Li Mu had read many pages of the Tomes of Arcane. In the other Tomes of Arcane, most of them were about humans fighting against the giant beasts that wreaked havoc in the world. From the perspective of humans, the giant beasts were undoubtedly the villains.
However, in the Tomes of the Dragon Clan, the Dragon Clan and the giant beasts were obviously on the same side.
They helped the giant beasts deal with the human cultivators, and countless human cultivators were killed by the Dragon Clan.
According to the contents of those pages of the Tomes of Arcane, Li Mu already had some speculations about history. In ancient times or even longer ago, there were more than two races on the continent: humans and demons. At that time, the giant beasts were the overlords of the continent.
Later, in the long battle, the giant beasts were defeated and disappeared in the long river of time. The human and demon races began to appear on the stage of history and had been developing and growing to this day.
Li Mu had always found it strange. Whether it was humans or demons, when they were just born and had not been exposed to cultivation, they were very weak.
Only the Dragon Clan was comparable to the Fourth Realm of the two races when they were born. Perhaps, the Dragon Clan and those giant beasts were the same type of existence.
Li Mu did not know what happened later, but the giant beasts in the Tomes of Arcane had long disappeared in the current ten continents and three islands. Only a small number of the Dragon Clan still existed, but they could only hide in the vast sea and could not touch the land.
This was the great secret that Ao Qing mentioned in his diary. Once the contents of this Tomes of Arcane were leaked, the Dragon Clan would no longer be the divine beasts in people's hearts, but would be reduced to a class of demonic beasts.
No matter how it was in the past, at least now, the Dragon Clan and the human race could be said to live in harmony and did not invade each other.
Ao Qing sealed this Tomes of Arcane because he did not want this secret to be leaked. In today's world, perhaps only Li Mu and Cheng Xin, who had received his inheritance at the same time, could comprehend this Tomes of Arcane. Li Mu originally planned to let Cheng Xin try to comprehend it, but after reading the contents of the Tomes of Arcane, he changed his mind.
This secret could easily cause conflict between the two races. He would teach her the magical power of the Dragon Clan in the Tomes of Arcane after he comprehended it himself.
In a short while, Ao Run had already incorporated the entire Divine Palace. Although his strength was average, he was talkative and unlikable, he was still reliable in doing such chores.
The Palace Lord of the Divine Palace was dead, but there were still many cultivators in Wo Nation.
The resources here were scarce. If one wanted to develop, the simplest way was to plunder. That was why the pirates had developed. If Li Mu left, the Divine Palace would have a new Palace Lord sooner or later, and the problem of pirates would still exist.
Li Mu's goal was to control the Divine Palace and thus the Nihon cultivators.
He had ordered the priests to hand over their soul blood to Ao Run. From now on, Ao Run could live in Wo Nation with his wives and concubines for a long time. While living a carefree life, he could also watch over the Great Zhou.
Although Li Mu was the one who caught Cheng Xin for the Empress, the Empress was always in the Immortal's Capital and did not go out. So most of the time, it was still Li Mu who rode her.
Now that Li Mu's cultivation had entered the sixth level and he had grasped the ability to shrink the earth into an inch, he naturally didn't need any mounts.
Ao Run was very excited when he heard this. He said uncertainly, "Master, you really want me to stay here?"
Li Mu said lightly, "You watch over this place for me. If there are more Nihon pirates on the East Sea in the future, you will guard the South Lake alone."
Ao Run patted his chest and promised, "Master, don't worry. If anyone dares to be a pirate here, I will cut off his head!"
Li Mu said, "Okay, rest for a day. Tomorrow, we will return to the Great Zhou."
The priests tried their best to please the new master of the Divine Palace. Not only did they arrange a grand banquet, but the dancers at the banquet were all dressed scantily and danced boldly.
The Nihon women were indeed more open-minded than the traditional women in the Great Zhou. More importantly, after his cultivation had improved, Li Mu found that his resistance to certain kinds of temptation had decreased a lot. It seemed that he still needed some time to completely get rid of Ao Qing's influence.
Early the next morning, Li Mu set off on his journey back.
Ao Run also followed him. After returning to the East County, he would take his wives and concubines to Nihon and guard there.
When Li Mu returned to Shen Du, Liu Hanyan and Li Qing had already returned to Mount Baiyun. Wanwan was also taken by her. Only Xiao Bai stayed at home to wait for Li Mu.
Xuan Jizi and Jadesun's Dual Cultivation Ceremony was about to be held at Mount Baiyun. One of them was the head of Fu-lu School, while the other was an elder of the Danding Sect. Becoming Dao companions was a major event for the entire Dao Sect. Fu-lu School had already sent out invitations to invite fellow Daoists in the cultivation world to participate in this ceremony.
