Li Mu did not have time to pay attention to the dragon. He quickly walked to the sentries and used his magic power to check their bodies.
When he withdrew his hand, Li Mu's face was gloomy. Out of the ten sentries, seven of them had their cultivation crippled, and three of them were seriously injured. Li Mu first used the Buddhist light to stabilize the injuries of the three seriously injured, and then gave them a few bottles of healing pills.
The seven sentries whose dantians were destroyed were even more troublesome to treat.
Li Mu needed to refine a cauldron of heaven-level pills to rebuild their dantians. Fortunately, his storage space was very rich. Most of them were given to him by Huan Ji. It was only a matter of time before they recovered their cultivation.
He had just arrived in the South County and had witnessed two border conflicts with his own eyes. It was enough to see how arrogant the border guards of the Shen Kingdom were.
An hour later, Li Mu arrived at the main camp of the South Army under the lead of Song Xuan and the others.
The South Army had a total of ten armies. The other nine armies were led by the First Army. Here, Li Mu met the commander of the First Army of the South Army.
This was a burly man. His cultivation was only at the fifth realm. When he saw Li Mu, he bowed to him and said, "Lord Li, I've heard a lot about you."
Li Mu went straight to the point and said, "I'll skip the pleasantries. In the past few months, the people of the South County have been too weak. I'm here for this matter."
Speaking of this, the commander of the South Army slammed his fist on the table and said, "These animals don't dare to fight us head-on, so they go around disturbing the people. Every time we arrive, it's already too late. The people are suffering because of them. Their whereabouts are unknown. In the past few months, the South Army has only caught a dozen of them. For this, several of our soldiers have also died …"
Li Mu asked, "Where are they?"
Commander Zhang said, "In the prison."
At this moment, a deputy general hurried into the tent and said, "General, people from the Shen Kingdom have come again. They're causing trouble outside and asking us to release their people."
Commander Zhang said angrily, "F-F * cking bullshit! If we let them go, would our soldiers have died for nothing?"
There was a commotion outside the tent, and a dark-skinned man in strange clothes barged in. He spoke in a non-standard Great Zhou dialect and said loudly, "You have no right to punish the people of Great Zhou. Even if they committed crimes in your country, they must be handed over to Great Zhou for punishment. This is the law set by your late emperor!"
Commander Zhang whispered into Li Mu's ear, "Although this is the rule set by the previous Emperor, we can't let this person go. Our soldiers can't die in vain. The Shen Nation must pay the price!"
Li Mu walked in front of the Shen person, looked at him, and lightly said, "The late emperor has been dead for five years. Now, this rule has been changed. The Great Zhou is the Celestial Empire. If a foreigner commits a crime in the Great Zhou, his crime will be increased by one level."
That Shen Guo man frowned and said, "Who are you? Do you think you can change a country's laws just because you say so?"
Li Mu smiled and said, "I'm sorry, but it's true."
He looked at Commander Zhang and said, "Bring the Shen Nation prisoners here."
Commander Zhang clasped his fist and ordered his men, "Bring them here."
They walked out. Outside the southern army camp, there was a row of tombstones. Commander Zhang explained to Li Mu, "These are the soldiers of the southern army who sacrificed themselves over the years. I could only bury their bodies here."
These tombstones were engraved with names and dates of birth. Li Mu looked at them. Judging from the dates of birth and death, some of the soldiers were only 18 or 19 years old when they sacrificed themselves.
Thirteen Shen Nation prisoners were brought out. Seeing dozens of their people standing outside, they thought they could go back. They smiled and were about to walk over, but they were held back by the southern army soldiers behind them.
Li Mu looked back and said, "Bring them here."
The thirteen people kept resisting and struggling, but in the end, they were brought over and stood in front of these tombstones.
Li Mu said indifferently, "Make them kneel."
The thirteen people stood straight, and none of them knelt. Li Mu looked at them, and an invisible aura came out of his body. The thirteen people suddenly felt the pressure on their bodies double, as if a mountain was pressing down on them. They gritted their teeth and wanted to continue standing, but their backs bent. As the pressure on their heads increased, their knees also bent. In the end, there were only a dozen "bang" sounds, and all of them knelt on the ground.
If they didn't kneel, that force would crush their bones.
Seeing this, the Shen Nation emissary led more than ten attendants forward. Li Mu turned to look at them, and his aura swept out. The emissary and the others couldn't help but take a few steps back. They were locked in place by a terrifying aura. They stood in place, not daring to move, and sweat poured down their foreheads like rain.
Commander Zhang, who was standing beside Li Mu, also felt this aura. He was extremely shocked. The legendary Lord Li was even more powerful than he had imagined.
