In the middle of the night, Illusion Princess returned to her palace unhappily and summoned Hu Liu.
She said gloomily, "Li Mu really likes Zhou Yi. If Zhou Yi had taken the initiative, he would have become the empress of the Great Zhou. I don't understand. We're both empresses. How am I not as good as Zhou Yi? Is she prettier than me? Does she have a better figure than me?"
Hu Liu shook her head and said, "Her Majesty and the empress of the Great Zhou are both first-class beauties in the world. In terms of appearance and figure, you can only say that each has her own merits. It's impossible to tell who's better."
Then, she changed the topic and continued, "However, the Great Zhou is vast and far beyond our Thousand Fox Nation. Her Majesty can only compete with the empress of the Great Zhou in terms of status if she unifies the entire Demon Nation. In addition, the empress of the Great Zhou is also at the top of the world. She's one realm higher than Her Majesty. Also, Li Mu is at a disadvantage compared to the empress of the Great Zhou. She has saved Li Mu many times, but we need Li Mu to save us. This is also why you can't compare to her …"
"Stop talking!" Illusion Princess waved her hand and interrupted Hu Liu.
She called Hu Liu over to comfort her. However, after listening to Hu Liu's words, she felt even worse. After sending Hu Liu away, she lay on the bed and muttered, "Love grows with time …"
The next morning, just as Li Mu woke up, two beautiful little fox demons walked in with a tray.
The breakfast of the Thousand Fox Nation looked very sumptuous. Li Mu couldn't finish it all by himself. He wanted to ask them to take away a few dishes, but when Illusion Princess walked in and sat at the table, he realized that it was a meal for two.
Illusion Princess didn't seem to be here to eat breakfast with Li Mu. She talked a lot with Li Mu about the current problems of the Thousand Fox Nation and the future direction of development.
From this, it could be seen that Phantom Princess was different from Empress. She was also the ruler of a country, but she was clearly more competent.
Huan Ji bit her chopsticks and said, "Our spies in the Sky Wolf Tribe have sent back news that the Sage Sect Elder has already left the Demon Kingdom. Do you think we should take this opportunity to attack the Sky Wolf Kingdom and take over the Sky Wolf Kingdom?"
Li Mu took a sip of the fruit drink and shook his head. "It's not time yet. A starving camel is still bigger than a horse. With the current strength of the Thousand Fox Kingdom, it won't be easy to completely capture the Celestial Wolf Kingdom. Not to mention, the Black Snake and Flying Bear Tribes are at their peak strength.
"Oh."
Huan Ji let out an 'oh' and dispelled this thought. After a while, she said, "Then teach me Fu-lu and the way of formations. I want to learn."
Since he had nothing to do, Li Mu wasn't stingy with these things. In the next two days, he taught her talisman formations when he had time. He was originally worried that Huan Ji had other motives and was plotting something, but it turned out that Li Mu was overthinking things.
He didn't know when she became interested in Fu-lu and formations. She actually studied seriously and pestered Li Mu to teach her from morning till night. It was just that her talent was a little lacking. It was fine to draw low-level Fu-lu, but the failure rate of high-level Fu-lu was very high. With her cultivation, this shouldn't have happened …
Thus, Li Mu could teach her over and over again without getting tired of it.
In some ways, she was exactly the same as Ting Xin. She looked smart and quick-witted, but when it came to learning such profound knowledge, her nature as a poor student was exposed.
She was a little stupid, but in the past few days, Li Mu also gained a lot from her.
The main thing was the ability to resist charm. When Xiao Bai had five tails, the charm in her gestures was sometimes something that Li Mu couldn't resist even without the Clear Heart Art. Huan Ji, a six-tailed fox, had to change into three different sets of beautiful clothes every day. The later it was, the less she wore. Without self-control, he really didn't dare to let her stay by his side.
Late at night, in Huan Ji's bedroom.
She stood barefoot on the ground and admired her graceful body in the mirror. After a while, she walked to the table and sat down. She held her chin with one hand and muttered, "How long is a day? Is ten days enough?"
