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

Donglai Pass, the residence of Prince Yan.

Li Mu sat on the ground in a somewhat embarrassed manner, breathing heavily.

There were corpses scattered all over the ground beside him.

There were only three people left in front of him, and they were all trying hard to hold on, but they were powerless to move forward and give Li Mu the final blow.

"Hahahaha, I never thought that my fame would be ruined by a bunch of scoundrels like you."

Li Mu let out a long howl toward the sky, looking as lonely as he could be.

"Boy, you are so powerful at your age, but it's a pity that you were born in the wrong place."

The old man in the middle took off the silk mask on his face and spoke with some regret for Li Mu.

In the distance, on a big tree.

There were four people hiding sparsely.

They were Zhang Hanrui's four daughters, all looking at the situation in the main hall of the palace with different expressions.

"Shanshan, what are you doing? Let me go."

Princess Yan spoke angrily to Shanshan behind her in an anxious tone.

Just now, several people, led by Zhang Hanrui, dealt with the miscellaneous soldiers of the noble families, and quickly calmed down the situation outside the palace as if they had used their unparalleled skills.

Right now, the guards of the palace are working with Zou Pu and the Dark Ice Guards to clean up the battlefield.

The Princess of Yan originally wanted to go back to the main hall to help Li Mu, but was brought here by the three women, under the pretext of observing the situation.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived, he saw Li Mu looking up to the sky and drinking his sorrow.

Princess Yan drew her sword and was about to save Li Mu, but was hugged by Shanshan.

"Miss, isn't Master's acting too exaggerated?"

Shanshan hugged Princess Yan, but her gaze turned to Zhao Chuyi, who had a silly look on her face, and asked weakly.

"What do you know? Look at that old man, he's taking it seriously."

Zhao Chuyi rolled her eyes at Shanshan and said unhappily.

Hearing this, Princess Yan was stunned and said in surprise,

"You think he's pretending?"

Seeing this, Shanshan hurriedly covered Princess Yan's mouth. Zhao Chuyi also turned around and made a gesture to her to keep quiet.

However, at this time, Princess Yan had tears in her eyes and her face was red.

Zhao Chuyi burst out laughing, teasingly,

"So Master is so concerned about the safety of the young master."

Princess Yan raised her hand and opened Shanshan's hand. Her eyes were fierce, but she didn't say anything.

I couldn't help feeling a little jealous. Looking at the expressions of the other three people, it was obvious that they all knew about this matter, but they kept it from me.

"Silence! There really are cicadas."

At this time, Zhang Hanrui's cold voice sounded in the ears of the three women.

The three of them looked toward the front of the hall.

A middle-aged man in a Confucian robe appeared there at some point.

"Lin Fuhai, kill him quickly."

The three people from the noble families also saw Lin Fuhai and cried out.

Lin Fuhai held the sword in one hand, ignored them, walked past the three people and stood in front of Li Mu.

Looking down at Li Mu, he said calmly,

"Are you the Prince of Yan?"

Li Mu looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, resisted the urge to slap him to death, and nodded.

"Why are you still talking to him? Cut his tendons and get us out of here."

At this moment, the old man who had just been "hero appreciating hero" with Li Mu suddenly spoke, and his previous demeanor was gone.

However, just as the old man finished speaking, a white sword energy slid across his throat. The astonishment in the old man's eyes instantly lost its color, and he fell to the ground, no longer moving.

"First level! You..."

The other two people on the side, before they could say anything, launched two consecutive sword energies.

From then on, all the people from the noble families who had previously besieged Li Mu died.

Li Mu looked at everything in front of him with great interest. He just wanted to pretend that he and the assassin were both injured to see if there was any fish that could escape and come out to finish him off.

After all, he had seen too many such plots before traveling through time.

But I didn't expect that there was indeed someone who made the final move, and it was someone from a noble family.

After dealing with the small fish, Lin Fuhai put the long sword on Li Mu's neck and said with a smile,

"Your Highness, how about a deal?"

Li Mu glanced at the long sword at his neck and asked in a panic,

"What deal?"