For a large sect like this, even if it was just the union of ordinary elders, there would be a deeper meaning behind it.
What's more, the head of a sect and the elder of a sect were two seventh realm cultivators. This undoubtedly meant that from now on, Fu-lu School and the Danding Sect would become an inseparable alliance. Previously, there was the falling out between Fu-lu School and Xuanzong. Later, there was the marriage alliance between Fu-lu School and the Danding Sect. This might be the first great change in the Dao Sect in the past hundred years.
The imperial court and Fu-lu School worked closely together. Therefore, Mr. Mei would represent the Empress at this ceremony. Li Mu would go back with her.
The market outside Shen Du had been opened one after another. Li Mu named it "Wishing Lane". He hoped that the cultivators who came here would be able to choose treasures that they liked.
As soon as the exchange meeting in Xuanzong ended, the cultivators of Zu Province all rushed to Shen Du.
For one thing, Xuanzong was located in the Eastern Sea. It was an extremely remote location. Many cultivators happened to pass by Shen Du on their way back. For another, some individual cultivators and aristocratic families earned spiritual jades in Xuanzong so that it would be easier for them to buy the cultivation resources they needed.
The Great Zhou court only took ten percent of the spiritual jades from the merchants in the market. This directly lowered the price of the goods. Moreover, Wishing Lane had just opened. Almost every shop had a discount. It attracted not only the cultivators of Xuanzong's exchange meeting, but also many cultivators of the Great Zhou from other prefectures.
For the prefectures that were too far away from Shen Du, such as the four prefectures in the East, West, South, North, and Jiujiang Prefecture, if they needed anything, they only needed to register with the local government and pay spiritual jades. Then, they would wait at home and have the goods delivered free of charge. The imperial court was an official business and guaranteed the quality.
In addition, the Department of Offerings also opened shops in the market to answer questions for cultivators. They would answer questions for cultivators and solve all kinds of problems they encountered in the process of cultivation. At the same time, cultivators who wanted to break through to the next realm could also join the Department of Offerings' Breakthrough Class.
After paying the spiritual jades, the Department of Offerings would have high-ranking Offerings give the customers one-on-one guidance. The Department of Offerings would bear all the costs of the customers' cultivation. If the breakthrough failed, the full amount of spiritual jades paid would be refunded.
At present, the Department of Offerings could help cultivators in the Divinity realm break through to the Creation realm. Of course, the price for high-level cultivators to break through was also astronomical. Ordinary individual cultivators, small aristocratic families, and small sects could not afford it.
This business was specially prepared for the wealthy small countries in the south, as well as the medium-sized aristocratic families and sects with strong foundations.
With the imperial court's strong support, Fu-lu School, Spirit Array Sect, Pill Cauldron Sect, as well as the royal families of the Great Zhou and a few small countries in the south, everything in the market was on the right track. In the first three days of opening, sales reached new highs.
Late at night, Li Mu lay alone in bed, unable to sleep.
The plan to deal with Xuanzong was progressing according to his expectations. Now that he had advanced to the Dongxuan realm, even if he faced Dao Cheng Zi directly, he could contend with him for a while. The number of seventh realm cultivators he could mobilize far surpassed Xuanzong's.
The only obstacle was Xuanzong's eighth realm elder.
The higher one's cultivation, the more impossible it was to fight enemies above their realm. Before Li Mu had full confidence, he would not clash with Xuanzong directly.
Creak …
The window was pushed open from the outside, and a figure slipped in. She took off her shoes and clothes, skillfully crawled under the blankets, and curled up in Li Mu's arms.
Li Mu's body stiffened, and then he whispered, "Xiao Bai, be good. Go back to your room and sleep tonight …"
He still could not shake off the influence of the dragon's nature on his body. With such a little vixen in his arms, he had to recite the Clear Heart Mantra for the entire night. There was no need for him to sleep at all.
Xiao Bai's body trembled, and she silently left Li Mu's arms. She whispered, "Is it because Big Sister Huan Ji doesn't like other little vixens by Benefactor's side? I will be obedient in the future. Benefactor, don't chase me away. Without you, I have nothing …"
Li Mu hugged her again and said, "Who said that? You must remember that you came first. You will always be Benefactor's little vixen."
Xiao Bai said pitifully, "But Benefactor has never chased me away before …"
Li Mu explained helplessly, "I'm not chasing you away. It's just that, Xiao Bai, you've already grown up. I'm afraid that one day, I won't be able to resist …"
Xiao Bai buried her head in Li Mu's chest and said, "Xiao Bai has already grown up. Benefactor, Benefactor, you don't have to endure it. I will be Benefactor's woman sooner or later …"
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