The male supporting character was actually myself.

"...Although you have recovered now, it was only thanks to top-grade pills that your severe injuries were instantly healed..."

The powerful voice of the Sword Spirit Sect disciple came from the computer. Mu Donghai's pupils shrank as he looked at his "daughter" standing triumphantly on the arena and felt that she was a complete stranger!

The young swordsman was right. In a world of high-level martial arts, only the most advanced elixirs could instantly and completely heal such severe injuries.

Even after spending so long in the High Martial Alliance, which controls the most resources, and with the Mu family's vast wealth backing him up, he still couldn't buy such a top-grade healing pill.

Where did that priceless pill come from that she swallowed without a second thought?!

Mu Donghai was breathing heavily and hurriedly dialed the arena management center, asking them to send the surveillance video of the battle to his email.

Looking at the video from a different angle where no one was filming, just a few seconds before Mu Liuli stood up, the girl in the video on the computer screen was lying on the arena, muttering something to herself. Then, a pill appeared out of thin air in her hand, which she swallowed, and a sinister smile appeared on her face.

"Dangdang!"

Mu Donghai's right hand trembled, and the mouse fell to the ground. His whole body trembled slightly as he stared at the paused screen, muttering to himself, "This person... isn't my precious daughter... she's not..."

Chapter Nineteen: The Tragic Tool Appears Online

It's the same face, but the expression on that person's face is definitely not that of the obedient daughter I know!

Just as the internet was buzzing about it, Mu Donghai simply opened each news page and read through them one by one.

From brazenly stealing clothes to insulting waiters in a restaurant, deliberately picking fights by throwing hair into the food, vandalizing the restaurant, and confronting disciples of the Sword Spirit Sect in a duel...

He quickly learned the whole story.

No, these are absolutely not things my precious daughter would do!

At the very least... she was born into a wealthy family with a considerable monthly supply of spirit stones. A child raised in luxury from a young age would not be so short-sighted as to be unwilling to spend money on clothes, stealing things and then making excuses!

This guy who's possessing his daughter's body is clearly causing trouble on purpose; he's pushing the Mu family into the abyss...

"Hello, transfer me to the supervisor at Liuli Courtyard." Mu Donghai called the Mu family villa.

Although the other party was a little confused when they received the call, they quickly reported the information as requested by the Grand Elder.

"Something's not right, something's definitely not right!" The more he looked, the more cold sweat broke out on his brow.

Ever since my daughter was struck by lightning on the street yesterday, she has become completely different from usual!

She used to have a particular fondness for all kinds of handsome young men, so much so that apart from a very small number of female servants, the entire courtyard where Liuli lived was basically filled with good-looking male servants.

However, according to the supervisor's report, Liuli, who was discharged from the hospital after being struck by lightning yesterday, actually dismissed all the male servants and left only the female servants. They even specially selected the good-looking and well-built ones and rushed to make the revealing maid outfits she had ordered to serve her "personally"!

Lan Ying, who had always been used as a henchman by her daughter, was actually tied to the bed last night. The supervisor naturally didn't see what was happening in the bedroom, but judging from the intermittent sounds coming from inside...

Liuli's personality has changed drastically, even her sexual orientation has changed; she now enjoys tormenting pretty girls!

“Since it’s a matter of the soul, and since the expert from headquarters is a Nascent Soul Realm expert, shouldn’t we consider making some arrangements…” Mu Donghai made a quick decision about what to do next, and then dialed the family head’s office again.

Whether it was the public relations department in charge of the aftermath, the head of the family in charge, or Mu Donghai who discovered the strangeness, they all realized that a crisis had arrived.

There must be someone stirring things up behind the scenes trying to bring down the Mu family!

However, Mu Liuli, the person involved, showed absolutely no sense of crisis.

She was tied up, gagged, and held in a solitary cell. Through the iron bars, she could see Nangong Yingluo, the owner of the Cherry Blossom Restaurant, and Lan Ying in the next cell. The other guards and the perverted pretty boy were nowhere to be seen, so they were probably separated by gender.

