Huan Ji didn't understand. She looked at Mr. Mei and frowned. "Why are you here again?"
Li Mu looked at Mr. Mei and Cheng Xin, then looked at the frost on the ground. After a moment of silence, he said to Huan Ji, "You go back first. I'll find you later."
Huan Ji said unhappily, "Why? I just found you …"
Li Mu said, "Be a good girl."
After a moment of silence, Huan Ji said, "Okay, I'll wait for you in the room."
She glanced at Mr. Mei and Cheng Xin, then flew to the Taoist Palace on the main peak alone.
Li Mu walked to Mr. Mei and sighed. "Your Majesty, what are you …"
He had confirmed it with the conch. If the one standing in front of him was the Empress, then who was on the other side of the conch? Did she predict his prediction and make preparations in advance?
"Mr. Mei's" face was full of frost, and his tone was calm. He asked, "When did you start?"
Cheng Xin stood behind her and also looked at Li Mu with dissatisfaction.
This was the biggest shame in Li Mu's life.
He didn't want to talk about it, but since the Empress had seen the result, there was no need to hide the process from her.
So Li Mu told her the truth and briefly what happened that night.
Zhou Yi was so angry that her chest heaved up and down. She said angrily, "Did you forget what I told you? I told you again and again to be careful of that fox, but you were enchanted by her. You didn't take my words to heart. Do you want to … want to anger Xiao Bai to death?"
Cheng Xin's chest bulged. She agreed, "Yes!"
Li Mu looked at her. She immediately hid behind the Empress.
She was the one who was angry, but she always used other people's names. Li Mu said in a low voice, "Xiao Bai already knows. She's not angry."
Zhou Yi pointed at Li Mu and said angrily, "You!"
She waved her sleeves and said coldly, "Let's go!"
Then she and Cheng Xin disappeared in front of Li Mu at the same time.
Li Mu didn't chase after them immediately. He lay on the grass with a blade of grass in his mouth and looked up at the blue sky. He wondered if he should make his relationship with the Empress clear.
One played dumb, and the other didn't say anything. He didn't know how long they would drag it out.
He might as well take this opportunity to confess his feelings to the Empress. Since she was unwilling to take the initiative to take that step, Li Mu could only force her.
Li Mu flew back to the main peak and came to the Taoist palace where they lived.
Cheng Xin stretched out her hands and stood in front of Li Mu, saying, "Master said she didn't want to see you."
Li Mu glanced at her indifferently. She immediately covered her head and hid to the side.
She would never forget Li Mu's methods of killing the people of the Shen Kingdom. Even now, she was still a little afraid of him.
Li Mu walked to the front of the Taoist palace and pushed open the door. Zhou Yi, who had changed back to her original appearance, was sitting on the table. She turned her head away from Li Mu and said coldly, "Why are you still looking for me? Go find your fox spirit."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Mu had already walked to her side and turned to walk outside.
Zhou Yi smashed the white jade table with a palm and said angrily, "Come back here!"
Li Mu walked back and said, "Didn't Your Majesty tell me to go …"
Zhou Yi said angrily, "Now you know to listen to me. What were you doing before? I told you to be careful of that fox. Were you careful?"
Li Mu took a deep breath and said, "This is my private matter. I am a public official, and I am worthy of the Great Zhou Dynasty and Your Majesty. Your Majesty is not my wife, so you can't meddle in my private affairs."
Zhou Yi's lips trembled and her face revealed a shocked expression. She found it hard to imagine that such words would come from Li Mu, her most trusted official, the person she liked the most.
Didn't he like her? In the dream, they were already like that. How could he say such words?
Zhou Yi was extremely sad. When she was betrayed by her family and became the Crown Princess, she wasn't this sad. When she was used as a pawn by her father and was cursed by the world to ascend the throne, she wasn't this sad either.
A sorrowful feeling emerged in her heart and she couldn't control it. Zhou Yi turned her head away, not wanting Li Mu to see her tears.
She did her best to calm herself down and said lightly, "Go and be the empress of the Yao Kingdom. I don't want to see you again."
Li Mu slowly looked at her and said, "But I want to see Your Majesty. I want to see Your Majesty every day. I want to see the sunrise and sunset with Your Majesty. I want to grow flowers and vegetables and plow the fields with Your Majesty … If this is all my wishful thinking, then I will disappear from Your Majesty's sight and never appear again."
Zhou Yi's tears were still in her eyes and her lips were slightly parted. She had gone from great sorrow to great joy in such a short period of time. Even she found it hard to come back to her senses.
Was this Li Mu's declaration of his feelings to her?
Watching the sunrise and sunset together … In any case, this wasn't something that a ruler and his official would do together.
