Chapter 308

Li Mu felt as if he had had a very long dream.

In the dream, it was as if he had died once. He even heard the crying of many people mourning for him. After the crying, he was placed in a coffin and buried in the cold earth.

He wanted to struggle, wanted to open his eyes to tell these people that he was not dead, but he could not do it; he had lost control of himself.

Afterward, another group of people dug open his grave and rescued him from the coffin.

Logically speaking, this was a good thing, after all, he had not really died.

But at the thought that his grave had been dug up by someone, he felt a bit depressed.

He did not know why he felt depressed; perhaps he felt that having one's grave dug up was not a very good thing. After all, the King of Chu back then had his grave dug up and his corpse whipped by Wu Zixu.

Just at this moment, Li Mu's body suddenly shook, and he slowly opened his eyes.

After opening his eyes, his first sensation was that his body was very stiff and somewhat difficult to control. Even though Su Xuan had left him one soul and preserved a glimmer of life, keeping his body from dying, his two souls and seven spirits had been away from his body for too long. Returning to his body suddenly, he still had to spend some time adapting to it.

Besides this, Li Mu's second sensation was hunger.

He had never been as hungry as he was right now.

Counting from the time his soul was snatched away to the present moment when his soul returned to its place, he had not eaten or drunk for a very long time. Even with only one soul left, the energy he consumed to maintain the body's necessary functions was not small. Fortunately, he was a robust warrior proficient in martial arts, which was why he could hold on for so long.

The person staying beside Li Mu seemed to know that Li Mu would be very hungry after waking up.

As Li Mu opened his eyes, an elixir had already been delivered to his lips.

"Eat it. After eating, your hunger will improve a little."

Li Mu's head was still in a muddled state and could not be considered fully awake, but his body's instinct still made him feel some wariness, and he did not open his mouth.

What if this was poison?

Unfortunately, he seemed to have no choice. At this moment, an invisible force compelled him to open his mouth. The elixir fell into his mouth, and he was forced to swallow it.

As the elixir went down his throat, a warm current surged. Li Mu suddenly discovered that his hunger had decreased significantly, and at the same time, his muddled head suddenly cleared up.

He sat up abruptly and discovered that he was in the carriage of a horse-drawn carriage, and beside him sat a young man in black robes. The elixir from earlier seemed to have been brought out by him.

"Who are you?"

Li Mu looked at the other person with some curiosity and asked.

"My name is Su Xuan. For now, I can be considered a Qin person!" Su Xuan did not hide it and answered Li Mu.

The words 'Qin Guo' reached Li Mu's ears, and Li Mu's gaze suddenly sharpened. "Where are you taking me?"

This carriage was in motion, and he had appeared on it inexplicably; it was clearly the handiwork of the Qin people. Li Mu really wanted to know what the Qin people were planning to do.

"Xianyang!"

Xianyang was the capital of the State of Qin. This Qin person actually wanted to take him there?

Hearing this, Li Mu was shocked. Without a word, he chose to attack, throwing a punch toward Su Xuan.

Li Mu's experience was very similar to Bai Qi's; he also walked step by step from the lowest-ranking soldier to a high position. Before returning to the court to defend against the State of Qin, he had been fighting the Xiongnu in the border regions. He once used a Zhenyue Sword to crush the Xiongnu army, killing more than 100,000 Xiongnu troops. The folk customs in the northern lands were fierce, and the Xiongnu were even more brave and fierce. When Li Mu fought the Xiongnu, he often fought in person, so his strength was extremely impressive. Even in the world of martial arts, he could be called a master.

This punch could be described as fast, accurate, and ruthless.

Unfortunately, he encountered Su Xuan.

When the fist reached Su Xuan, it was as if it had smashed into an iron wall. Even Li Mu could not help but feel pain in his fist.

Immediately after, Su Xuan flicked his finger, and Li Mu felt his whole body go limp; all his strength disappeared.

Li Mu's expression changed slightly. Feeling his strength ebbing away, he could not help but look at Su Xuan with narrowed eyes. "What exactly do you want to do?"

"I said, I want to take you to Xianyang!" Su Xuan said, "General Li, it is better not to struggle. This time, my King specifically named you, wanting me to bring General Li back."

"Also, don't think about escaping and returning to Handan."

"In the eyes of those people in Handan, you are already a dead man."

"Even if you return alive, certain people, in order to let the facts that have already happened continue, will choose to kill you again. It is impossible to let you live."

Hearing these words from Su Xuan, Li Mu was incredibly shocked.

Earlier, he had a dream where he seemed to have died.

He did not take it to heart at first, but now, after hearing Su Xuan's words, he immediately had a guess.

Could it be that those things were not a dream, but things that had actually happened?

In the eyes of most people, had he really died once?

This kind of thing sounded unbelievable, but Li Mu had seen many great storms and waves in his life. Since he thought of this possibility, he could not help but regard it as part of the truth.

Thinking of this, he felt uncomfortable.

Afterward, he looked at Su Xuan with increasing hatred. "Did you do it?"

"It was indeed me!" Su Xuan nodded, not hiding it.

Feeling Li Mu's increasingly hateful gaze, he said, "General Li doesn't need to look at me like that. Even if I didn't make a move, Zhao Qian and Guo Kai wouldn't tolerate you. You probably don't know, but they already harbor murderous intent toward you. The matter of killing you was originally their instruction!"

Li Mu was incredulous. "Impossible!"

"There is nothing impossible. When you scolded Zhao Qian's biological mother, Chang Ji, back then, the hidden danger was already buried. Guo Kai is an even more vengeful petty person. In the past, because the Zhao Wang relied on you, he could suppress the hatred in his heart. Now that the Zhao Wang is dead, no one can protect you anymore. To them, your existence is already a deep eyesore."

Su Xuan's voice was very calm, but it reached Li Mu's ears, causing Li Mu's heart to tremble.

He could not help but think of the rumors that had suddenly spread in Handan earlier. The words he used to scold Chang Ji back then—he did not know who had brought them up again. Now, he had the answer.