Although Illusion Princess didn't have the confidence to scold the Empress because she was afraid, it was undeniable that what she said made sense.
She said what Li Mu didn't dare to say.
The Empress was even more suspicious than Liu Hanyan. Just as Illusion Princess said, if she trusted Li Mu, why would she use the telescope to check on Li Mu every day? Why would she come here personally?
The Empress looked at Illusion Princess again, and Illusion Princess instantly disappeared behind the door.
Li Mu was now in an awkward situation.
Just now, in front of the Empress, he not only said that she was narrow-minded and liked to be suspicious, but he also asked the Empress if she wanted him to be the Empress of the Great Zhou. He had narrowed his own path.
No, this wasn't narrow-mindedness. He had personally cut off his own path.
Zhou Yi looked at Li Mu. Li Mu also looked at her. His lips moved a few times. He wanted to explain, but he realized that his words were too harsh. He couldn't explain it now.
He didn't plan to explain it. He lowered his head and said, "I'm guilty. I shouldn't have talked about Your Majesty. Please punish me."
Since he couldn't explain, he might as well give up. With his understanding of the Empress, she would at most let him stand here for a while.
Zhou Yi glared at him and said, "Stand here for a while. Don't do it again."
How could she really punish Li Mu? Not to mention that she admitted to what Li Mu said. If she punished him here, wouldn't she be giving that fox a chance?
If she hurt his heart, that fox would take advantage of the situation and seduce him to become the Empress of Thousand Fox Country. Who would she cry to?
Illusion Princess was outside the door. It would be best if Zhou Yi punished Li Mu severely. That way, she would have a chance to interfere. Unexpectedly, Zhou Yi didn't fall for it. Illusion Princess couldn't help but poke her head out and mock, "That's it?"
Zhou Yi waved her hand and Phantom Princess's body flew hundreds of feet away. The door of the main hall was closed immediately. The matter between the two of them could not be interfered with by others, especially by this fox with evil intentions.
Three hundred meters away, Illusion Princess's figure appeared and immediately flew back. However, she found that as long as she was within three meters of the palace gate, she would be teleported three hundred meters away again.
After a few times, she stood 300 meters away and angrily pointed at the palace gate, shouting, "Surnamed Zhou, this is my place, get out here!"
The person she disliked the most and the person she loved the most stayed in her harem, only she was chased away. Huan Ji was so angry that her entire body trembled, but in the face of absolute power, she was helpless. A deep sense of helplessness surged from the bottom of her heart.
In the square, Phantom Princess's chest heaved up and down. She had never desired power as much as she did now.
But in the end, she could only fiercely stomp her feet, turn around and leave.
Li Mu was surprised by the arrival of the Empress.
She had actually turned into Mr. Mei. Li Mu's intuition told him that this was not the first time. After thinking about it, there were a few times when Mr. Mei was not quite right. After Li Mu complained about the Empress to her, he was ravaged that night.
Li Mu did not dare to mention this matter, in case the Empress became angry again.
The person she was most unhappy about coming to the Yao Kingdom was Illusion Princess. Li Mu had not seen her for two whole days. In front of a true Empress, her identity, status, strength, and everything else was mercilessly crushed.
The prideful Illusion Princess chose to escape when facing the Empress.
In the past two days, Li Mu had drafted a treaty of alliance between the Thousand Fox Nation and the Great Zhou. This treaty did not involve the common people. It was mainly about the trade between the two courts. In the Great Zhou's Department of Consecration, there were consecrators who were responsible for refining weapons, refining pills, and writing talismans. They supplied the local government offices of the 36 counties. A large amount of resources were needed here.
Although the Ancestral State was vast, humans had lived there for thousands of years. All kinds of resources were on the verge of exhaustion.
On the contrary, although the Life State was far smaller than the Ancestral State, it was vast and had few demons. It was rich in all kinds of minerals and spiritual herbs. These were indispensable for refining weapons, talismans, and refining pills. These things were not very useful in the hands of demons. Most demons could only gnaw on spiritual herbs to absorb the spiritual power. The utilization of spiritual power was less than 10%, resulting in a large waste of resources.
Through refining pills, the medicinal power could be maximized. All kinds of spiritual herbs complemented each other, and the benefits could reach more than 100%.
The Thousand Fox Nation exchanged minerals, spiritual herbs, and spiritual jades with the Great Zhou court for pills, Fu-lu, and weapons. They took what they needed and benefited each other.
Hu Jiu took the treaty drafted by Li Mu and went to Phantom Princess for final confirmation. Zhou Yi was playing chess with Li Mu out of boredom. He picked up a chess piece and was about to put it down when his wrist suddenly stopped in the air and he looked outside.
