"Brother, you are unable to progress in cultivation because of lack of resources. In fact, as long as you join the Xuanwu Sect, with your ability, you will definitely become one of the elders. When the time comes, the resources in the sect will be at your disposal. Given time, you may be able to cultivate to
Where is the legendary earth level realm?" Shi Yuhuan said.
"The ground level is not as easy as you said." Shi Mu smiled lightly and said noncommittally.
"Brother, I really don't know what you are thinking. With your qualifications, you can do a lot if you enter the sect. Why should you stay in the secular world and be a general of the imperial court." Shi Yuhuan said in a muffled voice.
"You don't necessarily have to pursue too much in life. Now that I have Zi'er, I love each other, live in peace, and have a happy life. Wouldn't it be great? Although you can gain some power by entering a sect, there is no guarantee of happiness at all.
." Shi Mu shrugged and said.
"Pedantry!" Shi Yuhuan was stunned by Shi Mu's series of words and was speechless. He suddenly stood up, snorted, and walked outside.
Shi Mu shook his head and smiled, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.
The fresh fragrance of tea fills your mouth, and you feel very satisfied.
In the corner of the hall, a transparent figure stood quietly.
"A safe life, is it really happy?" The figure murmured to himself.
Shi Yuhuan did not stay at Shi Mansion for long and left on the same day.
It's night.
On the big bed in Shi Mansion's dormitory, Shi Mu and Zi'er were wearing light pajamas, hugging each other under the quilt, and talking to each other.
"Husband, did your mission to annihilate the Black Wind Alliance go smoothly this time? Did you encounter any danger?" Zi'er looked up at her husband and asked.
"It went very smoothly. We killed the three leaders of the Black Wind Alliance, and captured most of the other bandits with surnames. The rest of them scattered in all directions, and they were useless." Shi Mu said with a smile.
"Three alliance leaders? I heard that the Black Wind Alliance has four alliance leaders, known as the Four Evils of Qilian. Why is one missing?" Zi'er asked curiously.
She comes from a martial arts family in Qingzhou and knows a lot about things in the world.
"Those who are to be executed are the Great Evil, the Second Evil, and the Third Evil. The Four Evils were not seen during the encirclement and suppression. It must be that they were not there by chance. However, the imperial court has issued a sea arrest document. It is only a matter of time before he is caught." Shi Mu said.
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Zi'er nodded.
"Husband, I have something to tell you." She bit her lip lightly and said with her eyes shining brightly.
"What's the matter?" Shi Mu raised his eyebrows and asked.
"I have it." Zi'er said softly with a hint of shyness on her face.
"What?" Shi Mu was startled when he heard the words and seemed not to hear clearly.
"I said I am pregnant with your flesh and blood." Zi'er repeated softly.
"Really? When did it happen?" He sat up suddenly, his face full of ecstasy.
"Just a few days ago, I felt nauseated all the time, so I went to see the doctor. The doctor said it was a happy pulse." Zi'er said with a hint of joy on her face.
"That's great, that's great." Shi Mu was so excited that he was a little incoherent and hugged Zi'er tightly into his arms.
It’s no wonder that he was so excited. A cultivator would take a life-defying act, and the price would be hardship for his heirs. The higher the cultivation level, the more so.
Zi'er also hugged Shi Mu's body, and both of them felt extremely satisfied.
"Thank God for protecting me, we will go to Tennoji Temple outside the city tomorrow to restore it," Shi Mu said.
Zi'er nodded vigorously.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning, Shi Mu took Zi'er and went out lightly, heading towards Mount Hiei outside the city.
Mount Hiei is a famous mountain outside the capital. There are many temples on the mountain and the incense is strong. Not only ordinary people, but also the princes and nobles of the capital often come here.
Tennoji is the largest temple on Mount Hiei. Although it is still early morning, countless incense devotees have already arrived. They are constantly shuttling back and forth. They are full of people, holding incense and candles, kneeling down to worship the Buddha.
There were at least thousands of people inside and outside the hall, and the incense was so prosperous that it was unimaginable.
Shi Mu and Zi'er also followed the crowd to the main hall, knelt down and prayed for peace and happiness.
After the restoration, the two of them did not want to stay in the crowded and dirty hall, so they took a stroll on Mount Hiei.
It's early summer now, the trees are casting shadows, and the mountain breeze is blowing, which is very comfortable.
The two walked slowly and soon came to the back mountain. The view suddenly opened up, which shocked people.
This place is remote and there is no one else except them.
After walking for a while, there was a sound of rushing water, and a waterfall hung in the mountain stream in front, with water mist flying, shocking and beautiful.
"Zi'er, you've been walking for a long time. Are you thirsty? The water quality of this mountain spring is quite good. I'll get some for you." Shi Mu said carefully.
"Okay." Zi'er smiled sweetly.
Shi Mu carried a water bag with him. When he stepped down, his body ejected. After a few jumps, he quickly reached the edge of the waterfall. He filled some cold water and was about to return.
At this moment, the waterfall in front suddenly exploded, and a sharp scimitar shot out, hitting Shi Mu's vitals directly.
The person who attacked was a man in black, with a black scarf covering his face, revealing only a pair of fierce eyes.
Shi Mu froze, and suddenly stepped on the ground with his feet. With a loud bang, a rock under his feet exploded as he stepped on it. He tried his best to shoot backwards, narrowly avoiding this path.
