Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

How could he not see that Yu Shan normally wouldn't dare to speak to him so forcefully? The reason he dared today was simply because he wanted to maintain his face as the clan leader in front of Huang Yanyao, and at the same time, to put pressure on him as his uncle!

But she has her own confidence after all.

Although Huang Yanyao is weak now, she is protected by her identity as the Emperor's daughter. Anyone who touches her life is seeking death, unless he has a blood feud with the Xianhuang royal family.

"No, how can I let a young girl like me be suppressed like this?"

Yu Yuan hesitated for a moment, but still refused. He took a deep breath and suppressed the rage in his heart. "Since she wants my people to serve her, why not talk to others?"

"Snapped--"

The snake staff hit the guard's shoulder directly, turning him pale. Yu Yuan stared at him and said, "Go check where the Prince of Nanling is now. Find him and tell him that I want to meet him to discuss important matters."

The guard covered his shoulder and kowtowed immediately to accept the order.

Yu Yuan waved his hand and the guard retreated.

"King Nanling is still a better choice after all..."

"Your Highness, this Wuyan Desert is not suitable for a rookie like you to play in."

There was a sly smile on his lips, as if he was mocking Huang Yanyao's childishness.

Yu Yuan certainly had no idea whether King Nanling would be a better object of loyalty, but he needed to choose someone to suppress Yu Shan's dominance over him.

After all, Yu Yuan was doing this for himself.

Chapter 56: Venting Out

Huang Yanyao stood in the yard, looking at the leaves blown by the wind, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, bright and dazzling.

She raised her lips slightly and smiled.

Outside Yusha City, the sky is full of yellow sand, but here there is a scenery like an oasis. Looking at it for a long time will indeed make you feel comfortable both physically and mentally. Even more comfortable is yet to come. Lu Mu is sitting on a stone bench, making tea.

After a quarter of an hour, he shouted, "It's time to drink."

Huang Yanyao came over, picked up the cup of green tea, and took a sip.

To be honest, the sweet taste did not impress her. She was a princess and she had tasted much better things than what the desert tribe could offer.

But Huang Yanyao still drank it.

Because this is the tea brewed by the Holy Son of Shura.

She absolutely believed that there were not many women for whom he could personally make tea, and perhaps she was one of them now.

In fact, Huang Yanyao has always had a sense of unreality. The dignified Shura Saint is really following her, being dragged around by her will. She can’t really adapt to it.

But he knows how to control himself. At least when he doesn't need to speak, he can definitely be a quiet person.

The aroma of tea floated up with the white mist, and she changed the subject: "You were very quiet just now."

"Any questions?"

"You, the great Young Master Lu, are definitely not the type of person who is taciturn."

"Well..." Lu Mu was silent for a long time, then suddenly raised his head, staring at Huang Yanyao with a pair of obsidian eyes, "Because there is no place for me to speak."

"In the eyes of Chief Yushan, I am your bodyguard, not your counselor, so I always stand behind you instead of sitting in the meeting hall like you do. If I do that, people will see the problem."

"They won't think that my status is different, but they will think that I, a mere guard, can be on an equal footing with their mistress. How do you think they will view our relationship?"

Lu Mu was shaking the teacup. He looked more at ease without the mask. At least in Huang Yanyao's eyes, he was always smiling. It wasn't that his smile was very obvious, but the corners of his mouth were always raised. She didn't know what could make him so happy.

"Are you afraid that they will think you are my 'face-to-face'?"

Huang Yanyao raised her eyebrows and said teasingly.

The smile on Lu Mu's lips froze for a moment, and then returned to normal. "I'm just afraid that they will think you have a bad reputation and say that you are still young and yet you know how to find a male lover for yourself. Be careful if the news gets out, or you will be called back to Tianhuang City by the Immortal Phoenix Emperor to be scolded, right?"

"Pfft...haha." Huang Yanyao bowed her body slightly and couldn't help laughing a little louder.