Zhou Yi looked into Li Mu's eyes. Li Mu met her gaze with sincerity. Zhou Yi looked away and a faint blush appeared on her face. She said in a low voice, "It, it depends on your performance …"
Li Mu looked at the Empress, who had suddenly become shy, and his heart was already blooming with joy.
Huan Ji had taught him that when it came to love, he had to take the initiative. The Empress was an inexperienced Xiao Bai. By the time she opened her mouth, Huan Ji had already given birth to a nest of foxes.
Li Mu knew that the reason why she was angry was not because Li Mu had hidden the matter between him and Huan Ji from her. Rather, it was because Huan Ji had surpassed her and her competitive nature did not allow her to lose to another Empress.
Since he had taken the initiative and the two of them had already made their relationship clear, what happened next was just a matter of time.
Li Mu tentatively sat down beside her and gently held her hand.
The Empress's hand was a bit cold. She subconsciously dodged and then allowed Li Mu to hold her hand. Their fingers intertwined, and the hall was so quiet that only the sound of each other's heartbeats could be heard.
Zhou Yi lowered her head. Li Mu looked at her and felt that the Empress at this moment was exceptionally moving.
The blushing Empress exuded a unique charm that made Li Mu unable to take his eyes off her. Even his body inexplicably moved towards her.
In the next moment, Li Mu realized that it was not just charm. There was really a suction force on the Empress. Not only his body, but also his magic power and primordial spirit were being sucked towards the Empress by this suction force.
Zhou Yi also realized something. Her expression changed slightly. She lightly pushed Li Mu's shoulder, and Li Mu's body flew out of the hall.
Li Mu and Cheng Xin stood together and looked up at the sky.
In the sky, a strange phenomenon suddenly appeared.
All the white clouds in the sky within a hundred miles seemed to be attracted by something and gathered above the Dao Palace. In the end, a huge funnel shape appeared, and it was spinning non-stop.
In the eyes of high-level cultivators, this was not just a white cloud vortex, but a Spirit Qi vortex.
There seemed to be a huge Spirit Gathering Formation here. With the main peak of Baiyun Mountain as the origin, all the Spirit Qi within a hundred miles was rapidly gathering here and being sucked in by this Spirit Qi vortex.
It was Fu-lu School's grand ceremony today. The powerful cultivators of the Zu Continent gathered at Baiyun Mountain. Such a strange phenomenon immediately attracted the attention of countless people.
Figures flew into the sky one after another and looked towards the Dao Palace.
"What pure Spirit Qi …"
"This is … Someone is breaking through!"
"The Transcendence Realm … This must be a Transcendence Realm cultivator's Spirit Qi fluctuation. Which Seventh Realm cultivator's magic power has broken through again? This phenomenon … It's probably the peak of the Seventh Realm …"
"Fu-lu School is really on the verge of replacing Xuanzong. There isn't a single cultivator at the peak of the Seventh Realm in the entire Dao Sect. If he takes another step forward, Fu-lu School will really replace Xuanzong …"
While everyone was discussing softly, Miao Xuanzi's expression turned ugly in another Dao Palace. He did not know that Fu-lu School was already so powerful that it could even threaten Xuanzong's position.
From the main hall at the front of the main peak, a few people quickly walked out.
An old man asked Xuan Jizi, "The aura is so strong that even we can't compare to it. I wonder which Senior Brother's cultivation has improved again?"
Xuan Jizi was also confused. As the headmaster of Fu-lu School, he knew better than anyone that there was no cultivator of such a level in the sect.
Countless people flew towards that direction. When they wanted to get closer to take a look, a huge bell fell from the sky and completely isolated the area. At the same time, Xuan Jizi also received Li Mu's telepathic message.
"I'm here. Senior Brother, don't worry."
Xuan Jizi looked at the North and South Sect Taishang Elders and said with a smile, "Uncle-Masters, let's talk about the interpretation of the Heavenly Book."
The two old men looked at the Spiritual Qi vortex and only felt that Xuan Jizi's smile was even more mysterious. Fu-lu School had changed too much in the past few years. Was it all because of the Heart of Seven Orifices?
After coming to Mount Baiyun, what they saw and heard strengthened their belief in interpreting the Heavenly Book.
The North Sect Taishang Elder laughed dryly and said, "To be honest, I came this time not only to congratulate you on finding a good partner, but also to ask Junior Brother Ling Jizi to help interpret the Heavenly Book of North Sect …"
Xuan Jizi sneered in his heart, but the expression on his face was still kind. He said, "It's true that Junior Brother has the Heart of Seven Orifices, but Uncle-Masters don't know that Fu-lu School has decided that he will be the next head of the school. And from now on, I have handed over all the internal affairs of the school to him. If Uncle-Masters want him to help interpret the Heavenly Book, I'm afraid you'll have to discuss it with him face to face."
The South Sect Taishang Elder Taoist priest said, "I wonder where Junior Brother Ling Jizi is now. Let's go find him now."
