Prefectural City.
Li Mu pushed open the door and entered. The courtyard was extremely empty. Without Liu Hanyan and Wanwan, the house instantly felt a little less lively.
When they were here, Li Mu did not feel so strongly. After they left, Li Mu realized how important it was to have a mistress in the house.
"Benefactor …"
A white figure ran out from the inner courtyard. Li Mu bent down and touched Xiao Bai's head. He said, "You can turn back into your human form in the future."
Considering Liu Hanyan's feelings, Xiao Bai appeared in her original form most of the time in front of Li Mu. In fact, Li Mu knew that she liked to turn into her human form, wear beautiful clothes and beautiful jewelry.
Human beings were the most intelligent creatures. This was a tacit fact of all the races in this world.
Therefore, no matter what kind of monster it was, the initial goal of cultivation was to turn into a human form.
After Xiao Bai turned into her human form and put on her clothes, Li Mu said, "You can go and cultivate. I'll go and cook."
Xiao Bai walked up and said, "I'll go with you. After I learn how to cook, I can cook for you myself."
From the beginning, Xiao Bai was very clear about her position.
She was here to repay Li Mu's kindness. Washing clothes, cooking, warming the bed and folding the quilt were all things she should do.
Li Mu was actually not used to being served in all aspects. However, this habit of repaying kindness was rooted in the blood of the Heavenly Fox Clan. Xiao Bai listened to him in everything, except for these things.
After a long time, Li Mu also let her be.
In the evening, when Li Mu returned to his room, Xiao Bai had already warmed the quilt for him. When Li Mu walked into the room, she turned into her original form and folded the clothes and put them on the bed.
She had just turned into her human form. Although her emotional intelligence was not as good as that of an adult human, she seemed to know that when she turned into her human form, she could not sleep with Li Mu. Sister Liu would be unhappy. However, as long as she turned into her original form, it would be fine even if she was touched and hugged by her benefactor.
When Li Mu woke up in the morning, Xiao Bai had already gotten up.
She put the hot water on Li Mu's bed and said, "Benefactor, you can come for breakfast after you wash up."
More than half a year ago, when Li Mu saved her from the hunters, he would never have thought that this would happen.
If Wanwan was Liu Hanyan's maidservant, then Xiao Bai was his maidservant. She was his personal maidservant. She washed clothes, cooked, warmed the bed, and served him. As long as she could think of it, Li Mu didn't have to worry about it.
After breakfast, Xiao Bai took the initiative to clean up the dishes while Li Mu went to the county yamen.
It had been a long time since the incident in Yang County. Li Mu had already chosen the reward from the county yamen, but the reward promised by the imperial court had not arrived.
In the beginning, in order to eliminate Xiao Yu, the people of the old faction had offered the highest reward of heaven-grade Fu-lu and heaven-grade elixirs. Later, Her Majesty the Empress personally issued a decree to exonerate Xiao Yu of her crimes. Naturally, the reward offered by the old faction was nullified.
However, Li Mu had also played a big role in Xiao Yu's repentance. Moreover, without Li Mu's consent, the new faction had made him the ambassador of the Great Zhou's officialdom. They had promoted him everywhere in the 36 counties to attract the hearts of the people and gather the public opinion. No matter what, they had to pay the endorsement fee, right?
This was only the incident in Yang County.
After that, Li Mu fought with Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon and was seriously injured. He saved tens of thousands of people in the North County and saved tens of thousands of lives. At the same time, he also prevented an extremely vicious incident from happening for the North County and the imperial court. He had made an unparalleled contribution.
If Chu Jiang Of Gojoseon's plan succeeded, it would definitely cause waves in the 36 counties and even shake the status of the current Empress.
With such a contribution, Li Mu was worried for the Empress. What reward would she give him?
On the way to the county yamen, Li Mu was thinking about these things. Suddenly, he turned around and looked behind him.
Just now, he suddenly had a creepy feeling, as if he was being stared at by some ferocious beast. When he turned around, that feeling disappeared again.
He raised his arm and saw the hair on his wrist standing on end.
Li Mu shook his head and continued to walk forward.
However, he did not go to the county yamen. Instead, he patrolled the streets. 15 minutes later, Li Mu patrolled to the city gate. He walked out of the county city, deviated from the official road, and walked into the wilderness.
Another 15 minutes later, he was already in the mountains. There was no one around him.
Li Mu suddenly stopped and turned around to look behind him. He said calmly, "Come out."
The space in front of him fluctuated. A thin old man with three long swords on his back stood not far away. He looked at him with a strange gaze and asked, "How did you find out?"
Li Mu actually did not notice it. It was just that his body instinctively sensed danger.
He left the county city and came here just to confirm it.
Now, it seemed that his senses were not wrong. Someone was indeed spying on him.
Li Mu asked, "Who are you people?"
The old man grinned and said, "The dead don't need to know so much."
As soon as he finished speaking, the space behind the old man fluctuated strangely. Four black-clothed figures appeared.