Lu Mu's eyes swept across her chest. The skirt she wore today was quite thin and close-fitting, especially her bulging chest. Through the lapels, he could vaguely see her collarbone and snow-white skin, and even a pink spot bulging under the gauze.

However, Huang Yanyao seemed unaware that she was revealing her charming and seductive figure.

"what's so funny?"

He looked away.

"It's okay. It just seems that you are not used to being an unknown guard behind me. Anyway, thank you for your kindness, young master."

There is something special about the way she speaks.

When Huang Yanyao spoke without trying so hard to maintain her childish dignity, her voice sounded soft and delicate, with a hint of playfulness, and there was still some trace of her past in her.

Huang Yanyao might still have some longing for the unrestrained freedom of traveling alone in the wilderness.

But the past is the past.

Her destiny was already determined, she was to become an emperor. To become an emperor, this carefree and happy personality would have to be wiped out.

Otherwise you won’t be able to carry the heavy burden.

Lu Mu couldn't help but glance sideways, his eyes fell on her face, "No need to thank me, I help you because you are worth it."

Huang Yanyao was stunned, she looked up and met the pair of dark and deep pupils, which were like an ancient well, making it difficult for her to explore, but she could read determination and seriousness from them.

"Am I worthy, or is my body worthy?"

She put down the teacup, crossed her legs gracefully, stretched her slender white neck, and looked at him with burning eyes.

That kind of focus made it difficult for him to escape.

Lu Mu was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and replied indifferently: "I don't know."

"Oh?" Huang Yanyao raised her eyebrows in surprise. She didn't expect him to say that.

"If we rely on guessing for things like this, wouldn't that be a bit disrespectful to Your Highness the Ninth Prince?" Lu Mu continued to swing the teapot, his tone relaxed and without any emotional fluctuations.

"I like sweet food. Why can't your mouth be sweeter?"

She tilted her head and looked at him.

He also raised his head and looked back, and their eyes met.

Both pairs of eyes were very clear, without any impurities, but they gave off an inexplicable sense of ambiguity.

"Hmph, stinky man."

Lu Mu did not answer. Huang Yanyao was not the kind of girl who would eagerly wait for her good brother to say a few nice words to comfort her. She snorted coldly and withdrew her gaze. The tea tasted tasteless.

Looking at her appearance, Lu Mu just found it extremely interesting.

There are many parts of Huang Yanyao that he has never seen before. It would be great if he could discover them bit by bit.

"Although I didn't ask you to, did you pay attention to where the great elder went after he left the meeting hall?"

The two of them finally had to talk about business.

"He went to a mansion in the south of the city, probably his own place, and then lost his temper, saying that you are an ignorant girl who is still wet behind the ears. Then he asked his men to find Hong Jing and said that he had something to discuss."

After Lu Mu finished speaking, he felt a chill coming from the beauty sitting opposite him. He looked up and saw that Huang Yanyao was not angry. She was fiddling with her hair with her fingers. However, Lu Mu felt that someone was about to be in bad luck.

"Well, there are some bad apples among the Quetzalcoatl tribe."

"As expected."

Her other hand drummed along the stone table, and her indifferent eyes showed that childish and hard-to-ignore majesty.

"That old guy was embarrassed by the pressure from the Yushan clan leader in the meeting hall before. He probably felt that you gave Yushan confidence, and he also needed someone, someone who could stabilize both ends of the scale, to give him some confidence."

"It's just that Hong Jing...this guy doesn't have that ability."

Lu Mu felt that Yu Yuan was not a very smart person, but he couldn't blame him. It was too much to expect a person who was only able to see the world from a narrow perspective and whose life span was limited to a few years to consider the overall situation.

"I have an idea."

A strange smile appeared at the corner of Huang Yanyao's lips.

"what are you planning to do?"

"King Nanling and I have always hated each other. Ever since I came to Southern Xinjiang, he wanted to clip my wings before they were fully grown. Until now, I have not found a chance to vent my anger."

After she said that, Lu Mu remembered.

When Huang Yanyao first arrived in Southern Xinjiang, she was left with no money because all the silver in the government treasury had been taken away by her predecessor.

