Behind Li Mu, where no one could see, Mr. Mei looked anxious. The young female official looked angry. Finally, a beautiful woman with a noble temperament glanced at him. The next moment, three figures appeared in the Imperial Garden of the Imperial Palace.
The young female official's face was livid. She said coldly, "This person is audacious. How dare he criticize Her Majesty behind her back. I'll put him in the Internal Guard Prison right now!"
Mr. Mei opened his mouth. He wanted to plead for Li Mu, but he didn't know what to say.
Criticizing Her Majesty behind her back was a serious crime if she wanted to punish him …
The beautiful woman's expression was calm. She didn't seem angry. She said lightly, "Forget it. He just made a great contribution to abolishing the Act of Substitution. If he is imprisoned, how will he explain it to the people? Since he has contributed to the Great Zhou, I'll spare him this time."
Since the Empress had spoken, the young female official couldn't say anything else. Mr. Mei breathed a sigh of relief. He said, "Your Majesty is merciful."
The Empress said, "You can leave now. I want to admire the flowers alone."
The Empress spoke again. The two of them bowed and said, "We'll leave now."
The two of them turned and walked out of the Imperial Garden. In the Imperial Garden, the graceful and noble temperament of the beautiful woman was gone. Her pretty face was cold. She stomped her feet and gritted her teeth. "I'm so angry!"
The next moment, her figure disappeared again.
Li Mu returned to the yamen and went home with Xiao Bai.
There were many versions of the gossip about the Empress in Luoyang. However, she lived in the depths of the Imperial Palace for a long time. Even when she went to court, there would be a curtain blocking her. Even the ministers of the court had never seen her face.
Therefore, Li Mu had no way of knowing whether she was tall or short, fat or thin, beautiful or ugly.
However, Li Mu didn't care about that.
As long as she had money and power and could provide him with cultivation resources, it was fine.
When he returned home, Li Mu checked the formation he had set up. He didn't find any signs of it being invaded.
He had offended too many people this time around. Just in case, it was better for him to find some time to buy some materials to reinforce the formation and raise its prowess to another level.
After all, the Divine Capital wasn't like the North County. A Ju Shen cultivator was already considered a strong cultivator in the North County, but in the Divine Capital, he was just an ordinary follower of the officials.
Only in the Middle Realm would the situation improve.
There were still very few cultivators in the Sixth Realm. At this level, breaking through to the Upper Three Realms was often the only goal they pursued. It was very difficult for the Imperial Court to use them.
The fifth realm was the cornerstone of the imperial court, but they were not people that the minor officials Li Mu had offended could order about.
He only needed to increase the power of the formation by one level so that it could trap a Fourth Level cultivator.
As Li Mu was thinking this, he suddenly tripped and lost his balance, falling to the ground.
Xiao Bai froze for a moment, then immediately ran over and helped Li Mu up.
Li Mu patted the dust off his clothes and looked back. The place he had just walked through was flat and there were no potholes. How did he trip?
After cultivating for so long, Li Mu's agility and reflexes were dozens of times higher than before, but he didn't react at all just now.
He scratched his head in bewilderment and continued to walk forward.
Bang!
After two steps, Li Mu tripped again and almost fell.
If it wasn't for his quick reflexes, he would have fallen flat on his face like before.
He opened his Heavenly Eye and looked around vigilantly. He didn't find anything unusual. It was still the same after he used his Heavenly Eye.
From the beginning to the end, the Corpse Dog's soul didn't show any signs of alertness. This meant that his body didn't feel any danger.
Li Mu looked around and started to doubt himself.
Did something go wrong with his cultivation? Did his limbs become uncoordinated and he couldn't even walk?
After tripping twice, Xiao Bai took the initiative to support Li Mu so that he wouldn't trip again.
This time, they returned home smoothly. Li Mu returned to his room and sat cross-legged on the bed. He held two pieces of Spiritual Jade and cultivated.
Under the stimulation of his Psyche Power, the Spiritual Energy in the Spiritual Jade was absorbed by him at an incredible speed.
Xiao Bai also sat cross-legged opposite Li Mu and focused on cultivating.
