When they returned to Deyuelou, it was already late at night, and the little beggar and his family were already very tired.
Li Mu originally wanted to ask for one more room, but since all the guest rooms on the third floor were already occupied, he had no choice but to free up his own room for the little beggar's family, while he and Fang Yan shared a room.
The prosperity of Deyue Tower made the little beggar's family a little confused. They had seen such a magnificent house there, and both the man and the woman seemed restless in the room, fearing that they would dirty these precious furniture.
But the little beggar was a child after all, so when he saw the soft mahogany bed, he jumped on it.
"You guys stay here now. We will take you out of the city later. Something big is going to happen in Lishui City."
Li Mu didn't hide anything from the family, and openly told his guess about Lishui City.
"My benefactor, we understand that although we were both born in Lishui City, there is actually nothing worth commemorating here. We all follow our benefactor's arrangements."
The honest man was now wearing the robe donated by Li Mu. This was the first time in decades that he had worn such good clothes and lived in such a good house. His gratitude to Li Mu was beyond words.
"Well, when the time comes, I will ask the garrison outside the city to send someone to take you to Qinglan City. When you arrive, go directly to the Li family and someone will arrange your life."
Li Mu thought for a moment and directly arranged the future livelihood of the little beggar's family. The man and the woman also wanted to kneel down gratefully, but Li Mu stopped them in time.
After settling down the miserable family of three, Li Mu called Fang Yan to Lin Qingzhu's room. The three of them still sat together and began to discuss the follow-up plan.
"So, Gongsun Qi is really colluding with that mysterious power. What is their purpose?"
Li Mu quickly described what he and Fang Yan had learned from their night visit to the City Lord's Mansion tonight. Lin Qingzhu Bingxue was naturally smart and quickly understood the key points.
"It's not clear yet, but if the strange things we encountered in the Wolong Mountains before, and the pursuit of Xiaoyu and I were all caused by this force, I'm afraid their plot must be huge, and their methods will be very special.
cruel."
Li Mu frowned. The strange mountain village in Wolong Mountain and the villagers who had become living dead were still vivid in his mind. In addition, with the mysterious animal trainer who was lucky enough to be killed by him, he seemed to always be unconsciously connected with this mysterious black-robed organization.
produce intersection.
Fate?
Some secret arrangement?
Li Mu didn't know, but no matter how powerful his opponent was, he would never back down, and he would never let something like Nie Xiaoyu's almost assassination happen again.
Improve your strength and then protect the people you cherish. This is Li Mu's way. It is pure but extremely firm.
"Gongsun Qi himself has the strength to get started in the Transformation Infant Realm. In addition, the mysterious man in black robe is at least at the level of Dan Formation, or even perfect. And I don't know if there is only one black robed man in the city, but now it's just a matter of time.
Without our strength, we have no chance of winning."
Fang Yan's words caused both Li Mu and Lin Qingzhu to fall into silence. Two of them were beginners at the Alchemy Realm, and the other was a master of the Alchemy Realm. It was undoubtedly an idiot's dream to try to shake Gongsun Qi at the Transformation Infant Realm.
Even if Li Mu has a simulation system and Fang Yan has an ancient bloodline inheritance, it won't work. The gap in realms cannot be made up by talent or external objects.
Unless there is another immortal elixir and another heaven-level weapon for Fang Yan, it is still possible, but these are obviously unrealistic things.
"How about we go to Brother Liu for help? If Gongsun Qi really does something harmful to the city, according to the laws of the empire, the local garrison has the right to send troops to take over the management of the city."
Just when Li Mu was racking his brains to find a way to deal with it, Lin Qingzhu's prompt made him suddenly enlightened.
That's right, why do you have to think about solving the problem yourself? Wouldn't it be better if you can borrow some help? Moreover, based on my judgment of Liu Long, I will definitely not ignore the life and death of the people of Lishui City.
"Qingzhu, you are great!"
Excited, Li Mu jumped up and gave Lin Qingzhu a big hug.
His strong chest hugged the girl tightly, leaving Lin Qingzhu, who had not yet reacted, at a loss. Her pretty face was flushed, and she could only let Li Mu hold her stiffly.
"No, I can't send troops."
In the imperial garrison camp outside Lishui City, there were still rows of soldiers carrying torches on patrol. In the green tent in the center of the camp, Li Mu and three others were sitting in front of a man in armor.
