Chapter 199: Extraordinary

Li Musheng didn't even glance at the Mei Yan couple, merely asking offhandedly:

"My lord Hu, how do you think they should be dealt with?"

Hearing this, Hu Rui'an fell slightly silent for a moment, his gaze sweeping over Mei Yan, whose eyes were dim from torture, and Mu Qingxia, who was bound and imprisoned. He then frowned in thought and said:

"Mei Yan is of special status; he is the younger brother of Her Majesty the Empress Dowager, a true member of the imperial clan. Mu Qingxia, meanwhile, is the beloved daughter of Mu Tianxing, the Martial Saint of Yuming Mountain. This matter is undoubtedly extremely difficult to handle."

Hearing this, Li Musheng raised an eyebrow:

"Difficult?"

Then, he waved his hand and said:

"If it's difficult, then don't handle it."

Upon hearing this, Hu Rui'an was momentarily stunned, then looked at Li Musheng with great unease. Seeing that Li Musheng was playing with the black cat on the ground and did not appear angry, he tentatively said:

"Setting this matter aside is indeed a good choice. Although Mei Yan has already admitted to colluding with the Falling God Peak, sending the Shengzhou Shengzhou Tianjinwei to help the Falling God Peak massacre villages is also true, and he has also feigned obedience while secretly resisting the court's orders. Although behind this lies the matter of the First Imperial Prince colluding with the Falling God Peak..."

Halfway through speaking, Hu Rui'an suddenly found himself unable to continue. The things he had just mentioned were all sufficient grounds for the entire Mei family to be executed.

But because of the couple's identities, and certain existences involved behind the scenes, this made him dare not touch this matter from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, seeing Hu Rui'an stop, Li Musheng looked up at him and said:

"I guess My Lord Hu must have misunderstood my meaning. When I said 'don't handle it,' I meant don't waste time on this matter. If they should be killed, then kill them; put an end to it once and for all."

Saying this, he stroked the big black cat's head and said:

"After all, after tonight, we must set out early tomorrow morning. Where will we have time to deal with such matters?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Rui'an was stunned, turned his head to glance at the Mei Yan couple, then looked back at Li Musheng and said:

"Kill them? This..."

At this moment, Mei Yan and Mu Qingxia, who had heard every word, both changed expression. Even Mei Yan, whose eyes had previously been dim, seemed to suddenly snap back to reality and struggled in terror:

"Don't... The Empress Dowager is my..."

However, before he could finish speaking, a sharp claw had already landed on his throat, slicing through it in one motion.

Mei Yan's windpipe was directly severed, and blood gushed out, blocking his airway. Even though he wanted to speak, he could only make a gurgling sound.

The big black cat meowed and quickly jumped away from Mei Yan, as if afraid the other's blood would splash onto its fur.

The few people around were stunned by this scene. Hu Rui'an looked at Mei Yan, who was breathing in but not out, his eyes wide open, and his eyelid twitched for a moment.

The other's life force was dissipating rapidly, and soon there was no movement.

A Vice Prefect of the Shengzhou Shengzhou Tianjinwei of one prefecture, a master of the Heaven-and-Mortal Realm in martial arts cultivation, had died so basely under the claw of a big cat. This scene was truly too dramatic.

At this moment, the big black cat returned to Li Musheng's side, rubbing against his robe while circling him twice to show affection.

Li Musheng then shook his head, glanced at Hu Rui'an, and said:

"I told you this cat is extraordinary; it's so efficient at killing people!"

Shen Anran and Wu Shang, along with the others, all looked at the cat with strange expressions.

A cat that can kill people is not just extraordinary; it's simply horrifying, isn't it?

"Your Highness, this big cat must be related to those so-called Divine Beings. They must be controlling it from the shadows."

Wu Shang looked at the big black cat with considerable apprehension and quickly spoke up to remind Li Musheng.

At this moment, Cheng Zhong also spoke:

"I always feel this cat can understand our words. Keeping it around might be a disaster."

Hearing this, the big black cat raised its head, its pair of green eyes gazing at Wu Shang and Cheng Zhong, then narrowed slightly.

Then, it raised its paw and scratched the ground symbolically. Its manner seemed to threaten the two: if they dared to speak ill of it again, Mei Yan's fate would be theirs.

"Enough. It's just a cat. With me here, can it turn the world upside down?"

At this moment, Li Musheng patted the big black cat's head.

The other immediately retracted its claws, meowed a few times, made a purring sound, and rubbed its head against Li Musheng's palm.

Hearing this, Wu Shang and the other exchanged a glance and immediately dared not say anything more. Meanwhile, Shen Anran, whose eyebrows and eyes were like a painting, showed a slight change in expression and thought silently:

"I haven't even touched Your Highness yet, yet this big cat has gotten there first."

Seeing her husband killed by a cat, and that too with the tacit approval of everyone present.

Mu Qingxia's eyes were now bloodshot with rage, her heart filled with immense hatred, but she was bound and could only watch this scene unfold helplessly, unable to do anything.

Just then, Hu Rui'an turned and looked at her. After a moment of silence, he slowly spoke:

"In the past, others were fish and meat, and you were the knife and cutting board. Did you ever think that one day it would be reversed?"

Saying this, he walked toward Mu Qingxia and said:

"Since your husband has already gone ahead, Lady Mu must have no intention of living alone. In that case, let this official send you off."

As his words fell, Hu Rui'an directly struck out with a palm. In Mu Qingxia's terrified gaze, he smashed it onto the crown of her head, instantly killing her with a single blow.

After doing all this, Hu Rui'an took a deep breath, then turned back with a bitter expression, looking at Li Musheng who was playing with the cat, and said:

"Your Highness, after this matter, I and the Martial Saint Mu Tianxing will be mortal enemies. I fear that unless he tears me apart limb from limb, he will not be able to vent his hatred."

Hearing this, Li Musheng gently shook his head and said:

"I actually think that once the news spreads that My Lord Hu struck down the daughter of a Martial Saint with a single palm, it will surely shake the martial world in the future and make your name famous."

"If Lady Ruan of the Deer-Slaying Villa learns of this, she will surely admire My Lord Hu greatly in her heart."

Upon hearing this, Hu Rui'an's old face immediately turned red.

Meanwhile, Shen Anran on the side pressed her red lips together and said:

"Actually, only we few know of this matter. If we do not leak it, naturally no one will know it was your cousin who did it."

Hearing this, Wu Shang also spoke:

"My lord need not worry. The people of the Mei family deserved to die. Even if this matter truly spreads, we are in the right. At worst, we can hide in the Imperial Capital thereafter. I imagine Mu Tianxing would not dare to openly oppose the Great Li court."

Cheng Zhong on the side nodded, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly opened his mouth and spat violently.

He saw a condensed cold gleam of true Qi shoot from his mouth in an instant, heading straight for Hu Rui'an's brow.

Seeing this, Hu Rui'an's expression changed. He raised his hand and slapped at the cold gleam, while barking sharply:

"Cheng Zhong, what are you doing?"

Yet the next moment, the moment his palm wrapped in true Qi touched that cold gleam, it suddenly exploded — the terrifying aura of Qi actually cracking his palm open.

(End of chapter)