The hall was filled with a dull and solemn atmosphere.
None of the people present were fools. What Li Mu could see, they could also see.
If the old faker could stay in the East Star Village as before, it meant that things would go smoothly and simply. But now, even the old faker couldn't stay calm and came in person, which showed how bad the situation was.
The old faker grinned, showing his yellow teeth, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you away."
Li Mu thought about it very seriously and said, "Wait a little longer."
"Wait for what?" asked the old faker.
Li Mu said, "Wait for an answer."
"Still not giving up? If we wait until they set up a trap, it will be difficult to leave, "said the old faker.
Li Mu asked in reply, "Didn't you say you can cover the sky with one hand?"
"Hahahaha," the old faker laughed, "Well, I'll wait with you. I said I can take you away, no matter when, I can do it."
He slowly walked to the side seat next to the iron sword throne and sat down.
A majestic aura surged out circle by circle, with the Bright Night Hall as the center, radiating to the entire Huining City.
This aura was so grand and so vast. In practically an instant, all the living beings in Huining City felt the pressure that suffused the heavens and the earth, as well as the bright and honorable willpower that was like a blazing sun in the sky.
This was the power of a great martial arts emperor.
It was the power standing at the peak of martial arts.
For many years, there might be many great martial arts emperors coming and going in Huining City, but there had never been such a great martial arts emperor who completely released his pressure like today. With the Bright Night Hall as the center, it was like a blazing sun, covering the entire Huining City.
The experts of the three major clans who surrounded the Bright Night Hall instantly trembled with fear.
Even the division leaders of the three major clans who personally presided over the Bright Night Hall, at this time, their faces changed dramatically, and their hearts began to uncontrollably overflow with fear.
They had long heard that there was a martial arts emperor behind Li Mu, but it was just a rumor. Today, they finally saw it with their own eyes.
This kind of aboveboard, majestic, and vast aura, like the abyss of the stars, definitely did not belong to an ordinary Martial Emperor. Moreover, he had released his power and pressure at this time, which was to express his will and his attitude.
He was telling everyone, especially the Ten Elders of the Military Department building, that no matter the price, he would stand by Li Mu's side.
How terrifying was the will of a Martial Emperor?
No one in this world dared to look down on him.
So, would there be a change in the Ten Elders Council's decision?
At this moment, even the division leaders of the three great divisions could not do anything about it.
However, there was no doubt that the Meeting of the Ten Elders was extremely important to the entire human race.
Time flew by.
In the blink of an eye, another two hours had passed.
The atmosphere in Huining City was suffocating.
At this moment, there was movement.
A flying boat came out from the direction of the military headquarters building at an extremely fast speed and arrived outside the Bright Night Department.
"It's a messenger boat!"
The three leaders, Xiao Ruyi, Yelu Hui, and Wu Luyi, perked up and rushed forward.
The flying boat descended, and standing at the bow of the boat was a barefooted young man in snow-white robes with long hair draped over his shoulders.
Bai Rushuang.
The head of the Nine Great Successors of the Thunder Path Ancestral Mountain.
To think that he had come with the messenger boat of the military headquarters, could it be...
"Division Leader Xiao, Division Leader Yelu, and Division Leader Wu, the three of you are here at the right time. Come with me to pass on the decision of the Ten Elders Council." Bai Rushuang's face was indifferent, as if shrouded in frost.
The three division leaders looked at each other, vaguely guessing what was going on.
Bai Rushuang's figure soared into the air and came to the main entrance of the fortress of the Bright Night Department. There seemed to be a myriad of wind and snow gathering in his eyes as he said, "Li Mu, get out here."
Even though there was a powerful Martial Emperor in the Bright Night Department at this time, he did not feel the slightest fear.
Because behind him stood the Ten Elders Council.
The Ten Elders Council represented the ten great martial arts holy lands of the human race.
At this time, there were several Martial Emperors in the military headquarters building, ready. Once the Martial Emperor beside Li Mu made a move, what awaited him would be the merciless suppression of five or six Martial Emperors.
The general situation had been decided.
"Brother, I'll avenge you."
Bai Rushuang's heart was burning with the fire of revenge.
His brother Bai Ruyun, together with Lin Yuquan, was killed by Li Mu in the battle of the Thunder Fire Camp. Bai Rushuang clearly remembered that when he stopped Taoist Green Bull and thought that the situation was settled, he returned to the Thunder Path Ancestral Mountain only to receive the news of his brother Bai Ruyun's death. At that time, how angry and sad he was.
That was his biological younger brother.
He vowed to avenge his brother.
And today, the opportunity had come.
In the fortress of the Bright Night Department, figures slowly walked out like a tide.
Walking in the front were Li Mu, Taoist Green Bull, Crazy Sword, and others.
Bai Rushuang's eyes were as sharp as knives, suddenly piercing Li Mu. The cold wind and snow in his eyes spread little by little, making the surrounding air suddenly drop by dozens of degrees.
"Li Mu, the Ten Elders Council has made a decision. You broke into the Thunder Fire Camp and killed your fellow clansmen. For your own selfish desires, you are crazy and unscrupulous. Your crime is unforgivable. The Ten Elders Council orders you to restrict your cultivation and follow me to the Thunder Path Ancestral Mountain to apologize."
Bai Rushuang said slowly, word by word.
His eyes had never left Li Mu's face.
But to his slight disappointment, there was no despair, anger, or disbelief on Li Mu's face as he had imagined. Instead, there was a faint calmness, as if he was doing something that had nothing to do with him.
But the expressions on the faces of Taoist Green Bull, Crazy Sword, and others changed dramatically.
"Is this the final decision of the Ten Elders Council?"
