Even without cheats, we must survive the apocalypse

The reason why she told him was because telling Huang Yanyao would cause trouble to her. For example, she was often secretly scolded in the Palace of General Affairs. Gu Yunxi would never tell Huang Yanyao about such things because it would put her sister Yanyao in a dilemma... So Gu Yunxi simply chose to keep silent and endure it herself.

It was much more comfortable to talk to Lu Mu. After all, he was an irrelevant person and was just a spectator. He was also tight-lipped. At least he was not a gossiper who would tell everyone his innermost thoughts.

Gu Yunxi is going to set off again tomorrow and head north. It won’t take long, but after only being separated from Lu Mu for three or four days, she feels depressed, as if something is blocking her heart and she needs to vent it.

So, she asked him to come over tonight, and just sitting together, even without saying anything, she felt much better.

"Sister Yanyao didn't cause you any trouble, did she?"

She suddenly looked over and stared at his face with dazed eyes.

"What kind of trouble are you having?"

"The kind that will make you have bad thoughts."

"That's not the case."

She looked like she cared, just a little.

It was only three or four days, and there was no chance for anything to happen between him and Huang Yanyao. Gu Yunxi pursed her lips, lowered her eyes, and said lightly, "Oh, it's best if there is nothing."

Lu Mu leaned back in his chair. The moonlight was getting dimmer and dimmer. Gu Yunxi stopped talking. She looked a little tired. Perhaps he would have to sit here with her until dawn tonight... Then, the ground beneath their feet shook slightly.

It was very light, but the two of them noticed it keenly.

Lu Mu and Gu Yunxi looked at each other and both looked towards the dark night sky in the distance, but there was nothing there. The protective formation of the Tongshi Palace had been dissolved, and they could occasionally hear some of the bustling sounds in the city.

Even at night, the city is bustling.

"……what happened?"

Gu Yunxi murmured, she seemed to hear the roar of an animal just now.

Then, a ray of spiritual light wrapped in true energy rushed into the sky, exploded under the dim moonlight, and caused layers of waves. There seemed to be a vague pattern shining in the night sky, and then dissipated.

Gu Yunxi's expression changed immediately.

She recognized the pattern, it was a secret order from the war army, meaning enemy attack!

Chapter 79: The Demonic Transformation in the Deep Palace

Although the troops under Huang Yanyao are small in number and seem immature, they are by no means a mob.

In recent days, incidents have occurred repeatedly in Tianque City, and it is difficult for Commander Xin Jian to save face. He also knows that the evil cultivators who dare to attack again and again will never stop. Those people do not have the practice of "three strikes before a time", and they must have planned it for a long time. Therefore, the troops in various places are in full swing and ready for war at all times to prevent any accidents.

They were furious. Their master's palace was being entered and exited at will by those treacherous people as if it were their own home...

Therefore, anyone who dares to cause trouble without eyes will be treated equally.

However, although such an urgent secret order was issued, it did not cause much noise.

"problem occurs?"

Lu Mu didn't know what the Qi pattern meant, but Gu Yunxi did. She immediately jumped up from the chair, causing her casual braids to jump a bit. Her cold eyes narrowed slowly, and a murderous aura emanated from her.

"Enemy attack."

"Another evil cultivator?"

"I'm not sure, but it's a little strange that even the patrol soldiers could notice something was wrong. That guy is a little crazy, but he's probably not stupid."

Gu Yunxi didn't think that Xia Jiuxie would come back to cause trouble so soon.

Before Xia Jiuxie attacked Feng Ling, he sneaked into the city, kidnapped two maids and lured her out. If he dared to show up, Feng Ling would not be the only one to face him.

Even if he could easily deal with a cultivator at the fourth level of the Pi Palace, facing the 15,000 soldiers stationed in the Tianque City, plus the commander Xin Jian who was coordinating the battle formations and military forces, even a cultivator at the Yuanji Realm would not be able to get away with it. Xia Jiuxie knew this, so he lurked like a poisonous snake and played dirty tricks.

All evil cultivators are like this, they can’t carry out any fair and upright plans.

"Why don't you go and take a look?"

Lu Mu watched Gu Yunxi relax her brows and sit back in her chair. She was still worried, but her anxious look just now seemed to have disappeared.

"No need. The city's security is in charge. You and I just need to be careful of those guys who want to enter the Palace of Governors."

She looked up at the moon, her expression calm, but her hands were folded back and forth, looking a little restless.

