"Greetings, Queen!"
"Greetings, Queen!"
"Long live the Queen and unite the Demon Nation!"
...
Phantasmagoria was holding her coronation ceremony in front of the palace. Li Mu had just finished communicating with Chen Shiyi on the stone steps in front of a palace.
The materials needed to refine the two demonic corpses had already been sent over by the messenger a month ago. Because the materials were sufficient, Chen Shiyi, who originally planned to refine the two demonic corpses for 49 days, decided to extend the time to 81 days.
Nine was the extreme number, and the extreme of nine was also the limit of the refining time.
After 81 days of refining, the two demon corpses would be unimaginably tough. Even a true Seventh Realm cultivator would have a hard time dealing with them.
Li Mu sat on the steps. Suddenly, his vision darkened.
He looked up and saw Phantasmagoria standing in front of him.
She held a scepter in her hand and wore a crown on her head. She wore a red robe that was similar to the Empress' dragon robe, but embroidered on it was the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox.
Li Mu was gratified. Under his tireless efforts, this fox had finally become the Empress. It could be said that he had raised her single-handedly.
Phantasmagoria looked down at Li Mu and said, "Follow me."
Seeing her walk into the palace, Li Mu walked in as well.
Phantasmagoria stood in the palace. The top of the scepter in her hand was embedded with a gem that emitted a faint fluorescent light.
Li Mu's vision blurred. Suddenly, he appeared in another space.
This space was not big. It could not be compared to the Demon Emperor's space or the Empress' secret garden. But the things in the space made Li Mu's throat move uncontrollably.
Magic treasures were scattered all over the place.
Spiritual herbs were piled up like a mountain. Just breathing in the medicinal fragrance caused Li Mu's magic power to circulate faster.
There were countless spirit jades, and all of them were of high quality. Li Mu saw several millstone-sized treasures with a single glance. This kind of spirit jade was simply a top grade material for setting up a spirit gathering array.
This was obviously the treasury of the Thousand Fox Nation. Although Transcendent Treasures were not very attractive to Li Mu, he had never seen so many Spiritual Jades before. There were mountains of Spiritual Medicine piled up here, and it was likely that there were more Spiritual Medicines here than in the Talisman Sect and the Empress combined.
After all, the Yao Nation located in the Life State was covered in forests and was rich in natural treasures. In this aspect, the Yao Nation had a unique advantage.
Phantasmagoria generously waved her hand at Li Mu and said, "Take whatever you like. Is Zhou Yi as generous as me?"
Li Mu looked at Phantasmagoria in shock. What was the meaning of this?
This little fox who had just been crowned wanted to prove that she was more generous than the Empress?
However, it was true that the Empress did not let him choose casually. But with the Empress's support, whether it was spirit jades, magic treasures, or other things, he did not lack. Li Mu waved his hand and said, "You can keep it. I don't lack these."
Phantasmagoria frowned and said, "Just choose when I let you choose. Why didn't you refuse Zhou Yi?"
The Empress gave him things, not quantity, but quality. Every one of them could be of great use at a critical time. Phantasmagoria was more like an explosive fox. She was generous, but her temperament had not caught up yet.
Li Mu did not have the heart to discourage her. He chose some spirit jades and some spiritual herbs before Phantasmagoria took him away.
The first thing Phantasmagoria did after she was crowned was to generously bring Li Mu into her little treasure trove and let him choose whatever he liked.
She wanted to let him know that she could do what Zhou Yi could do, and she could do it better.
When she returned to her bedroom, she saw Hu Jiu and Hu Liu standing outside the hall with worried expressions.
She walked up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Hu Liu sighed softly and said, "The elders have all returned to their respective abodes to cultivate with the excuse of recuperating. We have too few people who can be used …"
Thousand Fox Nation had gone through two major changes. Meizong no longer existed. The elders of Meizong and her personal guards were either dead or betrayed her. Now, Thousand Fox Nation only had a dozen or so Fifth Realm cultivators who could be used. They were the backbone of the nation's defense.
However, the Demon Nation had always worshipped the strong. Although Phantasmagoria eventually became the queen of Thousand Fox Nation under Li Mu's threat, she did not convince the elders from the bottom of their hearts.
Now that Phantasmagoria had been crowned queen, the only subordinates she could truly trust were Hu Liu and Hu Jiu.
She lacked her true confidants.
If she did not have enough strong subordinates, then the queen's position would be meaningless.
After truly becoming the ruler of a nation, Phantasmagoria finally understood the difficulties of being in a high position.
Not only did she lack strong subordinates, but she also lacked the corresponding experience in how to manage the affairs of Thousand Fox Nation. It was already so difficult to manage a small Demon Nation, let alone the Great Zhou Nation. If she did not do a good job, wouldn't it mean that she was far inferior to Zhou Yi? Phantasmagoria thought for a while and ordered, "Don't worry about the elders for now. Choose some loyal subordinates and form a team of personal guards. I will give you some spiritual jades and distribute them to them so that they can cultivate well. I will take care of the other matters myself …"
In the past few days, Phantasmagoria was so busy with the various affairs of the Demon Nation that she did not have much time to care about Li Mu.
