon Flame is subdued, what would happen?" Mu Qingge suddenly asked.

Gong Jiangxue calmly answered, "If the Bone Demon Flame is taken away, then the promise made by my ancestor to that senior back then would be broken. Wu Gou Mountain Villa can dissolve, and everyone in the villa, including the manor master, can freely choose to leave or stay."

Mu Qingge pursed her lips and said, "It seems that the Bone Demon Flame to you is not only a glory but also a shackle."

Shackle?

Gong Jiangxue was taken aback, as if contemplating Mu Qingge’s words.

It indeed seemed quite accurate.

"If so, if I can take away the Bone Demon Flame, with the broken vow, you no longer have to abide by any rules that only the manor master’s husband can do so, right?" Mu Qingge led on.

Gong Jiangxue’s delicate brows furrowed, seemingly pondering Mu Qingge’s words.

After a while, she said, "But the rule is there, how can it be broken?"

’This girl is truly clear-headed!’ Mu Qingge sighed inwardly. She had planned to lead Gong Jiangxue into a trap but ended up failing.

A feeling of frustration lingered in Mu Qingge’s heart.

Mu Qingge remained silent for a moment, thinking: Since Wu Gou Mountain Villa has such a rule, there must be a reason for it. It can’t be just empty talk.

So what now? Really marry this villa’s Young Master?

But, she’s a woman herself, how can she marry another woman?

Mu Qingge shook her head and said to Gong Jiangxue, "If that’s the case, thank you for your goodwill, Young Master. I cannot ruin the Young Master’s happiness for a lifetime for the sake of the Bone Demon Flame."

"Mr. Mu, there’s no need to be concerned. It was my fault to bring up this matter abruptly. If that’s the case, I’ll take my leave first without disturbing Mr. Mu’s rest." Gong Jiangxue said with a smile and then put on her veil again before leaving.

Mu Qingge did not notice the faint trace of disappointment in her eyes as she turned away.

...

That night, Mu Qingge spent it in cultivation.

That night, the snow at Wu Gou Mountain Villa fell continuously. By the time Mu Qingge stepped out of her room, the courtyard brimming with spring had turned into a white, snow-covered land.

The two young maidservants serving in her courtyard were having a playful snowball fight, enjoying themselves immensely.

Seeing Mu Qingge come out, they quickly dropped the snowballs they had molded and ran to her.

Actually, Mu Qingge did not need their service.

But she allowed them to bring hot water and serve a delicate and light breakfast.

Just after finishing, Cai Wei appeared at the courtyard gate.

She first bowed slightly to Mu Qingge before saying, "Mr. Mu, our manor master has invited you. The Young Master is also there and sent me to fetch you."

Mu Qingge lightly wiped the corner of her mouth before standing up and saying to her, "Lead the way."

By now, the people from Wu Gou Mountain Villa who were sent to Wanfeng City to gather information should have returned.

Mu Qingge followed Cai Wei calmly to the grand hall of Wu Gou Mountain Villa. As expected, inside were only Gong Xueya and her daughter, along with the person sent out to gather information.

Seeing Mu Qingge enter, Gong Xueya said to that person, "You’ve had a tough journey, go and rest now."

That person bowed and left, only glancing curiously at Mu Qingge a few times while passing by.

And it was those few glances that let Mu Qingge know that some things had reached Gong Xueya’s ears.

After a slight thought, Mu Qingge displayed a nonchalant smile.

"Please sit, Mr. Mu." Gong Xueya pointed to the seat on her left.

Mu Qingge gracefully walked to the seat, swept her robe aside, and sat without the slightest hesitation.

As soon as she sat down, she felt a pair of eyes staring at her. Looking up, she met the autumn-water-like eyes of Gong Jiangxue.

Cai Wei, having completed her task, dared not stay without the manor master’s command. After bowing slightly to the three, she retreated. With only the three of them left in the hall, Gong Xueya lifted her tea and said to Mu Qingge, "Mr. Mu, this is the unique Snow Bud fresh tea from Wu Gou Mountain Villa, capable of calming the heart and refreshing the lungs. Do give it a try."

"Alright." Mu Qingge lifted the teacup in front of her to her lips, taking a light sip, indeed finding it calming as Gong Xueya described, soothing her heart and lungs and uplifting her spirits.

