When Li Mu saw the ruins of the East Star Village from dozens of miles away, the last trace of hope in his heart turned into bubbles. He was instantly drowned in disbelief and fury.
Whoosh!
Li Mu landed on the ground.
The village where he had lived for several months had been completely destroyed.
Li Mu saw the corpses on the ground. They were all killed by broadswords.
The faces of the villagers were full of horror and anger. Some of the corpses were protecting their children behind them in a pleading posture, but they were mercilessly slaughtered.
Li Mu's heart kept sinking as if falling into a bottomless abyss. Even his whole body seemed to fall into a bottomless abyss.
"There must be someone alive."
"It must be."
Li Mu began to search the village like a madman.
He even forgot to search with his Divine Consciousness.
However, the bodies of the villagers were everywhere. The small East Star Village seemed to have become a hell on earth. The frozen blood, the stiff bodies, and the smell of death permeated the air. Only the sound of chickens and dogs could be heard.
With the last hope, Li Mu came to Second Brother Feng's house.
"Second Brother Feng …"
Li Mu cried in grief.
He saw Second Brother Feng holding a broken blade in his hand. His face was filled with extreme anger as he protected Second Sister Feng behind him. However, both of them were pierced in the chest and abdomen by a saber Qi. They stood stiffly on the spot, their eyes wide open even in death.
In the rustling cold wind, Li Mu suppressed the grief in his heart and slowly closed the eyes of the two.
"Second Brother, Second Sister-in-law, and everyone else."
Li Mu turned around and looked at the whole village.
"I swear, I will avenge you … Eh? Who is it? Come out. " Li Mu was about to bury the villagers. At this moment, he felt the fluctuation of energy outside the village. With a roar, a horrible aura burst out and broke the grass and trees. Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Figures flashed.
Dozens of generals wearing the crimson armor of the Wandering Dragon Army appeared and surrounded Li Mu.
At the same time, a light bomb rushed into the sky and then exploded thousands of meters high, turning into a red dragon with a pearl in its mouth. It was so vivid and lifelike.
That was the signal of the Wandering Dragon Army.
Heavy footsteps came from outside the village. A large number of soldiers of the Wandering Dragon Army rushed over from the wilderness in the distance.
"Surround him, don't let the murderer escape."
"Who is it? Tell me your name. "
"Don't move. Disperse your power and give up resisting."
The deputy generals wearing the uniform of the Wandering Dragon Army slowly closed in and formed a joint attack formation.
Li Mu's eyes swept over those people.
The Wandering Dragon Army?
He did not make a move immediately.
It was because he suddenly remembered something.
He had searched the entire East Star Village, but he still couldn't find the body of one person — Second Brother Feng's daughter, Feng Xingyan.
Therefore, Li Mu still had a glimmer of hope.
He ignored the approaching Wandering Dragon Army warriors and gradually calmed down. He released his soul consciousness and began to search the village.
"Who are you?"
A Divinity Profound Realm expert wearing a general's armor rushed over and stared at Li Mu.
Before Li Mu could say anything, a deputy general of medium height and a round face hurriedly approached and whispered something in the general's ear.
"Are you Li Mu? That traitor? " The general in the Divinity Mystery Realm seemed to be in his thirties. His slender eyes were slightly squinted out of habit. His face was fair and clean, but he gave people a sense of malevolence and malice. The way he stared at Li Mu was like that of a beast staring at its prey.
"Traitor?"
Li Mu was unperturbed.
"How long have you been here?" Li Mu looked at the general and said, "You reacted so fast. It seems that you have been lying in ambush. Tell me, who is the murderer?"
He was so anxious that he did not notice if there was an ambush in the wilderness outside the village.
At first, they thought that it was the bald elder who killed them, but judging from the scene, most of the villagers were killed by saber slashes. They were all saber wounds, and the one who did it was extremely powerful. He was at least at the Upper Emperor Realm, but he was definitely not a thunder element technique.
Therefore, even if the bald old man was the mastermind, the murderer was definitely not him.
No matter what role he played, he deserved to die.
"Haha, Li Mu, you traitor who betrayed your ancestors. How dare you ask me who the murderer is?" The general with a pale face and long eyes was slightly stunned. Then, he laughed angrily and said, "Didn't you return to the East Star Village and slaughter the villagers to cover up your crimes? You've lost your mind. "
Li Mu was about to speak when a deputy general beside him suddenly said loudly, "General, we found a survivor …"
"Bring her here," the middle-sized, round-faced deputy general said loudly.
Several soldiers of the Wandering Dragon Army came over with a little girl.
Li Mu looked over and was shocked. He was too familiar with the figure and clothes. It was Feng Xingyan, the daughter of Second Brother Feng. But at this time, Feng Xingyan was obviously frightened. She was trembling and flinching. Meanwhile, her eyes were covered with a piece of cloth, and there were faint bloodstains.
"It's this little girl. She was found in the grain cellar of the village." A soldier said loudly, "She should know the murderer, but her eyes were stabbed and she lost her sight."
"What?"
Li Mu's mind shook violently. He moved and directly launched an attack.
"How dare you!"
