I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Li Mu was a little hesitant. What he originally said about leaving behind an arm was just a trick.

After all, he is the prince of Yan, and the emperor would never want his arm.

The best result is that if you win, you can take the waning moon, and if you lose, you can say that you are not as skilled as your opponent.

As a junior, betting with such a big shot has this benefit.

Unexpectedly, Emperor Hongwen would ask him to stay in the capital, which made his wish come to nothing.

"Forget it. As a master, I have to give my apprentice something real."

After the previous fight with Sun Hongyu, Li Mu didn't think he would lose at all.

He agreed to everything:

"I accept."

"Well, after talking nonsense for so long, you better not give up after just a few moves. If you want my Crescent Moon, show some skills."

Emperor Hongwen waved his hand, indicating that they could begin.

After hearing this, the last bit of grudge in Li Mu's heart disappeared.

Since this weapon belongs to the emperor and not Sun Hongyu, Li Mu should not be polite.

Li Mu turned around and looked at Sun Hongyu, making a gesture of invitation:

"please!"

Sun Hongyu's face was solemn. He glanced at the waning moon in his hand without saying a word.

The next moment, someone appeared above Li Mu's head.

The two men's weapons separated as soon as they touched.

"He really did hold back before."

Li Mu clenched the Zhishui, feeling the strength in his palm just now, and thought to himself.

Emperor Hongwen, who was watching the battle from the side, looked at the two people fighting, nodded frequently, and said:

"Otomo, can you see what this kid is like? Why doesn't he look like a human sect member to me?"

Eunuch Deng thought for a moment and replied:

"Your Majesty, I can't tell either. I just think they look a bit like Mohist?"

"Mohist school? Didn't this kid practice Taoism in the Human Sect before? What's his relationship with the Mohist school?"

Emperor Hongwen asked in confusion.

"I am not sure either, but it looks a bit like him. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Lord Deng announced the crime.

Li Mu was becoming more and more frightened as the fight went on, not because of Sun Hongyu's strength.

It’s because Li Mu has never fought with anyone since he obtained "Self-Restraint".

Xiao Zhao and Su Yuwei, the third daughter of Ying Yu, took good care of her and would be alert at the slightest sign of trouble.

She will protect him like an old hen protecting her chicks.

He didn't expect that "Self-Discipline" would be so magical. Except for the internal strength part, he could not benefit from the rest of the content.

The mere fact that it allows him to integrate all he has learned before, and even learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses to create moves that are more suitable for him, is better than any other martial arts in the world.

Li Mu's moves became more and more fierce, and Shisui became more and more adept at it.

Emperor Hongwen on the side suddenly frowned and said to himself:

"Is this true?"

"It looks like it! But it shouldn't be! Your Majesty, Qian Yuan Liu Wu needs the support of true energy to bring out its subtlety. Do you see any true energy fluctuations in the Crown Prince's body? But this method of using the opponent's force to attack the opponent looks even more subtle than Qian Yuan Liu Wu."

After all, Eunuch Deng had served Emperor Hongwen for many years. As soon as he opened his mouth, Eunuch Deng knew what he was thinking and explained aloud.

"Not bad! This kid is hiding quite well."

Emperor Hongwen also nodded slightly, thinking that what Eunuch Deng said made sense, and he looked at Li Mu with even more joy.

He immediately discovered that Sun Hongyu was about to lose, and said with a smile:

"If we let this kid continue to be so proud, his tail will be lifted up to the sky. It's time to make him suffer."

Then his expression brightened, and he shouted to the field:

"Hongyu, don't hold back any more, teach this kid a lesson."

Hearing this, Sun Hongyu exerted force with his calves, the veins on his neck bulged, and he felt a faint flow of true energy in his body.

Holding the waning moon in both hands, he jumped high.

The same moves, but the momentum is completely different from before.

The sword slashed down, and a crescent-shaped sword energy shot out.

Li Mu frowned slightly and thought to himself, this is bad.

It turns out that Sun Hongyu is also a master of Xiu Nei Jia. No wonder I thought his moves were a bit strange before.

I always feel like something is missing.

However, Li Mu still underestimated Canyue and Sun Hongyu.

The sword energy that Sun Hongyu just released into the air was just a feint.