"Well!"

Mu Liuli's mouth was stuffed full of something like a gag, which made her very uncomfortable. She wanted Lan Ying to come over and help her loosen it so that she could at least speak without having to hold it in.

However, Lan Ying sat in a corner of the prison with her legs drawn up, lost in thought, and no one heard her voice at all.

Instead, Nangong Yingluo looked over with her beautiful eyes—filled with resentment and hatred.

[Ding! You have caused Nangong Yingluo to be imprisoned, and her favorability towards you has decreased to -21 points.]

[Congratulations, host, you have received a reward: 1 Common Quality Rejuvenation Pill.]

[Ding! You caused Nangong Yingluo to be imprisoned, and her favorability towards you has dropped to -22 points...]

The series of alarms from the stench system almost made Mu Liuli laugh.

As expected, beautiful women are not to be trifled with. Look at that resentful look; she's definitely cursing inwardly. Although gradually lowering her favorability will get you many pills that instantly restore spiritual power, they're still too ordinary.

If you want to lower it by 10 or 8 points all at once, I'll be able to get a better reward.

For example, the "Change Your Appearance Pill" given by the Stink System was quite good; it could completely transform you into a different look, making it an essential pill for adding a new identity.

If you want to change your appearance, you'll need a lot of items, but you only have two, which is far from enough.

"Ugh!" Mu Liuli let out a few more muffled groans, but still couldn't disturb Lan Ying, who was lost in thought. She couldn't help but roll her eyes and lean against the wall, idly lost in her own thoughts.

She tapped the ball, made of some unknown material, with her teeth and suddenly became interested. She never expected that the High Martial Arts Alliance was so unorthodox that they would develop this thing to stuff in the mouths of martial artists so that mouth-related skills could not be used properly.

I could consider having that old man with kidney deficiency get me a complete set of torture instruments. After I subdue the black-stockinged mature woman, Nangong Yingluo, I can try them on her one by one. That would definitely be very exciting!

Lan Ying curled up in the corner, hugging her knees and staring blankly at the ground.

She sensed something was amiss. Logically, even if the Grand Elder's subordinates were merely putting on a show to quell public anger, it should only be outside. Now that those people outside were no longer visible, why hadn't they untied the young lady?

Could it be that even the Grand Elder doesn't want to stand by Miss's side and is preparing to teach her a lesson? Then when we get back to the Mu family, won't the poor Miss be locked up in solitary confinement?

She's still young and spoiled, so she can't express her true thoughts. If this continues, she'll suffer a lot. It seems we need to find a way to plead for her and help her escape this predicament.

………………

"Yay! Host, we've saved another great person and thwarted the wild pseudo-master's halo! This is fantastic!" On the other side, Jiang Chen stood in the ball of light, watching Jin Hongxuan board the plane with his fellow disciples to return to the Sword Spirit Sect. The fluffy little dumpling was jumping around excitedly beside him.

Enforcement Captain Yan Li was right. Not long after Jiang Chen arrived at the Wu Hai branch of the High Martial Arts Alliance, the people from the Sword Spirit Sect also arrived, and the two sides met smoothly.

In stark contrast to the tragedy in the original plot, the person in charge reviewed and sealed the video evidence immediately and commended Jin Hongxuan, a disciple of the sect, for his chivalrous act of standing up for justice and upholding public order. He then took a firm stance and represented the sect in negotiations with the High Martial Arts Alliance, acting as the full representative to uphold justice for the sect's disciples.

To avoid wasting time and disturbing his mind in Wuhai City, the person in charge arranged for Jin Hongxuan to return to the sect for quiet cultivation and wait for the matter to calm down before going down the mountain for training.

From now on, everything will be handled between official bodies: lawsuits will be filed where necessary; compensation will be paid where appropriate; and apologies will be published in the newspapers where necessary.