However, his cheek was eventually injured by the sword energy, and a scar appeared on his cheek.
"Innate master!" Shi Mu's face suddenly became serious, and he touched his waist with a black soft knife as thin as a cicada's wings.
He shook his arm, and the soft knife immediately straightened, revealing a black blade that was about a foot long.
The man in black flew over, the scimitar in his hand also bloomed with white light, and whizzed at Shi Mu.
Shi Mu shouted low and waved his sword to greet him.
The white scimitar suddenly flashed and disappeared without a trace, changing its position in the air like a ghost, making it difficult to grasp.
Shi Mu's expression changed, and the black knife in his hand flashed and transformed into more than a dozen knife shadows, which collided with the white scimitar more than ten times in a row, and were temporarily separated.
"Ghost Shadow Sword Technique! You are the Four Evils of the Black Wind Alliance!" Shi Mu said in a deep voice with the black sword lying in front of him.
The man in black laughed ferociously and did not deny it.
Shi Mu's eyes narrowed. The four leaders of the Black Wind Alliance were all at the peak of the acquired world. Unexpectedly, the Four Evils actually broke through to the innate realm.
At this moment, an exclamation came from the mountain road in the distance, and it was Zi'er's voice.
Shi Mu's expression changed drastically, and he suddenly turned around and ran towards there.
"Jie, Jie, Jie! It's too late to save that woman!" The four evil vultures swooped in from behind, the scimitar in their hands shone brightly, and slashed at Shi Mu's head.
As Shi Mu was running, he suddenly turned around without even hiding his body. The black soft knife in his hand flashed brightly and he swung it suddenly.
A black crescent-shaped sword flew out and slashed at the neck of the four evil spirits.
It turned out to be a strategy of perish together!
The four evil spirits were so frightened that they did not bother to attack Shi Mu and ducked away from the black crescent sword light.
Shi Mu drove back the four evil spirits with one move, turned around and ran at full speed, heading towards where Zi'er was with all his strength.
The mountain road where Zi'er was located was not far away, and he appeared in his field of vision within a few breaths.
On the mountain road, Zi'er was surrounded by three figures also dressed in black.
Although Zi'er's strength is not weak, at this moment, with one against three, she has already fallen into a disadvantage. She has been in danger one after another, and a medium-deep wound has been cut on her arm, dripping with blood.
"Stop!" Shi Mu took a deep breath, his neck suddenly became thicker, and he roared.
The sound was so loud that the woods more than ten feet away suddenly trembled and made a "swishing" sound.
The three men in black who besieged Zi'er shook their bodies and stopped.
Shi Mu's eyes flashed, and he took the opportunity to step down. His whole body turned into a black shadow and rushed towards the three men in black.
At this moment, a sharp sword light stabbed from the side, and the Four Evils rushed up.
The light of the sword was thin and long, and it kept changing in an extremely strange way, like a spiritual snake piercing Shi Mu's heart.
Shi Mu's expression changed, he didn't dare to look down upon him, he stopped and waved his knife to resist.
Both of them moved extremely quickly, exchanging several moves in the blink of an eye.
"Quickly, kill that woman!" Four Evils shouted.
The three men in black who besieged Zi'er immediately stepped up their offensive, and in the blink of an eye, Zi'er had several more wounds on her body.
Shi Mu's eyes were about to burst and he roared: "Get away!"
The black sword in his hand glowed brightly, and dozens of sword shadows emerged, slashing towards the four evils, without any regard for himself, and completely attacking with all their lives.
The Four Evils stepped forward and stepped back.
However, he suddenly waved his hand, and three white flying knives flew out of his hand, hitting Zi'er.
Shi Mu suddenly changed color!
The flying knife rubbed the air, making an ear-piercing scream. It was extremely fast and reached three feet in front of him in the blink of an eye.
Shi Mu roared and punched out.
A black fist shot out like a meteor, narrowly catching up with it. With three crisp sounds, the three flying knives were knocked away.
Poof!
The moment Shi Mu was distracted, a slender and sharp sword light pierced his right arm.
A flash of blood appeared! His arm rose into the sky.
At the same time, the figures of the Four Evils approached him like ghosts, their eyes flashed fiercely, and they struck him in the chest with a palm.
puff!
Shi Mu's huge body flew out, his chest made a crisp sound like fried beans, his sternum collapsed a large amount, blood spurted out from his mouth, and he fell heavily to the ground.
Almost at the same time, a scream came from the side. Zi'er's body fell to the ground, her chest was pierced by a long sword, and blood gushed out.
"Zi'er..." Shi Mu's consciousness gradually blurred and he looked at his wife who fell to the ground not far away.
Endless regret filled his body. If he had been stronger, if he had been willing to give up his comfortable life and enter the Xuanwu Sect to practice, everything would have been different today.
"Die!"
His remaining vision saw a brilliant sword light passing by, and his whole person fell into darkness.
In mid-air, Shi Mu watched all this quietly.
He has already tried it, and he cannot interfere with everything in the illusion.
Looking at himself who had lost his breath, a strange look flashed in his eyes.
Shi Mu could feel himself underneath, feeling endless regret at the end.
"Is this the end of coveting temporary comfort? Although I have happiness, I have no ability to protect it!" He murmured to himself, seeming to be sighing and thinking.
At this moment, the world in front of him suddenly shattered into nothingness.
An extremely powerful force enveloped Shi Mu and sucked him in.