There was silence in front of the tent. Li Mu looked down at the first person kneeling and asked, "What crime did he commit?"
A deputy general walked forward and said, "This person raped several women in the South Commandery."
Li Mu took out the saber at the deputy general's waist. Using his finger as a pen, he drew a rune on the saber. Then he said, "In the Great Zhou, raping a woman is punished with three to ten years in prison. If the circumstances are serious, you can be sentenced to death. You raped several women, so it's not too much to sentence you to death, right?"
Under the pressure of that powerful aura, the Shen Nation cultivator couldn't speak at all. If he opened his mouth, he would be crushed by this aura.
He couldn't speak, and he didn't have the chance to speak.
Li Mu raised his saber, and a head rolled down. Hot blood rolled down from the headless body, dyeing the ground in front of him red.
There were runes engraved on the saber. With one slash, the soul would scatter and the body would die. Even the primordial spirit and soul would not be left behind.
Commander Zhang's eyelids twitched. Soon, there was only joy left in his eyes.
He also wanted to do the same, but he didn't have Lord Li's courage.
The Shen Nation envoy's face was ashen. However, under the pressure of that aura, he couldn't take a step forward. It was even difficult for him to open his mouth.
Ao Run's face was pale. He secretly hid behind Ao Chengxin.
Ao Chengxin dared to show her toughness at the beginning because she thought that no human would dare to kill a dragon. However, she didn't dare to take the risk now.
Since just now, this seemingly gentle man had already killed two people in a row. He was so straightforward. He was simply an executioner who killed without batting an eye. Perhaps he really dared to kill a dragon.
Ao Chengxin couldn't gamble with her life. She didn't dare to gamble with her life.
At this moment, she only regretted. If she had known that the outside world was so terrifying, she would have agreed to her father's proposal. So what if she married that guy in the East Sea that she didn't like? It was better than running away from the marriage. After running away for half a year, her inner core was gone. Now, she couldn't even keep her life …
Tears flashed in her eyes. She said regretfully, "Father, I was wrong. Please come and save me …"
Li Mu cut down the first person, then looked at the second person kneeling and asked, "What crime did he commit?"
The deputy general took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, and said, "He maliciously attacked our sentry. One of our sentry was sacrificed because of this person."
"Death penalty."
Li Mu waved his saber again. Another headless body fell down.
"This person slaughtered several people in the border county and collected their souls for cultivation."
"Death penalty."
"This person …"
"Death penalty."
…
As the thirteen headless bodies fell to the ground, the surroundings of the military tent were silent. Whether it was the soldiers of the southern army or the emissary of the Shen Country, they all held their breaths. It was so quiet that they could hear their own breathing and heartbeat.
Soon, the young man from the Great Zhou spoke again. His voice wasn't loud, but it sent chills down the spines of the dozen or so people from the Shen Country.
"From today onwards, if the guards of the Shen Country cross the border without permission, their cultivation will be destroyed and they will be sent back. If they attack the outposts of the Great Zhou, if they provoke the soldiers of the Great Zhou, they will be killed without mercy. If they cause chaos in the Great Zhou, they will be killed without mercy. If they are found by the lake, they will be drowned in the lake. If they are found in the mountains, they will be hanged on a tree. No one will be spared!"
He withdrew his aura. The emissary of the Shen Country and his entourage fell to the ground, their legs weak.
Li Mu glanced at them and said to Commander Zhang, "Deport them out of the country and place the corpses of these thirteen people on the border."
The border between the Great Zhou and the Shen Country was long. The sparse outposts couldn't stop the people of the Shen Country. Only by using iron-blooded methods and killing them until they were scared could they put an end to the chaos in the South County.
Since he started cultivating, Li Mu rarely had the desire to kill. However, when he looked at the tombstones in front of the big tent of the southern army and the soldiers of the Great Zhou who had sacrificed themselves, his killing intent rose like never before.
He didn't know when it started, but he had already regarded himself as a part of the Great Zhou.
He stood in front of the thirteen headless corpses and turned around. His gaze happened to look at the pale Ao Run and Ao Chengxin.
Under Li Mu's emotionless gaze, the flood dragon and the dragon trembled at the same time.
Ao Tingxin trembled and hurriedly said, "No, don't kill me. I can guard the lake for you, and I can also be your mount. Don't you want to have a dragon as your mount?"
These words didn't move Li Mu, but Ao Run shivered. All the hair on his body stood on end, and his soul was almost scared out of his body.
If his master took this dragon as his mount, he would have nothing to do with it.