Seeing Li Mu like this, Lin Fuhai frowned unconsciously, but still said,

"As long as the prince promises to protect my lineage, the wealth of the Lin family and other families can all be offered to me. There is also a secret, which is about the secret of entering the rank."

Li Mu was curious and asked,

"Your lineage?"

"I am just a branch of the Lin family. There are only 29 people in my lineage. This should be easy for the prince to do."

Lin Fuhai spoke in a firm tone and did not feel inferior because of his status as a member of the collateral branch.

"Shouldn't you let me let you out?"

Li Mu asked.

Lin Fuhai sneered, his tone somewhat disdainful.

"So what if they came out? Those old immortals are just daydreaming."

Li Mu stared at Lin Fuhai, and suddenly a ridiculous idea popped into his mind.

However, the more Li Mu thought about this idea, the more possible it seemed to him, so he opened his mouth to test it.

"Okay, I agree to the conditions. I'll send the money. As for the secret, I'm not interested."

"Your Highness is straightforward. To show your sincerity, I can tell you this secret first..."

Halfway through his speech, Lin Fuhai was stunned.

"What's going on? What do you mean? Not interested?"

"Perhaps I didn't explain it clearly. It's about the secret of entering the rank. Your Highness doesn't want to know?"

Lin Fuhai tried hard to maintain his expression and asked while holding the shelf.

"Not interested. I am only interested in money and beautiful women."

Li Mu acted like a dandy, shaking his head as he spoke, and his neck almost hit the edge of Lin Fuhai's sword.

Lin Fuhai subconsciously moved his sword outward, and this action did not escape Li Mu's eyes.

Li Mu was immediately amused, and his eyes turned playful when he looked at Lin Fuhai.

Lin Fuhai also realized that his behavior was a little inappropriate, so he made up his mind and swung his sword towards Li Mu. The sword tip was wrapped in true energy, and it was obvious that this sword was not fake.

Seeing this, Li Mu was not panicked at all. He just waved his hand casually and knocked the sword out of Lin Fuhai's hand.

In the distance, Zhang Hanrui raised half of his foot and then put it down again, with some resentment in his eyes.

"Master, you are not going to continue the performance, are you? That sword that man used just now scared me to death."

Shanshan stretched out her hand and patted the broad chest of Princess Yan in front of her.

Princess Yan pushed Shanshan's hand away, then got out of Shanshan's arms and cursed,

"You stupid girl, you have no respect for your parents. You were spoiled by Chuyi."

When Zhao Chuyi heard this, she didn't dare to argue. She shrank her neck and stuck out her tongue.

"Let's go, let's go there."

Zhang Hanrui interrupted the three people with a voice, but before she finished her words, she had disappeared from the spot.

At this time, Li Mu pinched Lin Fuhai's neck with one hand and looked at him with a smile on his face.

Lin Fuhai's eyes were filled with hatred, and he shouted hoarsely,

"If you kill me, you will never know how to enter the realm of the rank. If you don't, you will be trapped here forever."

Li Mu shook his head and said lightly,

"Don't you value your life? What benefit did he give you to make you work so hard for him?"

Hearing this, the resentment in Lin Fuhai's eyes turned into astonishment, and he said in disbelief,

"You know? Impossible, how could you..."

Halfway through his words, looking at Li Mu's playful smile, Lin Fuhai realized that he had been fooled. Li Mu was trying to cheat him.

Of course Li Mu was trying to trick him. When Li Mu heard Lin Fuhai's conditions before, he felt they were very abrupt. Why did he have to add a secret?

In addition, Li Mu felt that the middle-aged Taoist priest who had inexplicably appeared before and gave him the "secret book" seemed to be actively giving him the opportunity.

I don't have a system and haven't completed any 'tasks'.

So just like that, with such a casual explosion, Lin Fuhai, whose life was in the hands of Li Mu, was exposed.

Li Mu felt a little itchy in his heart. Secrets were something that everyone wanted to know, but this one that was delivered to his door was obviously a conspiracy.

Li Mu struggled for a moment, exerted a little force with his hands, and began to recall some of the torture methods he used before the time travel.

"The secret of becoming a master? Tell me about it."

At this time, Zhang Hanrui behind Li Mu suddenly spoke.