She sent a maid to ask King Nanling for help, but Hong Zhan wanted to kill her maid directly... If Gu Yunxi hadn't rescued her, Huang Yanyao would have lost another person who served her.

She has always remembered this incident.

Now, Prince Hong Jing of Nanling is also here.

Chapter 57: Yu Qinghong

Huang Yanyao is a person who will take revenge without any delay.

But she also understands the importance of keeping silent, transforming into a venomous snake, and accidentally delivering a heavy blow to the enemy.

It cannot be said that the southern border of the empire is now surrounded by enemies, but it has no friends and even fewer vassals, and the enemies have bared their fangs and may devour its territory at any time.

If you want to vent your anger, you have to wait patiently and find an opportunity.

And now, there is a great opportunity before us.

"You want to take action against Hong Jing?"

Huang Yanyao didn't say it explicitly, but the satisfaction and indifference that was about to burst out on her face definitely foreshadowed someone's tragedy. In this Yusha City, there were only two people who were worthy of her hatred, and those two had fortunately formed a team.

No matter what, we have to get rid of one first to make the most of this rare opportunity, right?

"Since he is here in the Wuyan Desert, away from the protection of his good father, and the meat is handed to him, why shouldn't I eat it?"

Huang Yanyao raised her eyebrows and picked up the teacup again. Now the tea tasted good again.

Going deep into the territory of King Nanling to seek revenge is not an easy task, but it is different in the Wuyan Desert.

Here, Hong Jing has no one who can protect him except the guards around him.

"If you kill him in Yusha City, King Nanling will definitely vent his anger on the Feathered Serpent Tribe. His army is approaching, and the Feathered Serpent Tribe will not be able to stop them. It is also impossible for you to use all the assets in your territory to protect them."

"That's what you have to worry about."

Huang Yanyao seemed to have not considered the consequences of killing Hong Jing in Yusha City at all. She just crossed her legs, picked up a piece of fruit crisp and put it in her mouth, watching Lu Mu's expression slowly twisted.

She does like sweet things.

"I'll worry about it?"

"Why do you think I brought you along? Now is the time for you to shine and eliminate my treacherous enemies for me."

Huang Yanyao was in a very good mood when she saw the rare look of distress on Lu Mu's face. Of course, she was determined not to show it on her face, but to be honest, there would also be a day when the Shura Saint would be bullied by others, so of course she could secretly be happy about this kind of thing.

What's more, it was Huang Yanyao herself who was making things difficult for him.

"Are you... not afraid that I'll mess things up?"

"Well, let me think, who was it that offered to help me in the beginning, saying something like 'If His Majesty the Ninth Prince needs me, just ask'? Now that I can use you, Young Master Lu will surely not let a little girl like me down, right?"

Huang Yanyao held up her cheeks, lowered her voice, and imitated Lu Mu's voice, speaking very vividly.

He couldn't argue with that because that was exactly what he said.

And like Gu Yunxi, she always kept saying "little girl", so Lu Mu didn't find it strange.

"Row."

Lu Mu drank the tea in one breath.

In fact, it is not difficult. What Huang Yanyao asked for was nothing more than to kill Hong Jing and at the same time not to allow King Nanling the opportunity to transfer his anger to the Feathered Serpent Tribe. Isn't this a difficult thing to do?

But he thought it was too troublesome. He obviously wanted to kill the guys who were hostile to him, but he had to think more about it, fearing that innocent people would be implicated... Lu Mu had never cared about these things, but when dealing with Murong Zun, he added a few more considerations.

He could take off Hong Jing's head and kick it like a ball in public, and make sure King Nanling wouldn't be able to say a word because he was the young master of the Lu clan.

In Lu Mu's eyes, everyone else in southern Xinjiang except Huang Yanyao is just a bunch of scum. Even looking at them straight in the eye would be an insult to himself.

As expected, it was because he didn’t take this small southern border of the empire seriously.

"...Hong Jing and Xia Jiuxie went to the south of Yusha City to meet Yu Yuan."