Xuan Jizi smiled and said, "It's a little inconvenient for Junior Brother now. However, Uncle-Masters also know that Junior Brother and Xuanzong have an irreconcilable enmity. South Sect and North Sect are too close with Xuanzong. I'm afraid he may not agree to your request."
The North Sect Taishang Elder waved his hand and said, "Rumors, pure rumors. To tell you the truth, North Sect also can't stand Xuanzong's disregard for the relationship between fellow disciples and bully others. Naturally, we won't be too close with Xuanzong."
The South Sect Taishang Elder continued, "Xuanzong is disloyal to his fellow disciples. Of course, we'll stand with Fu-lu School."
Before the two Taishang Elders came to Fu-lu School, they had a careful discussion with the higher-ups of the school. They had to make a choice between offending Xuanzong or seeking the development of the school.
Xuanzong was still the leader of Taoism, but their decline was a foregone conclusion. These days, the things that happened to Xuanzong were obvious to everyone.
Once Elder Tianjizi's lifespan came to an end, Xuanzong would become mediocre among the six sects. Whether South Sect and North Sect would become mediocre with them, or rise with Fu-lu School, Danding Sect, and Ling Ji Sect, there was no need to think too much about it.
After saying so much, they still didn't get to the point. Xuan Jizi could only hint, "Junior Brother Ling Jizi has built a market in Great Zhou's Shen Du. Our Fu-lu, Danding Sect, and Ling Ji Sect all have a market in it …"
The market in Great Zhou's Shen Du was built to compete with Xuanzong. This was no secret.
Once the North and South Sects, like Danding Sect and Ling Ji Sect, set up shop in that market, it was the same as clearly standing opposite of Xuanzong.
Moreover, when other than Xuanzong, the other five sects moved their shops to Great Zhou's Shen Du. Due to the geographical and price advantage, Xuanzong's market would be completely destroyed. This was the same as cutting off Xuanzong's greatest source of cultivation resources. It would affect the cultivation of the disciples. Wouldn't Xuanzong hate them to death?
Clearly, Xuan Jizi was letting them make a choice.
They could only choose between Fu-lu School and Xuanzong.
Other than being powerful, Xuanzong couldn't bring them any direct benefits. However, Fu-lu School was different. They could usher in a period of flourishing development for the South and North Sects.
The North Sect's First Elder thought for a long time, then said, "From now on, our four sects will have to provide more support."
The South Sect's First Elder immediately said, "It's our five sects …"
Xuan Jizi smiled and said to the two, "Uncle-Masters, you can give the Heavenly Book to me temporarily. I will persuade Junior Brother to help you decipher it."
The two stretched out their hands, and a page appeared in each of their palms.
They sighed in their hearts. From now on, they were completely tied to Fu-lu School.
…
Inside the Law Bell.
In the Law Palace where the Empress was, there was a very powerful fluctuation of magic power, and her aura was still growing little by little.
Just from the aura alone, this was already the most powerful aura Li Mu had ever felt, except for that Elder Xuanzong.
Although Li Mu hoped that the Empress could advance to the Eighth Realm in one go, it was impossible. The Great Zhou had the power of a nation, and decades of accumulation allowed her to have strength stronger than ordinary Transcendents when she just stepped into Transcendence. This time, her strength had increased slightly, and she should be able to stabilize at the Late-stage of Transcendence.
If he knew that the Empress's heart knot was here, Li Mu would have made it clear to her earlier.
Like Jadesun, the Empress also had a heart demon. Jadesun's heart demon was Xuan Jizi, and the Empress's heart demon was Li Mu. Once the heart demon was eliminated, their cultivation would also have a small leap.
The heart demon was a disaster, but it was also an opportunity. The process of defeating the heart demon and eliminating it was a process of fighting with oneself. If one lost, their cultivation would stagnate, and if it was serious, they would lose their rationality. If they won, it would be a vast sea and sky.
After reaching the Transcendent Realm, any breakthrough was very difficult. The Empress shouldn't be able to finish it in a short time.
Li Mu let Cheng Xin watch over here. He just received Xuan Jizi's voice transmission, and the South Sect and North Sect's Heavenly Books had been obtained.
Main Peak's Law Palace.
The South Sect and North Sect's Supreme Elders looked at Li Mu with hopeful eyes. An old man asked, "How long will it take to decipher the Heavenly Book?"
Li Mu, "Ten years."
The two's expression changed, and they blurted out, "So long!"
Li Mu sighed and said, "Ten years is already very short. The disciples of the six sects have been deciphering the Heavenly Book for thousands of years. Until now, there are still many mysteries. Our sect's Heavenly Book has not been fully deciphered. In these ten years, I can't just decipher the Heavenly Book of each sect and neglect my cultivation.
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