Li Mu didn't expect that Little Astro Sovereign would make such a decision.
It seemed like the performance of the royal family members and the ministers with Situ Rong's support had disappointed this child too much. The little affection he had for the Extreme Emperor Cliff had been completely worn away these few days and vanished like smoke in thin air.
But it was good.
Li Mu had realized that this kid wasn't suitable to be an emperor.
His background and the worldview he had formed were not enough to support the mentality and means of a ruler.
"Okay, you can stay with me from now on."
Li Mu rubbed the little boy's head and nodded.
Little Astro Sovereign threw away the bloody sword in his hand and said, "Master, can I take my mother with me?"
Li Mu smiled, "Of course."
When Empress Dowager Yin heard that, she looked at Li Mu with a smile.
"Master Mu, Lord Mu, don't go."
"We were wrong."
"Please, stay in the Extreme Emperor Cliff …"
Some of the ministers were still wailing.
They couldn't accept this result.
Li Mu was already the young divine master of the Moon River Mansion. If he didn't leave the Extreme Emperor Cliff and continued to be the master of the emperor, the Extreme Emperor Cliff would become the most powerful force in the Moon River Mansion in the near future.
As for these people, as ministers of the Extreme King Cliff, their statuses would definitely rise as well. They would be in limitless glory.
But once Young Astro Monarch and Li Mu left in this way, it not only meant that they would not be able to take advantage of Li Mu's power, but also meant that the Extreme Emperor Cliff would cease to exist in the future. And they would become ownerless stray dogs, grasshoppers at the end of autumn.
One was the sky, the other was the earth.
The difference was like heaven and earth.
They were so regretful that their hearts were broken.
But in the end, Li Mu still left the imperial city on a flying ship.
Little Astro Sovereign and Empress Dowager Yin left with him.
From now on, there would be no Extreme Emperor Cliff in the Moon River Mansion. There would be no Extreme Emperor Cliff in the entire Immortal Realm.
This could be considered as revenge for the dead creatures in the Chaotic World.
Jiang Zhu left the Moon River Mansion with the Profound Barge.
As the new Great Immortal Master's most trusted person, he still had many tasks to complete.
The change of power was, after all, accompanied by turbulence. The Union of Ten Thousand Immortals was not a monolithic block. Dongfang Yeren needed to take control of the power of the entire thirty-six small Immortal Courts of the Dongsheng Continent as soon as possible. It was inevitable that he would promote new people and dismiss old people.
After announcing Li Mu's appointment, Jiang Zhu had to patrol the entire Dongsheng Continent.
As a guide, He Chenzi led Li Mu to the residence of the Moon River Prefecture's Small Immortal Court.
It was a huge floating mountain that floated in the void — it was a mountain that had been cut off by a powerful figure. The mountain's cross-section was facing upwards, and it floated in an inverted triangle. There was a huge city on the cross-section, and it was called the City of Hanging Clouds. The origin of the name was literal.
They had long received the news from the Great Celestial Court. All the officials of Hanging Cloud City were waiting outside the city to welcome the Celestial Lord. All of them were filled with trepidation.
A new emperor brought his own courtiers.
The former Young Immortal Master Liang Shuqing was already dead, and the new Young Immortal Master Mu Mu was a complete stranger to many people. The only information they had was from the Great Celestial Court and the information they had collected these days. It was not complete, so many people didn't know where to start even if they wanted to curry favor with Li Mu.
The welcoming ceremony was grand and splendid.
The heads of the six prefectures of the small Immortal Court were all present, not daring to be the slightest bit negligent.
Because the Young Immortal Master not only had the power to appoint and dismiss all the officials of the branch, but sometimes he even had the power to kill them. It could be said that with great power in hand, who dared to disobey him?
He Chenzi tried his best to introduce them, saying, "Your Honor, these are Ren Weizhi, the head of the Military Department, Jiao Huang, the head of the Punishment Department, Zhang Wenyuan, the head of the Ceremonial Department, Ren Fangzhou, the head of the Government Department, Pei Wei, the head of the Treasury Department, Gao Min …"
The six people bowed their heads in front of Li Mu with great respect.
Li Mu glanced at them.
These people were all Immortal Generals. In the past, they could barely be regarded as masters in front of Li Mu, but now … they were not worth mentioning.
Li Mu just nodded and did not say a word. At the very least, he skipped the formalities and went straight into the city.
The six Peak Lords were all shocked.
It seemed that the new Young Immortal Master was not easy to get along with. Their hearts became more and more uneasy.
Hanging Cloud City was not big, and there were no immortal citizens living in the city.
This was within Li Mu's expectations.
Because the entire small Immortal Court was actually an existence like a war fortress.
The celestial soldiers and generals had never been involved in production. All the resources were contributed by the sects and forces in the prefecture, just like how the ancient places on Earth paid taxes to the central government. Countless immortal citizens struggled to survive in the harsh environment, and at the same time, they supported the immortal court.
The layout of the city was extremely neat, and the streets were square. The buildings were built in different styles, but they had one thing in common – heavy, and military defense was the first consideration.
It was a square-shaped city.
The four city walls.
The four city gates.
The four main roads converged at the Lingxiao Hall in the center, and like four knives, the entire Hanging Cloud City was divided into four parts.
There were about a hundred thousand soldiers stationed in the city, all carefully selected elites of the prefecture. They were well-equipped, well-trained, well-equipped, and well-trained, and should not be underestimated.
These garrisons were considered to be 'civil servants'.
Apart from fighting, their only task was to constantly cultivate and improve their combat strength.