"That's impossible." Crazy Sword glared at Bai Ruyun.
Taoist Green Bull also said, "Unless the Ten Elders Council are all crazy, they shouldn't make such a decision that betrays the will of the people."
Bai Rushuang certainly knew these two people.
As influential figures in the Human Clan in the Chaotic World, they had competed for glory with each other, so they couldn't be more familiar with each other.
"Do you think I'm stupid enough to fake the decision of the Ten Elders Council here?" Bai Rushuang said.
Crazy Sword and Taoist Green Bull were instantly stunned.
Indeed, Bai Rushuang hated Li Mu, but he would not fake the decision of the Ten Elders Council on such an occasion under the attention of so many people. Otherwise, he would not want to live.
"What on earth happened at the Ten Elders Council?"
"Li Mu, confess."
Bai Rushuang raised his hand and threw a set of silver alchemy shackles at Li Mu's feet. The shackles were specially used to imprison martial arts experts. Once they were fastened, they could temporarily seal the cultivation of experts below the Celestial Master Realm.
Li Mu smiled and stepped on the shackles.
Bai Rushuang said lightly, "What? Are you going to disobey the order? "
Li Mu held his head high and said, "I am not guilty."
"Haha," Bai Rushuang laughed coldly, "Very good, very good. In fact, I also hope that you can disobey the order. In this way, I can kill you now without waiting for the trip to the Thunder Ancestral Mountain."
Powerful thunder and lightning energy surged out of Bai Rushuang's body.
Li Mu also laughed, "I'm not exaggerating, but if you do it now, the first person to die will definitely not be me. Do you believe it?"
Cooperating with Li Mu's words, in the Bright Night Department, the old faker's aura of the Emperor Realm suddenly rose.
Bai Rushuang only felt that an irresistible aura had locked on him, and there was a sense of destruction coming. He did not dare to act rashly, and his face suddenly became embarrassed.
"Senior, this is the decision of the Ten Elders Council," Bai Rushuang said in a low voice.
The old faker sat in the main hall of the Bright Night Department and did not answer him.
"Your Honor Li, you can't act on impulse." Seeing that the situation was not right, Xiao Ruyi, the head of the Ministry of Security, hurriedly said, "The decision of the Ten Elders Council cannot be resisted. If you first confess, there is still room for negotiation. If you disobey the order now, no one in the world can save you. Think twice."
Xiao Ruyi said this for Li Mu's sake.
It was simply impossible to defy the decision of the Ten Elders Council.
Even a Martial Emperor could not do it.
Doing so would only lead to a quick death.
"I'll go to the Ten Elders Council, I'll persuade them …" Sword Maniac roared.
Duan Di, Song Bie, and other experts of the Bright Night Department also clamored to go to the Military Ministry to petition. Although Li Mu had only been in charge of the Bright Night Department for a short time, the atmosphere and confidence he brought to the Bright Night Department were unprecedented in the past 200 years. In particular, he had avenged Li Shang in anger, which won the support, respect, and love of the Bright Night Department.
Li Mu waved his hand.
The crowd quieted down.
The old faker's voice came from the main hall, saying, "I said I would take you away, but you insisted on waiting here for a result. Now that the result is out, you can only feel disappointed. It's time to go, isn't it?"
Li Mu smiled bitterly.
Previously, the old faker said to take him away directly, but he insisted on staying and chose to wait.
He wanted to wait for the result, not for the judgment of his own fate.
Instead, he wanted to see how the Human Clan's Military Ministry and the Ten Elders Council would choose when faced with interests and justice.
Because there was one thing that Li Mu was very clear about. How could the high and mighty Martial Emperor really not know what happened in the Thunder Fire Camp? Therefore, the Ten Elders Council convened not to really investigate the truth, nor to judge who was right or wrong, but to make an exchange of interests and balance of justice.
Li Mu wanted to know whether the Ten Elders Council, which was regarded as the supreme power of the Human Clan, really upheld justice and the dignity of the race, or was it just an institution for the Holy Lands to exchange interests and compromise with each other?
That was the answer Li Mu was waiting for.
Of course, he also knew that where there were people, there would be Jianghu. If the water was too clear, there would be no fish, and if a man was too scrupulous, there would be no disciple. There was no complete and absolute justice, and it was even more wrong to not allow the Ten Elders Council to make any trade-offs. Compromise and exchange were like lubricants in a precise instrument to ensure the normal and smooth operation of the machine.
But if this kind of compromise and exchange was only for interests and not for justice, it was equivalent to a machine with only lubricants and no parts. Could it still be regarded as a machine?
What was the result?
The answer Li Mu had been waiting for made him disappointed.
If this was the Ten Elders Guild's choice, then he had no choice but to make his own choice.
Li Mu looked up at Xiao Ruyi and said, "It is the Military Department that betrayed me, not the other way around."
Xiao Ruyi was shocked.
Although there was a hint of treason in this sentence, it was like a heavy hammer that contained an inexplicable power. It smashed hard on the hearts of the three division leaders, Xiao Ruyi, Yelu Hui, and Wu Luyi, and made them shudder with fear.
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Recently, he had been in a particularly bad state. Even if he slept for 16 or 17 hours every day, he was still very tired. The first feeling he felt when he opened his eyes was drowsiness sweeping through his limbs like a tide, as if he had climbed a mountain for the whole day before going to sleep. It was not pain, but an indescribable physical discomfort. There was a feeling that he could not continue, and he wanted to find a place where no one knew him, isolate himself from the world, and escape from everything. I'm sorry to disappoint you with this update. It's really tiring to be a human. I shouldn't have spread these negative emotions to everyone. Saying a few words is an explanation for the updates these days, I won't say more. Let me catch my breath and rest.
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