Then, Li Mu sensed that two auras connected to his mind appeared a hundred miles away from the Thousand Fox Nation.
Not long after, outside the Thousand Fox Nation.
More than a dozen figures bowed to Li Mu and said, "Greetings, Grand Elder!"
These people all exuded the aura of the Fifth Realm, and a few of them had reached the peak of the Fifth Realm.
Li Mu looked at them and said indifferently, "You may rise."
This time, in addition to the two demon corpses, he also asked Chen Shiyi to bring all the Corpse Sect disciples above the Fifth Realm to the Thousand Fox Nation. The Corpse Sect disciples and the experts by Phantom Princess's side were the backbone of the force. They were not inferior to the Celestial Wolf Nation.
Chen Shiyi was excited and said in a trembling voice, "Grand Elder, we did it …"
Li Mu felt everyone's excitement. For them, who had devoted their lives to refining corpses, there was nothing more satisfying than refining two Seventh Realm spiritual corpses with their own hands.
If there was, then they would definitely refine even more powerful spiritual corpses.
Each of the people carried a coffin on their backs. Above their heads, there were two huge coffins floating.
Li Mu thought, and the lids of the two coffins popped open. Two figures flew out of the coffins and floated quietly in the air.
After refining, the two Seventh Realm demon corpses no longer had any Demonic Qi or Corpse Qi. They looked no different from ordinary people, only more muscular. However, their bodies were even more indestructible than Seventh Realm Xuan Demons. At the same time, they had the ability of zombies, which greatly restrained the physical body and Primordial Spirit.
Originally, refining a Level-7 Demonic Corpse wasn't that easy. Just the initial refinement and the collection of materials for refining the Demonic Corpse required an extremely long time.
Emperor Bai had made these demon corpses for the later refining. Therefore, as early as three thousand years ago, he had helped Li Mu complete the initial refining.
As for the materials for the later stages of refining corpses, the rich and powerful Demonic Path Holy Sect would take care of them. Who knew how much time this would save him?
On the other hand, the final refining step took at most eighty-one days and as short as forty-nine days. It was the easiest to complete.
After entering the Thousand Fox Nation, Li Mu looked at Chen Shiyi and the others and said, "Stay in the Thousand Fox Nation for the time being and listen to the Queen's orders."
Chen Shiyi and the others bowed and said, "Yes."
Looking at the statue of the First Elder of the Thousand Fox Nation, they thought of the rumors they heard on their way here in the Great Zhou. Some guesses about the First Elder's identity surfaced in their hearts.
Did the First Elder possess Li Mu's body, or did Li Mu possess the First Elder's body?
Perhaps only the First Elder in front of them knew the answer to this question.
However, the answer was not important to the people of the Corpse Sect.
The Corpse Sect was now completely separated from the Sacred Sect. They had no right to choose which side to take.
However, the people of the Corpse Sect were not afraid of the Sacred Sect, which was like a towering mountain in their hearts. They even wanted to get a few more corpses to refine. After personally refining two Seventh Realm and eight Sixth Realm corpses, their confidence had greatly increased.
After making arrangements for the people of the Corpse Sect, Zhou Yi looked at Li Mu in the Thousand Fox Nation palace and asked, "Can we go back now?"
Li Mu said, "I'll tell Huan Ji a few more things, then I can go back."
He walked out of the harem and went to Huan Ji's bedroom. He learned from Hu Liu that Huan Ji had been cultivating in seclusion for a few days.
Li Mu said, "Ask her to come out. I have something important to tell her."
Hu Liu walked in. After a while, Huan Ji walked out. Seeing Zhou Yi standing beside Li Mu, she snorted and asked, "What's the matter?"
Li Mu stretched out his hand, and a page appeared in his palm.
He looked at Huan Ji and said, "This is the Heavenly Book of the Demon Clan. Take it."
Li Mu snatched this page of the Heavenly Book from the demons in the Demon Emperor's cave. Later, he used the Clear Heart Technique to memorize all the contents of the Heavenly Book. This page of the Heavenly Book was useless to him.
Three thousand years ago, the Demon Emperor Bai Di used this page of the Heavenly Book to recruit countless powerful demons and became the Demon Emperor. As long as Huan Ji released the news, countless powerful demons would come to join her.
For the Demon Clan who lacked cultivation techniques, this was an irresistible temptation.
Huan Ji took the Heavenly Book from Li Mu's hand and said uncertainly, "You're really giving it to me?"