The Immortal Court was extremely generous to the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals. With the support of sufficient cultivation resources such as immortal crystals, immortal gold, divine herbs, medicinal herbs, elixirs, Cultivation Methods, and so on, as long as each person's rank allowed it, they would be satisfied to the greatest extent.
This was the benefit of being a 'civil servant'.
Back then, He Chenzi vowed to recruit Li Mu, thinking that he could easily get him, and that was the reason why he used the benefits of being a civil servant to entice Li Mu. But who knew that Li Mu did not fall for it at all. Now that the world had changed, He Chenzi was also full of emotions and did not know what to say.
Li Mu entered the Lingxiao Hall.
Sitting high on the throne of the Immortal Master, he looked down.
There were hundreds of civil and military officials on both sides, and all of them bowed their heads. They were all the elites of the Moon River Prefecture.
Everyone suddenly saluted and knelt down.
Just like courtiers greeting their king.
Li Mu's heart was not disturbed at all.
He narrowed his eyes. In this moment of glory that countless immortal cultivators yearned for, he had no time to savor the feeling of being high and mighty. Instead, he was thinking about how to find the missing traitorous divine guard, Windmark.
Yu Hen was dead, so the whereabouts of Feng Hen were very important.
Not only did Feng Hen know some of the "truth" about the battle of the Four Brightness Immortal Mansion, but he should also know the whereabouts of Yuan Hou.
That was what Li Mu valued most.
He must find Yuan Hou as soon as possible.
And he sat on the throne with no expression on his face and did not say a word, which made the civil and military experts on both sides confused. The anxiety in their hearts became more and more intense, and they felt that the new Immortal Master was more unfathomable.
After a long time, Li Mu collected his thoughts.
He glanced at the crowd and said lightly, "Immortal Master Liang died in battle, and I have taken over the Moon River Prefecture. Everyone, perform your duties and continue to serve the Immortal Court. Don't neglect it."
"Huh?"
"What does that mean?"
"Perform your duties?"
"Don't dismiss or appoint?"
The crowd below was stunned.
"A new official doesn't even know how to do things?"
This made many of the nervous people heave a sigh of relief.
Li Mu continued, "Use all your forces to find the whereabouts of Feng Hen. No matter who it is, if he can report the whereabouts of Feng Hen, he will become the second most powerful person in Hanging Cloud City, second only to me … Do you understand?"
His voice echoed throughout the Sky Reaching Hall.
After a moment of shock, the crowd's eyes immediately bloomed with a fiery light.
The Great Immortal Court had already issued a reward for the news that Feng Hen had escaped from the battle of the Four Brightness Immortal Mansion.
However, the Small Immortal Court of Moon River Prefecture was just passive and perfunctory.
After all, an extremely dangerous figure like Feng Hen was not someone ordinary people could deal with. Even the heads of the six prefectures would probably be in danger if they encountered him. No one would really take the initiative to kill Feng Hen.
But now it was different.
What the Young Immortal Master needed was to find the whereabouts of Feng Hen.
If he just looked for traces instead of fighting head-on to capture him, the degree of danger would be greatly reduced.
In return, he would become the second most powerful person in the Small Immortal Court.
It was a relatively acceptable risk, but it could be exchanged for a huge reward.
All of a sudden, all the immortal experts in the Sky Reaching Hall were inexplicably tempted.
"You may leave."
Li Mu waved his hand.
The officials bowed again, retreated, and filed out.
Everyone's pace was very fast, and they could not wait to mobilize all the forces they could use to arrange the task of finding Feng Hen.
They could also see that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
The new Young Immortal Master wanted to make a contribution and capture Feng Hen, further stabilize his position, and present a gift to the new Great Immortal Master. Only by finding Feng Hen's whereabouts could he win the favor of the Young Immortal Master.
Fortunately, the previous news said that Feng Hen was in the Siming Mountain Range, and the power of the Moon River Prefecture could extend there, so it was not difficult to investigate.
"Summon He Yingxin."
Li Mu said again.
He Chenzi hurriedly sent someone to invite him.
He became Li Mu's temporary attendant, and he was very active, hoping to get Li Mu's approval and go further. After all, there were 20 Celestial Masters like him in the Li Mansion, and it was as difficult as ascending to heaven to stand out in the normal way.
Soon, He Yingxin came to the Lingxiao Hall.
"Greetings, Your Honor." The aggressive young man maintained a calm expression from beginning to end, perfectly combining the two contrasting temperaments of being aggressive and silent as ice.
Li Mu said, "Your people also spread out and use all their strength to find Feng Hen for me."
He Yingxin said, "About the takeover of the troops in the city …"
Li Mu waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it."
He Yingxin was stunned and said, "Yes, Your Honor." Then, he turned around and went out.
Li Mu sat on the throne in the Lingxiao Hall, looked at the empty hall, and thought about every step of the plan.
It was a surprise to learn the whereabouts of Ye Wuhen.
However, at this time, Ye Wuhen should have returned to the Central Chaotic Realm with Fang Tianyi's body, so he might not see her in a short time.
At present, the most urgent thing was to find Feng Hen.
And the long-term goal that must be planned was to find Wang Shiyu and Hua Xiangrong.
The vast Immortal World was full of dangers. Li Mu was really worried about the two of them. Now that he had the strength and influence, he could start to look for them.
There was another matter that puzzled him no matter how he thought about it.
That day, in the hidden treasure spot on the Mysterious Trail, he killed the master of the Demon Refining Pavilion, but he saw a bracelet, which was suspected to be from the old faker. How the bracelet fell into the hands of the Demon Refining Pavilion was also something that he needed to figure out as soon as possible.
After thinking for a while, he ordered He Chenzi to go to the Demon Refining Pavilion and indirectly inquire about it.
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