It wasn't like nervousness, it was more like endurance.

I'm afraid Gu Yunxi is also holding back some anger and wants to vent it out.

"Evil cultivators have many tricks up their sleeves, so it's better to be cautious and avoid them."

Lu Mu leaned back in his chair, snapped his fingers, and his inner energy was like a blade, sweeping up the dust.

It was true that the Evil Heart Sect was extremely evil, but they were also very good at playing tricks. He had not yet forgotten how Xia Jiuyou had deceived his eyes in the first place... When that guy tore off his "skin" in the vast snow, even he felt that there was nothing more disgusting in the world.

The disguise of ordinary cultivators is just to change their appearance with the innate Qi, but the "disguise" of the Evil Heart Sect is to stuff a living person into another living person, using a living "skin" to cover up their true identity.

I don't know how that was done, but if you think too much, you will lose. There are thousands of ways in the world, and many of them are mysterious and unpredictable.

Then, Lu Mu suddenly felt an inexplicable chill in his heart, because he remembered that the reason why Feng Ling went to find Xia Jiuxie alone was because that guy had kidnapped two maids, and Feng Ling was eager to save him, so he went...

Maybe Xia Jiuxie told her that if other people came, the lives of the two maids would be in danger. She was the chief eunuch, in charge of all the maids and female officials who served Huang Yanyao. Maybe deep down, she regarded these people as sisters.

Of course it is a bit naive.

But... Feng Ling was seriously injured, but what about the two maids?

It is impossible for Xia Jiuxie not to harm women. He was able to severely injure Feng Ling bit by bit, which also shows that his brutal nature is becoming more and more rampant. Naturally, he would not mind torturing the other two maids to death...

"Do you know what happened to the two maids that Xia Jiuxie kidnapped?"

Lu Mu's brows slowly furrowed.

"Are you talking about Shu Yun and Shu Yu? They are fine, they were just too frightened. Fortunately, we found them in the mountain stream outside the city. We checked them carefully and they are fine."

"The two sisters have a good relationship and are very likable. Sister Yanyao takes good care of them, as does Fengling. She never lets them do heavy work. I also like to tease them."

Gu Yunxi sighed, as if the only thing that made her smile was that the two Shu sisters were safe and sound. Of course, Lu Mu couldn't understand the sweetness of such a good relationship between girls, but the hairs on his body stood up, and he asked again: "Where are they now?"

"Hmm? Of course I'm resting in the Palace of the Governor. Why are you asking - where are you going?"

Gu Yunxi stared in a daze as Lu Mu rushed towards the palace gate.

But before Lu Mu stepped into the door frame, a violent roar erupted in the Tongshi Palace. A violent torrent of true energy seemed to burst out from every corner. The waves mixed with a bloody smell deeply shook the palace standing in the Tianque City!

Lu Mu absolutely believed that he heard a strange howl that was not like a human!

This time the commotion was not small at all.

Gu Yunxi was shaken off the chair, but she pushed herself up with her backhand and used her inner Qi to hold herself up, so she didn't fall flat on the grass in the courtyard.

"what happened?!"

She looked up, only to find that the blood cloud of the military formation floating on the top of the Tongshi Palace seemed to have suffered a severe blow. Its bloody military might was reduced to one tenth of its original strength in an instant, and the red mist that filled the sky actually dissipated and disappeared halfway.

The blood cloud of the army formation dissipated, which meant that the army's battle formation was broken. There were two possibilities. Either the army suffered heavy casualties, or...

The commander-in-chief at the center of the battle found it difficult to maintain the formation and was seriously injured or died.

There was a sound of people falling to the ground beside Gu Yunxi.

There was a guard post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps in the Tongshi Palace. There were more than a dozen black-armored soldiers holding spears on guard. But now they were all kneeling on the ground, spitting out blood. Their blood and energy were unified by Xin Jian's military formation, and if one person was damaged, all would be damaged. Now that the formation was broken, they would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

"Alas, you still underestimate the methods of the Evil Heart Sect."

Lu Mu shook his head, and behind the hint of sadness in his eyes was a cold Shura murderous intent.

As soon as he heard Gu Yunxi say that the two maids abducted by Xia Jiuxie were unharmed, he felt that something was wrong.

The evil cultivators used evil methods to suck the flesh and blood of living people, cultivate sinister evil spirits, and make puppets from living people... The Evil Heart Sect has so many tricks up their sleeves. How could they possibly detect what kind of evil poison had been put on the two sisters surnamed Shu?

