Li Mu was not stupid. If he could decipher the Heavenly Tomes of the two sects in three to five days, the Southern and Northern Sects would turn their backs on him. Who could he reason with then?
He only needed ten years. In ten years, he could tie the five sects together and create the greatest benefits. He could increase the strength of the Fu-lu School, the national strength of the Great Zhou, and the national strength of the Thousand Fox Country.
Li Mu was confident that in ten years, he would fight his way to Xuanzong, find Qing Chengzi, and let Xiao Bai take revenge with his own hands.
The two Supreme Elders of the Southern and Northern Sects hesitated. Li Mu continued, "Of course, in these ten years, at most every six months, I will decipher a part of the Heavenly Tomes and give them to your sects. To show my sincerity, after Senior Brother's Dual Cultivation Ceremony, I will decipher a part of the Heavenly Tomes. You can take a look at it and then make a decision."
This was an offer they could not refuse. After thinking for a moment, they nodded at the same time and said, "Sorry to trouble you, Martial Nephew."
Li Mu smiled and said, "Martial Uncles, I have built a market in the Divine Capital of the Great Zhou …"
Before he could finish his words, the two elders had already understood and said, "Martial Nephew, don't worry.
I will send a message to the sects right away. The Northern Sects will move their Weapon-Forging Pavilion there. "
"The Southern Sects will also open a Body-Forging Pavilion there."
…
With the shops of the Southern and Northern Sects, Rosy Lane did not lack anything. Fu-lu, elixirs, formations, magic weapons, body-tempering, and any other resources cultivators wanted could be found there. The Xuanzong market, which was far away at the end of the world, could be closed from now on.
After collecting the Heavenly Tomes of the two sects, Li Mu could not wait to find a Taoist Palace to comprehend.
As expected, the Northern Sect's Heavenly Tomes contained the art of refining artifacts. The Southern Sect's Heavenly Tomes contained the art of body tempering and body strengthening. The Spirit Array Faction's Heavenly Tomes contained the complex art of array formations. Similarly, there were projections of ancient cultivators and giant beasts. The history recorded in the Heavenly Tomes of the Six Sects was the history of the battle between the ancient people and the giant beasts.
Li Mu scrutinized the three pages of the Heavenly Book in his hand. At a certain moment, he suddenly realized that the edges of these pages were emitting an undetectable white light.
He carefully observed for a while and was surprised to find that the three pages were slowly connecting.
As if he had thought of something, he took out the Dragon Clan's Heavenly Book and stacked the four pages together. The edges of the Dragon Clan's Heavenly Book began to emit a white light.
These pages of the Heavenly Book seemed to want to be glued back together.
Legend had it that the Heavenly Book was originally a book. In other words, all the pages of the book should have been one. If all the pages could be gathered, the complete Heavenly Book would appear in the world.
Li Mu found Xuan Jizi again and obtained the Fu-lu School's Heavenly Book from him. He also borrowed the Pill Cauldron Sect's Heavenly Book from Wuchen Zi.
He had completely deciphered the Heavenly Books of these two sects. From now on, their existence was more of a symbolic function. Therefore, when he borrowed it from Wuchen Zi, she did not mention anything about returning it.
Finally, Li Mu came to the palace where Illusion Princess lived.
Illusion Princess sat on the edge of the bed and patted the space beside her. She said with dissatisfaction, "Why are you only here now …"
Li Mu walked to her side and did not sit down. He asked, "Did you bring the Demon Clan's and Fox Clan's Heavenly Books with you?"
Illusion Princess nodded and said, "I did …"
She stretched out her hand and a white light flashed in her palm. Two pages of the Heavenly Book appeared.
Li Mu now had eight pages of the Heavenly Book. The Dao Sect had five pages, the Dragon Clan had one page, the Fox Clan had one page, and the Demon Clan had one page. He stacked the eight pages of the Heavenly Book together. These Heavenly Books were gradually covered by a hazy white light.
Li Mu touched the white light with his Divine Sense. Suddenly, a blurry image appeared in front of his eyes.
He could only vaguely see that it seemed to be a door. This door was huge and too illusory. Li Mu could only see a very blurry door frame. He did not know what would happen if these Heavenly Books continued to fuse together. He could only forcefully separate them.
Illusion Princess also retracted her Divine Sense and asked, "What is that?"
Li Mu shook his head. This was also the first time he saw this.
He looked at the few pages of the Heavenly Book in front of him and tried to stack them one by one. He then realized that when he stacked more than six pages of the Heavenly Book, an illusory door would appear in front of him. When he stacked the seventh and eighth pages of the Heavenly Book, the door would become clearer.
