It would take Chen Shiyi and the others at least seven days to get here from Qianhu Country.
Taking advantage of these few days, Li Mu refined most of the spiritual herbs in his storage space into pills and distributed them to the injured soldiers of the Southern Army. They helped the soldiers of the Southern Army who had their cultivation crippled rebuild their dantian.
Although the guards of the Shen Country were stubborn, they could see more than a dozen corpses on the border as long as they looked up. It was impossible for them not to be afraid.
In recent days, the number of provocations from the people of the Shen Country across the border had decreased by more than half.
However, there was still a portion of people who were not frightened by Li Mu. Instead, they became even more aggressive and attacked more than a dozen outposts together. When the reinforcements arrived, most of the time, there were only injured soldiers of the Southern Army. The people of the Shen Country had long fled.
Li Mu asked Ao Runhe and Ao Chengxin to patrol the border for a few days, but they only caught three people.
There was no way to stop this phenomenon. It was easy to be a thief but hard to guard against a thief. No one knew where their next target would be. The only thing they could do was to kill them one by one. They would kill until they were completely afraid and would naturally stop.
A few days later.
Li Mu met Chen Shiyi, Han Shisan, and Sun Qi in the tent. These three were the three strongest elders of the Corpse Sect. They were also quite accomplished in the path of refining corpses.
The three of them knelt on one knee and bowed to Li Mu with cupped fists. They said loudly, "Greetings, Grand Elder!"
Li Mu gestured for them to stand up and asked, "How is the situation of the Demon Country now?"
Chen Shiyi said, "Ever since the last battle, the Tianlang Country has been holed up in their territory and hasn't made any moves. The Qianhu Country is absorbing the surrounding demons."
Li Mu asked again, "What has Phantom Princess been doing recently?"
Chen Shiyi said, "Ever since Her Majesty returned from the Great Zhou, she has been in seclusion."
After asking them a few questions, Li Mu said again, "I called you here this time because I have a mission for you. Follow me."
Li Mu brought the three of them to the Southern Army's Martyrs' Monument. At the same time, he asked Commander Zhang to bring the three guards of the Shen Kingdom who had attacked the Southern Army's outpost and injured the Southern Army's outpost.
The stone stele was erected near the border between the two countries. The river was the boundary between the two countries. On one side was the Great Zhou, and on the other side was the Shen Kingdom. Both countries had a large number of troops stationed on both sides of the river. When Li Mu and his people gathered on the north bank, the Shen Kingdom's guards on the other side could not help but watch.
"What do these Zhou people want to do?"
"What do they want to do to Raj, Ka, and Sharma?"
"No, those Zhou people raised their blades at them. Could it be that he wants to kill them?"
…
On the north bank, a deputy general said loudly in the official language of the Shen Nation, "These three people crossed the border and attacked our Southern Army's outpost. They injured our soldiers and should be executed according to the law. Take this as a warning and don't repeat their mistakes. Execute them!"
Swish, swish, swish!
The executioner waved his blade and the three Shen Kingdom's guards were beheaded. Blood sprayed on the ground below the monument.
Since the time of the previous emperor of the Great Zhou, the Shen Kingdom had enjoyed many privileges in the Great Zhou. One of the most important privileges was that the Great Zhou had no right to punish the Shen Kingdom's citizens. No matter what crimes the Shen Kingdom's soldiers and civilians committed in the Great Zhou, they would be handed over to the Shen Kingdom's imperial court for punishment.
The Shen Kingdom naturally would not punish its own citizens. In the past, it would only put on a show and release them.
But just now, they had seen with their own eyes that their friends and compatriots were executed by the Zhou Kingdom. Not only did this not frighten them, it made them even angrier.
"We will settle this score with you sooner or later!"
"Raj, Ka, and Sharma will not die in vain. We will avenge you!"
"Just you wait. I will drag ten times the number of Zhou Kingdom's citizens to accompany you in death!"
A large number of Shen Kingdom's soldiers looked across the river. Their voices were filled with grief and indignation. Then, another scene occurred across the river that they could not understand. They did not know when it started, but a gray fog suddenly enveloped the corpses of Raj, Ka, and Sharma. Moreover, it continued to spread. After being killed by the Zhou Kingdom's people, the dozen or so corpses of the Shen Kingdom's guards who were kneeling in front of the monument were also enveloped by the gray fog.
The gray fog was deathly silent. The noisy Shen Kingdom's guards on the other side of the river also slowly quieted down.
The gray fog gave them a strange feeling from the bottom of their hearts. A terrifying atmosphere spread among the Shen Kingdom's army.
Ao Run looked at the gray fog from afar and felt extremely uncomfortable. He carefully asked Li Mu, "Master, what are they doing?"
Li Mu lightly said, "Refining corpses."
