Chapter 163: Turmoil in East Shanyue

East Shanyue.

Mu Jiaoman lay on the couch, the scorching breath surging in his mouth, his heart twitching like a cramp, making his mouth dry and difficult to speak.

"Great King! Great King!"

The concubines around were crying and making trouble, making him irritable. He gritted his teeth and shouted with all his strength:

"Shut up!"

But this sound was as light as humming, and no one noticed him, all crying and making trouble on their own. His heart was dark.

Although East Shanyue was not rich and strong under his rule, it was much better than the chaotic times in the past. The territory of East Shanyue was constantly expanding, and from time to time, Shanyue villages surrendered.

Mu Jiaoman knew that Li Tongya was cautious, pretending to rely on Wushan, so that Li Tongya would not cross the border to commit crimes. He also compromised, opened up trade routes, and let the Li family exchange some novel luxury goods for the mountain-like grain and materials in the hands of the Shanyue nobles, which was equivalent to supporting the 100,000-plus living people with tens of thousands of Shanyue as labor, only then exchanging for a glimmer of life.

Just when everything was vibrant and everything was moving in a good direction, a demon wolf broke into the town. This demon object at the sixth layer of Qi Refining crossed hundreds of miles of mountains and rivers strangely and silently, landing at the foot of his city.

Mu Jiaoman had to fight. His East Shanyue had two or three Qi Refining cultivators after these years of development. Although they all swallowed miscellaneous Qi, they couldn't compare to those immortal cultivators, but they were considered combat power. It's just that they were distributed on the front line in the west, and the support came too slowly.

He thought about holding on for a while and waiting for support, but didn't expect this demon object to have several innate spells, beating him back steadily, so he had to grit his teeth and sacrifice his blood, calling Wushan according to ancient witchcraft.

"How could there be no news..."

Mu Jiaoman's mind was blank, his heart was dead silent. The keen sense of smell he had trained for so many years made him understand a major event.

"Something is wrong with Wushan. This demon object is definitely a stone for some immortal cultivator to ask the way..."

Mu Jiaoman used witchcraft to squeeze out his lifespan and finally repelled this demon object. Returning to the gorgeous jade bed, he understood that his death date had arrived.

"All get out!"

A group of concubines were crying, but were interrupted by a roar. A Shanyue big man covered in runes broke into the palace in a hurry, his animal bones and jade stones clinking. He gathered his spirit, and Mu Jiaoman murmured:

"You..."

"The old slave came late!"

The big man cried and complained, but Mu Jiaoman suddenly became energetic, grabbed his hand tightly, and murmured:

"Pass my clan position to Young Master Zhimu, and the rest of the children... slaughter them all! Don't leave any survivors."

"Yes..."

"Do you remember!"

Mu Jiaoman was in tears, gritting his teeth and emphasizing:

"The rest of the children must be slaughtered clean... Don't be controlled by the Li family. My Shanyue clan is forbearing and not submitting to him. Do you understand! Do you understand!"

The big man raised his head, the tears in his eyes had not yet flowed, but Mu Jiaoman let go of his hand, knocked on the jade bed with a thud, and had already stopped breathing. The Shanyue big man wiped his tears and said sadly:

"Great King!... went to see the Great King!"

The bell in the city rang loudly, and Shanyue soldiers kept shuttling through the streets. Killing shouts and screams rose everywhere. Those sons who used to be high above were dragged out one after another, and their heads were cut off cleanly.

A gray-black ox cart had already driven out of the city early, drove for a while on the rugged Kong Guli Road, and several figures jumped off the ox cart in a hurry, drilling into the forest to the east.

"The old thing really loves that Zhimu. Fortunately, we had eyes in the palace, so we wouldn't be slaughtered like pigs and dogs by him!"

"My lord, what should we do now!"

Several people behind were obviously guards or counselors, following closely behind the person in front. Someone asked, and then saw him say:

"I heard that Aunt is also a concubine of the Eastern people. Now the only plan is to flee east and take refuge with Aunt!"

Several people watched the stars and determined the direction, plunged into the dense forest that could not be seen, and disappeared.

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Li Tongya was reading the 'Moon Palace Sword Canon' in the cave dwelling, silently gesturing in his hands, praising from time to time, and said in a low voice:

"Wonderful! Simply wonderful to the peak!"