Li Mu and Zhou Zhong had agreed that he would come to Thousand Fox Country to find him after he solved the matter of the Small Demon Country.
It wasn't until the fifth day when he was teaching Huan Ji a new Fu-lu that Hu Jiu came to report that a human was looking for him outside.
Li Mu and Huan Ji walked to the square in front of the palace. Zhou Zhong wore a long robe and stood there. He said to Li Mu, "Let's go."
Huan Ji looked at Zhou Zhong with sullen eyes. Her plan of making love had just started and was forced to stop. She didn't know when she would have such an opportunity again.
Li Mu turned to Huan Ji and said, "We're leaving."
Huan Ji waved her hand, "Let's go, let's go."
It wasn't until the three figures disappeared into the horizon that she retracted her gaze and fell into deep thought again. After a while, Huan Ji suddenly looked at Hu Liu and said, "Tell them to speed up the incorporation of the various demon races."
Hu Liu hesitated and said, "But your majesty, our territory has already expanded greatly. If we continue, we will clash with the territories of the other three races …"
Huan Ji said, "How is this considered large? It's even worse than the Great Zhou. Zhou Yi can control half of the Zu Continent, why can't I control the entire demon country …"
…
Shen Nation, Northern State.
After leaving Qianhu Nation, Li Mu and Zhou Zhong went directly to Shen Nation's Northern State.
Great Zhou had 36 counties, and Shen Nation had more than 20 states. Their states were on the same level as Great Zhou's counties, but they were different. The Great Zhou court firmly controlled the 36 counties, but Shen Nation's states were very independent. Every state was highly autonomous. Other than contributing a portion of taxes to the central government every year, the central government's control over the other states was very weak.
Even the people's Faith was firmly controlled by the religious sects that controlled the various states. The royal family of Shen Nation couldn't even get a share.
This was also the reason why Shen Nation's population was similar to Great Zhou's, but the royal family couldn't produce a Seventh Realm cultivator. All of Shen Nation's Faith was divided among countless religious sects in the various states.
Not only could they not get much from the various states, but the central government also had to give these religious sects all sorts of benefits every year in exchange for them to manage the various states, suppress rebellions, and prevent this huge country from collapsing.
The reason why this country was able to survive until now and not fall apart was because of these religious sects that had different names but were of the same origin.
They were all branches of the Ancient Shen Sect. Their names were different, but their teachings were similar. They all divided people into three, six, and nine classes. The upper-class people were served for generations, while the descendants of the lower-class people could only serve the upper-class people.
Li Mu had already investigated thoroughly. The one in control of the Shen Nation's Northern State was a sect called the Vajra Sect. This sect had countless followers in the Northern State. The Vajra Sect's leader had attained the Sixth Realm under the support of the Northern State's citizens' psychokinesis for decades.
Shen Nation's Northern State bordered Great Zhou's Southern State, so Li Mu chose this place as his target.
If he wanted to implement reforms in Northern State, the biggest obstacle would be the Vajra Sect. He had to solve this problem first.
When the three of them flew towards the Vajra Sect's Mount Vajra, Li Mu felt that this place was slightly familiar. After carefully identifying it, he remembered that he and Cheng Xin had been here not long ago. It was here that they took back Yinxin's inner core from the bald man.
As Li Mu and the other two approached, a figure flew out from the temple on the short mountain.
The bald man looked at Li Mu and Cheng Xin in horror and said angrily, "Didn't I return the inner core to you? Why are you here again?!"
Li Mu was stunned. He looked at him and asked, "You're the leader of the Vajra Sect?"
The bald man said in a deep voice, "Why are you looking for me?"
Li Mu looked at him and said, "I'm sorry for taking your things last time. This time, I'm here to give you something."
The bald man was stunned. He asked, "What is it?"
Li Mu waved his hand and threw a small bell at him.
The small bell quickly covered the sky and covered the bald man, Li Mu, and Zhou Zhong …
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