Zhang Chun sighed as he stood at the entrance of the palace.
Although Cui Ming had been removed from his post and became a wanted criminal, it seemed like he had won against Cui Ming. However, in another aspect, he was still inferior to Cui Ming.
What a superficial world this was. They categorized people based on their looks. People who looked like Cui Ming and Li Mu were liked and pursued by countless women. These good-looking people, whether it was their life or their career, would be smoother than most people. Even the Devil's Sect's spies required them to be good-looking ….
As for people with ordinary looks like them, they often had to put in several times more effort to obtain things that were easily within their reach.
He shook his head and sighed, "How shallow. It's fine if the women in Divine Capital are shallow, but I didn't expect the Demon Sect to be so shallow as well …"
"The more handsome a person is, the more they will be suspected. Won't I be in danger then?" A voice from behind interrupted Zhang Chun's sigh. He turned around and saw Prince Shou standing not far behind him and Li Mu with a worried look.
Zhang Chun's gaze lingered on Prince Shou's bulging belly for a while before he said, "Your Highness, you're worrying too much. No one in the imperial court is safer than you."
Prince Shou patted his chest and said, "That's good, that's good …"
After that, he seemed to have realized something. He pointed at Zhang Chun and said angrily, "Zhang, what do you mean by that? Are you saying that I'm not handsome? You're just a deputy of the Imperial Clan Temple. How dare you offend me …"
"I didn't mean that."
"I think that's what you meant. Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? What right do you have to talk about me? Let me tell you, when I was young, I was also a famous handsome man in Divine Capital …"
…
Prince Shou cursed as he got into the sedan. Zhang Chun returned to the Divine Capital yamen. Li Mu bought some groceries on the way home.
He had just returned from a business trip and planned to give himself a few days off.
When he reached the door, he saw a figure standing there.
Madame Chu stood there and looked at Li Mu. "Milord, you've returned."
Li Mu looked at her and said: "Cui Ming is a spy from the Demon Sect. The imperial court has put him on the wanted list in all thirty-six counties. He can't escape. You just have to wait for the news in the capital."
Madam Chu shook her head and said, "I'm here to bid you farewell. Cui Ming and I have an irreconcilable grudge. I want to kill this bastard with my own hands …"
Li Mu thought about it and did not try to persuade her again.
For the past twenty years, she had lived solely on hatred. Her only goal was to kill Cui Ming with her own hands. This was the knot in her heart and her obsession.
If she couldn't end Cui Ming with her own hands and resolve this obsession, it would be very difficult for her to make any progress in her cultivation.
The gap between the fifth realm and the sixth realm was the biggest gap in the first six realms. As long as a cultivator could break through to the Supernatural Realm, it was only a matter of time for them to reach the Creation Realm. Those who were less talented would be able to reach the Creation Realm after a few decades.
However, reaching the sixth realm from the fifth realm was not just a matter of time. There were many Creation Realm experts in the imperial court. The thirty-six officials were all in the Creation Realm. However, there were only a few experts in Dongxuan. If Madame Chu could not let go of the knot in her heart, she would be stuck at the fifth realm for the rest of her life.
Li Mu looked at her and said: "You have to be careful. Cui Ming has escaped from the Divine Capital. I'm afraid there will be experts from the Demon Sect around him. You'd better meet up with the experts from the imperial court and act together."
Madame Chu nodded and said: "I understand."
After she finished speaking, she slowly knelt on the ground and said: "Thank you for taking me in and helping me, sir. After I kill Cui Ming with my own hands, if I'm still alive, I'm willing to serve you as my master and be your servant …"
Li Mu waved his hand and said: "There's no need for that. For the past twenty years, you've been living for hatred. I hope that after you kill your enemy, you can live for yourself."
Madame Chu was a pitiful person. She had met a bad man who caused her own death and her entire family to be killed. However, compared to the daughter of the Jiujiang County Chief, she was considered lucky because she had the chance to kill her enemy.
The first half of her life was already unfortunate enough. Li Mu felt uneasy about taking her in as a servant.
Madame Chu kowtowed three times to Li Mu and turned to leave.
The space around Li Mu was filled with her feelings of gratitude. Ever since he condensed the seven spirits, he rarely cultivated by absorbing emotions. Compared to spiritual jades and psyche power, the way to produce the seven emotions was very troublesome. However, Li Mu did not waste the emotions left by Madame Chu.
On the path of cultivation, the easier it was to obtain a power, the harder it was to cultivate.
For example, the spiritual power of heaven and earth was contained in various places. As long as one knew how to guide it, they could refine it for cultivation. However, this method of cultivation was very slow and it was very difficult to increase one's level.
As for special powers like the seven emotions and psyche power, although they were very difficult to obtain, they could greatly increase one's cultivation speed. Li Mu's cultivation speed was so fast not because he had a Pure Yang Body, but because the people of the Divine Capital were using psyche power to support his cultivation.
Of course, the most important reason was that he had met the Empress.
If the Empress had not given him enlightenment when he was at a bottleneck, Li Mu would probably still be stuck at the Concentrating Spirit realm.