Five days later, Li Mu walked into Phantasmagoria's bedroom with two snakeskin bags.
He threw the two snakeskin bags on the ground. Phantasmagoria, who was thinking about how to reorganize Thousand Fox Nation, looked up and asked in confusion, "What are these?"
Li Mu pointed to one of the big bags and said, "This bag contains Transformation Pills. It can allow demons to transform in advance."
Then he pointed to a small bag and said, "This bag contains Breakthrough Pills. It can greatly increase the chances of demons at the peak of the Fourth Realm advancing to the Fifth Realm. I refined these using the spiritual medicine you gave me. Choose some subordinates you trust and distribute them …"
Hu Jiu and Hu Liu looked at the two snakeskin bags that Li Mu casually threw on the ground, their eyes shining.
Although there were no Fifth Realm cultivators in their newly formed personal guards, there were many at the peak of the Fourth Realm. Even if some of them could advance to the Fifth Realm, it would immediately solve the problem of the Queen's Personal Guards not having any strong subordinates.
As for the Transformation Pills, although they could not create a large number of strong cultivators, the things that demons could do in their human forms were much more than when they were in their beast forms. Creating a group of demons that could transform into human forms would also solve the problem of having no subordinates.
Hu Jiu looked at Li Mu expectantly and asked, "Do you have any pills that can allow demons to advance from the Fifth Realm to the Sixth Realm?"
Li Mu glanced at her and said, "No, we don't have enough spiritual medicine. You should focus on your cultivation. Even if we did, you don't even have a body. It's useless to eat it …"
Li Mu was already familiar with refining pills of this quality. He had already seen that Phantasmagoria had no subordinates. Even if she temporarily had Thousand Fox Nation, once he left, she would still be easily turned into a mere figurehead.
The most direct method was to personally cultivate a group of trusted subordinates for her, just like how Li Mu had done for the Empress.
In fact, Phantasmagoria's current situation was very similar to the Empress's two years ago. Solving Phantasmagoria's problem was even simpler.
In the Demon Nation, the fist was the absolute law.
First, he would create a group of strong subordinates for her. Before he left, he would also leave the eight demon corpses with her as her trump card for self-protection, as well as a deterrent to her subordinates. It would also be a weapon against the Celestial Wolf Nation. In this way, the Demonic Path Holy Sect would not be able to use the Celestial Wolf Tribe to unify the Demon Nation in a short period of time.
Li Mu even wanted to wait until Chen Shiyi and the others finished refining the two demon corpses and temporarily hand them over to Phantasmagoria.
Two Seventh Realm demon corpses, eight demon corpses that were comparable to Seventh Realm demon corpses after setting up a formation, and when the Lord of Heaven Illusion's strength recovered, Thousand Fox Nation would be able to bring out four Seventh Realm cultivators. Their top combat strength would not be inferior to the Fugu School, and it would not be difficult to unify the Demon Nation directly.
In this way, the Great Zhou Nation would no longer have to worry about the threat of the Demon Nation, and Li Mu would also have fulfilled one of his promises to the Empress. The only thing he had to worry about was whether Phantasmagoria would betray him.
Li Mu glanced at Phantasmagoria. He did not believe that Phantasmagoria would do such a thing. If such a day really came, then he would be blind to the wrong fox.
He did not think too far ahead for the time being. He walked to Phantasmagoria's side and saw her sitting at the table, writing something densely. Li Mu took a look and realized that she wanted to reform the management of Thousand Fox Nation.
After all, the Demon Nation was a demon nation. It did not have a complete official system like the Great Zhou Nation, and many places were very chaotic. It was good that Phantasmagoria wanted to reform, but she obviously did not understand these things. Li Mu was a scholar in the palace and had professional eyes for many years. The reform she proposed was simply a mess, and he could not bear to look at it directly.
Phantasmagoria bit the tip of the pen, not knowing how to proceed. Li Mu took the pen from her hand and said, "Get up."
He lifted Phantasmagoria up and sat down. Then, he crumpled the paper she had written on and threw it aside. He laid out a new piece of paper, thought for a moment, and began to write.
In the end, the Demon Nation was different from the Great Zhou court. Some things could be used, but some had to be abandoned or changed.
Phantasmagoria had always been troubled by these things. She was naturally happy that someone was willing to help her.
She stood beside Li Mu and felt relaxed after the burden on her shoulders was lifted.
At this moment, a thought suddenly popped into her mind.
It would be great if she could keep Li Mu here forever. She just so happened to need someone by her side to help her.
Suddenly, Phantasmagoria seemed to understand something, and a look of realization appeared on her face.
No wonder Zhou Yi treated Li Mu so well. She recalled the reports of the Meizong spies. Li Mu often stayed in Zhou Yi's chambers. As the Empress, Zhou Yi did not attend to her proper duties and was always gardening …
Because she had Li Mu by her side, she did not need to deal with state affairs by herself.
Because she had Li Mu by her side, when the Demon Nation underwent great changes that might threaten the Great Zhou court, as the Empress, she did not need to do anything. Li Mu would naturally clear away all obstacles for her.
No matter what happened, there would always be someone standing by her side, supporting her and helping her solve her problems.
So this was Zhou Yi's true happiness …
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