Li Mu continued, "The Heavenly Book contains the cultivation techniques of various races. You can use this to attract the powerful demons of the Demon Kingdom. However, you can't just let any demon comprehend it. Other than trusted subordinates, the others have to rely on contributions to obtain opportunities."
Huan Ji could feel the weight of this page. She nodded and said solemnly, "I understand."
Li Mu took out a jade slip and handed it to her. He said, "This is the cultivation technique of your Fox Clan. From one tail to nine tails, there are dozens of techniques. Take it too. It will be useful when the time comes."
Huan Ji accepted the jade slip. Zhou Yi glanced at Li Mu but didn't say anything.
Li Mu's mind moved again. Eight figures flew out from the surrounding mountains and landed on the square.
Li Mu looked at the eight demon corpses and said, "These eight demon corpses are all at the Sixth Realm. After setting up a formation, they can fight against ordinary Seventh Realm cultivators. I'll leave them with you. I've also imprinted the method to control the demon corpses in the jade slip."
Then, he waved his hand again. The last two demon corpses walked out from the Demon Emperor's Space.
Li Mu continued, "I'll leave these two Seventh Realm demon corpses to you as well. The method to control them is also in the jade slip. With them, you won't have to worry about the Blue Wolf King and the Demonic Path Sacred Sect."
Li Mu had already given Huan Ji everything he could.
Although the number of powerful cultivators around her increased sharply and she could almost unify the entire Demon Nation, Huan Ji wasn't happy at all. She looked up at Li Mu and asked, "You're leaving?"
Li Mu said, "With these two demon corpses, this place doesn't need me anymore. I have other things to do. I can't stay here forever. We'll meet again if fate wills it."
He looked at Huan Ji, then at Hu Jiu and Hu Liu. He said, "Goodbye …"
Then, he looked at the Empress and said, "Let's go."
The two figures rose into the air. Above the clouds, Zhou Yi said bitterly, "Heavenly Book, eight Sixth Realm cultivators, two Seventh Realm cultivators, and more than a dozen Fifth Realm cultivators. I never knew you were so generous. The things you gave her are almost equivalent to a Fu-lu School …"
Li Mu knew she would be jealous. He immediately explained, "Your Majesty, you can't think like that. The stronger the Thousand Fox Nation is, the better it is for the imperial court and Your Majesty. If I don't leave these demon corpses behind, the Thousand Fox Nation will definitely be destroyed by the Celestial Wolf Tribe once we leave. At that time, the Celestial Wolf Tribe will unify the Demon Nation with the support of the Demonic Path. The borders of the Great Zhou will never be peaceful. Your Majesty, you can't leave the throne to grow flowers and vegetables without worry … I'm doing this for the Thousand Fox Nation, but it's actually for Your Majesty."
Zhou Yi rolled her eyes at him. She asked, "You trust that fox so much? What if she betrays you?"
Li Mu was stunned. He really hadn't considered this question carefully.
Although he and Illusion Princess were friends who had gone through life and death together, distance tests a horse's strength, and time reveals a fox's heart. He and Illusion Princess were far from being friends for long.
The Heavenly Book, the demon corpses, and Li Mu had given almost everything to Illusion Princess. If Illusion Princess betrayed him, then he would be in deep trouble.
Although Li Mu had absolute control over these demon corpses and could take them back at any time, if such a thing really happened, the psychological blow and trauma he would suffer would never be healed.
Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, please wait here for a moment. I'll go down and talk to her."
In the square of the Thousand Fox Nation's imperial palace, Illusion Princess stomped her feet and gritted her teeth. "He said he'll always be my little snake. I knew it. In his heart, I'll always be behind Zhou Yi …"
At the mention of Zhou Yi, she was so angry that her chest began to hurt.
So what if you have a high cultivation? With a high cultivation, you can do whatever you want in other people's territory …
She took a deep breath and said firmly, "Zhou Yi, remember this. I'll take revenge for today's humiliation in the future!"
As soon as Illusion Princess's voice fell, Li Mu's figure landed on the square in front of the palace.
She was stunned for a moment, then asked in surprise, "You're not leaving?"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "Before I leave, I have something to tell you."
Illusion Princess asked, "What is it?"
Li Mu looked into her eyes and said seriously, "This time, I've given you everything. Don't let me down …"
Before Li Mu could finish his sentence, Zhou Yi's face darkened. She grabbed the air and Li Mu was directly pulled to her side.
She grabbed Li Mu's wrist and said angrily, "What are you talking about? Let's go!"
Just as the two of them were about to leave, in the distant sky, several powerful auras were rapidly approaching.
Among them, the two leading auras were particularly powerful.
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