It was a pity that Li Mu did not have more Heavenly Books. Otherwise, he would want to see what would happen when more Heavenly Books fused together.
Legend has it that the Heavenly Book had 24 pages. Eight of them were in Li Mu's hands. There were 16 pages left. One of them was in Xuanzong and the other four were in the Four Buddhist Sects. Li Mu guessed that the Demon Sect should have more than one page. As for the others, their whereabouts were unknown.
He had already interpreted the Fox Clan and Demon Clan's Heavenly Books for Illusion Princess. Li Mu put away all the Heavenly Books and said to Illusion Princess, "Leave these two pages with me for now."
Illusion Princess held his arm and said, "What's mine is yours. If you want it, then take it."
Then, she looked at Li Mu and asked, "Was that Zhou Yi?"
Li Mu was shocked, "How did you know?"
The Empress's Transformation Technique could not be seen through even by Saint Realm experts. Even Li Mu was fooled. How could Illusion Princess know the Empress's identity?
Illusion Princess curled her lips and said, "I feel annoyed when I see her. Who else could it be but Zhou Yi?"
As expected, a mountain cannot hold two tigers, especially two tigresses. Their intuition even made up for their lack of cultivation. Luckily, one of them was in the Divine Capital and the other was in Thousand Fox Country. They did not meet often. Li Mu was relieved.
Illusion Princess asked again, "Was the commotion just now also caused by Zhou Yi?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "Yes, she made a small breakthrough in her cultivation."
Illusion Princess was shocked, "She's already so strong. She still has a breakthrough?"
Her tone was filled with shock, unwillingness, envy, and jealousy. Even if she was ahead of Zhou Yi in other aspects, the difference in cultivation would always be an insurmountable gap between them.
Li Mu comforted her, "You're already very strong. You don't have to compete with her everywhere."
Illusion Princess snorted, "You also think I'm not as good as her …"
This was the truth. Not to mention people of the same age, even in the Ten Continents, the Empress was probably the strongest among all the females. This was the case in the past, and it was even more so after she had a small breakthrough.
The phenomenon in the sky had disappeared. Li Mu said to Illusion Princess, "Stay here obediently. I'll go take a look."
After Li Mu left, Illusion Lord walked in from outside. Illusion Princess snorted, "Isn't it just the Seventh Realm? What's so great about it …"
Illusion Lord walked in from outside and said, "Don't worry. The Heavenly Fox Bloodline in your body is very strong. Your cultivation will not be below hers in the future."
Illusion Princess pursed her lips and said helplessly, "If I'm not as good as her now, I'll be even worse in the future."
Illusion Lord pondered for a moment and said softly, "Although the Demon Nation is small, its foundation is not weaker than the Zhou Nation. Otherwise, it wouldn't have fought with them for so many years. If she could transcend with her psychokinesis, my daughter can too. However, just our clan alone is not enough. We have to unite the other four clans …"
…
Li Mu returned to the palace where the Empress was and kept the Dao Bell. The puzzled crowd gathered here. Zhou Yi waved her sleeves, and Li Mu and her disappeared from the palace.
Dozens of miles away, the two of them appeared on the peak of another mountain.
Li Mu made some calculations. The Empress' teleportation Mystical Power was not even as far as his Shrinking Earth into Inches.
This meant that even if he couldn't defeat a Transcendent Realm opponent, if he wanted to escape, the opponent wouldn't be able to catch up to him.
The prerequisite was that the opponent didn't confine the space in advance.
Zhou Yi lowered her head and looked at her feet. She asked softly, "You … Is what you said just now true?"
Li Mu asked, "What?"
Zhou Yi glared at him and said angrily, "You said you wanted to watch the sunrise and sunset with me …"
Li Mu held her hand and placed it on his chest. He said, "If you don't believe me, you can feel it for yourself."
Zhou Yi placed her hand on Li Mu's chest and felt his heartbeat. After a moment of silence, she suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "If only you came to Fairy's Capital a few years earlier …"
Li Mu thought for a moment. With her personality, if he came to Fairy's Capital first and met her first, there wouldn't be Liu Hanyan, Li Qing, or Phantom Princess. Li Mu might have become the true Empress of the Great Zhou.
In this world, there were always gains and losses.
He lost the position of Empress and gained an entire forest.
Zhou Yi suddenly looked at Li Mu and said, "You can't tell anyone about this, including them and that fox."