Just as Li Mu dodged, he appeared in the path that Li Mu had to take to avoid the sword energy.

Li Mu was startled and raised his Shisui to block.

Unexpectedly, when the two weapons collided again, Sun Hongyu suddenly raised his sword, and the inverted teeth on the Cangyue sword caught Zhishui.

The next moment, the true energy in Sun Hongyu's body merged into the waning moon at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Immediately afterwards, a crescent-shaped sword energy burst out from the sword body of Canyue.

Li Mu was directly shaken and flew out.

Seeing this, Emperor Hongwen's face darkened. He clearly saw that Li Mu did not use any true energy to block the attack just now.

There is no time to doubt, so you have to take action.

But he heard Eunuch Deng behind him say: "Your Majesty, don't worry, His Royal Highness is fine."

The queen, with a worried look on her face, turned to look at Eunuch Deng when she heard this.

At this time, everyone heard Li Mu's voice. Although his tone was light, it was obvious that they could hear the excitement in it.

“This is the waning moon.”

Li Mu dusted himself off and slowly walked out of the flowers.

He discovered that Sun Hongyu's inner cultivation level was only at the third level at best.

Not only was he able to release his true Qi to create sword Qi, but the power of that sword Qi was even stronger than the sword Qi that Zhang Hanrui had casually swung out at Donglai Pass.

You have to know that Zhang Hanrui was already at the peak of the second level at that time, and had already stepped half a foot into the ranks of the world's top.

At this moment, Li Mu looked at the waning moon with increasingly fiery eyes, as if he was looking at a peerless beauty with natural charm.

Ge Peining?

"I go!"

Li Mu shook his head vigorously to clear his mind.

heart says,

"Why is this pretty widow so powerful that I think of her without even noticing?"

Originally, Li Mu proposed the bet only because he was tricked by the emperor.

I want to get something back.

Thinking about how, as Shanshan's master, he not only didn't teach her anything, but also let her treat the heavy sword he casually made in the blacksmith shop as a treasure.

I feel a little guilty.

Since we can't target the emperor directly, it's no big deal to ask his guard to equip him with a weapon.

After learning the origin of this weapon, I was initially reluctant to take away someone else's beloved weapon.

But right now, Li Mu could only say sorry to Sun Hongyu.

Your waning month trial period.

Arrived!

Li Mu immediately stretched out a finger.

Just when everyone was puzzled, Li Mu's figure disappeared from the spot.

At the same time, he appeared behind Sun Hongyu.

"Take a deep breath, dizziness is normal."

When Sun Hongyu heard Li Mu's voice, he subconsciously swung the waning moon backwards.

But a faint film of true energy appeared on Li Mu's left hand, and he grasped the blade of Cangyue with one hand.

Sun Hongyu's pupils suddenly contracted and he had no time to react.

Then I felt a sharp pain in my neck.

I saw that the handle of Shishui's mace was wrapped in a layer of faint true Qi, which easily shattered Sun Hongyu's true Qi shield.

Li Mu looked at the crescent moon in his hand, bowed slightly to Sun Hongyu who had fainted on the ground, and said shamelessly:

"Accepted."

Emperor Hongwen finally came back to his senses from his shock and looked at the waning moon in Li Mu's hand with some pain.

I want to regret it, but I can't say it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward!"

At this moment, Li Mu had already put Zhishui into the wooden box behind him, and held the Cangyue in his hand lovingly, bowing and saying.

The empress standing by quietly nudged Emperor Hongwen with her elbow.

Emperor Hongwen coughed twice and said with an awkward smile:

"You hid it well enough, kid. You didn't show any of your true energy before, just to catch Hongyu off guard at the most critical moment."

Li Mu didn't want to be labeled as a traitor for no reason, so he quickly explained:

"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm hiding something on purpose. I was injured in Donglai Pass before, so it's inconvenient for me to use my true energy. It's also because Brother Hongyu is too powerful. There's nothing I can do."

When Emperor Hongwen heard this, his expression suddenly became solemn. He no longer cared about Cangyue's matter and said:

"Injured? Where is the injury? Is it damaging to the foundation?"

Then he turned around and said to Eunuch Deng behind him:

"Youcai, go and invite the national teacher!"