The reason why Xia Jiuxie didn't take their lives was probably because they were still "useful".

It's simple, crude, and unsightly, but it works.

The two poor maids who were murdered by him were rescued and brought back to the Tongshi Palace, and then became Xia Jiuxie's weapons.

"Shu Yun and Shu Yu can't be..."

"What do you think?"

He could hear Gu Yunxi gritting her teeth as she died, but there was no hateful curse.

Because the look in her eyes said it all.

Chapter 80: Bathed in Flesh and Blood

The horror of the Evil Heart Sect lies in its pervasive erosion.

The means were bizarre and unpredictable, coupled with the inhumane evil method, which made it difficult to guard against. Even if Lu Mu actually knew that the two maids had been killed, he probably couldn't kill them just to be on the safe side.

Huang Yanyao and Gu Yunxi would both object, and he himself might not be able to do such a thing. The two sisters who served him were probably not very skilled, and they had encountered such a thing. Instead of comforting them, he had to ensure their absolute safety and deal with them together...

Although it is a bit cruel, we just let them do this.

Compared with a beast like Xia Jiuxie who is not even a human being, they still lack the ruthlessness and decisiveness towards their own people.

Lu Mu closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, the darkness in his pupils had faded away.

He actually felt that Feng Ling might not be able to escape this either...but Lu Mu knew that he didn't need to say it, as Gu Yunxi probably already knew it very well.

Gu Yunxi glanced at him and then rushed into the courtyard.

She had lived here for several months. Although the Tongshi Palace was large, she knew every aisle and corridor. Lu Mu followed beside her, and the two of them traveled at full speed. Wherever they passed, the smell of blood was everywhere. No one knew what had caused the explosion just now, but the palace was brightly lit, but no sound could be heard.

The soldiers who were on duty, the maids and ladies-in-waiting who were checking the condition of the rooms, were all gone at this moment.

It was as if I was being led somewhere.

They walked through the long corridor and headed west.

Gu Yunxi took him and ran straight into the largest empty hall on the left side of the Tongshi Palace.

“…It’s here.”

She looked at the bloody pile of armor scattered on the ground outside the empty hall, her brows solemn.

The soldiers guarding the gate had been turned into pieces of flesh and blood.

Gu Yunxi struck out with one palm, destroying the thick bronze door and revealing the mess in the empty hall.

Candlesticks were burning in the hall, and the dim flames illuminated the surroundings. This was the most empty and lonely place in the Tongshi Palace, because this was the core of the Tianque City's defensive formation. The safety of this place was very important, and now was an extraordinary time, so Commander Xin Jian would be here, using the rich spiritual energy to construct a battle formation and coordinate the overall situation.

With him here, the Tongshi Palace is like having double insurance. If outsiders want to invade, they will face the threat of the military force.

But since ancient times, once a war breaks out, there is a saying that one must capture the leader first.

The assassination of the army commander is not uncommon. Sometimes the assassin does not even need to be very strong. As long as he can sneak into the core of the army formation, he is half successful.

Xin Jian was now lying under the pillar of the empty hall, his face was pale, his eyes were dull and lifeless, his armor had already been shattered into pieces, blood soaked his chest and shoulder blades, and stained his tattered clothes.

He fell in a muddy river of flesh and blood.

"General Xin!"

Gu Yunxi quickly walked to Xin Jian's side, reached out to feel the weak pulse in his neck, and breathed a sigh of relief.

His bones and muscles were broken, his internal organs were ruptured, and the evil energy entered his body and almost broke through his dantian... He was seriously injured, but fortunately, he was still alive.

As long as you're still alive, everything will be fine.

She hurriedly supported Xin Jian's body, circulated her Dantian, and tried to transfer her true energy into it.

Gu Yunxi's blood and fire energy is extremely yang and fierce, and is very effective in dealing with the evil energy of evil cultivators.

"The ancient inspector..."

Xin Jian's lips were pale and dry, and blood foam came out of his throat when he spoke.

"Stop talking."

"Ah……"

Xin Jian smiled. His face was covered with dirt and blood, making him look particularly miserable and pitiful. "I never thought that I would fail here. I really failed to live up to your expectations."

"What happened?"

At this moment, Lu Mu didn't bother to care whether he was wearing a mask or not. He approached Xin Jian, and his cold voice made Xin Jian's almost scattered pupils regain a bit of clarity.