After absorbing the two pieces of Spiritual Jade, Li Mu's consciousness entered the Flask Heaven Space again. He found that there were no more Spiritual Jades in it.
The Spiritual Jades that he had snatched from the county government last time were mostly distributed to Liu Hanyan, Wanwan, and Xiao Bai. He had used up all the remaining Spiritual Jades during this time.
Looking out the window, Li Mu found that it was already late. He laid down and prepared to sleep.
Xiao Bai crawled over from the end of the bed and lay down quietly beside Li Mu.
Li Mu closed his eyes and his breathing quickly became steady and long.
In his sleep, a thick white fog suddenly appeared in front of Li Mu's eyes.
"A dream?"
Li Mu stood in the white fog and clearly realized this.
A cultivator refined his three spiritual and seven physical souls. His consciousness and body were all under his control. It had been a long time since he dreamt of his own accord.
The fog in front of him surged. Li Mu saw a pavilion appear in the fog. There seemed to be a figure in the pavilion. He slowly walked towards the pavilion.
Dreams reflected one's subconscious. Li Mu was very curious about what was in his subconscious.
When he approached the pavilion, he could vaguely see the figure in the pavilion.
It seemed to be a woman. However, Li Mu couldn't see clearly because of the fog.
As Li Mu approached, the woman in the fog in the pavilion slowly turned her head.
Li Mu thought that he would see Liu Hanyan, Li Qing, or Wanwan in his dream. However, when the woman turned around, Li Mu saw an unfamiliar woman.
The woman had black hair that cascaded down like a waterfall. She had willowy eyebrows and watery eyes. She exuded a holy and noble aura. She was extremely beautiful and didn't pale in comparison to Xiao Bai.
Facing Xiao Bai every day, Li Mu wasn't that surprised by her beauty. He was just a little puzzled. Why would an unfamiliar woman appear in his dream?
Could it be that he subconsciously wanted to have a beautiful encounter with her in God's Capital behind Liu Hanyan's back?
That was impossible. After coming to God's Capital, Li Mu had always kept himself clean. He had rejected the brothel madam's offer of a lifetime of free sex. The only woman he had interacted with was Mr. Mei. Li Mu couldn't possibly have any impulse towards her.
He looked at the woman curiously. What would happen between his subconscious and the unfamiliar woman in his dream?
As soon as this thought popped into his mind, the woman in the pavilion suddenly disappeared before his eyes.
Then, a huge force came from Li Mu's buttocks and he was sent flying.
When he turned his head again, he saw that a whip had appeared in the woman's hand. She flicked her hand lightly and the shadow of the whip flew towards him.
Li Mu wanted to dodge, but he realized that his body couldn't move at all. He could only watch helplessly as the whip lashed his body. Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The long whip in the woman's hand lashed Li Mu's body over and over again. The pain was actually real. Although it wasn't unbearable, Li Mu's heart was filled with shame.
Why would he have such a dream of being lashed by a strange woman with a whip?
At this moment, Li Mu even suspected that he had some strange tendencies in his heart.
In the dream, the woman waved the whip angrily, causing a few more whip shadows to appear.
In the room, Li Mu suddenly jumped up from the bed. He opened his eyes and panted heavily.
Xiao Bai crawled up and looked at him worriedly. "Benefactor, what's wrong?" she asked.
Li Mu looked at his surroundings and came back to his senses after a long while. He shook his head and said, "It's nothing. I just had a dream …"
He lowered his head and looked at his body. There were no injuries or pain. The dream just now had been so real that he couldn't tell whether it was a dream or not.
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm.
After waking up, Li Mu had a deep self-doubt.
Why would there be such a thing in his subconscious?
Could it be that he had awakened a certain attribute in his heart after witnessing others being beaten?
Li Mu heaved a sigh of relief and patted his chest. He stopped his wild thoughts and lay down again.
After having such a nightmare, his energy was somewhat overdrawn. After lying down, he quickly fell asleep again.
The next moment, the familiar fog appeared before his eyes again.
The beautiful woman stood in the fog and looked coldly at Li Mu. She said coldly, "You still dare to come back?"
Li Mu's body stiffened. He saw several whip shadows coming at him again …
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