Jiang Chen stood inside the large sphere of light, watching the plane take off and disappear into the horizon. He rubbed the fluffy dumpling, took out the script, and glanced at it. The virus was clearly experiencing some writer's block and hadn't been updated yet. He looked intently at the character card and a smile appeared on his lips.

"Huh? Aren't you waiting for the new plot to come out, Host?" The little white cat was sprawled in his arms, enjoying being petted, and grumbled, "Hehe, the Mu family is being targeted, Mu Liuli has been imprisoned, and the old man suspects that she was switched. Once it's found out, she'll be the enemy who killed his own daughter and took over her body to bring disaster to the entire family. Let's see how the virus will explain itself!"

"Don't forget he's bound to the system. What if he gets some reward that allows him to use items to evade the soul check?" He remained unmoved and continued to study the character cards seriously, while also thinking about the main roles of these characters in the original story.

"Meow~ She won't get away with this either!" The fluffy ball of fur raised its paws higher, licked its fur, and whimpered, "Anyway, the High Martial Arts Alliance has already set its sights on them. The Mu family is doomed. With their backer gone, what trouble can she possibly cause?"

Jiang Chen selected a character card, squinted at it, and said casually, "The Mu family is deeply rooted and made preparations in advance. Relying solely on online hype is not enough; the teenagers settled with Deputy Director Duan are not enough; and the guards who were arrested and brought to justice for attempting to kidnap Dr. Su are even less enough."

The head of the Mu family could then add fuel to the fire, accusing Mu Liuli of all the bad things and making her the scapegoat.

Our goal is to eradicate this malignant tumor in Wuhai City and cut off Mu Liuli's escape route.

If we don't take advantage of this headquarters investigation to eliminate the wicked Mu family, they will join forces again to commit further evil deeds once Mu Liuli gains the opportunity to grow stronger.

"I understand, strike while the iron is hot!" The fluffy ball looked up at its host's handsome and well-defined jawline, and couldn't help but reach out and pat it. It chuckled and said, "The halo of the wild pseudo-master has faded. Let's press on and destroy the Mu family so that they have no chance to recover. In the future, Mu Liuli will never have a family to back her up again."

The new character card also features a tragic figure – he is the adopted son of the third elder of the Mu family, an upright young man who remains untainted by the mud.

Contrary to the outside world's image of a great philanthropist, the Mu family took in these adopted sons and daughters not only to gain a good reputation, but more importantly, to cultivate loyal pawns from a young age!

In the mission world, there is a distinction between martial artists and ordinary people. However, whether someone has martial arts talent is not obvious when they are young, and some people may not show their martial arts talent until they are teenagers.

Therefore, some of the abandoned infants taken in by the various orphanages in Wuhai City are lucky enough to awaken and become martial artists.

Starting more than 30 years ago, the then head of the Mu family discovered that some orphans could not only awaken to become martial artists, but also had strong luck and often achieved great things because of their background.

So he devised a charitable project to fund various orphanages, to build a good reputation and become well-known. He also sent people to be stationed there under the guise of helping others. Once they found an orphan who showed signs of becoming a martial artist, they would go through the procedures to adopt him as a son or daughter of the Mu family.

If they can awaken successfully, they can be assigned to key figures for early training; if a blunder occurs and the adopted child fails to become a martial artist, he/she will "suddenly die of illness" after the optimal training period.

The abandoned babies adopted by the family head and elders all knew about their tragic past.

They were all brainwashed from a young age, understanding that it was the Mu family's willingness to accept their fate that gave them a good living environment and background. As a result, each of them cherished a grateful heart, studied and cultivated diligently, and even went so far as to repay the Mu family's kindness in raising them through arranged marriages.

However, since they are not direct descendants of the Mu family, their talents and abilities are different, making the competition among the adopted sons and daughters extremely fierce.

Jiang Chen chose a new character card – Mu Wenfei, who was raised by the Third Elder since childhood.

His identity was merely a formality; in reality, his meals and lodging were provided by the government, and after awakening as a martial artist, he had to receive training while working for his family's shady business.