Ao Run took a deep breath. These Shen Kingdom's people were too pitiful. Even after death, they could not rest in peace and were even refined into zombies. Although he did not sympathize with these people who had no bottom line compared to him, he still could not help but feel fear from the bottom of his heart.
What made him even more afraid was that the way his master looked at those corpses just now was very familiar to him.
After Ao Run carefully recalled, his body could not help but tremble. Wasn't that the way his master looked at him when he first captured him?
Could it be that at that time, his master also intended to refine him into a corpse?
Thinking of this, Ao Run felt a lingering fear. If it was not for his quick-wittedness at that time, perhaps he would have already become an obedient flood dragon corpse. A sense of fear spread throughout his body. Ao Run's legs went soft and he directly knelt down.
Li Mu looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"
Ao Run swallowed a mouthful of saliva and knelt on the ground. He conveniently said, "Master, are your legs sore? Let me help you massage them …"
Ao Chengxin also hurriedly ran over and stood behind Li Mu. He said, "Let me help you massage your shoulders."
The longer she stayed by this man's side, the more terrifying things she saw. In the past, she thought that death would be the end of everything. She did not expect that death was not the end. She could not imagine that after death, the corpses would still have to suffer such torture.
Beside Commander Zhang, a secretary's throat moved. He asked, "General, they are already dead. Is it too inhumane for us to do this?"
Commander Zhang looked at him and coldly asked, "Humanity? What is humanity? Humanity is our soldiers, our people. Do we have to endlessly suffer the harassment of the Shen Kingdom's people? Let me tell you what humanity is. Humanity is to do our best to protect the people of our Great Zhou. Anyone who dares to offend our Great Zhou will have to pay a painful price. Even if they die, their corpses will continue to atone for their crimes!"
The secretary swallowed a mouthful of saliva and lowered his head. He did not ask any more questions.
Two hours later, on the south bank, hundreds of Shen Kingdom's guards waited anxiously. The gray fog on the other side of the bank finally dissipated.
In the gray fog, besides the three Great Zhou people, there were also a dozen figures standing in neat rows. Their bodies exuded a strange aura. When the Shen Kingdom's guards saw these people, their expressions changed greatly.
"Is that Sharma? He was clearly dead. How did he come back to life?"
"Raj and Ka Di are also inside. What happened to them?"
"Ganesh, Sutar … the dead have all come back to life. What did the Great Zhou people do to them?"
"Is that Lord Barat? He was a Fifth Realm expert three years ago. He actually died at the hands of the Great Zhou people!"
"It's too scary. They are already dead, but they can't rest in peace …"
…
At this time, the expressions of the Shen Kingdom's guards had changed from anger to fear. Their friends and companions could not rest in peace after their deaths. They had become such terrifying existences. This was even more frightening than the war with the Great Zhou.
Chen Shiyi and the other two shook the bells in their hands. The zombies refined from the corpses of the Shen Kingdom's prisoners hopped away with them.
What was going on during these two hours was only the initial sacrificial refining. Only after all the sacrificial refining was completed would the zombies be able to unleash their strongest strength.
Li Mu looked at the reactions of the Shen Kingdom's people on the other side of the bank and turned to leave.
He wanted to refine those people into zombies in front of them. He wanted them to see clearly that the consequences of invading the Great Zhou were even more terrifying than death.
In the tent, Li Mu said to Commander Zhang, "Have the army's secretary write an official document and have the South County's local government post it everywhere in the city. In the future, every time an invader is killed, everyone must be informed."
Seven days later, the sentries of the South Army's various outposts reported that the Shen Kingdom's people did not make any more movements. There were also no disturbances in the counties.
This series of thunderous methods finally completely suppressed the Shen Kingdom's people.
Li Mu asked the Empress through the spirit conch. In the ancestral temple, the Psychic Power Cauldron in the South County shone brightly again. Although it had not returned to normal, it was only a matter of time.
After severely punishing the people of the Shen Kingdom, the Psychic Power of the people of the South County would greatly increase. As long as the stability of the South County could be maintained, the matter of the Psychic Power could be resolved.
Although he had only been in the South County for less than half a month and had already resolved these two problems, Li Mu did not plan to go back just like that.
He could not swallow the anger of the Shen Kingdom.
Great Zhou did not have any other thoughts about the Shen Kingdom. Firstly, Great Zhou's territory was large enough and did not have much interest in occupying the Shen Kingdom. Otherwise, the Shen Kingdom would have been incorporated into Great Zhou's territory a hundred years ago.