Not only did she help Li Mu break through to the next level, but in the past few nights, she had also used the Dream Entry Technique to teach Li Mu divine abilities in his dreams. Under her guidance, Li Mu made rapid progress. In just three days, he had mastered two divine abilities.
Other than that, Li Mu would also play chess with her in his dreams and chat with her. Of course, most of the time, he was asking the Empress questions about his cultivation.
After watching Madam Chu leave, Li Mu returned home and cooked dinner. After hesitating for a while, he took out the conch and activated it with his spiritual power.
"Your Majesty, have you eaten?"
There was no response from the conch for a long time. Just as Li Mu was about to put it away, the space in the courtyard rippled and the Empress appeared out of thin air.
Li Mu was very envious of her ability to transform into a living person. However, the teleportation technique required one to be at the peak of Dongxuan. He still had a long way to go.
When he was in the North Region, he used the Nature Pill to save Su He. Li Mu planned to care more for the Empress when he returned to the Divine Capital.
She was actually just an ordinary woman trapped in a cage. This had nothing to do with her identity as an empress, nor did it have anything to do with her transcendent strength. What she needed the most was not power or strength, but family and friends.
Li Mu could not be her family. He could only try his best to be her friend.
Moreover, with the healing element Xiao Bai around, she should be able to experience some feelings that the Empress could not in the palace.
After the meal, the Empress gave Xiao Bai some pointers on her cultivation. Before she left, she suddenly looked at Xiao Bai and asked, "Do you want to go to the palace with me to play?"
Xiao Bai was a little tempted. However, she first looked at Li Mu.
Li Mu nodded and said, "If you want to go, you can go with Sister Zhou."
As a single dog, she did not sleep in the middle of the night and made conch porridge with Li Mu just to listen to his love story with Liu Hanyan. It was enough to see how lonely the Empress was.
Xiao Bai was naturally adorable. If she stayed by the Empress's side, she could relieve some of her loneliness.
Different from Shangguan Li and Mr. Mei, in Xiao Bai's heart, there was no Empress of the Great Zhou. There was only Sister Zhou who treated her very well and gave her the essence of the celestial fox. The Empress did not lack people who respected her. What she lacked were people who were not afraid of her identity as the Empress and treated her as an equal.
Since ancient times, it had been lonely at the top. Whether it was the peak of strength or the peak of status, once one climbed to the top, it was easy to become lonely.
Xiao Bai had been longing for the beautiful scenery of the Imperial Garden for a long time. After seeing Li Mu agree, she happily held the Empress's hand and said, "Okay, okay …"
The two figures disappeared in front of Li Mu again. Li Mu walked to the courtyard and began to practice his new supernatural power.
After a while, in the Imperial Garden, Zhou Yi looked at Xiao Bai and asked, "Xiao Bai, how did you meet Li Mu?"
Speaking of this, a brilliant smile appeared on Xiao Bai's face as she said, "Before I could transform, I accidentally fell into a hunter's trap. It was benefactor who saved me and even bandaged my wounds. From then on, I swore to repay benefactor …"
Zhou Yi asked curiously, "How?"
Xiao Bai blushed slightly and said, "I want to marry Benefactor and stay by his side for the rest of my life …"
Zhou Yi was slightly stunned and asked, "Doesn't he already have a fiancée?"
Xiao Bai said, "Benefactor has Sister Liu and Sister Wanwan, but he can also have me. The three of us will accompany Benefactor for the rest of our lives …"
Zhou Qiong had already forgotten a certain matter, but Xiao Bai's words caused her to involuntarily recall the absurd scene she had seen in Li Mumu's dream that night. This caused her, who had never experienced something like this before, to feel an indescribable panic in her heart. She even felt a deep sense of fear.
Then, she was suddenly shocked. On the path of cultivation, this was not the first time she had felt this.
This was … an inner demon!
As her cultivation increased, the inner demon would also become stronger. Once an inner demon was born, the consequences would be unimaginable. She wanted to suppress this palpitating heart, but the more she tried not to think about it, the clearer the image in her mind became.
With great difficulty, she finally suppressed this palpitating heart with supreme determination. In her heart, she was already extremely regretful.
She had transformed into the woman in his dream and played with him in every possible way, causing Li Mu to mistakenly think that an inner demon had appeared.
Now, she had finally received her retribution.
Moreover, she could not blame Li Mu for this at all.
Because she had invaded Li Mu's dream without his consent, she could only blame herself.
Xiao Bai was playing in the imperial garden, while Zhou Yi returned to her bedroom and sat cross-legged on the bed.
The matter of an inner demon could not be underestimated. If it was ignored, the cultivation would stagnate at best, and the cultivation would regress at worst, or even suffer from Qi Deviation.
Her inner demon had arisen because of Li Mu. The simplest and fastest way was naturally to kill Li Mu, and the inner demon would naturally be eliminated.
But she could not and would not do so.
How could she bear to kill the most understanding and supportive of her? For her sake, he did not hesitate to offend all the court officials, the old and new parties, and her most capable and closest subjects in the three academies?
Zhou Yi took a deep breath, slowly closed her eyes, and began to think of other ways to eliminate the inner demon …
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