Li Mu knew that the Empress was different from Phantom Princess. She had the dignity of being the Empress of the Great Zhou. Although the people of the Great Zhou had a lot of support, she couldn't really come to the Li family and live under another woman.
Although this gave him the feeling that he was having a secret relationship with the Empress, the Empress's words were an imperial edict. Li Mu still nodded and said, "As you wish."
Then he asked, "Not even Ah Li and Mr. Mei?"
Zhou Yi said without hesitation, "No!"
Li Mu looked at her and used his gaze to promise her that he would keep this a secret.
He even had to hide it from the people closest to her. This was a secret relationship. Although it felt a bit strange, thinking about it carefully, it was quite exciting …
He let out a long sigh of relief in his heart. No matter what the process was, under his initiative, the Empress didn't back down this time.
Although he was still under observation, Li Mu had full confidence in facing a Xiao Bai who had no experience in relationships.
Zhou Yi's face revealed a thoughtful expression. Suddenly, she looked at Li Mu and said, "I want to ask you a question."
Li Mu said, "Your Majesty, please ask."
Zhou Yi said, "If you had to choose between me and that fox, who would you choose?"
Reality proved that women were self-taught when it came to certain things.
This had nothing to do with experience, but their nature.
Li Mu shook his head and said, "How could there be such a choice? Your Majesty, your assumption is unreasonable."
Zhou Yi frowned and said, "How is it unreasonable? If both of us were in danger, and you could only save one, who would you choose?"
Li Mu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you must be joking. Your cultivation is already at the top of the continent. How could you be in danger? Who could threaten you? Even if you were in danger, it would be you who saved us …"
"I'm saying if."
"But there's no 'if' in this kind of impossible situation."
Zhou Yi took a deep breath and said, "What if I told you never to see that fox again?"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "That's also impossible. Your Majesty is so gentle and considerate. How could you make such a request …"
Zhou Yi's lips moved. "I …"
In the end, she just waved her sleeves and said, "Just don't whisper sweet nothings in front of me!"
Several bells rang in the distance, indicating that the Dual Cultivation Ceremony was about to begin.
Li Mu and the Empress held hands and slowly flew toward Mount Baiyun.
Although they could both return to the main peak in an instant, they both chose to fly, which was the slowest.
Phantom Princess was bold and passionate about her feelings, while the Empress was much more shy and reserved. Even when holding hands, she kept a distance from Li Mu and did not have any unnecessary physical contact.
Li Mu knew that his relationship with the Empress could not be rushed. From holding hands in dreams to holding hands in reality, it was already a huge leap. Every step after that had to be done step by step.
As they gradually approached the Ancestral Court, the Empress changed into Mr. Mei's appearance in order to fool people.
A stream of light flew past from behind, flew to the front, and suddenly turned back.
Although the Empress let go of Li Mu's hand immediately, it was still seen by that person.
Zhou Zhong stood in the air and looked at Li Mu and Mr. Mei. He said in shock, "You, you …"
Li Mu's expression was normal. He asked, "What are you doing here?"
Zhou Zhong did not continue this topic. He said, "Something happened in the Shen Kingdom. I knew you would come here, so I came here to see Qing 'er."
Li Mu asked, "What happened in the Shen Kingdom?"
Zhou Zhong glanced at Mr. Mei in surprise. He said, "It's not that urgent. I won't disturb you. I'll find you later."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a stream of light again and disappeared.
Li Mu watched him go and sighed. He murmured, "It's over. My innocence is ruined …"
Zhou Zhong knew Mr. Mei. He must have thought that Li Mu and Mr. Mei had some kind of ambiguous relationship, and wondered if his taste and preferences had changed.
Zhou Yi glanced at him and said, "What innocence do you have? Mei Wei doesn't care …"
Li Mu could not clear up this misunderstanding.
It was better to see him and Mr. Mei than to see him and the Empress.
Mr. Mei was one of the Empress's most trusted subordinates. It was natural for him to be the cover for her secret relationship.
To avoid the previous embarrassment, Zhou Yi kept a distance from Li Mu and flew slowly to the main peak.
Li Mu followed behind him with a thoughtful look on his face.
Since the Empress was going to change her appearance to Mr. Mei, she might as well change into Shangguan Li. If people saw him holding hands with Ah Li, at least they would not suspect that his taste had changed.
At this time, Mr. Mei, who was far away in Shen Du, sneezed a few times. She put down the memorial in her hand and frowned. "Who is talking about me behind my back?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Shangguan Li, who was sitting opposite her, also started sneezing.
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