"Even if you eventually persuade the Emperor and his son to leave for the west, given His Majesty and the Empress's favor towards you, they will at most reprimand you a couple of times. If you stay here now, you will only make it difficult for the Emperor and his son to meet you. Do you really want to provoke him or force him to take action?"

Li Xue's mind cleared instantly. Because of her previous heartache, she was even more worried about her two imperial brothers, which is why she did not realize that the emperor had deliberately let her brothers and herself go.

Now, after listening to their advice, she realized that she should return to the academy immediately. She couldn't afford to have any mishaps on the way. If she were to be used by someone with ulterior motives and die outside the academy, it would naturally have a great deal to do with the emperor. At that time, the emperor would have no way to explain himself. After all, the person who had secretly tried to assassinate her several times had never been found.

Fortunately, the journey was uneventful. On the way, several hundred guards sent by the prince came to pick her up. Li Xue sent them all back, and they only dispersed after she entered the Red Moon Academy.

These people dared not go far, but instead lurked outside the academy.

Li Xue instructed these people not to intercept the emperor, and even less to attack him.

Wang Mu, without dismounting, said, "They're all gone, can we come out now?"

Li Ni, hidden in the shadows, was shocked. He had been there for some time, intending to ambush the man. He was furious that this person had interfered in palace affairs, and seeing Li Xue and the way the young man treated the princess only fueled his anger. He was determined to kill this man today.

It turns out that although Li Ni failed to win over Doreen back then, his feelings for her hadn't faded much.

However, Doreen was already married to another man, and was now the queen, with two sons and a daughter. He could only offer his silent blessings, knowing that if Doreen had truly followed him, she might not have been able to enjoy such a wealthy life.

Moreover, as the guardian of the Illusionary Moon Empire, his relationship with Emperor Delin of the Holy Empire could only be a private one, as they were each acting in the interests of their respective empires, and therefore could only interact privately.

He naturally favored the princes and princesses, especially Princess Lixue, who bore a resemblance to Doreen.

Princess Lixue was nearly assassinated on her journey and was saved by someone. He secretly investigated, but he was unable to find out who was responsible.

Later, he heard that the emperor of the Holy Empire was preparing to send powerful court officials to the Illusion Moon Empire. As the guardian of the empire, he naturally would not allow powerful officials from other countries to come to the empire.

If it leads to conflict between the two sides and the situation becomes difficult to control, he wrote a private message to Delin, revealing that he had already made a breakthrough.

After receiving the letter, Delin knew that Li Ni would do his best to investigate the princess's matter secretly. Even if there was a conflict of interest with the Huan Yue Empire, he would give a reasonable result. Besides, it was not worth making an enemy of a sub-saint level expert. Of course, there was also a letter from Princess Lixue. Soon, he recalled all the court experts. To outsiders, the matter was left unresolved.

After a long investigation, Li Ni was unable to find out who was behind the assassination attempt on the princess that day.

At this moment, he dared not get too close to Wang Mu, knowing that the young man in front of him was powerful. He had actually lost track of him in the city that day, and he also believed that the escape of the Li Yanfeng clan princess might be related to this person.

This time, the young man retrieved those letters again, so his skills were naturally remarkable. He secretly made preparations and brought about ten experts from his family, all of whom were at least level eight, and there were even one or two level ten experts.

He appeared more than ten meters away. It was too far away for him to hear the princess and the boy's conversation clearly, but he knew that Princess Lixue was extremely aggrieved.

Seeing that the two princes had escaped and several guards had been killed, he figured this young man must have been trying to harm the princes and princess. However, he was afraid that if he pushed the young man too far or angered him, the princess would be killed instead.

Looking at the person approaching, Wang Mu knew that the other party was a powerful individual, and moreover, the Quasi-Saint level expert who had been following him that night.

The other party was clearly from the Illusion Moon Empire, but for some reason, he stood up for the prince and princess of the Holy Empire. He sensed the killing intent in the other party's eyes, and there were about ten other people around him, all of whom were experts.

He wondered if this person was actually a powerful figure from the Holy Empire, hiding in the Illusionary Moon Empire.

As the person approached, he sneered, "Are you here to stand up for the princes and princesses, or for that general?"

“You shouldn’t be so rude to the princes and princesses.” Li Ni stopped a few meters away, his face cold, looking at the young man in front of him as if he were dead.

Wang Mu let out a cold laugh, knowing that a life-or-death struggle was inevitable today. He regretted letting the prince and princess go and couldn't help but think that he might have been deceived by Li Xue earlier. He was very annoyed at the moment.

The two stared at each other for a long time, then suddenly he said, "If you want war, then let's fight!"

Before he finished speaking, he leaped forward and attacked the surrounding experts.

The man landed in front of an eighth-level swordsman. The man was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself that the other party had come very quickly. The next second, he was stabbed in the chest by the long sword in the young man's hand. Before he could react, he fell to the ground and died within a second or two.

Li Ni cursed the boy for being shameless, but as he cursed, he knew that it was a fight to the death between them, and that further words would be of no use.

Wang Mu turned around and found himself surrounded. He was filled with anger and resentment, and even if the other party was a Breakthrough, he was still going to vent his anger on them.

He flashed and instantly appeared in front of someone.

This person was a level nine cultivator. Although the young man's movements were incredibly fast, at this moment, he wielded his greatsword, and with each swing, his battle aura was like a blade, slashing straight ahead.

Wang Mu dodged to the side, his longsword striking the hard stone. Using the force of the sword, he spun around, moving like a phantom, and was already in front of the level nine practitioner.

The longswords clashed against the opponent's greatsword, sparks flew, and with a clang, he withdrew his longsword and then thrust it at his opponent at an unexpected angle.

Li Ni was greatly alarmed. The young man's martial arts skills were extremely strange, and his figure was like a ghost.

Looking at the level nine cultivator again, blood was in his mouth, and he was barely breathing. His eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that the young man's sword strike was so strange.

Wang Mugang sheathed his longsword when several streams of fighting energy attacked from behind him. He pushed off with his feet and flew several meters into the air. He quickly glanced around and saw that the people who had come were all in positions of authority, realizing that the newcomers were working together very well.

Seeing the boy soar into the air, Li Ni roared, and his surging battle qi shook like thunder, striking the airborne boy.

At this moment, Wang Mu had not yet landed and had no foothold. He struck out with his palm, only to feel a numb pain in his palm, and then fell to the ground with the force of the impact.

No sooner had he landed than several streams of fighting spirit arrived in front of him.

He swung his sword to parry, managing to withstand several bursts of fighting spirit. Instantly, he felt a shock in his chest. Without waiting for his opponents to unleash their fighting spirit again, he let out a roar, his longsword slicing through several hard stones on the ground. With another swing, these stones shattered into more than a dozen pieces, which shot towards his opponents.

The next second, his figure split into three, his hands gripping throwing knives, using his qi to materialize and shoot towards two of them.

Before the two level-eight opponents could react, three flashes of cold light pierced his body. It felt as if something had passed through his back. When he tried to raise his sword to unleash his battle aura, the pain was so intense that even breathing became extremely difficult.

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