In terms of strength, he was not as strong as this female dragon.
In terms of status, he was a flood dragon, and the other party was a dragon. He was also inferior to a dragon.
In terms of gender, his master was so lecherous. Whether it was day or night, he would definitely prefer to ride a female dragon instead of a male flood dragon. In this way, he would have no value at all.
He knelt on the ground with a plop, hugging Li Mu's leg. With snot and tears, he cried, "Master, don't do this. I've worked hard even if I didn't make any contributions. You can't forget the old flood dragon when you have a new one. You can ride this female dragon. I'll guard the lake. Don't kill me …"
Li Mu kicked him away, and said angrily, "Who said I'm going to kill you?"
After kicking Ao Run away, he looked at Ao Chengxin, and said indifferently, "Although you were forced, this can't erase your crime. I'll punish you to be my mount for three years. Are you willing?"
Ao Chengxin said without any hesitation, "Yes, I'm willing to be your mount!"
Although the dragon race had the dignity of the dragon race, life was always the most important thing. It was only being ridden by this terrifying man for three years. Three years would pass very quickly. At that time, she would immediately fly into the sea. She wouldn't even want her inner core, and would never come out again.
Li Mu glanced at her, and said, "Don't be my mount. Your master is someone else. You'll know when the time comes."
He had once promised to catch a dragon for the Empress to play with as a mount. This little female dragon was just right. With the Empress's personality, she would probably be tired of playing with it after three years. At that time, he would give her back her freedom. It could be considered that he had fulfilled another promise to the Empress.
Hearing that she wasn't going to be his mount, Ao Chengxin felt a little comforted in her heart. She hoped that her master wasn't a man. It would be best if she was a beautiful young lady.
Li Mu looked at the row of tombstones again. Looking at the unfamiliar names on them, he said to Commander Zhang, "I want to build a tombstone for these heroes and engrave their names on it for future generations to revere."
Commander Zhang nodded, and said, "I'll arrange it. But where should we put this tombstone?"
Li Mu thought for a moment, and said, "Put it at the border where the people of the Shen Kingdom enter."
Great Zhou and the Shen Kingdom had been trading for many years. There was a checkpoint at the border of the South County. When the merchants of the Great Zhou left the border, the people of the Shen Kingdom entered, they had to pass through a small city.
On this day, a huge stone tombstone flew through the air and landed in front of this small city located at the border of the Great Zhou and the Shen Kingdom.
The stone tombstone was about ten feet tall. There were mysterious patterns carved on it. There were also small words secretly carved on the tombstone. Under the stone tombstone, there were more than a dozen corpses of the people of the Shen Kingdom kneeling.
The Shen Kingdom's guards had already gathered in front of the border because more than a dozen of their own people had been killed. When they saw this scene, they were even more furious.
"Damn the people of the Zhou Kingdom. How dare they humiliate the soldiers of the Shen Kingdom!"
"Our imperial court is too weak. If we send troops to the Great Zhou, our Shen Kingdom will soon become the most powerful country in the Zu Continent."
"The Emperor of the Zhou Kingdom is actually a woman. How can a country with a woman as the Emperor be the most powerful country in the Zu Continent? This title clearly belongs to our Shen Kingdom!"
"They actually humiliated our soldiers like this. I swear, I will kill ten people of the Zhou Kingdom to avenge them!"
"But the Zhou Kingdom said that if we cross the border, our cultivation will be crippled. If we violate the laws of the Zhou Kingdom, we will be killed without mercy …"
"You coward. This is for the glory of the Shen Kingdom. So what if you die?"
…
Two figures stood within the borders of the Great Zhou. All kinds of unbearable words entered their ears. Commander Zhang said, "I don't know where these people of the Shen Kingdom get their confidence from. If it wasn't for the fact that war is a waste of manpower and resources, our dynasty has always maintained peace. The Great Zhou Iron Cavalry would have already trampled the Shen Kingdom …"
Li Mu looked at the furious people of the Shen Kingdom and said lightly, "Looks like this won't scare them."
Commander Zhang said, "I have dealt with them for many years. They are just like this. Not only are they blindly confident, but they are also stubborn …"
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "Looks like just beheading them isn't enough."
If even beheading them wasn't enough, what could be more terrifying than beheading them? Commander Zhang asked doubtfully, "What else does Lord Li plan to do?"
Li Mu took out the Corpse Sect's Sound Transmission Magic Tool and channeled his mana. After waiting for a long time, Chen Shiyi's respectful voice came from the other side, "What orders does Grand Elder have?"
Li Mu said lightly, "Bring two elders and come to the Southern County of the Great Zhou to find me."
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