Secondly, the Yong Kingdom, the Jing Kingdom, the Liang Kingdom, and the other kingdoms had similar cultures with Great Zhou. They shared a common language, and it was difficult to distinguish the citizens of each country from their appearance. However, the Shen Kingdom was different. The appearance of the people of the Shen Kingdom was very different from that of the other countries, and their cultural customs were also very different. To the countries of Zuzhou, they were a foreign race. Great Zhou only wanted to protect its own territory and had no interest in occupying the land of a foreign race.
However, since the establishment of Great Zhou, the Shen Kingdom had been tirelessly testing the boundaries of death. Whenever Great Zhou was in trouble, the Shen Kingdom would take advantage of the situation and disturb the Psychic Power of the people of the South County. Although it would not cause much harm to Great Zhou, it was disgusting enough.
Li Mu could not lead troops to attack the Shen Kingdom. After all, although the Shen Kingdom's strength was not as strong as Great Zhou's, it was not a pushover. Although Great Zhou could win, it would also give other people with bad intentions an opportunity to take advantage of.
Once there were enemies in many places, no matter how powerful an empire was, it could be worn down.
However, Li Mu could not swallow this anger.
This matter needed to be considered at length. There was still one more thing to do. Li Mu sat in the tent and said, "Cheng Xin, come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, a figure rushed in.
Ao Cheng Xin stood in the tent nervously, waiting for Li Mu's orders.
Li Mu looked up at her and asked, "You said that your Neidan was stolen by someone in the Shen Kingdom?"
Ao Cheng Xin immediately raised her right hand and said, "I swear that what I said is true!"
Li Mu did not doubt her words. There was no doubt about the strength of the Dragon Race. If her Neidan was still there, Li Mu might not have been able to take her down so easily. Giving the Empress a dragon without a Neidan would show that he did not take her seriously. Before giving it to the Empress, he needed to find her Neidan first.
Li Mu asked, "Who stole your Neidan? Where is he now? How strong is he?"
Ao Cheng Xin looked up at Li Mu and was stunned for a moment. Then, she said, "I don't know where he is now, but I can sense the location of the Neidan. His … his strength should be at the Sixth Realm of you humans."
Li Mu walked to her side and said calmly, "Take me to him."
Shen Kingdom, Southern Bang.
Ao Cheng Xin sat on a flying boat in the sky. It was hard to describe what she was feeling.
Although she had fallen into the hands of a human again, this human did not do anything to her. Instead, he took her to find her Neidan. This made her, who thought that she had fallen into the claws of a demon, feel quite disappointed.
Li Mu stood at the bow of the boat. He did not turn his head and asked, "How far is it?"
Ao Cheng Xin pointed ahead and said, "It's just ahead. I can sense that we are getting closer and closer to the Neidan."
Li Mu accelerated the flying boat. When they reached the sky above a certain plain, the flying boat suddenly stopped and rapidly descended.
Outside a certain village, in the dense grass, a woman's screams and cries for help could be heard.
The five men laughed obscenely and violently tore off her clothes. The woman's heart-wrenching voice was filled with despair. Finally, it alerted a family at the entrance of the village. A man ran out and stood outside the bushes. He shouted, "What are you doing!"
The five men looked back at him and pointed at the woman on the grass. The man looked at her exposed skin and a lustful light flashed in his eyes. He took off his long robe and slowly walked in.
When the woman saw this, her eyes were filled with despair. However, just as the six men were about to tear off the last layer of her clothes, their bodies suddenly left the ground and slowly floated in the air.
A young man and woman slowly landed on the ground.
Li Mu reached out and a piece of clothing appeared in his hand. The clothing automatically flew over and covered the woman.
The woman hurriedly used the clothing to cover her body. Li Mu looked at the six men. They felt a sharp pain between their legs and then fainted.
Ao Cheng Xin stood behind Li Mu and secretly sized him up. She realized that she could not see through this man.
The Great Zhou and the Shen Kingdom were clearly enemies. The people of the Shen Kingdom had done so many terrible things in the Great Zhou. He killed the people of the Shen Kingdom cleanly without even blinking. Yet, he was willing to save this woman from the Shen Kingdom. She did not know what he was thinking.
"Alicia, Alicia!"
A man's voice came from afar. The woman used the clothing Li Mu gave her to wrap her body and ran into the distance. Soon, she came back with another man. She knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Li Mu and Ao Cheng Xin in gratitude.
Before coming to the Shen Kingdom, Li Mu had already learned the language of the Shen Kingdom through the jade slip that Commander Zhang gave him. For cultivators like them, there was no language barrier at all.
Li Mu did not say anything in the face of their gratitude. He took Ao Cheng Xin and flew back into the sky. He killed the people of the Shen Kingdom for the sake of the soldiers and innocent people of the Great Zhou. He saved this woman from the Shen Kingdom only because of his own conscience.
However, before he left, he took another look at the young man. A strange look flashed across his eyes.
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