These four people wore strange armor and had wooden expressions. They did not seem like humans to Li Mu. Instead, they were like beasts. Furthermore, they were beasts without emotions.
A strange sound came from the old man's mouth, and the four black-clothed figures suddenly rushed towards Li Mu. The four of them were so fast that they even left afterimages where they stood.
This speed had already surpassed that of ordinary cultivators with remarkable abilities.
These four people did not seem to have any intelligence. Other than being fast, their attacks were very simple. However, from the momentum of their attacks, Li Mu could not take them head-on.
He used the "Swordsman" Formula to move between the four people. His mind was spinning rapidly.
At first, Li Mu thought that they were four flying corpses. However, he did not feel any corpse aura from their bodies.
He had the memories of Thousand Illusions Venerable and quickly figured out what these four people were.
"Puppets!"
Puppets and zombies were very similar, but they were fundamentally different. Zombies did not have souls and were dead. Puppets had souls and were sealed in their bodies. Zombies could instinctively attack, but puppets needed to be controlled by their masters.
After zombies gained intelligence, they would also have human emotions and know fear.
However, puppets were different. Although they had souls, they did not have their own consciousness. They were fearless and did not fear death. Among the ten demonic sects, there was a sect called the Puppet Sect. They were good at refining all kinds of puppets. Outsiders liked to buy puppets from them and raise them as sacrificial soldiers.
The thin old man in gray stood in the distance and said in surprise, "You're not old, but you know a lot …"
After special refinement, the bodies of these puppets were comparable to magic treasures. Baiyi's magic treasure was only a Profound-ranked magic treasure and could hardly hurt them.
The four puppets were comparable to cultivators with the Remarkable Power. With Li Mu's current strength, it would be difficult to defeat them. Moreover, there was an old man whose realm was unknown. He stood in the distance and watched covetously. Li Mu did not intend to expend too much of his Dharmic powers.
Unless it was a last resort, he did not intend to use Madam Chu's Dharmic powers to use dao techniques.
He took out a Fu-lu. After activating it with his Dharmic powers, the Fu-lu turned into a small golden sword and slashed at the old man in gray.
This puppet was controlled by the old man. If the controller died, the puppet would lose its ability to move.
Li Mu had obtained this talisman from robbing the county government's treasure vault. Its power was roughly equivalent to a strike from a Destiny Realm expert and could kill enemies below the Fifth Realm.
This was Li Mu's test of the old man's strength.
"High-level sword talisman!"
The old man did not expect that a small constable from the North County would have such a treasure. The sword talisman was very fast and very agile. He dodged a few times but the small golden sword still chased after him.
In the end, the old man gritted his teeth and formed a seal. When the small sword caught up, he hit his chest and spat out a mouthful of blood. The blood mist wrapped around the sword talisman and the light on the small golden sword dimmed quickly. Finally, it disappeared completely.
The old man's face became extremely pale and his Dharmic powers were greatly weakened.
He roared and formed a seal with his two hands. The three swords on his back suddenly flew out. They shone with spiritual light and attacked Li Mu.
Li Mu had already figured out the old man's strength. At most, he was a Remarkable Power cultivator and had not reached the Destiny Realm. He calmly took out another sword talisman and activated the Fu-lu. Another small golden sword appeared in the air. With a few clangs, the old man's three flying swords dimmed and flew back. The old man's Dharmic powers weakened again.
The old man was shocked. "You still have sword talismans!"
The small golden sword had already flown in front of him. The old man did not hesitate. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out another mouthful of essence blood. The small golden sword was stained with blood. The golden light dimmed and it finally collapsed.
As for the old man, after spitting out essence blood twice in a row, his Dharmic powers had weakened to the extreme. He simply sat on the ground and used all his strength to control the four puppets.
The speed of the four puppets increased dramatically. With their strong bodies, if they caught Li Mu, they would probably tear him to pieces.
The old man gritted his teeth. "I want to see how many more of your Earth Rank Fu-lu you have!"
Li Mu flipped his hand and a stack of Fu-lu appeared in his palm. He threw one out and a huge illusory hand suddenly appeared above his head. The huge hand pressed down on the four puppets and directly pressed them into the ground.
"Puff …"
Blood gushed out of the old man's mouth as he looked at Li Mu in horror.
He cursed angrily in his heart. Who said that the target this time was only a small bailiff with no background and the highest cultivation level was only at the Immortal Realm?
The Immortal Realm was at the Immortal Realm, but this Immortal Realm was too rich and overbearing.
He threw out one Earth Rank Fu-lu after another. Even a core disciple of the Fu-lu School would not be so wasteful …
Li Mu held another sword talisman in his hand. He looked at the old man and asked, "Who ordered you to come?"
This was the first time Li Mu met the old man. Naturally, he would not offend him. This person wanted to kill him as soon as they met. There must be someone behind him.
There was a mistake in the target's information. He had underestimated the opponent's strength. The old man did not want to continue fighting and retreated quickly. With a thought, Li Mu's Baiyi Sword flew out of his hand. Mrs. Chu's figure appeared and quickly chased after the old man …
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