Li Mu's tone was firm and resolute, revealing a strong confidence.
Zheng Cunjian's heart skipped a beat as he listened.
"Eight years have passed. What on earth happened to Second Young Master? Why did he change so much? He seems to have changed into another person. Not only is his strength abnormally strong, but his character is also much more resolute."
Zheng Cunjian suddenly felt that maybe the old master was wrong to cut off the relationship with Second Young Master. One day, the old master would really regret it.
At that time, Li Mu had already begun to plan his trip to Chang 'an.
Going to Chang 'an was his final decision.
There were many reasons for that.
In addition to his sympathy for his poor mother, Li Mu felt that since he came to this planet and impersonated the real Li Mu, he should also bear some of the responsibilities of the real Li Mu.
After all, he benefited from the identity of the county magistrate.
Especially when he just came to this planet, if it were not for the cover of this identity, he might have had a very miserable life.
Since he took advantage of the real Li Mu, he should do something for him.
The real Li Mu had fallen off the cliff and was no longer in this world. So, as a substitute, Li Mu should also bear some karma and responsibility.
Although the trip to Chang 'an was absolutely dangerous.
But Li Mu also had his own persistence.
As a man, he could be afraid of death, be wretched, run away, admit defeat … But there was one thing that he could not be irresponsible.
The old faker once said that there were only two reasons why a man did not do something. One was that he could not surpass the North Sea with the help of Mount Tai, which was impossible, and the other was that he should not break the branches for his elders. Even the wretched old faker firmly believed that there were some things that people should and should not do in life, and he had taught Li Mu that over and over again.
Therefore, even if Chang 'an was a dangerous place, there was no harm in going there.
"As long as I have a reason to insist on it, it doesn't matter even if I have to be a saint for once."
After Li Mu made up his mind, his heart was at ease.
Of course, he could not be too hasty about it.
Before going to Chang 'an, he had to learn about it and make some preparations.
At present, in Taibai County, the people who knew the Chang 'an government best were none other than Zheng Cunjian and Li Bing. One of them was the incompetent military counselor of the scumbag magistrate of Chang' an, and the other was the son of the scumbag magistrate of Chang 'an. They were definitely two moving databases.
"Fortunately, I didn't kill them today. I can let them write down the distribution of all the forces in Chang 'an, as well as the list of masters, and compile it into a database."
Li Mu already had a plan in mind.
However, there was no rush.
Then, he continued to interrogate Zheng Cunjian.
"What's the background of that Supervisor Xu today?" Li Mu asked.
Zheng Cunjian's expression changed in an instant, and a hint of dread appeared on his face.
"Supervisor Xu is from the Supervisory Department of Chang 'an. As you know, Your Honor, the laws of the three empires on the Divine Land do not have absolute binding force on those famous Jianghu experts. Therefore, the Supervisory Department came into being. It is an agency jointly established by the nine Holy Clans, the three empires, and other dominating forces to restrain, regulate, investigate, and judge those Jianghu forces and Jianghu people that the imperial authorities find difficult to deal with. It has great power. After countless years of development, the Supervisory Department even has a status above the ordinary imperial laws. The experts in the Supervisory Department are all from the nine Holy Clans and other sects above the sixth level … Supervisor Xu is a master from the Yellow Sand Path. Three years ago, he came to work in the Supervisory Department of Chang' an and is one of the 72 supervisors in the Supervisory Department of Chang 'an …"
Zheng Cunjian explained everything to Li Mu like pouring beans into a bamboo tube.
Thanks to the force-feeding of Qing Feng at the dinner table, Li Mu actually knew a little about the history of the Supervisory Department.
He also knew the special status of the Supervisory Department in the power system of that world.
"The Yellow Sand Path? A sixth-level faction? Does it have anything to do with the sects like the Qing Sha Path and the Sirius Clan? " Li Mu asked. Generally speaking, the sects named with the character "Dao" all had a long history, which was not to be underestimated.
"They are all one of the six ancient sects, which have been passed down for thousands of years." Zheng Cunjian answered.
Li Mu had a rough idea.
"Damn, they are all tough guys."
"How long will it take for the Supervisory Department to realize that I killed Supervisor Xu?" He asked again.
Zheng Cunjian understood Li Mu's meaning. After pondering for a moment, he said, "Supervisor Xu is free to roam the land under his jurisdiction. He often travels around, and his whereabouts are uncertain. What's more, this time, Supervisor Xu is not here on a mission. So, as long as we keep the news under wraps, the Supervisory Department of Chang 'an will not find out that he is missing in a short time.
"Three months?"
"That's about it."
Since Li Mu was practicing the Cultivation Method of immortals, his strength had been growing as fast as a rocket. It had only been two or three months since he came to that planet, but he already had such great strength. In another two or three months, Li Mu's strength would definitely climb to a new level. At that time, even if the Supervisory Department came knocking, Li Mu would not be afraid at all.
However, whether he could really keep the news under wraps for three months was still uncertain.
The three months that Zheng Cunjian calculated was on the premise that the news was kept under wraps. But the fact was that among those who knew about Supervisor Xu's death, the disciples of the Taibai Sword Faction had been released by Li Mu. If those people spread the news, the Supervisory Department's revenge might come sooner than expected.