The general with a pale face and long eyes was the only one who reacted. His Genuine Qi surged, and he held the scabbard backhandedly. His long sword flashed, and he was about to block Li Mu's attack. But with a clang, the hand between his thumb and index finger shook, and he felt a burning sensation. His entire right arm went numb, and his long sword was knocked into the air.
The others only saw a blur, and then Feng Xingyan was already in Li Mu's arms.
"Stop, you madman!"
"Don't kill the child."
Several deputy generals rushed to Li Mu regardless of their own safety.
Li Mu snorted. Invisible energy burst out, and those deputy generals were all knocked away.
"Xingyan, can you hear me? I'm Brother Mu. I'm back … "Li Mu looked at Feng Xingyan, who was trembling like a frightened deer in his arms, and asked softly.
But when he opened his mouth, Feng Xingyan suddenly trembled even more. "You … murderer. You killed my parents. I hate you …"
Li Mu's face changed. "What did you say? Xingyan, did you get it wrong? It's me, Brother Mu. "
"It's you, it's you …" Feng Xingyan trembled, and her little face was full of fear. "I saw it with my own eyes. Why, why did you do this? You killed the whole village … Dad, mom, I want mom and dad …"
The little girl cried her heart out.
But Li Mu suddenly understood.
This was a blatant framing.
No wonder all the villagers died of knife wounds.
It was very easy for a martial arts expert to disguise himself as another person. Someone disguised himself and killed Second Brother Feng and the others, leaving Feng Xingyan alone, and blinded her eyes. The purpose was to let Feng Xingyan see the whole process and keep her alive. Then, when the Wandering Dragon Army arrived, the little girl could testify against him and prove his crime.
A child's words carried no harm.
What could be more convincing than the words of an inexperienced little girl?
This matter was not done flawlessly. There were all sorts of flaws, but for the mastermind behind all of this, it was enough.
"Li Mu, you lunatic! Butcher, what else do you have to say?"
The white-faced, long-eyed general's face was flushed, and the injury on his right palm was gradually healing.
"Quick, send a message back and ask the swordsman in the army to arrest Li Mu." The middle-sized, round-faced deputy general roared, and at the same time, he took out his weapons, which were a pair of Yin and Yang axes. He roared, "Brothers, what are you waiting for? Even if we die here today, we must stop this lunatic Li Mu and avenge the dead villagers."
The other deputy generals and the experts of the Wandering Dragon Army madly rushed over with righteous indignation.
Li Mu stamped his right foot on the ground, and layers of golden patterns flickered out. Within a radius of three meters around him, golden talismans wandered and formed an invisible golden light shield, isolating everything outside. No matter how hard those deputy generals and experts attacked, they could not make the slightest ripple on the golden light shield.
It was a martial arts technique of the Fengyun Continent — Confinement.
"Xingyan, listen to Brother Mu. The murderer of the villagers is not Brother Mu."
Li Mu put Feng Xingyan on the ground and let her stand. Then, he released his Divine Consciousness, and a warm power tried to soothe the panic in her heart, slowly calming her down.
Feng Xingyan's trembling body calmed down, and the expression on her face was not as tense as before.
"Xingyan, I've lived in the village for a few months. Don't you believe Brother Mu? You know, there are many martial arts experts who can disguise themselves as my brother. Think about it carefully. Is the man you saw really Brother Mu? Apart from his appearance, does he look like my brother in any other way? "
Li Mu tried to make his tone sound gentle.
Feng Xingyan's expression became excited again. Obviously, she had recalled the tragic scene.
Her body began to tremble again.
"Don't be afraid, Xingyan. Don't be afraid. Don't worry. Think about it slowly …" Li Mu said gently as he infused a wisp of Eastern Green Wood aura into her eyes to suppress the pain.
Outside the golden shield, the experts of the Wandering Dragon Army madly attacked and used all kinds of means.
Li Mu turned a deaf ear to them.
All the noise was isolated by the golden boundary of the [Prison Drawing Ground].
Everything outside had nothing to do with him.
He had no obligation to prove anything to these people.
Only Feng Xingyan's trust was the most important, more important than anything else.
Under Li Mu's comfort, Feng Xingyan said hesitantly, "It's exactly the same … but … the shoulders … the shoulders seem to be higher on one side and lower on the other. Brother Mu doesn't look like that …" She sounded a little hesitant and uncertain.
Li Mu was overjoyed.
"Finally, there are still some flaws?"
"Think about it again … Xingyan, Brother Mu was in Raging Flame City yesterday. Many people can testify for him. You have to believe in Brother Mu …" Li Mu reached out and held Feng Xingyan's little hand, saying, "Brother Mu swears that he will cure your eyes and avenge your parents and the villagers. Do you believe in Brother Mu?"
Feng Xingyan's little hand struggled a little. After a moment of hesitation, she rushed into Li Mu's arms and cried, "Brother Mu, I believe you … Dad didn't believe it was you either. Mom didn't believe it either. Many people didn't believe it either. They all loudly asked who the bad guy was … Sob, sob, sob …"
The little girl was crying her heart out.
Li Mu picked her up.
He looked at the experts of the Wandering Dragon Army who were madly attacking the golden shield of the Prison.
Among them, there were many indignant faces. Some were deceived, and some were faked — they were the real murderers who were fanning the flames.
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I was delayed by something today, so I only have one update. I'll make it up next Monday.
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