After finishing her tea, Gong Xueya put down her cup and slowly began, "The people sent by the villa to Wanfeng City returned early this morning. As Mr. Mu said, Wanfeng City is indeed overwhelmed, and Wan Jianfeng, that old thief, is even more harried, likely not to trouble Wu Gou Mountain Villa in the short term."

Mu Qingge’s eyes flickered slightly, and she calmly smiled, "To have the villa’s crisis resolved, let me first congratulate you, Manor Master."

"It’s I who should thank you." Gong Xueya smiled, "If it were not for the timely news you brought, today might have been a very different situation."

With that, she turned to Gong Jiangxue and said, "Jiangxue, thank Mr. Mu for me."

Gong Jiangxue’s lashes trembled softly. Following her mother’s words, she stood up, bowed earnestly to Mu Qingge, and said, "Jiangxue thanks Mr. Mu for saving my mother and Wu Gou Mountain Villa."

Mu Qingge stood up and avoided it, saying to Gong Jiangxue, "It was just a few words, how could it be worth having Young Master and Manor Master remember it so deeply?"

Gong Xueya smiled elegantly, dignified and graceful. She gave a minimal nod to indicate that Gong Jiangxue should sit down before looking meaningfully at Mu Qingge and slowly said, "However, the scout also brought back something that I can’t quite decipher. I wonder if Mr. Mu recognizes it?"

"Oh?" Mu Qingge slightly narrowed her eyes and smiled.

Gong Xueya lightly brushed a fingertip over a piece of paper beside her. That paper fluttered into the air and seemed to float intentionally towards Mu Qingge, landing on the small table beside her.

Mu Qingge lowered her gaze onto the paper.

On it was a sketch of a refined young man who bore a slight resemblance to her, and written boldly atop were the words ’Bounty Notice.’

Mu Qingge chuckled silently, picking up the paper with her fingers, and asked Gong Xueya, "What does the Manor Master wish to say?"

Gong Xueya maintained her smiling lips, "Doesn’t Mr. Mu want to explain?"

Even Gong Jiangxue looked at her with worried eyes.

Mu Qingge grinned and said, "I have nothing to say."

Gong Xueya’s eyes glimmered momentarily, and her voice subtly carried an emotion as she said, "So you admit that you are the person on this bounty notice? That it’s you behind Wanfeng City’s chaos and Wan Jianfeng’s woes?"

Gong Xueya’s words transformed the worry in Gong Jiangxue’s eyes into shock.

She looked at Mu Qingge, seemingly unable to believe that the boy her age in front of her could cause such a stir!

Mu Qingge smiled slightly, "Is the Manor Master planning to take me down for a reward?" In the dark, she was already secretly preparing, ready to enter battle mode at any moment.

"Wu Gou Mountain Villa seeks no quarrel, what good would it do me? Besides, you are considered my benefactor; I would never repay kindness with enmity. I just want to know, who exactly are you?" Gong Xueya immediately clarified her stance.

Gong Jiangxue also recovered from her shock and said, "Rest assured, Mr. Mu, Wu Gou Mountain Villa would never do something so treacherous."

"Besides, even Wan Jianfeng couldn’t do anything to you, what could I possibly do?" Gong Xueya added with a wry smile, "I am not foolish enough to hit a rock with an egg. The fate of Wanfeng City is right before my eyes; am I not worried that Wu Gou Mountain Villa will become the next Wanfeng City?"

Mu Qingge’s lips curled up with a smile filled with confidence and boldness, as if what Gong Xueya feared could indeed become a reality.

However, she currently had no spiritual power at all.

"Being able to single-handedly turn Wanfeng City upside down, killing the Elder of the Refining Tower, and seriously injuring the Great Elder Hei Mu of the Myriad Beasts Sect. Such feats are not what ordinary people can achieve. Now you are in Rong Country and already a public enemy. Aren’t you afraid? Or is it that you’re not from Rong Country at all, so you don’t care?" Gong Xueya directly asked.

Mu Qingge laughed, "I am indeed not from Rong Country. However, becoming Rong Country’s public enemy was not my intention. But since they want my life, I can’t just surrender out of fear."

"Then... may I ask where Mr. Mu is from? Is it Di Country, Yu Country... no, it can’t be Yu Country. The Myriad Beasts Sect’s influence also spreads across Yu Country; if you were from Yu Country, you wouldn’t likely confront the Myriad Beasts Sect. Could it be... you’re from the Holy Yuan Empire! A scion of some noble family!" Gong Xueya’s voice grew excited as she spoke.

