This Sword Cultivator is Somewhat Dependable

After they married, they were penniless.

Although Liu Zijun had no great demands for Xue Zhuyong and they led a life of happy poverty, Xue Zhuyong suddenly realized the responsibilities he should bear after getting married, as well as the importance of social status. To prevent his beloved from suffering, he had to attain a certain status.

In the Mo Family, the best way to improve one's status was through swordsmithing.

Despite his aversion to the Mo Family, Xue Zhuyong decided to learn the art of sword casting.

The gentle Liu Zijun naturally supported her husband's decision, without hesitation taking out all their savings to barely afford a small courtyard with a sword casting chamber, which they named South Garden.

Xue Zhuyong focused on sword casting, while Liu Zijun took care of his diet and daily life, managing their little household.

However, unbeknownst to him until he started to seriously study it, Xue Zhuyong discovered he had an astonishing talent for sword casting.

In just five years, his talent in sword casting fully emerged, and his status rose sharply, making him the most outstanding descendant within the Eighth Branch.

Another ten years passed, and Mo Yinfeng's time had come. According to Mo Family tradition, Xue Zhuyong, who excelled in sword casting within the Eighth Branch, became the helmsman.

After suffering for so many years, Xue Zhuyong was finally able to provide a fulfilling and happy life for himself and his wife. Though he still harbored some resentment towards his own mother's tragic death due to the Mo Family, since the parties involved had returned to dust, Xue Zhuyong gradually buried these grudges deep in his heart, living a simple and happy life with Liu Zijun.

Twenty years later, it was time for the current Family Head of the Mo Family to pass the torch, and turmoil ensued within the family.

The two most powerful branches at that time were the main house and the second house. These factions were competing for the position of Family Head, and the competition was fierce.

As a sword casting family, the Mo Family had a tradition they held in high regard—the Family Head must be the most outstanding swordsmith of the current generation.

However, the problem was that the talents of the main house's helmsman surpassed everyone from the second house.

According to this tradition, the main house should inherit the position of Family Head.

Just when things seemed deadlock with no solution, someone from the second house suddenly realized that the most outstanding swordsmith among the current generation was not from the main house, but the often overlooked helmsman of the Eighth Branch, Xue Zhuyong.

Like manna from heaven, after an extremely complicated struggle, the second house promoted Xue Zhuyong to the position of Family Head of the Mo Family.

Due to his childhood experiences, Xue Zhuyong did not care much for power and had little interest in the position of Family Head.

He was content to live his simple life with Liu Zijun, knowing well the strength of the second house and willingly acting as a puppet Family Head, completely subservient to them.

However, within the Mo Family, everyone knew that controlling Xue Zhuyong meant controlling the Mo Family, so the other factions never gave up their struggle for power, continuously attempting to win over Xue Zhuyong in their bid for ascension.

Concerned about this situation, Mo Guang, the helmsman of the second house, feared losing his hold on power. To consolidate his influence, he decided to marry his daughter to Xue Zhuyong, intending to make Xue divorce his first wife.

However, Xue Zhuyong, who had always been obedient to Mo Guang, staunchly resisted Mo Guang's repeated threats and temptations on this matter, firmly refusing to relent.

Later, Xue Zhuyong issued his first command out of his own volition after assuming the position of Family Head:

Seeking the old sword from my humble beginnings.

When I was down and out, I cast my first sword. Though it was of extremely poor quality and could not even be considered a magic artifact, my attachment to it was deep, and I have missed it greatly. Whoever can help me retrieve it, I will offer a substantial reward in gratitude.

To others, this seemed like an absurd order. All this fuss just to help you find a broken sword?

But Mo Guang understood Xue Zhuyong's intention.

For a mere old sword, I was prepared to raise an army, let alone when it comes to the wife who was there with me during my most insignificant days.

Mo Guang did not mention wanting to marry off his daughter to Xue Zhuyong again.

But how could Xue Zhuyong, who only desired to peacefully settle matters, fathom the poisonous hearts of those obsessed with power struggles?

Half a year later, Liu Zijun was gravely injured by a cultivator who snuck into the Mo Family's core area to steal, and this cultivator managed to escape the Mo Family's manhunt and vanished without a trace.

Before dying, Liu Zijun gazed upon the face of Xue Zhuyong, unable to close her eyes peacefully.

Xue Zhuyong was distraught with tears of blood, wanting to follow Liu Zijun to the Netherworld and grow old together.

Struggling to hold on to her last breath, Liu Zijun told Xue Zhuyong to live well and to properly manage the Mo Family, rotten to its core.

Xue Zhuyong, heartbroken, agreed through clenched teeth under the soft gaze of Liu Zijun.

How could a petty thief dare to infiltrate the heart of the Mo Family and casually walk in and out unscathed, stealing nothing, yet by coincidence, kill his own wife?

The truth behind it all was crystal clear to Xue Zhuyong.

He had promised Liu Zijun that he would properly manage the Mo Family, and he was determined to keep his word.

The Mo Family was already rotten to its core, and the best way to manage it was to let it perish.

After Liu Zijun's death, Xue Zhuyong buried her in the southern garden where they were married.

After mourning Liu Zijun for half a year, he married Mo Guang's daughter, Mo Zhizhi, in compliance with Mo Guang's wish.

Aside from Xue Zhuyong starting to succumb to alcohol addiction, drowning his sorrows in wine daily, everything seemed normal; no one realized the depth of the hatred hidden in his heart.

Mo Zhizhi, still a young girl, was unaware of the pain Xue Zhuyong had endured but harbored deep admiration for Xue Zhuyong, the Family Head of the Mo Family who rose from insignificance.

Under the command of her parents, Mo Zhizhi married Xue Zhuyong.

After becoming Xue Zhuyong's wife, Mo Zhizhi devotedly took care of him as he wasted away from his emotional pain, patiently staying by his side, trying her best to be a good wife.

Seeing Xue Zhuyong gradually regaining his spirit, she thought her care had made an impact and was elated, not realizing that Xue Zhuyong was simply gathering his energy to plot the overthrow of the Mo Family. Read new chapters at empire

Once a genius goes mad, their methods are terrifying beyond imagination.

Xue Zhuyong spent nearly a century improving his cultivation, forging Three-feet Edge, and creating an appearance of the Mo Family's prosperity.

But in the shadows, Xue Zhuyong had already arranged his exit plan, acquired life-saving artifacts, and as Family Head of the Mo Family, purposely provoked the Jiaolong Demon King multiple times, showing the Mo Family's enmity towards the Jiao Clan.

Ultimately, he got his wish and attracted the siege of the Jiao Clan, leading to Dragon Spring's demise.

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"Old sword, enduring affection, legacy of love in the southern garden." Lu Qingshan sighed deeply, understanding all the circumstances, and asked softly, "I have yet to ask for Madam Mo's name?"

Madam Mo's face was covered with tears, her eyes red and swollen, and she sobbed, "Mo... Zhizhi."