The Third Elder has poor cultivation talent and is only at the third level of Foundation Establishment. He relies on his seniority to maintain the family's prestige.

Therefore, he was very eager for quick success and instant benefits, hoping to make a brilliant comeback with the next generation. He was naturally unwilling to use his own children as tools, but he didn't care about the adopted children, since they were adopted to be used as tools anyway.

The Third Elder then devised a series of devilish rules and regulations, cultivating his adopted children under his name like raising poisonous insects.

Mu Wenfei has exceptional talent, which is why he was able to survive unscathed under such harsh and even perverse rules without developing any psychological problems.

Now just twenty years old, he has already advanced to the second level of Foundation Establishment, making him quite prominent among all the adopted children.

However, despite his tragic background and difficult fate, he did not turn out badly and lived in a family where a wild pseudo-master appeared. Such a brilliant person could not possibly have a good ending.

Tools are destined to become stepping stones for wild pseudo-masters.

In the original storyline, after Mu Wenfei returned from a mission, he heard that Mu Liuli had been struck by lightning. Out of courtesy and to maintain family relationships, he brought some gifts to visit her, even though he was unwilling and could not find fault with it.

Unexpectedly, Mu Liuli, who was eager for a generous reward, caught up with him and clung to him like a mad dog.

From verbal insults to using the newly acquired advanced martial arts skills as a pretext for sparring to physically injure Mu Wenfei, and then deliberately distorting his words after gaining more benefits, Mu Liuli seized upon his lack of caution.

They smeared and framed Mu Wenfei, even taking the matter to the Third Elder, falsely accusing him of being an ungrateful wretch and gathering evidence to expose all the family's secrets.

However, Mu Wenfei, who was framed, had no idea that the goods he had been diligently escorting were all problematic.

He had always thought that the Mu family's actions were as reasonable and legal as he had been brainwashed since childhood, until he was framed and he still didn't know what the other party was hinting at to his adoptive father with winks.

The Third Elder, being inherently suspicious, failed to protect his adopted son. Furthermore, Mu Liuli, enjoying the spectacle, maliciously racked up rewards, leading to the matter being reported to the Clan Head's office. For the sake of the clan's interests and safety, the Clan Head, believing it was better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one guilty person go free, consulted with the Third Elder and, after severely injuring Mu Liuli and leaving him unable to defend himself, ordered Mu Wenfei's execution.

Having finally achieved her goal, Mu Liuli jumped around trying to claim credit and rewards, and even asked her father to come and take over the job. She imprisoned Mu Wenfei in the dungeon and slowly tortured him to death using all the kinds of cruel tortures she had seen on the internet in her previous life.

After torturing, humiliating, and killing a loyal Foundation Establishment Level 2 expert, Mu Liuli received a large number of talent rewards and became a top-tier alchemist. Not only did she become a beloved little princess in the Mu family, but even the Nascent Soul stage experts at headquarters couldn't help but fawn over her.

“Didn’t he die tragically on charges of ‘betraying the family’? If that’s the case, let’s just let the poor child wake up.” Jiang Chen used the character card to control the light orb to enter the Grace Garden, where the adopted children lived, which resembled a staff dormitory.

The fluffy dumpling, perched on his shoulder and standing on tiptoe, quickly spotted its target. "There! Host, the wild pseudo-master is currently trapped in the High Martial Alliance. Mu Wenfei has just returned from a mission, so there's no need to visit him. We can use his identity to dig out the inside story."

"Although Mu Wenfei is quite capable, he is, after all, an adopted son and is constantly viewed with suspicion and cannot gain trust. He will probably have difficulty accessing core secrets. We will need your cooperation in the next operation."

"Yes, meow! Assassin Cat and our best host are joining forces! Justice will prevail!"

The next second, Mu Wenfei, who was sitting under the pavilion in the courtyard looking at the news on his phone, suddenly paused, then closed his eyes and began to recall.

A moment later, he opened his eyes, tapped the internal app installed on his phone, and found detailed information about the escort vessels.