As if to verify her guess, she continued with bright eyes, "That’s right! The spies also said you entered Wanfeng City as a Medicine Tower Elder. Are you really an Elder of the Medicine Tower?"

Despite Gong Xueya’s words, Mu Qingge just smiled without speaking.

’A Medicine Tower Elder? He’s so young! To have such accomplishments, is he a genius from the Holy Yuan Empire?’ Gong Jiangxue wondered in shock to herself.

After Gong Xueya finished speaking and while Gong Jiangxue was still in shock, Mu Qingge avoided answering the questions and asked, "What exactly does the Manor Master want to say?"

By this time, Gong Xueya had calmed down; she hadn’t forgotten her original intention.

She looked at her daughter and seemed to have made a decision, then said to Mu Qingge, "I wonder, Mr. Mu, are you currently married?"

This question...

Mu Qingge’s eyes darkened momentarily and she answered truthfully, "I already have a wife at home." She indeed had given Lianlian the status of a wife, so saying this was not a lie.

"Already have a wife..." Upon hearing this answer, Gong Jiangxue murmured softly, her tone full of disappointment.

Even her eyes, as lucid as autumn waters, dimmed down.

However, Gong Xueya didn’t show a hint of disappointment but nodded calmly. "With Mr. Mu’s talent and looks, it’s only natural to have already married." Saying this, she looked at her daughter again and suddenly asked, "Mr. Mu, what do you think of my daughter?"

Mu Qingge sighed inwardly.

She had already guessed what Gong Xueya was about to say.

She stood up and said to Gong Xueya and Gong Jiangxue, "The Young Master is excellent in every way, but I once promised that in this life I’ll marry only one and never take a concubine. So..."

"I didn’t expect Mr. Mu to be a man of such deep affection." Gong Xueya remarked with a hint of regret in her voice.

She seemed unwilling to give up and continued, "Mr. Mu is a Medicine Tower Elder and must be an Alchemist. For an Alchemist, using Abnormal Fire for Alchemy is probably a shared dream. What if I offer Abnormal Fire as a dowry? Would you reconsider your vow?"

"Mother!" The first to object wasn’t Mu Qingge, but Gong Jiangxue.

She admired Mu Qingge’s commitment to his wife and was even less willing to marry into the Mu Family in such a degrading manner.

Mu Qingge glanced over Gong Jiangxue and said to Gong Xueya, "Manor Master, may I speak with you in private?"

Gong Xueya’s eyes lit up with joy, and she said to Gong Jiangxue, "Jiangxue, step outside for a moment."

Gong Jiangxue frowned and protested, "Mother, I’m not marrying." She also had dignity, and Mu Qingge had already refused once yesterday and again today. Why must she keep begging for marriage?

Gong Xueya’s voice turned a bit stern, "Step outside first."

Seeing she couldn’t persuade her mother, Gong Jiangxue said to Mu Qingge, "Mr. Mu, I admire you. You don’t need to go against your own heart for any reason."

After saying this, she gave her mother a deep look before turning and leaving the hall.

Once Gong Jiangxue left, Gong Xueya said to Mu Qingge, "As for the rules of Wu Gou Mountain Villa, Mr. Mu must have heard of them. I hope to find a reliable husband for Jiangxue, one who can break the vow of Wu Gou Mountain Villa and take care of Jiangxue for a lifetime. I don’t want her to follow the path of her ancestors and mine. Mr. Mu is a true dragon among men, and I believe you can do it."

After Mu Qingge listened, she shook her head, "Manor Master, what I intend to speak of isn’t about your daughter’s marriage. Your daughter has the right to choose a man she loves and who loves her, and I am not her choice. What she wants, I cannot give."

"Is it solely because of your wife?" Gong Xueya hastily asked.

"It’s not that, it’s because of me," said Mu Qingge.

"Then what do you want to tell me?" Gong Xueya furrowed her brows slightly, a bit displeased.

Mu Qingge seemed oblivious to her displeasure. "What I want to say is, why is it that only the spouses of the successive Manor Masters have the opportunity to subdue the Bone Demon Flame?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Gong Xueya’s eyes narrowed sharply, then she smiled, relieved, and said, "I knew that girl would find you. Alright, since everything that should be said has been said, there’s no use in hiding it any longer."

After saying this, she remained silent, as if organizing her thoughts for the story.