When Li Chijing returned home and wrote down the Moon Palace Sword Arc, Li Tongya was still a novice who had just entered the sword path, and had never felt how exquisite Li Chijing's sword technique was. Later, as he grew year by year, with the Moon Palace Sword Arc personally explained by Li Chijing as the foundation, plus his own sword path talent that could be considered good, his sword path cultivation progressed rapidly. He soon understood sword Qi and finally understood how profound his younger brother's understanding of the sword path was.

The explanation of the 'Moon Palace Sword Canon' was deep and simple, and extremely exquisite. Li Tongya's sword path cultivation, which had been slow, had progressed rapidly in these few months. Many problems that he had been confused about in the past were suddenly enlightened. He estimated the time, and I am afraid that he would have the opportunity to understand the next realm of the sword path, Sword Origin, in less than ten years.

The Moon Palace Sword Arc was just the starting style of this set of sword canon. There were dozens of sets of exquisite combo moves and changes, which made Li Tongya dazzled and praised endlessly. He was still gesturing in his hands, but heard a "knock knock" sound in front of the stone gate.

"Who?"

Li Tongya raised his head and asked, and heard the voice of his child Li Xuanling, respectfully saying:

"Father, someone from the Xiao family has come, a Qi Refining cultivator, I am afraid I still have to entertain him."

"I know."

Li Tongya thought for a few breaths, got up and left the cave dwelling. Li Xuanling was waiting at the door. Seeing this, he let out a low breath.

Li Xuanling was also difficult to do. The status of Qi Refining and Embryonic Breath was vastly different, and the Xiao family had kindness to the Li family. Not sending a Qi Refining cultivator to entertain would inevitably be a bit contemptuous and lose the sense of proportion.

Li Xuanfeng had long since entered closed-door cultivation, and Li Xuanxuan was at a critical juncture in breaking through the Qi Refining realm and dared not be disturbed. Although Chen Donghe was at the Qi Refining cultivation level, he was not someone who could make decisions. Looking around, only Li Tongya was not in closed-door cultivation, so he ran up the mountain to ask for his help.

Li Tongya put away the 'Moon Palace Sword Canon' in his hand, left the cave dwelling, and arrived at the main courtyard on Lijing Mountain with Li Xuanling. He saw a young man who looked like twenty-five or twenty-six looking up at him. His long robe was elegant and dusty, and his appearance was outstanding. He was obviously shocked when he saw his appearance, and hurriedly got up and bowed:

"Xiao Ruyu of the Xiao family! Greetings to the senior!"

Xiao Ruyu still thought that Li Xuanfeng would come to see him, but didn't expect the Li family to value him so much, and Li Tongya came to welcome him personally, which was a bit surprised and a bit uneasy.

"Li Tongya is a senior of the same generation as Clan Uncle Xiao Yongling, and also one of the most outstanding cultivators of this generation on the Kong Guli Road..."

Thinking for a breath, Xiao Ruyu smiled:

"Ruyu has heard of the senior from Clan Uncle more than once, and he admires him quite a bit. Ruyu has admired him for a long time, and now we have finally met."

Li Tongya smiled gently. Seeing that he was advancing and retreating with propriety and had an extraordinary demeanor, he also had a few good feelings in his heart and said in a low voice:

"I have also heard Xuanfeng mention you. You can accompany him deep into dangerous places, which is quite courageous!"

"Senior praises me too much."

The two were polite for a few sentences. Xiao Ruyu didn't dare to be negligent and said respectfully:

"Ruyu has two important things to come. One is that the county is empty, and people need to be moved from all over. Among the families, the Li family has the largest population. The Xiao family is willing to pay a certain price..."

"What kind of thing is this."

Li Tongya smiled and said gently:

"My Li family can provide about a thousand male and female laborers to your clan every year. The Xiao family doesn't need to mention any rewards. With the relationship between our two families, why be polite?"

The Li family now lacks everything, but doesn't lack population. The population that Shanyue has fled to every year makes the Li family feel embarrassed. They are afraid that the Shanyue population will be too large and cause trouble if they are settled locally, and it is too pity to send them back, after all, they are also a large amount of labor.

The Li family has taken over Huaqian Mountain for more than seven years, and the population has grown from 5,000 to 20,000. Coupled with the nearly 100,000 local population of the Li family, the Li family almost has the population of half a county city. If it weren't for the tens of thousands of Shanyue in the west to support them, it would be really difficult to handle.

Thanks to @Qianlongwuyong3 for the tip~ I heard the Hall Master wanted an extra update, so I'll add one chapter from my drafts to show my appreciation~^