Therefore, Li Mu could not be too optimistic. He could not pin his hopes on those hostile disciples of the Taibai Sword Faction.
"Damn it, I really can't be too impulsive and pretentious. Once I act on impulse, I have to clean up after myself for a long time …" Li Mu patted his forehead and sighed.
"It seems that I have to speed up some of the things I planned before."
With that in mind, Li Mu asked again, "By the way, did you destroy all my personal belongings?"
Zheng Cunjian's heart skipped a beat. He lowered his head and put on a terrified look to hide his real expression. Then, he said, "I deserve to die. I deserve to die. I thought your belongings were useless at that time, so I … I destroyed them and discarded them."
He did not tell him the truth about the three pieces of clothing, including the sneakers, the pants, and the other two.
That was because the implications behind this matter were too great. The level of involvement had reached an unimaginable level. Thus, even though he was facing the threat of death, he did not dare to leak any information about this matter.
Li Mu did not notice Zheng Cunjian's expression at that moment, so he did not pay much attention to it.
For him, those three pieces of clothing were merely souvenirs, not things that were related to his life. Losing them only made him feel regretful. As for how angry he was, that was not necessarily the case.
After that, Li Mu asked some other questions and ended the interrogation.
Both Zheng Cunjian and Li Bing were shackled with special shackles, which cut off any possibility of escape. Then, they were thrown into two different woodshed in the back office, where they were told to write down all kinds of information about Chang 'an government, including information, secrets, military strength, structure, and the major sects stationed in Chang' an …
Anyway, as long as it was something they knew, no matter how big or small, they had to write it down in detail.
Moreover, to prevent them from being lazy, Li Mu also set a limit on the number of words they had to write every day. If they did not write enough, they would be deprived of food and water and directly locked in a small dark room.
"If what you write doesn't satisfy me, you can go to hell."
Those were Li Mu's original words.
Both of them were scared out of their wits and tried their best to perform well.
Li Mu, on the other hand, stayed in the training room and began to reflect on today's battle and sum up the gains and losses of those days.
In the past few days, Li Mu had gained a lot from several fierce battles.
In particular, the battle at the Nine-dragons Fall had a profound impact on Li Mu. Not only did he reshape his body and master the Cracking the Sky, the third style of the Zhenwu Boxing, but he also had a chance to communicate with Guo Yuqing, an unfathomable expert, and learned the existence of magic arts, which was different from the internal qi of martial arts. Moreover, he had mastered the power of magic arts.
That made Li Mu realize that he had to carefully sort out some things the old faker taught him intentionally or unintentionally when he was on Earth.
Perhaps the old faker's casual words contained the supreme truth of martial arts.
To put it in an exaggerated way, after a simple attempt, Li Mu easily mastered the power of thunder and lightning magic arts. Not to mention some of the old faker's words, Li Mu even had the illusion that "even the old faker's fart was fragrant".
Now, what he needed to do was to recall and sort out what the old faker had said and done, as well as all the messy things he had taught him, and sort them out into a clear and relatively complete system.
And the first thing he needed to sort out was the "geomancy" and "tactical deployment" that the old faker often talked about.
Usually, the old faker relied on those two skills to swindle people.
When Li Mu went out to perform the Yin-Yang Ritual, as long as it was a holiday, he would follow the old faker around. So, he was influenced by what he saw and heard and learned a lot about that. What kind of brilliance would the superstitious things on Earth shine in this world?
Li Mu focused on the "tactical deployment" in the early stage of sorting out.
Because he decided to set up a tactical deployment around the county government.
If the so-called tactical deployment the old faker mentioned was really as magical as he said, then in this world, Li Mu only needed to arrange the positions of rocks, trees, and ditches to build a maze to protect the entire county government. Just like the Wuhou Eight Diagrams Formation set up by Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it was powerful enough to block thousands of troops and horses.
In this way, even if the enemies came to attack in the future, he could block them outside the county government and protect his friends and subordinates from being hurt. Qing Feng and the others would not be in a desperate situation like this time when they had no room to maneuver.
Time flew.
In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.
During that time, Li Mu came out of the closed-door training once to check the various materials sent by the Sky Dragon Faction, Huya Faction, and other factions according to the requirements. This time, under the great pressure from Li Mu, the Jianghu factions showed strong execution ability and rushed to send all the materials Li Mu wrote to the county government in the shortest time.
All kinds of jade, ancient trees, flowers, birds, fish, insects, rocks, strange trees, and so on were placed at the gate of the county government according to their categories and guarded by people. Everything was in order, which attracted a lot of onlookers.
Li Mu ordered people to check.
Some of the sects that had handed over all the resources were anxiously waiting for the higher-ups of their sects who had been detained.
Li Mu announced the list of those who could be released, but he did not let them go at once, because he wanted to buy as much time as possible and temporarily block the news of Supervisor Xu's death.
Another three days passed.
Li Mu basically sorted out the "tactical deployment theory" of the old faker.
The process of sorting out was also a process of mastering the knowledge.
Li Mu made various attempts and experiments, and the feedback was very good.
Therefore, he began to set up tactical deployments around the county government and directly carried out a major transformation.
For this world, a brand-new power was about to be born.
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