After a while, she slowly began recounting a secret about the Gong Family spanning several thousand years.

"A long, long time ago, on this snowy plain, a young lady of the Gong Family thought of ending her life here because she was abandoned by her fiancé. By chance, she encountered a master and assisted him during his time of trouble. Later, she lived with the master on the snowy plain for more than half a month. She told him about her plight and indignantly declared that all men in the world were not to be trusted. Men only see women as tools for childbirth. If one day she could rise up, she would also make men mere tools for procreation..."

Gong Xueya let out a bitter laugh and shook her head, self-mockingly, "Unexpectedly, her wish actually came true. That master fulfilled her wish by helping her construct Wu Gou Mountain Villa, allowing her to become the queen here. Furthermore, the master set a forbidden technique: once the Manor Master’s spouse completes the task of continuing the lineage, he must leave, and any male offspring must be taken away with him. Perhaps such conditions are too harsh, so the master added another forbidden technique: anyone who marries the successive Manor Masters of Wu Gou Mountain Villa will have an opportunity to subdue the Bone Demon Flame. Greed is the original sin of the world, and the master believed that with such tempting rewards, Wu Gou Mountain Villa would not lose its heritage. It seems he was convinced that no one could take away the Bone Demon Flame."

Mu Qingge frowned upon hearing this, feeling that these were rules made by two complete psychopaths!

These forbidden techniques test human nature, which itself is the most vulnerable to such tests.

"You can’t approach the Bone Demon Flame without being a couple?" Mu Qingge asked.

This is the crux of the issue.

Gong Xueya looked at Mu Qingge, her expression somewhat complicated. The young man before her had never hidden his curiosity about the Bone Demon Flame, yet refused to marry her daughter. "Because to gain access to the entrance where the Bone Demon Flame is kept, it requires the combined efforts of a couple to open it."

"What do you mean?" Mu Qingge asked, frowning tightly.

Could it be that something in this world could determine whether people were a couple?

Mu Qingge’s inquiry caused Gong Xueya’s face to redden slightly, apparently finding it difficult to speak. She stood up and said to Mu Qingge, "Follow me, and you’ll understand."

Having said that, she pressed a mechanism on the armrest of her seat.

A gigantic stone wall behind her slowly opened, revealing a passageway.

Mu Qingge also stood up and followed Gong Xueya into the corridor.

The passage was narrow and very long. The farther they went, the colder it became. Especially now that Mu Qingge did not have spiritual energy to protect himself, he felt the icy chill to the bones.

The pair stopped in front of a stone door, and Gong Xueya pricked her fingertip, squeezing out a drop of blood onto the groove on the stone door.

After the bloodline was verified, the tightly closed stone door slowly opened.

From the opening, a large amount of white mist rolled out, bringing with it a bone-chilling coldness.

Mu Qingge looked at her own hands, on which the white mist had settled, forming a thin layer of frost.

With a wave of her hand, the frost shattered, and she followed Gong Xueya through the stone door.

’So cold!’ Even with Mu Qingge’s current physical condition, she found it cold, hinting at what kind of world was behind this stone door!

After passing through the stone door, the white mist gradually dispersed. Mu Qingge’s vision became clearer.

But when she finally saw the scene in front of her clearly, her eyes widened suddenly, and the corners of her mouth twitched.

In the stone chamber beyond the stone door, there was actually a bed!

Mu Qingge looked at Gong Xueya in shock, hoping that the scene before her was not what she imagined it to be.

But Gong Xueya nodded cruelly with a bittersweet smile. "It’s just as you think. To verify whether they are a couple, opening the stone door requires the blood of a Gong Family woman, and this bed is where the propriety of husband and wife is enacted. Only when the Manor Master of the past leaves her maiden blood will the forbidden technique open, granting access to the location of the Bone Demon Flame."

’Damn it! Which pervert came up with this? If they loved watching reality shows so much, why didn’t they go perform themselves?’ Mu Qingge grumbled incessantly in her heart.

She felt utterly defeated by such bizarre forbidden techniques!

No wonder Gong Jiangxue said this rule could not be broken.

Seeing the conflicted look on Mu Qingge’s face, Gong Xueya said, "Mr. Mu, you’ve seen it now. It’s not that I’m making things difficult for you; it’s this strange forbidden technique that has troubled my Gong Family for thousands of years."

Mu Qingge raised her eyes, looking at her with sympathy.

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