"Brother Liu, why is this? This Gongsun Qi is very likely to be killing people, and has even taken action against rogue cultivators. Although we don't know his purpose, if he doesn't take action, many people will die."
Liu Long's refusal was completely unexpected by Li Mu. In his opinion, Captain Liu was definitely an upright and hateful character, and because of Liu Ruoying's relationship, he really couldn't think of any reason not to help him.
"It's not that my brother is unwilling to help you. Do you know how big a deal it is for the imperial garrison to send troops to take over the power of the city? If you hadn't witnessed it with your own eyes or had conclusive evidence that the current city lord had seriously violated the laws of the empire and caused huge damage to the interests of the empire,
Injury, no garrison is allowed to send troops."
"The garrison does have the power to kill first and then act in an emergency, but when the time comes, I, the captain, will face inquiries from the Imperial Military Department and the royal family. I must give a reason that everyone agrees with, otherwise it will be a military law."
"The city lord system is the foundation of the Cangyun Empire. Just imagine if the status of the city lord could be replaced just by guessing the garrison, then the entire empire would be in chaos. If that were the case, even your father would have to worry every day.
"
Liu Long understands how Li Mu feels now, but the move to send troops is of great importance. The information Li Mu can provide is still too little, and it cannot prove that Gongsun Qi really colluded with a certain force and then killed the people, so after careful consideration
, he could only refuse the requests of the three young people in front of him.
"What should we do? Now every day in Lishui City, civilians and monks are missing or arrested. There must be a big conspiracy, and Gongsun Qi must have an ulterior motive for doing this."
Liu Long's words made Li Mu wake up. Now all his judgments about Gongsun Qi were indeed based on speculation and there was no evidence. But how can he get the evidence? Should Gongsun Qi be captured and asked to confess on his own?
"Don't worry, I said I couldn't send troops, but I didn't say I couldn't help. Li Mu, how about you lend me that cloak you mentioned before? I'll go into the city with you. As long as we can catch Gongsun Qi's attack on innocent people,
If someone takes action, I can immediately send troops to take over Lishui City."
Seeing Li Mu's dejected look, Liu Long smiled slightly and put forward his own suggestions.
"Really? That's great, but this Gongsun Qi has the ability to enter the Transformation Infant Realm, the two of us?"
Li Mu's eyes lit up at first, and then he suddenly became worried when he thought of Gongsun Qi's strength.
"Hahaha, you underestimate your brother Liu too much. Do you think that I can only confront Gongsun Qi in Lishui City for several years because of my status as a member of the Liu family?"
When Liu Long heard Li Mu's words, he burst out laughing on the spot. Then he saw that the aura that had been hidden in his body suddenly fully opened up, and a majestic fighting spirit instantly rose up. The huge pressure made Li Mu and the three of them operate instinctively.
Each has his or her own technique.
But this terrifying pressure was not something that Li Mu and others could withstand. Fang Yan used the Blood God Art to the extreme, and the blood on his body quickly turned into armor to cover his whole body, while Li Mu and Lin Qingzhu were directly suppressed and sat down
On the ground.
Fortunately, this fighting spirit was quickly withdrawn. Looking at the three people in front of him who were in shock, Liu Long was also a little embarrassed, as if he was pretending too much.
"Brother Liu, what kind of power is this? It's so domineering. Is your strength also reaching the realm of infant transformation?"
Li Mu pulled Lin Qingzhu up from the ground and asked Liu Long curiously.
"I am still at the perfect level of Dan Formation Realm and have not broken through to the Transformation Infant stage, but what I have cultivated is the Liu family's fighting will. This is the power that can only be accumulated by fighting for life and death for a long time on the battlefield. With this fighting will, I can
You can challenge Gongsun Qi, who is a beginner in the Huaying Realm."
Liu Long was only in his early twenties, so he would not miss the opportunity to show off in front of the younger generation.
But he, Liu Long, is indeed the most outstanding disciple of the Liu family in the cultivation of fighting spirit in the past century. He has cultivated fighting spirit to such an extent at such a young age. Looking at the history of the Liu family, he is definitely considered a genius.
The wind outside the camp was very strong, but the discussion inside the camp was in full swing. With Liu Long joining, the problem of unequal strength between the two parties was finally solved.
A battle is about to begin in Lishui City.
This was the first time Li Mu faced off against the mysterious black-robed power. He was no longer a prey, but a hunter.